"-!!!!"
The sturdy horses pulling the carriage, along with the three riding horses, suddenly let out shrill neighs of utter terror!
They reared up, their hooves flailing wildly, and nearly overturned the entire heavy carriage!
Everyone present paled in an instant.
Through his mental power perception, Cui Ciyou immediately detected a cold, immense, terrifying force far beyond anything he had imagined.
As though it had teleported, it appeared soundlessly less than a hundred meters ahead of them!
"Everyone, on guard!"
Ghislaine's furious shout, laden with tension and killing intent, thundered across the open surroundings.
It was accompanied by the piercing shriek of her magic sword, Hiramune, tearing through the air as she drew it!
The four inside the carriage-Alice, Sylphy, Lily, and Aisha-all climbed out.
Almost on reflex, Cui Ciyou looked ahead.
There, on the open road before them, a figure had silently appeared at some point.
Long, silver-white hair streamed freely in the biting wind.
Those pure golden eyes held not a trace of human emotion, like those of a god reigning far above.
He gazed down coldly at them, mortals who were no more than ants in his eyes.
He merely stood there in silence, yet the air around him seemed to congeal under his invisible presence.
Even the light seemed to dim.
An overwhelming revulsion and fear, welling up from the depths of their souls, mingled with a suffocating, terrifying pressure.
Everyone present could barely breathe!
"The Dragon God... Orsted!"
Cui Ciyou's pupils abruptly contracted to needlepoints!
Word by word, he forced the name of one of the world's mightiest beings through clenched teeth.
Why is he here?!
Alice, Sylphy, Lilia, and Aisha had already gone deathly pale.
Their bodies trembled violently against their will.
It was not from the cold, but from the most primal terror