With Enough Firepower, I Ran Wild!

Explosions shattered the silence of the night, and even the ground seemed to shake.

Flames engulfed the passage leading outside. Heat blasted into their faces, threatening to devour everything around them.

Wu Yu's gaze sharpened slightly. He gripped the [Omen Blood Blade] in one hand and several pebbles in the other, his heart pounding.

A colossal beast slowly emerged from the flames. A few more bloody marks marred its already grievously wounded body, and wisps of black energy surfaced across its skin, gathering into a gale!

Clouds followed dragons; winds followed tigers!

Black wind coiled around the tiger, blowing the flames apart until they soon dissipated.

"That still didn't kill it?"

"Is that black wind a Transcendent power?"

Wu Yu observed calmly, showing no trace of panic.

The tiger flew into a rage!

It finally stopped its leisurely approach and lunged forward with its massive body!

Roar-!

A fierce wind swept toward them, accompanied by the tiger's roar.

But what awaited the Mountain Lord was not delectable flesh and blood, but another trap!

Boom-!!!

An explosion, then another explosion!

A Divine Bird Sigil flashed briefly amid the flames, and a violent burst of fire swept through everything.

The black wind surrounding the Mountain Lord was blasted apart. Its enormous body slammed into the stone wall, smashing a huge hole into it.

"Roar!"

The Mountain Lord roared and scrambled awkwardly to its feet, its lone eye fixed on Wu Yu.

This time, however, it did not advance. Instead, it took a step back.

Under the immense beast's stare, even Wu Yu felt his skin crawl, goosebumps rising all over him.

The black wind can't block the [Bi Fang Sigil]. This tiger's hide is just too thick!

A Transcendent creature... a monster from this world!

His brows furrowed slightly. Recalling the videos he had seen on the news, he felt a little reassured.

Compared with the twisted creatures outside River City that could withstand missiles head-on, this monster was undoubtedly far less threatening. At least he had a chance of killing it!

But... the Mountain Lord refused to advance.

It seemed to have sensed something. Its massive body slowly retreated, disappearing into the darkness before long.

"The Mountain Lord retreated!"

An exclamation came from behind him. The blue-haired young man had witnessed the scene and was overjoyed.

Wu Yu frowned as he caught the stench of urine.

Brother Kun had actually pissed his pants!

"Young man, you drove the Mountain Lord away!"

Yu Tiezhu swallowed and walked over, his face full of astonishment.

Unlike the pathetic blue-haired young man, the girl and Yu Tiezhu had been about to flee. The explosions had startled them into turning back to see what was happening.

To their surprise, they saw that the explosions had actually scared the Mountain Lord off!

"Big brother, what was that?"

The girl approached, her beautiful, wide eyes brimming with curiosity.

Without turning around, Wu Yu said, "I planted Psionic Bombs in the passage. I can detonate them remotely."

"That was fucking awesome! Brother Wu Tian, you're my real dad!"

The blue-haired young man awkwardly climbed to his feet, his face alight with delight.

"Save it for now. Let's figure out how to leave."

Wu Yu shook his head, his brows tightly knitted.

The Mountain Lord clearly possessed advanced intelligence. It probably would not give up so easily.

Thinking it over now,

they could either fight their way out through the left passage and search for a possible exit,

or fight their way out along this passage, while remaining wary of the Mountain Lord's attacks.

As for the middle and right passages,

the dungeon was a dead end, so that was not an option.

The right passage led to where the Mountain Lord was supposed to be staying, making it even more dangerous!

"Young man, what should we do? Fight our way out?"

Looking tense, Yu Tiezhu said, "It's too dark. We'll be in trouble if the Mountain Lord ambushes us!"

"Let's go out and take a look!"

After a moment's thought, Wu Yu decided to test the waters.

He had also placed some pebbles bearing [Bi Fang Sigils] at the entrance to the Lostway Cave. They might not blow the Mountain Lord to death, but stopping its attacks would be no problem.

Once he was outside the Lostway Cave, he was confident he could either escape or turn the tables and kill it!

"All right!"

"Let's listen to big brother!"

"Boss, let's go together!"

The others hurriedly nodded and cautiously moved forward.

Wu Yu strode ahead, but before long, he sensed something was wrong.

Something seemed to be approaching from deep within the darkness!

It was not a colossal beast like the Mountain Lord, but a multitude of figures!

"Tiger wraiths!"

Peering through the darkness toward the cave entrance, Wu Yu saw a large number of bandits emerge from the shadows and charge toward them!

There were even Transcendent Martial Artists among them, their builds a size larger than the other bandits.

Behind the mass of bandits, the Mountain Lord followed with its body crouched low, shrouded in black wind.

This tiger wants to use the tiger wraiths' lives to scout the way!

Or to deplete my firepower!

Wu Yu saw through it at once.

The Mountain Lord was a Transcendent creature. What set it above ordinary beasts was not merely its tiger hide, but also cunning and intelligence that no normal tiger could ever possess.

Still... he glanced at the hundreds of pebbles in his Inventory and felt reassured.

With too little firepower, I lived in fear.

With enough firepower, I ran wild!

Just then,

"S-so many people!"

"Damn it, the Mountain Lord's coming after us!"

The blue-haired young man turned deathly pale with fright, then abruptly spun around and sprinted deeper into the cave.

He even grabbed the girl's arm and dragged her along with him!

Yu Tiezhu, however, did not run. His voice trembled as he said, "Young man, I... I'll listen to you. What should we do?"

"Did you plant more Psionic Bombs?"

"Fight our way through!"

Wu Yu tossed him a Low-Quality Chopper and abruptly stepped forward.

The Mountain Lord hiding behind the tiger wraiths was startled and immediately let out a roar!

Countless tiger wraiths charged out of the darkness, their scarlet eyes devoid of all reason, frenzied and ferocious!

At the same moment,

blood-colored energy coiled around Wu Yu's arm, and he swung it hard!

Whoosh!

Pebble after pebble shot out, spreading in midair into a fan as they flew toward the crowd of bandits.

Boom, boom, boom-!

Explosions rang out,

and amid the flames, bandits were torn apart or reduced to charred husks.

But the bandits did not flee in fear. More poured forward endlessly from behind, paving a path for the Mountain Lord with their lives.

Yu Tiezhu trembled with terror, yet he did not flee. Instead, he gritted his teeth and advanced, swinging his chopper wildly to block the arrows.

But how could he possibly block the Bandit Archers' arrows?

Yu Tiezhu became a human shield. Countless arrows struck him, punching holes in his clothes without leaving any wounds.

The swift arrows bounced away as soon as they struck his skin.

Only a few arrows flew toward Wu Yu, and those were blocked by the "Diamond Badge."

Seeing Yu Tiezhu rush forward to intercept the arrows, Wu Yu gave a slight nod, and another handful of pebbles appeared in his palm.

The next instant, he flung them out.

The pebbles shot forward, curving in midair before falling among the bandits.

With [Heaven-Earth State] activated, the pebbles flew fast, accurately, and far.

The Bandit Archers could shoot down only a few at most before the remaining pebbles violently exploded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out continuously, flames surging upward.

Bandit after bandit was ripped to pieces, soon dissolving into light.

Behind the crowd of bandits, the Mountain Lord grew ever more enraged, the black energy surrounding its enormous body thickening further!