Hearing the figure’s question, Kai didn’t rush to answer. Instead, he smiled slightly and shrugged like he genuinely didn’t understand what they were talking about, then he tilted his head and said, “Stalling? What do you mean by that?”The three didn’t relax at all. In fact, their expressions only got colder as they stared at him, and one of them stepped forward slightly, eyes narrowing as he said, “Do you think we’re fools? You’ve been talking non-stop, asking useless questions, dragging things out… so stop pretending.”The one on the beast leaned forward a little, his gaze sharp and piercing as he added, “Are you waiting for someone? A stronger cultivator? Someone who can actually stand against us?”Kai didn’t answer immediately, but inside his head, he couldn’t help but scoff.Hell yes.If Zora decided to show up right now, these three wouldn’t even have time to breathe properly, talk less of threatening him. But that crazy woman wouldn’t come, she would rather sit somewhere and

Seeing Kai split the fight like that, the three men didn’t panic. Instead, they laughed again, this time more relaxed, like they had already decided how this would end. Their eyes barely stayed on Abigail and Emily for long before shifting back to Kai, and even that was filled with contempt. To them, those two were not worth serious attention. Their auras were weaker, their presence less imposing, and in their minds, that already decided everything.“Those two?” one of them said, glancing at Abigail and Emily. “You really think they can handle him? seriously, think bigger ”Another shook his head, clearly amused. “You’re making this too easy for us.”Abigail heard everything and Emily heard everything but neither of them reacted outwardly.Kai slowed his running and turned towards the girls, smirked slightly and leaned just a bit toward them as he passed, his voice low enough that only they could hear.“They’re looking down on you,” he whispered. “So don’t rush… use it.”That was all

The illusionary figure saw the hesitation in Kai’s eyes and didn’t waste time this time around. His tone became more serious, more direct, like he knew this was the only chance he had to convince him.“I told you already,” he said, his voice calmer now, without arrogance, “I don’t have that kind of ability. Once I enter your body, I won’t have control. I’ll be like Qi… just energy flowing through you. I can’t take over, I can’t move your body, I can’t even interfere with your thoughts. The only thing I can do is amplify your strength.”Kai didn’t answer immediately, but this time, his silence wasn’t rejection.He was thinking.Everything the man said matched what he already understood. His body wasn’t normal. Anyone trying to take control from inside would first have to deal with his physical strength, and that alone was already a wall most people couldn’t cross. And even if something went wrong, he had already prepared countermeasures in his mind. He knew how to force energy out, how

But the two men didn’t back down.The moment Kai deflected their first attacks, instead of retreating or resetting, they pushed forward harder, like they had already decided that giving him space would be their biggest mistake. Their coordination wasn’t random either. It was clear they had fought together for a long time, because the moment one moved, the other followed without hesitation.The man holding the hammer stepped in first.He didn’t swing wildly this time. Instead, he pulled the hammer back, his muscles tightening as his Qi gathered around the weapon. The air around it grew heavy, like pressure was being compressed into a single point. Then he raised it high above his head, his eyes locking onto Kai with full focus.“Try blocking this,” he muttered.Then he brought it down.The hammer descended like a huge falling mountain.The force behind it wasn’t just physical. The Qi wrapped around the weapon, condensing into something dense and crushing, amplifying its weight and impa

Kai locked into his attack, his attention fixed on the man in front of him as he pushed forward with his halberd, but at that same moment, something else hit his senses hard, something dangerous enough to make his body react before his mind could fully catch up.The hammer.He didn’t even need to turn to know.The air behind him shifted, the pressure changed, and the weight of that incoming attack pressed down on his instincts and everything in him blare a warning. It was heavy, fast, and aimed straight for his head. He had already felt that weapon once, and he knew clearly that if it landed cleanly this time, it wouldn’t just injure him, it would smash him badly enough to slow him down no matter how strong his body was.So naturally, his first instinct was to move and to evade.His muscles tightened, his body preparing to shift away from the attack behind him, but just as he was about to move, the man in front of him struck again.He struck with no hesitation or delay.The axe came