Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

Lu Ze could see the resentment surging in Xilin's eyes.

He tightened his grip on her hand, the warmth of his palm passing through the cold back of Xilin's hand, and reassured her with his eyes.

Xilin loosened her grip on her lip a little.

Since teleportation isn't working, we'll have to find another way.

Lu Ze decisively changed his approach.

"I wonder if Mr. Otto has ever heard the saying?" Lu Ze tried to stall for time with words.

Otto tilted his head slightly, his expression remaining calm and composed.

He may have genuinely failed to see through Lu Ze's intentions, or he may have seen through them but simply didn't care.

Faced with absolute power, any attempt to delay is futile.

He spread out one hand and made a "please" gesture.

"Oh? I'd like to hear more about it."

There is an old saying in my hometown.

Lu Ze's voice was unhurried, as if he were genuinely having a casual chat.

"It's said that 'Even the wisest person can make a mistake, and even the most foolish person can have a stroke of genius.' Do you consider yourself wise or foolish?"

At the same time, Lu Ze silently recited a number in his mind.

three.

Otto chuckled softly, a hint of undisguised mockery flickering in his eyes.

He wasn't unaware of the underlying meaning in those words; he simply found it amusing that a young man who couldn't even defeat an A-rank Valkyrie was standing before two S-rank Valkyries, talking to him about "inevitable failure."

"You're not trying to say I forgot to count you, are you?"

As Otto spoke, he glanced at the two Valkyries beside him, his meaning clear: he was reminding Lu Ze to recognize the difference in strength between them.

"I don't think you have any chance of turning the tide. Your strength is even inferior to that of an A-rank Valkyrie," Otto said calmly.

Lu Ze seemed oblivious to the disdain in Otto's eyes, nor was he angered by those words; he simply continued speaking calmly.

"Just now you called me a traveler from another world. I think you should know that I come from another world." He paused, his gaze meeting Otto's directly. "So, have you ever thought that since I can come, I can also leave?"

two.

Otto's smile froze instantly.

He had considered this possibility, but the spatial interference device had already been fully activated inside the tower, and no imaginary space channel of any kind could be opened inside the tower. He was certain that everything was foolproof.

But Lu Ze's calm expression at that moment gave him a bad feeling.

Does he not need to pass through imaginary space to leave?

"Do it!" Otto's expression changed drastically, and he gave the order immediately.

The two Valkyries acted even faster than his commands.

Cecilia's lance transformed into a golden streak, piercing straight towards Lu Ze's location. At the same instant, Fu Hua's figure slashed in from the flank, her energy carving a deep groove in the snow atop the tower.

The two worked together seamlessly, blocking all possible angles for dodging.

One.

The lance and the force of the qi pierced through the bodies of the three men simultaneously.

To be precise, it passed through the illusory image.

Cecilia's pupils contracted slightly; her lance did not touch anything.

Luze, Xilin, and Bella were still standing in the same spot, but their outlines had begun to become transparent, with a faint light that did not belong to this world emanating from their edges.

They appear to be still standing in the same place, but in reality they have already entered another dimension, separated from the real world by a thin membrane that is invisible to the naked eye.

Lu Ze stood in the fading light and shadow, looking at Otto's ashen face through the ever-thinning dimensional barrier.

He nodded slightly to Otto in a very polite manner.

"Well then, Your Excellency Archbishop of Destiny—until we meet again."

After saying that, the three figures completely disappeared from the top of the tower.