One of the figures that emerged from the king of keys' body had thick lips; pale yellow skin with large pores; coarse, curly hair; and thin, unusual ears that gave it the impression of a mountain goat. The lower half of its body was a mess of feelers and a tail.

This was Wilbow, whom Zhang Lie had been acquainted with as a result of the war against the death spirits.

Wilbow smiled stoically. "Zhang Lie, I had hoped never to see you again, and yet..."

Even at the end of the death spirits' war, Wilbow had expected that his next encounter with Zhang Lie wouldn't be as allies, but rather as enemies.

Zhang Lie was too strong, so strong that he threatened...