Without a doubt, the familiar aura emanating from the sky belonged to none other than the Breeding Overlord, whom the Plague Overlord had driven away earlier.
Just as Shinji had predicted, the Breeding Overlord had never given up on the remnant of its body sealed inside the Six Rings World.
But Shinji guarded the Six Rings World from within, while the Plague Overlord occupied the space outside.
Within the spatial barrier, it couldn't get the better of Shinji. Out in the universe, it couldn't get the better of the Plague Overlord either, so it had no choice but to keep its distance for the time being.
If everything had gone as usual, the Breeding Overlord would have had to accept its loss. But Shinji's intervention had brought an unexpected change to the situation in the Six Rings World. With Shinji's help, the Black Giant Serpent, which should have been the weakest of the three, had swallowed the Plague Overlord's gray-white mist. It was as if it had bitten a chunk right off the Plague Overlord.
That gave the Breeding Overlord reason to join the battle again. It didn't need to fight the Plague Overlord for control of the Six Rings World. As long as it could rescue the Black Giant Serpent, formed from its severed limb, from the Six Rings World, it would come out ahead!
Rumble.
Soon, bursts of noise rang out in the sky, like thunderclaps—or furious roars!
Shinji, struggling to deal with the many beings possessed by the Plague Overlord, looked up. The corner of his mouth lifted, and at last, a smile appeared on his composed face.
Everyone in the Six Rings World heard the bursts of noise from the sky, but only Shinji understood what they meant. Only he knew that beyond the spatial barrier,