Publicly condemned without a shred of mercy, Granny Hua's aged face alternated between pale and livid.
Knowing she had been in the wrong, she could only clutch the bamboo basket in her hands and mutter a sullen defense:
"You're always stressing 'efficiency.' I thought a wide-area attack might blast straight through if there were any gaps where their defensive lines joined! Who knew something built by these lowly ants could take such a beating..."
"Even if you were looking for gaps in their shields, that wasn't the way to do it!" He then shook his head. "Forget it. Talking about this now is just wasting time. Let's leave before the God gets here."
Alan asked, "Leave? Are we really going to end things so abruptly?"
Sima Ji snorted. "What, are we supposed to help them repair their blast-resistant glass?!"
"..."
Sima Ji's tone grew forceful as he said gravely, "Remember, our primary objective in coming here was to kill their Domain Master. Breaking through this War Readiness Zone's defenses and intimidating them were merely extras. If we can do it, fine. If we can't, it doesn't matter."
"As long as we kill the Eighth Domain's Domain Master, everything else will fall into place."
When Sima Ji finished, the others all agreed.
Granny Hua asked again, "Then... what do we do now?"
"Go around this area and head for the Domain Master's location as fast as possible."
"All right."
"No problem."
"Domain Master..." Just then, an attendant behind Sima Ji looked troubled. "I'm only at domain sequence level two. The suppression is so severe that I'm having trouble breathing. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with you at full speed."
"That's fine. We'll slow down a little. What matters most is leaving this place now. The God is