Lim He: What?! Which blind idiot is trying to destroy the tree we use for sleeping again?!
Wei Tian: You're focusing on the wrong thing.
Whoosh!
Wei Tian: !?
Wei Tian looked up and saw a monster with sharp claws lunging at him. He quickly drew his katana to block the attack.
Clang! Bang!
The claws and the blade collided violently.
Wei Tian: …Get lost!
He swung his sword forward with force, but the monster only staggered a few steps back.
Wei Tian: Ice Spikes!
Suddenly, sharp ice spikes erupted beneath the monster and shot upward.
Crack crack crack.
The spikes pierced straight through its body.
Lim He: Wei Tian! There are more of these monsters all around us! And even more are dropping from the sky!
Wei Tian: We can't handle this many right now! Retreat to the Superhuman Base!
Lim He: Got it!
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The two of them sprinted toward the headquarters while the monsters relentlessly chased behind them.
Wei Tian: Damn it… even one of them is already troublesome. I underestimated this—it really seemed like survival would be easy.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
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Rui: Lim He, Wei Tian.
Lim He: Why are you here?! There are two of us—you should be helping the other Chosen Ones!
Rui: The two of you combined haven't even trained for half the time of a single Chosen One… no, not even half of that.
Lim He: What?!
Rui: Let me put it simply—these around here are the weakest ones.
Wei Tian: So I've been afraid of a bunch of trash?!
Rui: No. In our world, even if there were ten billion of them, calling them "trash" would already be too generous.
Wei Tian: …
Wei Tian said nothing, but his anger was clearly rising.
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Near the Superhuman Base…
Xuan Lan: Lim He! Why are there so many monsters behind you?!
Lim He: We're almost there! The Superhuman Base is right ahead!
Wei Tian: Lim He, strike the ground with lightning.
Lim He: Got it!
While running, Lim He began condensing lightning in his right hand. Once it was ready, he leapt backward several meters into the air.
Lim He: Hah!
He fired the condensed lightning straight downward.
Boom!
The shockwave not only knocked the monsters back but also stunned them for a brief moment.
Wei Tian planted his left foot and pushed off with his right, twisting his body mid-motion.
Wei Tian: Ice Wall!
While spinning, he swept his arm, and massive jagged ice pillars erupted from the ground, forming a barrier that blocked every direction except the path toward the Superhuman Base.
At the 180-degree rotation, he kicked backward to gain distance, making their escape smoother.
Lim He and Wei Tian completed a full aerial spin and a half turn before landing and continuing their sprint toward the base.
Lim He: Almost there!
The Superhuman Base grew larger and larger in their vision…