The Golden Light

"What, what?!"

"It—it's falling! That thing is falling!"

Watching the enormous wall of human hands topple toward them, everyone's eyes widened. Their minds buzzed, then went blank.

The wall covered such a vast area that no ordinary person could possibly run beyond its reach.

Despair appeared on every face. Terrified, they exchanged glances, then scrambled to flee on hands and feet.

"Help! Help!"

"Everyone, run! Get out of range of that giant wall!"

It wasn't just the people who screamed in alarm. Even the anomalies looked panicked.

Clearly, even they couldn't escape being crushed beneath it.

The scene erupted into chaos.

Dou Hongyi, the field commander, had gone ashen. His trembling right hand clutched three formation tokens tightly.

He'd never imagined that just after they'd dealt with a large number of low-level anomalies, and the situation had finally begun to look a little clearer, such a sudden disaster would strike!

Under the [Sticky Cotton Anomaly]'s crushing weight, a powerful person like him might still have a chance to escape, but almost everyone else would die beneath the giant wall.

If they couldn't avert the crisis, Chu Nuan City would be a city in name only!

And as a Qing Si Red Robe, he would have no face to meet the remaining survivors, nor any right to continue serving as a Red Robe!

Just as everyone was falling into desperate chaos, an angry shout rang across the scene and reached every ear.

"Don't give up! Everyone, attack with me! Focus your attacks on one point and break through the giant wall of hands!"

It wasn't Dou Hongyi's voice. It was... Captain Wu's!

Captain Wu's face twisted as if he'd been reminded of something. His expression was savage, and golden light flickered all over his body. The power spilling from him even