The longsword missed and plunged straight into the floor beside Qin Ran's feet, burying its tip and nearly half its blade.
The knight let out another loud cry after his strike missed.
"Hyaa!"
The knight bent at the waist and turned, charging at Qin Ran with his armored shoulder leading the way.
Whoosh!
Before he even reached Qin Ran, a vicious gust hit him in the face, fluttering his hood.
At the same time, the sound of a horn rang in Qin Ran's ears.
Ooo, oooo!
Amid those bleak, ancient blasts, the street before Qin Ran transformed. He seemed to see thousands upon thousands of knights where heaven met earth, their armor gleaming and banners flying as they raised their lances and charged.
Warhorses thundered forward.
The earth trembled.
The forest of thousands of lances glinted with a heart-stopping light. With every lance aimed at a single man, they seemed to become a hurricane, bearing down on Qin Ran with irresistible force, ready to swallow him whole.
Then...
Qin Ran lifted a foot and kicked.
Bam!
The hurricane before him was instantly crushed beneath his foot.
Not just the hurricane-the thousands of charging cavalrymen and that entire expanse of heaven and earth shattered along with it.
Qin Ran's foot struck the knight's shoulder armor.
The knight charging at Qin Ran froze.
After a pause lasting less than an instant, the knight flew backward like a kite with its string cut, as though he had been hit by a speeding heavy truck, and slammed into a house.
Crash!
The brick-and-timber house collapsed as easily as if it had been made of paper.
And it was not just one house!
Three houses in a row collapsed from the impact, yet the force driving the knight had still not dissipated. He flew another