A section of the tunnel winding through the narrow path had been collapsed by Zhang Tie's alchemical bombs. If Gao Tianzhao wanted to return, he had to clear that collapsed stretch. Fortunately, for a formidable Phantom Knight like him, that was no difficult task. The boulders and rubble blocking the narrow passage were blasted apart by Gao Tianzhao through sheer brute force. Amid the thunderous roar of Battle Qi, he smashed his way through underground like bamboo splitting before an axe...
Under the gaze of the Lotus Blossom Eye, Gao Tianzhao drew closer and closer. At this moment, he looked like the Winged Devils Zhang Tie had ambushed earlier. After the battle and pursuit, he had relaxed, with barely any guard left up, seemingly eager to open the passage and leave together with the Devil Race knights.
Zhang Tie's hand gripping the golden Flying Spear did not move in the slightest. His heart was still as water. His entire body stood quietly at one end of the narrow passage like a cold slab of black granite without the faintest trace of life. Only surging battle intent churned within him. Even Zhang Tie found it somewhat strange. Facing a Phantom Knight, he should have been nervous, but he did not know when it had begun—when facing such powerful knights, even Phantom Knights far stronger than himself, Zhang Tie no longer felt any tension. There was only tranquility.
From Black Flame City all the way to here, after countless battles, Zhang Tie's state of mind before combat had long been tempered until not a trace of impurity remained. It was as unyielding as steel, as pure as crystal and diamond—this was the state of mind of a true powerhouse.
After breaking through the collapsed tunnel passage, Gao Tianzhao began charging rapidly in