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A deathly silence fell over the space around them. Only the increasingly loud thrum of the helicopter blades echoed in their ears.
The smile on Li Zhenguo's face froze instantly, and the rest of his words caught in his throat.
Nie Chang, Liu Qiying, and the others were equally stunned, almost certain they'd misheard.
Xia Kingdom had fought an elite Abyss Beast from a mid-level Nest before. The military had paid a terrible price, and the beast they killed hadn't even been Leader Rank.
Seeing how stunned the others were, Lin Yi hurried to clarify, afraid they might misunderstand. "However, with my current total Source Energy, if I wanted to kill an Abyss Beast of that level, I'd have to give it everything I had. Even then, I could barely manage one attack."
"After that one attack, my Source Energy would be completely depleted."
Li Zhenguo fell silent for a moment. Finally, he clapped Lin Yi on the shoulder again, this time with astonishing force.
"Good! Good! Just one attack!" His voice was even a little hoarse. "I understand. That's enough! This is already... far beyond our highest expectations!"
Li Zhenguo said no more. He turned and strode toward the transport helicopter, hurrying as if he couldn't wait to take the astonishing news back.
Nie Chang and the others also recovered from their shock. The way they looked at Lin Yi had changed.
The helicopter's cabin door slowly closed. Its rotors reached full speed, and the massive aircraft rose from the ground. Surrounded by four armed helicopters, it quickly climbed and headed north.
Aboard the Emerald Whisper Starship, Irelia wasn't immersed in cultivation as usual.
She sat at the control console, carefully reviewing Xingyu's latest report on the Blue Star Civilization's current situation.
The report detailed the Global