A Nuclear Strike would be difficult to make effective against players at Bai Zhi's level, provided they had prepared in advance.
—Especially when they had a dedicated Support among them.
After stacking at least fifteen layers of Shields onto each of them in one go, Qi Guang Meng Xing finally let out a reluctant sigh of relief.
"Alright, where's the Safe House?"
"Hm? There was something wrong with it, so I sold it."
Looking up at the sky, Bai Zhi waved a hand.
"Don't worry. This isn't the primary target area. With those Shields of yours, we'll be fine. Just watch—the big one's about to arrive."
"..."
After staring blankly for a moment, Qi Guang Meng Xing swiftly opened that book again and began frantically stacking more Shields without even lifting her head.
It was good that others had confidence in her, but she herself had no such confidence... What did he mean, they would be fine with these Shields?
And what was that about the big one being about to arrive? It really was just a—hm!?
Qi Guang Meng Xing's expression suddenly changed drastically.
At that moment, for some unknown reason, she suddenly felt the air grow viscous. Endless malice, carrying a thick stench of decay, swept across the land like a tsunami. With Perception far superior even to that of Normal Players, she bore the brunt of it.
In that instant, five out of the thirty Shields she had placed on herself—all focused on mental defense—shattered simultaneously.
Not only that, her 600 Sanity Value was plummeting at a rate of five points per second.
When she raised her head in stunned disbelief and looked ahead, she saw an overwhelmingly horrific sight.
In the city they had fled from earlier, a baby so enormous it defied imagination sat amidst