Once I'm free, I'll come find you

Yang Yong had only one thought: faster!

But...

Where was their chance of survival?

That wall couldn't just split open on its own!

He couldn't figure it out.

But the bus had already charged up to the wall. In just a few dozen meters, it would crash and be smashed to pieces.

And the giant treant had already caught up alongside them!

Thick branches formed a giant hand that swept toward the bus with a howling gust of wind!

With that speed and strength, it clearly meant to crush the bus and everyone inside into pulp with a single squeeze!

Yang Yong had exhausted everything he had:

He had no energy left to activate the Little Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, and the Red-Clothed Female Ghost was on the verge of dissipating.

Both Magical Artifacts in his hands had become useless ornaments!

The shadow of death engulfed him in an instant.

The treant's giant hand was about to crush the bus as though it were an ant.

Inside a hidden space in the Coffin Temple, a woman in a bright red wedding dress and red bridal veil sighed softly.

"So be it. For your sake, I don't mind being freed a little later."

The next moment.

Everyone outside saw it.

The pale hand reaching out from the Coffin Temple suddenly slammed the Eerie Bride against the void!

The void shattered with a thunderous crash.

A pitch-black hole abruptly appeared before the transparent wall directly ahead of the bus.

Clutching the Eerie Bride, that small hand slammed her hard against the wall!

Smack!

The Eerie Bride was instantly flattened, splattering the wall with blackish-red blood.

There was no telling what that foul blood was made of.

With a crook of the great hand, it burst into blue flames.

It was bitterly cold yin fire, and wherever it passed, even the air frosted over!

The yin fire burned furiously, soon burning a huge hole through the transparent wall!

The five colossal beings roared in unison, shaking the heavens.

Their roars actually caused the transparent wall to begin repairing itself.

The tug-of-war began, each side pushing back against the other.

At last.

The burning yin fire and the wall's restorative power reached an eerie equilibrium.

Finally, the hole stabilized at a hundred meters across, more than enough for a bus to pass through with ease!

"Old Zhao! Don't stop! Floor it! Go!" Yang Yong roared.

Without slowing, the bus charged toward the hole!

Enraged, the giant treant reached for the bus even faster, its enormous hand almost touching the rear!

Yang Yong, Old Zhao, and every survivor aboard the bus watched with eyes stretched wide, but they could do nothing except look on helplessly.

The bus surged desperately forward. They had no strength left to use.

It all happened in a flash.

Behind the treant, the three off-road vehicles suddenly changed formation, and Wang Ying's vehicle surged into the lead!

Cao Xianming's roar came from inside his vehicle: "Wang Ying! Cut its foot!"

Wang Ying hesitated no longer. The long saber she had been readying finally left its sheath!

Whoosh!

A brilliant white blade of light tore through the void, swift, precise, and ruthless, slashing straight toward the heel of the treant's right foot!

Where the blade light passed, a huge chunk of its wooden body crashed to the ground!

It was a piece of "flesh" from the back of the treant's leg.

The treant instantly lost its balance, its enormous body toppling backward as it let out a deafening roar!

It had been only one step away from the bus, one step away from the "bargaining chip" it could use to threaten the one inside the Coffin Temple!

Just one step short!

The treant roared in fury, struggling to get up.

But its body was too enormous. Every movement had to overcome tremendous inertia, and for the moment, it couldn't adjust its position at all!

Now!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three off-road vehicles sped past the treant.

On the lead vehicle, Wang Ying slumped on the roof, her long saber hanging limply beside her leg as she gulped for breath. She was clearly utterly exhausted.

They had to race through the hole without wasting a second if they wanted to escape this death trap and seize a chance at survival!

Up ahead, the bus seized the opportunity and burst through the hole, charging toward the world outside!

A second before passing through, Yang Yong glanced back.

In the direction of the Coffin Temple, there seemed to be a figure gazing at him across the void.

Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded directly in his heart:

"My husband, even though you no longer remember me, you are still my husband. Wait for me. Once I'm free, I'll come find you."

Yang Yong started and looked up again. Of the five black chains on the Coffin Temple, four were now gripping the temple tightly, dragging it underground.

For some reason, a sharp pain suddenly pierced his chest.

It lasted only an instant, but it hurt so much he couldn't breathe, and glistening tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

He raised a hand to touch the corner of his eye, bewildered.

Why was he crying?

The bus burst into the outside world, where a smooth road lay before them.

Without stopping for a moment, the vehicle raced away along the road.

Right afterward, Wang Ying's off-road vehicle burst through the hole and onto the road, followed by Cao Xianming's.

But just then.

The balance at the hole in the transparent wall suddenly broke, and it began repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Bringing up the rear, Zheng Xiaofeng roared, "Faster! Step on it! Mash that pedal into the fuel tank! Hurry!"

The survivor driving didn't dare slack off. He knew that if he didn't give it everything, they would be trapped here forever!

He slammed his right foot down, pushing the off-road vehicle to its maximum speed!

The giant treant bellowed, desperately trying to stop this last vehicle!

Zheng Xiaofeng instantly activated his ability-Armor Sequence!

A thick layer of stone armor rapidly covered his entire body. The instant the treant's huge hand reached toward them, he hurled a fierce punch at it!

The punch looked ferocious, but in reality, it did almost no damage.

To the treant, however, it was deeply insulting!

The treant had never imagined that this little bug, which it could casually crush to death, would actually dare attack it!

In its fury, it abandoned its grab, clenched its hand into a fist, and smashed it down at the off-road vehicle!

Zheng Xiaofeng tried to withstand it head-on, but his stone armor shattered instantly. Like a kite with a broken string, he slammed into the vehicle's rear cargo compartment, where the dented metal trapped him firmly in place.

Even the treant froze for a moment. He hadn't died?

But with the force of that punch, the off-road vehicle doubled its speed and shot through the hole!

The treant still wanted to pursue.

But the blue yin fire had already been exhausted. The transparent wall's restorative power completely overwhelmed the burning, and the hole finally shrank to around three meters across.

It was still shrinking.

For a colossal being like the treant, that tiny hole was like a mouse hole to an adult human. There was no way through!

The giant treant roared in frustration, its enormous hands pounding its chest wildly as it vented its rage.

But it soon calmed down.

Its main task was to join the other four colossal beings in sealing the woman inside the Coffin Temple.

It turned and returned to its position. The five black chains, each corresponding to one of the five elements, once again pinned the Coffin Temple down firmly.

This time, the Ghost Bride could no longer break through the seal-or rather, she could no longer break through it in the short term.

She had spent all her yin fire, the power best suited to breaking seals, on helping Yang Yong breach the wall.

Although Yang Yong had helped her remove the talismans suppressing her, she no longer had the strength to break the seal. At least, she wouldn't for some time.

In the end, the Ghost Bride stopped struggling and returned to the hidden space within the Coffin Temple. Beneath her red veil, her eyes gazed in the direction Yang Yong had left as she murmured to herself, "My husband, wait for me. Wait until I come find you."

She was confident that she would be free within three years.