CHAPTER 46 — "THE ONES WHO STAND"
The King-tier monster moved first.
No roar.
No warning.
Just a sudden, violent charge.
The ground shattered as its massive body surged forward, each step detonating the earth beneath it. Trees were torn out of the soil and flung aside like debris caught in a storm.
It wasn't targeting one person.
It was targeting everything behind them.
The injured.
The unconscious.
The ones who couldn't run.
THE FIRST LINE
Ling Yifan felt it before he saw it.
The pressure hit his chest like a hammer.
"…No—"
He didn't think.
Didn't plan.
He moved.
Broken ribs screamed as he forced his body forward, spear dragging a jagged line through the dirt. His vision blurred, blood dripping freely from his chin, but he planted himself directly in the monster's path.
Behind him—
Bai Qianlan screamed his name.
Chen tried to move and failed.
Long Hao shouted something he couldn't hear.
Ling Yifan raised his spear.
Both hands.
Both arms shaking.
"STOP."
