Lord of the void realm

Rain fell over the hills.

Raizen walked beneath the trees, the mud not touching his boots. He stopped near a shallow stream. No need to meditate, no need to rest. He was waiting.

He sensed her.

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Above the clouds, Shi Yun hovered with one hand forming a seal. Thin, fast, and precise—she was the best tracker among the five. Unlike Zhen, she didn't charge in. She placed over fifty talismans across the forest, each designed to trace movement, suppress aura, and anchor her position if things went wrong.

She found him standing by the stream.

Still.

Too still.

She didn't attack yet. Instead, she formed a weak energy clone and sent it down through the trees.

The clone landed a few meters behind him.

No reaction.

It moved closer.

Then vanished.

No flash. No sound.

Gone.

Shi Yun frowned.

She raised her hand again and called in dozens of thin wind blades—shaped to avoid large movements, designed for speed. She dropped them from the sky in a single volley.

They didn't hit.

Raizen remained still.

The wind blades landed behind him and sank harmlessly into the dirt.

She knew something was wrong.

Before she could retreat, a gap opened in the air beside her.

Raizen stepped out.

She spun, firing a shield around herself and activating a teleport charm.

He didn't aim for the shield.

He folded the space around her.

Her body jerked, eyes wide.

In that instant, she was removed from the sky. The teleport charm didn't trigger. Her spiritual core flickered once, then went quiet.

Her body faded a moment later.

She didn't scream.

There was no struggle.

He added her soul to the void, adjusted her will, and moved on.

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In a ruined watchtower deep in the mountains, the last three hunters stood in silence.

"She's gone too," one of them said.

The leader didn't respond.

He turned toward the forest. "We're done sending them one by one."