While Hades was fighting, Lilith had already returned with Vian and Iris, who had returned to normal, as well as Hadro's clone.
Their eyes held determination and urgency; they clearly wanted to resolve their current predicament as quickly as possible.
They first helped Athena finish off her opponents.
With Athena's Great Swordmaster-level swordsmanship and her considerable strength and physique,
her four opponents were already covered in wounds and in a sorry state.
But the four were, after all, masters of physical combat, with physiques far stronger than ordinary people's, and could barely hold on for a while longer.
Lilith and the others unhesitatingly ganged up on them, their movements swift and decisive as they quickly ended the fight.
Then they turned their attacks toward Zhebo's group, their assault as fierce as a driving storm.
Zhebo kept using his mental power to relay the trajectories of Lilith and the others' attacks to the ten powerful fighters remaining on his side, his expression tense and focused.
Those ten fighters desperately blocked Vian's lightning sword energy, Athena's slaughter sword energy, and Iris's arrows.
Every so often, Lilith released spatial blades that sliced through the air like black lightning, leaving them overwhelmed and struggling to cope.
At that moment, Zhebo was entirely focused on dealing with Lilith and the others' attacks and had yet to notice what had happened with Troius Jeno.
Elsewhere...
"Cough, cough!"
Troius Jeno's somewhat weak coughing came from within the smoke.
He struggled to climb out of a pile of rubble and slowly emerged from the dust, his body covered in dirt and blood.
"Hades, I've broken free of Nightmare's control now. Don't attack me anymore!"
Troius Jeno wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and spoke lightly, forcibly enduring the pain in his body.
Looking at his