This was the Person on the Wall's ability to protect himself, and it was limited to self-preservation.
Now that the Forbidden Society had entered the fray, with Leike stepping in to stall them, the Sea of Knowledge Rift under Lu Yuan's control was growing larger and larger. He could feel that everything had completely slipped beyond his control.
He would never again exhaust even a fraction of his strength for anyone else. He only wanted to carry out his own plan.
The moment the chains wrapped around the body of the Crown of Ten Thousand Kings, the ancient consciousness within the Gray Mist immediately understood what that city was trying to do.
And what he found most intolerable was that the city's target was also that crown.
Thus, an exceedingly eerie scene appeared on the battlefield.
The pitch-black chains, wreathed in ghostly green Flame, intertwined with the crown, constantly trying to separate it from the Flesh and drag it toward the City of Chains.
At the same time, the gray mist, which had originally kept itself apart, struck in an instant.
It no longer merely circled about in self-defense. Instead, it released the power unique to a Taboo, which descended upon the crown and fought to seize it in the opposite direction.
The two Authorities sank their teeth into each other above the Newborn Taboo's head. The ghostly green Flame on the chains and the Gray Mist wore each other away, hissing and crackling.
At this moment, no one could spare attention for anyone else. They all wanted the Crown of Ten Thousand Kings.
However, as the rift in the Sea of Knowledge in the sky continued to expand, the Person on the Wall finally saw through what Lu Yuan was trying to do.
For he knew better than anyone