Chapter 401: Transcendent Realm (1)
The soft rustling of sand grains scraped against the ground.
A cool breeze clung to the earth, stretching over the overturned soil, where wisps of dust rose like weary sighs.
Saaa―
What was once a forest clearing no longer appeared desolate. A deep and vivid silence had settled over it.
A young man draped in a purple robe layered like flowing wind. A pair of bisected corpses lying at his sides, their bodies convulsing as they expelled torrents of crimson filth. A single sword embedded in the ground, exuding steam amidst the stench ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) of blood...
The silence was deafening.
The residual force of his sword arts, which had once spread like translucent ripples, now scattered into fragments. Rays of sunlight, bent in countless directions, slowly flickered back into place.
About ten paces away from the carnage—
"......."
A youthful figure stood frozen, his arm still outstretched. He was Yeon So-ha, the youngest warrior to attain Blue Rank in Ipwang Fortress—until the arrival of Ma Gwang-ik, that is.
The symbol of the Shingeom Squad Leader, which Yeon So-ha had aspired to receive, had now landed upon another’s shoulders.
Under normal circumstances, such an event would have been of great significance.