As Zhang Chen and Wang Yizhi fought, Chong Ying watched from start to finish. Even after they left, she found the outcome hard to accept and could not quite recover from the shock.
Yu Ming had sensed Azathoth's aura, while Wang Yizhi had warned Zhang Chen in the underground cave that once the Dark King's Persona finished merging with the death spirit essence, Azathoth would sense it all and come to the Dark Realm.
Azathoth's overwhelming strength forced everyone to flee at full speed, heading toward the Far North Land as Yu Ming had instructed. Elizabeth had remained inside Yu Ming's Dynasty Ruins. As long as Yu Ming opened the passage to the Dynasty Ruins, Elizabeth could emerge from within.
However, Yu Ming could not open and close it at will like the Ghoul Stomach World inside Zhang Chen. Every opening of this artificially created independent world consumed a considerable amount of Yu Ming's stamina.
"Looks like the situation isn't too bad. Azathoth has already arrived in the Dark Realm and shows no signs of moving further. There's no need for everyone to keep wasting energy in the void. Up ahead are the ruins of a medium-sized realm—the Cloth Realm. They appear fairly well preserved, so let's rest inside for now."
Yu Ming pointed ahead. A town constructed from all kinds of cloth appeared within the gray void. There were clearly no living creatures inside, but these fabrics were tougher than ordinary building materials, and Void Erosion had not destroyed the overall structure.
Zhang Chen remained silent along the way, while Chong Ying quietly followed behind him.
"Brother Zhang Chen, I know you have some troubling thoughts right now. Come inside and talk. There are some things you can't change at the moment, but how things develop from here on