Beliya sighed, "The Baoxue Empire really would go to such lengths. If they had enough nuclear missiles, perhaps the entire Blue Star would have perished with them."

"Even a rabbit bites when it's cornered."

Xu Lingjun responded casually, "This is the center of the Baoxue Empire, far from any villages or towns, and quite distant from both the Land of Light and the Great Xia Empire. We mustn't encounter any mishaps here, otherwise, no matter which direction we flee, we won't be able to avoid spending the night in the wilderness and likely falling prey to those Night Demons."

Beliya dryly laughed, "Look at your words, how could there possibly be any accidents..."

Xu Lingjun chuckled, "I'm referring to the car breaking down."

"Yes, yes, I mean how could the car break down either... for the sake of..."

Beliya had only spoken halfway.

The car suddenly halted, causing both of them to lurch forward uncontrollably due to inertia.

"What's going on?"

Beliya shrieked in anger, "Stopping suddenly, what if you shook the esteemed guests? Can you take responsibility?"

The driver cautiously looked back and said, "Lord Beliya, there's someone blocking the road up ahead."

"See, there's trouble now."

Xu Lingjun said with a smile.

He stood up and said, "Let's go; it's not easy for someone to wait here for us for so long. Let's go meet the distinguished guest."

Beliya's face flickered with uncertainty.

Yet he obediently followed behind Xu Lingjun...

For the first time in four days, he disembarked from the vehicle.

The sweltering air immediately assaulted the senses, and what met the eye was a desolate landscape; charred soil looked as if it had been scorched just yesterday... This place was supposed to have been bombed by nuclear weapons two years ago, but it looked as though it had just been through the fires of war yesterday.

Xu Lingjun sighed, "That's why nuclear weapons are too dangerous. They're very simple devices, yet their explosive destructive power causes even those mysterious races of the heavens to be utterly terrified. Once detonated, the land is hard to restore... But taking so many mysterious races of the heavens down to Hell, these nuclear bombs were quite worthwhile."

"Unfortunately, many of our clan have perished, but there are even more, whereas your Blue Star's land lost a quarter. How much do you have left?"

In the distance.

A weak voice rose.

A wheelchair rolled along accompanied by its sound.

An old man, wearing an oxygen mask, with his body covered in scars, and several life-support tubes inserted into his flesh, almost unable to move, was being pushed slowly toward them.

The one pushing him was a humanoid creature with iron wings on its back and a nose like an eagle.

With each step he took...

The accumulated dust around him swirled into the air with every footfall.

Behind Xu Lingjun, a shadowy figure appeared faintly, then quickly vanished.

All around, dozens of elite warriors of the clan, armed with high energy weapons, had their guns trained on Xu Lingjun in the center.

"At the very least, bringing you down is very much worth it."

Xu Lingjun smiled and said, "Master of Silicon, I thought you died in the previous Holy Hall explosion."

"You know me?"

"Of course... In fact, when you were fighting with that White Robe and the nuclear bomb went off around you, my friend was watching you. When she told me the news, I was quite delighted. The Mysterious Clan invaded without making a shred of progress, yet we took out their king first. We managed to regain some ground, but I didn't expect you to still be alive until now."

"It seems I've fallen to this state, and you must have something to do with it!"

The Master of Silicon's eyes were cold, "Then I definitely can't let you live."

"Your Grace, flee!"

Beliya exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect that inviting your Grace to assist the Land of Light would instead fall into the enemy's trap. Beliya apologizes to your Grace and is willing to die to buy you a chance to escape. Leave quickly!"

Having said that.

He had already charged toward the Master of Silicon.

Not yet having reached...

The True Power around him exploded; each step made the ground tremble.

Clearly, his power contained unparalleled might.

His strength had undoubtedly advanced greatly compared to two years ago; at the least, he was no longer stuck at a bottleneck without progress.

The Iron Wing Clan member behind the Master of Silicon snorted coldly.

Spread his giant wings...

Countless iron blades shot towards Beliya but were blocked entirely by Beliya's iron-like claws.

Yet the Master of Silicon seized the opportunity to rush forward, kicking Beliya in the chest... and sent Beliya flying back toward Xu Lingjun at an even faster speed.

The True Power around him, condensed and uninterrupted, indicated the speed was just too fast for Beliya to even withdraw his move.

"Your Highness, beware!"

Beliya shouted in surprise...

Xu Lingjun remained composed, raising a foot, and kicked Beliya, who was hurtling toward him, sending him flying far away.

This kick was effortless and relaxed.

Yet it altered the expressions of everyone present.

Beliya, with a face full of confusion, was kicked into the far ruins... astonished that Xu Lingjun not only didn't catch him but instead sent him flying.

"Your Grace, what are you doing?"

The accompanying followers all exclaimed.

"Lord Beliya was trying to save you, holding them off to buy time, so why did you kick him?"

"Lord Beliya!"

Someone hurried to the distant pile of ruins, trying to pull Beliya, whose head was buried inside, out.