Chapter 41: The Gaze of the Abyss

The thud of the late-stage Core Formation elder collapsing face-first echoed through the courtyard with a terrifying sound.

For a long moment, time itself seemed to freeze. High above the roof of the house, the Eye of Heavenly Retribution hovered in the void it had torn into the sky. Its massive pupil slowly contracted, unbothered by the absolute masterpiece of death it had just painted.

On the gilded war-chariot hovering just outside the courtyard perimeter, the remaining four elders of the Xu Clan—three at the mid-stage of Core Formation and one at the late-stage—froze like statues. Their mouths were slightly agape, their eyes bulging from their sockets as they stared down at the lifeless body.

It was impossible!