From the very start of the battle, Eve had done nothing but activate the Shadow Path of her Red Equipment once, helping Gu Xi seal off the surrounding area.
After that, her Shadow Path had served no purpose at all. On the battlefield, she was even less noticeable than Shaya, who did not have Red Equipment.
At the very least, Shaya had killed a Great Demon.
Eve looked like the kind of useless deadweight who had done absolutely nothing.
Yet Eve's shadows were a crucial part of the seal on the area. As long as Eve could be defeated, flaws would appear in the sealed space before them, giving the Free Player far more room to maneuver.
But the Free Player had never expected that Gu Xi did not care whom he attacked. He had been waiting for the other party to make a move.
The instant a bubble appeared out of thin air, Gu Xi struck.
This time, Gu Xi did not wait for the bubble to burst or transform into something offensive.
The moment the bubble appeared, Gu Xi raised his hand.
A flash of white light then shone from behind the bubble.
"Ah!"
The Free Player, who had vanished earlier, was unexpectedly blasted out of his hiding place.
In truth, this was entirely because Gu Xi had handled the Chief of the Goddesses under his command well.
When the Free Player had attacked earlier, Gu Xi had already "seen" where he was hiding.
The Free Player had used the power of Double Red Equipment Resonance to create a fake space with illusions.
With his mastery of illusions, he could already turn falsehood into reality.
At the same time, he had used the Necklace to alter the properties of that false space, making it untraceable and nonexistent before