The voice seemed to shake him to his very core, as if it had crossed endless layers of darkness just to reach him.
And he wasn't the only one to react.
The corrupted creature, still in the midst of regenerating, suddenly trembled. The dark filaments stretching out from its body hesitated for a brief moment, as if something had disrupted the very flow of its existence.
But that change was not limited to just the two of them.
In that instant, the entire Qinglan Empire seemed to quiver.
A shiver ran through the land, the air, the hidden energy veins beneath the ground, as though something unimaginably ancient was finally opening its eyes after a slumber that had lasted millennia.
Toward the imperial capital, something drew the attention of its inhabitants even before the origin of the phenomenon became clear.
Elves of every age suddenly stopped, lifting their gazes.
