Belutiâs thoughts were naturally unknown to Reiger.
At this moment, he was staring at the black stains on the ground, with no trace of joy from having dealt with a troublesome enemy, instead, his eyebrows furrowed.
The reason for this impression is simple.
"Is that all?"
This was Reigerâs current thought.
Itâs not that he underestimated a night spirit, but he was feeling somewhat perplexed.
"If nothing went wrong, this night spirit should have been attracted by the mysterious forces applied to the Treasure Bead."
"In other words, these are the means the abyssal followers from the Dark Relief Center devised to deal with me."
"But could it be that their carefully prepared means only involved attracting a night spirit to attack me?"
Is their confidence in this semi-immortal creature so full? Are they so certain it can deal with him?
Was he underestimated, or was the night spiritâs power overestimated?
The former seems unlikely, given that he recently demonstrated a portion of his power to those abyssal followers at the Dark Relief Center, chopping off a hand of an Abyss Demon Lord in front of them, confirming his power comparable to a saint.
Although that wasnât his full strength, even so, they wouldnât think that relying on a single night spirit could handle a saint, especially one wielding a holy sword, right?
Of course, since he didnât intend to alarm others on this trip, Reiger didnât bring Marfaâs Sword.
The Holy Sword Marfa still hangs on his wall in his room, not taken with him.
But the opposition should not be able to account for the fact that he wouldnât bring the holy sword when going out; such things canât be calculated.
Therefore, in their minds, when wanting to deal with him, they would certainly factor in the power of the holy sword.
In this way, to deal with a saint holding a holy sword, itâs impossible to rely solely on a night spirit.
"Could there be more tricks up their sleeve?"
Reiger thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyelids, and his eyes began to flicker with a transparent light.
"Sir, you..."
Just then, Beluti happened to look at Reiger and saw the transparent light in his eyes, causing her to pause slightly.
Reiger did not explain; he merely glanced around, surveying the chaotic battlefield.
With one look, as if sensing something, he raised his head to the night sky.
"Sir?"
Beluti called out to Reiger in confusion, raising her head to follow his gaze to the night sky.
In the night sky, a red and a blue full moon hung high like they had for millennia, casting down peculiar red and blue moonlight that mingled into ordinary soft moonshine on the earth.
Due to the presence of these two full moons, the night was quite bright; unless something obstructed it, one wouldnât face utter darkness.
The descending moonlight fell on Reiger and Beluti standing amidst the chaotic forest, giving them a touch of mysterious beauty.
Unluckily, this ambiance did not last long.
Perhaps coincidentallyâor not, a patch of dark clouds slowly drifted towards the two moons, gradually engulfing them.
As the two full moons were obscured by clouds, so was the moonlight, plunging the earth into darkness, losing its color.
Beluti witnessed this scene, and the moonlight faded from her body as the moons were covered by the clouds.
Only when the moonlight vanished and the world suddenly darkened did Beluti realize something was amiss.
"ââââ"
An overwhelming, oppressive, terrifying aura suddenly descended, enveloping the entire land.
A chilling sense of foreboding filled Belutiâs heart, causing her pupils to quiver involuntarily.
Only then did Beluti realize something.
Realize the true nature of the cloud covering the moons.
It wasnât a cloudâit was a curtain formed by abyssal darkness!
"Boomââ"
Like a dam bursting, the sky suddenly echoed with a flood-like roar, transforming the abyssal darkness into a black deluge descending upon the earth!
Boundless, infinite, endless streams of black water formed a flood, as if an ocean of darkness in the sky was pouring down, dramatically crashing onto the ground.
The place where it landed was this immense forest extending for kilometers.
A majestic, roaring black flood descended from the sky, crashing fiercely and engulfing the forest, turning it into a dark sea.
"What...?!"
Always displaying calm composure, even when faced with a night spirit attack without much panic, Beluti now widened her eyes, startled.
She couldnât believe what was unfolding before her eyes.
She couldnât believe such an occurrence could happen.
Thus, as that dark sea surged forward with torrent-like might, forming a towering black wave hundreds of meters high before her, inching closer, Beluti found herself frozen, unable to react at all.
"Boom!"
Soon enough, the black flood surged forth, engulfing the spot where Beluti was standing.
"Swish!"
Amid the turbulent dark sea, a gentle sound of breaking through the air quietly appeared.
Reiger again embraced Beluti, appearing in mid-air, standing aloft as he gazed downwards.