Chapter 2091: Suspicion and Negotiation

Leader!!

Scatter!! Enemy attack!!! Enemy attack!!

The reaction wasn't slow.

Almost the moment Lin An stepped out, seeing that bloody right hand still dripping blood, all the Fifth Stage Rock Sea Civilization members on the field frantically scattered, and the intense rule fluctuations surged violently like water hitting hot oil.

Everyone looked horrified, even instinctively following the scatter order.

Everything happened too fast, too shocking.

As the quickest to react, the deputy of the Rock Sea Civilization, Sen Shan,

felt his heart about to leap out of his chest at this moment.

He didn't have time to attack Lin An, nor to avenge the leader; with his decent command experience, he instinctively treated Lin An as a superpower and immediately issued a formation change order.

He was certain his perception wasn't wrong; he was even more certain that this monster appeared without any fluctuation.

Yet seeing the leader's corpse crushed into a pulp, with his experience he could tell the leader was killed instantly—no chance to retaliate, the leader probably didn't even have time to activate his rules before this man squeezed him to death.

This is exaggerated, perverse! Faced with such terrifying power, his mind was only on surviving first.

Especially the obvious Fourth Stage fluctuations on Lin An's body, which shattered his worldview.

It definitely couldn't be Fourth Stage; it must be that he couldn't perceive this man's true strength.

"Who are you!!?"

"Form the formation! Domain combination!!"

"Hum! Hum!"

The battlefield changed in an instant.

As defensive rules activated one after another, the entire Rock Sea Civilization squad quickly formed a half-domain defensive circle. From a high-altitude view, the battlefield resembled an arena, with the tense standoff of many War Star Individuals, and Lin An stood right in the center.

Yet this was completely different from the panic of those Fifth Stage individuals.

Lin An casually lifted his head, his calm gaze sweeping over the Fifth Stage squad a kilometer away, not caring about anything.

These people were at most War Star Peak, with a bunch of lowly War Star grunts; even if he wanted to wipe them out, it would take only a few breaths. A Fifth Stage squad lacking any spatial rules, before him, didn't even have the qualification to flee.

If he weren't planning to observe the team's reactions, he would have already appeared.

Zhang Tie and the others didn't know that, about two seconds before their desperate struggle, he had already arrived at the battlefield.

"Well done."

"Was that arrow just now your newly mastered ability?"

Smiling gently, Lin An asked Gao Tian, his tone so relaxed it seemed as if he hadn't just crushed a War Star Peak with his bare hands.

"Lin... Lin Dui!!?"

"Yes... yes! It's the rule I just mastered, or the points you gave me to exchange for."

Nothing is more exciting than seeing Lin An.

Gao Tian struggled to prop himself up, the heavy burden on his back suddenly finding its mainstay, his eyes instantly turning red.

Although his time on the battlefield was extremely short, not even a few minutes, wave after wave of Fifth Stage appearances truly made them understand what terror is! If Lin An hadn't appeared, they would have been wiped out within a few seconds at most.

How cruel! Even though they had just exchanged two Fifth Stage lives for a miracle, the next second they would be casually slapped to death by a stronger foe.

Life is as cheap as ants; geniuses, Fifth Stages—all are ants!

"Lord Lin An! Luo En...! No, what should we do now!? Should we charge out together with you!?"

Tel excitedly asked, his arms already completely severed; if not for the blood battle ability providing strength to support him, he couldn't even stand now.

He couldn't even be considered cannon fodder; Tel subconsciously clutched Luo En in his arms, feeling ashamed and powerless.

It's ridiculous; they entered full of confidence, just like Jiang Haochen back then, still thinking they needed to fight Fifth Stages to gain experience. Who would have thought a single encounter, just the battle's aftermath, would nearly kill them!

"Luo En is fine; he still knows how to avoid vital spots."

"As for the rest..."

"Just leave it to me."

Lin An smiled, then simply burned Luo En's life force to help the unconscious Luo En self-heal.

Luo En's escape ability is top-notch; although he now looks miserable beyond misery, Lin An could see at a glance that Luo En's problem isn't serious—the main thing is his brain is tightly protected, and he's only one breath away from death.

"Leave it to you...? Then we..."

Hearing that Luo En was alright, Tel let out a huge sigh of relief; he wanted to say something, but recalling Lin An's appearance just now, he sensibly closed his mouth.

Yes, with Lin An's strength, the upcoming battle naturally doesn't need them.

Meanwhile, the fluttering Pixie nearby, upon hearing Lin An say that, had her eyes light up, gritting her teeth:

"Lord Lin An! Kill them!"

"Wuu! My body! I've turned into a fairy!"

Glancing at Qiao Li, who almost burst into tears, Lin An nodded slightly, indicating he wouldn't let these people go.

At the same time, the Rock Sea Civilization that had retreated to a kilometer away to form the formation, at this moment all had grim faces, quickly communicating.

"Run or fight?"

"Damn it! Who exactly is this monster!? Is he the leader behind these Fourth Stages!? How could he be this strong!? How can his strength be Fourth Stage!?"

"Run! This monster definitely has problems! The leader is a War Star Peak, and even a War Star Peak was instantly killed—how can we fight!?"

"How to run!? Didn't you notice how he appeared!? Spatial rules—if we flee, we'll die even faster!"

Things are really too strange.

Noticing Lin An still chatting with those Fourth Stages, as if treating them as dead.

Such arrogant behavior, they couldn't get angry at all, only more wary.

This attitude of disregarding everything, treating War Stars as ants, they had only seen in Star Destroyers! But clearly this match couldn't have Star Destroyers; for a moment they couldn't figure out where the problem lay!

"Don't let your guard down! Negotiation! Probe!"

"There must be a problem! This monster definitely has a problem! Don't forget, we are the first batch to enter, belonging to the weakest rank, this monster couldn't possibly be that strong!"

Taking a deep breath, as the only two War Star Advanced in the team, Sen Shan stared dead-eyed at Lin An's back, his brain racing.

He noticed Gao Tian and the others' reaction toward Lin An, completely unlike how a War Slave faces a leader! The identity gap between a War Slave and a Civilization Fifth Stage is huge! Lin An's relationship with this group of Fourth Stages, on the contrary, looks exactly like that of teammates, belonging to the same level!

After eliminating all impossible answers, Sen Shan's mind even flashed with the most inconceivable thought!

Could it be that this suddenly appearing monster isn't actually that strong!?

Perhaps the leader being instant-killed was just an accident, maybe the monster used some extremely special trump card!? Not killing them all at the moment of appearance, it's very likely that it couldn't do otherwise!

Intimidate us? Want to scare us away!? Is that possible!?

In less than two seconds, Sen Shan hardened his heart, decisively wanting to verify his guess!

If the opponent really is that strong, whether they flee or not, they're dead!

"This unknown powerhouse! We have no intention of being your enemy!"

"Let us go! We are virtual entrants; killing us means nothing to you! Moreover, the follow-up team will enter immediately; we may not be good at offense, but you might not be able to break our defenses! Rather than dragging this out here for mutual loss, let's just call it quits!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you've also consumed a lot, right!?"