Inside the Void Realm, the Dread-Eyed Lion lay asleep on the ground.
It suddenly sensed something and raised its head toward the entrance. Moments later, a dimensional rift opened, and someone stepped through.
"Huh?"
Surprise crossed the Dread-Eyed Lion's face. With a single step, it appeared directly in front of the entrance.
Ethan had barely emerged from the rift when he found himself staring into a pair of enormous eyes.
"Holy shit! Could you stand a little farther back? You scared the hell out of me."
The Dread-Eyed Lion ignored his complaint and stared at him in disbelief.
"You've reached Stage SSS?"
"Got lucky." Ethan dusted himself off, wearing an unbearably smug grin.
He normally wasn't one to show off, but this opportunity was too good to pass up.
The last time he'd faced the Dread-Eyed Lion, he hadn't been able to resist at all. He'd obediently done whatever it told him to do, which remained one of the more embarrassing moments of his life.
