Foreword:
I stand alone in the darkness; winter always comes so quickly.
Memories return to childhood, when happiness was a simple word.
--Lingyun
[Part ① · Reinforcements Descend]
Amidst the grey-black tide, the phantom of Original Seed could be vaguely seen, along with a series of nickel-iron tentacles bursting with golden Thunder. Fueled by spiritual medium props, they gradually coalesced into the illusion of War King.
"Sister Katusha," A Hao couldn't bear the pressure of this level of Inspiration and quickly advised, "I feel something is very wrong! We don't know the specific situation on the beachhead, how about we pause for now?"
Lingyun's team alone couldn't possibly fight Flash Butterfly. Jason Megan, to ensure the students' safe evacuation, chose to face Immortal Embryo alone—ultimately falling into a desperate, near-death predicament.
Katusha couldn't catch the flying monster either. Completely losing her reason, she intended to summon the phantom of War King using origin magic.
"I don't care! I don't care!" The plump girl leaned against the protective railing of the seaside street, almost running onto the breakwater. She grabbed War King's withered palm, plunging the BOSS's old tooth into her fingertip, and screamed hysterically, "Shut up, you brat! Those who care about you and love you aren't in danger, how could you understand how I feel?"
"It's to protect you kids! That's why he chose to face the brewery's monster alone!"
Katusha knew how weak her employer truly was—
—When it came to running away, Jason Megan was second to none.
If it weren't to cover the retreat of the Lingyun team's youngsters, this Blue Stone People would never have stayed to disarm this psychic bomb, nor would he have become the wolf-skull lantern in Flash Butterfly's hands.
Katusha was never a rational or calm attendant. Under such spiritual pressure,