Chapter 13: Two Against an Army
"Apostle?" Xu Tao held back a cynical laugh. "Please... I’m not one of those."
As a cultivator, rather than praising gods in the heavens, they went against them. In short, he should be the complete opposite of an "apostle."
But of course, he didn’t dare explain that directly.
He could tell that the woman before him, Jehanne, was a religious one. If she learned that he wasn’t someone who worshiped the same "God" as her—given that she was currently more powerful than him—then... his life would most likely be forfeit.
And suddenly, almost as if it was waiting for that timing, the ground began to shake.
"...!"
All three of them inside the small, dark room shuffled, bumping against each other. To make matters worse, the sand around them started to loosen. If they didn’t do anything, they’d end up buried alive!
"Let’s talk later—first, let’s get out of here!"
Xu Tao grabbed Pepe and Jehanne, pulling them both into a tight embrace, before once again using his secret technique: Earth Escape Method!
With it, the three of them "swam" straight up and burst out of the sand’s surface without much resistance. Given the increase in Xu Tao’s Qi, the short distance didn’t bother him much. But the problem was—
"Shit! They’re still here!"