Rumble!!!
In that instant, all of Elbaf seemed to have been struck by Thunderbolt's Iron Hammer. The earth trembled, the air shook, and even standing became difficult.
A golden beam erupted from the pinnacle of the heavens, tearing through the thick clouds like a sharp sword and plunging straight down, smashing viciously into the earth.
Jin An's figure slowly emerged from the center of the golden light, his robes billowing, his brows sharp as blades, his aura surging like raging waves.
Space shattered inch by inch beneath his hands like glass. The barriers that should have been untouchable were blasted apart as if they were made of paper.
His fingers had yet to fully retract, but his brows were already tightly furrowed as he stared directly at the anomaly gradually revealed beyond the ruptured fissure.
"Ah!? What was that noise!"
"What was that just now? Thunderbolt? An explosion?"
"...No, someone broke something!"
Cries of alarm rang out all around the Elbaf battlefield.
The soldiers looked up, but the branches and leaves of the giant trees covered the sky, making it impossible to see what had happened. They could only feel the overwhelming pressure descending from above, nearly suffocating them. Their hearts pounded like drums, and their throats went dry.
"Quick, the watchtowers! Get up there and observe—!"
An officer shouted, unable to conceal the terror in his voice.
Some sharp-minded veterans had already vaguely realized that this was no simple natural disaster.
They instinctively looked toward where Jin An had originally been, their eyes filled with complicated emotions:
Shock, reverence, and even—
A kind of awe they could not put into words.
"It's him..."
Someone murmured, as though their suspicions had finally been confirmed.
In a more remote area of the battlefield, Loki frowned.
Standing atop a massive boulder with