Watching the three of them get swallowed by the violent explosion, Ueno Kei showed not the slightest hint of joy. His face remained as cold as ever, as though the enemies' demise gave him no pleasure at all.
"Lord Kei, that move was way too powerful. That beautiful lady probably doesn't even have a corpse left. What a regrettable piece of news—for a lizard, I mean." Thunderlight flicked his tail and smacked his lips, speaking in a deeply disappointed tone. After all, he did not believe the three of them could survive that attack. No matter how he looked at it, they certainly did not possess Kage-level strength.
There was nothing particularly unusual about it. Thunderlight knew perfectly well how strong his contract master was and how powerful that move had been. Still, he felt it was a pity that the woman named Guren had met such a tragic end.
There were not many charming women left who possessed both strength and grace. Thunderlight sighed as he shook his enormous head.
"Hmph, Thunderlight, then you don't need to be too disappointed. Those three are still alive!" Ueno Kei shot Thunderlight a cold glance, his voice utterly chilling.
Seemingly sensing Ueno Kei's icy gaze from above, Thunderlight instinctively shrank back his head. But the moment he heard Ueno Kei's words—
Thunderlight wore an expression as though he had seen a ghost. "No way, Lord Kei. The power of that move was..." But before he could finish—
A black shadow suddenly appeared. "Yahaha!" A violent gust from a fist came whistling through the air.
"Argh!" Thunderlight instantly felt a sharp pain in his head, and his huge body was sent flying. Ueno Kei's expression changed, and he swiftly leaped off Thunderlight's head, landing atop a large tree.
Only then did Ueno Kei