Colori Phoenix pondered briefly at his response. Then, she spoke slowly, "From the looks of it, Darryl Darby probably ran into the fiend folks. Let's head back to the new territory for now."

Oliver nodded hurriedly, a solemn look on his face. Internally, he could hardly contain his glee.

Regardless of what happened there, there was no way Darryl was still alive. Of course, he was happy.

Amidst his joy, Oliver summoned his subordinates. With Colori Phoenix and Leia, they set out for the new territory.

……

Meanwhile, on the other end.

A few kilometers northwest of the Imperial Sky Palace, Archfiend Antigonus led his troop of a little under a million fiend folks to set up camp.

Archfiend Antigonus had made several attacks in the last half of the day, but they had all been fruitless attempts.

The Imperial Sky Palace had Empress Nuwa. On top of that, the palace had been surrounded by three Innate Formations. Archfiend Antigonus' army had failed to break through them, no matter how