Chapter 190: Await My Return
The horse-headed creatures had been nearly wiped out. The remaining aberrant beings no longer dared to act as cannon fodder. They hovered uneasily at the mouth of the gorge, muttering among themselves, unwilling to step forward yet unable to look away.
Qiu Luoye took the lead himself. With more than a dozen of his still-loyal subordinates at his back, he charged straight into the gorge. The moment his foot struck the ground, the entire valley seemed to recoil. Pebbles skittered down the cliff faces. The earth gave a low, warning tremor, as if something vast had just awakened.
Li Banfeng sprinted toward the mouth of the gorge. The wind roared past his ears, and gravel slid beneath his boots. Through the drifting dust, he caught sight of Qiu Luoye's towering silhouette.
He raised his hand and seized control of the pendulum suspended from the cliff face. With a sharp flick of intent, he sent it swinging. The heavy arc sliced through the air with a shrill hiss and carved across a wide stretch of thick, tangled vines.
The severed vines snapped loose. High above, the massive boulders plunged and crashed down through the gorge, shaking the ground with thunderous force. One boulder, nearly the same size as Qiu Luoye himself, hurtled straight toward him and slammed down with crushing force.
BRRROOOO~
Qiu Luoye gave a sharp flick of his trunk. The boulder exploded midair, shattering into fragments as though it were nothing more than an oversized pebble. Stone shards sprayed in all directions, clattering against the cliff walls.
"Shui Yongquan, come out!" he roared. "Show some real skill!"
He did not slow in the slightest. The shattered stone had barely finished falling when he was already surging forward again.