If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it.
Lin Yu wasn't one to dwell on trivial matters. In the current situation, instead of figuring out why the strange creature had gone mad, it was better to focus on defeating it.
He turned and glanced at Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao understood, gripped the knife tightly, gritted her teeth, and took a deep breath. "How do we do it?"
Lin Yu raised his hand to urge them on, "Let's conserve our energy first, in case the other side has some tricks up their sleeve."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward, and the golden rules around him exploded, transforming into a vast golden sea that crashed fiercely into the overwhelming gray mist.
The strange creatures that charged at the forefront immediately fell in droves, carving a deep trench in the gray fog.
Su Xiaoxiao stared in disbelief. "Wait... didn't you just say you wanted to conserve your energy?!"
"Stop talking nonsense and follow me!" Lin Yu said without turning his head.
Su Xiaoxiao's lips twitched, but she still charged forward with her sword. With a single slash, the pale golden patterns on her sword sliced several of the escaped ferocious beasts in half.
The two of them joined forces to fight off a wave of enemies, and the pressure on the front lines finally eased.
"That's about it." Lin Yu stood alone deep in the gray fog, looking back at the empty space, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he found Su Xiaoxiao, who was still charging into battle, and pulled her into the ranks.
"On my command, Formation Array!"
As soon as the words were spoken, countless soldiers subconsciously began to move according to their usual training positions, gradually forming a massive military formation.
Lin Yu is the key figure in this grand formation.
The moment the formation was formed, the spirit of this army finally unleashed its true power. A huge phantom appeared above the army, fiercely slashing its attack at the mist in front of the formation.
"Attack!" Lin Yu gave the order, and the army formation surged forward like a golden torrent, slowly pressing down on the gray fog.
Wherever they went, they were invincible.
With the support of the grand formation, the battle was no longer one-sided. For a time, the two sides fought back and forth, neither able to gain the upper hand.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
The churning gray fog suddenly swelled up as if it had been provoked by something.
Immediately afterwards, from the depths of the fog, an unimaginably enormous hand slowly emerged.
Each of his five fingers was as thick as a mountain, and the lines on his palms resembled a dried-up riverbed. The air currents that lingered between his fingers easily shattered the illusory image of the military spirit that the team had painstakingly formed.
A suffocating pressure descended as the massive hand swept down from the sky.
Lin Yu also withdrew from the array's core, staring at the scene in disbelief.
"No, why did He personally get involved?"
"Do you have anything on your side that can restrain it?" Lin Yu looked at Su Xiaoxiao. If not, he was prepared to run away. After experiencing it firsthand, he could clearly say that this was a Fourth Tier being, and could not be defeated by force.
"Yes, we have top experts on our Blue Star too," Su Xiaoxiao quickly replied.
"But there are too few of them, only a handful in total. They usually travel between different battlefields, taking up positions wherever the situation becomes critical."
"The fighting is happening everywhere right now, and those few have already been tied up on other battlefields. They probably won't be able to get here anytime soon."
Lin Yu's heart sank upon hearing this. "Well, it's hopeless then. I'm going to die here today."
He watched the giant hand slowly descend towards their position, and resignedly sat down on the ground. He couldn't escape unless he returned to his original body, but how embarrassing was that!
Not only did they come here and gain nothing, they were also defeated by the enemy and slunk back to their hometown.
"Don't give up! Think of something!" Su Xiaoxiao stamped her feet anxiously.
"There's no other way, just wait to die." He looked up at the approaching giant hand, and surprisingly calmed down.
Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth. "Then, then I'll call the group members! If we all work together, there's bound to be a way!"
"Are you sending them here to their deaths?" Lin Yu stopped her.
"Most of the people in the group are only at the Second Tier, their cultivation levels are too low. They couldn't even withstand a single move from Him, they just threw their lives away."
Only a few members in the group can hold him off, but who knows if there's an even more powerful being on the other side? If they come, it'll just be suicide. The most important thing is to think about how to escape.
"Run! Buy a Teleportation Talisman and hide in another world for a while. As long as you're alive, you can always find another way," Lin Yu advised Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao bit her lip tightly, and after a long while, she slowly shook her head. "You can go, I'm not leaving."
Lin Yu was taken aback.
"There are still so many soldiers and so many lives here. They are all my compatriots. What will happen to them if I leave?" Su Xiaoxiao said firmly.
"But even if you stay, you can't stop Him." Lin Yu frowned.
"I know, but I have to do something, even if it's just to stay with them in the end..." Su Xiaoxiao raised her head, her eyes a little red, but she forced a smile.
Lin Yu looked into her eyes and was speechless for a moment.
Su Xiaoxiao ignored him and walked to the side, squatting down and rapidly scrolling through the Chat Group, trying to find even one way to save the soldiers.
Lin Yu watched her hurried figure disappear into the distance and sighed.
He understands.
Ultimately, these people were all her compatriots; how could she abandon them and flee for her own life?
But he is not from this world.
He came all this way to teach them cultivation, help them train their troops, and fight off wave after wave of strange beings; he has already done more than enough.
That's why he initially thought of taking Su Xiaoxiao with him when he ran away.
Lin Yu shook his head. He slowly looked around and saw groups of soldiers charging towards the giant hand despite their own safety, and General Chu Zhen also risking his life to strike at the giant hand.
Finally, he sighed deeply and walked over to Su Xiaoxiao.
Hearing footsteps, Su Xiaoxiao didn't even look up. "Aren't you leaving yet? If you're late, you won't be able to leave."
"Go? Where else can I go?" Lin Yu plopped down next to her.
"Besides, if I leave you here to die alone, my main body will find out and tear this clone apart."
Su Xiaoxiao paused, then looked up at him.
Lin Yu gestured towards her with his lip. "Look, what realm has your true form reached now?"
"Maybe if he comes, we'll all be saved."