Instant Kill!!

"Who cares how big it is? Just cut it down!"

The moment Bai Zhu spoke, his blade had already fully left its sheath.

"All Things in the Universe, turn to ashes."

"Ryujin Jakka."

Crimson-gold flames burst from the blade.

The enormous underground cavern was illuminated by the firelight.

The waterfall high above, the mist over the lake, the broken walls and stone pillars, even the hanging vines—all were swept by the blaze. Milluki lay sprawled atop the smoke wing, and the brightness nearly blew out his terminal screen.

"Are you insane?!"

Milluki hurriedly switched the thermal imaging back on, his voice tight.

"You can't make that much noise here!"

Morel's expression darkened as well.

"Bai Zhu, don't mess around!"

Bai Zhu did not look back.

He tapped the edge of the Purple Smoke Glider with his toes and shot straight out.

His next step landed in midair.

The step after that drew a trail of fire toward the lake.

Milluki was still muttering anxiously behind him.

Bai Zhu heard him.

But he did not stop.

He had wandered around this place long enough.

Everything here had been deceiving him.

Now that he had finally spotted Gela Jiang, he did not want to squat there analyzing things for half the day.

He would get the man out first.

The rest could be settled later.

As Bai Zhu swept past a toppled stone pillar by the lake, something familiar caught the corner of his eye.

A large pipe was stuck in a crack between the stones.

Black-gold waterweed was wrapped around the pipe's stem, slowly tightening as though trying to drag it back into the lake.

Bai Zhu changed direction beneath his feet, casually sweeping his blade past.

Firelight slid down the stone pillar.

The black-gold waterweed sprang up from the heat