In the pitch-black rainstorm, dozens of steel beasts made deafening roars and chased each other by relying on the faint light.
At this time, the ground had been divided into a crisscrossed checkerboard shape by the rain and mud. In the darkness where visibility was extremely low, it was impossible to tell which part was the flat land with shallow water and which part was the ditch and swamp that were several meters deep. It was all based on intuition and even a trace of luck.
Despite Li Yao's excellent driving skills and astonishing senses, he was still close to falling into the ravines and swamps several times when he was rushing in the storm, the thunder, and the swamps. The off-road vehicle groaned again and again. The two passengers on the vehicle felt that their blood was freezing, and they were scared out of their wits.
The pursuers behind him did not have such amazing driving skills. Some of them fell into the seemingly inconspicuous "small puddles" on the side of the road, and most of the cars sank vertically. Some of them had their tires entangled by muddy branches, weeds, and other messy things. No matter how hard they tried, other than billowing black smoke coming out from the bottom of the car, they could not increase their speed. Some of them even deviated from the direction and fell into the originally non-existent torrential river, and were instantly washed away without a trace by the flood.
Even so, there were still more than a dozen off-road vehicles getting closer and closer to Li Yao's team.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! "
The roof of these off-road vehicles was equipped with launchers. From the black muzzles, it was either a special fiber net used to wrap the tires or a chain with sharp barbs. They wanted to pierce Li Yao's off-road vehicle and firmly lock them together.
There were even a few fearless hunters who had climbed to the roof of their vehicles, ready to jump over when the distance between the two sides was close.
No matter how skilled and bold Li Yao was, his forehead was oozing with a layer of white sweat in the face of such a crazy pursuit.
In order to avoid the two steel hooks, he had to change the direction. The off-road vehicle was a little out of control, and one of the pursuers jumped toward his off-road vehicle.
It was too late to change the direction. Li Yao gritted his teeth and hit a big rock in front of him with the right tire. The entire vehicle was hit by the big rock and flew into the air. The roof of the vehicle tilted 45 degrees, perfectly dodging the hunter who jumped over. The hunter's foot had touched the roof of Li Yao's car, but he slipped and slid down. He let out a muffled groan and disappeared into the darkness, no longer making a sound.
"Phew …"
Li Yao slightly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax his taut nerves in the slightest. He could already hear the sound of billowing turbid waves and raging torrents in front of him. It was none other than the Spirit Stream, the largest river within a radius of a hundred kilometers!
Since it was called a stream, it was not that fierce and dangerous. However, under the onslaught of the rainstorm, the Spirit Stream had long become a dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. The collapsed mountains upstream had brought a lot of rocks and mud, making the river no longer as clear and tranquil as before. It was like magma that had no temperature but had increased its speed and strength. It was daunting.
The village road built along the Spirit Stream, on the other hand, was the most dangerous road of death. On one side was the surging Spirit Stream, and on the other side was a steep cliff. It was impossible to see what was on the mountain clearly because of the haze, but boulders the size of a head were falling from above nonstop. Some of them directly fell into the Spirit Stream, splashing hideous mud, and some of them hit the village road brutally, almost collapsing it completely.
Even on normal days, nobody was willing to walk on the village road that was only three to five meters wide at most. In such terrible weather, even a drunk lunatic would've sobered up if he came here.
However, Li Yao was neither a lunatic nor drunk.
He was only slightly crazier than a drunk lunatic.
Looking at the village road that was sandwiched between a cliff and a flood under the thundering sky, Li Yao suddenly thought of the scene where countless meteoroids and interstellar dust in the depths of the universe were swallowed by lightning and lunged at him in the stone belts.
No matter how dangerous the environment in front of his eyes was, it was still far from the life-and-death race in the stone belts!
Li Yao stepped on the gas pedal hard. The off-road vehicle rushed onto the village road like an arrow that had just been shot. Between the raging waves, the falling rocks, and the collapsing village road, the off-road vehicle cut through the wind and waves and pressed forward unstoppably!
The headlights of the pursuers behind him obviously paused for a moment.
They did not seem to have expected that Li Yao would be as crazy as this.
Without hesitating for long, the Awakened who were as crazy as him still followed him.
However, the word "crazy" wasn't enough to describe one's progress on this path of death.
Not only were the two sides of the village road full of dangers, but the road ahead was also zigzagging and abrupt. One moment of carelessness, and the vehicle would rush off the road and into the Spirit Stream, which would be equivalent to immediate death. There would be no chance of survival at all.
