Outside, the great battle continued. Southern Dipper's earlier actions had put the [Akatsuki] organization at a severe disadvantage, and the situation had been steadily developing against them. Fortunately, White Tiger had temporarily stabilized things with his own abilities. At least that was some consolation amid the misfortune.
After this battle, however, no one dared let their guard down again. Though they were powerful, they were still far too fragile before absolute strength. Nor were the demon clans filled with incompetents. There were many formidable experts among them, such as the girl from the Purple Jade Whale clan, Qingfeng, and Red Forest, the descendant of an ancient ferocious beast who had single-handedly forced the [Akatsuki] organization into a desperate situation.
And that was not even all of it. Who knew whether terrifying experts were hiding among the tens of thousands of demon clan members surrounding them? If they all bared their fangs as suddenly as Red Forest had, it was hard to say whether the [Akatsuki] organization could make it to the end.
At that moment, a figure emerged from one of the passageways at the edge of the underground space. He was a gentle young man with a shy smile on his face and an air of cleanliness about him. His gaze swept across the battlefield, where slaughter raged in every direction, searching for someone.
Quite a few demon clan members around him retreated in fear. Not one dared step forward to fight him. The facts had already made one thing clear: the frail appearance of the young man before them was entirely fake. His strength ranked roughly among the top ten in the entire Underground Labyrinth.
Soon, the shy young man found those familiar figures. Black cloaks patterned with red clouds—just as in their previous encounters, this group was