"Echidna, I'll have to leave things here in your hands. If necessary, CC will call for help."
Facing the mirror ahead, Tao Yu made sure the Witch Church would be on hand as a fallback.
The Witch Church had multiple Saints, after all, not to mention Sloth, a ridiculously overpowered force in his own right. Their overall strength was undeniable.
Though they had no real "fixed assets" aside from that high-grade world fragment, their influence still reached quite far.
They could serve as backup if trouble arose.
"Sure. Beatrice is still wandering around nearby, and the main forces under her command are in that area. It seems she's been reorganizing things lately."
The Greed Sorceress's reply didn't surprise Tao Yu.
Beatrice's conduct had changed. Before he'd beaten her to a pulp, she'd seemed close to crossing a critical threshold. Now, she was much better.
Before, she'd even started trying to use the Evil God's power to fight the trace of pollution inside the mirror world, and might even have resorted to sacrifice.
Now that she'd regained some clarity, she was much more reliable.
After ending the conversation, Tao Yu sighed.
"A Saint's will may be resilient, but in the end, even it can't withstand this kind of corruption and invasion..."
He even suspected Beatrice might have fallen prey to the same thing as that man.
Extreme Ice City, Yongling City, and Beatrice might all have fallen into the same trap.
"Stay here. Normally, even if a Saint attacks, you should be able to hold out for a while."
After hunting so many demons, Tao Yu had extracted demonic essence and infused some of it into his Saint's will.
Other Saints suffered a loss when they divided their Saint's will, but for Tao Yu, the main shortage was the materials needed