Gloria watched the roiling black mist in the distance, her heart tightening slightly. She knew that once the seal was broken, Toby would never be able to turn back.
At this point, the only option was to press forward. There was no retreat!
"It will succeed," Gloria murmured. She closed her eyes to hide her unease, then slowly reached out and took out the Golden Oak Water.
She inserted a specially made fragrance strip into the bottle. An invisible, colorless aura slowly drifted out, and Gloria casually controlled a gust of wind, sending it against the oncoming waves of air toward the black mist.
Perhaps it was an illusion, or perhaps it truly worked. When the aura of the Golden Oak Water flowed into the black mist, the "monster" churning within visibly calmed somewhat. But it lasted only an instant. Soon, the black mist began roiling again.
Gloria silently watched the distance. At first, she kept softly repeating, "It will succeed," but as time passed, the monster within the black mist thrashed more violently, and its frenzied negative aura continued to intensify, causing Gloria to doubt herself.
"Will it really succeed?" Gloria murmured.
"Of course it will." Angel paused. "I believe in Toby."
In Gloria's imagination, the monster inside the black mist was the Extreme Grudge Intent. The more violently it churned, the more imposing it became, and the greater danger Toby faced.
But the actual situation was completely the opposite of what Gloria imagined. The monster within the black mist could not simply be called the Extreme Grudge Intent. It was both Toby and the Extreme Grudge Tribulation Toby was about to face.
What was happening now was that the Extreme Grudge Intent had stimulated Toby's bloodline and transformed into the Jealousy Snake Bird. Toby was currently within his