Xia Nan could not possibly just stand there and watch his teammate fall into danger.
Especially not when the squad captain, Adeline, had suffered a heavy blow and lost the ability to fight, leaving Berg as the only one before him who could still coordinate with him.
Without the slightest hesitation, power suddenly burst beneath his feet.
Along with a resounding, piercing howl and the phantom image of a wolf head enveloping his entire body, he shot forward in an instant.
The charge Combat Skill derived from the hunting stance of the Northern Territory's Winter Wolves allowed Xia Nan, in those brief few moments, to display explosive speed that was actually a notch above the Red-maned Bear Goblin's.
In the span of a breath, the distance of several dozen meters was easily erased, and he caught up to the Bear Goblin charging toward Berg.
At high speed, Xia Nan could even see the crimson mane on the other party's back, violently whipping in the air currents, soaked through with rainwater and blood, as well as the outline of muscles writhing beneath the thick fur of its arms.
As if it had not expected this little bug to possess such speed, a humanlike trace of astonishment appeared in Red Mane's vicious, murky beast eyes.
Then, as it moved, its thick arm casually swatted to the side.
"Boom-hiss!"
Xia Nan only felt a piercing, biting gale suddenly erupt in front of him, and a yellow-brown blur flashed through his vision.
Before he had time to think, the arm shield on his left arm instinctively lifted and braced before his chest.
"Bang!!"
The Wolf Howl cut off abruptly, and the Phantom Wolf Shadow turned into splashing raindrops and flying scraps of grass, vanishing into the air.
Xia Nan's body, which had been charging