One month later.
Among the three regions of the Parasitic Spore World's main continent, the Bracken Domain was the broadest and most vast. Bracken King Command City was the heart of this strongest region, where the world's greatest powers gathered.
Above the Life Sea.
Gazing at Bracken King Command City, which had been reduced completely to ruins, where not even a single towering tree could be found anymore, Green tried his utmost to sense the taro man's condition, yet found nothing. Looking at the city, beneath clouds of terror pressing down upon it, he sighed. "It's already been a month. Even this city has been utterly reduced to ruins. What is it still holding on for?"
Beside him, the Arc Lightning Cloud Stigmata Wizard had transformed into three old white-bearded wizards. The hair standing on end atop their heads crackled incessantly as thunder roared. Leaning on a pitch-black magic staff, they were like dark clouds.
"So many World Guardians and World Lords have died. Vast as the world may be, where else can it retreat to?"
At this moment, Green and Arc Lightning Cloud stood atop the corpse of a gigantic kelp monster. Seven or eight kelp monsters stretched in a chain for several thousand meters. As World Lord corpses, they were exceedingly valuable.
Splash!
The Steel Body Stigmata Wizard shot up from the Life Sea and landed beside the Arc Lightning Cloud Stigmata Wizard. With a tremor of magical power, the water droplets on his body were scattered almost instantly.
"No. It can't be opened at all. The shackles are protected by the will of the entire Parasitic Spore World. It seems some great secret truly lies behind them. The reason those kelp monsters were able to become so powerful was probably connected to these shackles."
"My plant-man slave