"I didn't expect the Abyssal Sage King to be so cautious, using his ultimate move right from the start..." Liu Xiaoxiao muttered to himself. "He can even project his true body onto Douluo Star? If that's really the case, this will be troublesome..."
He knew full well that the blood-red eye was the Abyssal Sage King's true body, as well as the Abyss core of the first layer of the Abyss. It controlled all one hundred and eight layers of the Abyss. His current humanoid form was merely manifested through Zhou Hanxin's body.
However, judging from what had just happened, projecting his true body onto Douluo Star did not seem particularly powerful. Perhaps that was related to the Abyssal Sage King having only just arrived on Douluo Star.
"The battle has entered the second phase. Prepare to withdraw first." Liu Xiaoxiao sent a telepathic message to the Ten Sages, while also using Divine Sense Detection Sharing to inform all Title Douluo and Limit Douluo to retreat at once and return to the defensive line.
Their battle plan was divided into three phases. The first phase was to assist the Abyssal Sage King's descent and invite the wolf into the house. The second phase was somewhat longer: they needed the Abyssal Sage King to believe that Douluo Star did not pose enough of a threat, yet still placed him under sufficient pressure that he would need to overlap the Abyss Plane with Douluo Star's plane and channel Abyss energy into Douluo Star.
As for the third phase, it was simple: kill the Abyssal Sage King, seize the Abyss energy, and finish the cleanup.
The reason they had specifically invited four gods was actually to put pressure on the Abyssal Sage King. The power of Second-level Gods alone was insufficient to sweep