"Chirp~ (Ji Ruo, little guy, what are you doing here?!)"
Wind God Falcon Aunt said anxiously, "Chirp~ (This isn't a place you can get involved! Why are you such a heedless child?!)"
Though she wasn't in a very good situation herself, Ji Ruo was so weak and still so young. After spending this time together, Wind God Falcon Aunt had grown quite fond of him, and she didn't want to see him get hurt. His Sense of Immersion really was a bit too powerful, and Auntie was female, to boot. Ahem—rather, her child had just been born, so her maternal instincts were running wild.
Ji Ruo grinned and gave her a thumbs-up. "Don't worry, Auntie. I'll be fine. Those guys are using their numbers to bully you, and I can't just stand by. I came to help."
"Chirp~ (But...)"
"Ribbit! (How arrogant! Human, you can't even break through my defenses, yet you dare to boast!)"
"Is that so?"
Ji Ruo rubbed his chin.
The Moon-Swallowing Toad had been badly injured earlier, when the space behind it—the one it had used to bind the bright moon—was destroyed. At the beginning of the fight, it had stayed at the edge of the battle, doing nothing.
Once it had regained control of the bright moon as it rose into the sky, it had simply brought out the Earth-Turning Dragon's corpse, gathered the strength of its many "allies," and set the power of the Earth Vein beneath Ten Thousand Beast Mountain in motion.
So now, the Moon-Swallowing Toad was in the back row of the Mountain Peak Demon Monster Alliance.
But after thinking it over, Ji Ruo still felt it wasn't quite safe enough. He went to the rear half of the Moon-Swallowing Toad's body and began hacking at it with the Violet-Cyan Greatsword,