"Caroline North: A member of the Federation's newly established 'Watcher' Supernatural Department. Her awakened spells manifest as 'Annihilation.' Regardless of the weapon used, she can inflict a tearing damage effect on matter. It's suspected her spell effect disrupts the arrangement of material particles."

"Victor Cavill: A member of the Federation's newly established 'Watcher' Supernatural Department. Detailed information: None."

Ren Suo accessed the internal network to look up the Federal Extraordinary Ones he encountered in the Third Level. He found that although the intelligence department of Mysterious Country had begun infiltrating, for the most part, they only knew their names and that they were members of the Federation's 'Watcher' Supernatural Department. The detailed information available was even less than what Ren Suo had learned in the Third Level.

Even for Caroline, the information provided was just a hyperlink—yes, it was the video of 'Devouring the Spirit of the World' uploaded by Ren Naiser. Caroline's ability data was entirely conjectured from the footage of the battle between the Handsome Monkey King and the Federal Extraordinary Ones.

Now the combat power of the Transcendent hasn't yet developed. They are all hiding their abilities... or perhaps, even if they have combat power, they have no opportunity to show it?

Ren Suo observed that, aside from the country sending Transcendent to participate in special operations in certain regions, other combat examples basically involved Transcendent fighting other Transcendent, or a single Transcendent taking on an army—this world is truly peaceful.

However, the palaces will turn into spawning points for Demons soon, so they will have the opportunity to fight...

Ren Suo went back to the game, continuing to push through the palace with the Watchers.

It must be said that with this group of Federal Watchers helping, the Magicians had a much easier time attacking the palace.

Most Demons first needed to endure a barrage of bullets. By the time they reached the Magicians, they were harvested by the fierce onslaught of Elaine, Lunpena, and Red Hood.

Last to step in was the black-haired Magician, redeeming the Demons.

Occasional emergencies arose, but the Magicians' Holy Light Bullet was also enough to save the day. Moreover, the Watchers brought plenty of heavy firepower—they seemed to have arranged with those outside the Secret Realm to send Transcendent every so often to deliver all kinds of supplies, and they had plenty of ammunition.

Even so, the pace of advancing through the palace was not fast.

First, there were many Demons in the Imperial Palace; second, the deeper into the Imperial Palace, the more terrifying the strength of the Demons became.

Due to the fall of the first two palaces, the Demons in the Third Palace had been strengthened; all their special abilities had been enhanced. Goblins wore rock armor, the Queen Bee's speed was as fast as thunder, and flocks of Corpse Ghost Ravens attacked...

It took more than six hours for the Magicians and Watchers to clear out the Demons in the palace—the Watchers even stopped for a meal.

Along the way, Ren Suo, stubbornly refusing to give up, once again wore the Jade Pendant for Cultivation. Since the Demons had grown stronger, then... surely the Goddess Jade Pendant would activate now, right?

However, the dim green mark told him, 'Fat chance!'

This unorthodox method Ren Suo had found was, in the end, still unorthodox. Only by defeating the boss could the Goddess Jade Pendant be perfectly activated, allowing Ren Suo's Talent to slowly increase.

Before clearing out the last batch of Demons, the black-haired Magician said to Caroline, "After we clear out the last of the Demons, a Palace Demon will appear. Its strength far exceeds that of regular Demons. Since you do not possess the Magicians' Teleportation ability, you should fight from a distance."

Caroline retorted, "Can you pinpoint where the Demon will appear? We have brought landmines and hand grenades; we can set traps."

Ren Suo was slightly startled and immediately had the black-haired Magician say, "It will appear in the center of the Imperial Palace."

After spending ten minutes clearing the last of the Demons, an earthquake suddenly struck the Imperial Palace. In full view of the Watchers and Magicians, the Palace Demon quietly appeared—

The windows of the Imperial Palace suddenly refracted a dazzling light, converging into a bizarre, grotesque figure in the middle of the Watchers' ranged forces—

Approximately two meters tall, dressed in a pure white elegant gown, yet its head was crowned with a brightly shining mirror double the size of its body. Simultaneously, seven smaller mirror heads emerged from the ground, resembling Dwarfs with arms and legs sprouting from apples!

The Watchers reacted quickly, immediately turning their guns to shoot!

"AH—"

"JESUS!"

