"Kumiloni, you're back?"
Before them stretched a range of towering mountains. Chicheng sat on a scorched red rock nearby, a greatsword slung over his shoulder.
Obades was keeping watch nearby, too.
"Iz went to explore the ruins on his own. He said you'd definitely come back, so he told us to wait here."
Kumiloni smiled.
That really was just like Iz.
"Kumiloni, you look troubled." Chicheng asked, chewing on a blade of foxtail grass.
"Chicheng, I ran into little Lu Cang in there."
"It's a little complicated..."
Kumiloni began to recount what had happened inside. Lu Cang's Unsolvable Mystery had barely put up any defenses against her, so she could easily recall everything that had happened.
The Secret Sea, the Sea Abyss, Earth, becoming a devilish creature, the Pure White Descent Ritual...
Lu Cang could actually fight an Eighth-tier Devilish Creature now?
And completely crush it, at that?
That weighed heavily on Chicheng's mind.
Even though he hadn't personally taught Lu Cang, Lu Cang was still practically his apprentice. He'd more or less raised the boy himself.
And now Lu Cang could take down an Eighth-tier Devilish Creature?
Wasn't that progress just a little too fast?
Should he have asked Lu Cang to stay and fight alongside him against An Zheng back then?
He'd considered Lu Cang's strength at the time, and thought a battle on that scale might be too dangerous for him...
Besides, Lu Cang himself was timid. He hadn't dared to face An Zheng head-on.
So, in the end, Lu Cang had gone to the Moon Sea.
Looking at it now, maybe it would have been better to have him stay.
But...
Even little Lu Cang could beat an Eighth-tier Devilish Creature now. He had to work harder, too. He couldn't let Lu Cang surpass him. What