The colorful Demon Eye beside Tai Yu stared across the distance at the ever-rippling "Boundary Curtain."
It was a manifestation of the clashing Rule Domains of the two Great Monarchs, Tai Yu and Wyatt.
The offensive and defensive positions on both sides were clear, yet their objectives were somewhat vague.
Great Monarch Wyatt wanted to win back his dignity, but what exactly would count as winning it back?
His single strike had crushed down upon the "Gray Blue Eye" Demi-Plane. Though its power passed through the "Boundary Curtain" here and bared its fangs at Tai Yu, it ultimately could not truly harm him.
Indeed, even after that blow, the Demi-Plane itself remained stable.
For some reason, Tai Yu's rule power had fused exceptionally tightly with the Demi-Plane, firmly protecting its core architecture.
Even though the architecture's stress should have reached its limit under such pressure, and without reinforcement it would likely collapse entirely at once, had it not held up until now?
From this moment onward, the only dignity Great Monarch Wyatt could win back was by bringing down the "Gray Blue Eye" Demi-Plane—and doing so swiftly enough to make it seem as though he held the upper hand.
Then the relevant parties would intervene and allow him to make a dignified exit.
As for how he would be dealt with by those above within the Ruin and Fall System afterward, that was a matter on another level.
Of course, appearances were one thing, while substance was another.
Great Monarch Wyatt still had to struggle. Within the Ruin and Fall System, he wanted to give his inevitably grim outcome a slight "lift."
For that, he needed to obtain more useful information.
Over this period, he had kept watching Tai Yu and pondering the possible connections between Tai Yu and the