[Buddha-Heart Lamp Transmission] Wu Song Receives Spiritual Empowerment; the [Emergency Headband] Is Developed! (Continued)

"Looks like she won't be coming out of seclusion anytime soon."

Lin Chen withdrew his divine sense and pondered inwardly.

Then he could only leave Jinse behind when he went to Kuaiji Mountain.

Beyond the fact that she was currently in seclusion, Lin Chen had a deeper strategic consideration.

Wuzhiqi was an unparalleled ancient demon capable of wrestling with Yu the Great—a water-elemental beast of pure, ultimate ferocity.

Although Jinse had advanced to become a divine lord, and her Southern Bright Li Fire was incomparably tyrannical, with her realm not yet fully stabilized, directly confronting demon floodwaters of that caliber could instead leave her suppressed by the water vapor and damage the origin of her Star Mansion.

The Five Elements restrained one another; water naturally overcame fire.

Though divine fire at its peak could burn rivers dry and boil seas away, that rested upon an absolute crushing advantage in strength.

Sending Jinse to clash head-on with the Water Ape Great Sage now would be a great military taboo in a battle of "opposing attributes."

If the Vermilion Bird origin she had only just condensed were to develop cracks, the loss would far outweigh the gain.

What was more, leaving Jinse to guard West Lake had another enormous advantage.

Lin Chen calculated in his mind:

"Yu Shaobao, Zhou Tai, Xiao Qi, Master Lu, plus the Mò Family Mechanism Creations...

This defensive lineup can be said to be an iron wall and a bronze fortress.

But in the end, it leans toward 'defense' and 'control.'

More than enough defense, not enough battlefield clearing.

If they encounter a large horde of Monsters and Demons charging recklessly, they'll still be somewhat stretched thin.

The West Lake main base lacks a core damage dealer capable of wide-area explosive output.

And Jinse happens to be able