The smell of burning buildings permeated the streets, and Shangri-La was soon going to be scorched to the ground.
A few stood on the city wall, squinting against the fierce wind brought by the temperature difference.
Except for "Dead" Brand, no one else showed any intention to extinguish the fire.
Aside from the symbiote's dislike of fire, Bo Bo also hated it. As a hairy creature, he instinctively disliked fire.
The wind on the mountaintop blew sparks against Su Ming's armor, turning it into white ash. He was still trying to calm the bloodthirsty impulse caused by his previous injury.
But it didn't affect his ability to think.
After preventing a possible argument between Zatanna and Albella, Su Ming inquired the Swamp Monster about some occurrences and briefly mentioned the Tree Council.
The Swamp Monster now lacked combat power, and worried about the Green of All Things, he seemed to dive into the ground, following the plant roots to the Amazon River Basin.
As for Dead Brand, this foreign monk, he was a monk who worshipped the Indian Gods.
Su Ming stated that he was not familiar with him, so he could do whatever he wants.
The Dead's attack method was essentially soul possession, playing tricks like "Kayako" from within the enemy's body.
But this attack was ineffective against Hecate.
If he dared to dive into Hecate's body, he would probably be blown up by energy immediately.
Now, although Hecate has only regained a portion of her strength, she is still much stronger than Diana.
As the embodiment of magic, an intangible concept, her current form is nearly a highly concentrated magic energy bucket.
Su Ming touched the Magic Floating Cloak, moved aside from the others to ask it quietly.
"Can you eat that over 300-meter-tall female giant in the distance?"
The cloak seemed to twitch and swayed from side to side, apparently indicating that it couldn't.
It could consume relatively stable energy, like those from gemstones or magic props.
But this enemy's internal, activated energy, despite being tempting in quality and quantity, couldn't be absorbed; it's energy controlled by the enemy's consciousness.
If Hecate were a creature, Su Ming could have used Strangulation to devour her. Although the size difference seemed huge, the symbiote devoured like a bottomless pit.
However, Hecate is a magic concept, and her form is fabricated.
Like the Inverted Man, cutting off a piece will transform into a colorful magical aura, returning to her.
Without a tangible entity, Strangulation couldn't eat either.
The only option was the previous concept: releasing the Inverted Man to let the magic's dark side replace the light side.
The Inverted Man is the complete magic dark side, while at the moment Hecate is only one-fifth of the light side. As long as he doesn't play around, he will certainly win.
Although his fascination with the Main World and unfamiliarity with a tangible body often undermined his fighting power.
However, he has indeed beaten Zha Kang and his trio, his strength is proven, just lacking brains.
As for the impact of replacing the two on the Magic Realm... Having magic at this critical moment is already lucky enough, why ask for more?!
Currently, mages to the Inverted Man are mostly thieves; Su Ming doesn't have the Time Gem, and negotiating terms is an uncertain matter.
The Inverted Man has been pushed back through the door twice by Su Ming and Constantine, so he will likely be very cautious next time; past tactics are hard to replicate.
So before negotiating terms, it is necessary to find a way to restrain him, at least make it impossible for him to handle me.
It's not easy.
There are ideas, but they are hard to realize.
For example, finding the All-Purpose Wishing Machine, Cursed Three Holy Artifacts, Five-dimensional People, codenamed "A," could all defeat the Inverted Man.
But without years of research, these entities or people are practically unfindable.
They can come to you, but you can't find them.
Moreover, this is a magic issue; Su Ming's understanding is quite limited, and the few mages around him obviously do not have such insight.
Old undying ones like Naboo probably know more.
However, now he has rebelled and disappeared.
Zeus is also missing, the Sleep Demon recording world history is vanished, and the Tree Council recording Earth's history is half dead, losing most memories, cutting off sources of information.
Su Ming felt somewhat manipulated...
But he still had a more reliable adviser, which no one could stop.
"You guys find a place to hide first. I'm going to ask someone."
"???"
Everyone was discussing what to do next, but why did it feel like your thinking has jumped so far?
Can't keep up!
Barry was used to it; he was unable to keep up with Batman and Deathstroke's thoughts for some time.
Since Deathstroke said there is a way, he waited.
Su Ming pulled out the phone Batman modified and gave it to Barry, the tracker couldn't be carried.
Then he started taking off the arm armor on his left hand, taking out the Owl Dagger, and making a deep cut on his arm, reaching inside to scratch and press.
Everyone had different expressions; could self-harm find a solution?
Before they understood what was happening, Deathstroke suddenly disappeared.
"Ugh..." Barry touched his head, unable to see the disappearing process even with Divine Speed, what's going on?
No matter what Deathstroke went to do, it's better to be quick; the battle between the two Goddesses was still ongoing.
............
Master Gu Yi at Kama Taiji, while watching her apprentices rebuilding, enjoyed the gift Su Ming gave her.
Previously meeting, Gin stuffed a bunch of things to her. Being gifts, she accepted them and examined them at home.
She threw away those shameless underwear, but the stockings were nice. She wore them; usually, she had to wear long pants under the robe, but now it was replaced by stockings, making it more breathable and comfortable.
After all, no one could see.
And those foods and drinks, living for so many years, she never saw such novelty snacks, all possessing flavors she'd never experienced.
Spicy, layered, flavors absent in Kama Taiji.
Although she had no hair, she was not a nun and didn't avoid meats.
These earthly flavors seemed to make her perceive higher dimensions, experiencing the world's diversity.
She seemingly gained some insight.
Now she quietly sipped tea, eating spicy strips inside a brightly illuminated, smoke-filled side chamber...
So, when Su Ming entered against the snow and cold wind, he saw Master Ancient quietly enjoying spicy strips as nighttime snacks.
Su Ming understood this behavior.
Wilson Enterprises' spicy strips, with high quality and taste, even from his previous life's standards, couldn't ask for more.
It truly could cause addiction, eating one makes you want another.
However, this stuff is very spicy, and after eating a pile late at night, come morning, you'll discover its side effects; that burning sensation is severe enough to make Captain America yelp.
Su Ming pondered whether to remind Master Ancient to mind tomorrow's "localized snowfall"...