If it had been one-on-one, Phantylia still had some confidence in defeating Jingliu.
But if it became one-versus-two…
Then forget it.
Jingliu's strength already wasn't inferior to an average Emanator. If she teamed up with another Emanator, there was absolutely no way Phantylia could win.
After all, even among the Lord Ravagers, she ranked toward the lower end.
That was also why her preferred style of destruction focused on breaking the heart.
"Hmph! As the former Sword Champion, you actually join hands with a Swarm Disaster Emanator? How are you any different from those Abundance abominations?!"
Phantylia kept up a tough front verbally, but deep down she was already planning how to escape.
A Starcrusher Swarm King was no Jing Yuan.
That thing truly could shatter stars.
So she had no intention of suffering here for nothing.
Once she reached the Ambrosial Arbor and obtained the power of Abundance, fighting them afterward wouldn't be too late.
For now, lying low was the better choice.
She regretted revealing herself just because she saw Jingliu alone.
If she had endured a little longer, things might not have turned out like this.
She might even have successfully infiltrated Scalegorge Waterscape directly…
"Finished talking?"
Jingliu looked expressionlessly at the two before her.
If they were done, then she was about to illuminate the rivers with her sword.
As for Dan Shu—
At this point, she was no different from an ant.
Though Jingliu wasn't an Emanator, her strength wasn't far beneath one.
Now freed from the shackles of mara, her power had improved even further.
One-on-one, she already dared fight Phantylia.
Now that it was effectively two-on-one—
She had no idea what "unable to win" even meant.
Phantylia's expression darkened terribly.
She should have hidden herself carefully after that dinner.
Yet she had still exposed herself by accident.
Well, this settled it.
The Tingyun identity was no longer usable.
"Good thing I had foresight and already saved myself a little fox who calls me 'Benefactor.'"
Sensing the terrifying shockwave erupting in the distance, Su Ran patted his chest in relief.
If he hadn't rescued the real Tingyun beforehand—
Then no one would be left to call him "Benefactor" in the future.
Phantylia didn't owe him any life-saving debt.
So instead of calling him Benefactor, she only addressed him as "Sir."
Served her right for getting chopped by Jingliu.
"What happened?"
Feeling the Luofu shake noticeably, Bailu grabbed onto Su Ran's clothes to keep from falling.
"Nothing much. Just an Emanator-level battle."
After confirming the situation on Jingliu's side, Su Ran quickly sent the Starcrusher Swarm King back.
Letting that thing into the Luofu was no better than letting Phantylia in.
If people discovered it, there would definitely be repercussions.
Even if he could cure mara, pulling something like this still counted more as provocation than goodwill.
The Xianzhou Alliance wouldn't be so easygoing about it.
"E-Emanators? Seriously? Doesn't the Luofu only have General Jing Yuan as an Emanator?"
Bailu was burning with curiosity.
An Emanator versus Emanator fight—
She had never seen one before!
Unfortunately, it was too dangerous to go watch…
"Who said Jing Yuan's the only Emanator? There were four just now. Now there are three."
"Huh?"
One less?
Was one killed?
Bailu's jaw dropped.
"The aura was terrifying."
Ordinary people might not feel it, but the Cryo Archon absolutely sensed the horrifying impact.
Though the visible destruction wasn't huge, the threat she felt from it surpassed anything she had ever experienced.
So those were the powerful beings of the outer universe?
"That was just light sparring. One side was holding back and didn't dare fight seriously."
Su Ran knew very well what a real fight between them would look like.
The destruction of the Luofu would be inevitable.
Because right now, there were absolutely no preparations for a true large-scale battle.
Don't be fooled by how Phantylia preferred schemes and manipulation instead of direct attacks like other Emanators of Destruction.
As an Emanator, she still possessed the power to destroy planets.
It was only because she adhered to her personal aesthetic of destruction that she hadn't acted openly yet.
"You're not lying to me?"
That terrifying impact just now had only been "light sparring"?
The Cryo Archon had felt those terrifying powers extremely clearly.
Even spectating from afar would've been enough to get someone killed.
How could that possibly count as light sparring?
"Because the main event hasn't started yet."
Su Ran looked toward the Ambrosial Arbor of the Luofu.
"In a while, I'll show you some truly massive thunder."
"Massive thunder? What does that mean?"
The Cryo Archon was completely confused by the phrase Su Ran used.
Was this some trendy slang from the outer universe?
"Thunder bigger than yours."
"My brain must be broken listening to you. I'm the God of Ice. If you're looking for thunder, shouldn't you be talking about Baal Zebul instead?"
"Mhm. Hers aren't small either."
Su Ran nodded in agreement.
Leaving the Cryo Archon standing there utterly baffled.
Was he bullying her for being some country bumpkin?
To be fair—
Her guess was completely correct.
But in pursuit of the truth, she immediately went to Serval.
"What does 'massive thunder' mean?"
"Massive thunder?"
Hearing the question from her newly made close friend, Serval thought for a while.
"Does it mean a really huge thunderstorm? Don't ask me. I'm just a small-town girl from the middle of nowhere too. I don't know much."
The two of them were basically both country bumpkins.
They had come here specifically to broaden their horizons.
How would they understand trendy slang?
Especially since Belobog's development had stagnated for hundreds of years.
Maybe Kafka could explain it to them—
But she had gone off to find Blade.
Watching the two women look so confused, Bailu tugged at Su Ran's sleeve and gave him a meaningful look.
"Big Brother, you're so bad~"
With intelligence levels like theirs, those two big sisters could probably be tricked into having ten children by this guy.
"You know quite a lot for someone your age."
"Of course! I spend tons of time surfing the net!"
Though the Luofu wasn't as thoroughly modernized as the Xianzhou Yaoqing, it was still connected to mainstream interstellar technology.
Some slang might sound ridiculous to adults—
But to young people, it was incredibly trendy.
"If you like surfing the net that much, how about racing skiffs at high speed?"
Hearing that, Bailu was clearly tempted, but still scratched her head helplessly.
"I'd love to, but I'm still too short… though what does that have to do with surfing the net?"
"It has nothing to do with surfing the net."
"But it has everything to do with you."
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