"What … happened?"
Gray's expression was solemn.
The rune puppet was an important force that he had given to the royal family of the Purple Moon Kingdom to protect the plane. It was absolutely not allowed to leave the planar passage, because once the passage was not guarded by the rune puppet, the Temple of Light could invade.
But now that the rune puppet had disappeared and been taken away from the planar passage, something major must have happened in the plane. Otherwise, they would not have taken the risk to take the rune puppet away.
"Who's there?"
More than a dozen figures surrounded Gray, all of them wielding weapons and wearing solemn expressions.
No one had come to the planar passage for many years, but they did not expect that not long after the rune puppet was taken away, someone would come again from the planar passage.
Their hearts sank to the bottom. To be able to break through the planar barrier and come here, their strength must be extremely strong. Even if they were suppressed by the plane, they would probably have the strength of a King. But now, they did not have a single King here, and the strongest was only at the Desolation Stage.
"I'm Gray Fergus. What happened? Why was the rune puppet taken away?"
Gray looked at these people. They were all unfamiliar faces that he had never seen before. He did not know if they were from the Purple Moon Kingdom or the Jewel Kingdom.
"Gray Fergus … You're Lord Gray?!"
Hearing Gray announce his name, these people were first stunned, then their eyes suddenly widened as they looked at Gray in disbelief.
Gray was very famous in the plane. His various deeds were widely spread in the plane, and even children had heard of his deeds. He was the most admired figure of the younger generation in the plane.
However, very few people had actually seen him.
He did not like to socialize and spent most of his time in seclusion. Therefore, very few people had actually seen him, and everyone who had seen him was proud of it.
"Lord Gray, please show us something that can prove your identity."
Although these people were surprised by Gray's "identity", they did not let down their guard just because Gray announced his name. A middle-aged man looked at Gray vigilantly.
"You should have heard of my ability …"
Gray was not surprised that these people still did not let down their guard. If a name could make these people let down their guard, then these people were undoubtedly unqualified.
He extended his right hand and pointed with his index finger. A thick black mist surged out and spread forward.
Poof!
In an instant, an extremely exaggerated mark appeared.
A long gully appeared on the ground that was completely covered in ice. The gully was several miles long and extremely wide and deep. Even the frozen soil a hundred meters underground was exposed.
"Black fog, this is indeed the legendary ability of Lord Gray. It really is Lord Gray!"
They looked at the terrifying ravine in shock. They didn't expect Lord Gray to be so powerful. After a while, they came back to their senses and put away their weapons.
"What's going on?
Why had the rune puppets been withdrawn?
And there isn't even a single King Stage expert here. "
Gray looked at the middle-aged man who had just spoken. From the speed of these people when they had surrounded him, he had already determined that the strongest among them was only a Wild Blood warrior.
"Lord Gray, something has happened. Please hurry to the Night Forest immediately …"
Hearing Gray's inquiry, the middle-aged man recovered from the shock of Gray's return. He suddenly remembered the current situation and said anxiously.
…
The Night Forest was originally a forest with extremely dense vegetation, but now the vegetation was sparse. It was no longer called the Night Forest.
Boom, boom, boom!
In the forest, there were sounds of battle coming from many places. It was as if fireworks were blooming in the forest.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that there were battlefields one after another. On each battlefield, there were at least a dozen Blood Warriors besieging a giant beast.
The giant beasts had different appearances, but the only thing they had in common was that their bodies seemed to be formed by fog. The smallest one was close to ten meters in size, and the largest one was more than thirty meters in size. They were Void Beasts one after another.
Although Gray had stopped the Light Temple's Blood Sacrifice Plane and protected the plane, in the tens of thousands of years before, under the devouring of the Sun Sword, a large amount of the plane's origin had been lost.
In fact, the reason why the Empire was destroyed a thousand years ago was because the Empire had discovered the truth about the Plane Origin Formation and wanted to destroy the Plane Origin Formation to prevent this from happening.
This method was naturally suppressed by the Light Temple, and the entire Empire was destroyed. In order to prevent the news of the Plane Origin Formation from being known by future generations, a large amount of documents from the Empire's era were destroyed.
The loss of the plane's origin caused the plane to be in a broken state. In this state, the plane's barrier became very unstable, and there would occasionally be a hole in the plane.
The Nothingness Beast that Gray had encountered had entered the plane through a hole in the plane. Now, the same situation had occurred. Another Nothingness Beast had invaded the plane through a hole in the plane.
"Die!"
A Nothingness Beast that was more than twenty meters long was bound by four giant stone hands. It held a golden sword. Difoni Violet roared, and purple flames filled the sword as it slashed at the Nothingness Beast's neck once again.
After being slashed more than ten times, the Nothingness Beast's neck finally could not take it anymore, and it broke with a plop.
Clang!
As the neck broke, the stone that bound the Nothingness Beast collapsed. The Nothingness Beast that was more than twenty meters long fell heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Huff, huff …"
Difoni Violet was panting heavily as he supported his body with his sword. Beside him, an old woman walked over, panting as well. It was Jennifer Austin.
