"Heh, how united you are," the Degrader sneered.
Beside him, the Snake Spirit King asked, "Surely we can't let this needle keep going around forever?"
"I can keep releasing Round Trip Caves, and that fellow called Luo Zheng can do the same. But this Mother World... what gives it the means to do that?" the Degrader countered.
Like Luo Zheng, his source of energy did not depend on a Place of Origin. He possessed inexhaustible energy and could create an infinite number of Round Trip Caves.
But the Mother World could not.
Sooner or later, this brief equilibrium would be broken when the Mother World's energy ran dry.
The Degrader was in no hurry at all. As time ticked by, the situation would only turn increasingly in his favor.
He gently spread his hand, and the seventh Round Trip Cave appeared. As before, the needle flew toward the Mother World.
Without a word, the Evil God gently waved his hand and released the eighth Round Trip Cave.
He still refused to let Luo Zheng stay out of it, directing the needle toward Luo Zheng's Place of Origin.
But after releasing this Round Trip Cave, the Evil God's expression grew grave. Although the Mother World had expanded more than a thousandfold, and its energy reserves were nothing like they had been before, a Round Trip Cave consumed far too much energy. Releasing four Round Trip Caves in succession had drained more than half the Mother World's surplus energy. If he kept sending this
needle onward, the Mother World might not be able to hold out.
But things had reached this point, and the Evil God had no way back.
The situation was plain to see: whoever failed to hold out first would lose.
Soon, Luo Zheng released the ninth Round Trip