Hexzad grimly closed the Twisted Gate.

Even the most obtuse person would have no doubt at this point – they had been completely outmaneuvered by humans!

"These insects—!" Xiacis roared in anger, the short whiskers on its cheeks twisting wildly, revealing the killing intent in its heart.

"Silence!" Hexzad interrupted it, "If they are insects, then what are we, who have been outsmarted by insects? From today onwards, I don't want to hear the word 'insects' again!"

Then, it soared into the air, flying towards the other end of Grand Duke Island.

Black smoke continued to billow upwards, forming an extremely thick pillar of smoke, with faint glimmers of fire visible beneath, like magma erupting from the depths of the earth. The city was a mess, with many Native Bodies lying scattered even in areas untouched by the fireballs, their fates unknown.

However, this was not its focus – the fact had already occurred, and lingering here would not reduce the losses, only increase anger. It was better to make the enemy pay a greater price.

On the southern side of the island, the Lord of the Sky indeed saw some ships that had not yet gone far. Although they had hoisted full sails, they were essentially motionless in the face of its abilities.

Just as it was about to cross this distance in one step, a bright light flashing below caught its attention.

It saw a figure flying out from the periphery of Grand Duke Island, rapidly moving south.

So that was it. It had thought that the person who detonated the flames had been buried in the sea of fire along with the vanguard, but it turned out that the humans were planning a complete retreat!

Let the witch carry out the detonation mission, and then easily withdraw from the battlefield?

It wouldn't be that simple!

The Lord of the Sky immediately changed its target, opening the Twisted Gate and instantly arriving in front of the witch.

It was a female with short, light golden hair. A look of surprise flashed across her face, as if she hadn't expected it to arrive so suddenly. Hexzad didn't want to say anything more, and directly reached out to grab her—

But the grab didn't touch anything.

The female in front of it suddenly burst out with incredible speed, darting hundreds of feet away in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the airwave she stirred up slammed into Hexzad and the Parasitic Eye Guards like a wall. For a moment, the magical barrier bloomed with shimmering light, and the spreading ripples took a while to subside.

The witch slowed down after flying a certain distance, as if she had consumed a lot of energy.

It snorted coldly and chased after her again!

Again, just a step away – this time, as soon as it stepped out of the Twisted Gate, the opponent had already flown far away, dragging a string of white mist behind her.

Hexzad was furious and used its ability for the third time. This time, it simply positioned the gate a hundred feet in front of the opponent, wanting to see where she would run this time.

However, the moment it stepped out of the gate, it suddenly felt a large number of gazes converging on it, as if it had suddenly arrived in the center of a city from a desolate place.

The Lord of the Sky was stunned for a moment, turning its gaze towards the source of these gazes – it saw black shadows converging on this position from the sea horizon and the land, including both iron birds and witches.

This was… a pre-planned ambush?

So that guy was deliberately stopping and starting, making it think that she was restricted by magic and could only use this kind of short-term accelerated flight?

"Heh… humans… hahaha…"

Hexzad laughed in anger!

They had not only schemed against its army, but were even preparing to further scheme against it?

If it retreated at this time, it would only be a matter of a thought.

But it didn't do so.

That's right, it was not a Demon Slayer, and this had always been something it had been brooding over, but that didn't mean that a male wearing a God's Punishment Stone could stand above a Grand Lord!

It wanted to let the other party know who was the master of the sky!

In the blink of an eye, the iron birds had already rushed in front of it, with a series of firelights erupting from their heads—

Hexzad waved its hand, directly opening a Twisted Gate in front of it, swallowing the iron crossbows shot by the opponent, and at the same time opening the other side of the gate beside the iron birds. Those deadly crossbow bolts passed through the gate and swept straight into the position they came from. In an instant, several iron birds were hit, and the formation was immediately disrupted.

However, to its surprise, those iron crossbows that were originally lethal did not cause the iron birds to fall apart on the spot, but only left a few holes in their bodies.

The Lord of the Sky quickly put this unexpected situation behind it. It stepped towards the high ground, stepping the entire battlefield under its feet. The iron birds obviously couldn't keep up with its figure. Although they began to climb upwards, their clumsy posture was even slower than worms.

Just as it was about to tear them apart one by one, a passing flying bird suddenly transformed into a Dire Beast, opening its mouth to bite at it!

The Eye Guards did not regard the seabirds commonly seen at sea as a threat at all. Hexzad suddenly flashed to barely avoid this sneak attack. It angrily opened its palm, and a black light immediately stood between the two – this was also a Twisted Gate, but its width was only one finger. The part of the body that passed through it obviously would not stay together with other parts.

Seemingly realizing that disaster was imminent, the Dire Beast turned back into a seabird in the blink of an eye, but it was obviously difficult to stop in such a short distance. Half of her wing still brushed against the black line, and the severed wingtip and feathers bloomed like snowflakes in an instant.

But before it could deliver the final blow, the rumbling sound rang out again.

The golden-haired witch turned into a dazzling golden light and crashed straight into it! Hexzad, unable to use the same trick again, could only stir up the magic of its whole body, turning it into a firm shield that enveloped its whole body!

"Boom——————!"

The two collided with a bang. The huge impact caused the golden light on the opponent's body to explode into countless fragments, and also caused a stuffy feeling in Hexzad's chest. However, the opponent was obviously more seriously injured, not only with blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth, but also with one arm broken into several sections. However, the witch completely ignored her injuries, and with her other remaining hand, she pulled out a short Fire Branch from her waist.

Damn it!

It had no choice but to reopen a Twisted Gate. If the opponent fired, the iron crossbow bolts would only hit her companions.

But what made Hexzad furious was that this attack was just a feint. The witch did not fire at it, but instead accelerated towards the bottom, grabbing the falling seabird.

"I'm going to crush you all into powder!" Fighting until now, it roared for the first time.

But just at this moment, the most piercing warning sounded in the Lord of the Sky's mind – it came from a large iron bird falling from the clouds. In the Eye Guard's vision, the source was the witch who was heavily mentioned by Uesruk.

It felt like it was locked by something—

Hexzad, feeling a surge of crisis, opened the Twisted Gate to its maximum, covering the opponent's attack range completely!

The Parasitic Eye Guard suddenly pushed it.

Then, the fire flashed. As if a long time had passed, and as if it was just a short moment, a black shadow flashed like lightning, and countless cracks burst out on the Twisted Gate, and then shattered like glass!

Then it was the Parasitic Eye Guard who pushed it away – the blue light on its body lit up and went out, and flesh and internal organs spurted out backwards, raising a cloud of blue mist in the leisurely snowflakes. The two events occurred almost simultaneously, so quickly that Hexzad couldn't react at all.

Finally, it was its own turn.

Although the attacking God's Stone had been shattered, it still cut off half of its palm and left traces of dents on its armor. The turbulence of magic made it lose control of its body and fell straight into the sea.

The iron birds had all completed their turns and were swooping towards it.

After leaving the forbidden magic area, Hexzad used its last strength to open a new gate under it.

Then, it disappeared into the sea, as if falling into a bottomless abyss.