"Don't listen to anything they say!" Lin Ye shouted. "Focus on our own goal."
But the Chaos Behemoths attacked with more than words. Their very existence embodied living logical paradoxes. Even if the three ignored what they said, merely looking at them would still have an effect.
Astria felt the Libra Mark grow unstable, its balancing power faltering in the face of such intense contradictions.
Leo's leadership also came under assault. Faced with the concept of "orderly chaos," the authority of Leo was called into question.
Lin Ye's free will bore even greater pressure. The concept of "existing nothingness" directly challenged the foundation of free choice.
"We need to change our strategy." Lin Ye forced himself to stay calm. "If expressing our concepts forcefully draws more enemies, we'll take a subtler approach."
"A subtler approach?" Astria asked in confusion.
"Instead of fighting these negative concepts, we guide them cleverly." Lin Ye's thinking gradually became clearer. "Let them cancel each other out while we look for a chance to slip through the chaos."
Leo understood the strategy. "Flow like water instead of crashing into them like a rock."
"Exactly." Astria's Libra Mark stabilized again. "We don't need to defeat every enemy. We only need to reach the core."
With their new tactics, the three flowed like water through the gaps between the Concept Legion's attacks. They no longer confronted their enemies head-on, instead using the conflicts between negative concepts to open a path for themselves.
When the Despair Legion met the Hatred Cavalry, the two negative emotions began to cancel each other out. Despair robbed hatred of its drive, while hatred made despair turn aggressive.
When the Fear Flight Corps tried to attack the Chaos Behemoths, fear's certainty clashed conceptually with chaos's uncertainty, trapping both sides in endless logical loops.
"Now!"