Before long, the convoy continued onward along the rugged stone road.
As Su Yueli walked alongside the carriage, she repeatedly turned over the Mountain-Shattering Heavenbreaker Force she had comprehended last night in her mind.
Those two obscure forces lurking within the marrow of her right arm were still something she did not know how to use in actual combat.
The feeling was exceedingly strange. Her mind understood it, but her hand had never actually thrown the punch.
Suddenly, the ordinary horses pulling the carriages let out terrified shrieks, and the entire convoy came to an abrupt halt.
"Roar—!"
A deep beastly roar exploded from the bushes beside the road.
A Long-Haired Black Panther as large as a water buffalo, its entire body covered in barbs, sprang out. Its eyes were blood-red, and saliva dripped from its fangs.
"Demon beast! It's a demon beast!"
"Damn it, how could something like this be on the main road?!"
Steward Lin went pale with fright and completely panicked. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Quick! Protect the young master's carriage! Stop it!"
The nine martial artists around them were all trembling with fear.
When they had accepted this outsourced escort job, they had assumed they would merely need to fend off a few ordinary bandits blocking the road. Who could have expected to encounter a demon beast?
To ordinary martial artists, demon beasts were terrifying existences as powerful as immortal cultivators. They were not something mortal flesh and blood could easily handle.
Old Zhang exchanged glances with the other two Fifth Realm martial artists, then gritted his teeth and stood at the front.
"Form up! Fight it to the death!"
The Long-Haired Black Panther was incredibly fast. Its claw came down with a piercing howl through the air.
A Fourth Realm martial