"'Tired... what?'" The artifact spirit froze as well, while Senior Brother Hai, Senior Brother Yan, Abandoning Mother, and I stared at one another in bewilderment. I guessed I was the first to react, so I immediately checked Grandma's condition. At a glance, I understood everything—she had only about one-third of her magical power left!
And at this moment, the artifact spirit had only about one-fifth or one-sixth remaining! That meant we had all been focusing on the wrong thing. We had assumed that the key to this battle was whose summoned Dao ghosts and ghost creatures were stronger. In reality, that wasn't the crux of the matter at all. The key was who had more magical energy left!
"Then this is going to be... a lot of ghosts." Senior Brother Hai was the second to react. He widened his eyes and muttered to himself, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling into a sly grin.
"Ah! I get it now!" Abandoning Mother had seen through it too. Even Senior Brother Yan slapped his palm, finally understanding. And once even Senior Brother Yan knew what was going on, the artifact spirit naturally showed terror. "You... you..."
"Sigh, how I wish things hadn't come to this. But there's no time to worry about that now. I don't know what you're thinking, but this time, I have to do it." After saying that, Grandma walked step by step toward the artifact spirit.
"You calculated everything from the start, even goading me into expending so much power summoning the Back-Shoulder Mountain Dragon! It wasn't because you had the ability to defeat the Back-Shoulder Mountain Dragon... it was... it was so you could seize my body!" Terror filled the artifact spirit's face. The next moment, she suddenly plunged toward the depths of the