Friction, Friction

After Gu Yu defeated the three puppet Oni Knights—Hane-giki Oni, Nishi Oni, and Kira Oni—Wendy and Lin exchanged a glance and understood what their friend intended to do.

With Gu Yu forcibly maintaining them, the abilities of the Smart Brain Full Bottle and Wolf Full Bottle remained active.

Thus, not only were Gu Yu's consciousness and everyone else's synchronized, but the consciousnesses of everyone else within Mount Fuji were linked as well.

They could sense each other's positions, know each other's current physical condition, and learn of the enemy's tactics and abilities through their connection with their companions.

"Anna and Yuno are leading that enemy who can use flames toward Fu Hua... Lin, go help them."

"Got it. You, who excel at large-scale extermination battles, go help Kiana and Bronya."

After voicing each other's intentions, the two gazed at one another in tacit understanding.

Then—without another word, they turned away and charged off in opposite directions with their backs to each other.

The reason Senior Gu Yu had supported us first was precisely because, on our side, one person wielded Abyss White Flower and could deal tremendous damage in combat against individuals.

Meanwhile, the other wielded the authority of the Wind Herrscher. Even after her abilities had been weakened by the Corrosion Herrscher, she could still wipe out those bizarre giant monsters across a wide area.

This battle... the Corrosion Herrscher's abilities did not end there.

After the Corrosion Herrscher was defeated, the real battle would only begin.

If these monsters were not destroyed quickly, then once they were released from here, the Far East would be the first to suffer.

And worse still, if the Corrosion Herrscher successfully activated its true power after dying, the first place it would reach would also be the Far East.

The Far East