Overbearing

Dense swarms of Human-faced Scorpions burst from the earth. Their massive bodies rampaged through the surroundings, brutally knocking down every tree in their path. Wrapped in rolling waves of dark-yellow sand and dust, they roared and surged toward Cao Chao and the others like an overwhelming tide.

"Rip!"

The nearest soldier was caught off guard when his right arm was seized. Blood immediately gushed everywhere, and as he lost his balance, his face turned deathly pale and he crashed to the ground.

The Human-faced Scorpion that had torn off his arm pressed its attack without mercy. It charged at top speed, its massive, heavy pincers accompanied by the howling wind, looking like they would rip the stumbling soldier completely apart.

At the critical moment.

"Swish!"

A flash of white light streaked past, and a line of blood spread from the giant pincers along the path of the white light and across its entire body.

A great sheet of blood sprayed across the soldier's face. He jolted violently and stared wide-eyed as the Human-faced Scorpion that had been relentlessly pursuing him split cleanly in two.

Simple and brutal!

Not the slightest bit of wasted motion!

"Cao Chao, bandage him!" Lin Shuguang shouted toward the side, saber in hand. Then, standing alone against the pass, he strode toward the countless Human-faced Scorpions charging from afar like a vast army.

The soldier behind him instinctively wiped his face. The sticky blood sent a shiver through his entire body.

"It's blood... I'm still alive! I'm still alive!"

In that instant just now, he had truly thought he was doomed. He had never expected to survive.

Swallowing hard after escaping death, he felt the pain from his right arm come rushing in. Gritting his teeth, he climbed to his feet and hid among Cao Chao's