Meanwhile, outside the battlefield.
Inside the great hall, Chu Mu sat on the floor.
He gave an order:
"Guard me."
Qingque guarded his left, Sushang his right.
Fu Xuan spread out a great formation, sheltering everyone within it.
The formation was impregnable.
All because Chu Mu had warned that things might get a little intense shortly.
As such, all bystanders in Scalegorge Waterscape had already been evacuated.
Fu Xuan looked curiously at Chu Mu, wondering whether he intended to wage a battle of spells from afar.
What happened next seemed to confirm her guess.
The enormous Abundance Ebon Deer suddenly shot straight upward at incredible speed, as though dragged into the sky, until he pierced the heavens and disappeared.
Qingque and Sushang could not help looking up.
Chu Mu said:
"Ignore him!"
Only then did Qingque and Sushang lower their heads. Sushang still stole another two glances upward, seemingly afraid the big fellow might suddenly fall back down.
Fu Xuan wondered whether this was a sacrifice offered before the ritual.
He certainly looked the part.
Meanwhile, in the Plane where the Red Sun resided, the Divine Foresight, huddled there, suddenly spotted something streaking past it.
A flare rose from the surface of the Red Sun.
The thing did not even have time to cry out, utterly powerless against the Red Sun.
The Divine Foresight felt a little scared.
Though it had only caught a blurry glimpse, it seemed to know what that thing was.
It seemed to be that demon king's mount.
He could even devour his own mount. What a complete lunatic!
The Ebon Deer replenished some of Chu Mu's energy.
Soon, Phantylia sensed that familiar feeling again, as though something had pierced her indestructible skin.
To Phantylia, it felt like an ant bite.
But she would never