Mrs. Xinuo Nie's expression changed several times before finally turning into a helpless sigh.
"Why? Did I say something wrong?" Long Xiruo couldn't help frowning.
"Interpret it however you like." Mrs. Xinuo Nie shook her head. "I was only sighing over this Golden Nightmare Maze. It has never been able to achieve perfection... It seems it simply can't replicate the true divine-art abilities of the projection. Even after completing its evolution into a Super Divine Artifact."
As she spoke, Mrs. Xinuo Nie spread the five blades of her fingers. A spiraling atomic light chain instantly revolved in her palm, only to be crushed again by her hand. "A counterfeit... will always be a counterfeit."
Ah Xiruo tilted her head slightly. She felt that this eight-foot-tall woman was rather strange. "So... are you going to fight or not?"
Mrs. Xinuo Nie chuckled and, quite unexpectedly, raised both hands slightly. "Why should I fight? In fact, I haven't taken the initiative to attack at all... It seems this one is the one who provoked me, isn't he?"
She looked toward Zhang Bolu.
King of Pirates suddenly felt that the skin on his old face was somewhat thin.
Zhang Bolu pondered. "Mrs. Xinuo Nie, are you sure... that you're truly Leizang's projection of fear, and not the real person?"
Mrs. Xinuo Nie's actions were simply too strange—or rather, as a projection, was her degree of freedom a little too high?
Actually, Radiant King's degree of freedom was not low either. He simply couldn't do what Mrs. Xinuo Nie could.
Mrs. Xinuo Nie chuckled when she heard that and looked at Zhang Bolu approvingly. "I myself am a reflection in Leizang's heart. There is no doubt about that. You don't need to suspect me, either. The real me clearly didn't survive the Great Destruction...