The darkness was torn to shreds by the raging beast tide.
Tens of thousands of Ancient Rhinoceros Beasts, each as massive as a skyscraper.
Every one of them had bloodshot eyes.
They panted out great gusts of foul breath.
Ice fragments and black rocks crunched beneath their feet.
They were like a black landslide of steel.
They charged straight toward the expedition's camp, poised to crush every living thing in their path.
Cheadle adjusted her green-framed glasses.
Their lenses reflected nothing but an overwhelming wave of despair.
The elite fighters of the Zodiacs all tightened their grips on their weapons, ready for a close-quarters battle they had absolutely no chance of winning.
But just then.
A slender figure in printed pajamas.
Faced that dark, surging torrent of steel.
And plunged straight into it.
Kanzai's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Without thinking, he reached out to grab him, only to catch a handful of icy air.
"That idiot!!!"
Kanzai let out a thunderous roar.
"Does he have a death wish?!?!"
Botobai stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded too.
He had just experienced firsthand how hard those creatures' armored scales were.
Charging alone into a formation of thousands upon thousands of giant beasts...
That was asking to die in the most literal, physical sense.
But the next second, a sight unfolded that left everyone's jaws on the floor.
Luo Ye did not slow down at all.
He rammed straight into the largest Rhinoceros-Horn Beast leader at the very front of the charge.
The leader stood at least forty meters tall, and its single horn, thicker than a tanker truck, gleamed with a deadly metallic chill.
It did not even spare a glance for the human before it, smaller than its toenail. It simply lowered its head, ready to crush him