At this moment, within the grand, shattered meeting hall of the Botanist Faction, a heavy, suffocating silence reigned over the ruins.
Mu Gang sat quietly at the head of the cracked petrified-wood table, his eyes firmly closed.
The dense, dark green spiritual energy of his 2nd Stage Nirvana Rebirth Realm cultivation pulsed around his body in slow, rhythmic waves, stabilizing the structural integrity of the damaged manor around him.
Just then, he suddenly opened his eyes, two sharp emerald beams piercing the dim twilight of the hall as he glared directly at an seemingly empty space near the doorway.
"No need to hide," Mu Gang spoke, his deep voice vibrating with authority. "Show yourself."
At that exact moment, the shadows pooling near the broken entrance suddenly twisted and turned like liquid ink.
Space folded softly upon itself, and in that instant, Shen Haoran and Xu Xiansu materialized out of thin air.
