For a period of time afterward, Kytheron and Jean stayed on Ego.
During this time, Ego told Kytheron many things about the God race.
Compared to Kytheron, who was a fake God, Ego's knowledge accumulated over countless years was truly vast!
During this period, Jean and Mantis became quite close.
Firstly, both were psionicists, and Mantis, being naive and innocent like a blank slate, made Jean feel a considerable fondness for her.
And as Mantis spent time with Jean, a feeling called friendship slowly developed in her heart for Jean.
For the first time, Mantis learned the meaning of the word 'friend' from Jean.
Knowing Ego's true intentions, she found herself in a dilemma for the first time.
"Mantis, what's wrong? Why do you seem so distracted?"
On this day, as Jean was preparing to go sightseeing on Ego with Mantis as usual, she suddenly noticed that Mantis, who was always carefree, had an unprecedented look of worry on her face.
Naturally, Jean wanted to get to the bottom of it with her friend!
Mantis looked at Jean, then at the ground beneath her feet, but didn't speak.
Because she wasn't sure if Ego would hear what she said, she decided to use a different method of communication to be safe.
At this moment, the two antennae on her head began to emit a faint glow.
Instantly, Mantis's voice echoed in Jean's mind: "Jean, you two must leave here quickly!"
Hearing this, Jean asked, somewhat confused: "Mantis, what happened?"
"It's very dangerous here, you and your Master are both in great danger."
"My Lord Ego, he… he will devour you."
After a moment of internal struggle, Mantis decided to tell Jean the truth.
Upon hearing Mantis reveal this news, Jean's heart stirred slightly.
Although she had come to consider the girl in front of her a friend after spending these days together, there was still a final barrier between them.
That was, her and Kytheron's purpose for coming here was not simple, and the Master of this place also harbored ill intentions towards Kytheron and Jean.
Since both sides had ulterior motives, it was naturally impossible to truly open up to each other during their interactions.
But now that Mantis had chosen to reveal this information to her, Jean understood that the girl in front of her truly regarded her as a friend!
So, no matter what Ego's fate would be in the end, she wanted to ask Kytheron to take Mantis with them.
"Mantis, don't worry, my Master and I will be fine."
Jean comforted Mantis at this moment.
Hearing Jean say this, the innocent Mantis didn't think much further!
However, Jean still told Kytheron what Mantis had said.
"Master, you might still need to be a bit careful with that guy."
Finally, Jean warned Kytheron in their mental communication.
"Then, perhaps it's time!"
"The fox's tail, hidden for so long, should finally be allowed to show itself!"
Kytheron was no longer prepared to continue playing along; he intended to give a hint to make Ego be the first to drop his mask of hypocrisy. Then, Kytheron would be making a righteous counterattack.
"Master, are you confident you can deal with this guy?"
Jean still had a tiny bit of worry.
"Don't worry, if I wasn't confident, would I have brought you here?"
It wasn't that Kytheron underestimated Ego, but rather that there was truly nothing about him that Kytheron felt worthy of looking up to.
"That puts my mind at ease!"
Jean, feeling reassured, disconnected her mental link with Kytheron.
The next day, under Kytheron's conscious guidance, Ego finally took the bait!
"Kytheron, you probably don't know this yet! Regularly closing off one's consciousness helps us better control our own power, and Mantis happens to possess this ability, allowing me to let our consciousness temporarily enter a deep state of slumber. Would you like to try it?"
Ego spoke to Kytheron with great temptation.
"I truly didn't know that? Then I really want to give it a try."
Kytheron naturally wouldn't refuse Ego's offer; if nothing unexpected happened, he would soon find out what Ego intended to do!
"Don't worry, I will fall into this temporary slumber with you. Here on My Ego, you have absolutely nothing to worry about."
To further relax Kytheron's guard, Ego naturally spared no effort in giving Kytheron assurances.
"Jean, this is bad!"
"My Lord Ego is making me hypnotize My Lord Kytheron. He must be planning to devour My Lord Kytheron. What should I do?"
Mantis, having received Ego's notification, became restless and immediately told Jean the news.
"Mantis, don't worry. You just need to follow his instructions and do your job!"
Hearing Jean say this again, Mantis finally put aside her doubts and prepared to hypnotize Ego and Kytheron.
"Mantis, as usual, guide me first!"
To prevent Kytheron from having any suspicions, Ego even had Mantis hypnotize him first.
"Yes, My Lord Ego."
Mantis stepped forward, gently placed her hand on Ego's forehead, and the antennae on her head flashed with a brief light. Instantly, Ego appeared to fall into a deep slumber.
Then Mantis walked up to Kytheron and, with a somewhat strange emotion, still hypnotized him.
And Kytheron, very cooperatively, pretended to be affected and closed his eyes.
After Mantis left, Ego slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the peacefully sleeping Kytheron, and his heart surged with excitement.
"A complete body, complete God power, all of this will soon be mine!"
With an elated feeling, Ego waved his hand, and the current environment instantly changed. Bones were scattered everywhere, like a Shura purgatory.
Directly above, a brain the size of an entire football field was enveloped in silver light.
Ego spread his hands, and countless silver tentacles extended from that brain, then firmly locked Kytheron in place.
And Kytheron, at just the right moment, woke up.
Facing this situation, Kytheron "angrily" questioned Ego: "Ego, what are you trying to do?"
"What am I trying to do? Of course, I'm making you a part of me!"
"You foolish fellow, you don't deserve to possess this power of the God; it should belong to me."
Ego no longer pretended, tearing off his facade and speaking to Kytheron with malice.
"Are you saying that everything you've done these past days has been to deceive me?"
Kytheron spoke with apparent "grief and indignation."
"Of course, I just didn't expect you to be so foolish, completely without suspicion of what I said. Take your foolishness and let me devour you obediently!"
Ego manipulated the tentacles, preparing to extract Kytheron's power.
However, the next moment, his frenzied expression completely froze.
Because he saw a surge of violent purple power emanating from Kytheron's body, and the tentacles that had locked Kytheron began to crumble piece by piece.
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