Entering combat mode. Selecting music... Best match found: "Burying Radiance"
Countless blade flashes wove into a net.
There were no unnecessary moves, no technical finesse, nothing that could even be called a technique.
In that instant, what Lioz and the others faced was speed taken to its absolute extreme.
There was no telling how many times Qinlan Jiuge had swung her blade. The attack notifications that erupted in an instant flooded Lioz and the others' combat logs, making them impossible to count.
That was speed—pure numerical suppression.
Unlike when they had faced Grina Vortex, where they had confronted the formidable mechanics of a demigod and a High-ranking Dragon, Qinlan Jiuge was an Imperial State Kappa-rank powerhouse.
In a sense, as a member of the Narrative Civilization, she was stronger than the incomplete Void Overlord Seeds had been, more troublesome than the Entropy Lord, and even more terrifying than the dozen or so Kappa-ranks from the Maxwell Syndicate.
Yes, she was incomparably powerful. This kind of pure numerical advantage was something no mechanic or skill could stand against.
It was like a child facing a polar bear. Even if the child held a firearm, the other party's size and roar would make it difficult to use their full strength.
So Lioz revealed his first trump card.
"I'm topping up directly!"
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