Seven stages!

With every gesture, the air shimmered like heat rising from a chimney, a built-in special effect.

Exteriorization of biological energy, something only seventh-stage practitioners could achieve.

"Hahaha! I'm invincible now! Hahaha!"

"That woman! She's mine! Hahaha!"

His mind addled with newfound power, Shimada grinned, envisioning his glorious future.

With a thought, an invisible arm materialized before him, picking up the long blade stuck in his head.

Almost instantly, Shimada realized Lin Mo must have used this power to destroy so many of his men, and that strange shield barrier was probably a manifestation of this same power.

"Those old fools at the base were truly stupid, letting such a good opportunity slip through their fingers and allowing me to reach the seventh stage."

Although almost everyone at the base was dead, what did it matter as long as he was alive? Who needed subordinates?

Oh right, those fifth-stage survivors were already dead. After all, when the boss said he needed to hand over sixth-stage crystal cores, how could a sixth-stage squad leader possibly give up his own core? Naturally, he had his subordinates kill each other.

He would advance from the fifth to the sixth stage and then kill them all.

He retrieved a brand new, mustache-adorned, vision-blocking helmet from his ring, giving him a distinctly familiar look.

...

"Empress, that guy seems to have advanced. There's a very powerful energy gathering."

"Seventh stage? Can he break through the Overlord Shield?"

"Impossible! He wouldn't even leave a white mark."

After all, the Overlord Shield's strength was solely dependent on the number of Zai Zai, a collective of their telekinetic power, an abstract force.

"Then it's nothing to worry about."

Lin Mo's last bit of worry dissipated. This was a piece of cake.

"Empress, he's here!"

Just as Kaka finished speaking, Shimada suddenly lunged forward, leering as he sized up Lin Mo's body. His gaze lingered on a certain area, with a hint of disgust.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect to find you here. After all these days, you're still as radiant as ever."

However, unlike their previous meeting, where he was obedient and docile, now he was clearly unrestrained. Especially that look in his eyes, Lin Mo truly loathed. Damn it, she was already in a bad mood, and he dared to provoke her in her no-go zone.

"Hmm, do you not want your eyes anymore?"

"Haha, you're such a joker. I'm standing right here. Do I still seem like the same old me? Three days east of the river, three days…"

Crack!

The skull was the hardest part of the human body, so a crisp sound was normal. Kaka stopped wiggling her little tentacles as if nothing had happened.

A black hole pierced straight through his right eye, about the width of Lin Mo's arm. As for the helmet, which was purely decorative, it flew off.

Black blood, mixed with fragments of the shattered eyeball, flowed continuously.

Red and white gore splattered everywhere.

"Ah! You're going to die!"

Wielding the long blade in his hand, he tried to charge towards Lin Mo, but as the Zai Zai Empress, Lin Mo believed in ganging up whenever possible. Otherwise, what was the point of having so many Zai Zai?

Clang!

The long blade crashed heavily against the Lei Shou Zai Zai's scythe. To Lin Mo's surprise, the strangely shaped bone blade wasn't cut in two by the Lei Shou Zai Zai. Interesting!

In a one-on-one fight, the Lei Shou Zai Zai at this stage might be at a disadvantage, but this was a group battle. The Yan Chong Zai Zai provided 360° surveillance, and Kaka used the human memories stored in the mother nest to deduce human subconscious movements.

Shimada raised his hand, and Kaka pretty much knew what he was going to do, easily judging which limb would exert force next based on the degree of muscle tension.

This was like fighting with hacks: wallhack + movement prediction + aimbot.

Shimada flew backward. Although his explosive power was strong, he had no leverage in the air. Besides, Shimada was on the left. As the saying goes, you're bound to lose when fighting head-on from the left.

His blood surged, and Shimada gasped for air.

"I am a little curious. Where did you get that thing in your hand?"

"Cough, Empress, it's something that's recently been sold in the ring. The price isn't high. A sixth-stage crystal core can buy one."

"Huh? Why didn't you tell me about something so important sooner?"

"Uh, you're not interested in these things, Empress. They're not something to eat."

"..."

That seemed to be true...

'Empress! There's a rifle. Do you want to buy one?'

'No.'

'Empress, do you want to buy a dagger? A golden one.'

'No.'

'Empress, do you want to buy that black thing called dark chocolate? This thing is so expensive.'

'Buy! Buy them all!' (Lin Mo's eyes lit up.)

Recalling everything she had done, she smacked her lips. There was no helping it. Not to mention weapons, since she learned how to exteriorize her telekinetic power, Lin Mo had barely used her own abilities. Kaka basically did all the output.

Shimada supported himself with the long blade and stood up. In practice, he was still no match for the girl in front of him. It was too terrifying.

No, he had to escape immediately, get out of here!

His eyes scanned the surroundings and quickly locked onto the area beneath the feet of those behemoths. There were no monsters there, a good breakthrough point.

Hilarious, the Nao Chong Zai Zai were tracking his every move. Where could he run?

She seemed to be experiencing the joy of a cat toying with a mouse. Lin Mo even deliberately slowed down, and her previously depressed mood was almost completely turned around –呸呸呸! – sunny.

The surrounding waters were teeming with her own Zai Zai. Where could Shimada run?

As Shimada fled, the modified squid also moved, waiting at the coast to intercept him. Yes, the Empress wanted to equally "touch" every survivor with her tentacles.

"Heh, just a childish girl. If you let the tiger go back to the mountain today, tomorrow I will take it all back! Just you wait!"

Shimada frantically fled towards the sea. Although the monsters in the sea were also dangerous, his subordinates had told him that recently, for some inexplicable reason, other than a bunch of crippled mutated sea creatures that washed ashore half a month ago.

After that, the sea creatures seemed to have gone extinct. Even the murky seawater seemed to have been purified.

This was also the main reason why Shimada was fleeing in this direction. The sea was much safer, at least safer than being near that woman.