Published: March 2, 2025
The battle erupted in an instant!
Li Quan'an did not take action directly, nor did his cannibal subordinates intervene in this fight. They quietly waited on the periphery of the battlefield, anticipating the outcome... or a chance for a decisive strike.
This decision was not blind; as the tribal will entity, the spirit indeed possessed the power to crush Carmel!
Vines filled the sky, seemingly like countless giant pythons waving wildly. They whipped at the summoned painting creatures of Carmel, reducing them to a puddle of dye. Even the false spirits summoned from the spirit's painting scroll by Carmel were fundamentally different from the true spirits.
In a head-on battle, the presence of a spirit was sufficient. Lin Quan'an and the others were merely wary of the spirit developing other intentions.
After all, emotions can be exceedingly unpredictable...
However, the worst-case scenario anticipated did not materialize. After the celestial god communicated with the spirit, the spirit decisively abandoned its best friend and turned to embrace Mother Earth. Seeing its resolute action and killing intent, Li Quan'an believed there would be no further changes...
At this point, Li Quan'an even felt like laughing.
These mutated creatures, even if their brains had mutated, were no different from those without. They regarded the thoughts, actions, and directives of the Earth's will as sacred edicts, completely disregarding whether the Earth's will made mistakes.
Without independent thought and will, how were they any different from puppets?
Just then, Li Quan'an saw Carmel using the moment of the spirit's attack to pull out a communication device, trying to call for help from the outside... To this, Li Quan'an merely smiled in disdain.
Why not set up an ambush on Carmel's return journey? Was it not because there was not enough time, insufficient manpower, and fear of defensive gaps and oversights?
However, the current arrangements were already complete, and Li Quan'an firmly believed that this ambush had no defensive gaps left.
Carmel was undoubtedly doomed!
Yet an unexpected change occurred in the next second.
A sudden message from the outside alert troops came through the earpiece.
"Sir, two mutated beasts are approaching from outside, one a gorilla and the other a horse… that gorilla… oh my..."
As the angry curses of his subordinate echoed, a thunderous sound erupted from the earpiece. Li Quan'an felt a tremor beneath his feet, a violent shake, as though a magnitude ten earthquake had occurred. He turned around just in time to see the defense Barrier protecting against Carmel's communication shaking violently several times, and with a sudden crash of thunder, the Barrier shattered in an instant!
"Wow~~~ Not bad at all..."
Li Quan'an felt no shock; he merely curled his lips slightly. He drew out a war blade and slowly walked toward Carmel.
The Barrier was broken; so be it. As long as Carmel couldn't free her hands, she wouldn't be able to send out a message—plans always had to face unexpected situations...
As for the two divine beast species outside that had always been with Carmel...
He couldn't tell if they had returned to save her, or if it was simply to meet their demise...
The sudden roar and familiar howls undoubtedly sparked a glimmer of hope in Carmel's already desperate heart.
At least her closest companions had not abandoned her...
Thinking this, she sensed that the Barrier above her had collapsed. Carmel once again took out the communicator, trying to dial a number she hadn’t contacted in a long time.
Wen Yu...
Perhaps only Wen Yu would have the ability to return from the Layered Battlefield and save her in such a situation.
As for whether Wen Yu could answer the communication, whether he was on Earth, or whether he was entangled in pressing matters... Carmel was simply grasping at straws.
Carmel’s thoughts were not wrong—if she could contact Wen Yu, and if he sent any spirit pet, it could reach Spain in a short time, thus resolving her crisis.