Facing the surging pressure radiating from the giant Mushroom People leader below, Benjamin and Augusta remained remarkably calm.
Ignoring the giant Mushroom People's words, Augusta nodded at Benjamin, her tone carrying an indescribable emotion. "Yes. It seems we arrived a little too late."
The two exchanged a glance, then suddenly laughed at the same time.
"Heh heh—hahahahahaha!!!"
"Kekekekeke!!"
Hearing their laughter, the Mushroom People leader let out a furious roar.
In the next instant, several tentacles lashed toward the sky at once.
Benjamin and Augusta moved simultaneously in the face of that terrifying attack.
In an instant, Augusta condensed an extremely compressed rock barrier, while Benjamin wrapped several layers of Return to Void Armor around its exterior.
Yet before those seemingly ordinary tentacle lashes, this double layer of protection endured only a few strikes before exploding apart.
However, taking advantage of that opening, Benjamin and Augusta flew a little farther away, escaping the tentacles' attack range.
"What impressive power. Much stronger than expected." Silver light from the True-Delusion Breaking Pupil flickered in Benjamin's eyes as he analyzed the damage from that attack.
Augusta gave a cold laugh. "Indeed. Compared with a 'Level 7 Lifeform,' that is quite an exaggerated level of combat power."
But the other meaning behind those words was that this giant Mushroom People's combat power was only impressive when compared to a Level 7 Lifeform.
It seemed the opponent's condition truly was unstable. Although its combat power had surpassed the vast majority of Level 7 Lifeforms, it had yet to reach the standard of an ordinary Level 8 Lifeform.
The reason Benjamin and Augusta said they had arrived late was because, according to their original plan, the best timing would have been to discover this Mushroom People just after it had devoured all the resources, but before