Duolie retreated in a sorry state. Even after inflicting severe damage upon him, the various strong practitioners of the Destruction Divine Kingdom Faction clearly had not completely let down their guard.
Because at this moment, Duolie was far from the only one lurking in the shadows, eyeing this battlefield with ill intent.
Almost at the very instant Duolie's aura completely vanished from this starry expanse, another incomparably oppressive and profound Darkness Power, carrying the aura of deathly stillness, suddenly tore through space and silently descended upon the edge of the battlefield.
Make no mistake—this Darkness Power did not belong to the Dark Nether Death God, who had previously been driven away by their combined efforts.
Mechanical God Emperor Saine was extremely familiar with the Dark Nether Death God's source aura. After all, he had personally participated in the siege against the Dark Nether Death God before, and the imprint of that aura had long since been entered into the Skynet system.
From Skynet's alarm feedback, combined with Saine's own precise detection and perception, it was enough to confirm that this unfamiliar dark aura absolutely did not originate from the Dark Nether Death God. Its true master was Ebony, a Level-13 Mid-Stage strong practitioner of the Darkness Sword Organization.
Compared with the reckless and impulsive Duolie, Ebony was clearly far more cunning.
As an old adversary that had stood toe-to-toe against the Destruction Divine Kingdom for hundreds of thousands of years, Ebony knew Locke and the others' true strength like the back of his hand. Through long-term intelligence gathering and analysis, he had even made a relatively vague yet accurate estimate of Locke and the others' condition after enduring one vicious battle after another.
In Ebony's eyes, the true opportunity to seize the spoils of war was absolutely not the instant