"Leave?"
Wang Shu and Gu Beichen exchanged a glance. They were not the only ones; the other Guards here, including Wang Yueqin and the others from Team 2, looked equally puzzled.
Gu Jianuo had just said she would demonstrate the power of Light's Guidance here. Why was she suddenly leaving?
What had she and Xu Le communicated through their eyes?
Gu Jianuo offered little explanation for leaving now.
She did not need to explain to anyone what she had come here to do or where she was going next.
The Warriors who had become Golden Tree People slowly gathered around Gu Jianuo.
The sight worried Xu Le a little. He feared another wave of high-level Oddities would suddenly charge straight at them.
But Gu Jianuo had evidently recognized this problem too. She actually sent the Golden Tree Guards ahead, toward the city.
Then she said to Ruan Di, who remained behind:
"Ruan Di, I'm sorry."
Colonel Ruan Di was already showing signs of mental confusion. Xu Le could sense that both the power of light and the Guyinduo energy
were constantly corroding his body. Xu Le felt that if more time passed, or if Ruan Di's injuries grew any worse,
he would no longer be able to suppress these two forces. They would fall out of balance, and he would ultimately become a true Oddity.
But Ruan Di was still lucid at this moment. From Gu Jianuo and Xu Le's conversation, he had already figured out a few things.
Especially when the Living Corpse Dragon charged at him, he too had felt that killing intent.
Yet there was no regret or remorse in Ruan Di's eyes. As a soldier, he had long since accepted death as a final destination.
"Scholar Gu, there's no need to say that. You are someone