He was no fool.
He knew he could beat twenty royal guards.
But could he beat a... Phaeron?
Could he beat an entire Dynasty, an army numbering in the millions?
"Stop him!!" Xunbekel's roar nearly tore the entire dome off.
She moved.
She raised her silver hand.
And aimed it at Liu Zhipeng's retreating back.
"Dimensional... shackles."
Hum!
The space ahead of Liu Zhipeng froze.
He slammed headfirst into an invisible wall!
Bang!
He bounced back and crashed unceremoniously to the floor.
This was C'tan technology! Absolute control over reality, something only a Phaeron possessed!
"Fuck, so now you're cheating?!"
Liu Zhipeng rolled to his feet.
The dozen or so remaining royal guards had already surrounded him again.
And behind them, Xunbekel slowly "floated" toward him, her movements elegant and deadly.
The ecstasy had vanished from her red eyes.
There was only coldness.
"A warrior's soul," she said softly. "How wonderful."
"Leo. Do not resist."
"You aren't the cure." She seemed to have realized something.
"You... are the key."
"A key that can let us... feel alive again."
"You will become the Maynarkh Dynasty's... greatest... sacred relic."
Her words chilled Liu Zhipeng to his soul.
"Sacred relic"?
What the fuck, was she going to drag him back and slice him up for research, or turn him into some kind of "soul power bank"?!
"Fuck your sacred relic!"
Liu Zhipeng roared.
He looked at the frozen space, then at the approaching royal guards.
He was trapped.
"No..."
Liu Zhipeng suddenly laughed.
"You... seem to have forgotten who I am."
Xunbekel: ...?
"I'm fucking..." Liu Zhipeng raised his right hand. "...an Overlord too!"
Overlord authorization... confirmed. Activate... equipment... Phase Shifter!
Whoosh!
Liu Zhipeng vanished.
He hadn't tried to pass through Xunbekel's spatial blockade.
He simply... phased through a wall!
He used **Phase