From the very beginning, when He Ao first came into contact with this seal, he had suspected that the knowledge behind it came from a terrifying High-Level Existence.
But he had not initially connected it to the Mysterious Shadow.
Not until he heard Levi mention that he had once gone to the northeastern region and confirmed that Levi had been entangled by the Mysterious Shadow afterward.
Combined with the fact that Wistain's power leaned toward green, He Ao deduced that the anomaly's power attribute should also be green.
And He Ao knew that Good Friend held strong "hostility" toward the Pseudo-God String Tuner, whose power attribute was also gray.
Gods with the same color attribute seemed to have some irreconcilable conflict with Pseudo-Gods.
Then the Mysterious Shadow itself likely had a tendency to "seal" anomalies. He Ao simply did not understand why It did not directly devour anomalies like Good Friend did. That might involve some deeper secret.
But regardless, He Ao had basically determined that the Mysterious Shadow was very likely the one behind the entire sealing incident.
Having dealt with gods many times, He Ao knew very well that for a god, arranging a few angels without exposing itself was easy.
So before the battle began, he had exchanged for Lynn's [Whispering Lock].
Of course, those measures had been intended as precautions against Big Sister.
Big Sister had indeed set a trap for him, but it was not as though He Ao had failed to notice it at all.
Ever since discovering those active followers of the Desire Witch, he had raised his guard.
He simply had not expected the Mysterious Shadow to be so underhanded. It had actually come without making a move, intending to reap the benefits.
If He Ao had not previously reached an agreement