Not long after Loa and Linley left, the space above the Blazing Sun Desert, which had already settled down, suddenly began to fluctuate violently again.
A rift wide enough for one person opened in the air. It tore open soundlessly, its edges smooth and even. Unlike the ragged explosion through which O'Gavin and his son had escaped earlier, it looked as though someone inside had sliced through a sheet of thin paper with an exceptionally sharp knife.
A man stepped calmly out of it. The spatial rift behind him swiftly closed the instant he stepped through, returning to its original state.
He had long black hair draped casually over his shoulders. His eyebrows, however, were crimson, like two burning flames stretched across his brow, adding an unforgettable touch to an otherwise ordinary face.
"Is this the Yulan Continent?" the newcomer murmured. Looking down at the desert beneath his feet, he bent over and scooped up a handful of sand. Coarse grains trickled through his fingers. His movements were slow, as though he were checking whether the feel of this sand was real.
Zacharias Relling, the lord of Bluefire City.
He had originally been in seclusion at his home in Bluefire City, contemplating the fusion of the Fire Element profound mysteries. After fusing five profound mysteries, the final one was the true difficulty.
He had spent too long in seclusion in his secret chamber and, on a whim, sent his Fire Element divine clone out for a change of pace.
Unexpectedly, while flying over the wilderness southeast of Bluefire City, his Fire Element divine clone sensed a weak point in space slowly closing-the traces of someone having just opened it from the other side.
With his strength, a casual tear completely shattered the seal at the weak point, and just like