The giant claw lifting up scattered gravel ascended.
"Caught..."
Under the dull rumble, the giant claw slowly unfurled, twisting bodies mingled with soil and stone whispering faintly, transforming into nightmare-like shadows and dissipating.
At the edge of rising dust, chaotic outlines broke through the pervasive haze, running toward the distance.
Stones fell through the gaps in the giant claw, and the swelling mist shrouded the claw's outline. Tranquility lasted only a moment before desperate despair enveloped the ground Lu Li had just passed — rock erupted, toppling the followers gathered for protection.
"Scatter and run."
Lu Li couldn't let his followers suffer meaningless losses here.
The followers and Merchant Anthony scattered, revealing the pulsating limbs of Puxiu running alongside, shouting at his heels, "Do I have to too!"
"All of you."
"Mr. Luli, you must escape!"
Puxiu dashed away at an angle, thrown toward the fleeing followers by the suddenly upheaved ground.
