Just as Li Weier plunged headlong into the Death Arena beyond the low wall, not only were the minotaur warriors dumbfounded—even Red Shroud and the Lady of Changes, who had been secretly watching all along, took quite a while to react. The demon princess in particular immediately paled, spitting out a frustrated curse:
"Damn it! Fuck!"
By instinct, she ducked low, narrowly evading an Abyssal orb that would have taken her life.
With Li Weier and his daughter—the glue holding the balance between the three sides—suddenly gone, Red Shroud immediately dealt a crushing blow to the two challengers threatening her position.
Over the past week, though Li Weier had not been a match for any one of them, the Abyss had likewise "acknowledged" him, and he could take an absolute beating!
Even more outrageous was the self-repair ability of his mechanical construct under the enhancement of Abyssal power. It was practically like an unkillable Wax Melting Demon.
So whenever Red Shroud tried to finish off Altinashi or Krurich, those two would crowd around Li Weier, pompously calling it the formation of the staunchest defensive line. It had driven the already boiling-over Li Weier to become a raging dragon from Zaun, greeting every female ancestor in Altinashi's bloodline.
Originally, Red Shroud would have been more than happy to dispose of Li Weier along with them. But once the little Succubus Aili began desperately fighting to the death to protect her old father, Red Shroud's attacks immediately became like a rat throwing a vase—fraught with restraint.
This bizarre Succubus paladin was likewise a source of great conflict for the demon lords.
When she had challenged for the position of Severed Domain Lord, the unprecedented agitation and clarity of the Abyssal Will had left an impression they still vividly remembered.
One could even