Chapter 780: Arrival of Other Forces
Before anyone else could ascend the stairs, an oppressive aura, sharp and unbridled as a blade drawn across steel, spilled into the Hourglass Restaurant’s third floor like a wave crashing upon the shore.
Max, seated calmly beside Gayle and Rose, felt that surge of pressure sweep over him, rattling the tea cups on the table and making the very air seem taut and thin. His eyes narrowed, a flicker of recognition dancing through his mind as he tasted that familiar, icy edge of power.
’Mountain Gods Valley,’ he thought to himself, his senses bristling in silent alert.
Within just a few breaths, the owner of that ferocious presence emerged into sight. A figure stepped onto the landing, his stride measured yet brimming with ferocious confidence.
He wore the signature silver robes of Mountain Gods Valley, embroidered with faintly glowing threads that shimmered like etched runes under the lantern light. The insignia on his chest bore three jagged mountain peaks—a clear mark of a 3-star genius.
The man was tall, his frame lean and taut with wiry muscle. His face was angular, handsome in a cold, severe way, with eyes as piercing as frosted steel. The aura rolling off him was so sharp and oppressive that it seemed to slice into the skin, leaving a faint stinging sensation in the flesh and a chill crawling down the spine.
His mere presence seemed to darken the room, the laughter and quiet murmurs in the restaurant fading to uneasy silence.
Max’s frown deepened as he silently measured the newcomer. The force radiating from this man felt even more terrifying than Derek’s, despite both of them being at the 1st level of the Legend Realm.
Where Derek’s power was like a blazing inferno, brash and consuming, this man’s aura was cold, precise, and honed like a sword that had been sharpened a thousand times.