Then Wen Wen circled half of the battlefield's perimeter before charging back into the fray with gusto.
In the short time he had been away, the battle between Sifumo and the Ice Queen had intensified.
Sifumo, controlling invisible threads like a huge spider weaving its trap, patiently watched his prey struggle, waiting only for it to exhaust its strength before delivering the final blow.
The Ice Queen, on the other hand, was like a bird caught in a spider's web—a bird too strong and powerful for the delicate threads to hold it, biding its time to devour the plump spider.
Although Sifumo was of the Assimilation Lower Sequence, he was someone who had managed to escape the Toad Prince, so despite the Ice Queen's fierce onslaught, he couldn't be taken down in a short time.
But the Ice Queen was gradually recovering from her weakened state, fighting more valiantly as time went on, while Sifumo had already been seriously injured in his earlier battle with the Toad Prince.
