The clouds met the rolling waves, linked to dawn's mist; the Milky Way seemed to turn as a thousand sails danced.
"Looks like every Ghosts and Monsters has come crawling out..."
In the Plaza deep beneath the Abyss, Bai Zhi opened his eyes, his expression unreadable.
Since he had left a Shadow Puppet behind in Mechanical City, he could naturally sense the abnormalities occurring outside. The only ones capable of doing something like this were those people from the Mechanical Empire.
He had originally planned to respond to whatever came his way and adapt to the situation, but he had not expected those guys to simply flip the table outright.
"...Mutual destruction? Or are they planning to retreat amid this chaos... hmm?"
Raising an eyebrow slightly, Bai Zhi looked ahead.
Amid ripples spreading like water, the somewhat weary figure of the Pink Haired Loli gradually solidified from nothingness.
"Well? Did you find anything?"
Bai Zhi rose to his feet and looked at her.
"I can't say there was nothing. I can only say I barely got a little something..."
Turning back to look at the silver-white Giant Tree standing at the very center of the Plaza, the Pink Haired Loli's tone was rather strange.
"The real Ju Mang is no longer here. What remains here is merely a Wood God's Body that has lost its true spirit."
"Not here... what do you mean?"
Bai Zhi raised his brow slightly.
"Not here means not here. What else could it mean?"
With her hands folded across her chest, the Pink Haired Girl let out a soft snort.
"That cunning bastard abandoned his body, cast away the vast majority of his power, and used that as a springboard to escape from here... perhaps with the help of some external force? What remains here