Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

The Starry Roc-fish swam around the four pillars, searching earnestly.

It had initially only planned to exhaust Geoffrey's strength.

It figured this was the most efficient way to deal with him and Ziya. Ziya would have been easy pickings after that.

But the Starry Roc-fish hadn't expected Geoffrey to use Grand Teleportation to escape.

The Starry Roc-fish could detect objects using the aura of space, but the Heavenly Ring Staff was obviously shielding Geoffrey and Ziya. It took some time for the Starry Roc-fish's echolocation ability to lead it toward the general direction of the pillars.

It began to sense Geoffrey and Ziya in the area as soon as it approached.

But suddenly, the two became undetectable again.

The Starry Roc-fish had such keen senses that it could see the energy emanating from everything in the world, including from dead people. It could easily pick up on energy fluctuations, too.

Avoiding its detection like this would usually require those in hiding to block all external energy auras and stop emitting auras themselves.

Suffice to say, that was a near impossible feat.

That was why the Starry Roc-fish concluded Geoffrey and Ziya must be using the Heavenly Ring Staff.

It was likely why the Starry Roc-fish couldn't find them now.

But it had to, all the same. It couldn't disobey the downgrader's orders.

"Woo..."

The Starry Roc-fish emitted a long wailing sound.

The sound waves bounced back from surfaces, allowing the Starry Roc-fish to determine the shape of its surroundings, including those concealed.

The sound waves washed through a vast area. But it still failed to pick up on Geoffrey and Ziya.

The Starry Roc-fish figured it must be looking in the wrong area.

It turned to go.

Just then, a door suddenly opened above the Eternal Divine Courtyard. A white light emanated from the doorway.

light began to flash, and the voice of the downgrader piped up directly in the Starry

had to wait for, but it couldn't refuse. It hovered in

it saw a person being dropped from above. The person

it your all and kill

left a little puzzled at that.

weak. He seemed to be just a third-grade creature who had not

Roc-fish just did what it was told.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

around the Starry

more bolts there were, the more powerful the

"Woo..."

echolocation sound again to lock in on its target. It released the lightning.

Geoffrey and Ziya had been arching their backs and running on the chain, hiding

the Starry Roc-fish turn to leave, but felt confused when it had suddenly stopped

saw the door open and

"Father!"

as he saw the Starry Roc-fish preparing

Crack!

lightning enveloped Zen completely.

bloomed over the

the Eternal Divine Courtyard would be destroyed. It was, after all, under the

barely conscious human was a bit too much. It would have chosen a milder technique had the downgrader not directed it to use maximum force.

in one blow then died down quickly.

the blinding light cleared up only to reveal the man completely unharmed.

you to give it your all! Even the brush-wielder couldn't do much damage!" The downgrader's voice chastised the Starry Roc-fish.

"What?"

that powerful, but as the ruler of the Eternal

Starry Roc-fish took on a more resolute

head again. But this time, the colors were much deeper, the energy contained therein much stronger.

of unconsciousness, he had still felt that

his body had been strong enough to withstand

Civilization was now working on overdrive to assess his surroundings. Zen saw a colorful roc-fish floating in the sky.

"It's the Starry Roc-fish!"

not been hostile to him the first time he had met it in the Soul City, so