Ji Jue finally remembered what he wanted to say. He looked at the devil’s work ball suspiciously. “What was that move just now? You never pulled that trick back in the rift realm. I’ve been treating you like a brother, yet you’ve been hiding things from me?”

The devil’s work ball exploded in outrage. The manipulation tactic had finally been turned on it, and it wasn’t having any of it. 

“Bullshit! I’m here to keep you alive, not be your slave! My preset directive is to keep you from dying. No one said I had to be your personal heavy weapon! Besides, you’ve got to give me something usable! But no, you kept pulling out... whatever the hell that was. It was so absurd, it was off the charts! What else was I supposed to do except play dead?”

It was the first time the devil’s work ball had ever encountered such a bizarre user. 

The moment they’d entered the rift realm, the Seer had nearly fried its core with a sneak attack. After that, every enemy they ran into turned out to be a complete monster. Either they were...