Although the Eternal Fortress had been blasted away, it kept attacking the scepter and the still-solidifying phantom of Supreme Brahma as it returned.
However, the Eternal Fortress's offensive power was far inferior to its defensive power.
Before any attack could reach Supreme Brahma, it was blocked by an invisible barrier.
Realizing that the Eternal Fortress's own magic arrays could not break through the enemy's defense, Archmage Edeline decided to act personally.
A Floating Island deployed its spatial binding array. The island, which had originally appeared to be only several hundred kilometers in diameter, instantly expanded until it was nearly as large as the Eternal Fortress.
The two directly overlapped. Though both were clearly physical entities, with no sign of turning illusory, they merged just like that. Even more strangely, despite their different shapes, they fused together perfectly in the end.
Phantom Beasts appeared one after another around Edeline. Although Yang Mu had not been back for long, Edeline had still raised all of these Phantom Beasts to her own level. They had not yet reached their peak, but they were enough.
As for how they had been raised so quickly, she had naturally poured in an enormous amount of resources. Though Yang Mu was not poor among mages of the same rank, he was certainly not wealthy either.
But someone like Edeline, who had lived for who knew how long, served as the first Speaker of the Mage Council, and dragged the entire Mage World to rise—Yang Mu did not even dare imagine the resources she possessed.
Raising a few Phantom Beasts was not even worth calling an expense.
These Phantom Beasts did not transform into armor or weapons. Instead, they became a Western-style court gown, along with all manner of jewels, ornaments, and hairpins.
Golden threads were woven across