Knowing why I've lived to the end?

If I want to leave, who can stop me?

If I can't beat them, I'll run; no one can do anything about it.

This is just level ten. When I reach king-level, I can instantly escape to a distance of fifteen thousand *li*. You can slowly go look for me.

Chen Luo's void walk only covered a distance of two hundred *li*. He didn't need to expend all of his powers.

Hai Ji and Ning Shuang's speed in the sea wasn't slower than Bai Hao's. They just had to swim.

Without him, Hai Ji and Ning Shuang could still run if they wanted to. Bai Hao's defense was just powerful.

Chen Luo held Hai Ji, letting her carry him as she swam.

His weight had no effect on her.

Ning Shuang looked dejected. "The pseudo-god wasn't this strong last time. Now, it's actually this powerful. The longer it drags on, the more variables there will be."

Chen Luo also felt that it was a bit tricky, unless he advanced to king-level. He needed about two more king-level crystals.

Before long, Chen Luo saw the Sea Turtle King and Jiang Chuxue, who had left ahead of them.

Jiang Chuxue's expression brightened when she saw Chen Luo. Being alone in the vast sea made her feel very insecure.

The group reunited and headed to the shore of Australia first.

As a precaution, they didn't return to the coast they had come from, to confuse Bai Hao and mislead him as to which continent Chen Luo was from.

They were very close to Australia. In less than half an hour, the group was ashore.

This was a magical country, sparsely populated.

Any foreign species introduced to this continent could become a disaster.

It was a paradise for plants and animals.

The number of mutated creatures was astonishing. Even with food, the survivors in Australia struggled to survive.

Even if they weren't completely wiped out, there couldn't be many left.

Chen Luo looked into the distance. The green-gray vegetation was dense.

Chen Luo had no desire to explore. He wanted to rest for a while and then leave. Mi Li and the others were still waiting for him by the sea.

After cleaning up a bit, the group sat down. Chen Luo thought for a moment and took out two servings of fried chicken and one roast duck.

Chen Luo checked the quantity. Meng Yin, Zhao Ziyi, and those other little brats had eaten almost two hundred servings. There were only a little over a thousand servings left.

He had to control it. They could eat it once during the New Year, or they'd run out.

It definitely wasn't because Meng Yin helped the Dharma King, or because Zhao Ziyi called the dog leader.

It really was because there wasn't much left.

Jiang Chuxue's eyes lit up. She took a chicken wing and ate it in small bites, while teaching Hai Ji and Ning Shuang how to eat roast duck.

Chen Luo took out the purple armor. Although he had seen it, he hadn't held it in his hands before.

First of all, the armor had a free-伸縮 (zìyóu shēnsuō, free expansion and contraction) function, automatically adjusting to the best size.

Chen Luo and Bai Hao had different builds, but it fit perfectly when he put it on.

The armor was light purple. Chen Luo stroked it. The texture was smooth.

Chen Luo rubbed his nose, which still hurt. Damn it, failing at a crucial moment.

Why did it work on Bai Hao, but not on me?

Was it made by Bai Hao, so only he could use it?

That was impossible. Chen Luo had seen others use it.

The armor itself had extremely strong defense. It just didn't protect Chen Luo's nose because Bai Hao hit him there.

Chen Luo summoned the Void Sword and slowly ground it against the armor.

He ground it for more than ten minutes, but couldn't grind out a hole, not even a small dot.

Chen Luo was shocked. This defense was far stronger than king-level. Perhaps it was even stronger than above king-level.

The parts protected by the armor would only be affected by the impact force.

If this armor had a shock-absorption function, then it would be completely unscathed.

Chen Luo guessed, besides this chest armor, were there other parts?

How was the energy shield used?

Chen Luo tried dripping blood into the ruby in the center of the armor.

Not only did he not feel a bloodline connection, but the ruby didn't absorb the blood at all.

Chen Luo scratched his head. Should he go back and ask Bai Hao?

Suddenly, Chen Luo had an idea. Should he try inputting his power into the ruby?

The energy shield of this armor wasn't infinite. Enough attacks could deplete its energy.

Maybe it just needed an energy supplement.

No sooner said than done, Chen Luo inputted a little to try it out. To his surprise, the ruby actually absorbed it.

Chen Luo excitedly put on the armor and said, "Sister, try hitting me."

Hai Ji refused outright. "Sister can't bear to hit you."

Chen Luo smiled. "If there's no energy shield, then take it back. Remember, make it a little harder."

Hearing this, Hai Ji didn't refuse. She threw a punch toward Chen Luo's chest.

Magically, when Hai Ji's fist was about thirty centimeters away from Chen Luo, she couldn't move it forward anymore.

A purple energy shield blocked Hai Ji's fist.

Chen Luo was very excited. So that was how it worked.

He had finally figured out a bit of the armor's function.

Chen Luo inputted a little more power and asked Ning Shuang to try it with the armor.

Ning Shuang pointed at herself. "Me?"

Ning Shuang was eating roast duck. The sweet bean sauce was so sweet. She reluctantly took the armor and put it on.

The armor automatically adjusted to Ning Shuang's size.

Chen Luo said, "Sister, you do it."

Hai Ji couldn't bear to hit Chen Luo, but did Ning Shuang care?

"Ouch."

Ning Shuang was punched in the face, and her face swelled up.

The energy shield didn't react at all.

Ning Shuang held back her tears. "You siblings are bullying me."

Chen Luo was embarrassed. It really wasn't intentional.

"When we get back, I'll have Ma Yu make you two servings of tomato beef brisket. It really wasn't intentional. Isn't this also to deal with the pseudo-god?"

Ning Shuang sat down aggrieved and ate the roast duck in small bites.

Two fists couldn't beat four hands. She'd tell her sister when she got back.

Chen Luo pondered. Whoever inputted power into the armor, it would protect them. So that was how it worked.

It was similar to siding with whoever benefits you.

He would study it more when he got back.

Perhaps the smell of food attracted mutated creatures. A swarm of black rabbits came densely over.

They were half a meter long, which was a little scary.

But their strength was weak, about level four.

There were more than two hundred of them.

Jiang Chuxue alone was enough to deal with them. Hai Ji sent them off with a dark magic bullet.

After resting for more than two hours, they prepared to go home.

This time, Chen Luo didn't forget to bring the phone. He went to Yuri's place.

He saw Yuri hobbling on the island, blood dripping from his legs. More than a dozen large crabs were spitting at a small crab.

There was a pile of crab corpses on the shore.

Chen Luo asked speechlessly, "What happened?"

Yuri said resentfully, "This crab spit at me. Am I going to let it? I spat at it too, but I didn't expect it to be so dishonorable. It went back and brought a bunch of crabs to cause me trouble."

"Almost all three of my legs were clipped off."

"I controlled some of the crabs and made them fight each other. Could these crabs beat me?"

Yuri pointed at the small crab in the middle. "This little seafood did it. This is illegal! You don't want me to spit? I'll have all the crabs spit at it together."

Chen Luo looked between Yuri's legs, where there was also blood.

Was there a possibility?

Chen Luo's gaze was sympathetic. Yuri was stunned for a moment, then his tone suddenly rose several notches.

He definitely couldn't let people misunderstand.

"Little brother, really nothing happened. I'll take it off and show you if you don't believe me."

"Come on, take a look."