"We finally killed it. Fortunately, both of us broke through to the Magic Light realm. Otherwise, it would have been extremely difficult to kill this huge beast."
"The most troublesome thing is over there."
Both of them looked solemnly in one direction. There, a green rune puppet that was close to ten meters long was fighting a huge beast that was more than forty meters long.
The huge beast was purple all over and had no eyes. Its body was wide, and it had a total of six legs. It looked like a huge insect.
On the surface of its body, there were many thick tentacles that looked like the hair on its body.
Boom, boom, boom!
The green rune puppet and the huge beast collided continuously. Terrifying booms continued to ring out, and horrifying scars appeared on the ground under their attacks.
Under the attacks of the purple huge beast, the green rune puppet was forced to retreat, plowing out terrifying scars on the ground. It was obviously at a disadvantage, especially under the purple light that was spat out from the purple huge beast's mouth. The metal on the surface of the green rune puppet was actually melting.
"The rune puppet alone can't stop it. We'll restrain it from behind!"
The two of them pounced towards the huge beast, viciously attacking it from behind.
However, with their Magic Light realm battle prowess, it was like scratching an itch when they slashed at the huge beast's body. They were unable to leave a single wound. Not only that, but one huge tentacle after another attacked the two of them.
Pu, pu!
The two of them dodged in succession, but the tentacles were too dense. They could not help but be hit by the tentacles, as if they had been hit by two huge rocks. The two of them could not help but spit out blood as they flew backwards.
"It's actually not injured at all."
The two of them were aghast, and their hearts were cold. Under their first level Magic Light attacks, the purple huge beast was actually not injured at all.
The current situation was clearly disadvantageous to them. The rune puppet was completely at a disadvantage, and the two of them were unable to injure the purple huge beast at all. They were unable to restrain it, and if this continued, the rune puppet would definitely be destroyed.
With this huge beast's characteristic of swallowing all life, when the time came, not only would the two kingdoms be destroyed, but even the entire realm would be destroyed. All life would become the target of the beast's swallowing.
They did not expect that their realm would not be destroyed by the Temple of Light. Instead, it would be destroyed by a huge beast.
The two of them were filled with grief and anger. With a roar, they pounced forward again.
However, not long after, the two of them flew backwards again, spitting out blood. Many of their bones had been broken.
…
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Gray's expression changed slightly. He did not expect another Void Beast to appear in the Night Forest, and there were so many of them. There might even be a Void Beast that surpassed Magic Light and reached the Annihilation class.
With the power of the Purple Moon Kingdom and the Jewel Kingdom, it was obvious that they were no match for a Void Beast that surpassed Magic Light. Even if they had the rune puppet, it would not be enough.
He knew the power of the rune puppet very well. It was comparable to the fifth level of Magic Light, but it definitely could not compete with an Annihilation class beast. He could only hope that it was not too late and that the two kingdoms would not suffer too many casualties.
Dong!
Under the shocked gazes of the ten or so people guarding the realm passage, Gray threw the Bramble Disaster Crocodile out of the realm he had created. He gave the order to guard the realm passage and then teleported away.
When he reappeared, he was already above the Night Forest. Within a certain distance, he could teleport to anywhere he had been before. He had been to the Night Forest before.
"The Night Forest has become like this!"
Seeing that the Night Forest, which was originally lush with vegetation, had become a wasteland, Gray could not help but feel his heart sink. Just from the traces of destruction, he could tell that there were many Void Beasts that had descended.
His eyes scanned the battlefield where intense battles were taking place, but he did not help. Instead, he was looking for the Void Beast that seemed to have surpassed Magic Light. Soon, he found the Void Beast.
Boom!
His entire body was covered in purple light. He was like a rainbow shooting across the sky. Then, he fell like a cannonball. The ground shook, and he appeared next to the Void Beast that seemed to have surpassed Magic Light.
"It really has reached the Annihilation class."
Looking at the purple Void Beast, Gray's heart flashed with the realization that he had expected it.
The Rune Puppet was completely suppressed by the purple Void Beast. To be able to suppress the Rune Puppet, whose combat power was comparable to the fifth level of Magic Light, the Void Beast had to be an Annihilation class.
"Gray, why are you back?"
Seeing Gray suddenly appear, Difoni Violet and Jennifer Austin, who had been injured and forced to stand up again, could not help but be surprised.
They did not expect Gray to return at such a critical moment.
More than five years had passed. They did not know how strong Gray was, but they were sure that he was stronger than them. With him holding the Void Beast back, they might be able to cooperate with the Rune Puppet to defeat the purple giant beast.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
At that moment, the purple giant beast sensed Gray's sudden appearance and sensed danger. Dozens of giant tentacles attacked Gray.
"Gray, be careful. This purple giant beast's combat power might have surpassed Magic Light!"
Seeing Gray being attacked, the two of them could not help but remind him loudly. However, in the next moment, their faces became dull.
Facing the giant beast's tentacles, Gray only pointed his finger and a black weapon swept out. All the tentacles were destroyed, and a giant hole appeared on the giant beast's body. With a boom, it fell to the ground and died.