At the European Holy See, Constantine stood high in the Holy Temple, watching the projection in the sky in silence for a long time. "Has it finally begun?"
Beside him, Messiah slowly opened his eyes. "I hope he doesn't disappoint me."
On the Greenland Ice Sheet, Skadi stood atop a towering glacier.
Behind her, countless frozen Eerie still held the poses they had struck just before death.
She looked up toward North America and murmured, "Young man, let me see whether you truly deserve to stand at Divine Rankings First Place."
In Africa, Ngugi slowly rose to his feet, and the entire continent beneath him seemed to tremble faintly.
He smiled. "Young people really are hot-blooded. Even I'm itching for a fight."
With that, he looked toward the fissure beneath the Great Rift Valley and vanished.
Meanwhile, the Freedom Alliance headquarters was already a hive of activity, with feeds from numerous reconnaissance satellites constantly switching.
Suddenly, alarms rang throughout the hall. "Report! Asura Hall's army has been spotted! They've reached the outskirts of the Rocky Mountains!"
Everyone rose at once, and the person in charge strode over to the large screen.
On the screen, space suddenly split apart. Massive combat aircraft slowly emerged, blotting out the sky like a descending torrent of steel.
A sharp hiss of breath.
Every member of the Freedom Alliance involuntarily sucked in a cold breath.
This was Asura Hall as it stood today. Only now did they truly witness the depth of the power commanded by the force under Divine Rankings First Place.
On the outskirts of the Rocky Mountains, the black Weird Domain still shrouded heaven and earth.
The sun was gone from the sky, leaving only endless eerie energy. Not a blade of grass remained on the ground, and vast numbers of Eerie