"Ah!"
"Swift as a Spark, Fleeing Like Dust!"
Danger loomed as Mo Duoduo screamed. Jun Wangchen reacted instantly, pressing each thumb against the base of his ring finger and holding his hands at his sides.
In an instant, he silently unleashed Shifting Form, Changing Shadow.
The next second, Jun Wangchen and Mo Duoduo's bodies dispersed into the cosmos, giving off faint wisps of white smoke as they dissolved into the void and vanished from sight.
When they reappeared, they stood where a fallen leaf had lain, far from the Mutant Needlegrass Beast. That leaf, meanwhile, had somehow taken their place.
Clang!
The Mutant Needlegrass Beast bit down, only to catch a leaf. Its needlelike teeth slammed together with a chilling sound.
All the surrounding Mutant Needlegrass drew back, forming a wide circle around Jun Wangchen and Mo Duoduo.
"This thing wants to fight me!" Jun Wangchen's gaze sharpened at the sight. All the strength in his body surged together, drawing him taut like an arrow ready to fly.
"Mo Duoduo, act when you see an opening. I'll go test this thing."
As he spoke, his slender frame seemed to grow sturdier. A bronze metallic sheen flickered over his muscles as his late Foundation Establishment (mid Black Tier) strength slowly emerged.
"Jun Wangchen, watch—"
Whoosh!
Before Mo Duoduo could finish her warning, Jun Wangchen shot forward.
He reached into empty air with his right hand, and a spear formed from spiritual power suddenly appeared. Gripping it tightly, he leaped high and hurled it at the Mutant Needlegrass Beast.
With a shrill rush of wind, the spiritual power spear became a streak of light. Moving even faster than Jun Wangchen, it swept through the air and reached the Mutant Needlegrass Beast in an instant.
Faced with the spear's fierce, oncoming momentum, the