"Grandmaster Jin Gang, are you confident you can handle them?" Jiang Li asked calmly, looking at Jin Gang.
"Rest assured, Miss. They are merely a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals."
Jin Gang pressed his palms together and spoke.
His voice was low and steady, carrying a measure of confidence and calm.
A few Grandmaster Level clowns were not worth mentioning before him.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Grandmaster Jin Gang." Jiang Li nodded slightly without any needless formalities.
"Is this Jiang Li's Dao Protector? He seems very powerful."
Feeling the vast aura emanating from Jin Gang, Qin Yan thought to himself.
That aura was more powerful than any Grandmaster he had encountered here!
"Qin Yan, let's keep going."
Jiang Li looked at Qin Yan and said softly.
Qin Yan nodded, and the two continued toward the Outer Zone.
Behind them, Jin Gang stood silently like a golden statue, guarding their retreating figures.
Watching Jiang Li leave, Jin Gang sighed softly. "Form is emptiness; emptiness is form. Love is like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or lightning. One should regard it thus."
He murmured a Buddhist verse, his voice carrying both emotion and helplessness.
He had protected Jiang Li for many years, watching her grow from a little girl into a young woman, watching her change from innocent and carefree into mature and composed.
He knew that she had feelings for Qin Yan;
he knew that her heart already had someone to worry about.
"I only hope Miss does not lose herself in it."
Jin Gang withdrew his gaze and turned to look behind him.
A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.
Those Grandmasters following them were about to arrive.
"Buzz—!"
"Buzz—!"
Space trembled as rings of black ripples spread outward.
Immediately afterward,