What Glutton had set up there was more than an Esoteric Ritual for entering the Star Spirit's Throat. That alone would hardly have taken any time. He had been completing and activating a ritual meant to trap a nature spirit.
This ritual was not something he could hastily put together on the spot. It had been drawn here long ago, but had never ended up being used.
Now, sensing the threat Chen Chuan posed, and with certain other aims in mind, he had dug it out again. Though its intended target was different, the power it possessed was real.
To ensure the Esoteric Ritual would take effect and last long enough, he had even dropped a Tier 3 Lost Object into it.
He did not know whether Chen Chuan would come here, but he had to prepare a fallback for himself. Even if he never used it, there was no harm in having it.
What he had not expected was for Chen Chuan to arrive so quickly. The ritual had only just been drawn and needed some time to activate, so when he helped those two earlier, he had actually been trying to stall.
Now those two had bought him precisely the opening he needed. They had been killed, while Chen Chuan had been bound by the ritual. The outcome was almost perfect.
All he had to do now was take down Chen Chuan and remove this obstacle, and the entire Star Spirit's Throat could be swallowed whole by the Primitive Sect—no, by him.
He chuckled and raised both hands, aiming his palms at Chen Chuan. Light began to flicker faintly in them. At the same time, his already somewhat thinner cheeks rapidly hollowed out, and the fat on his body melted away at an alarming speed.
Chen Chuan glanced