The sky, on the verge of nightfall, suddenly turned fiery red.
The clouds roiled and contracted.
Then, they shattered!
A black speck pierced through the clouds and came crashing down with a scalp-numbing roar.
Qin Ran stared wide-eyed at the black speck.
A meteorite!
A meteorite wrapped in layers of flame!
Qin Ran had formed a general impression of Nikelei's friends long ago: powerful, or once powerful.
Yet the extent of that power had been difficult to grasp.
At this moment, when he saw the meteorite falling from the sky, he finally had an accurate definition.
Whoosh!
Gray mist seeped from the gaps in the armor of the many Black Knights, once again forming that enormous faceless visage with only empty eye sockets.
Its eyeless sockets stared at the falling meteorite.
The next moment, it lunged straight into the sky.
Then it was shattered by a single strike from the descending meteorite.
Crack!
The gray mist rippled outward and dissipated between heaven and earth.
The meteorite slammed viciously into the primeval forest.
Boom!
The earth trembled.
Flames surged upward.
The shockwave obliterated everything within a three-kilometer radius.
Whether towering trees or deeply rooted weeds,
all were uprooted in that instant, then crushed, ground to dust, and reduced to ash that merged into the sea of fire.
Qin Ran supported Charles as they stood in the distance.
Looking at the scene before him, he could not put his feelings into words.
Shock? Helplessness?
When Qin Ran instinctively placed himself in that situation, he realized that even Demon Transformation could not withstand that blow head-on.
However, Qin Ran was soon drawn to the sight appearing in the night sky.
An image appeared in the night sky, dyed red by the blazing flames.
Nikelei, holding Titch, was accompanied by her Ghost Butler.
She