Zhang Chen's face was cold, and he remained silent.
Fortunately, Zhao Xiyue was found. What if she hadn't been?
It was only because Zhao Xiyue was soft-hearted. If she hadn't been there, even if they didn't kill this kid, they would have taught him a lesson.
Zhang Chen looked up at Chen Xiao and the monster fighting him, and couldn't help but smile.
It seemed he didn't need to teach Chen Xiao a lesson himself; this monster could do it for him.
Although the energy flow within Chen Xiao was very strong, it was still far inferior to this monster.
Watching their fight, Chen Xiao didn't seem to have any special abilities. He was constantly on the defensive, only dodging and evading, not daring to engage the monster head-on.
It was understandable. With Chen Xiao's combat power, if he clashed directly with the monster, even a single blow could send him flying and render him completely incapacitated.
"This person is very strange!"
"He seems to be able to read others' thoughts and even predict what will happen next!"
"He predicted how to communicate with me to get me into the parallel world, and he predicted that you would follow and find me."
"He also said that monsters would attack here soon, and then the monsters indeed came."
Zhao Xiyue said, looking completely bewildered.
"Precognition?"
Zhang Chen asked, perplexed.
The energy core within him possessed the power of creation and destruction, capable of replicating any superpower – except those related to time.
Moreover, after traversing so many parallel worlds, this was Zhang Chen's first encounter with an ability user in this domain.
"I asked him the same thing. He said it wasn't precognition; his ability was more complex than precognition, and also more precise!"
Zhao Xiyue replied.
"More complex and precise than precognition? What kind of ability is that?"
Zhang Chen asked, astonished.
He couldn't help but cast his gaze back towards the battle before the city gate.
After Zhao Xiyue's explanation, Zhang Chen carefully observed Chen Xiao's movements and positioning this time.
"Indeed... there's something unusual!"
Zhang Chen saw that although Chen Xiao was constantly being pursued by the monster, Chen Xiao's speed was actually slower than the monster's.
However, he could always predict the monster's movements and the landing points of its attacks in advance, and he reacted the moment the monster's actions began.
This ability was definitely not something that could be achieved through mere prediction!
Furthermore, remembering such a series of complex movements solely through precognition was impossible!
Not to mention that the state of combat constantly changed based on the reactions of both sides.
If Chen Xiao had taken one step differently, the monster's next attack might have taken a different form.
Just as Zhang Chen was pondering what Chen Xiao's ability truly was.
The battle situation suddenly shifted. The monster violently swung its arm, flipping a nearby tank, and then slammed its fist fiercely onto the ground.
Chen Xiao, stepping onto the monster's arm, leaped high into the air. The Tang dao in his hand swiftly slashed across the monster's back neck.
"Aowuu..."
*Splat!*
Blood spurted out like a fountain.
The monster howled and then collapsed heavily onto the ground.
"He actually won? That's incredible!"
Zhao Xiyue exclaimed, filled with shock!
Chen Xiao had been completely suppressed by the monster, and the monster's thick hide was impervious to heavy machine gun bullets. Yet, with a casual swipe of his Tang dao, the monster died?
While Chen Xiao's strength was considerable in this world, it was still far from the monster's.
Logically, his attacks should have been ineffective against the monster.
"Truly incredible!"
"This monster is covered head to toe in a thick layer of keratin, with its only weak point located at the back of its neck."
"However, under normal circumstances, the monster's weak point is obscured by its bulky flesh. Only when it lowers its head to attack does the weak point become exposed!"
"And while Chen Xiao appeared to be constantly evading, he was actually waiting for an opportunity."
"Therefore, Chen Xiao did not attack the monster at all throughout the entire engagement. When his blade finally moved, the monster died."
Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes as he analyzed.
This Chen Xiao was indeed extraordinary, just as Zhao Xiyue had said, as if everything unfolding before them had been meticulously rehearsed.
His appearance was merely a walk through the motions.
When the monster presented its rare opening, Chen Xiao's face showed no hint of triumph, as if everything happening was a matter of course, completely devoid of luck.
"I apologize for the trouble, divine being. What happens next is beyond my control!"
Chen Xiao bowed respectfully towards Zhang Chen's hiding spot and said.
"I had concealed my aura, yet he could still detect my presence! Interesting!"
Zhang Chen and Zhao Xiyue slowly emerged from their hiding place.
Shawn trailed behind them happily at a distance.
"Since you possess such miraculous abilities and can even defeat monsters far more powerful than yourself, why do you need us to come here?"
"And you must understand that we are constantly emitting energy. The longer we stay here, the more dangerous your world will become!"
Zhang Chen said to Chen Xiao directly.
"Although I know what will happen next and can formulate relatively reasonable countermeasures, but..."
"There are some things that I, personally, cannot resolve no matter what."
"Especially when the enemy is too powerful. Any clever tricks are utterly useless against absolute strength."
Chen Xiao spread his hands, his face etched with bitterness.
"You arbitrarily took my person. Out of consideration for Zhao Xiyue, I won't kill you. That is my greatest mercy."
"Now we are leaving. You can handle your world's affairs yourself!"
Zhang Chen said, reaching out to gently rouse Xiao Ruan from his pocket.
"Believe me, when you see the enemy, you definitely won't leave!"
"And... if these invaders from your world succeed, your world will also fall into crisis, a crisis from which there is no return!"
Chen Xiao said with conviction.
"Your world is so weak, yet it can affect my world? The monsters here would likely be insufficient to satisfy the needs of our world."
Zhang Chen sneered.
"I know you're angry that I took your woman without telling you, but I had no choice. The energy in our world is very weak, only able to sustain a very brief spatial rift. Otherwise, I would have waited for you to return from the portal!"
"Believe me, wait just 15 more seconds, the enemy will arrive immediately!"
Chen Xiao pleaded earnestly once more.
As his words fell, Zhang Chen felt a powerful surge of energy!
This energy fluctuation far surpassed anything the monsters of the current world could generate, and Zhang Chen could feel that they were originating from the apocalyptic world he belonged to.