After Anaxa left.
Castorice slowly turned her head toward Stelle beside her. Her tone carried a hint of heaviness as she spoke.
"Your Excellency, far too many unexpected things happened during this journey to the Tree Court..."
"We never meant to drag you into danger, much less have you face the Black Tide..."
After hearing this, Stelle immediately curled her lips into a scornful smile.
With her hands on her hips and chin raised, she declared:
"We came back alive. The Black Tide was nothing special."
Everyone watched Stelle's utterly confident demeanor.
In her eyes, the rampaging Black Tide monsters seemed no more than ants that could be crushed in droves with a single stomp.
Only then did everyone suddenly realize—Stelle had not yet become a Demigod in Amphoreus!
No matter what Stelle's true strength was.
Her sheer arrogance alone was enough to set people's imaginations running wild.
Who knew what she would become after ascending to Demigodhood?
Quite a few people began to look forward to it.
They felt that the powerful Black-Clad Swordsman ought to wait for Stelle, the protagonist from Beyond the Sky.
Once she became a Demigod, she would defeat him as easily as taking down the final boss!
The viewers on Douluo Continent were even more convinced of this.
They believed that the Black-Clad Swordsman had to be the ruler of the Black Tide, Amphoreus's greatest villain.
As long as he was defeated, Amphoreus would be completely safe.
Now, all they had to do was wait for Stelle to slowly grow into a Demigod!
Hearing Stelle's arrogant words, Castorice hurriedly warned her with a worried expression.
"Your Excellency, you must not underestimate a threat like the Black Tide."
"The Black Tide is the great enemy of Okhema, and indeed of all Amphoreus."
"Once, the forces