While Xu Shi, still on his way, was trying to relax amidst the tension, the girls battling against "heavenly principles" in the Qingyun Immortal Realm were already finding it hard to keep up.

It was a one-sided battle to begin with; anyone else would have been blasted to smithereens by now. Only Su Lin and her group, seasoned veterans, were able to manage to hold their own.

Meanwhile, "β" showed a serious anger on her face—cat and mouse may be fun, but now it's not her who's keeping Su Lin and Tang Shuang hanging, but rather they always manage to find that one in ten thousand chance to escape from her impenetrable lightning strikes.

Active and passive are two completely different concepts.

She probably never imagined that these bastards could hold out for so long under her command... For SS, this is a disgrace, a tremendous disgrace!

So she didn't want to play anymore.

"Why aren't you dead yet! Die!"

Her expression turned ferocious, and she slammed her hands down forcefully, shouting, "I'll kill you all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the already gloomy sky became even darker, thunder rumbled incessantly, and the sudden drop in air pressure made it difficult to breathe for a moment.

"Is this...is this divine punishment?!"

The inhabitants of the Western Regions, far from the desert battlefield, also witnessed this scene, and many of them were terrified, wondering what had happened there.

However, no one was driven by curiosity to investigate further—such a celestial phenomenon is a rare sight, perhaps only once every few thousand years. Who knows what danger it might conceal? It's better to stay far away than to go and take a look.

The Mosuo and Yixing, who were still dealing with the sand-singing insect swarm, were having a particularly tough time. Clearly, the destructive power of the SS-class insects was beyond their imagination. They were already having a hard time just on the outer perimeter, not to mention having to deal with the dense swarm of sand-singing insects. It was truly a miserable situation.

"leader!"

Someone called out to the Mosuo people for help, clearly indicating that they were already struggling to cope.

"...Keep it up!"

Wolf King Mosuo and himself were actually somewhat overwhelmed – as the saying goes, too many ants can kill an elephant, and he was now in a similar situation. It wasn't that he couldn't solve the problem, but that he couldn't solve it all.

In terms of ability level, he himself is only at the S+ level, not as overpowered as SS. The key is that these sand worms are not only of a high level, but they also grow back like leeks, one crop after another. He will either be exhausted to death or disgusted to death.

Even so, he still tried to find a little space to rescue the guards who had run out of options.

"Hold on!"

He mustered his strength and shouted, "If we can't hold on, not only will the Western Regions be doomed, but the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm will also perish. We absolutely cannot fall!"

"Don't be stingy with any elixirs or secret treasures you have, just eat them all! As long as you get back alive, I'll give you double, no, triple!"

"yes!"

Upon hearing this, everyone responded in unison, not out of excitement at the generous reward, but because they knew that the Mosuo were absolutely right.

Men from the Western Regions are all men of unyielding spirit; protecting the land where they grew up is both their duty and their mission!

...

Unlike the passionate atmosphere on the periphery, Su Lin and her two companions, deep in the eye of the storm, were finding joy amidst hardship, and even appeared somewhat relaxed.

"You tell me... is this guy out of his mind?"

Tang Shuang politely asked the question first, clearly speechless at "β's" crazy behavior.

If you want to wear us down, you're the one who'll wear us down; if you can't, you get frustrated and angry. What's wrong with you?

And to be honest, this was probably the strangest SS she had ever seen, it didn't have the demeanor of a master at all.

"Who knows? Don't ask me that question, you should ask Xie Qingyan."

Su Lin twitched the corner of her mouth and even had the leisure to make a joke, "Besides, there are hardly any normal people in SS to begin with."

This was indeed what she wanted to complain about—Aunt Xia Ke'an loved to act young and play the role of a child every day, and Grandpa Wen Shengkui's temper was notoriously unpredictable. As for the others, they all had their own quirks to some extent.

As for things like being arrogant, haughty, and condescending, those are just standard practice.

"this……"

Lin Yue hesitated, clearly having her own thoughts.

The SS "Ascensionist" is arrogant, and naturally there is a reason for it. As for the one in front of him, he probably just thought at first that they were not worth his full effort... Now that he misjudged, he has to make up for it as soon as possible.

Of course, this doesn't stop her from thinking that "β" is mentally challenged; such irritable and unstable emotions are clearly not a virtue.

As long as it doesn't involve anything related to Xu Shi, the assassin girl seems to be quite rational in her approach to problems.

"Okay, let's talk about this later."

Governor Tang concluded the brief discussion, "The question now is... what should we do?"

They might joke around during their busy schedules, but seeing that the other party was serious, they wouldn't just stand there and let the lightning burn them to a crisp.

What else can we do?

Su Lin sighed, "Run!"

To be fair, both the giant sand cricket and "β" are enemies that are somewhat beyond their capabilities.

Even if they went all out, they weren't confident they could handle either of these two things alone. Now that they were combined and really going at it, what could they possibly do to resist?

Their mission was to "hold them off and buy them time," not to be a suicide squad risking their lives—being afraid of death is one thing, but the key question is, once the three of them fall, who among the remaining people can withstand this madman?

The three of them understood each other implicitly, exchanged glances, and immediately dispersed, then withdrew in different ways.

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