However, the Mirror Princess and the Dwarves suddenly burst into brilliant light. All the bullets hitting the Mirror Princess and the Mirror Dwarves were rebounded, severely injuring the Watchers close to the Princess and Dwarves with a storm of bullets!

"Didn't you say the center?" Victor shouted. "How did it appear behind us—"

Reload!

Time flowed backward, and the black-haired Magician confidently said, "It will appear close to the entrance of the palace, right here. Also, do not shoot at it with firearms; it has the ability to rebound physical ranged attacks!"

Caroline and the others once again followed the black-haired Magician's instructions, positioning the team in the center of the Imperial Palace. But this time, the Mirror Princess and the Dwarves appeared right in the central area!

The Watchers remembered the Magician's instructions and did not shoot. However, the Mirror Princess and the Dwarves still burst into dazzling light. The Princess's broad ray instantly wiped out a dozen Watchers in front of her, and the Dwarves' narrow rays pierced through the bodies of more than a dozen other Watchers!

After several reloads, Ren Suo finally figured out the Mirror Princess's patterns.

The Mirror Princess's attack pattern was straightforward: she shot rays from her mirror to kill enemies in front of her. However, she was constantly charging up before firing, indicated by her glowing mirror. During this charging phase, all physical damage (including kinetic damage from firearms) would inevitably be rebounded. Physical attacks could only be made against her during her attack, when the mirror was dim.

However, the Mirror Princess moved very slowly, and her head-turning and shooting speeds were also slow; thus, she was not difficult to deal with.

On the other hand, the seven Mirror Dwarves had the same attack pattern as the Mirror Princess, but their shooting and Movement Speeds were incredibly fast. Attacking them wasn't guaranteed to cause damage, yet if left unattacked, their attack frequency was high.

In several reloads, their damage output made it difficult for the Watchers to dodge, often allowing the Mirror Princess to finish them off with a fatal blow. Only the Magicians could avoid the ray sweeps time after time with Barriers and Teleport Skills.

Unquestionably, the correct tactic for this level was to ignore the Dwarves. Players had to keep dodging to buy time, then attack to reduce her Health Points when the Mirror Princess was attacking. Although this strategy had low fault tolerance, it was indeed feasible.

After trying it, Ren Suo realized that with his skill level, by the time the Mirror Princess was at 80% of her Health Points, almost everyone in the palace was severely wounded. Aside from Elaine, who could still hold on, the other two Magicians were near death. They required the Magician protagonist to 'Redeem' them by permanently consuming their maximum health to Resurrect them.

If he wanted to practice enough to defeat the Mirror Princess, Ren Suo estimated it would take him at least seven or eight days to even have a sliver of Hope.

Thus, Ren Suo thought for a long time. After another reload, he shared the information about the Mirror Princess and Dwarves with the Watchers, saying, "This Demon will appear where there are the most people. No matter where you are, you can't escape or set traps."

"You all, stand by my side."

"Red Hood, Lunpena, Elaine, use your Elemental Spells to see if you can quickly deal with the Dwarves!"

After assigning roles, the battle resumed. Sure enough, the Mirror Princess appeared again right in the middle of the crowd. The three Magicians, upon receiving their instructions, went after the Dwarves with Elemental Magic, while the Mirror Princess targeted Caroline, starting to focus her beam!

The black-haired Magician teleported in a flicker in front of Caroline, cast a Barrier on himself, faced the light from the mirror, and said calmly, "Don't be afraid. I'm here."

WHOOSH!

The mirror light blasted out. As the black-haired Magician's Barrier was pierced and his body severely injured, his left hand shattered instantaneously, splintering into blood plasma and transforming into iron chains to bind the Mirror Princess!

The Mirror Princess's attack stopped instantly, but her mirror was dim, indicating she had just finished firing!

"Attack!" the black-haired Magician roared. The Watchers immediately raised various heavy weaponry, firing a barrage at the Mirror Princess!

Seeing his strategy working, Ren Suo breathed a sigh of relief. But at that moment, Caroline suddenly moved next to the Magician, gently pressing her red lips against his weathered face.

"If we survive this, I definitely want to sleep with you!" Caroline boldly declared, then rushed forward to whip the Mirror Princess.

Off-screen, Ren Suo was utterly exasperated. How can even a game character get into a relationship faster than me!

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