Lu PingAn made a strategic retreat—or rather—
"The wind's picking up, time to run!"
Lu Mouren fled without hesitation.
The rest of the battle group, having received his orders, ran even earlier than he did.
Barn wanted to give chase, but another, even more swollen spider monster appeared before him! Beast Tamers and Gourmands might have robust bodies or armies of their own, but neither had ever had much to do with high-speed movement.
He might have been able to abandon his army and catch up alone, but no matter how he looked at it, that was an utterly foolish choice.
Lu PingAn lightly stepped onto an ancient tree. His long-practiced Snow Glide Cable technique unfolded in full, and within two or three moves, he had widened the distance.
"Lu PingAn!" Behind him, there seemed to be nothing but furious roars and screams.
For Barn, the curse—or rather, the long nightmare night—had only just begun.
But the last thing he saw through the Eye of a Thousand Miles was that man shaking his ass... and even blowing him a flirtatious kiss.
"...Lu PingAn."
Lu PingAn turned around and saw Big Cat staring at him with an expression that plainly said, "What are you doing?"
"Uh, if I said I was taunting him, throwing his emotions out of control so the curse would be easier to trigger, would you believe me?"
Big Cat fell silent for a moment, then tilted her head and gave him a sweet smile befitting her apparent age.
"...Did you find that Moon God fragment? It should be nearby, right?"
The smile was far too fake, and the attempt at changing the subject was horribly clumsy, but it seemed to be enough.
At least no one should have seen this embarrassing moment of Lu PingAn's, right? (Xue