The good news was immediately relayed to the Vanguard.
When she heard the first piece of news, Ling Xingjian merely smiled in relief.
But when she heard the second, Ling Xingjian's expression abruptly changed. "You're saying Chen Jin's gravitational field still exists?"
"Yes." Big Head's voice came through the channel. "It's very clear, and very powerful. Terrifyingly so."
Very... powerful? Terrifying?
In other words, Chen Jin wasn't dead?!
Looking over there, the rampaging energy gradually dissipated, revealing Shi Tie Zhu's towering, powerful figure.
The N4 Armor on his body had already been shattered by the surging energy. Only a few remnants remained around his torso, and he did not even have an oxygen mask on his head.
Ling Xingjian was startled. "Iron Pillar!"
Without turning around, Shi Tie Zhu said, "I'm fine. I... don't need to breathe anymore."
"Don't need to breathe?" Ling Xingjian could not understand.
On the Main Worldline, Shi Tiexin breathed fiercely, drawing vast amounts of oxygen into his body. Those oxygen molecules had not crossed the Worldline into another world, yet Shi Tiexin had somehow, in a profoundly mystical fashion, breathed Shi Tie Zhu's share as well.
"Your cultivation realm has advanced?"
"More or less."
Shi Tie Zhu replied, then looked down at his feet.
Chen Jin lay there.
He was whole and intact, looking utterly unscathed.
In truth, Shi Tie Zhu had seen it most clearly. Chen Jin had been blasted apart by his punch. Though he had not exploded into minced flesh like Old Tang, he had been reduced to something close to strips of meat. For Chen Jin, whose body was horrifyingly tough, it was an unprecedented grave injury.
Yet in the blink of an eye, those strips of flesh had linked back together. Before long, he had actually recovered.
Damn it, what