The Secret Library.
Cream-colored light bathed a secluded corner.
Yu Yuan sat quietly there, looking at the headline in the Publication in his hands, his eyes trembling slightly.
Zhizhi, the Hidden Rat, also emerged from the shadows and appeared on Yu Yuan's shoulder, crimson eyes fixed on the Publication's contents.
There was a trace of urgency in those eyes, and a strange aura surfaced amid the fluctuations of Shadow Energy around Zhizhi.
It was the aura of something nearing completion.
Noticing Zhizhi's unusual state, Yu Yuan turned to look and paused in surprise.
A smile flickered across his lips before his gaze returned to the Publication.
"Let's take a look together at this being's... true secrets!"
The entire Secret Library sank into soundless stillness.
Yet something seemed to have changed.
The shadows swayed and writhed faintly.
Light and shadow shifted almost imperceptibly, making the figure seated beneath the cream-colored light and the Black Rat on his shoulder appear ever more mysterious.
On the library's door plaque, the word "Secret" in [Secret Library] flickered faintly.
—[Fate's revelation! Traitor to the civilization ladder—the Blood Grand Duke]
At the same time that the Everfrost Tyrant and the Source of Corruption were slain by the Civilization Order Guardian.
The Blood Grand Duke, who had just finished a staged battle and was still delighted by yet another successful performance.
Was struck by a bolt from the blue.
The Everfrost Tyrant's death caught him off guard and left him bewildered.
He had created such favorable conditions for the Everfrost Tyrant, and the plan had proceeded smoothly, with the Frost Demon King slain by the Everfrost Tyrant.
No one in the civilization ladder should have been capable of killing the Everfrost Tyrant.
Everfrost's combat prowess was beyond anything the Transdimensional beings of the civilization ladder could match.