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.

the voice of the downgrader piped up directly in the Starry Roc-fish's mind,

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

being dropped from above. The person landed on the roof of the Eternal Divine Courtyard.

flashed again. "Give it your all and kill him!" the downgrader commanded.

Starry Roc-fish was left a little puzzled at

He seemed to be just a third-grade creature who had not even undergone the Red

did what

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

bolts started swirling around the Starry Roc-fish's

the more powerful the force became.

"Woo..."

echolocation sound again to lock in on

had been arching their backs and running on the chain, hiding successfully from the Starry Roc-fish.

Starry Roc-fish turn to leave, but felt confused when it had suddenly stopped in place, as if waiting for

saw the door open and Zen drop down like a corpse.

"Father!"

as he saw the Starry Roc-fish preparing to

Crack!

enveloped Zen completely.

over the entire

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

that using the five-colored lightning on a barely conscious human was a bit too much. It would have chosen a milder technique had the downgrader not directed it

in one blow

the blinding light cleared up only to reveal the man

your all! Even the brush-wielder couldn't do much damage!" The downgrader's voice chastised

"What?"

wasn't that powerful, but as the ruler of the

Roc-fish took on a more resolute attitude.

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

in a state of unconsciousness, he had

body had been strong

to assess his surroundings. Zen saw a

"It's the Starry Roc-fish!"

it in the Soul City, so Zen figured the downgrader probably had