Loren's eye twitched violently, and his eyes widened.
He believed Lanchi would help him, but he had never expected Lanchi to keep performing so steadily.
Hycintos's troublesome Imbalance Devourer swallowed and resisted all attacks, traps, items, and temporary storage within its range, then returned everything intact within thirty seconds. Its cooldown was one minute—shorter than the cooldown of his Heavenly Sanction.
But now Lanchi had caught him at exactly the right moment.
Heavenly Sanction and the Carrion Alchemy Beast arrived before Hycintos together. The Alchemy Beast was still protected by Lanchi's special lock-HP spell, so it could not be blown up at all.
If Hycintos activated Imbalance Devourer now, he could swallow Heavenly Sanction, but he would also swallow the Carrion Alchemy Beast along with it. That would be the equivalent of eating shit.
If he dared not activate it, he would have to take Heavenly Sanction head-on.
This time, Lanchi was using an Overt Stratagem. Hycintos was completely unable to guard against it.
"Landry!!"
Amid his furious shout, Hycintos had no choice but to activate Imbalance Devourer, swallowing Heavenly Sanction and the Carrion Alchemy Beast before him into his Soul Space.
Even if he returned Heavenly Sanction intact to the southern side of the Saint Astri Barrier now, his state of mind had changed.
The Carrion Alchemy Beast might not pose a genuine threat to him, but this was an ultimate humiliation before the entire Southern Continent. He had suffered a mental attack unlike anything he had ever experienced!
"Loren, can you still block this one?!"
He, Hycintos, had endured this torment, but the punishment for the loser would now be borne by Loren, Landry, and the others!
Just as expected.
While Loren's pursuing Elemental Domain Blast struck Hycintos once more, he blocked Heavenly Sanction for the third time.