But they were nowhere near as fast as Shenhe.
Before their formation could fully scatter, Shenhe's wide-ranging attack engulfed them.
It was far more spectacular than in the game. If there had been any Hydro here, Zhong Baiye believed that this single attack from Shenhe would have frozen them all solid.
Although the people in black had not been frozen solid by Shenhe, their movements had become painfully slow.
Even Zhong Baiye could have gone up and taken on several of them at once now, let alone Shenhe, who was still in peak condition.
Seeing that things were going wrong, the people in black scattered without a second thought, each choosing a direction to flee.
In their current state, escape was out of the question. Shenhe could have given them an hour's head start without much trouble.
As the people in black watched Shenhe capture their companions one after another, they stopped running.
One of them pulled a strange object out of his clothes.
Neither Zhong Baiye nor Shenhe recognized it, but there had to be a reason they had abandoned their escape to bring it out.
Shenhe immediately switched targets and swiftly attacked the person holding it.
But the others noticed her movements too and desperately threw themselves in her way.
Several of them also kept Zhong Baiye occupied, leaving him no way to stop the person from throwing that strange object.
The next moment, everyone felt the ground quake beneath them.
Zhong Baiye and Shenhe both realized that this was no ordinary earthquake. It was caused by the movement of an enormous monster.
All they had to do was look up to see the colossal creature.
It was a mechanical serpent covered in gears, and the tremors had been caused by its tunneling underground.
Zhong Baiye recognized it