Shira and I forcefully descended through the barrier after we have finished killing all of the demons.The barrier cracked and broke under our combined weight as we made our way toward the planet's surface.This place was filled with yellowed-out trees, small jungles, and a few deserts, the oceans that were supposed to be more prominent were already quickly losing water as drought was seemingly being unleashed onto the planet by a superior force.I frowned as I could feel that the hand of the devil fragment was at work here, the fragment had two ways to awaken, one, take the seven sins from the demons that had gotten their paws on them while he had been sleeping, which most of the time wasn't possible since the demons wouldn't let their powers be taken willingly.The demons respected and listened to the devil's orders, but if the orders went against what they wanted/needed to do, the demons might refuse them.Unfortunately, for the devil, a fragmented consciousness that wasn't fully a

The familiar cold aura came from Hanzo, the leader of the Ice Palace... We had refused his invitation to his sect one year back, and I wasn't sure if he held a grudge for that.At the time, he truly looked like he needed someone to inherit his mantle as leader of the sect, and our refusal should have put him in a tough position, especially since Malavai had injured him in that brief fight they had.He was approaching our position at a quick speed along with tens of what seemed to be his subordinates.I wasn't sure since I couldn't poke with my soul sense too close, or they would be able to realize that I was spying on them.However, they were already coming quickly toward our location, meaning that they should have found out about us already.Hanzo might have even sensed my soul sensing, but he didn't seem to say anything to his subordinate, he just looked forward as he flew through the space in front of him, making his way toward our location as his subordinates followed behind him s

Hanzo's mouth split into a wide grin as he understood my approval.He couldn't help but grab my hand and shake it before saying:"You won't regret that you decided to help me in this time of need, but just like you are a little paranoid of me, I would also like you to create a vow that you won't betray me, just so we can have a mutual understanding in this business relationship we have made just now, ok?"It wasn't anything too troublesome to do, I could honor this vow as there was no reason for me to betray Hanzo at all, he looked like an understanding fellow with his head on his shoulders, and he could be a helpful ally outside of the Regulator's Alliance.Having allies both inside and outside of the alliance was the best thing that I could do right now.Sooner or later, the devil would undoubtedly gather all of his armies in one attempt to awaken his main body, things had been in a stalemate for too much of a long time, and I could feel that the devil got tired enough of waiting.A

The bald elder couldn't help but tremble as he asked:"How... how did you know?!"A red light made its way to my eyes as I released a little bit of my cannibal aura, making the man flinch as he realized that I was one of them.He gritted his teeth and attempted to attack me, but I shook my head as I conjured a wave of water that enveloped him, the water transformed into ice, transforming him into an ice sculpture that I shattered using a hard-rock fist that I used to cover my hand with.The body broke into pieces as blood and organs spilled on the floor near the other elder.And since these two were cannibals, I couldn't let their bodies go to waste, so I opened my mouth wide as my sharp teeth let out a small glint while I went in, devouring all of the scraps on the ground while making sure that no one was aware of what was happening behind the ice wall.The ice wall rapidly melted after I was done, letting the 18 elders see that only I was the one left on the other side, their eyes w

Shira's breathing patterns changed accordingly as she tried to find the best balance between the borrowed Ice and Water laws and her innate fire bloodline.However, her attempts were thwarted by Mu Chen's continuous attacks, his halberd slashes were getting wilder and wilder, and Shira was already injured, missing both legs.The injury didn't affect her too much for the time being, but the more injuries that piled up on her body, the further the battle inclined towards Mu Chen's victory.Shira's breathing continued to change as she fended off most of the attacks that would kill her, choosing to trade injuries for any opportunity to change her breathing pattern, which made Mu Chen quite puzzled about why was she doing this, he thought that she was charging a special attack, but he could see that she wasn't using anything that he was familiar with when it came in regards to phoenixes.Shira's power was also fluctuating wildly, sometimes weaker, sometimes stronger than what she was initi