"Now that the assignments are settled, let's not waste time. We'll start summoning the next one immediately. King of Negativity, who are you planning to summon next?"
Chthon asked. Secretly, he contacted Death: "Death, come support me the moment I send a message."
Just as Tree of Time had expected, Chthon had contacted Death long ago. When the time came to fight over Star God, if things went wrong, Death would step in to help.
Death agreed without hesitation. Death and Chthon could be considered half-true allies, at least for now, so of course Death would help. However, Death did not tell Chthon about the previous agreement with King of Negativity. There was no need to, since everyone had their own hidden agenda.
More importantly, the agreement with King of Negativity would not affect Death helping Chthon, because one of its terms was that if Chthon was present, Death would not help King of Negativity—but it said nothing about not helping Chthon.
As for Set, Chthon genuinely could not reach him. Thinking about it, Chthon was quite frustrated. Where the hell had Set run off to? Surely he had not simply died during reincarnation?
"First, summon Life Great Tree, then Black Dragon, followed by Zeus, and finally Star God."
King of Negativity laid out the plan. Chthon and Iron Great Tree considered it for a moment and raised no objections. Then, everyone began the summoning. Before long, Life Great Tree—Kaguya Otsutsuki—was summoned.
The instant Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared on Earth, Andrew sensed her. After all, he was very familiar with her aura. At the same time, he sensed the aura of a curse on her.
"Just as I expected, Chthon tampered with the formation. Every Compound V Big Tree summoned by the formation will be cursed."
Andrew understood. When had he