Chapter 55: Encounter with the Twin Fury Lion.
"Get away from me!"
"No!!!"
"P-Please... h-help..."
Fear and despair filled their hearts as everyone tried to escape from the room. The stronger martial artists pushed down the weaker, sacrificing them for a chance to escape.
"There are only two doors left!" A voice shouted, filled with urgency and fear.
"Out of the way! Out of the way!"
With only two doors left, the group descended into battle. They all deployed their skills just in hope to escape from the evil energy.
Before the evil energy devoured them, half of them had died by the blade of a fellow human.
It was cruel, brutal. But in the face of survival, no one cared. Everyone for himself.
Bang!
One of the doors slammed shut, and before the second door could close, two people managed to squeeze through.
Bang!
"T-The door has closed..." A woman in her mid-thirties screamed, staring at the closed door with a lifeless expression.
Behind her, everyone froze, their faces contorted in panic.
"What should we do?"
"I don’t want to die!"
Ahhhh! Ahhhh!
Suddenly, a soul-rending scream came from behind, jolting them back to reality.
Turning their heads, they saw the dark evil energy filling the room. The previous stone giant statue had long vanished.
"F-ather... help." A young man sat on his butt and wailed.
Some were unwilling to succumb to their fate and brandished their weapons, attacking the dark energy, only for their weapons to be corroded, dissolving into dust.
"T-this...."
Even their weapons were useless against the evil dark energy. Before long, various miserable screams echoed throughout the massive room.
Slowly, the screams disappeared, and the evil dark energy receded. Standing in the room were hundreds of black skeletons carrying various weapons.
Suddenly, the black skeletons began to move. They split into various groups and headed toward the doors.
Whoosh!
The closed door opened automatically, letting them pass.
Unknown to Jun Wu and the others that managed to escape, a more terrifying entity had been released, and they were out to hunt.
...
Pushing his speed to the limit, Jun Wu did not dare relax. He moved from one corner to another. His heart pounded heavily against his chest like a war drum.
He arrived at a juncture where the passage split into three. He stared at the three passages for a moment, deliberating, before he picked the passage on his right.
As for why he picked the passage on the right, it was for no other reason. Racing through the passage, he discovered it was wider, not as narrow as before.
’Is this the way out...?’ He thought, his heart pounding with anticipation and excitement.
He arrived at the other end of the passage, and his heart skipped a beat. Staring at him were two-headed beasts.
The Twin Fury Lion.
Jun Wu’s breath hitched, and all the hair on his body stood on end. This was the most dangerous ruin beast he had ever encountered.
Every fiber of his being was screaming for him to escape. The two heads of the Twin Fury Lion locked on Jun Wu, and they rose.
Roar! Roar!
The Twin Fury Lion roared loudly, its faces marred with fury. They bared their fangs and pounced on Jun Wu.
Whoosh!
Jun Wu cast his defensive formation immediately.
Bang!
The Twin Fury Lion’s claws slammed into the defensive formation. Jun Wu was sent flying, crashing into the walls without leaving a dent.
But with the help of the defensive formation, he only sustained a minor injury. Realizing the puny human was still alive, the Twin Fury Lion’s fury erupted, and their fur stood straight.
The most dominant trait of the Twin Fury Lion was: the more they got furious, the stronger they became.
Watching the Twin Fury Lion pouncing toward him, Jun Wu scrambled to his feet and retaliated.
Slash! Slash!
Four Wind Blades cut through the air, attacking various sections of the Twin Fury Lion.
Under the Wind Blade attack, the Fury Lion ignored it, closing the distance in a few jumps and strikes.
Boom!
The defensive formation around Jun Wu trembled vehemently, cracks spreading everywhere.
Ahhh!
Jun Wu puked a mouthful of blood, and his face paled. Since he was the heart of the formation, his body was receiving the backlash.
’I can’t continue like this...’
The space was too small for him to set up an array formation, and his wind attacks seemed useless against the Twin Fury Lion.
Thus, he only had one option left.
Run.
Activating his Swift Wind Boots, he escaped with all his might.
Roar!
The Twin Fury Lion roared and chased. From the corner of his eye, Jun Wu saw it catching up to him.
"What!"
This was the first time his Swift Wind Boots could not gain any advantage. Nevertheless, he could not deny the help of the boots.
Quickly, he arrived at the previous crossroad and dived into the second passage. Behind him, the Twin Fury Lion was in hot pursuit.
The distance between them was barely ten meters, and it was shrinking.
Suddenly, Jun Wu entered a small room, but he was too concentrated and worried about the room as he began to set up an array formation.
Now, he had arrived in a spacious room. He could finally use his ability.
Whoosh!
Quickly, he sent out a barrage of wind strikes toward the Twin Fury Lion, but it ignored them.
Just then, Jun Wu remembered his Runic Revolver.
’Shi! How could I forget about my weapon?’
Quickly, he took out his Runic Revolver and fired four shots in quick succession.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Against the deadly weapon, the Twin Fury Lion agilely dodged the attack, trying to close the distance, but the attack suppressed its advance.
While shooting, Jun Wu did not stop setting up the array. He retreated, allowing the Twin Fury Lion to walk into his trap.
Roar! Roar!
Just then, Jun Wu noticed all the fur on the Twin Fury Lion glowing, a strong aura emanating from its body.
Seeing this, Jun Wu did not dilly-dally and rushed to complete setting up the array formation.
He took out a spirit stone from the spatial pouch and embedded it at the core of the array formation.
Looking at the human, the Fury Lion did not dodge the attack any longer and walked forward, its faces marred with unimaginable fury.
It was going to tear this human into pieces.
However, it only walked a couple of steps before the ground lit up.
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