"You mean that thing can draw energy indefinitely?" Ziyue stared wide-eyed at Chen Qing and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The difference between top experts and armies lies in the oppressive power of military formations. Military formations can gather the vital energy of everyone and create terrifying pressure. If you don't have an army to face such a powerful formation of vital energy, you simply cannot resist it. You will either be crushed or, even if you manage to hold on for a short time, you will be greatly exhausted!
Even King Level being cannot directly confront an army of the Four Saints Army, because that monster has a major weakness: it has no background and no army.
But if, as Chen Qing said, he could draw infinite energy from the World in the Painting, then...
Ziyue gasped. Did that mean he could theoretically slaughter the entire army?
"Not exactly infinite, but probably close enough..."
Looking at the seemingly tireless monster in the army formation, Chen Qing whispered, "Its World in the Painting comes from imitation of the real world. It can draw advanced spiritual lands into its own world and then continuously restore its stamina through connections."
Ziyue frowned. This ability sounded quite similar to spatial fragments, but if a spatial fragment intercepts a space with too high a concentration of spiritual energy, it will be more difficult to preserve its ability.
To maintain a King Level spiritual energy, it must be a spiritual land, and the required space is considerable. Even with Jiangnan's current spatial technology, it might not be possible to achieve this even after ten more years of development.
That's not all; fighting against others consumes not only spiritual energy, but also vital energy.
Ziyue looked at Chen Qing curiously. Before she could speak, Chen Qing knew what she wanted to ask and said with a wry smile, "This monster's body is different from ordinary demons. It is one with the World in the Painting. The ink in the World in the Painting is its blood, so..."
"So..." Ziyue swallowed hard and said, "The spiritual power of the World in the Painting is created by its ink, then the spiritual power of the World in the Painting is its life force?"
"That's roughly the idea..." Chen Qing said, covering her face.
"You son of a bitch..."
She felt like she was back in her old studio. Back then, she thought that fat Pu Yunchuan was the most difficult designer to work with. His bizarre ideas were completely illogical, which explained why he was constantly being criticized by players.
She just couldn't understand it—was the purpose of designing something like this to be disgusting?
That bizarre ability from before was one thing, but after the example of the fox, she'd become somewhat immune to such strange abilities. But to have this bizarre ability again is one thing, but to have such shameless fighting power in direct combat is another. Are you crazy to design such a monstrous thing?
Is this thing even reasonable?
Ziyue suppressed her anger and said.
"It's reasonable enough, just a bit too difficult."
Chen Qing lowered her head, regretting her initial design for the first time. What was that old saying again? "The fire didn't burn the back of your foot."
He never imagined that he would suffer such retribution when he used to make things difficult for players.
"Then may I ask our chief designer, how can we possibly defeat this monster?" Ziyue asked, suppressing her anger with her last shred of reason.
"This... we can't win on our own..." Chen Qing avoided the other person's gaze, and after a long while, she finally replied, "We can't win."
"What did you say?"
Moon Eye looked at Chen Qing with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
Can't win...
These words might not be true if spoken by anyone else, but since they came from Chen Qing, they must be true.
Chen Qing was speechless at the fear in the other person's eyes. He had no choice but to stare at the chilling fear in the other person's eyes and explain.
"His basic abilities are very strong, as you saw. He could kill Tian Heng in one move. Even your strongest priest and his subordinates can't defeat him. If this goes on, you'll be the ones who are worn down."
"Moreover, he will break the seal in a quarter of an hour at most, and the army will have even less influence on him."
Ziyue: "..."
She had actually anticipated this situation. Once it broke through to the King Level, it would have a continuous supply of spiritual energy. Who here could be its match?
But what she wanted to know was whether Chen Qing had a solution. After all, he was the one who created this monster; surely it wouldn't be without any backup plans?
Is there really no chance at all?
"There's a little..."
"Oh?"
She knew this guy wouldn't be completely helpless; after all, his catchphrase was, "I won't create a monster without any weaknesses."
"No matter how great its endurance is, if someone can take it down quickly, then its abilities are meaningless."
"Are you confident?" Ziyue rolled her eyes.
She thought it was some kind of idea, but it's just nonsense. If it could be solved quickly, why would they need to keep arguing like this?
"I... cough cough, no."
"Then what are you even talking about?" Ziyue thought her temper had become quite calm over the years, but this time she really felt like she couldn't hold back.
"I can't, but someone can!"
"Are you right?" Ziyue was taken aback. She had clearly seen through the opponent's basic abilities; who dared to say they could defeat it in a short time?
Should we call over the head guard and Kagura?
They'd love for the Four Saints Army and the Imperial Army to be wiped out here...
Wait... the imperial army...
You mean?
"Why do you think it targeted the Xiao Household first?"
"Can..."
Ziyue frowned. She had also thought about it. Among the many King Level, the one with explosive power was none other than the one from the Xiao Household. His domineering power was such that even Kagura dared not take it head-on.
But if the member of the Xiao Household could handle it, why was he captured in the first place?
When they captured that member of the Xiao Household, he had no help; it was a direct confrontation. The emperor... has already lost once!
"That was just now!" Chen Qing whispered, "He captured the emperor using his own abilities, but now, he can't use those abilities!"
"Oh?" Ziyue's eyes lit up immediately.
"His ability to possess limitless spiritual power requires liquefying the World in the Painting. Once this process begins, his previous abilities will be temporarily unusable."
"So..."
Ziyue thought about it for a moment, and it made a little more sense. Otherwise, it would be too exaggerated for the other party to be able to accumulate energy infinitely while using such a bizarre ability.
but...
There's still a problem, because the emperor seems to still be imprisoned.
"Liquefaction is very difficult to control, and the world where the emperor is imprisoned will naturally be affected. As long as he can react in time, he will have a chance to escape!"
Ziyue pouted. So, you mean we have to rely entirely on others?
Will he be able to react?
After all, that guy is different from them; that guy has no intelligence.
Will he be able to seize this opportunity?
"I don't know..." Chen Qing shook his head. "And it has to be within a quarter of an hour. That person from the Xiao Household has already had their seal broken once, and it's impossible for them to return to the King Level in a short time. If they don't come out within a quarter of an hour, then we have no chance at all!"