While Qingque was spacing out, Levi quickly stepped forward and pulled her in tight against his side.
They set off running again.
As for why he didn't stop to deal with the Mara-struck, the reason was simple, he couldn't.
As the saying goes, two fists can't beat four hands.
And the problem was, it wasn't just four hands behind them, but dozens.
How could he possibly be their match?
Don't be fooled by how he could instantly kill the Ape God, that was in a one-on-one situation.
This kind of one-versus-a-dozen unfair fight, plus the fact that Mara-struck are basically Xianzhou people on plus mode with terrifying regeneration, even if he could punch one of their heads clean off, the rest could still tear him apart.
"Tsk! If only I had Honkai energy or a gun!"
If he had even one of those, Levi would absolutely let these guys experience what the power of the pink chubby girl really meant.
Too bad he had neither.
Honkai energy didn't naturally exist in this world, and he wasn't a Herrscher, so he couldn't connect to the Imaginary Space.
The gun was mission loot given by Kiana, not managed by the system, so he couldn't just pull it over with system help.
And the Blazing Greatsword was out of Honkai energy and slowly recharging.
So with so many Mara-struck chasing him, all he could do was run.
Seeing this, Fu Xuan frowned. "Levi, put Qingque down. She has the ability to deal with these Mara-struck."
Hearing that, Levi lowered his head and exchanged a look with Qingque.
'You have the ability?'
'Do I have the ability or not, don't you know?'
The two of them communicated rapidly with just their eyes. Then Levi glanced at Fu Xuan, who was "slacking off" nearby.
While running, he suddenly made a sharp ninety-degree turn, slid several meters, and ran straight toward Fu Xuan.
As he ran, he shouted, "Forgive me, Lady Fu Xuan! I had no other choice!"
These Mara-struck were like they'd been marked, they were locked onto him alone.
To shake them off, he could only lead them over to Fu Xuan.
Right now, the only one here who could save the situation was Fu Xuan.
So...
'Go! Fu Xuan!'
"Ha~" Fu Xuan let out a deep sigh, stepped forward, and passed Levi and Qingque.
Facing over a dozen red-eyed Mara-struck, she calmly placed her hands in front of her chest as Path energy surged around her.
"All things in the world have their laws…"
"But shifting the stars and turning the tides, planning lies with people!"
A formation appeared on the ground. Before the Mara-struck could even scream, they turned to ash and vanished into the air.
Behind her, the two slackers shouted their amazement.
Fu Xuan suddenly spun around, scaring the two of them into stepping back in perfect sync.
"You two! One of you!"
Levi and Qingque retreated again at the same time. Neither of them wanted to be the "one" Fu Xuan was talking about.
Suddenly, Qingque felt something push her from behind.
"Ow!"
She staggered forward a step and ended up right in front of Fu Xuan. She turned around to see who did it.
Behind her, there was only Levi, hands clasped behind his head, looking up at the sky and whistling innocently.
"Qingque!"
Fu Xuan was about to scold her, but couldn't find the words and gave up.
Shaking her head, she said, "Forget it. I don't want to meddle in your affairs anymore."
She was tired, constantly playing mind games with Qingque.
"Then I'll go take shelter!"
Qingque, who had looked dejected just a moment ago, instantly perked up and turned to leave. As she passed Levi, she even jerked her chin at him smugly.
Levi glanced at the smug Qingque, shifted a couple of steps when he saw Fu Xuan was deep in thought and not watching him,
Then immediately locked Qingque in a chokehold and dragged her away from the Divination Commission at top speed.
After a while, Fu Xuan raised her head and said, "Levi, go with the Cloud Knights to clear out the invaders."
Thinking about Jing Yuan's praise of the two of them, especially how Levi was praised far more than Qingque, Fu Xuan guessed his strength was probably greater.
He might even already rival Jing Yuan, the Luofu General.
These two slackers together really couldn't be underestimated.
"Levi?"
Seeing no one in front of her, Fu Xuan froze. "Where is he?!"
'He ran off together with Qingque?!'
Fu Xuan suddenly felt a toothache coming on.
———
[Exalting Sanctum]
Although the Stellaron had erupted, it hadn't yet affected residential areas like Exalting Sanctum.
So this place was still safe.
And because of Levi's incident last time, Jing Yuan had reinforced the Cloud Knight patrols here.
Even if something unexpected happened, it could be dealt with quickly.
That was why Jing Yuan had agreed to let Bailu come to Exalting Sanctum to play.
But for safety's sake, he still had Yanqing accompany her, to prevent a repeat of last time's accident.
Bailu and Yanqing walked along the street.
One was full of excitement; the other looked utterly dispirited.
One had empty hands; the other was covered in bags.
Walking ahead, Bailu stopped in front of a stall selling alien food.
The stall owner knew Bailu, or rather, most people in Luofu knew her.
With a friendly smile, he said, "Miss Bailu, just tell me what you like. I'll give you a thirty percent discount."
"How could that be allowed! It's not easy to run a stall, I can't take advantage of you," Bailu objected. She swiped her hand through the air. "Nothing on the left, everything on the right!"
Yanqing, now loaded down with bags of all sizes, couldn't take it anymore.
"Miss Bailu, you've already bought so much stuff. You probably can't finish it in two weeks. Aren't you worried it'll go bad?"
"Who said I'm eating it all by myself? I'm meeting friends for a get-together later!"
She glanced at him, thought for a moment, and added, "You count as my friend too. You can come along."
Yanqing was about to say something when he suddenly caught sight of a figure passing by in the corner of his eye. He immediately turned his head to look that way.
Seeing the figure disappear into the crowd, Yanqing frowned slightly.
At that moment, a patrol squad of Cloud Knights passed by. When they saw Yanqing, they immediately saluted their superior.
Seeing someone she knew in the squad, Bailu's face lit up and she called out.
"Sushang!"
Hearing someone call her name, the distracted girl lifted her head and looked outside the formation, surprised. "Huh? Bai-Bailu?"
Yanqing's gaze shifted between the two, then he waved Sushang out of the formation.
He hung all the bags on her one by one.
Then, under her confused stare, he explained, "I just remembered I have something important to take care of. I'll leave Miss Bailu's protection to you."
He then looked at the other Cloud Knights. "Everyone else, continue patrolling!"
And under the gazes of Bailu and Sushang, he ran off in the direction the figure had disappeared.
The other Cloud Knights resumed their patrol, leaving Sushang, now covered in bags, following behind Bailu.
Bailu looked up at Sushang. "Do you think we should go visit your friend at the holding center and bring her some food?"
Sushang wiped the drool from her mouth. "No need! I've already paid the bail. She'll probably come find us soon."
———
"Asta, how did you end up here?"
After waking up, Stelle rubbed her head and asked Asta, who was sitting on a chair like a statue.
March 7th and Dan Heng, who had also woken up, looked over as well.
The only one still unconscious was Kiana.
Under the gazes of the three, Asta scratched her cheek and said blankly, "I don't know why I'm here either."
She had clearly been processing data at Herta Space Station.
Then everything went black, and she appeared beside Stelle and the others.
If she had to guess who did it, Asta felt it was probably that shop owner.
While thinking, Asta told them the shop owner's name.
The moment they heard it, Stelle's expression turned complicated. She wondered if she'd misheard and asked again, "Who?"
"Mr. Cold Feet."
"Pfft!"
Sampo, who had just walked in from outside, stumbled and nearly dropped to his knees.
"..."
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