The Monsters Return

In Thor's eyes, it was Tier 3 Wizard Stuart who had disappeared. But to the other wizards of the Judgment Court, it was Emperor Ailuo, a Tier 4 Wizard of the Black Flame, who had vanished.

The implications were completely different!

That was why, after the Mermaid Mutant exploded and disappeared, Thor was the only wizard above the sea who dared rush out onto the surface.

As soon as he passed through the Defense Array in front of the Red Sea Tree, Thor caught a faint whiff of blood. More noticeable, though, was a faint stench mingling with the salty tang of seawater.

The bloody slurry from the Mermaid Variant's explosion had not all fallen yet, and huge splashes kept erupting across the sea.

Thor immediately raised his electric shield and searched for Stuart's Mental Power.

The explosion had taken him by surprise. Its sheer power made it hard to imagine that a mermaid enslaved by the Judgment Court for decades could cause such destruction.

"Crack!"

A chunk of flesh the size of a human head landed squarely on Thor's shield, making a sound like shattering glass.

It also drew Thor's attention.

He looked up and saw, to his shock, that the impact had left a hole in his shield.

Thor quickly channeled his Magic Power and repaired the gap, but the incident had made him realize something.

"The Corruption didn't end with the explosion! There's still plenty in the scraps of flesh."

Another chunk landed on Thor's shield. This one was bigger and nearly pierced through it.

Before Thor could reach out, Xiao Zao suddenly emerged from the back of his neck and gobbled up the chunk before it could fall inside the shield.

Thor hurriedly checked on Xiao Zao. "Don't go eating random things!"

But Xiao Zao was