Almost within reach.
Huai Shi instinctively held his breath. He felt flashes of lightning striking down like trees beside him, their wild descent reaching the ground. Immediately after, the roar of the storm spread with a howl.
The floodwaters, sweeping in from afar, completely submerged the spot where he had just been.
Laden with incredible power, the tsunami-like flood easily crushed the city ruins below to smithereens, swallowing the Abnormal Zone and spreading far and wide.
Above the tumbling muddy torrents, Huai Shi couldn't catch his breath amidst the tempest.
It was the emergency life-saving device—a paraglider he had taken out from his saddlebag—that had pulled him up into the sky at the last moment.
Now, swept by the furious winds, he felt like a leaf in the breeze, helplessly and awkwardly tumbling. He kept descending under the assault of the downpour, only to be lifted again by the storm.
Loud peals of thunder incessantly erupted around him.
