Chapter 559 - Thousand Mile Pursuit [Two in One] (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
“Ah! My eyes!”
“Run!”
After the Freemason high-tier beastmasters exploded, together with their subdued beasts, the intense light produced was like a bright sun, blinding the crowd who was observing the situation from the side, forcing tears out of their eyes.
Everyone covered their eyes, crying out in pain.
That wasn’t the end of it. After the bright light faded, the resulting shockwave brought with it a terrifying momentum and swept out in all directions.
In the other three directions, the shockwave’s momentum was greatly reduced after it swept into the Freemasons’ buildings, destroying them. It didn’t spread too far before coming to a stop, not causing any further destruction.
Outside the Freemasons’ buildings, however, the relatively fewer buildings with unstable foundations weren’t able to slow the expansion of the shockwave.
The scattered buildings were flattened. The momentum of the shockwave continued unabated, sweeping out.
With that, the blinded crowd hundreds of meters away were in for some troubled times.
They weren’t able to evade at all, and were struck by the shockwave directly. Their fragile bodies were immediately swallowed up by the force, and they lost their lives instantly.
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However, no one cared about the life and death of the spectators.
Before the explosion happened, Zhang Che had warned everyone loudly. The military personnel all panicked, abandoned their subdued beasts, and flew away.
For a brief moment as the shockwave swept its way through, subdued beast after subdued beast was torn to shreds and turned into masses of light, like a beautiful display of fireworks.
However, the soldiers were in too much of a hurry when retreating. About a dozen of them didn’t manage to get out of the range of where the shockwave was the strongest. Even a few high-tier beastmasters whose physiques were far stronger than ordinary men were unable to withstand such a powerful shockwave. Blood spewed out from their seven orifices, and they died without being able to make a sound, meeting their tragic ends.
“Damn it!” At the rear, Huang Juyun became extremely angry after witnessing this scene. He immediately ordered his subdued beast, the Metal Tyrant, to quickly rush up, and block for a bunch of soldiers who couldn’t retreat in time, taking on the terrifying shockwave.
The violent shockwave produced rumbling noises when it struck the Metal Tyrant. Many scars appeared on its body instantly. Some tiny objects resembling metal fragments flew off of its body.
Even this powerful epic-quality subdued beast was heavily injured after it was struck by the shockwave!
Fortunately that fellow had an incredibly tough defense, and didn’t die on the impact. Otherwise, Huang Juyun would have been so sad he wouldn’t even have had the heart to cry.
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Zhang Che was flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon towards the Freemason headquarter’s main courtyard.
The dragon’s advantage in speed was fully displayed here.
Although Zhang Che was very close to the detonation point earlier, he still managed to retreat hundreds of meters on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon after recalling his other pets and subdued beasts. He wasn’t hit by the shockwave at all.
Even so, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.
-As expected of the methods of the demons! He Luotu ordered his subordinates to self-detonate right away when he realized things weren’t in his favor. Luckily I noticed it early, or I might have met my end there!
-This fellow has to die, or there’ll be endless troubles!- Zhang Che decided in his heart at that moment. He had to kill the demon-possessed He Luotu here, no matter the price!
If he was allowed to escape, heavens knew what kind of trouble he would cause in the future!
Putting all else aside, that fellow was skilled in controlling the souls of others. If he escaped and found another batch of powerful mid and high-tier beastmasters, then had them go to areas with dense populations and cause another huge explosion, the results would be unthinkable!
At that thought, Zhang Che had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stop, and hurriedly looked back where he was earlier. He saw He Luotu on an airborne subdued beast, gaining altitude and trying to leave this place.
“This time I definitely can’t let you escape!” Zhang Che murmured. Without a second thought, he ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly higher and gave chase to them.
“Uncle Huang, I’ll leave it to you to take care of the rest. Leave He Luotu to me!”
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Huang Juyun was shocked. Although he was worried about Zhang Che’s safety, he wasn’t in a good position to ask him to stay in front of all the soldiers.
After all, judging by the speed He Luotu was leaving, even if the soldiers present had epic-quality subdued beasts, it would be difficult for them to catch up to him. He could only let Zhang Che, who owned an epic-quality beast like the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon whose speed was its forte chase after He Luotu.
“Be careful, Xiaoche!”
Helpless about it, Huang Juyun could only shout out a reminder to tell Zhang Che to watch out for his own safety. His underlying meaning was to tell him not to force things if it didn’t seem possible.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s figure was about to disappear from the sights of those present, leaving behind only Zhang Che’s trailing voice.
“Don’t worry, Uncle Huang. I won’t let this fellow get away!”
Huang Juyun raised his head to look at the sky in the end, then sighed and lowered his head, shifting his gaze to the ruins caused by the explosion earlier. He ordered sternly, “Search this area immediately. Don’t let even one cult member get away!”
“Yes, General!” the soldiers under him responded loudly.
Almost all of the Freemasons’ high-end forces had self-detonated. Their president had made his escape, leaving only the lowly pawns behind. It wasn’t at all difficult for the powerful soldiers to clean up the rest.
A huge number of subdued beasts were summoned out by the soldiers, surrounding the Freemason headquarters tightly. The residual members of the Freemasons couldn’t form a decent resistance and were wiped out.
Of course, they were not people who didn’t care about their life and death. Most of them surrendered. They were stripped of their combat gear and were forced to hand over their beast cards, then arrested and escorted away.
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“Damn it, that brat actually has such a speedy subdued beast! He really deserves to die!”
He Luotu had originally thought he could escape safely, but after he had flown dozens of kilometers southeast on his flying mount, he suddenly realized Zhang Che was actually giving chase on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Zhang Che’s speed wasn’t any inferior to his, and was even slightly faster!
He Luotu knitted his brow tightly. He believed he wasn’t a match for this human warrior, and thus he could only grit his teeth and continue fleeing southeast.
Originally, he had planned on flying to another city to look for his other clones, and build up another organization.
However, Zhang Che was chasing him relentlessly. The military’s air forces would surely move quickly and surround him from all sides. It would be almost impossible for him to get away if he continued staying on the mainland.
As such, He Luotu quickly changed his plans and directly flew in the direction of the sea.
Xinfan City was only a few hundreds of kilometers away from the ocean. Once he reached the waters, there’d only be that brat behind chasing him at the most. At that time, he’d have more options to take, be it fighting or running.
He Luotu wasn’t afraid. As for the possible dangers that might appear at sea, he didn’t care at all.
The exotic beasts that remained above the waters for the past decades were indeed a huge threat for humans. But to He Luotu, they were nothing.
It could even be said that if he really couldn’t shake off that brat’s pursuit, he could totally abandon this body and take over one of those exotic beasts, easily making his escape.