On the other side...
At a port on the northern tip of Kageno Island, which had been reduced to nothing but scorched earth by lightning strikes, three figures climbed ashore in an utterly miserable state.
"I never imagined that after escaping the Prison Barrier, we'd end up looking this pathetic..."
Kiyoryu Raku, who held a thorn-like whip, was soaked and charred from head to toe. Swaying as she leaned against the wreckage of a ship washed ashore by the waves, she panted heavily and spoke with undisguised resentment.
"Was that the power of a True Ancestor?"
Blued was in an equally wretched state. His expression was grim, and his eyes were filled with endless gloom.
"Nangong Natsuki's younger brother was actually able to stand toe-to-toe with someone like that..."
Kiriga's face was just as dark.
Yet when they recalled the apocalyptic scene from moments ago and that terrifying power, all three of their hearts trembled.
There was no helping it.
The moment they thought of Luo Zhen being able to contend with the Third True Ancestor and display power of that level, they couldn't help thinking that way.
If the Third True Ancestor had not appeared and they had continued fighting Luo Zhen, what would the final result have been?
Compared with Shutra, who had already been reduced to dust and bones, it probably wouldn't have been any better, would it?
"Why is that monster Nangong Natsuki's younger brother? And why is he even human?"
Kiyoryu Raku gritted her teeth.
Kiyoryu Raku was consumed by indescribable jealousy toward Luo Zhen, who had earned the attention of the Third True Ancestor she served and had even been regarded as an equal opponent.
"I'm clearly Lady Jada's Blood Servant, yet Lady Jada never even spared me a glance..."
Kiyoryu Raku felt hatred