Beta's words were spoken lightly, but to Su Lin and the other two, they landed like a thunderclap.
Three thousand six hundred... "Purgers"?
In other words, three thousand six hundred SS-class beings?
That number had already gone beyond the question of whether it was exaggerated. It could only be described as terrifying.
Over the past three years, everyone had explored so many unknown regions, yet they had not even found a hundred SS-class beings. Finding a few dozen would have been impressive enough. They could not even make up the fraction Beta had mentioned.
If that was true, then forget contending with the Heavenly Principle—their so-called "resistance" was practically a joke... To put it bluntly, if an ant stood before you and declared it would tear you apart, would you feel afraid?
Absolutely not. You might not even hear its clamor.
That further confirmed Tang Shuang's earlier suspicion. The Heavenly Principle had not been hiding from the force of their rise. It had merely been waiting for the right moment to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
Or perhaps its internal standards were simply strict. Until things reached a certain point, there was no need to get serious... Not getting serious did not mean it could not get serious. Once the conditions were met, wasn't this exactly what happened? It said it would destroy you, and here it was.
If they had previously believed the situation was merely beyond their expectations, then now they had truly reached a life-or-death crisis.
"You say it is, so it is?"
Lin Yue took the initiative to break the silence, snapping back sharply.
"Mm... Why wouldn't it be?"
Beta returned to that mocking tone, tilting her head as she looked at Lin Yue.
Su Lin said nothing. She merely gave the assassin