ROAR!!!
The roar came suddenly and without warning, cutting off their thoughts as a powerful sense of danger surged up within them!
"An enemy attack!" There was no need for further words. They each sprang into action, while golden radiance burst from Insight Eye's pupils and shot forward. The surrounding scene became wholly transparent, allowing them to see through it!
It was not that the objects had vanished, but that their vision had changed, granting them the ability to see through things. They could clearly make out the lines composing matter and distinguish light from shadow. The whole world had become simpler in their eyes, yet in a certain sense, more complex.
"So this is the Clear-Sight Method of the famed Grand Mohist Insight Eye." Among the group, Mohist School disciples experiencing this sensation for the first time could not help but marvel inwardly. But their attention was soon drawn to a figure at the end of those countless lines and shadows.
That figure differed from an ordinary human. Its body was a dull gray, and even with the support of Grand Mohist Insight Eye's Mechanism Arts, they could not see through it. Thus, amid the black-and-white lines, it stood out with particular starkness.
After a breath, the figure drew much closer. They could see that its gray body was covered in layers of scales. Looking lower, they discovered that it had no legs, but instead possessed a serpent's tail.
The roar from before had come from this very figure.
"Ke ke ke!" Its face was likewise covered in scales, its features blue and fanged. When it opened its mouth, a long forked tongue flicked out. At the sight of the people in the pavilion, it immediately gave a savage laugh. "I never expected that after butchering an entire village,