After Blount finished speaking, Dempus swiftly retreated in one direction with Grand Duke Ashburn, Charles, and a group of experts protecting them.
Blount and Zhankesi stayed with some Temple Knights and White-Robed Priests of the Church of Light, heading in the exact opposite direction from Dempus and the others.
Blount's guess was entirely correct. Han Shuo now firmly remembered the holy aura on Blount's body. The grudge from the Earth Armor Zombie's injury last time weighed on Han Shuo's mind. Even before entering the demonic state, he had locked onto Blount, setting himself a target and keeping his sights fixed on him.
Sure enough, when Blount, Zhankesi, and the other Church of Light followers left in one direction, Han Shuo, who came hurtling over like a fiend, singled out Blount and pursued him relentlessly.
Dempus and his party, who had intended to flee quickly, suddenly realized that Han Shuo's target really was Blount. They all immediately breathed a sigh of relief. On Ashburn's orders, they changed direction again, circled around, and returned to the center of the battlefield to continue directing the raging battle.
Having entered the demonic state, Han Shuo moved as fast as lightning and thunder, bringing terrifying force in his wake as he pursued Blount, Zhankesi, and the others. He paid no further attention to whether Ashburn and his party lived or died.
Within the crystal ball, Van Razer snorted coldly. "Ashburn has come back to die. Things have reached this point, yet he still can't see who's winning."
"It looks like Blount and those Church of Light fellows are in trouble!" Carola had calmed down and spoke to Sabocas with a smile.
"Yes, indeed. I was ready to help Brian at any moment, but I never expected the lad to be so extraordinary. It seems we