Within the pitch-black forest, the ground trembled continuously. Vast numbers of trees toppled in one direction, as though gigantic beasts were rampaging through them.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Amid muffled sounds, iron thorns seven or eight meters long thrust continuously from the ground, shooting into the sky like sharp swords and drawing several miserable screams and curses.
"Over there!"
With a shout, huge beastly phantoms emerged one after another.
The beast phantoms were somewhat illusory. Figures stood within them, each with a single horn growing from their head, their bearing awe-inspiring.
Ahead of those beast phantoms, a young man radiating golden light flew on a sword, weaving nimbly between the trees.
The young man stood two meters tall, broad and powerfully built. His sharply defined facial features, thick brows, and large eyes seemed carved by a blade, while his nose was high and straight. His brown eyes carried the wildness of a beast. Though he could not be called handsome, he had an unmistakably striking presence.
He left a deep impression at first glance.
Nine sharp swords floated behind him, shooting out from time to time to block sneak attacks coming from every direction.
"There's no escaping."
Upon reaching a relatively open area, the flying sword beneath his feet abruptly stopped. Yun Kai looked up at the sky, where more than twenty figures beat their wings, their gazes fixed on him with blazing killing intent.
In just a few seconds, he had been surrounded.
At least fifty people encircled him, almost all of them Kings.
Although they held an overwhelming numerical advantage, faced with Yun Kai's intimidating presence, no one dared step forward rashly.
"Hand over the Heart of Space, and we'll leave you a complete corpse."
In the sky, a middle-aged man flapped his pitch-black wings and spoke in an