Across the pitch-black wilderness, the train belched thick smoke, tearing through the night like a Steel Beast.
Once the train had passed, a standing figure appeared beside the tracks and silently departed beneath the cover of night.
It was Huo Yuanhong, who had jumped from the train midway.
Not far away, a man came galloping over on horseback, with several spare horses alongside him.
"Lead the way."
Huo Yuanhong leapt onto the horse. Though he had never learned to ride, his powerful control over his body made handling a horse no difficulty at all.
The two spurred their horses into a mad gallop and soon vanished into the deep night.
At first light the next day, they switched horses twice along the way and rode at full speed across more than a hundred li.
"The tracks are up ahead—we may be too late!"
The Martial Person guiding him shouted over the howling gale from horseback.
By their estimated timing, the train should have nearly passed the stretch ahead of them by now. Yet they were still far from the tracks; there was no way they could make it in time on horseback.
"Take the horses back."
Under the guide's astonished gaze, Huo Yuanhong sprang from the saddle, clutching the bag of ice as he soared through the air. The instant he landed, force erupted from his feet!
Boom!
The ground instantly exploded into a massive crater, while Huo Yuanhong had already vanished.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom...!
As his feet struck the ground in rapid succession, Huo Yuanhong leaned slightly forward, adjusting the contours of his muscles to reduce the resistance of the gale. He left the galloping horses far behind and charged toward the distant railway tracks!
Everywhere he passed, blasted craters were left behind. Before