The lightning outside continued to bombard the vine cocoon.

The outermost vines were continuously carbonized, disintegrated, and turned into fly ash under the scorching heat of the purple lightning.

But inside, new and stronger vines are growing wildly, generating and filling gaps at an even faster rate!

Carbonization, formation, re-carbonization, re-formation...

In the sky, the blinding purple lightning finally began to weaken and dissipate.

The man in the suit cast a detached gaze downwards, savoring the despair and disarray of the ants...

Whoosh—!

A cyan arrow, with a terrifying speed far exceeding its peak condition before being hit, burst forth from the still-lingering embers of lightning, heading straight for the 'man in the suit's' face.

“Nan Nan…”

“Little sister…”

"Miss Lu..."

A gasp of surprise erupted below...

Lu Nange's combat uniform was tattered, revealing several areas of her skin that had been burned by lightning and was now rapidly healing and glowing with a fresh pinkish hue.

Her hair was a little messy, and her face was covered in soot, but her eyes were bright and burning with fighting spirit!

"She really is...surprisingly resilient."

The man in the suit hovered in the air, watching Lu Nange rushing towards him, and for the first time, his eyes flickered noticeably.

It was a kind of fluctuation caused by a disrupted plan and a biased assessment, even mixed with a very faint sense of disbelief that he himself might not have noticed.

He truly hadn't expected that his opponent not only hadn't died, but seemed to have become even stronger.

But this slight fluctuation was instantly covered up.

An accident is just an accident; an ant is still an ant at heart.

However, Lu Nange had no intention of giving him any time to react!

The distance between the two was bridged in the blink of an eye when she unleashed her full power!

She pointed her right hand together, compressing her wind-type ability to its limit to form a semi-transparent vortex, the core of which was wrapped in a dazzling green light bestowed by 'Zhizhi'!

Wind and wood, speed and vitality, two forces of vastly different natures, spiral and intertwine, emitting a deep yet unsettling hum!

"Break!!!"

A clear shout echoed through the air!

The energy gathered at the fingertips collided with the invisible barrier in front of the man in the suit's neck!

clang!

This time, it wasn't a crisp sound, but a thunderous roar like two massive hammers colliding!

The sound was dull and heavy, and the impact spread outwards from the point of impact, instantly clearing away the remaining smoke and dust in the air!

Click!

The sound of shattering was crystal clear, like glass exploding!

The man in the suit grunted, and his previously stable, floating body was pushed back three or four meters before he regained his balance!

Although he was still suspended in mid-air, that step back completely replaced the indifferent expression on his face with a hint of anger at being offended.

Lu Nange was also thrown back by the recoil, tumbling uncontrollably in the air for a long distance before finally regaining her balance with her wind-based abilities.

She was breathing heavily, her face pale. The supernatural power she possessed, combined with that of Zhizhi, had been almost completely exhausted in that desperate attack.

His right arm was hanging limply in excruciating pain; his face was deathly pale; and blood was trickling from the corner of his mouth...

But she wiped the corner of her mouth with her left hand, looked up, and gazed at her opponent who was no longer flawless.

Lu Nange's lips twitched into a smile, a smile full of provocation...

That smile was a silent cry: Look, so what if it's the sky? It's not like we can't poke a hole in it!