With all the tentacles coming out of his mouth, Kael took out the mask of coins and placed it over his face. The tentacles, as if obeying an invisible force, slowly receded in strange and unnatural ways, writhing back until they were hidden inside.
Even so, some still seeped through, peeking out from the edges of the mask, feeling the air like hungry creatures.
Now, with this, Kael could move better. The pressure that had previously bound him dissipated for the most part, allowing him to act more freely. However, what caught his attention was the absence of the usual phenomenon: it had not appeared in the river of reverse-flowing blood.
Could it be because my rank is not the same as before?
When he obtained this Zu, he was at rank 9. Now, he was at rank 7; the difference was noticeable. Even so, he could feel his mana essence draining at a brutal speed, like an overflowing river rushing into the void.
Suddenly, a roar pierced the dead silence of the city:
