The battle was over.
Hearing the thunderous roar from above, Linsey's movements paused slightly.
But then, without even looking up, he turned and charged deeper underground.
His abundant adventuring experience
told Linsey that now was not the time to relax.
The Righteous Walker and the deity were both Eighth Stage powerhouses, yet merely exchanging blows had caused such terrifying destruction.
What kind of dreadful impact would the final strike that ended their battle produce?
Without a second thought, Linsey took Han Si Ke and continued burrowing deeper underground.
After all, solid earth was trustworthy.
It could not only bear all the hopes aboveground; given sufficient thickness, it could also become the hardest shield in the world!
Boom—
Sure enough, just as Linsey had expected.
In the blink of an eye, a terrifying detonation erupted overhead, and the earth trembled in response.
While moving as far as possible from the impact above, Linsey opened his attribute panel and Hunting Notes. His expression immediately turned grave.
There had been no obvious gains from this battle.
At the very least, Hunting Notes had not added a single human or deity kill count!
"Not dead?"
The little parrot on Linsey's shoulder immediately replied:
"I told you, how could an Eighth Stage powerhouse be so easily killed?"
"Those people all have some sort of escape plan. Oh, right! These Righteous Walkers probably don't. Their brains simply wouldn't let them leave themselves that kind of fallback."
"..."
Linsey neither agreed nor disagreed.
He tried opening the Strategic Map. Since he had approached to scout earlier, the terrain in the sky had already been collected by the map. Linsey studied it carefully, only to see Adrian standing alone in the air.
This Righteous Walker had not stood by helplessly in the face of the impact.
As the