Shiver

Ryu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his body staggering as he took three heavy steps back.

His back suddenly felt a cold shiver and he instinctively looked into the skies. Without hesitation, a pair of wings appeared to Ryu's back and he vanished into the void.

BOOM!

Just outside the range of the golden moon world, about a dozen kilometers away or so, a mighty pressure descended. It ripped through the skies and collided with the earth, ripping through it and destroying everything within a kilometer range.

…

Deep within a lofty Sect, several old men and women opened their eyes at once, a coldness suffusing them.

"Someone tried to pry into the core techniques of our Sect?" One of them spoke.

"They failed."

"Yes, but who? I'm not certain that they are dead."