Chen Cheng looked at the woman in his hand. Grim no longer began to describe his expression.
Crimson Ray's plan was madness, especially when Melos and the others had no idea where Chen Cheng's group had gone.
Truthfully, Chen Cheng wanted to strangle Crimson Ray right then and there, then reduce her to ashes.
But she had not lied in her final words. Only by making her his Subordinate God could Chen Cheng control her and have her take him into Ice and Snow Island with Phase Weaponry.
As for taking the Phase Weaponry off her and putting it on himself, it was locked to its host.
Chen Cheng could use his authority to forbid Crimson Ray from using it, but he could not unlock it quickly.
After all, the weaponry had been made for warriors charging at the front. Even with their highest-level authority, Old Ke and the others could not have been so reckless as to strip a frontline fighter of her lifesaving equipment at will.
Crimson Ray did not know he had the highest authority to lock it down. But she had won her gamble. No matter how much he loathed her, he had to do as she said, even though she had now become a fool.
If Chen Cheng truly had neither a Divine Domain nor a Divine Kingdom, as he had claimed, Crimson Ray really had been prepared to let Melos and the others die on the island.
Chen Cheng stared at Crimson Ray, whose face still wore what looked like a smile of triumph, and said through gritted teeth:
"You win."
Of course, it was no smile of triumph. It was merely the vacant grin of someone who had lost her senses.
Chen Cheng unfolded his Divine Domain and immediately touched the untouchable Law