He had not even finished speaking when, as if to confirm his worst fears—
"Thud!" "Thud!"
Two figures suddenly fell from the spatial rift overhead before it had fully closed, landing rather awkwardly on the scorched earth nearby. They were Gallagher and Black Swan.
The two quickly got to their feet. Though they bore signs of battle, their gazes were sharp as blades as they instantly locked onto Gopher Wood, who was hiding in the shadows.
Gallagher brushed the dust from himself, his eyes icy as he stepped forward. Suppressing his fury, he said, "Gopher Wood, you calculated every move and set up layer upon layer of defenses... but unfortunately, those 'watchdogs' and dream labyrinths you arranged couldn't stop the people who were meant to come. This time, where else do you think you can run?"
Black Swan said nothing. She merely elegantly adjusted her hair, faint streams of Remembrance light already coiling around her hand as they sealed off Gopher Wood's other escape route. A calm smile, as though she had seen through fate itself, rested on her face.
At that moment, Gopher Wood's expression finally turned utterly dreadful.
He looked around. Before him stood Mo Wang, unfathomable and capable of effortlessly crushing Propagation Sam. To his left and right were Gallagher and Black Swan, whom he had schemed against but who had nevertheless broken through his interception and forced him into a corner. Behind him lay the remnants of a dead end and an invisible spatial barrier.
Every scheme, every contingency, seemed to have been utterly crushed the instant Mo Wang appeared.
His eyes flickered violently as he fell into unprecedented panic and helplessness.
Especially since the power Mo Wang was releasing now had already far exceeded the range of an ordinary Emanator.
"Destruction, Trailblaze, and both Preservation