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.

to flash, and the voice of the downgrader piped

know what it had to wait for, but it

a person being dropped from above. The person landed on the roof of

your all and kill

Starry Roc-fish was left a little

extremely weak. He seemed to be just a third-grade creature who had not even undergone the Red Jade Rite.

just did what it was

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

started swirling around the Starry Roc-fish's sharp

there were, the more powerful the

"Woo..."

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

their backs and running on the

sigh of relief when they saw the Starry Roc-fish turn to leave, but felt confused

the door open and Zen drop

"Father!"

he saw the Starry Roc-fish

Crack!

five-colored lightning enveloped Zen

light bloomed over the entire courtyard.

the Eternal Divine Courtyard would

a barely conscious human was a bit too much. It

lightning exploded in one blow then died down quickly.

blinding light cleared up only to

couldn't do much damage!" The downgrader's voice chastised the

"What?"

to hear that. The brush-wielder wasn't that powerful, but as the ruler of the Eternal Scroll Painting, he was omnipotent there.

a more resolute attitude.

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

unconsciousness, he had still felt

body had been strong enough to withstand

Obsession Civilization was now working on overdrive to assess his surroundings. Zen saw

"It's the Starry Roc-fish!"

not been hostile to him the first time he had met it in the Soul City, so Zen figured the downgrader probably had something to do with why the