The consequences triggered by the eruption of the Evil God's power were far greater than Bai Zhi had imagined.
Luckily, the one guarding Xi'er at the time had been Rain, an Inhuman Existence. Otherwise, their return to regroup might have been delayed by several more days.
But aside from that bad news, there was good news as well.
Pink Haired Girl and the others had successfully obtained the Evil God Cards Xi'er needed from the eighth floor. There were even two more than Alex Shadow had revealed.
With these five Evil God Cards, Xi'er successfully diverted most of her uncontrollable power into the Cards. In fact, that was the purpose for which these Cards had appeared.
At the same time, that was why, despite having collected these Cards, the people of Pure World had still failed to produce any research results after all this time.
It was no exaggeration to say that these nine Evil God Cards were the core components of this world.
"What? Is there something on my face?"
Looking at the person in front of her, who had been staring at her ever since his return, Xi'er asked in confusion.
As she spoke, she reached up and touched her cheek.
"Nothing. I just didn't expect you to grow up so much in the blink of an eye."
Bai Zhi affectionately patted her head.
"..."
Lowering her head to look at her completely unchanged figure, Xi'er suddenly felt that there might be something wrong with the guy in front of her.
But what she had not expected was that he continued.
"Sigh, you poor child. What a hard life you've had."
Wiping at tears that did not actually exist from the corners of his eyes, Bai Zhi looked heartbroken.
"It's all my fault as your father. I never