Lu Mingfei felt that something was off.
Wasn't the Little Devil showing up far too often today? He seemed unusually concerned about the situation here.
And although his expression, tone, and smile were no different from before, when he spoke of the deal, there seemed to be an undercurrent of advice. As if he were saying: you're hesitating now, so don't regret it later.
It wasn't a threat or intimidation. He was genuinely worried about him—
Lu Mingfei suddenly shivered.
This concern from a devil made him even more uneasy—could it be that if he did not make the deal right away, he would lose something far more precious than a quarter of his life?
Time began to flow again.
The wind roared, the waves howled, and the Great Serpent let out a piercing hiss.
Though its body was covered in wounds, its might continued to grow with every passing moment, like a Monarch taking up its scepter once more.
The battle did not end just because the "Eclipse" had been dismantled. Uesugi Koshi quickly regained his composure. So what if his Spirit Word had been suppressed? He still had a blade. He could still swing his sword!
Back in Tokyo, he had once fought his way from one end of the street to the other alone, beating everyone into submission!
"Old man, can you still swing a blade?" Uesugi Koshi asked.
"Of course. I have never let myself slack off. You, on the other hand—you've sold ramen for so long, haven't you rusted up?" Angers retorted.
"At least I'll be fine until this fight is over," Uesugi Koshi said.
"Then let's go together!"
The moment the words fell, both men moved at once.
Though Angers's Time Zero domain was suppressed by the King's Domain, he was still a powerful