CHAPTER 571: CHAPTER 571: HAVE YOU BEEN GOOFING OFF ALL THESE YEARS? (PART 1)

Pfft—

Raina North almost choked on her own saliva. She glared at Corvus Hades and said, "Honestly, are you trying to scare me to death so you can split The Celestial Alliance with the First Elder?"

Corvus looked confused, "Who is Wayne Chandler?"

Wraith, who was standing nearby, chimed in at the right moment, "Wayne Chandler, First Elder of The Celestial Alliance."

"Oh, I don’t know him." Corvus suddenly had a rare streak of conscience and reassured Raina, "Don’t worry, The Celestial Alliance is nothing to me."

Despite its power, even at its strongest, The Celestial Alliance could not compare with The Ancient Clans like The Hades Clan or The Dark Tower, which have thousand-year heritages.

However, Raina was not comforted at all.

Corvus waved at Raina, "Come over, Leo." He paused, "Or you can wait for me to invite you personally."

Raina couldn’t be bothered, thinking, isn’t a good night’s sleep more refreshing in the middle of the night?

She would have to be crazy to join this lunatic’s antics.

Corvus shook his head slightly, sighing, "Leo, you’re good at everything, but sometimes you’re not obedient."

As he spoke, Corvus slowly stood up from the sofa.

With one step forward, he approached Raina with ghost-like agility.

Raina dodged without hesitation, narrowly escaping, yet Corvus’s attack was closing in again.

Raina struggled to cope, feeling cornered.

Corvus, however, moved with ease, as if merely teasing a child, while taunting with sharp comments: "The angle of your attack was clever, but it lacked strength, and your stance was weak. Leo, have you been too carefree these years? Your skills have regressed a lot."

Raina scoffed.

She knew herself well enough without him pointing it out; her skills had indeed diminished greatly.

As the ancient saying goes, adversity makes you stronger. Since leaving The Umbral Zone, Raina had been living it up, and although she had not completely abandoned her martial arts, it was nothing compared to her past desperation. Skills only get worse without practice.

Normally, it wasn’t obvious, but facing a master like Corvus, it couldn’t be hidden.

"Leo, enough playing around. Let’s get down to business."

Get down to what business, damn it!

Raina wanted to point at Corvus’s nose and curse, but unfortunately, she was having such a hard time keeping up that speaking was difficult.

However, Corvus refused to relent, his attacks grew ever more fierce, relentless.

Raina grew more and more distressed, sweat seeping through and soaking her clothes.

Just as Raina was about to give in, ding-dong—

The doorbell suddenly rang.

Raina’s palm slapped against Corvus, using the force to put some distance between them, quickly calling a halt before Emperor Hades could strike again, "Stop, someone’s here, I’ll go see."

Saying that, Raina turned eagerly.

Honestly, she had never been more grateful to whoever was knocking at the door in the dead of night. Otherwise, tonight, with Corvus’s madness, she might really be done for.

Out there, Corvus wouldn’t go crazy—right?

Forget it, Raina hurried to open the door as fast as possible.

Then, when she saw who was standing at the door, she was instantly petrified.

There stood a man in a black trench coat, tall and elegantly poised at the doorstep, with a silver mask on his face. The mask was inscribed with runes, leaving only the chin exposed, which appeared exceptionally delicate, easily suggesting an extraordinary beauty.

But his eyes were cold, like eternal frozen jade, just one glance could make one’s hair stand on end, eradicating any tender thoughts.