Less than five seconds after Qin Siyang emerged from the ground, the red light in the distance swelled, like a rising sun climbing above the earth.
At the most brilliant point amid those colors, a figure was heading toward Qin Siyang.
Although Qin Siyang had never seen Manderson fight or use his skills, he would never forget the Rainbow Light that had flooded the battlefield when Gu Weiyang died.
The World-Destroying Church's First Envoy, one of the strongest people in the Safe Zone, had actually come to hunt him down!
He had little direct enmity with the World-Destroying Church. At the very least, he had never directly participated in killing its members.
As for destroying the World-Destroying Church's barrier, he had done that only because he had no other choice.
Zone 1 was his true mortal enemy.
That was why Qin Siyang had always focused on opposing Zone 1, without devoting much attention to the World-Destroying Church.
Seeing Manderson approach left him utterly shocked.
Qin Siyang's brows knitted tightly. "Could the World-Destroying Church and Zone 1 have completely thrown in their lot together?!"
While Manderson was still some distance away, he quickly took out several candies and popped them into his mouth. As he put on his freshly repaired Frostflame Armor, he surveyed the surrounding battlefield.
He was now more than a hundred kilometers outside the Safe Zone, with Manderson blocking his retreat. Manderson moved at an astonishing speed, and Qin Siyang had no advantage either aboveground or underground.
In other words, Qin Siyang no longer had any way to return to the Safe Zone.
His only option was to fight head-on.
Having settled on a plan, Qin Siyang put away the Drill Pod and stood where he was, waiting for Manderson to arrive.
But Manderson stopped in the distance,