Chapter 394

Sui Xiong was probably laughing smugly at that very moment, and Philex was laughing too.

But she was far more restrained than that big jellyfish Sui Xiong. Her smile was gentle and refined, brimming with the graceful poise a lady ought to possess.

That was, provided one ignored the giant ape Magic Beast lying on the ground beneath her foot, smoke curling from its body, with no telling how thoroughly cooked it was.

Not too far away, the leading figures of Rye Town and Gold Rush Town stared at the scene, dumbfounded, scarcely believing their eyes.

"H-How is this possible?!" These were the ones still refusing to face reality.

"That's the Water Ape! A legendary Demonic Beast! An invincible powerhouse that won nearly a hundred consecutive matches in the arena! How could it be defeated so easily?!" These were the ones who had been brimming with confidence.

"Get up, Enlightened Monkey! Weren't you supposed to be impossible to kill?!" These were the ones who understood the Magic Beast's strength.

"It's over... We're finished... Completely finished..." These were the ones already crushed by despair.

But no matter what they thought—whether they wailed, roared in fury, or moaned in despair—it was all meaningless.

Their final hope, that terrifying Magic Beast they had acquired with one part wealth and nine parts luck; that supreme enforcer which could crush a town single-handedly and was said to have once fought a legendary powerhouse to the death, now lay unconscious on the ground, utterly stripped of its ability to fight.

And toppled to the ground alongside it were their power and status.

"What a wonderful after-dinner activity!" Philex shook out her arms, then her legs. She took several pieces of equipment inlaid with magical ice crystals from her storage bag and put them on. Thick white