CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH…
SKITTER SKITTER SKITTER…
As they neared the riverbank, the ant tide behind them grew more frenzied, its advance quickening.
BANG—
VROOOM—
The cars at the rear were devoured by the black tide one by one.
Some, in their haste to accelerate, rear-ended the vehicles in front, and both sank into the ant tide.
A large number of people were lost to the ant tide.
The tail of the once-long convoy of survivors was caught, and in an instant, half of it was devoured.
“Bro!
The ants are getting closer and closer!”
Chen Xinran, in the back seat, had been staring out the rear window.
She watched with her own eyes as the black tide drew nearer and grew larger, until the car behind them failed to accelerate.
Black ants swarmed its trunk, its rear window, side windows, front window…
Finally, they dragged the entire vehicle in.
All she could see was the terrified face of the person in the driver’s seat, just before they were completely covered by the black tide.
“The car behind us is gone!
They’re about to swarm our car!”
Chen Xinran cried out, watching the ant tide that was now right upon them.
She whipped her head around, instinctively looking toward her brother in the front passenger seat.
The golden-eyed young man, however, looked at the youth in the driver’s seat.
“It’s about time.
Chen Tong, use the Sun and Moon Bow.”
The youth in the business jacket said calmly, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel.
The golden-eyed young man, Chen Tong, nodded.
He opened the side window and looked back at the ant tide, now about five or six meters high.
Raising two fingers to the sky, he shouted:
“Sun and Moon Bow, manifest in the moon!”
A crack split open in a patch of the sky, which had been covered in dark clouds and pouring rain.
Bright, gentle moonlight spilled from the crack, scattering shimmering points of light across the river and the wilderness.
The crack widened until half a crescent moon, shaped like a bow, was revealed.
It shone with incomparable brilliance in the dark, rainy night.
The vehicles stopped by the river and those still fleeing couldn’t help but look up at the sky, their mouths agape in astonishment at the strange phenomenon.
“In the sky!
It’s the moon!”
“The moon is out!”
“SOB…
I don’t want to die!
Moon, save me…”
“Why did the moon suddenly appear?”
…
Ignoring the clamor of voices, Chen Tong estimated that the Moon Bow’s power had gathered sufficiently.
He raised his fingers, then brought them down forcefully as he shouted again:
“The bright moon is here!
Loose ten thousand arrows!”
Instantly, thousands of Light Arrows shot out from the crescent moon, plunging into the black tide like meteors and splashing up sprays of blood.
FWOOSH FWOOSH FWOOSH— FWOOSH FWOOSH— FWOOSH FWOOSH FWOOSH—
CHITTER…
SKITTER…
The once-ferocious ant tide was driven back several meters by the thousands of Moon Arrows, buying a significant amount of time for the cars behind.
BANG—
BANG—
The Moon Arrows exploded into silver fireworks as they hit the ground.
The brilliant light was so dazzling that Jiang Jianxin poked her head out of her car, her eyes sparkling as she watched the arrows shooting from the moon.
“Is this a Talent, too?
It’s so strong.”
Shen Ye, who was sitting in the car holding his blade, identified the person just by listening to the sounds outside the window:
“Chen Tong.
War Camp.
Talent: [Sun and Moon Bow].
Sword Holder Sequence, number 217.
Two paths: [Multi-phase] and [Summoning].
Currently ranked eighteenth in the War Camp.”
Jiang Jianxin pulled her head back in and looked at him in surprise.
“This strong…
and he’s only ranked eighteenth?”
Shen Ye said faintly:
“The War Camp is the largest of the three major camps.
It’s filled with powerful individuals.
His Talent requires summoning and charging time.
Compared to those ranked above him, it’s still weak.”
Jiang Jianxin seemed to only half-understand.
From the back seat, Lin Xin’an patted her on the shoulder.
“Stop gawking at his ability.
Get ready.
The car I told you about is about to pull up.”
The words had barely left his mouth when a white SUV drifted past the cars at the very end of the line, overtaking them and arriving at the pile of vehicles by the river with incredible style.
These were all cars that had been forced to stop at the riverbank.
The white SUV didn’t slow down as it reached the cluster of vehicles; instead, it accelerated and charged straight upward.
VROOOOM—
The river water, which had been churning from the force of the downpour, suddenly surged into a monstrous wave.
The rising tide formed the shape of a bridge in the air, catching the white SUV on its surface.
It was at this moment that Lin Xin’an shouted:
“Quick, follow it!”
BEEP…
VROOOM—
Jiang Jianxin slammed on the gas.
Under the cover of the Dark Night, she quickly leaped past the other stationary vehicles, following closely behind the white SUV onto the water bridge.
After her, the other vehicles also reacted, quickly starting their engines and driving after the black sedan.
GURGLE…
The water bridge was wide but very slippery.
It was Jiang Jianxin’s first time driving on such a bridge, and her palms instantly grew sweaty with nerves.
Through the front windshield, she could see the figures of the people in the white SUV ahead.
There were four people packed inside.
Jiang Jianxin and Shen Ye didn’t recognize them, but Lin Xin’an couldn’t contain his curiosity and sneakily stuck his head out from between their seats.
He squinted at the blurry silhouettes and, relying purely on Intuition, managed to identify all four of them.
“Yo, I thought Yin Ju would be driving his own car.
I didn’t expect him to be in the same car as Chen Tong and Zhao Ping’an.”
“Don’t recognize the little lady in the white dress in the back, but she’s probably a normal person.
I’m not sensing any mental fluctuations from a Talent.”
Jiang Jianxin didn’t know any of these people.
Shen Ye knew them but didn’t want to talk.
So, only Lin Xin’an’s voice filled the car:
“Three powerful Talent Users with one normal person…
The girl is most likely related to them.”
As a knowledgeable expert from the Bright Camp, Lin Xin’an had figured out the four people in the car with just a few sentences.
SKITTER SKITTER SKITTER…
The ant tide on the bank did indeed stop when it reached the river’s edge.
It couldn’t even step onto the water bridge and could only halt there, gathering into a towering, terrifying black mountain.
GURGLE…
Their car had already crossed more than half of the water bridge.
Lin Xin’an was watching the bridge when he suddenly heard a strange noise and whipped his head to the right.
RUMBLE—
A wave on their right side took the shape of a blade, rising ten meters high.
From the long line of cars, it accurately singled out Jiang Jianxin’s vehicle and slashed straight toward it.
Lin Xin’an’s heart leaped, and he shouted a warning:
“Shen Ye, take out that giant wave on the right!”
Shen Ye’s reaction was swift.
The Dark Night quickly formed a black curtain that silently devoured the giant wave.
All that could be heard was the deafening roar as the remaining water crashed back into the river.
“What was that all about?”
Jiang Jianxin, having seen the sudden attack, frowned in displeasure.
That wave just now was extremely targeted.
It was hard not to suspect it was deliberate.
Hearing this, Shen Ye pursed his lips, and Lin Xin’an coughed awkwardly.
Jiang Jianxin’s gaze shot toward Lin Xin’an like a sharp blade.
He immediately threw his hands up and confessed:
“Er…
about that…
I forgot.
That Yin Ju, the one who controls water?
He despises the Madhouse.”
“So, it looks like he was trying to kill us right here in the water.”