The chaos continued. Every Wildman looked toward the figure beside the lake. They all seemed to have forgotten that today's Moon Festival was still underway, and that the Eye of the Moon in the lake had yet to close.
Inside the net on the sand, Sky Wolf stared dumbfounded at Mu You's sudden appearance for several seconds before he reacted, overcome with joy.
He wasn't dead?
He had really done it!
When he had been captured alive with seemingly no way to escape, Sky Wolf's heart had sunk to rock bottom. He had never expected his emotions to take such a roller-coaster turn in just a few seconds.
Beside the lake, Mu You was also looking down at his restored body.
The Crimson Sky Battle Armor covering him-no, it should be called a battle suit-felt like actual clothing, responding as naturally as his own limbs, so light he could barely feel its presence.
Yet this thin, lightweight Battle Armor gave him defenses and physical capabilities on par with an ordinary Wildman's.
After coming back to life underwater, Mu You had seen the Wildman who had just leaped into the air above him, and a thought had suddenly occurred to him: perhaps he could stop the man from jumping into the lake.
Mu You had acted on that thought, and he had indeed succeeded.
With only a slight bend of his knees, he had shot from the water like a rocket and sent the burly Wildman flying with a kick, remaining completely unharmed himself.
The strength and speed he had unleashed in that process were things Mu You would never have dared imagine before, yet with this battle suit's enhancement, it all seemed only natural.
Then there was the suit's protection itself: beneath its hard armor lay an invisible barrier covering