Because of the mysterious resonance Angel had suddenly begun, the thoughts of both sides on the field underwent a strange shift.
The Inspector was both startled and delighted. While continuing to lock onto the Mystic Fruit, he diverted half his attention to Angel.
On the other side, Boluoye appeared to have all its attention drawn to the Mystic Fruit, but under the City Lord's orders, it had actually placed ninety percent of its focus on Angel.
Clearly, much of their attention was on Angel, yet for various reasons, neither dared reveal it directly.
For a time, the atmosphere became slightly bizarre.
But this bizarre atmosphere did not last long. What shattered it was the Mystic Fruit's progression into disorder.
96%!
Although they had each spared part of their attention to watch the Mystic Fruit's progress, they had not expected the final 5% to trigger such an intense qualitative change.
When the cracks in the fruit shell had reached 95%, they could feel the attraction rising to a new level, but with their control over the laws, it had not put them under much pressure.
Yet from 95% to 96%, a mere increase of one percent, a terrifying change occurred.
The attraction abruptly more than doubled!
This 1% increase was far greater than everything from 0% to 95% combined!
This was an outcome neither the Inspector nor Boluoye had anticipated! They had originally allocated part of their focus to Angel, but faced with this sudden surge in attraction, they had no choice but to withdraw their divided attention and resist the terrifying pull with all their strength.
As they each exerted themselves fully, their wavering thoughts barely rejected the temptation from "outside."
But the temptation outside had not yet reached its limit.
From 96% to 100%, there were still four more