"Explode!"

He roared and punched the mechanical guard in the chest.

"Snap!"

The energy crystal on the mechanical guard's chest shattered instantly, sparks flying everywhere.

The mechanical guard collapsed to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, completely losing its power.

"Got one!" Lu Zhaoming said excitedly.

He used the same method to defeat the mechanical guards one by one.

One by one, the mechanical guards fell to the ground, turning into piles of scrap metal.

"Who else?!" Lu Zhaoming stood amidst the ruins, surveying his surroundings with an imposing aura.

"Not bad, not bad, it seems you're even more difficult to deal with than I imagined." The voice in the white robe rang out again, tinged with surprise.

"Enough with the nonsense, come out and fight me for real!" Lu Zhaoming challenged.

"Hehehe... You'll soon find out what true despair is." The white-robed voice turned sinister.

Ignoring the white-robed man's threat, Lu Zhaoming took the opportunity to approach the energy tower.

He reached out and tried to touch the tower.

"Sizzle!"

An invisible protective barrier suddenly appeared and repelled him.

"Holy crap, there's such a thing!" Lu Zhaoming rubbed his arm, which was numb from the shock, looking helpless.

"You think I'd let you succeed so easily?" The voice in the white robe rang out again, tinged with sarcasm.

Lu Zhaoming stared at the protective barrier before him, lost in thought.

This thing doesn't look like it'll be easy to deal with.

Just as Lu Zhaoming was racking his brains trying to figure out how to break the shield, the system suddenly sounded an alarm: "Warning! Abnormal energy fluctuations detected within the host's body!"

"What the hell?" Lu Zhaoming's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

He then realized that the energy within his body was like a floodgate that had been opened, rushing wildly towards the energy tower!

"Damn it! This old man was actually draining my mana from a distance?" Lu Zhaoming cursed angrily. No wonder he felt a little weak earlier; it turned out he had been robbed of his mana!

He endured the discomfort of his energy being drained and gritted his teeth as he activated the "Eye of Judgment".

"Lock down the weakness of this broken shield!" Lu Zhaoming roared in his mind.

The "Eye of Judgment" was in full power, with beams of golden light sweeping across the protective barrier like X-rays, penetrating every corner of it.

"Found it!" Lu Zhaoming's eyes lit up as he discovered an extremely tiny crack in a corner of the barrier, almost invisible to the naked eye.

"You're the one!" Lu Zhaoming pulled out his dagger without hesitation, channeled all his energy into it, and pierced the crack with lightning speed.

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and the once indestructible protective barrier collapsed instantly, like glass, turning into countless fragments that dissipated into the air.

"It's done!" Lu Zhaoming clenched his fist excitedly.

However, before he could be happy for long, the energy tower suddenly began to shake violently, and the complex runes on the tower began to flash wildly, beating like a heart!

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

The entire underground space was filled with a piercing buzzing sound that sent chills down one's spine.

"Oh no! It's going to explode!" Lu Zhaoming instantly realized that the energy tower was about to go out of control!

"Are you insane, Lu Zhaoming! You'll destroy everything!" The white-robed man's furious roar echoed through the space like thunder.

"Heh, same to you." Lu Zhaoming chuckled coldly. Now that things have come to this, who's afraid of who?

"Since you want to play, I'll go crazy with you!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and ran towards the exit of the passage.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar came from behind, and the entire underground space began to collapse.

Lu Zhaoming didn't look back and ran forward as fast as he could.

"Bye-bye!"

He had already planned his next move.

When Lu Zhaoming finally broke through the passage and returned to the ground, he didn't even have time to catch his breath before he couldn't wait to tell Su Li and Xiao Die everything that had happened.

However, when he looked up, he saw a familiar figure standing in the distance, the setting sun casting a long shadow of her…