"What did you say?!"
Garen's face immediately darkened.
"What does our battle have to do with them?"
His emotions grew uncontrollably agitated, because Imu's words had filled him with unprecedented panic.
Whether that power beyond all limits could last or not, Imu was indeed immensely powerful right now.
Before him, Garen could only do his utmost to protect himself, hoping to rely on his data-based body and formidable recovery ability to drag things out until Imu collapsed on his own from the overloaded battle.
But—
If Imu truly did as he said, if he did not insist on wearing Garen down and instead turned to kill those ordinary people not far below Sky Island—
Then Garen would be completely unable to stop him!
After taking the pills, Imu's strength and speed both surpassed Garen's. Garen had no way to protect his family and friends, who were incomparably fragile compared to him, in front of Imu.
It was the first time he had experienced such helplessness at being unable to protect others.
Imu had clearly noticed the panic unconsciously showing in Garen's eyes, and the mockery at the corner of his mouth deepened.
"Hehe."
"My power at its limit truly cannot last very long, but it is not as brief as you imagine."
"At the very least..."
Imu paused slightly, and a bone-chilling coldness rose in his eyes.
"It is more than enough to crush a few ants."
"Bastard!"
With an angry roar, Garen raised his sword and charged at Imu, intending to use all his strength to keep him there.
However, Imu had originally been standing thirty meters away from Garen, beyond the range of Taunting Shout.
And the moment Garen moved, Imu's figure darted away like lightning, racing toward the distance at an unimaginable speed.
His speed completely surpassed