SCREEEECH—


    The sound of the Reapers'' dying whimpers was brief, cut off as their enormous bodies were pulverized into blood mist.


    Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!


    The once terrifying creatures were obliterated in an instant, their remains scattering across the battlefield as a red haze.


    The soldiers stared in awe at the sight, their faces split into wide grins.


    "That''s right, who''s the king now?! Bow before daddy, bitch! Just you wait— this daddy would fuck your whole species sideways!" one of the soldiers shouted, pumping his fist into the air, his voice dripping with triumph.


    Hearing him, the others couldn''t help butugh bitterly, theirughter tinged with disbelief at their survival.


    The absurdity of the situation had them clutching their sides, while some even wiped tears from their eyes.


    Amaya, however, looked utterly confused, her brow furrowing as she tried to make sense of what had just happened.


    "What was that...? Where did thate out from?" she muttered, her eyes scanning the battlefield.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The water curtain had appeared out of nowhere, obliterating the three Venomwing Reapers like they were mere insects, but the source of this miraculous intervention remained a mystery.


    Before she could process any further, a sudden, chilling sensation swept over her.


    All the hairs on her body stood on end, a primal instinct warning her of danger.


    Hiss!


    A cold, ominous hiss filled the air, and Amaya''s eyes snapped to the blue sky.


    Her breath caught in her throat as she realized what had happened.


    All the eyes of the colossal Sovereign beast, which had been scattered and unfocused moments before, were now locked onto them.


    Each massive, eerie eye red down at them with a hatred that turned their blood to ice.


    Theughter died abruptly as the soldiers, sensing the shift, looked up in horror.


    The oppressive aura of the beast pressed down on them like a weight of thousand elephants, making it hard to breathe.


    The Sovereign had finally noticed them, its vast consciousness now fully aware of their presence.


    It''s over...


    Amaya thought, her heart sinking into despair.


    The realization hit her like a blow—there was no escape from this.


    The Sovereign-ss Beast, a creature of unimaginable power, had marked them.


    The soldiers who had been celebrating moments ago now stood frozen in fear,


    The air was filled with a suffocating dread, and no one dared move a muscle.


    The Sovereign''s gaze was like the gaze of death itself, inevitable and absolute.


    There was no running from this.


    No fighting it.


    The beast above was more than just a creature—it was a sovereign, and they were all at its mercy.


    SCREEECH!


    Right at that moment, the colossal tendrils extending toward them suddenly froze mid-air, as if an invisible force had paralyzed them.


    The monstrous appendages, which had been poised to strike, hung motionless, their terrible power halted in an instant.


    "What''s that?" a soldier whispered, his voice filled with disbelief.


    "Is that... a person?" another murmured, squinting at the strange sight before them.


    Hearing the hushed murmurs, everyone turned their eyes skyward, straining to see what had caused the terrifying beast to pause.


    In front of the massive, writhing tendrils, there hovered a single, tiny dot—almost insignificant against the vastness of the beast.


    The figure was suspended in the air,pletely still, and at first nce, it seemed utterly unremarkable.


    "No way... That can''t be a person, right?" one onlooker muttered, his voice tinged with fear.


    "There''s no Aethering from him... How is he just floating there?" another added, frowning in confusion.


    Even those skilled in sensing Aether felt nothing—no power, no energy—just a in man floating in the sky as if he were weightless.


    The crowd below buzzed with spection, their minds unable to grasp the reality of what they were witnessing.


    Amaya, too, was stunned. Her sharp eyes were locked onto the figure, trying toprehend what she was seeing.


    ''Who is that? Is it him...?'' she thought, her mind racing.


    There was no trace of power, no overwhelming aura, and yet... the presence of this person was overwhelming.


    It was as if an endless wave of force surged from him, invisible yet suffocating.


    Just the thought of approaching him sent shivers down her spine.


    Squeeelllll...!


    The beast suddenly let out a high-pitched, earsplitting screech.


    "Argh! My ears!" one soldier cried out, clutching his head as the sonic wave hit him like a hammer.


    "Damnit! It''s like nails on a chalkboard!" another shouted, his voice filled with pain as he pressed his hands over his ears, trying to block out the deafening noise.


    The beast, its countless eyes now fixed on the tiny figure before it, was filled with a rage born of arrogance.


    It saw no threat in the dot that had dared to obstruct its path—only a mere ant.


    With a roar, itshed out, all its tendrils converging on the spot where the figure floated, intent on obliterating the obstruction with a single, devastating strike.


    Ssh!


    The tendrils whipped through the air, moving with enough force to fracture the earth itself, but just as they reached their target, a sudden burst of mes erupted from the figure in the sky.


    Whoosh!


    The mes roared to life, surging outward in a ze of searing heat that engulfed the tendrilspletely.


    The beast let out a blood-curdling scream as its tendrils were consumed by the inferno.


    Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!


    The sound shook the heavens as the mes licked at the tendrils, turning their once indestructible forms into charred remnants.


    The crowd below could only watch in stunned silence, their mouths agape as the impossible before their eyes.


    "What the hell...?" a soldier gasped, his voice barely audible over the roar of the mes. "How is he doing that?"


    "Is he... some kind of god?" another whispered, awe mixing with fear in his tone.


    The beast, now desperate and enraged, began to emit a poisonous, corrosive gas—a final, desperate attempt to fight back.


    The toxic fog rolled out, darkening the sky and filling the air with the stench of death.


    The beast''s minions, hearing their master''s cry for help, turned their attention toward Wang Xiao, readying themselves to attack.


    Swish...


    In the next moment, the sky above Frostholm darkenedpletely, as if a thick, imprable ck mist had covered the city.


    The crowd below gasped in horror as the sun vanished, reced by an eerie, unnatural darkness.


    "It''s like the end of the world..." someone muttered, their voice trembling with fear.


    "Are we all going to die here?" another whispered, clutching at a friend''s arm as they watched the sky.


    The mes continued to roar, crackling loudly as they spread across the beast''s body, while the mist above began to swirl, isting the city from the rest of the world.


    Swish! Swish! Swish!


    Suddenly, sharp, gleaming spikes began to rain down from the mist, each one as ck as obsidian and tearing through the air with deadly precision.


    "Grrr...!"


    "Squeel!"


    "Squeeek!"


    The spikes impaled the beast''s minions one after another, their sharp edges piercing through flesh and bone with ease.


    The beasts let out pained cries, their bodies convulsing as the spikes drove deep into their necks.


    But the horror didn''t end there.