"Hahaha, it looks like we managed to escape that one!" The burly man riding the lightning-charged Ox-drawn carriage reappeared in midair, along with the petite figure beside him.
Looking at the surrounding scene, which had practically been reduced to ruins, the burly man laughed heartily.
"What are you talking about? If you hadn't suddenly gotten the urge to charge in, even though you knew this place was dangerous, I wouldn't have gotten such a fright." Waver spoke like a meek little wife, playfully pounding the burly man's chest with his tiny fists...
"Hahaha, but we're fine now, aren't we?" The burly man held Waver back with one hand and laughed.
Then, all of a sudden, he shouted, "Hyah!" His expression shifted slightly, and he immediately steered the Ox-drawn carriage away, trying to evade an attack.
Yes, evade an attack.
Because in that very instant,
an attack that looked like a bullet had reached them, and Waver hadn't even heard a gunshot.
As for why it looked like a bullet—
That was because—
Almost instantly, a tremendous sound—yes, sound—burst from the bullet. It felt like a subwoofer had been turned up to full volume right beside you.
The immense sound wave even formed a shockwave, which erupted straight toward Iskandar and Waver.
Since they were on the Ox-drawn carriage, their only means of escape was its speed.
Still, Iskandar was the King of Conquerors, and he wasn't stupid. More importantly, at this level, everyone had some tricks up their sleeve.
Given the bullet's speed, there was no way the carriage could dodge it.
So Iskandar simply stopped trying to evade.
His shout of "Hyah!" wasn't just to get the carriage moving. Boom! Lightning and thunder burst from the carriage, surging toward the bullet.
Even so, it only blocked part of the