50 Kinder than Kind (1/2)

Chapter 50: Kinder than Kind

The speed at which the meteor fell was too fast. By the time Dan Liang and company realized that the meteor would fall near them, there was already no time to escape.

“Hurry, hurry up and put up your Psionic Barriers!” Dan Liang immediately shouted.

Everyone immediately jolted out of their daze. A huge explosion would ensue when the meteor crashed, so they had to put up their Psionic Barriers to survive the explosion.

Subconsciously, everyone produced a Psionic Barrier. Those convicts, who had expended most of their Psionic Power while running, did not dare to hold back as they immediately used up all their Psionic Power.

“Boom!”

The flaming meteor abruptly hit the ground, about a few hundred meters away from the group. A deafening explosion along with a violent wind swept up. Countless rubble and bricks flew up and were blown towards the group, assaulting them in a rain of debris.

A gigantic green shield suddenly appeared in front of all them, blocking all the debris.

Everyone was surprised. The shield was produced by Dan Liang. He got the rest to produce Psionic Barriers, but he had produced a Psionic Shield. Shields were naturally thicker than barriers, but shields could only defend in a single direction, and was unable to protect one’s entire body.

Although Dan Liang’s shield blocked the debris for everyone, he was exposed to the explosive storm. His clothes flared up as though his body was about to be lifted by the wind, but his feet rooted himself firmly to the ground. His stared with widened eyes as his face turned red.

The trembling convicts, who had produced Psionic Barriers, looked at Dan Liang’s back. Other than fear, they had no other expression.

The violent winds from the explosion was temporary, but the disaster had just begun.

Amidst the dust, a massive and terrifying figure slowly crept out of the gigantic crater, revealing its identity. It had a head of a ferocious tiger and a body of a snake that stretched more than a kilometer. The scales on its snake body shimmered with a silver luster, making it look extremely hard. The monster suddenly looked up and gave a deafening roar.

“Roar!”

At the moment the monster roared, it had slithered its body out of the crater. The monster’s snake-like body was dozens of meters in width. As it slithered on the ground, it produced a grinding sound as well as sending debris up. It made one’s hair stand on end and one’s body shudder with fear.

“B Class astral beast, Silver Scaled Tigerhead Snake.”

Liang Dan immediately determined the monster’s identity. He knew that they had no way to fight it. Just as he wanted to shout for everyone to flee, he saw that they had already run far into the distance in a sorry state.

The convicts had expended their Psionic Power to survive the explosion, so they were running as slow as a tortoise’s crawl at the moment. And running ahead of them was Delian and Hongmei, running faster than rabbits. They pulled away very quickly.

“No, they won’t be able to run away.”

To survive the crashing of meteor, one needed to first withstand the initial explosion, and then most importantly of all, escape from the astral beast’s aggro range. Although Delian and Hongmei ran quickly, it was still not enough, much less the convicts.

Dan Liang immediately circulated his Psionic Power, and ran towards the two people in front. He was the strongest amongst them, and was much stronger, so he quickly overtook the convicts and began to catch up with Delian and Hongmei.

“Help me. Save us!”

“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t abandon us? Liars, all of you are such darn liars!”

“Aren’t you a Hero? Fight the monster!”

“Please, don’t abandon us! No, you are just a demon wearing a coat of kindness. Come back!”

“…”

The convicts looked at Dan Liang’s figure that was slowly distancing itself from them. They were either crying or cursing as they carried their exhausted bodies forward in a panting run. They could feel the mocking and cruel gaze from the monster behind them. Their eyes were filled with despair as their spirits were on the brink of collapse.

Dan Liang heard what they said and his expression turned gloomier, but his eyes were still extremely bright. Very quickly, he caught up to Delian and Hongmei and he shouted, “Save those convicts!”

“Are you mad? How do we save them?”

Hongmei screamed back at Dan Liang’s “joke”. Her made-up face was already extremely pale and her trembling lips expressed her terror.

“Brother Dan, wake up! The three of us can’t even save ourselves, what more them. Let them be bait, at least they will delay the astral beast for a moment. Only then can we escape!”

Delian’s eyes were exuding a cold beam as he said words with no holds barred.

“I’ll delay the astral beast!”