Wind swelled up the tip of the black shirt Kai was in the moment he placed his right foot on the other side of the half-moon arc door.

Hhew.

He exhaled, smiled, and closed his eyes as he bowed to the land. Tiny leaves spun to his face as he slowly cracked his eyes open.

He waved when he saw countless men erupting from the buildings in the land and stopping at the entrance of the courtyard.

A cold arm touched Kai's shoulder, dragging his attention from the men waving back at him.

"Kai," Lena's voice echoed, letting the strands of hair covering the boy's face shift sideways.

Lena smiled the moment she saw the boy's dimmed blue and red eyes. "Let's go."

She placed her left arm on the boy's back and dragged him forward in a genuine pull.

Kai followed without resisting.

A thudding sound erupted as all five people placed their boots on the stairs, one leg at a time, almost as if they had practiced the sky walk.

At the front, glistering light shimmered around Yung Mai and Jack as they moved their staff and spear along.

Shiny and skin-bleaching heat welcomed them the moment they exited from the gate and stood under the glowing sun rays.

Yung Mai slammed the tip of his golden staff hard on the ground, his face stiffening as burnt ashes flew to him.

He tightened his grip on the staff's handle and slammed it hard on the ground.

CRUNCH

Spiderwebbed lines drew across the ground the moment he raised the staff forward.

Beside Yung Mai, Jack's eyes rolled with shock as he saw more and more ashes flying toward them.

He tried rushing forward, but got stopped by Yung Mai's staff.

"Don't rush," Yung Mai turned a still face to Jack and shook his head.

Behind the two, the laughter erupting and slamming their backs halted as some of the ashes flew past them and touched the skin of all three people.

Jinx stretched her right arm forward, squashed the ash under her fingers, her face reddening.

Her jaw tightened the moment memories of the fight that happened nine years ago flashed in her mind.

A bone-crackling sound stirred around her as her knuckles tightened.

On Jinx's left side, Lena's eyes narrowed and focused on the ashes. She curled her mouth inward and squeezed her face the moment one ash touched her cheek.

Meanwhile, among the three, one person stood there, his face shimmering with death.

The hair on Kai's face paddled aside, like fire giving way for a god-like beast to emerge.

His eyes glowed faintly at first, but widened when all five of them stopped at the top of the stairs.

There, Jack's spear fell from his hand, wobbled in the air, then slammed to the ground hard.

SLAM!

Tears welled up in his eyes while his facial skin trembled as he shifted his gaze from the still bodies lying on the ground.

His bones ached as he slammed his foot on the ground like a tired giant, letting the piled ashes crunch under his black boots.

Without hesitation, Jack rushed forward, neared the first still body, and knelt by it. His reflection shone bright in the huge amount of blood that had coated the ground like a mini flood.

"NO!"

He screamed hard when the coldness of the body snaked through his bones, despite the heat of the sun's rays slamming their skin.

Broken pants slid from his mouth as his chest heaved. From one body to the other, Jack moved, but the moment he stopped by a short bald-haired boy, his eyes reddened.

His knees collapsed, slammed the ground beside the chopped head. "WHY!!"

Dried leaves spun from all directions and tilted toward him.

When the leaves moved past him, Yung Mai's golden staff blocked two, causing them to wiggle and lie flat on the ground.

Yung Mai's boots slammed the blood-filled ground with a mixture of water and stone. A growling sound erupted from him, yet his mouth remained closed.

He blinked twice the moment he noticed the Radiant Palm Meditation chamber door had slammed down and was broken into countless pieces.

A gust of wind shot up as he dashed toward the building, his white hair flaring like flames behind him.

A screeching sound erupted as he halted by the door and slammed his palms on it. Sweat trickled down from his forehead as his eyes widened.

Inside the building, he saw an old man with white hair dragging himself toward the wooden structure at the center.

Yung Mai didn't hesitate as realization struck him like lightning.

"HU!" The tip of his staff screeched across the ground as he dashed forward and crunched down toward the man.

BAM!

Yung Mai's staff slammed the ground, sending debris flying from the ceiling and the wooden structure.

Hu turned a blood-filled face and a broken jaw and stared in the direction his name erupted from.

The broken jaw twisted as blood oozed out of his chopped waist. Bubbles of blood popped out of his mouth as words tried to exit from his throat.

"NO! NO! NO!" Yung Mai's knees gave out, and he slammed the ground beside Hu.

"Who did this?!" He grabbed the half of Hu's body in his arms, sat down, and carefully placed him on his lap.

He placed a finger on Hu's fractured mouth when he saw it trying to speak.

A growling sound erupted with blood that spilled on Yung Mai's white robe, which had already been sliding through the blood.

Sobs filled the room as Yung Mai stared at his only younger brother.

Hu's bloodshot eyes blinked once, twice, but on the third time, Yung Mai shook him.

"Don't go yet, brother." Yung Mai slapped Hu, letting the slowly closing eyes open wide.

Hu's fingers grabbed the back of Yung Mai's cloth, pulling it and letting a tearing sound erupt as part of it tore loose.

"Who did this?!" Yung Mai asked slowly, wrapping his right arm around Hu's, then placed it on the blood-filled ground beside him.

With a slow movement, Hu's index finger began streaking the ground, drawing shapes that formed in a name: JIM.

At that instant, hot air gushed out of Yung Mai as his white glow seeped out of his eyes, flaring like fire that couldn't be quenched.

Behind him, a wheel of air moved, letting the pillars holding the ceiling tremble.

One after another, the wood holding the ceiling broke loose the moment Hu's final breath erupted like vaporized air and flew across Yung Mai's face.

The ring of air behind Yung Mai shot forward the moment the tip of the falling 10 by 10-inch wood reached an inch from Yung Mai's head.

The wood turned to ashes as the air shoved through it.

The ashes rained on Yung Mai like rain, and when he turned a sharp gaze to the blasted door, the entire meditation building collapsed on him.

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