The one holding Cheng Yu was none other than Miss Puppet.
Cheng Yu gave a rueful smile.
"Sorry, Big Sis. I interrupted your ascension to Holy Spirit."
Miss Puppet still smiled gently.
"No, Your Highness. My true ascension will only come after the Legion has occupied enough universes."
Cheng Yu sighed at that.
"I don't even know whether my ultimate move killed their lunatic leader."
Miss Puppet shook her head slightly.
"It didn't."
Seeing Cheng Yu's confusion, Miss Puppet continued.
"The Insect Swarm is still fighting the Legion in the other universes."
Cheng Yu frowned slightly at that.
"That bastard really is hard to kill!"
Miss Puppet spoke softly.
"You needn't dwell on it, Your Highness. Although the Legion's elite forces were destroyed..."
At that, Cheng Yu felt as though an arrow had pierced his body, with the word "embarrassment" emblazoned across it.
But Miss Puppet continued.
"The enemy's elite forces were also almost entirely wiped out, and their leader suffered a heavy blow. Judging by the outcome, the Legion's operation was still a success."
Having recovered, Cheng Yu rose from Miss Puppet's embrace, then looked at her rather sheepishly.
"But there's no denying that I interrupted you this time, Big Sis. Don't worry. I'll do everything I can to help you become a Holy Spirit!"
Miss Puppet smiled faintly and spoke in the same soft voice.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The universe containing the Kabonebog Church's Homeworld was practically in the Legion's grasp. And just as Miss Puppet had said, Ding Yuyi had indeed paid an agonizing price.
In the Lost Kingdom, a massive brain writhed before growing into a Shovel Shell. Ding Yuyi was no longer in any mood to be angry. The destruction of most of the Insect Swarm's elites had left it with no subunits capable