Su Ye had thought the eight Silence Lords would charge straight at them, but instead, they formed an ironclad encirclement.
They hemmed the vehicle and everyone inside tightly into the center without immediately attacking.
Su Ye frowned, unable to figure out what these monsters were up to.
"My lord, they seem... to only want to stop us from leaving this canyon," Xing Meng said.
They won't let us leave?
Su Ye could see the monsters' intentions too.
They surrounded them without attacking, the purple worms forming their lower bodies scraping along the ground as they tightened the encirclement at an extremely slow pace. Clearly, they wanted to force them to turn back toward the Forest-Guarding Village.
But what did these monsters gain by stopping outsiders from leaving?
"I don't care what you're planning. Anything blocking my way gets crushed."
Su Ye stepped out through the vehicle's door and reached out, picking up the Big-Eyed Hunter, who had collapsed in terror, as easily as a chick before tossing him into the cabin.
"Fifteen, activate the Dark Hunter template!"
"Charge the Army-Breaker Cannon and hit them with everything we've got!"
At Su Ye's command, the Gale Ranger let out a beastlike roar.
[Vehicle Template: Dark Hunter activated!]
The Light Machine-Gun Turret and Ballista on the roof instantly locked onto the three Silence Lords directly ahead.
Meanwhile, the Army-Breaker Cannon mounted in the center of the vehicle's front began charging, radiating dazzling destructive energy.
The Silence Lord from yesterday had already experienced this once. Sensing the threat immediately, it threw its head back and let out a piercing shriek.
At that shriek, the other seven towering, twisted Silence Lords around them moved almost simultaneously.
Eight enormous monsters stood four meters tall, their lower bodies formed from countless purple-black Echo Worms writhing