Karl, that mastermind who had lurked in the shadows for so long and meticulously plotted a heaven-shaking conspiracy, finally put his wicked plan into action at this very moment. He rode high atop a Dark Beast as huge as a mountain, looking like a king of darkness, leading an army of terrifying beast races such as Triangular Bodies and Gluttons. Like a black tide blotting out the sun and sky, they surged majestically and impetuously toward Shenhe Academy.
Every single one of these beasts exuded a chilling, bone-deep gloom, as if they were evil ghosts crawled up from the abyss of hell. The Triangular Bodies were massive, resembling moving metal fortresses; their entire bodies flickered with a bizarre and icy metallic sheen that seemed to freeze the surrounding air, and with every step they landed, the earth trembled. The Gluttons, meanwhile, parted maw-gaping jaws wide enough to swallow a small hill, saliva cascading wildly like waterfalls and exhaling a nauseating, putrid stench, as though all things in the world were mere prey meant to be devoured.
Riding atop the Dark Beast, Karl looked down upon his evil legion, his eyes revealing a nearly frantic sense of inevitable victory. He knew with utmost clarity that as long as he could seize the Great Clock—which contained endless mysteries and formidable power—from Shenhe Academy, he could achieve a breakthrough in the mad field of black hole research and thereby play the fate of the entire universe in the palm of his hand. In …
Chapter 391