Interception

When the Piercing Spear struck the shield wall ahead, the shields—metal-clad on the outside and solid wood within—exploded.

Boom!

It sounded as though several grenades had gone off at once.

Propelled by the Piercing Spear's tremendous force, fragments of the shields flew deep into the formation.

Blood and flesh scattered as screams rose on every side.

The seemingly impregnable shield wall collapsed in an instant.

But Qin Ran's charge did not stop. The enormous phantom rhino enveloped him as his feet crushed the severed limbs around him. Carrying the enemy's blood and flesh with it, its illusory body carved a deep crimson trail across the ground and plunged straight into the woods.

Only after knocking down three or four trees did Qin Ran finally stop, as Savage Charge came to an end.

Roar!

The enormous phantom rhino bellowed once more.

Then it vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.

"Go!"

With the wild power gone, Qin Ran turned and shouted to Lawless.

Without breaking stride, he pushed deeper into the woods.

Lawless sprinted after him.

When they met among the trees, they exchanged a glance and immediately followed their earlier plan, splitting up and running toward Pilgrimage Forest.

By the time the Gale Knights Regiment entered the woods, the two had long since vanished into its depths.

"Stop!"

A squad captain raised a hand to keep his men from entering the woods. He glanced back at the dead and badly wounded strewn across the ground, anger rising on his face.

But angry as he was, he had not lost his head.

He knew that once they entered the woods and lost their advantages in numbers and attack, they would become lambs to the slaughter.

The trees were dense enough to block crossbow bolts and hamper their horses.

So they had