A deafening silence…
A dazzling red light beamed across the sky. There was a warm gust of wind blowing at first, fluttering the hair and robes of the five sorcerers, who were standing in a line.
Immediately, an ear-piercing screech followed. A storm that sucked up the Abyssal Moss tore through the plains. Even though they had the Sorcerer's Barriers, the group still instinctively closed their eyes. They even shriveled for a moment.
The tempest lasted for more than ten seconds before calming down.
Finally, after the storm had weakened, there was a fire pillar thousands of meters long rising from deep within the First Acraepoid Kingdom in the Infernal Spirit World. The dust on top of it gradually turned into a mushroom cloud before merging with the Dark Abyssal Clouds. It was spreading in all directions.
"Here comes the shock from the plate shift!"