Black Iron middle-upper rank versus lower rank, at most, it’s a one-to-four or one-to-five exchange.
We must delay as much as possible.
Antitina unconsciously bit her lip and gripped the flagpole tightly.
Brando was sweating all over.
He couldn’t remember how many times he and Qian had changed direction—because they were too close—he could almost feel the tension in Qian’s heart, similar to his own. Her heart was pounding in her frail body, and her breathing was becoming a bit rapid. This was a sign that her stamina was starting to drop.
"That Charge Skill you mentioned... how much longer until we can use it?" Qian asked, panting.
"Give me another twenty seconds..." Brando was constantly calculating the time in his mind.
"No, if we don’t... suspend in mid-air... we can’t delay that long!" The girl immediately shook her head.
He hoped this answer wasn’t true, but he also knew it was an impossible assumption. Because the Divine Envoy Eckmen still pursued them on schedule, just as he had anticipated. Although its turning was awkward, the monster’s straight-line speed was astonishing, often covering the distance lost in a turn within a few steps.
But Brando knew he couldn’t keep making Qian change directions; continuing , they wouldn’t be able to lure the monster to the predetermined location by nightfall.
Suspending in mid-air could solve their immediate worry, but they were gradually realizing that this thing was learning. It used rocky spikes to attack the Platinum War Steed in the sky, and without the obstruction of trees, it was like shooting a target.
"We can’t suspend in mid-air," Brando replied.
Qian gritted her teeth.
The young man looked back again, seeing the ever-closing distance between Eckmen and himself. He didn’t dare hesitate, immediately throwing out a Dissolution Crystal. Amidst a series of explosions, the giant beast shielded its head with its hands, seeming not to pause at all, leaping out of the smoke with the impact of the explosion.
The red-haired girl naturally felt the threat from behind. Desperate, she could only command the warhorse to leap into the air. But Eckmen stabbed the ground with both hands, and stone pillars shot up from the ground behind them, aiming directly at the two.
Although Qian immediately commanded the warhorse to change direction, the prolonged tension inevitably caused her fatigue, causing a momentary delay in reaction. This resulted in the stone pillar accurately striking the warhorse’s hind leg; the back half of the Platinum War Steed was knocked sideways, crashing into a tree.
The massive impact threw Brando and the red-haired girl off the horse, and when he realized it, he had already hit the ground heavily. For a moment, Brando almost thought he was back in the Buqi mansion that night—when he was thrown by that skeleton, it felt just , a dizzying sensation like a bomb going off in his head.
But Brando wasn’t initially worried about a concussion or any other injuries. He knew there was still a deadly creature ready to finish him off.
His hand pressed against the last Dissolution Crystal, trying to get up instinctively, but before he could react, a hand pressed him down by the chest.
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It was Qian’s voice. Brando tried to open his eyes, but his vision was blurry. He could only faintly make out her face, the red-haired girl looking at him:
"I’ll stall that thing, buy you some time."
"What are you going to do?"
Brando shook his head, dazedly asking. He felt a sharp pain in his back, making him fear his spine might be broken.
"Don’t worry about me. I’m also a Divine Envoy, the worst that brainless thing can do is seriously injure me—"
"I think I told you about the traits of a Divine Envoy... cough cough." Brando squinted, his vision still unclear. He coughed, struggling to sit up, then felt her help him a bit.
She snorted coldly by his ear, then let go of him, "The horse is behind, don’t waste time." Saying that, she lifted her axe gun and turned around—in her sight, the giant monster had already broken three trees as it charged towards them.
Qian leveled her long gun, gritting her little tiger teeth.
Brando looked at Qian’s back, stunned. But he quickly struggled to get up and grabbed the reins of the Platinum War Steed. He couldn’t waste any time; this was no moment for argument. Since Qian had made her choice, he had to cooperate fully.
This was the basic rule for team activities.
Otherwise, the opportunity would be wasted in hesitation.
Brando mounted the horse and immediately commanded it to gallop. Looking back on horseback, he saw Qian being swept away by the Earth Envoy’s palm. The girl flew like a stone into the forest, making a series of crackling sounds.
Then she went silent.
Lower Gold rank was no match for the power of Elemental Awakening.
After confirming that the enemy had lost her combat capability, the Earth Envoy Eckmen once again targeted the still-fleeing insect. Without a direct command, the Envoy was governed by the blood-sourced fury from Divine Blood, its primary goal being to kill all moving things.
Especially as Brando feared it might go back to trouble the red-haired girl, he threw another Dissolution Crystal to re-focus the monster’s hatred on him.
But the time Qian bought made a difference.
Because at that moment, Brando finally reactivated the cooling down Charge Skill. With three sharp turns, a streak of silver cut through the forest. In fact, boosted by the Platinum War Steed, Brando’s speed had, for the first time in this world, exceeded ten times one thousand Energy Levels.
This number was infinitely close to his peak dexterity attributes from his past life.
If someone were fortunate enough to witness this scene from above the forest, they would undoubtedly see a stunning silver streak bisect the entire forest, extending into the endless distance.
(PS. Continuous bursts are too exhausting; I need a rest. Played TERA on Korean servers today, and I have to say, they are ahead of us Chinese people.
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