The Illuminati members around them froze for a moment, then immediately reacted, all rushing toward the area covered by the teleportation light.
"Quick, stop them! Don't let them get within teleportation range!"
On the reinforcement team's side, the expert leading them reacted just as quickly. Seeing what was happening, he immediately issued an order.
More than twenty people switched from defense to offense, charging at the Illuminati members nearest them to stop them from entering the circle of light.
However, the Town Portal Scroll covered too large an area, and the many Magical Beasts that had yet to disperse were still obstructing them. Avoiding the beasts while stopping the others from moving was simply too difficult.
In the end, the dozen or so people only managed to stop three of them. Everyone else entered the teleportation range in time and left with Gemini.
After killing the Fire Giant, Mu You remained amid the lava without attacking again.
He had been able to kill the Fire Giant because he had taken a Fire Resistance Potion beforehand, granting him complete immunity to its damage. At the same time, he had switched to the Vampire Skin as soon as he entered its mouth.
The fivefold damage from Giant Slayer, combined with the Vampire Claws' fourfold damage against summoned creatures, made the Vampire Skin a natural counter to giant summoned creatures like this. Every swipe inflicted a terrifying twenty times the damage, allowing him to swiftly kill the Fire Giant with just a few strikes.
Mu You had then switched back to the Mysterious Man Skin before the Fire Giant disappeared.
Yet now, with Gemini activating the Town Portal Scroll, he made no attempt to stop it.
For one thing, once the Town Portal Scroll was activated, Gemini had already entered an invincible state,