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.

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

but it couldn't refuse. It hovered in place for

person landed on the roof of

your all and kill him!" the downgrader

a little puzzled at that.

seemed to be just a third-grade creature who had

Starry Roc-fish just did what it

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

bolts started swirling around the Starry Roc-fish's sharp

there were, the more powerful the force became.

"Woo..."

sound again to lock in

and Ziya had been arching their backs and running

relief when they saw the Starry Roc-fish turn to leave, but

door open and Zen drop down like

"Father!"

he saw the Starry Roc-fish preparing to zap Zen.

Crack!

enveloped Zen

over the

the Eternal Divine Courtyard would be

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

one blow

cleared up only to

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

"What?"

that. The brush-wielder wasn't that powerful, but as the ruler of

on a more resolute attitude.

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

come around. Even in a state of unconsciousness, he had still felt

strong enough

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

"It's the Starry Roc-fish!"

Roc-fish had 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 creature was attacking him now.