Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Four muffled sounds that make one’s scalp tingle!
Four thick, "roots" covered in dark brown bark, splitting at the top like a carnivorous flower filled with sharp teeth, suddenly burst out from beneath the humus like lurking venomous pythons!
With a shriek that tears through the air and a strong stench, they fiercely bite toward the vulnerable chest areas of Qin Hui, Qi Hao, Old Qiao, and Lv Chen!
As fast as lightning! With a cunning and ruthless angle!
"Watch out!!!"
Qin Hui’s pupils narrowed abruptly as he roared a warning, his body instinctively retreating, his battle blade swiftly sweeping across, its blade carrying a condensed Qi and Blood Power, fiercely chopping at the ferocious "roots" coming to bite!
Clang!!!
A piercing sound of tal clashing!
The bark-covered roots were as hard as iron.
Qin Hui’s full-strength slash only left a deep mark on them, spraying dark green sap! The root was flung aside with great force, but the recoil shook Qin Hui’s arm numb, making his Qi and blood churn!
"Hah!"
Qi Hao roared, crossing his arms in front of his chest, an earth-yellow glow instantly solidifying!
Bang!
A massive force struck his crossed arms, making a muffled boom.
Qi Hao’s burly body staggered backward several steps from the impact, his arms in severe pain, the glow flickering unpredictably!
Old Qiao’s body technique was the most elusive, sliding sideways like a phantom, narrowly avoiding the bite, his two short daggers like a poisonous snake striking, leaving a dozen deep, bone-visible wounds on the root in an instant! Dark green sap sprayed wildly!
Only Lv Chen!
He was the weakest among the four, reacting half a beat slower!
That ferocious carnivorous flower root, carrying a stench, was instantly before his eyes! The sharp teeth nearly touched his eyeball!
The shadow of death instantly lood!
"Old Lv!!!"
Qi Hao’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets!
He was closest to Lv Chen, and without a thought, his Qi and blood burst forth like a raging bull, crashing full force into the stunned Lv Chen!
Bang!
Lv Chen was knocked sideways by the trendous force, tumbling awkwardly into a pile of slippery vines, narrowly avoiding the deadly bite!
However!
Qi Hao himself, due to the full-force collision with Lv Chen, completely lost his balance and defensive stance!
Even worse!
At the mont he knocked Lv Chen away!
Boom——!!!
Above!
A massive tree branch, half a ter in diater, covered with rough knots, like a siege hamr, with terrifying might that could crush everything and a piercing whistling sound of breaking through the air, swept down rcilessly from the crown of a twisted giant tree nearby.
Its target!
Was Qi Hao below, open and defenseless in his attempt to save soone.
A shadow instantly enveloped Qi Hao.
Along the trajectory of the giant branch’s sweep, remnants of abandoned factory buildings, long wrapped in vines and teetering, were smashed to pieces like toy blocks.
Chunks of concrete and snapped steel rods rained down like a storm!
"Hao! ———!
Lv Chen, who had just climbed up from the ground, saw this and let out an anguished scream!
Qin Hui and Old Qiao’s faces also turned deathly pale in an instant.
Too fast!
Too sudden!
Qi Hao had just released his Qi and blood to knock Lv Chen aside, old strength gone, new strength not yet born, his body still staggering, with no chance to dodge or block! He was about to be completely buried under that monstrous branch and the collapsing building debris!
"Get... out of my way!!!"
In the face of certain doom, Qi Hao’s eyes filled with blood, and he let out a beast-like roar.
Abandoning all thoughts of evasion, his feet rooted firmly on the slippery ground, his body tightly knotted with muscles tensed to the limit, the earth-yellow glow of Qi and blood unprecedentedly fierce!
His muscles bulged like twisting dragons, his fists clenched tightly, with an unstoppable resolve, recklessly smashing upwards toward the colossal branch and collapsing ruins!
Even in death, I’ll knock so of that bark off you!
Just as Qi Hao’s fists were about to collide with that shadow of destruction.
"Shiii——!!!"
A blinding purple-blue thunderbolt, like a Judgnt Spear tearing the night sky, suddenly erged from the shadow of a twisted tree crown overhead.
At a terrifying speed beyond visual capture.
Striking first even though starting later.
Relentlessly crashing down.
Boom——!!!
The thunderbolt struck with precision in the middle of the sweeping giant branch.
Dazzling electrical light exploded in an instant.
Violent Thunder Power, like countless furious electric snakes, crazily coiled around and tore at the hard knots and wood.
Crack, crack, crack——!!!
A teeth-aching sound of shattering echoed intensely.
The giant branch, capable of smashing factories, was broken in half by the violent thunder, as if it were brittle decayed wood! The massive broken branch, burning with purple-blue electric fire, whooshed down into the nearby vine thicket, stirring up a sky full of fallen leaves and dust!
And the giant chunks of concrete and rebar that were collapsing down like a small mountain, under the explosive force of the thunder’s shockwave, were blasted into a scattered rain!
Like a shower of stones, they crackled down all around Qi Hao.
The air filled with dust, electricity danced in the air.
Qi Hao remained in his pose, fists raised to the sky, ready to take on the hit, standing frozen.
His eyes wide open, veined with blood, staring in disbelief at the chaotic clearing created by the thunder, then suddenly turning toward where the thunder had co from.
In the midst of dust and twisted tree shadows.
A large and a small silhouette stood quietly there.
The taller figure was upright, its bare torso wrapped with blood-soaked bandages, bronze skin reflecting a tallic sheen in the flickering lightning, eyes like lted gold looking over calmly, with what seed to be a faint and elusive smile at the corner of its mouth.
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