An invisible aura suddenly swept out from around Elizabeth, transforming into a visible, roiling storm. The Soul Fire flickering in her eye sockets also shifted toward deep violet.
"What happened?"
The sudden change drew everyone's attention.
Though she was merely an illusory image, she carried an unspeakably terrifying pressure.
The Lich Lord was truly terrifying to such a degree!
It lasted only an instant before Elizabeth returned to calm.
"What happened?" Mu could not help asking. It was the first time she had seen Elizabeth display such intense emotional turmoil.
"He escaped." Elizabeth's chest cavity slowly opened as she spoke.
Mu instinctively frowned.
It had to be said, this was indeed not good news.
"You should have sealed off the space, right? How did he escape?" Wang Gulas did not quite understand.
"A power involving the essence of space can ignore spatial anchoring." Ausia answered in Elizabeth's stead. "That was how he escaped from my grasp before."
The atmosphere in the hall grew somewhat heavy.
The Annihilation Cultist had escaped from Elizabeth's grasp, the Dancer had yet to be captured, and they had already confirmed that their target was undoubtedly the Underground Creature.
The situation was now grim for them.
What were they supposed to do?
That was the most urgent question they had to face. If they continued to delay, no one knew what changes might occur.
After a long silence, gaze after gaze fell upon Ausia.
As the highest-ranking member of Tide who had come to handle this incident, Ausia bore the role of final decision-maker.
So long as she made a decision, everyone would carry it out immediately.
Even though the Rose Opera Troupe was the Rose Duchy's representative visiting Steel City, that had become unimportant in the face of such an incident. Shattering the Annihilation Cultists'