Isis stared intently at Jinian and the detonator in her hand, her eyes flickering slightly as if she were considering something.
Attacking Great Xia from here was the Sun God's order. If they retreated now, the situations on the Wind God's side, the God of Yellow Sand's side, and Amon's side would completely spiral out of control... Great Xia's National Destiny Curse had yet to appear, which meant they had not yet completed their mission.
From that perspective, they had to buy time for the National Destiny Curse and stop these human apexes.
But if they remained here, the Human Circle they had painstakingly preserved from the mist would be destroyed. Without a source of faith, the divine kingdom's operations would come to a complete standstill, and the City of the Sun would become rootless, unable to sustain their existence any longer.
This concerned the rise and fall of the Egyptian gods.
If things were truly as Jinian said, Isis would naturally withdraw from Great Xia without hesitation and preserve the Human Circle. But this was merely Jinian's one-sided claim. With nothing but a strange detonator, Isis had no way of knowing whether Jinian was telling the truth...
In truth, Isis did not believe Jinian could enter the Human Circle again and silently plant so many explosives inside. But this woman was a complete madwoman. She had blown up their temple once already—who could say she definitely could not do it a second time?
Isis was unwilling, but she truly did not dare gamble.
After the gods and human apexes ceased fighting, the roiling waves gradually calmed. Beneath the dark and gloomy sky, four gods and five humans warily watched one another, ready to strike again at any moment.
The other three Nine Pillars of God were all waiting for