Like an angel from heaven, Ling Xingjian had charged into hell alone. She tore through the boundless blazing radiance and thrust her spear at that sky-shrouding giant hand.
Boom boom boom! A violent clash erupted. The black hand was held back by the holy light, locked in midair and unable to descend. Creaking and groaning, the True Underworld was wrinkled by the impact of both sides, its folds visible to the naked eye like glazed glass on the verge of shattering.
"Get out of here!!" Ling Xingjian shouted. "He's invincible here. There's no point dragging this out. We need to leave, find his weakness, then come back!!"
Unless they broke the concept of "the strongest," defeating James was basically impossible unless they had the power to directly blast apart the entire True Underworld.
But—
"No need. He won't be that strong much longer." Shi Tiexin cracked free from the weakened restraints, and the energy within his body could finally circulate freely.
Did the disguised Schmidt look too weak?
No problem. He had a way.
The peak divine skill of the show-off world, the Cool and Dazzling Divine Skill—up, up, up!!
Awesome: Your overall aura becomes more awesome. When you release your aura, others will mistakenly believe you are stronger than you truly are.
"Haah~~~!"
With a great shout, Shi Tiexin's sharp aura surged and exploded. He activated the full effect of Awesome +3.
The manifested image of Schmidt instantly became awesome.
Coupled with the Big Shot Aura inherited from Black Sovereign, the manifested Schmidt immediately transformed from a counterfeit that was easy to expose into a powerful big shot who had long sat in high office, whose word was law.
"Schmidt" swept his gaze over them with a frown and barked at the Echo Bugs, "Are you blind? You don't