At the sight, Yue Chen could not help sighing inwardly.
Now he could only hope that, because the Star Demon God had to prophesy about him, he would no longer have the strength to set an almost inescapably fatal trap to eradicate Austin Griffin as he had in the original timeline.
Yue Chen said nothing more. He beckoned for Long Haochen to follow him farther into the deepest reaches of the Dark Swamp.
The battle there seemed far fiercer than the one they had just fought. The Demon God Pillar, which had previously only radiated a dark aura, now flickered with an eerie light. Even Children of Light such as Long Haochen and Yue Chen, who had extremely high resistance to dark energy, felt uncomfortable.
"We're fairly lucky." As the two of them drew closer to the Demon God Pillar, Yue Chen finally made out the stone snake reliefs shrouded in dark magic on its surface. "The Demon God here is the Snake Demon God Andromalius, the lowest-ranked of the seventy-two Demon Gods of the Demon Race."
"Mm." Long Haochen nodded slightly. "And judging by this Demon God Pillar's aura, he must have already used the Demon God Transformation ability it grants him."
"Although Andromalius ranks last among all the Demon Gods, he's still a powerful Demon at the late eighth tier. With the Demon God Pillar strengthening him, his actual combat power should reach the ninth tier." Long Haochen frowned deeply. "What kind of opponent could have pushed him this far...?"
Yue Chen did not answer. He continued cautiously approaching the Demon God Pillar while controlling the clone still on the battlefield behind them. Once it finished clearing the battlefield, he sent it forward along their right flank, toward the pillar as well.
Before long, Yue Chen and Long