The Proud Worm was being handled by two Mecha Squads, so it posed no threat to the convoy. One mech transport after another kept driving out of the tunnel, forcing its way through the flames and insect corpses.
Once all the transports had emerged from the tunnel, the Earth Elite and Earth Fierce Mecha Squads orderly escorted the convoy away.
"Luo Yan, Captain Wang Meng, we're withdrawing first. Be careful."
Xiao Bai's voice sounded over the communications channel, and Luo Yan replied.
"Go ahead. Withdraw first. Leave this place to us."
Wang Meng then said, "We'll draw it away. As long as we stop it from attacking the convoy, that's enough. It's not time to fight this beast to the death yet. Don't waste your strength."
"Okay."
Luo Yan agreed. At the same time, sword lights flashed around Yao Yuan, turning into meteors that swept toward the Danghu high in the sky.
At that moment, Yao Yuan and Feijiang were battling the Danghu. The giant bird circled in the sky, occasionally firing the tangled, hemp-like whiskers growing from its body.
Those whiskers seemed to have no limit to their length. Launching attacks from high in the sky, the black whiskers suffused with red descended like a torrential downpour.
But Luo Yan was no longer the student he had been in Guifa City. He now handled the Danghu with ease.
As the Heavenly Fire Record circulated, illusory vermilion flames surged around Yao Yuan.
The vermilion heavenly fire shot into the sky and thundered outward around Yao Yuan, transforming the space near the mech into a sea of fire!
The fierce, scorching Qi Flow made Wang Meng feel as though he were standing at the mouth of a volcano. If one carefully sensed the aura radiating from Yao Yuan, one would feel