"What... what kind of monster is this?"

The surviving Cavendish Family guard fell to the ground, his voice trembling.

Black smoke swirled in front of his eyes. The knight was filled with an aura of death, like an evil spirit that had just crawled out of Hell.

There was not a single trace of anything resembling life on his entire body.

What kind of terrifying aura was that?

Treacherous.

Ominous.

Evil.

Just standing in front of this guard, his height of more than two meters gave this two-star soul master an incomparable sense of oppression.

This guard could only watch as his companion was killed in an instant. He did not even have the time to use his soul's power.

A soul master at the peak of two-star power.

He had already lost the courage to summon his soul.

It was truly because the aura the knight carried with him was too strange.

Moreover...

He was a high-tier two-star soul master. Wasn't his companion who had just died of the same power?

He didn't even have much time to react.

Only a powerful and heavy axe filled with the aura of death could be seen. His companion, whose head had been separated from his body, was now standing at his feet.

The guard's pupils continued to dilate due to fear. His bloodshot eyes reflected the Hell Knight's body that was filled with the aura of the netherworld.

A giant axe was about to fall towards his head.

Suddenly, the giant axe stopped just when it was about to reach the guard's head.

The guard's eyes trembled as he looked up.

"Gulp."

The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva with great difficulty.

The giant axe's blade was almost touching the guard's scalp!

"Clang."

The guard's longsword fell to the ground.

The immense pressure caused him to lose all courage to resist. Even though as a two-star soul master, he could be considered a powerful master in a small city.

However, in the eyes of this knight...

The aura of this black-armored knight was something he had never seen before in this world. Just by staring at the figure of this black-armored knight, his soul seemed to be able to feel a pull from Hell.

'This is definitely not a creature that can exist in this world.'

At this moment, there was only one thought in the mind of the guard.

What two-star soul master? What expert?

It was all bullsh*t!

Standing in front of this knight that was filled with the aura of death, it was impossible for him to raise even the slightest bit of fighting spirit.

"Stop. Ask him for information."

A young man's indifferent voice came from behind the knight.

At this moment, the guards only felt that this cold voice was as pleasant as the sound of nature.

A hint of joy appeared on his extremely pale face.

Without even needing Copperfield to torture him to extract a confession, this Cavendish Family guard had already rolled and crawled to Copperfield's feet.

"Sir, I'll say anything."

The fear from his biological instinct kept driving him away from the knight shrouded in black mist. Copperfield was his last hope.

It was not difficult for him to see that the knight with the aura of death was completely under Copperfield's orders.

Copperfield looked at the Cavendish Family's lackey who had been scared out of his wits with some disgust.

"Does the Cavendish Family know that I had entered the mountain with the dragon mercenary group?"

The guard said anxiously, "Sir, Chief Ryan doesn't know. He just has some suspicions, so he sent us here to check."

Copperfield's heart relaxed. If the dragon mercenary group was implicated because of him, Copperfield would definitely not let the matter rest. Since the news had not been sent back, there was no need for the guard in front of him to live.

As for the other news, including the changes in the mountain range, Copperfield naturally would not believe the words of these lackeys. Moreover, given the status of the guard, it was impossible for him to know the inside information.

According to Copperfield's guesses, in the entire Maka town, perhaps only the nobles at the entrance of the tavern that day, Chief Ryan, would know some information about it.

Copperfield was about to let the knight make a move.

Suddenly, an extremely dangerous intuition exploded in Copperfield's heart.

His figure was pushed back.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck down, striking the spot where Copperfield was standing just now.

That Cavendish Family guard didn't even have time to scream before he instantly turned into ashes on the spot.

Copperfield felt his heart palpitate. If he hadn't dodged and had gotten struck by that lightning bolt, he wouldn't have ended up any different from that bodyguard.

Copperfield raised his head and looked up.

He didn't know when it started.

A huge vortex formed by black thunderclouds appeared in the sky. There seemed to be countless lightning bolts dancing in the vortex like lightning snakes.

It was a vast ocean formed with lightning. Lightning surged down, and the lightning was like a tidal wave. It had an imposing manner that could shatter everything.

Boom!

The sound of the thunder could almost shatter one's eardrums and tear one's soul apart. The incomparably vast and boundless thunderclouds. The lightning bolt that was as thick as a bucket just now seemed to be just a thread of energy that was overflowing from the thunderclouds!

The sound of thunder shook the world. The lightning was like a tidal wave, and it seemed to be surging. A world of thunder and lightning was formed above the valley, and its aura seemed to be able to destroy everything.

The purplish-blue sea of lightning was about to drown the small valley. It seemed to represent the will of heaven and earth, and was enough to completely destroy a person's body and soul.

What was even more terrifying was that the target of the thunderclouds that covered a radius of thousands of miles was Copperfield, who was in the valley.

Copperfield's heart palpitated under the thunderclouds and he could not help but mutter.

"It seems that the will of heaven and earth that belongs to Titan Continent does not allow the power of hell to appear."

The thunderclouds in the sky continued to accumulate. It seemed that in the next moment, a huge amount of lightning would surge out.

Between heaven and earth, Copperfield stood quietly in this small valley.

Facing the thunderclouds that were filled with murderous intent above his head, he did not show the slightest bit of fear.

If under such a powerful thunderstorm, it was impossible for any living creature to survive. Since that was the case, there was no need to hide.

Copperfield stood quietly, looking directly at the black thunderclouds that were surging with lightning bolts.

It was as if he could look directly at the eye of heaven through this thunderstorm.

"I have a clear conscience."

Even though Copperfield's voice was not loud, it felt as loud as thunder.

An aura of death that came from the bottomless abyss soared into the sky.

Without deliberately controlling it, Elegy had floated up in front of Copperfield.

In an instant, thunderclouds surged down.