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More and more monsters began to move.

The once dense mass of monsters parted like a wave, creating a clear path.

A faint purple light covered their eyes, causing their gaze to lose focus as they aimlessly wandered. At the same time, they unknowingly blocked other monsters from approaching.

The group stared at this miraculous scene, all momentarily stunned. No one had expected that such an easy path would open within the monster horde, leading to the outside world. A wave of joy immediately surged in their hearts.

"We're saved!" Tuwnken clenched his fists, his face filled with excitement. He had been prepared to die, but now, he could actually see hope.

"Is it really that simple?" Cornbark said, his expression filled with disbelief.

The monster horde had trapped them for an entire day, and they had tried every method to find a way out. But now, Luca had simply waved his hand, and the monster horde parted on its own.

High above, Quagmire and the others noticed the commotion below. When they saw the path, they were taken aback.

"He actually did it." Fuzzsir swung his hand to kill a monster that lunged at him, his voice tinged with surprise. He had thought Luca was just boasting before.

Quagmire and the others were equally surprised. Though they knew that Luca must have had some confidence when he said that before, they hadn't expected it to work so quickly.

This sparked a glimmer of hope within them. In the face of the overwhelming monster horde, it wasn't just the ordinary people who felt despair. Even they hadn't seen a single way out.

As for the high-tier monsters, although they had noticed the changes in the horde, they didn't pay it much attention.

So what if a path had opened? If these people dared to walk it, the monsters would ensure they'd never have a chance to turn back.

What the monsters failed to realize, however, was that the 100,000 people were right under their noses. Thanks to the amplification of the Primordial energy, the skill Luca had used was far beyond their detection capabilities.

Luca glanced up at the monsters in the sky before turning back to the crowd behind him. "Remember what I said before," he instructed, "Step forward, one at a time. Don't look back. The rest is up to me."

With their escape route in sight, the ordinary people were filled with overwhelming joy, itching to rush forward. But upon hearing Luca's warning, they calmed themselves down. Many understood that they had no chance of survival unless they followed Luca's instructions. Otherwise, with their strength, they'd likely be devoured before they could even take a step.

"I'll go first." Protected by the Dreamweaving power, Tuwnken was braver this time and took the first step toward the path in the monster horde.

A monstrous bear was swaying less than ten meters away from him. Its eyes were covered by the purple light, and it didn't notice anything unusual.

Tuwnken, his heart in his throat, let out a sigh of relief. A smile appeared on his face, and he was just about to turn around and call his sister, Timi, to join him when he suddenly remembered Luca's warning.

"Ugh…" He quickly covered his mouth, but a small sound still slipped out. The nearby monsters, which had been lazily wandering, immediately turned their attention toward him.

Tuwnken was startled, thinking he had been discovered. But soon, he saw that the monsters, after staring at him for a moment, resumed their aimless wandering. It was clear they hadn't detected his presence.

"Don't speak," Luca's voice rang in his ears again, a warning tone in his words. He was also keeping a close watch on the high-tier monsters above, making sure they didn't come too close and ruin the delicate balance they had achieved.

With Luca's reassurance, Cornbark and some soldiers from the army began leading the civilians cautiously along the path through the monster horde. The surrounding monsters seemed as though they had been blinded, completely unaware as the group of ordinary people passed right by them. Not a single monster seemed to notice their presence. This allowed everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

A flicker of hope also stirred in their hearts. They could see the possibility of escape. However, Luca did not lower his guard. He knew that the path ahead was long, and they had no idea what obstacles might still await them. A single mistake could lead to disaster. It wasn't the time to be careless yet.

Fortunately, thanks to Luca's prior warning, and the group's precious sense of survival, they had been walking for five or six minutes without encountering any trouble. However, their pace was slow because they had to help the elderly, pregnant women, and those with weaker physical conditions.

For example, Timi, whose body was already weak, was carrying the little girl. After only a short distance, she began to pant heavily.

"I'll take her." Tuwnken reached out to take the little girl from her arms. The girl was still asleep, but she was clutching a small bear toy tightly. Tuwnken tried twice to pull it from her hands, but she was holding on so firmly that he eventually gave up and let her keep it.

What he didn't notice was that, as soon as his gaze moved away, the toy bear suddenly twisted its head around, giving him a strange look. Its button-like eyes gleamed with a chilling murderous intent, but it vanished in the blink of an eye, returning to its harmless appearance as an ordinary stuffed bear.

"Hmm?" Luca, who had been keeping a wary eye on the high-tier monsters above, suddenly frowned and looked down at the crowd of people.

