My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

The population in the city has become sparser day by day.

The once bustling and lively streets are now almost deserted, with hardly a single living person in sight.

Only the howling night wind continued to sweep across the empty streets.

At this very moment, atop the walls of Moonlit City.

The Night Patrol Snow Queen, who had returned with her troops, had successfully reunited with Adele and the Snow Knight.

A total of 5 high-level combatants.

In addition, all ordinary members of the night patrol have been reassigned.

Sitting on the edge of the city wall, a woman with purple hair and a scorpion braid, a nobleman with blue hair, and a snow knight were playing cards together to pass the time.

After the night patrol, he stood side by side with Adele, gazing solemnly at the Dark Realm in the night.

"Adele".

"Do you remember those two Feather Kings we ran into in the Black Realm before?"

Adele nodded silently upon hearing this.

"One of them is a Terror Knight of the 6th Rank Killing Order, right?"

"As for the other one... although its sequence is unknown, it doesn't seem to have any strong killing intent towards us."

"Otherwise, given our condition at the time, it would have been difficult for us to escape unscathed."

The snow woman hummed in agreement and slowly took over the conversation.

"Yes."

"The Feathered Ones themselves are in a relationship of mutual killing."

"If any Winged Warrior were to be injured by us... it would very likely be immediately seized upon and attacked by other Winged Warriors who are eyeing it covetously."

She paused slightly at this point.

"If my prediction is correct—"

"The number of kings bred by this generation of caged birds should have reached complete saturation."

"The extraordinary creations at the lowest level of the Dark Realm are far from enough for them to devour and hunt."

"That's why they're restless and ready to make a move in the lower levels of the underworld."

"And once, when they truly come out in full force—"

"They will indiscriminately and frantically slaughter any living creature in their sight, and even any wounded companion will become a target of their hunt."

"so......"

"What we need to do is make the most of this opportunity."

"Only in this way is there a slim chance of defeating the multiple Feather Kings who come out at the same time."

Hearing this extremely serious analysis...

The blue-haired man who was playing cards stopped what he was doing and chuckled dismissively.

"Lady Snow Queen, what are you talking about?"

"You are universally recognized as the strongest sixth-tier cultivator!!"

"Faced with these extraordinary beings of the same level, who have only amassed their power through slaughter, if you were to get even a little serious, you probably could wipe them all out in a single move..."

Hearing such optimistic remarks, the Snow Woman was speechless.

Universally recognized?

who!?

You...?

It's important to understand that, unlike the 7th-tier superhumans whose status and numbers change frequently, once a superhuman reaches the 6th tier, it's difficult to encounter a full-scale battle for decades, and there's no opportunity to measure their own combat strength.

In fact, there have been no cases of Level 6 attrition in recent years.

Therefore, whether they are truly opponents or not will only be known after a direct confrontation.

"buzz"

In an instant.

It seemed that they simultaneously sensed an extremely terrifying supernatural power.

The five people present were all silent and turned to look in the direction of the Black Realm.

"They're here..."

The Snow Woman's voice was more serious than ever before.

A dozen seconds later.

All I saw was—

A gigantic, pitch-black claw, obscuring the sky and the sun, slowly emerged inch by inch from the deep black realm.

The outline of that terrifyingly massive arm, which inspired despair, covered almost half of the dark realm with just the protruding section, making the already dim sky appear even more gloomy.

"It's that Feather King we've met before, the Dread Knight..."

Adele held her breath and focused her mind.

Immediately afterwards—

In the public eye.

The demonic claw moved with an eerie and slow motion.

He slammed his hand down on a nearby, rolling mountain range.

"BOOM—BOOM—!!!!!!!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening sound, as if the mountains were collapsing, almost tearing eardrums apart.

The entire majestic mountain was shattered into pieces in an instant by this palm strike.

The shattered mountain instantly transformed into tens of thousands of giant rocks, which then shattered and scattered.

It transformed into a barrage of burning and exploding meteors, covering the sky and crashing violently down on the edge of the entire Black Realm.

The first to be affected was Shattered Star City, which was not far from the Black Realm.

"Boom, boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom—"

Almost in the blink of an eye, Shattered Star City was completely swallowed up by this terrifying rain of boulders falling from the sky.

One shockwave after another exploded outwards, and the violently spreading wind even caused the hair of the five people on the Moonlit City side to fly wildly.

Let alone the blood mist left by living people.

Apart from a deep, ravaged pit, not a trace of ruins can be seen.

Seeing this devastating scene, the blue-haired man on the city wall, who had initially been somewhat optimistic, was now deathly pale.

The Snow Woman pursed her lips and asked in a deep voice.

"By the way, how's the evacuation of the population from Shattered Star City going?"

"There should still be about 20% of the residents inside, determined not to retreat."

"The night patrol members have all withdrawn..."

The Snow Knight's expression was extremely somber.

But it's too late now.

There was no time for anyone to mourn the Shattered Star City that was destroyed in an instant.

Because countless fragments of the mountain were still bursting forth and flying everywhere, bombarding Moonlit City and other areas further away with overwhelming force.

........

at the same time.

Weiss and his convoy had been speeding along the road from Moonlit City for two whole days.

Almost everyone was in a state of physical and mental exhaustion.

Even with the bumpy ride, he slept soundly.

But it was late at night.

At the same time, everyone was awakened by a deafening roar.

"boom!!!!!"

The seas boiled, the mountains shook, and the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

When Oliver poked his head out of the carriage—

Above the inky black sky, countless meteors streaked across the sky, trailing blinding flashes of light, before falling in all directions.

Every meteorite that hits the ground will level an area within a radius of several hundred meters.

The deafening noise caused the ground to crack and tremble continuously.

Even the horses were neighing in fear.

Devastating gas explosions would occasionally erupt from the surrounding area, followed by violent storms that swept across the entire mountain forest region.

"The underworld has rioted!?"

Oliver stared blankly at the sky, muttering to himself, unable to come to his senses for a long time.

"Do not......"

"This must be an attack from a Feathered One!!!"

Mona's expression was more serious than ever before.

She was no longer sleepy. After jumping off the carriage, she tentatively picked up a few boulders from the roadside and smashed them down at the falling meteor shower.

But the result was a drop in the ocean, and it did nothing to help.

The number of meteors was so dense, and the area of ​​destruction was so enormous, that the giants' interception power was simply no match for them.

"Damn, there are way too many..."

"If only there were an 8th-tier extravagant warlock here!!!"

In her moment of helplessness, Mona uttered a rare swear word.

And inside the carriage where Elune was.

Aunt Bai, sensing the earth-shattering commotion, turned to look at Weiss with some concern.

But the other person's expression was very calm, as if there was no great turmoil.

After a brief eye contact, Weiss offered a gentle reassurance:

"Don't worry, I'll handle it."

"..."

"..."

In fact, it was from the moment the Feathered Ones began their large-scale movement as detected by the Crimson Radar.

Weiss was already fully focused on keeping a close watch on what was happening on the other side of the underworld.

It is undeniable.

These exploding debris meteors are indeed quite destructive in terms of sheer destructive power, and their sheer number is overwhelming.

It will probably affect all the refugees on the entire border of the Black Realm.

But the problem is—

They are so scattered.

An attack of this magnitude is nothing more than an indiscriminate slaughter of unarmed ordinary people.

It wasn't a direct hit from a level 6 Feather King's attack.

Given Westbrook's current defensive capabilities, he poses absolutely no threat.