When Qin Ran reappeared, he was already standing before a shadow fifteen meters from where he had gotten off.
Facing The Watcher, Qin Ran showed no mercy and kicked out.
His leg shot forward like a spear, piercing through the shadow before him.
Bang!
Amid the dull impact, a black figure slammed heavily into the wall supporting the shadow. The tremendous force carried it through the wall, burying it beneath bricks and rubble.
Dust immediately billowed up, blocking Shiqi's view as he raised his gun in the distance.
Then Shiqi, who had been preparing to support Qin Ran, unconsciously opened his mouth wide.
Because—
Neigh!
A spirited warhorse's shrill cry scattered the surrounding dust.
A black warhorse with red eyes appeared out of nowhere. A knight clad in black armor and holding a black lance sat atop its back.
A deeply sunken footprint on the armor revealed The Watcher's identity.
At that moment, the knight lowered his lance slightly, aimed it at Qin Ran's chest, and launched a fierce charge.
Clatter, clatter!
The hoofbeats beat rapidly like war drums.
The black lance was poised to strike.
Qin Ran immediately dodged to the side.
But to Qin Ran's surprise, the red-eyed black warhorse changed the direction of its charge as well, relentlessly pursuing him.
Its charging speed even increased.
Changing direction while charging could perhaps be attributed to those seemingly thick hooves being even sturdier and more powerful than imagined.
But accelerating through a turn had nearly exceeded everything Qin Ran knew as common sense.
"An alchemical creature!"
Qin Ran's heart tightened.
He immediately abandoned the idea of continuing to dodge.
Against an alchemical creature that demonstrated an advantage in certain aspects, continuing to compete with it in those aspects would be utterly unwise.
He waved a hand.
At once, a