Chapter 61: Divine Illumination
The forest was too still.
Not a leaf rustled. Not a single bird dared to cry. The shadows clung to the undergrowth like fearful children. Every creature within a ten-mile radius knew something ancient, something dangerous, had arrived.
Beneath the canopy, Xiao Rongyu’s breath hitched as she clutched her trembling sword. Her eyes, wide and anxious, darted toward Xiao Chen’s rigid back. “I’ve never seen him like this… so guarded, so tense,” she whispered. Sweat beaded on her brow, trailing down her cheeks. “What… what is happening?”
Mistshadow, the Wind Wolf, whimpered softly beside her, tail tucked tightly between her legs, her sleek fur bristling. She crouched low to the ground, her instincts screaming that a predator of unnatural power had entered the domain.
Xiao Chen didn’t speak.
He stood like a lone pillar against an incoming storm, his eyes locked on the distant trees. Something—someone—was coming.
And then the air shifted.