Chapter 866: Chapter 571: New Information and "Star Core

SWISH!

The small chicken bone flew into the deep night with a faint whistling sound, like a pebble tossed into the sea, without stirring up any ripples.

In the sky, the Blood-winged Horror Bat had descended to an altitude of a hundred meters. Its greedy and brutal blood-red eyes were locked onto the "food" by the campfire below. It opened its giant mouth filled with Sharp Teeth, preparing to let out a roar that would declare its status as the overlord.

But in the very next second, its movements came to an abrupt halt.

The chicken bone that had been flicked upward struck it squarely in the chest. The trace of aura contained within it exploded, making the beast stagger!

That was not a Domain Level aura. That was... a terrifying will far above it!

The Blood-winged Horror Bat’s massive body stiffened. The greed and brutality instantly faded from its blood-red pupils, replaced by an extreme terror!

SCREECH!

A shrill, terrified shriek that broke in pitch violently pierced the night sky!

Immediately after, under the dumbfounded gaze of the five-person adventuring party, the once-arrogant Domain Level Magical Beast abruptly twisted its massive body as if it had seen a ghost. It frantically fled into the distance at a miserable speed several times faster than its arrival, vanishing over the horizon in the blink of an eye.

From its appearance to its escape, the entire process was as swift as an absurd play. Silence returned to the woods once more. Only the CRACKLE of the campfire proved that what had just happened was not a hallucination.

The five members of the adventuring party froze in place, cold sweat having completely soaked through their undergarments. The campfire crackled, occasionally shooting off a spark or two, which sounded exceptionally harsh in the silent night.

The five members of the party were like they had been hit by a body-binding spell, stiffly maintaining their original postures. Although the terrifying pressure of a Domain Level Magical Beast had dissipated, the lingering dread in the air still froze their blood like invisible Frost.

The middle-aged captain swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing with difficulty. He slowly shifted his eyes, his gaze passing over the dancing flames to land on the two figures still sitting peacefully in their spots. The younger man was unhurriedly wiping the grease from his fingers. And the old man had already closed his eyes, dozing off by the fire.

As for the three cats... The black one was still gnawing on a chicken leg, the white one was licking its paws, and the orange one... had already fallen asleep on its back with its belly exposed.

"C-Captain..." The only girl in the group trembled as she tried to speak, but her voice was as faint as a thread, sounding like a strangled duck.

"SHH!" The middle-aged captain sharply pressed an index finger to his lips, his expression terrifyingly stern. With a glare, he put a dead stop to any movement from his team members, even holding his own breath.

He was no fool. Was it one of these two who had scared a Blood-winged Horror Bat—a monster capable of easily slaughtering an entire town—witless? These weren’t some ordinary grandfather and grandson; they were clearly two supreme powerhouses walking among mortals!

"Everyone, sit down... move quietly," the captain signaled his team members with his eyes.

The other members came to their senses as well. Trembling in silence, they sat back down in their original spots with weak limbs. They didn’t even dare to add more firewood to the campfire, terrified that making even the slightest noise would disturb the "rest" of those two figures.

This night felt as long as a century to the adventuring party. They didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly. They carefully shifted their bodies to inch further away from the two great figures, yet they were too afraid to move too far. After all, staying right by their side was the safest place in the entire Sunset Forest.

It wasn’t until the eastern horizon began to turn a pale gray and the morning light pierced through the dense canopy to cast dappled shadows that the captain jolted awake from his light slumber, instinctively tightening his grip on the Giant Sword in his hand. He looked across to the other side of the fire pit.

It was completely empty. Next to the extinguished ashes, only a few patches of flattened grass proved that someone had indeed rested there last night.

"Are... are they gone?" The young Knight rubbed his sleepy eyes, a bit dazed.

The captain let out a long breath of stale air. He stared at the empty patch of grass, feeling both the relief of surviving a disaster and an inexplicable sense of loss.

"Captain, who exactly were they?" the freckled girl asked, her heart still pounding with lingering fear.

The captain gazed at the empty woods and gave a bitter smile. "Don’t ask. They are gods among men, and we are nothing but dirt beneath their feet. To have kept our lives is already the blessing of a Divine Spirit."

High above the sky.

Biting gale-force winds howled past. A blue Giant Dragon, a hundred meters in length, spread its broad Dragon Wings, streaking rapidly above the sea of clouds. Fine arcs of lightning flickered across its scales. With every flap of its wings, it left a long trail of lightning in its wake.

Raylo sat cross-legged on Lightning’s broad back. In his hand, he held a red apple he had pulled out from who-knows-where, and he took a bite with a loud CRUNCH.

"Sage, does this count as illegal trespassing?" Raylo asked as he chewed on the apple, watching the mountains and rivers rapidly receding below.

"What nonsense," Austin Sage rolled his eyes. "This is called an ’academic inspection.’ If that old geezer, the Light Deity, knew I was coming to inspect his backyard, who knows how ’happy’ he would be."

Raylo curled his lip. Happy? The deity would probably want to directly cast down a Divine Punishment and smite the old man into charcoal.

Coal Ball rested on Raylo’s shoulder, facing the fierce winds of the high altitude. It narrowed its eyes, seemingly enjoying the exhilarating speed.

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