Ruan Meng turned to look at Lei Xiangchen and suddenly laughed, "That's a decent idea, using Cadres to hold back Level Fives, but don't forget we have quite a few Level Fours on our side."
Buzz! As his voice fell, his vision was suddenly covered by green flames.
When his vision returned to normal, the previously noisy sounds of battle had vanished. Ruan Meng stood in a dim world shrouded in thick fog, with black earth beneath his feet.
"That's not something you should worry about. Worry about your subordinates after you defeat me." A faint voice drifted over from the thick fog.
Thump thump thump! Following that, Ruan Meng heard a series of heavy footsteps coming from the fog.
Ahead, an eight-meter-tall, Three-Eyed Centaur appeared. Its lower body was wrapped in pitch-black armor, while its upper body was naked, revealing solid muscles.
The centaur held two huge black twin blades, each five meters long.
Ruan Meng showed no fear upon seeing the terrifying centaur: "A Mental World, is it? Perfect. I'll make you realize that even a bottom-tier Level Five isn't something a Level Four like you can challenge!"
A faint fluctuation appeared around his body—a sign of overflowing Mental Power.
Lei Xiangchen looked at Ruan Meng, his expression gradually turning cold: "Enough talk. Come!"
Netherflame Hell: Can pull nearby enemies into hell. The Mental Power emitted by the enemy will become the flames burning within hell!
In simpler terms, once pulled in here, if the enemy launches a Spiritual Attack, a portion of that attack will be absorbed by this world and converted into flames that attack the enemy.
The more the enemy fights, the more flames appear, and the faster they die. Of course, there is a way to break the situation: if their Mental Power is several times stronger than Lei Xiangchen's, they can shatter this world and avoid the fire.
Swish! Lei Xiangchen's long blade in his left hand suddenly slashed toward Ruan Meng, splitting the surrounding mist in two.
Ruan Meng's right fist, wrapped in transparent Mental Power, rapidly shot out, colliding with the incoming long blade.
Bang! With one punch, the terrifyingly powerful long blade was abruptly stopped.
Swish swish swish! Lei Xiangchen's expression remained unchanged. He retracted the blade, and then his two blades transformed into afterimages, rapidly slashing toward Ruan Meng.
Bang bang bang! Ruan Meng remained calm, easily repelling Lei Xiangchen's twin blades with casual single-handed strikes.
Although the two were fighting hand-to-hand here, it was also a mutual Spiritual Attack.
Whoosh!
"A flaw!" Ruan Meng, who was blocking the twin blades, suddenly focused his gaze. His body turned into a phantom, passing through the blade shadows and appearing before Lei Xiangchen.
He raised his right foot high and fiercely brought it down toward Lei Xiangchen's head.
Bang! His right leg, like a battle-axe, slammed heavily onto Lei Xiangchen's head.
Lei Xiangchen's eight-meter-tall body was struck backward seven or eight meters by that kick. After delivering the blow, Ruan Meng's body quickly flickered around the centaur.
Bang! Bang!
Ruan Meng delivered punches and kicks to the centaur intermittently, a sneer appearing on his face: "A massive body only increases your surface area for attack! Spiritual competition isn't won by being physically large!"
Lei Xiangchen endured the sharp pain of the Spiritual Attacks without speaking, focusing only on defense.
At the same time, green flames began to appear out of thin air. These flames were continuously growing in scale as Ruan Meng continued his attacks.
However, Lei Xiangchen transferred these flames into a distant space and hid them, preventing Ruan Meng from noticing.
Outside, Lei Xiangchen and Ruan Meng's bodies were covered by a special Spiritual Force Field.
"To pull someone into a Mental World without any defense here—I'll take your head!" A young Awakened One's eyes lit up upon seeing this. He immediately raised his left hand, and a blue beam of energy appeared.
Whoosh! The next second, a blue beam shot toward Lei Xiangchen. Just as it was about to hit him...
Pfft! The backpack Lei Xiangchen wore on his back suddenly let out a buzzing sound, and Lei Xiangchen's helmeted head abruptly turned.
His closed Third Eye instantly opened, shooting out a White Light that swallowed the blue beam and then continued toward the youth.
Bang! The White Light was extremely fast. The young Awakened One was blasted apart just as he saw Lei Xiangchen turn his head.
A crater four or five meters wide appeared on the spot, along with a few pieces of clothing floating in the air.
This scene immediately sobered up the other Awakened Ones who had been eager to try their luck.
A woman looked at Lei Xiangchen with a serious expression: "He's covered by a Spiritual Force Field. Don't get close, or you'll be pulled into the Mental World too."
"Forget it. We shouldn't interfere when the Big Shots are fighting. Let's go outside and kill Monsters." Hearing the woman's words, the surrounding Awakened Ones immediately abandoned the idea.
The strongest among them were only Level Three, while the Level Fours were leading teams on both sides of the building to block the Monster attack.
To the left of the Command Building, Luo Yulong's spear was skewering three Monsters.
Bang! He shook the spear with one hand, and a burst of Red Aura exploded, instantly blowing up the Monsters on the spear.
Beside him was a young man in a white suit whose left pupil was blood red.
Orange energy surged from his hands, forming two one-meter-long Energy Claws, which he casually used to tear apart a Monster.
On this side, not only were members of their Fifth Group present, but also Level Fours from other groups, totaling seven people and about a hundred Awakened Ones who repelled the charging Monsters.
Although a Level Four occasionally emerged among the Monsters, they were easily suppressed.
Bang!
"With strength like yours, you dare fight us? Go home and drink milk." The Deputy Group Leader of the Third Group, a fat middle-aged man, held an alloy shovel and blasted the Monster in front of him.
"They're too strong. We can't beat them." At this point, some Monsters stopped, their expressions ugly. They watched seven Level Fours rampage through their ranks, completely unstoppable.
Currently, within the crowd of Monsters, a woman in pink leather clothes was emitting a gray light across her entire body.
All nearby Monsters illuminated by the light immediately lost consciousness, froze in place, and were killed by other Awakened Ones.
"The Xuanjian Division is the world's number one power! You rats who only hide in the sewers shouldn't underestimate us!" The woman in pink leather showed an arrogant expression.
In the face of her Mental Power, the so-called Monsters were nothing but weaklings.
"Group Leader Gong said it well! We should show these rat-people the might of our Xuanjian Division."
"Exactly! Do they really think the Xuanjian Division has no one left!"
Behind them, some Awakened Ones shouted proudly, listening to the words of the Deputy Group Leader of the Eleventh Group.
The Flesh-and-Blood Beings they faced earlier were too strong, forcing them to retreat here. Now that a group of weaker Monsters had arrived, they could finally vent their frustration.
Gong Man listened to the shouts of the other Awakened Ones, her arrogance growing even stronger, and the frequency of her attacks increased.
Occasionally, a few Long-Range Attacks flew over from a distance, but they were blocked by the Awakened Ones beside her.
"Damn it! Someone kill that woman! If this continues, we'll be wiped out." A short, Five-Eyed Monster cried out in terror. They had already lost a third of their numbers in a short time, showing signs of collapse soon after the fighting began.
The Five-Eyed Monster watched his teammates fall one after another like wheat being cut down. He subconsciously took a step back.
Thud! His retreating body bumped into a hard object before he could speak.
A calm voice rang out: "Take one more step back, and your head falls."