Without the slightest hesitation, the group raced back the way they had come.
Jiang Lan ran at the rear, his senses fully extended, locked onto the aura of the Tier Six Ferocious Beast.
Although none of them were slow, the Tier Six Ferocious Beast was far faster.
At their current speed, it would catch up to them before long.
When that happened, not one of them would escape.
Jiang Lan drew a deep breath and slowed his steps slightly.
Han Zheng noticed something was wrong with Jiang Lan. He turned back and said anxiously:
"Run! What are you standing around for?"
Yet at that moment, Jiang Lan was exceptionally calm.
He shouted to Han Zheng:
"You go on ahead. I'll hold it back."
Disbelief filled Han Zheng's face, and his eyes widened.
"What did you say?!"
"If this keeps up, none of us will get away," Jiang Lan said calmly. "I'll stay back and hold it off to buy you time."
Han Zheng's pupils contracted.
"It's Sixth Tier!"
"Don't worry. I can take it."
Jiang Lan was not simply putting on a brave front.
He could completely block attacks from late Fifth Tier beasts without suffering so much as a scratch.
Even if a Tier Six Ferocious Beast was indeed much stronger, killing him in a single blow would not be so easy.
Besides, he did not need to win. He only needed to hold the beast back and buy the others time to escape.
Han Zheng clenched his fists, veins bulging at his temples.
He was the captain. He could not abandon a teammate.
But reason told him that Jiang Lan was right.
If no one stayed behind to delay it, the entire team would die here.
"One hundred seconds!" Han Zheng said through gritted teeth. "After one hundred