As his aura climbed again, huge swaths of energy took shape high overhead. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into countless Energy Discs, which swept outward and slammed into the surrounding walls.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After a rapid chain of explosions, the walls around them were completely pulverized, and the entire space shook. But behind the shattered stone, a new scene revealed itself.
Figures.
A lot of them—slowly walking out.
They didn't rush like enemies throwing themselves forward with killing intent. It was more like they'd finally been released from some kind of restraint, and only now could they step out of the darkness and back into the light.
Every one of them was wrapped in violently surging energy, but it was unstable—like something that had been suppressed for far too long and had only just been loosened.
Ethan showed no alertness at all.
Because when the system scanned the energy structure of this area earlier, he'd already known.
