The Blooming Explosion

Faced with these chaotic attacks, Lin Yun naturally dodged them all with ease, light as a feather. The gigantic Butchering Axe in his hand looked heavy, but it felt as light as a feather to him.

Besides, couldn't he use it as a shield?

Back in the carriage, the old man and the girl grabbed the Tower Shield beside them again and hid behind it.

As it happened... the Beastmen were as cowardly as ever, picking on the weak. As soon as they spotted the old man and the girl, they all fired a volley of arrows at them.

Unfortunately, as the saying went, their crude weapons and terrible aim made it hard to hit the pair, especially with the holy dwelling and Tower Shield in the way.

Although the Tower Shield couldn't provide its full +4 shield bonus to Armor Class in the hands of these two noncombatants,

it could be used as a wall that provided total cover. In theory, unless they had some way of ignoring cover, they could fire as many arrows as they liked—even roll a 20—and still wouldn't hit the old man and the girl behind it.

However... the horse was another matter.

A couple of Inferior Beasts turned their attacks on the horse in front of the carriage, firing six arrows at the innocent animal.

Seeing the arrows about to hit the horse, Lin Yun immediately called out, "Iron Heart Shield!" As he shouted, a blue glow enveloped him and the horse, protecting them.

And this wasn't an ordinary Iron Heart Shield. Lin Yun had spent 3 Psionic Points on it.

Iron Heart Shield was a 2nd-level Mianxian Style maneuver that gave himself and an ally a +4 insight bonus against one attack.

But when he spent 3 Psionic Points on it, the