Firepower Enough, I Run Wild!

The explosions tore through the silence of the Dark Night, and even the earth seemed to tremble.

Flames engulfed the passage leading outside, heat waves crashing into them as if they would swallow everything here.

Wu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, one hand gripping the [Omen Blood Blade], the other clutching several small stones, his heart pounding.

A colossal creature slowly emerged from the flames. Its already grievously wounded body bore several new bloody marks, while strands of black aura surfaced across its hide and gathered into a gale!

Clouds followed dragons; winds followed tigers!

Black wind coiled around the tiger's body, scattering the flames until they soon faded away.

"It's still not dead?"

"That black wind is Transcendent power?"

Wu Yu observed calmly, not showing the slightest sign of panic.

The tiger was enraged!

It finally stopped advancing at that sluggish pace. Its enormous body suddenly pounced!

Roar—!

A fierce wind howled toward them, accompanied by a tiger's roar.

But what greeted the Mountain Lord was not delicious flesh and blood, but another trap!

Boom—!!!

An explosion—another explosion!

The Divine Bird Sigil flashed through the flames before vanishing. Violent fire erupted, sweeping through everything.

The black wind around the Mountain Lord was blasted apart, and its massive body was hurled into the stone wall, smashing out a huge crater.

"Roar!"

The Mountain Lord roared as it scrambled back to its feet in a sorry state, its single eye fixed viciously on Wu Yu.

But this time, it did not advance again. Instead, it took a step back.

Being stared down by a gigantic beast, even Wu Yu felt his scalp prickle, goosebumps rising all over him.

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

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

He frowned slightly, recalling videos he had watched in the news, and felt somewhat reassured.

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

It was just that... the Mountain Lord was unwilling to come forward anymore.

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

"The Mountain Lord retreated!"

A cry of surprise came from behind him. It was Blue Hair, who had witnessed the scene and was overjoyed.

Wu Yu frowned as he caught a whiff of urine.

Brother Kun had actually pissed himself!

"Little brother, you drove the Mountain Lord away!"

Yu Tiezhu swallowed hard and approached with a stunned expression.

Unlike Blue Hair's pathetic state, the girl and Yu Tiezhu had both been about to flee just now. The explosions had startled them into turning back to check the situation.

To their surprise, the Mountain Lord had actually been frightened off by the blasts!

"Big brother, what was that?"

The girl walked over, her beautiful eyes brimming with curiosity.

Without turning around, Wu Yu said, "I buried Psionic Bombs in the passage. They can be detonated remotely."

"Awesome! Big Brother Wu Tian, you're my real dad!"

Blue Hair awkwardly scrambled to his feet, his face full of delight.

"Enough talking. Let's figure out how to get out of here."

Wu Yu shook his head, his brow tightly furrowed.

That Mountain Lord clearly possessed high intelligence. It likely would not retreat so easily.

Thinking about it now,

Either they fought their way out through the passage on the left and searched for a possible route onward.

Or they fought their way out from this side, but they would have to watch out for the Mountain Lord's ambushes.

As for the middle and right passages,

The dungeon route was a dead end and could not be taken.

The right side was where the Mountain Lord should have been staying. It was even more dangerous!

"Little brother, what should we do? Fight our way out?"

Yu Tiezhu looked nervous as he said, "It's too dark. If the Mountain Lord ambushes us, we'll be in trouble!"

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

After pondering briefly, Wu Yu decided to test the waters.

He had also arranged some small stones bearing [Bi Fang Sigils] at the entrance to Lostway Cave. They might not kill the Mountain Lord, but stopping its attack would not be a problem.

Once they were out of Lostway Cave, he would be confident of either escaping or turning around and killing it!

"Alright!"

"We'll listen to big brother!"

"Boss, let's go together!"

The group hurriedly nodded and carefully moved forward.

Wu Yu strode ahead. Before he had gone far, he sensed that something was wrong.

Something seemed to be drawing near from the depths of the darkness!

Not a colossal beast like the Mountain Lord, but figure after figure—far too many of them!

"Tiger Roar ghosts!"

Through the darkness, Wu Yu saw the direction of the cave entrance. A large number of bandits emerged from the shadows and raced toward them!

There were even Transcendent Martial Artists among them, each one a full size larger than the other bandits.

And behind the mass of bandits, the Mountain Lord crawled forward with its body low, wrapped in black wind.

"This tiger wants to use the Tiger Roar ghosts' lives to test the path!"

"Or wear down my firepower!"

Wu Yu saw through it at once.

The Mountain Lord was a Transcendent creature. What set it beyond the ordinary was not merely its tiger hide, but also the cunning and intelligence no ordinary tiger could possess.

Still... he glanced at the several hundred small stones in his inventory and felt reassured.

When my firepower was lacking, I was afraid.

When my firepower was ample, I ran wild!

Just then,

"Okay! So many people!"

"Damn it, the Mountain Lord has come after us!"

Blue Hair's face turned deathly pale. He suddenly spun around and bolted deeper into the cave.

He even grabbed the girl by the arm, dragging her into the cave with him!

Yu Tiezhu, however, did not run. His voice trembling, he said, "Little brother, I... I'll listen to you. What should we do?"

"Did you bury any more Psionic Bombs?"

"Fight through them!"

Wu Yu tossed him a crude machete and took a fierce step forward.

The Mountain Lord, hiding behind the Tiger Roar ghosts, was startled and immediately let out a roar!

Countless Tiger Roar ghosts charged from the darkness, their scarlet eyes having completely lost all reason, wild and ferocious!

At the same moment,

Blood-colored aura wound around Wu Yu's arm as he swung it sharply!

Whoosh!

Small stones shot out one after another, spreading through the air in a fan-shaped formation as they flew toward the bandit horde.

Rumble—!

Explosions erupted,

Within the flames, bandits were either blown to pieces or reduced to charred corpses.

Yet the bandits did not flee in fear. More and more charged from behind, using their lives to pave a path for the Mountain Lord.

Yu Tiezhu trembled in terror, yet he did not flee. Gritting his teeth, he rushed forward and wildly swung his machete, trying to block the incoming arrows.

But how could he possibly block the arrows fired by the bandit archers?

Yu Tiezhu became a human shield outright. Countless arrows struck his body, punching hole after hole through his clothes, yet leaving no wounds.

The swift arrows struck his skin and were quickly bounced away.

Only a small number of arrows flew toward Wu Yu, and those were blocked by the "Diamond Badge" as well.

Seeing Yu Tiezhu rush forward to block the arrows, Wu Yu nodded slightly. Another pile of small stones appeared in his palm.

The next moment, he flung them out.

The small stones shot forward, curved through the air, and fell amid the bandit horde.

After entering the [Heaven-Earth State], the small stones became both swift and accurate, able to reach much farther away.

The bandit archers could shoot down only a few at most before the remaining stones exploded violently.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out without end as flames surged skyward.

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

And behind the bandit horde, the Mountain Lord grew ever more enraged, the black aura around its enormous body becoming increasingly dense!