"I-is it over?"
Katie cautiously poked her head out, looked at the hall before them, and asked in a small voice. Li Wei nodded. Of course, he could only confirm it because he had heard the system notification. Otherwise, even he would not have known whether they had successfully banished it.
That was right: the little mirror was the treasure Li Wei had obtained from the Plane Merchant. It could open a passage to an outside universe, creating a black hole that lasted about ten seconds. That was neither particularly long nor particularly short, which was why Li Wei had beaten the creature half to death before using it.
Otherwise, if it managed to withstand the pull, wouldn't all his effort have been wasted?
Judging by the results, the Plane Merchant's goods were quite useful. More reliable than a certain unreliable goddess, anyway.
At that thought, Li Wei turned and silently glanced at the dust-covered Beauty God behind him.
Apparently, none of the goddesses around him were reliable.
The Goddess of Joy seemed pretty dependable, but unfortunately, she was an enemy, not a friend. Sigh. Reliable enemies and unreliable allies. That was a terrible combination.
"W-what is it?"
Noticing the way Li Wei looked at her, the Beauty God, who had been miserably brushing dust off herself, asked in confusion. Li Wei withdrew his gaze and shook his head.
"Nothing. Let's go take a look."
The entire hall was a wreck. The Mechanical Dragon's breath had pierced the wall, leaving a shockingly large hole. Perhaps because of the black hole, most of the hall had been swept so clean it might as well have been licked bare by a dog. And perhaps because the Outer God had vanished, Li Wei could feel that the wind blowing through the hole was