The green dot's Source Energy reading was only 7,200.
Seven thousand two hundred against ninety-nine thousand nine hundred!
The enormous gap in their readings weighed on everyone like a boulder.
Even though they had heard about Lin Yi's strength, and even though they trusted that the General Staff wouldn't make a move without good reason, seeing the cold, stark numbers laid out before them still made them uneasy.
"Can this really work?" one of the adjutants murmured under his breath.
Zhang Weiguo said nothing. He merely pressed his lips together and stared fixedly at the screen.
Inside the Little Flying Ball, Lin Yi judged that they were about the right distance away. The blazing, violent aura was now as unmistakable as a torch to his senses.
"Hover. Open the hatch," he ordered calmly.
"Command confirmed," the cold electronic voice replied.
The Little Flying Ball went from extreme motion to perfect stillness in an instant, hovering steadily high above the city.
The hatch slid open, and Lin Yi stepped out, coming to rest in midair.
This time, he didn't attack from a long distance. Instead, he moved in relatively close.
A shorter distance made it easier to control the force.
Lin Yi figured that Zifeng Tower was a landmark, so he should do his best to preserve it for Jinling City. If he attacked from far away, he might accidentally knock the whole thing down.
At that moment, the Blazing Obsidian Python coiled around Zifeng Tower in the distance seemed to sense an unwelcome visitor.
Its fearsome head slowly rose. Its dark red, diamond-shaped pupils locked onto the tiny human in the sky, despite the distance of more than ten kilometers.
Faint, lava-red light began to seep through the gaps between the dark purple obsidian scales covering its body. The