Sole Entrance

Sole Entrance

"Then cripple it!" Zhao Jiahua said bluntly. Watching the ore lizard race through the billowing dust behind the vehicle, he swung his whip at it. The lizard was fast, but it was still on the ground. With his height and the whip's reach, hitting it shouldn't have been difficult—and he did hit it. But the electrified whip didn't harm the Mutant Animal at all. Instead, it only enraged it. With a roar that sounded halfway between a growl and a shriek, it sprang several meters into the air and landed on the back of the vehicle!

Zhao Jiahua reacted quickly and threw a bottle of Potion. The lizard that had just climbed onto the vehicle slid off as it lurched, but as it fell, a dull thud came from the rear. "It's hanging onto the back!" Teacher Ai said.

Zhao Jiahua went over to take a look. His whip had become a two-meter-long blade. He struck once, knocking the ore lizard off, but the impact left his blade vibrating with a high-pitched hum. "How did this thing evolve? It's so hard!"

"I told you it could cut through the vehicle!" Shangguan Xi called over his shoulder. "Just shake it off. There's no need to fight it!"

Zhao Jiahua didn't hesitate. He took out a Balloon and blew into it. A sphere two or three meters across floated away. The pursuing ore lizard punctured it with its trapping leg, and the burst Balloon wrapped around its head like Chewing Gum. As the lizard tore at the material clinging to it, it gradually fell farther behind the vehicle.

Once they were sure the ore lizard wasn't following, Teacher Ai eased up on the speed a little.

But before one problem had even settled, another arose. Less than twenty minutes later,