"Armor Four"'s head flew into the air, yet its will to fight remained. Its body immediately spread both arms and lunged to embrace Zhang Yu.
But losing its head meant losing the central source of the spiritual power governing its entire body. The strength of its outer armor might have sufficed against ordinary people, but in a battle like this, it was utterly useless.
With merely a sweep of his sleeve, as though brushing away dust, Zhang Yu sent the headless body flying with a collision from the surging, majestic Heartlight Seal. It was blasted away without the slightest ability to resist.
After hitting the ground, it rolled several times and struggled a few more times. Only when its head also fell down beside it did it finally cease moving altogether.
Master Artisan Weng watched "Armor Four" beheaded, and terror seized his heart. He immediately urged the flying vessel onward at full speed, while ordering the nearby "Armor Five" to leave with him.
But in doing so, he abandoned Chen Shao alone.
It was not that Chen Shao did not wish to leave. However, Zhang Yu's sword light had locked onto him. Whenever he tried to withdraw, sword light descended to entangle him, making it impossible for him to truly escape.
He could only denounce this conduct of fleeing at the critical moment and abandoning one's comrades, while hurriedly fending off Zhang Yu's relentless attacks.
Inside the fleeing flying vessel, Master Artisan Weng, to guard against any mishap, also clad himself in a set of crystalline jade outer armor.
Master Artisan Gong asked tremulously, "Brother Weng, can we get away?"
Master Artisan Weng was equally unsettled. Though he greatly despised Master Artisan Gong's cowardly appearance, he acknowledged the man's craftsmanship, so he patiently replied:
"The exit is ahead. Once we