Instant Kill!

The air was filled with a terrifying atmosphere as the skeleton walked upright, wielding weapon and emanating a dangerous aura, as if an invisible hand had clenched the hearts of those present.

What shocked the five individuals even more was that that was clearly a skeleton that had long decayed, yet it was moving and even emitting sounds just like humans.

Encountering such a scene for the first time, they were truly unable to comprehend.

"Sizzle!"

With a crackle of electricity, Nicholas quickly materialized above, surrounded by lightning, looking down at the five below.

"Why did you ambush me?" he asked coldly, observing the sweat dripping from the foreheads of the five.

"W-what are you!?," the woman asked in fear. This man had clearly been the one she had pierced through the neck with her dagger earlier, but now he showed no signs of injury.

"Attack!" Suddenly, the leader wearing a hat adorned with a wolf emblem shouted. Behind him, three figures, with dark skin and dressed in animal skins, also reacted, swiftly pulling out shells from their pockets and launching them towards Nicholas.

Boom! Hiss! Hiss!

With three distinct sounds, the shells landing in front of Nicholas erupted into dazzling flashes and huge smoke clouds, enveloping the group and obscuring their movements.

At the same time, several rushing sounds came from within the smoke, indicating that the assailants intended to take advantage of the cover to escape.

"Offending me, and you think you can escape so easily?"

"You!?" The woman exclaimed in shock, watching Nicholas reappear before her eyes.

In the haze, seeing Nicholas suddenly appear again, the group didn't hesitate to brandish their weapons.

In an instant, a spear pierced Nicholas's chest, and a long knife slashed across his body.

Looking down at the sparks coursing through his body and the weapons, Nicholas's expression turned grim.

These people seemed to have lived isolated lives on their sky island for too long; their perception and skills were lacking.

"Very impolite! Since that's the case, then you can all quiet down for a while!"

With his words, electricity crackled around Nicholas as thunder roared, shaking the air. In an instant, the woman couldn't even see his movements clearly; her four companions beside her were sent flying by the force, breaking branches and crashing to the ground, motionless.

"You're too strong! This guy is too dangerous! I must find a way to send word back!" In the smoke, amidst the chaos, the woman resolved to send a message.

"Sorry for my rudeness, we thought you were from the Temple," the woman said, her voice filled with regret.

"You, you are something else," she continued, staring at Nicholas in awe.

"This guy was supposed to be the one I stabbed earlier, but he doesn't seem injured at all now," she thought to herself.

"If you're not from the Temple, what are you?" she finally asked Nicholas.

"I should ask you who you are, attacking me without reason," Nicholas replied coldly.

Meanwhile, a commotion could be heard from the ground nearby, cries and shouts indicating that the four warriors under Batulu's command were still struggling.

"We are from the Shandia tribe! Aren't you from the Temple?" the woman suddenly realized, looking at Nicholas inquisitively.

Quickly, she noticed something even more surprising.

"You don't even have wings!"

"I'm not from the Sky Island, so naturally, I don't have wings," Nicholas replied.

The woman bit her lip, feeling embarrassed and ashamed.

"I'm sorry, we thought you were from the Temple, so we attacked you," she apologized.

"If it weren't for my strength, I would have died in that sneak attack just now. What's the point of apologizing to a dead person?" Nicholas said coldly.

The woman, named Lorna, felt a suffocating sensation as Nicholas's hand tightened around her neck, pressing her against a thick branch. She began to feel faint.

"Too strong! This guy is too dangerous! I have to find a way to send a message back!" Lorna thought desperately. From Nicholas's sudden appearance to their attack, not even five seconds had passed. This mysterious man had effortlessly dealt with Batulu and three elite warriors, and now he had easily subdued her.

Even facing him, Lorna couldn't land a hit or cause any effective damage. It seemed that in terms of strength, speed, or the mysterious lightning, this sudden stranger surpassed their imagination.

In Lorna's mind, this young man was even stronger than the Sky Island's deity, Gan fall!

After all, their team wouldn't have lost so decisively to Gan fall.

"Seems like four hundred years away from Jaya made the Shandia people forget how to treat guests," Nicholas said coldly.

Ice ran through Lorna's veins as Nicholas's words reached her ears. She felt the pressure on her neck loosen slightly.

"You... are you from Vearth!?" Nicholas nodded. "Yes, I am from Vearth."

"You!" Lorna exclaimed, looking at Nicholas in disbelief.

"You're a Vearth person!?" Nicholas nodded again. "Yes, I am from Vearth."

"You!" Lorna's jaw dropped, realizing how different their thought processes were.

"Don't worry about it. I'm not interested in your life. Keep it for yourself. By the way, are you Shandia people? Wasn't the Golden City Shandora once the territory of your ancestors?"

As Nicholas spoke, Lorna's eyes lit up with recognition at the mention of the name she had only heard among the elders.

"The Golden City!" Lorna exclaimed.

"Yes, Shandora was once the territory of our ancestors. Even the so-called Holy Land of Upper yard, claimed by the people of the Sky Island, was the territory of our Shandia people!"

Lorna's eyes filled with shame and anger.

After all, their ancestors had lost their territory to the shameless people of the Sky Island after the great warrior Kalgara passed away. They were driven out and forced to live in a small village, which was a disgrace to their ancestors.

"I have a favor to ask of you. If you help me, I'll forgive your earlier transgression."

"What favor?" "Take me to see your tribe leader," Nicholas said calmly.

"What for?" Lorna hesitated. Taking this powerful stranger to see their tribe leader meant bringing him to their settlement. If anything went wrong, they couldn't afford the consequences.

"Don't worry, I mean no harm. Take me to your tribe leader. Besides, with my strength, finding your Shandia people's settlement isn't difficult. It just takes a bit of time."

Nicholas turned his head, smiling at another direction.