"Hmm?"
Jiwei looked at the old man in confusion. From a kilometer away, there was still time to save them?
Why was he suddenly bragging for no reason?
But what the man said next shocked him. He had actually recognized the Water Breathing Jiwei used!
At that moment, D-Pad, Funeral Suspenders, and Takeda Gen finally realized what was happening and cried out in unison.
"Sil-Silver Fang, the S-Class Silver Fang!!!"
[Bang bang bang----]
Whether it was because of their voices or not, the chests of over a dozen corpses around them burst open on the spot. Spider monsters with crimson eyes and pitch-black bodies, each as large as an adult cat or dog, crawled out.
The moment they appeared, they pounced on the five people present. Other than hunger, they possessed no reason whatsoever.
"Careful."
Jiwei's expression changed at once, but just as he was about to move—
The spiders suddenly exploded in midair, turning into a vast mist of blood. Yet not a drop touched them, as though an invisible wall of air surrounded them.
No, faint blue streams of light were drifting through the air before them.
Who had done that?
This time, not only D-Pad, Funeral Suspenders, and Takeda Gen were stunned. Jiwei was too.
Was it Bang?
But they had not seen the old man make any movement at all.
From beginning to end, he had merely stood where he was, his hands still clasped behind his back.
Seeing Jiwei's uncertainty, Bang smiled and explained, "This is my Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Though I did not use any particular technique."
"It really was you!" Jiwei's eyes widened.
So it was entirely because the other man had moved too fast, while he himself was too weak to catch the movement with his eyes.
He was doing