One move and it's over—what's there to say

【You’re here!】

【You finally broke free of Ji Wuqing’s immobilization technique and arrived at the crucial moment!】

【You saw and heard everything that had happened here.】

【Setting aside the debt of gratitude you owed Ji Wuqing, just for the heart-stirring bond between this father and daughter—and for Ji Wuqing’s dedication to the future of humanity—you, Chen Yi, would never stand by and do nothing!】

【The three dragonkin generals burst into laughter.】

【“You’re only at the Absolute Realm, yet you still think you can take Ji Wuqing away? Even a deputy general under my command could crush you to death! Duoerpa, seize this pest! Don’t let him interfere with our arrest!”】

【“Yes, General!”】

【The deputy general named Duoerpa came from the dwarf race. That’s right—the same race as Taige, the alchemist from Firelight Star.】

【The fellow wore a suit of heavy armor. His height and width were practically the same, making him look like a cube.】

【“Kid, are you going to come over and put on the shackles yourself, or do you want to suffer a beating first?”】

【Using Signal Light, you investigated and learned that Duoerpa was at the late Absolute Realm.】

【His confidence came from knowing that his cultivation was higher than yours.】

【Once one reached the Absolute Realm or the Heaven-Through Realm, the gap between even minor stages became enormous.】

【You could never know how many years your opponent had spent breaking through each minor stage, how many divine abilities they had comprehended, or how many divine arts they had mastered.】

【On top of that, you had yet to reveal the spiritual treasures on your person. To all appearances, you were empty-handed, while the Peace Army soldiers were fully armed.】

【You helped Ji Wuqing to her feet. Your palm transformed into a blade, and the Three-Flavored True Fire sprang forth, severing the threads wrapped around her body.】

【Ji Wuqing shook her head at you.】

【“You shouldn’t have come.”】

【“I’m already here.”】

【“You can leave. I know you’re capable of it.”】

【“These people dredged up some unpleasant memories. I don’t feel like leaving anymore.”】

【“Then you won’t be leaving!”】

【“You should be saying that to them.”】

【Duoerpa saw that you were ignoring him and chatting with Ji Wuqing instead.】

【He felt that he had lost face.】

【All these Peace Army soldiers were watching!】

【Wouldn’t he become a laughingstock after returning?】

【“You little brat! I’m talking to you! Are you deaf?!”】

【Before Duoerpa could finish speaking, a ghostly blur flashed before his eyes. His field of vision suddenly spun three hundred and sixty degrees.】

【It was his head, performing a Thomas rotation on his neck.】

【There wasn’t the slightest ripple of divine power, nor the tiniest bit of flashy special effects.】

【You had simply moved over with the fastest footwork you possessed and used nothing but pure physical strength to twist his head clean off and pluck it from his neck.】

【You were so fast that he had no time to use divine arts or spiritual treasures to block or counterattack.】

【You were so strong that his physical body and defensive techniques were as fragile as paper.】

【This was the power of your bond with the thirty-three Traits!】

【Against foreign races, you were invincible among those of the same realm—an absolute, crushing domination. Anyone who could withstand even one full-powered strike from you would count as having gotten incredibly lucky!】

【Duoerpa was dead, yet neither the enemy nor the allies had reacted.】

【It seemed everyone’s reaction times had suddenly grown longer.】

【“Wuqing, fight your way out with me.”】

【“I’m injured, and I don’t have much immortal power left. I’m afraid…”】

【“Don’t worry. As long as you fight shoulder to shoulder with me, none of that will be a problem.”】

【「Leader’s Aura」（Golden Legend）:

Heroes never fight alone!

When fighting as part of a team, you gain unlimited stamina. Allies within a certain range of you gain the following aura effects:

1. The consumption of stamina, the Three Qis, true qi, essence qi, divine power, immortal power, and other immortal-martial energies is reduced by half;

2. Physical strength increases by 50%, and the rate of injury recovery increases by 100%;

3. Fighting spirit increases by 1,000%. The mind becomes steadfast and faith soars. Allies will not betray the team, become lost or confused, be bewitched, mistake friend for foe, or suffer any other disadvantageous effects on teamwork due to external factors.

The aura’s range is related to your realm. Current range: a radius of ten thousand meters.

I will lead the charge!】

【This was yet another bond between you and the Trait.】

【When Ji Wuqing faced the powerful enemies in the sky alongside you, she immediately sensed something unusual.】

【“How…”】

【“Don’t ask.”】

【“All right.”】

【Seeing Duoerpa get killed in a single move, Golden Sea Immortal Lord did not find it strange.】

【Anyone who dared to appear in a situation like this couldn’t possibly be simple.】

【Whether to preserve the dignity of his position as deputy director or to probe your true strength, the Immortal Lord had no intention of acting for the time being. Instead, he signaled the Mo Ke brothers to make their move.】

【Those three were crafty as well.】

【Duoerpa had died far too quickly.】

【He had been at the Absolute Realm!】

【You were clearly no minor character.】

【It was difficult not to suspect that your true cultivation was extremely high.】

【So they first sent their subordinates to test the waters.】

【“Attack! Seize this traitor!”】

【The Peace Army surrounding the Ji ancestral grounds split off a contingent, which charged toward the ground.】

【“Kill!!”】

【The war drums thundered in unison, but their rhythm shifted, granting a combat enhancement to the soldiers charging into battle.】

【Ji Wuqing rallied herself and prepared to use her Law once more, but you stopped her.】

【“No need.”】

【“Why?”】

【“As expected of the Peace Army—even their ordinary soldiers have mastered Divine Runes.”】

【“Of course. The Peace Army enforces the law throughout the entire star system and possesses formidable strength. That’s why I immobilized you earlier. I didn’t want you clashing with them.”】

【“Then they’re done for.”】

【With that, you stepped on Quantum Ghoststep. Your figure split into dozens of afterimages as you took the initiative and flew toward the army descending from the sky.】

【You stacked Heart of Steel while deliberately seeking out those using Divine Runes, afraid that their runes might miss you.】

【In the eyes of the onlookers, you struck an incredibly cool pose and charged alone into an army of tens of thousands, only to be swallowed by the Divine Runes on the spot, vanishing from sight.】

【The move looked rather foolish—like Xiunian charging toward a convoy to put up some little advertisements, only to have his entire family attend his funeral the next second.】

【“Divine Runes are simplified versions of divine arts. Even if this man is at the Heaven-Through Realm, being attacked by tens of thousands of soldiers skilled in Divine Runes would still mean certain death.”】

【“Looks like Duoerpa simply failed to dodge in time earlier. This kid isn’t all that strong. He may even have an inflated opinion of himself.”】

【“The Ji father and daughter still won’t escape disaster.”】

【Just as the onlookers were gloating, a jaw-dropping scene unfolded.】

【The Peace Army soldiers surrounding you suddenly began acting as if they had come down with violent illnesses, writhing as they fell from the sky.】

【Some clutched their eyes and screamed. Others held their stomachs and wailed. Still others raved and babbled like lunatics.】

【「What Are Divine Runes?」（Golden Legend）:

Divine Runes? What are those?

You cannot master Divine Runes.

At the same time, you are immune to all effects of Divine Runes—including beneficial effects. Whenever someone uses Divine Runes on you, they will suffer backlash from the runes.

If I don’t understand it, it can’t affect me!】