Given her equally fierce attacks, Cheng Gujian found it difficult to find a good opening to kill her in one blow.

However, "β" is not in a good position either—the bombardment is real, and the tension is also real.

Putting aside her abilities, her physical condition alone was certainly no match for Cheng Gujian's destructive power. The bolts of lightning, seemingly an attack, were actually more like a defense, a kind of delaying tactic.

She also needs to change her position from time to time to avoid getting too close to Cheng Gujian.

Despite her superiors' concerns, she didn't dare to gamble on whether she could actually withstand even one of Cheng Gujian's shots.

I'm drenched in sweat, bro.

If the battle continues like this, the two might fight until the end of time—forget about mana consumption, they're both SS-rank, their mana bars are probably longer than their lives, who knows where their limits will be.

Unless someone makes a change first.

For example, Cheng Gujian is like this now.

In a moment of distraction, he suddenly abandoned his defensive stance, seized the opportunity, and launched an attack on "β" without regard for anything else.

If you had to put it that way, this would be called a suicide attack, because going all out would mean that his resistance to lightning would be greatly weakened. Even if he could mitigate some of the effects, he would still have to withstand a considerable energy shock.

"...Stop! Are you crazy?"

"β" is afraid of this. Whether you call it mutual destruction or a change in tactics, it's a situation she doesn't want to see.

"What? Didn't you just say you were going to tear me to pieces?"

A smile appeared on Cheng Gujian's lips. His cloak had long since turned to ashes, and his hair was slightly curled by lightning.

You could even tell that he was not having an easy time facing the dense lightning, but he did not back down at all, and his goal remained clear.

Previously, Su Lin was surprised that he would obey Xu Shi's orders, but Cheng Gujian knew in his heart that his arrival in Qingyun Immortal Realm ahead of time was not because of Xu Shi's instructions.

It's more because he wanted to do it himself, or rather, it's due to the change in his mindset over the past few years.

Previously, as a prince of the Hualan Empire, he naturally only had eyes for that corner of the land. But as one region after another appeared, he suddenly felt that his previous thinking might have been too narrow.

At least this was a good thing for his travels—he wandered around not wanting to live under someone else's roof, but also to improve and refine himself through exploration.

Putting aside the distant future, the old man surnamed Wen will always find a chance to win back, right? Just this obsession alone will prevent him from standing by and watching these unknown creatures wreak havoc on the world that is gradually being developed.

This chaos should stop here.

Those who destroy, do the work of protection.