Kiting monsters with reckless abandon was exhilarating, but in most cases, it required a sufficiently powerful tank to pull it off.
Clearly, Chen had gotten carried away and forgotten that his physique was fundamentally incapable of serving as a tank. Even with that pile of defensive equipment, he could not possibly stand against tens of thousands of demonized creatures while unleashing his ultimate moves. After all, Hyperspace Strike support and Space Cannons consumed an enormous amount of mental energy. Even though Sandora's modifications and Pandora's special training had brought his long-range mental control to nearly monstrous levels, he could not keep acting so arrogantly forever. After wiping out swathes of monsters, his mental state finally began to destabilize. Several of the energy beams he guided nearly struck him instead. He decisively cut off the connection to the Mother Planet, cranked the surrounding defensive equipment to maximum power, then hid behind layer upon layer of shields and said, "I can't hold out anymore. Switch!"
Muro and his two companions had yet to recover from their shock. The overwhelming light of destruction from earlier still made their eyes ache faintly. For top-tier experts who had gained nearly unlimited lifespans, this was simply unbelievable. Those pillars of light had been blinding, but not bright enough to leave them seeing spots. There was only one explanation: the energy contained within those beams had been utterly terrifying—so terrifying that even a trace of radiated light could kill!
They had previously heard that every member of this so-called Expeditionary Force possessed tremendous strength, and that its leader-level members could even contend with entire legions alone. But as top experts of this world, Muro and the others naturally had their own pride. They acknowledged their opponents' power, but they would never blindly fear them. Yet now, they