For a long moment after the messenger's words rang out, the entire ancestral hall seemed to lose its breath.
The air itself felt heavy, thick with disbelief.
"A vampire…" someone whispered faintly.
"Almost severely injured both of them?"
Even the Blood Ancestors, suspended above their ancient coffins, wore expressions that were no longer calm or dignified but deeply shaken.
Their pale faces, lined with age and centuries of bloodshed, tightened as if struck by an invisible force.
The bat messenger nodded firmly, his small body trembling with the weight of the information he carried.
"Yes," he said. "The reports are confirmed by multiple observers from the outer territories. The Chimera Ant Demon Emperor and the invading Human Emperor were both left heavily drained. Their auras weakened. Their domains shattered."
The hall erupted into layered murmurs that rolled across the chamber like a restless tide.
"A vampire did that…"
"To two Emperors…"
"That is beyond reckless…"
