The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Vera looked down at the half-dead creature in the crack of the ruins, her lips curling slightly, her face full of speechlessness.

"this one?"

She held a long knife and used the tip to pry away a piece of rubble that was pressing down on Li Suyuan, as if she were fiddling with broken pieces.

To be honest, she held back when she swung that knife at me just now.

After all, she had sensed this relatively strong energy reaction when she first came from the dimensional rift.

Although he was pitifully weak in her eyes, he was at least the most worthy survivor to be interrogated in these ruins.

So she thoughtfully only used 30% of her strength.

Thirty percent of my strength!

If it were one of the more respectable professionals in the Star Sea, taking a blow from her with 30% of her power would at most result in an injury or a coughing up of blood.

It's definitely not a matter of death.

But this guy in front of me was different; with one slash, he was cleaved down to his last breath.

If it weren't for the few decent-looking life-saving items on this guy that blocked most of the force, he probably wouldn't even be left as ashes.

"So weak."

Vera clicked her tongue, her face full of disdain: "I was hoping to keep you here to ask you some questions. Can't you slow down a bit before you die?"

After saying that, he gently kicked Li Suyuan's shoulder with the tip of his boot.

The kick wasn't too heavy or too light, but for Li Suyuan, who was on the verge of death, it was like being hit on the head with a blunt object.

Intense pain surged from every wound on my body simultaneously.

A metallic taste rose in Li Suyuan's throat. He barely opened his eyes, his vision so blurry that he could barely make out the figures in front of him.

But he could clearly see the arrogant and domineering aura emanating from that person, as well as the long sword that exuded a faint smell of blood.

This is the woman.

With one strike, he shattered the Qiongqi Legion's barrier, and with another, he destroyed half a mountain behind him.

His tens of thousands of soldiers and the defenses he had painstakingly built over many years were as fragile as paper in front of this woman.

"Who... are you?"

Li Suyuan's voice was extremely weak, and with each word he uttered, blood gushed from the wound in his chest.

But he still stared intently at Vera, his eyes devoid of fear.

Only anger.

There was also a general who, after being defeated on the battlefield, felt a final sense of resentment.

Vera tilted her head, finding it rather amusing that this dying guy could still glare at her.

But she did not answer.

Instead, she squatted down, casually placing her long sword across her knees, and resting her chin on one hand, as if examining a somewhat interesting piece of junk.

"You have no right to ask me questions."

"On the other hand, if you can honestly answer a few questions for me, I might give you a quick death if I'm in a good mood."

"otherwise……"

She raised her long sword and brandished it in front of Li Suyuan: "I have plenty of ways to make you suffer more in death than in life."

Li Suyuan remained silent.

His body was almost completely immobile, his left arm was completely numb, and his chest wound was still bleeding.

He could feel his life slipping away, bit by bit.

But as the commander of the Qiongqi Legion, and as a commander who had guarded the northwestern border of Shenxia for most of his life, the spirit in his bones had not dissipated.

Even if he dies, he will not beg for mercy like a dog with its tail between its legs.

Vera wasn't in a hurry.

She could tell the old man was being stubborn, but it didn't matter; people who were about to die were most likely to confess.

"I have something to ask you."

Vera held up one finger, her tone nonchalant: "This wretched place of yours recently had a high-dimensional realm descend upon it, didn't it?"

"Don't play dumb. The fact that I was able to find this place means I've confirmed that the thing is in your dimension."

"The secret realm has been cleared, and all the good stuff inside has been taken. I just want to know one thing—who cleared it? And who has the loot?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Vera stared intently into Li Suyuan's eyes.

She didn't need Li Suyuan to admit it in person; his reaction was enough.

And Li Suyuan's reaction certainly did not disappoint her.

Although the commander of the Qiongqi Legion tried his best to control his expression, his pupils still contracted slightly the moment he heard the words "high-dimensional secret realm" and "clearing the level".

That was a subconscious reaction.

He was thinking of something.

The Divine Kingdom of Blazing Sun.

That creation-level high-dimensional secret realm that was recently announced by the Supreme Command to have been cleared by Gu Xu.

The "Source of God" it produces is the fundamental reason why three Source-level professionals have recently broken through in Shenxia.

It is also the source of the dramatic changes in the entire global landscape.

So, are these monsters of unknown origin heading towards the Sun God Kingdom?

Were they here for what's in that secret realm?

In an instant, countless fragments rapidly pieced together in Li Suyuan's mind.

The sudden, massive attack by the elves, their absurdly hasty troop deployment, the unfamiliar energy reactions not belonging to the elven system, and the woman before him whose strength far exceeded his comprehension.

They're all strung together.

The elves were merely used as pawns by these people; their true target was never the Qiongqi Legion.

The Qiongqi Legion was just a rock blocking their path, which they simply kicked aside.

"Looks like I guessed right."

Vera watched Li Suyuan's ever-changing expression and smiled slightly: "Alright, since the item is indeed with you, that makes things easier."

"Tell me, who took it? Where is it?"

However, to her surprise, Li Suyuan did not answer, but instead smiled.

"Hehehehe~!"

A weak, feeble laugh escaped from his wounded and dying body.

Although every time he laughed, a lot of blood foam and bubbles popped out of his mouth.

"Um?"

Seeing this, Vera frowned. She hadn't expected a dying man to be able to laugh. She asked in a displeased tone:

"What are you laughing at?"

Li Suyuan tilted his head back, his gaze passing over Vera's shoulder, looking towards the distant sky ravaged by war.

He laughed louder and louder, tearing at his wound, causing blood to spill from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't care at all.

"I laugh at you. You're nothing but a bunch of clowns. What you want is indeed in our Divine Sheikha, but you can't get what's inside."

At this point, Li Suyuan's laughter abruptly stopped. He held his breath, and with all his remaining strength, he said, word by word:

"And you... will all die here."

After he finished speaking, the ruins fell silent for a moment.

Buck glanced at Vera, then at the guy on the ground who was barely breathing but still stubbornly refusing to talk back, and subconsciously swallowed.

Vera's expression froze briefly before slowly relaxing.

She wasn't angry or embarrassed; instead, she just chuckled.

"Interesting...that's quite interesting!"

"How strong can a bunch of trash raised in a low-dimensional plane be? Even the strongest guys in your plane combined wouldn't be enough to fill my teeth."

"You really think you can fool me with just a few words?"