If they slowed down and moved forward cautiously, not to mention whether or not they would lose their target, the falling rocks on the cliff would be enough to smash the roof of their vehicle or even throw them into the flood.
In less than ten minutes, four off-road vehicles of the pursuers had already disappeared into the flood.
Li Yao's situation was not much better. He was almost hit by the rocks several times. The shell of the off-road vehicle was already scratched and scratched. Even the engine had been hit hard and was emitting strange noises.
But he could not stop here.
He had to rush over.
"Ahhh!"
Daniel Zhang and the Phantom Cat shrieked at the same time.
Under the illumination of the pale light, a series of crisscrossing cracks suddenly appeared on the cliff in front of them. A large part of the mountain was completely collapsing. Countless fist-sized, head-sized, and even larger boulders continuously rolled down, hitting the village road like hailstones.
It seemed that in another three to five seconds, the village road would be completely broken by the rocks or blocked by the collapsed mountain.
Li Yao did not even bat an eyelid. He sped up again and rushed toward the collapsed mountain.
Daniel Zhang and the Phantom Cat's screams were even more piercing, but no matter how loud they were, Li Yao turned a deaf ear to them. At this time, the world seemed to have become deathly silent. There were only three kinds of sounds that were particularly loud. The first was the sound of the falling rocks hitting the village road and the roof of the car. The second was the roaring of the off-road vehicle's engine. The third was Li Yao's own heartbeat!
He could not tell whether it was the sound of his heartbeat or the sound of the rocks hitting the hood, roof, and windows.
"Huala!"
The window of the car was smashed by a flying piece of gravel. The gravel brushed past Li Yao's cheek and flew out, leaving a deep ravine on his face. Blood flowed out and mixed with sweat, just like a dark red tattoo.
Li Yao's eyes also turned scarlet.
Even if there was an iron wall in front of him, he would charge through it, let alone a hailstorm of falling rocks!
Whoosh!
The car was getting faster and faster. The front wheel hit another falling rock, and the off-road vehicle soared into the air, creating a series of dazzling sparks as it rubbed against the cliff. The three of them felt as if they were riding on clouds. Then, they heard the sound of crashing rocks coming from behind them. When the off-road vehicle landed heavily, they looked through the rearview mirror and saw that the village road behind them had disappeared. It had been completely broken by the falling rocks!
The two off-road vehicles of the pursuers did not have time to stop in time. They fell through the broken part of the village road, mixed with mud and rocks, and were washed away by the turbid flood.
Li Yao even saw three to five agile Awakened ones jump out of the vehicles and try to swim to the riverbank. But at this moment, the spirit stream was filled with mud and rocks. The former stuck to them like glue, while the latter hit their heads and torsos like the sharp blades in a meat grinder. Soon, the Awakened ones disappeared in the whirlpool of the flood and did not show up again.
The remaining pursuers stopped at the broken part of the village road by a hair's breadth.
But this could not guarantee their safety.
The village road was already quite loose after being hit by the heavy rain. It had just been attacked by falling stones, and now with the weight of so many off-road vehicles, how could it still hold up? Soon, there was a "kacha kacha" sound, and it continued to collapse.
The pursuers hurriedly reversed their vehicles, but in such an environment, reversing a vehicle was a hundred times more difficult than driving normally. Before they could completely withdraw from this dangerous section of the road, the village road collapsed for another hundred meters. Three off-road vehicles fell into the spirit stream one after another. Fortunately, the Awakened ones in the vehicles had seen that the situation was bad and had already escaped, jumping to other vehicles.
But the distance of the broken village road was more than a hundred meters, which meant that there was no way that they could send them here.
Seeing this, Li Yao stepped on the accelerator again and continued to move forward.
All the dangers seemed to have been released at this point. Even the storm had subsided. They drove out of the village road safely and finally saw a flat paved road. Daniel Zhang and the Phantom Cat could not help but vomit. They vomited for half a minute, and even the acid water and bile were about to be vomited out.
"This place is not far from the border. There shouldn't be too rugged terrain ahead, right?"
Li Yao's expression was normal. He held the steering wheel with one hand and tapped on the computer with the other to check the satellite map. "There shouldn't be any pursuers now. What should we do —"
Before he finished his sentence, an unstoppable white light suddenly drilled in from the roof of the car, smashed the computer, and drilled into the dashboard of the off-road vehicle.
It was only then that they heard a "whoosh" sound.
It was an arrow!
Daniel Zhang and the Phantom Cat were stunned. They did not even have time to react.
Li Yao cursed inwardly as he looked up through the hole made by the arrow. He happened to see the archer who had shot his lightsaber in midair.
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