As the Golden Emperor left, the group began to waver.
But the very next second, their wavering hearts immediately steadied.
A pillar of purple lightning suddenly shot into the sky, forming a sea of lightning more than a hundred meters overhead.
For a moment, lightning serpents danced wildly amid a crashing din.
This was different from the earlier Forest of Thunder, but to these people, there was little distinction.
Both were manifestations of overwhelming heavenly might, forces capable of destroying the world.
Only under such power did they understand why the Golden Emperor had left.
Because the Golden Emperor was stronger than all of them, she understood better than any of them just how powerful the Avengers were.
And so, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.
At that moment, lightning poured down from the sky like a torrential rain.
Thunder boomed all around, blasting ripples across the ground.
The resulting spatial tremors left those caught within dizzy and disoriented.
"Silence!" Brother Silence shouted in a slight panic.
Instantly, the lightning vanished within several meters of him.
But before he could catch his breath, even more lightning struck down.
He immediately fled with his hands over his head.
A few seconds later, the area around the Avengers had become a deserted zone.
At that sight, the lightning filling the sky immediately contracted, turning back into a pillar that struck down beside the Avengers, leaving Thor in its wake.
"Whew! Things should be easier now!" Thor said excitedly.
Indeed, as long as no one too blind to know better came looking for trouble again, all they had left to do was watch the show.
Meanwhile, in the zone adjacent to the Avengers, the fighting had also reached a fever pitch.
And Rising Tide was in that very zone.
Being next door, they