"Goddammit, are you kidding me? What now?!" Ethan's eyes went wide with disbelief.
He hadn't expected another threat to show up so soon.
Everyone else on the battlefield tensed up immediately. One by one, they rose into the air, hovering above the ground, their auras flaring as they stared down at the earth below, ready for anything.
Moments later—
A deep crack split open across the ground.
And from that gaping fissure, a massive skeletal hand reached out.
"What the hell…? Where am I? How'd I end up here?"
The voice was raspy—dry and hollow like wind scraping across a tombstone—but laced with a soul-crushing pressure that made Ethan's very spirit tremble.
Then, out of nowhere, a system notification echoed in his mind.
[Warning: A Tier 15 Crimson Ultimate has emerged — The Bone Sovereign.]
Ethan's heart dropped.