"If you had something this good, why didn't you take it out sooner..."
Watching the air wall blocking the shadow monster rapidly transform into fine iron wires and extend outward, Matilda finally let out a sigh of relief:
"You made me struggle for so long."
"I was in such a hurry that I forgot..." Xu Xiao smiled sheepishly, guiding it with her thoughts as she compressed the Death Intent Cage.
The shadow monster charged wildly within it, exceptionally violent.
But after struggling for a while and realizing it could not escape, it gradually quieted down.
It floated at the center of the cage, expanding and contracting erratically, looking deeply unsettled.
In the end, Xu Xiao compressed the Death Intent Cage to a one-meter cube. It could not be compressed any further.
"A Mythic-quality item? It actually contains such powerful rule-based force of 'confinement'..."
"Sweetie Lu Li must be at least a little interested in you. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been willing to leave such a powerful item with you."
Matilda returned to her earlier carefree demeanor, her words once again carrying a faint hint of teasing mockery.
"What are you talking about... Didn't you say before that it was a backup plan Lu Li left for me..." Unable to let her focus slip, Xu Xiao could only protest verbally. "Still, how could a monarch-level monster appear inside a Rift..."
"Who knows?" The smile vanished from Matilda's face, and her expression grew somewhat solemn. "This is the first time I've encountered a situation like today's as well."
"Under normal circumstances, monarch-level monsters only have a chance of appearing during a massive Rift outbreak."
"And before they appear, Players across the entire planet receive a notification from their Data Panels."
As she spoke, Matilda turned to look at the Palu crowd still