The Puppet Projection struggled where it stood, pouring vast amounts of Spirit Energy into countering the black rods, trying to melt them.
The process was not slow, but Puppet could not do it fast enough on its own.
It shouted toward the rift:
"Rose, come help me."
But there was no response at all from the rift opposite it. Clearly, Rose's projection had abandoned Puppet outright.
At a time like this, every one of the Children of Guyinduo would preserve their own strength as much as possible.
Every projection contained some of its original body's essence.
If Rose remembered correctly, this would be Puppet's second projection to perish since the Sealed Land was unsealed.
Oh, it had not perished yet, but it would soon. What a delightful prospect!
"Rose, what are you doing?"
Puppet had lost some of its composure. Everything that had happened today stemmed from its mistaken assessment of Xu Le's strength.
How could he have become so strong in such a short time?
These black rods... they were practically like suppression by rules, pinning it down so completely that it could not move.
Its projection being only level 7 was part of the reason, but Xu Le's Spirit Energy readings should have been at level 7 too.
If he could achieve such absolute suppression in a fight between two level 7s, what would happen when he advanced to level 8?
Was he going to become a second Night Fiend?
As it struggled, Puppet had already climbed to its feet. Just as it reached for the black rods in its legs, the Red Moon Holy Temple members finally arrived.
Indeed, when Xu Le had thought of the issue of the rift's two ends, someone in the Red Moon Holy Temple had actually thought of the same thing.
There