Just now, he had sensed the presence of the Superclass monster that had disappeared a long time ago—right in the midst of the crowd.
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Could it be hiding among these ordinary people? The thought sent a jolt through Luca's heart. After all, that was a genuine Superclass monster, and its abilities were still unknown.

If it suddenly went berserk, not only would these ordinary people be in danger, but even the soldiers of the Northern Territory group and Quagmire's team wouldn't stand a chance.

He couldn't afford to slack off. A flash of brilliant blue light flickered in his eyes as he spread out his vast mental power, scanning the crowd of ten thousand people carefully, searching for that fleeting and suspicious aura he had detected earlier.

However, what disturbed Luca was that, after several rounds of scanning the crowd with his mental power, he couldn't find a trace of the monster anywhere.

"Has it hidden itself?" Luca's expression grew serious. Rather than believing his Perception had failed, he preferred to think that the monster had a powerful ability to hide, capable of masking its presence entirely.

When they had entered Leaf City, Luca had already noticed that this monster's Perception and silver coin ability were likely far sharper than the average monster's. After one brief scan with his mental power, he had lost track of its aura. Now, its sudden reappearance was probably because it had detected their movements and had been triggered into action.

Thinking of this possibility, Luca's mind briefly became unsettled. But he quickly regained his composure. In times of crisis, the most important thing was to stay calm.

"I need to come up with a plan," Luca muttered to himself, his gaze scanning the crowd again. The priority now was to locate the monster, which might be hiding among the people, but how should he go about it?

He searched through his memories, reviewing various skills and spells in his mind, but discarded each one as unsuitable.

Finally, Luca's attention landed on a rarely used class skill, and everything clicked.

Witch Doctor Class Skill—Eye of Insight!

When using Eye of Insight, the player could observe the flow of magical energy and the life force within a person's body.

Given his increased power, Luca hadn't needed to use this skill in a long time, but now it seemed like the perfect solution to detect a hidden monster within a crowd.

Without hesitation, he pulled out several shards of Primordial Crystal and activated them. Brilliant, multicolored light enveloped Luca, and a strange force surged through his body. Under the guidance of his mental power, this force began to enhance his Witchcraft abilities, with faint bluish energy swirling around him, just barely visible.

He looked down at the crowd, and a faint, ghostly glow suddenly appeared. It quickly consumed his pupils, turning his eyes completely into a deep, eerie blue.

At the same time, the Primordial Power within him began to surge violently. A powerful surge of witchcraft energy erupted from Luca's body, and Eye of Insight was enhanced to its peak!

Boom!

Under the watchful eyes of countless onlookers, the ghostly blue witchcraft power transformed into a pillar of light, shooting up into the sky. As it rose, it gradually coalesced into a pair of massive, deep, and mysterious ghostly blue eyes!

Eye of Insight!

The overwhelming witchcraft energy turned the sky blue, and the enormous eyes overshadowed the heavens. As Luca moved, those eyes slowly descended, gazing at the ground below. The eyes shimmered with divine light, as if a deity were looking down upon ants!

At this moment, whether they were monsters or humans, everyone who looked upon these eyes felt as if they had been completely seen through, exposed in every way.

"What... is this?" Tuwnken, looking up at the giant eyes in the sky, felt his breath almost freeze. Even in the Eternal Game, he had never seen such terrifying power.

Beside him, Timi's face showed unmasked astonishment. Her power was slightly higher than Tuwnken's, and she had seen the abilities of the strong in the Eternal World.

By comparison, she could deduce that Luca's current strength had already reached Earth-level, meaning he was now at the Superclass tier! This was why Timi felt such shock.

After all, the Eternal World had only appeared about a month ago, and yet this guy had already reached the threshold of Superclass!

Tuwnken wasn't the only one feeling this way. Quagmire and the others were also momentarily stunned.

However, compared to the others, they had already witnessed Luca's strength and knew that he could crush high-tier monsters even before the game had descended. So, seeing him achieve this level of power now didn't seem so surprising.

Just as the gigantic eyes in the sky were staring down at the crowd, the toy bear, which had been quietly cradled by the little girl, suddenly raised its head to look at the enormous eyes above. Its thin brows furrowed.

A flash of fierce malice appeared in its eyes.

Almost simultaneously, Luca sensed something. He sharply turned his head toward Tuwnken's direction.

His lips slightly moved, and the deep blue witchcraft power surged around him, almost turning into flames.

"I've found you!"