A piercing squeal echoed, startling countless birds and beasts.
From within the huge cloud of smoke came the terrifying sounds of a panicked stampede.
CRACK! BOOM!
A tree as thick as a bowl was snapped in two, and its trunk came crashing down.
Lanshan covered his mouth and nose, narrowly avoiding the tree.
The sound of four hooves pounding the earth charged toward him. Lanshan held his breath, stood his ground, and circulated the power in his body.
Then, a Demon Beast emerged from the smoke, its body wreathed in fumes. Its eyes were bloodshot, the smoke from the Five Obstacles Pill having choked its lungs, and it wheezed like a bellows.
A second pair of scorched-yellow tusks, usually hidden, flipped out from its mouth.
A direct hit would have been forceful enough for the four tusks to tear Lanshan apart.
"Hah!"
Lanshan was already prepared. Before the drooling Demon Beast could get close, he struck out with his open hand, fingers spread like a claw.
