Promise?

The biting wind still howled, and black feathers continually fell from the sky after being struck down by Kashius, drifting amid the heavy, pitch-black clouds overhead and the increasingly oppressive atmosphere. This place resembled the end of the world, filled with deathly stillness.

Although Kashius could not find Liu Ge's whereabouts, under his indiscriminate barrage, he could still tear off glittering feathers from Liu Ge's body from time to time.

But this rapidly drained his stamina. Moreover, while he could block Liu Ge's powerful sneak attacks, he could not defend against those black feather cuts laced with faint spatial fluctuations.

Even when his body instinctively sensed something was wrong, he could only widen his eyes and watch helplessly as those seemingly insignificant feathers effortlessly left tiny bloody cuts across his steel-like body.

By now, Kashius had accumulated dozens of wounds, large and small—an alarming number. That was with Ancestral Power constantly repairing his injuries. Without its support, the number of wounds would likely have multiplied severalfold.

More than ten meters from the edge of the dark zone, Zack opened his eyes and watched with delight.

Salam ground his sharp claws together, his eyes bloodshot as he vigilantly scanned the surroundings.

Kashius's golden eyes grew ever brighter. He took a heavy breath and stared into the hazy surroundings, not daring to let down his guard in the slightest.

The instant Kashius blinked, scattered feathers gathered behind him and transformed into a pitch-black figure. With black energy claws wrapped around its hand, it lunged at Kashius's head before he could react.

The speed was simply too fast.

Squelch~!

The sound of flesh being torn rang out.

Kashius twisted aside and avoided the strike to his head, but Liu Ge's claws raked across his chest. Three bloody gashes were immediately exposed to the