At the Scarlet Seal, thin mist drifted through the air as a burly figure stood ahead.
Su Xiao raised a hand to stop Amu from charging forward. Probing was important when fighting a powerful enemy, but at the very least, they needed a rough understanding of the enemy's strength.
The scarlet mist ahead churned and dispersed, revealing a stone platform several steps high. A figure stood upon it—the Scarlet Monarch.
Over five meters tall and burly, he radiated an oppressive presence. Golden-red battle armor clung to his body like it had been soaked in blood. The scarlet cloak behind him made him look even more imposing and majestic. A crown covered his face, revealing only a pair of scarlet eyes.
The Scarlet Monarch held a scarlet scepter over five meters long in one hand. When Su Xiao had sealed it earlier, it had not been this long. It seemed to have adjusted to its wielder's size. The scepter was thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with its thickest point about fifteen centimeters across. An ordinary person could never hold such a thick scepter, but with the Scarlet Monarch's five-meter frame, his huge hand fit around it perfectly.
The entire scepter looked as if it had been formed from tangled tree roots, but Su Xiao, who had touched it before, knew how extraordinarily heavy it was. At its tip was a coiled, spiked blade. The scarlet spikes gave off an intense sense of ominousness, and there was no need to doubt their piercing power.
"I never expected the one who helped me break the seal to be a Law-Destroyer."
The Scarlet Monarch tapped the stone platform beneath his feet with the end of his scepter.
Boom!
The scarlet liquid around them exploded upward, hanging in the air as