Night enveloped the entire Old District.
The streets of Xinghai City were cold and deserted.
Pedestrians had long since vanished from the streets.
On the empty roads, only parked cars lined the curbs.
Silvery moonlight cast down a long, menacing shadow that looked terrifying, as if baring fangs and brandishing claws.
On the rooftop of a building,
a humanoid demonic beast was sprinting rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, it leaped to another rooftop.
After a few more jumps, it vanished from sight.
Inside a certain empty building,
a group of people filed in one after another, all clad in long robes.
With hoods pulled over their heads, they entered in complete silence.
All of them remained silent.
Inside the massive building, several hundred people gradually gathered.
But despite so many people gathered together, there wasn't a single clamorous sound.
Only the sound of each other's heavy breathing...
