Rise of the White Dragon

"You four deal with the snakes, and I will deal with that zombie buffalo," Luan said, knowing that the moment the zombie buffalo attacked would also be the moment that the snakes took advantage of to attack.

"You can count on me to deal with those snakes." Although Ingrid was also as strong as a monster in the Second Order when she used Qi, she did not want to steal game from Luan, and she also wanted to stay to protect Maira, Cristina, and Catharina in case any stronger monsters suddenly appeared.

"Big Brother, good luck," said Cristina.

Luan turned and smiled. Right after that, he took the backpacks off his shoulders and put them on the floor. Moving away a little, he kicked off the ground, running at full speed towards the zombie buffalo. It seemed that the closer Luan got to the zombie buffalo, the bigger this monster seemed to be.

Despite being a zombie and not having much intellect, it was a zombie in the Second Order and the level of intelligence of the zombie buffalo was superior to the other zombies that Luan had encountered previously.

Suddenly, the zombie buffalo threw itself at Luan like a ghost. It was so fast that it was hard to imagine that it was the same slow zombie buffalo that had been running towards Luan before.

Despite the zombie buffalo being very fast and its body being incredibly strong, Luan did not shy away from the attack. His left hand was enveloped in white smoke and turned into white dragon claws. With five claw-shaped fingers, Luan tore through the air and went towards the head of the zombie buffalo.

*Bang!*

Because of how the zombie buffalo ran faster, it left its body unprotected from Qi, and this was due to a unique ability that few animals had called [Speed]. Only animals with a large, strong body used this. It was a natural ability that left the body unprotected by Qi and used all the Qi on its legs, so the animal's speed, or in this case the zombie's speed, would increase dramatically.

From the head of the zombie buffalo Luan took a magic stone with his claws. Momentarily, the zombie buffalo fell to the ground and began to squirm.

All of a sudden, they heard a blood-curdling cry.

On the mountain, a giant centipede crawled up on the ground with its hundreds of legs. The direction the giant centipede was going was the direction of Maira and the girls.

Ingrid, who had just cut off a snake's head with her sword, returned the sword to its sheath and looked at the centipede that was advancing towards them at high speed. Without much time to think, Ingrid put her hand on her necklace that looked like a mini scythe and pulled on it. In the next instant, the mini scythe grew in Ingrid's hand, growing so big that she had to use two hands to hold it.

Maira pulled the pistol from her waist and shot in the direction of the centipede. Despite feeling the pistol's strong recoil, Maira was stronger than an ordinary human and managed to hold the pistol, only to see that even a Qi coated projectile bullet was useless against this centipede and the Qi bullets all ricocheted. "This centipede is powerful!"

"I got it!" With both hands on the scythe, Ingrid felt a little anemic because of her blood being sucked by the scythe, but not giving up, Ingrid got up and attacked towards the head of the approaching centipede.

*BOOM!*

The impact of the sickle hitting the centipede's head and striking the ground was so strong that it made the mountain tremble. Of course, this was not because Ingrid became powerful enough to do something like that, it was all thanks to the scythe that was a powerful item. And at that moment, the centipede's blood was being sucked into the scythe and that made the blow that still hadn't finished going deep into the earth even stronger.

*BOOM!*

Another loud crash was heard, and then the mountain trembled gravely. When Ingrid pulled back the scythe, she retained it and returned it to miniature size, fastening it again around her neck.

"My God! That was incredible!" Catharina said.

"Is the mountain still shaking?!" Cristina was a little afraid.

"Damn..." Only Luan noticed that things were not looking good for them. Luckily, he had already removed the magic stone from the zombie buffalo. Luan ran towards the girls while saying: "Take the bags and grab onto me! This mountain is going to collapse!"

Despite the fear that shone in their eyes when they heard what Luan said, Maira and the three girls did what Luan said and clung to him. Maira and Catharina hung onto Luan's back and Ingrid and Cristina were carried in his arms in front of him. Luan then kicked off the ground and his feet were wrapped in Qi.

"Ahhh! We are flying!" Catharina shouted, surprised.

"I don't get along with height; I'm afraid..." Ingrid closed her eyes as she wrapped her arm around Luan.

Luan continued to create steps with Qi and headed towards the forest. He needed to be quick if he was not going to exhaust his Qi, lest they fall on the mountain that was about to collapse.

*BANG!*

The mountain roared and just as Luan predicted, the mountain started to collapse. The monsters that lived inside the mountain became visible, be they snakes, ants, giant earthworms, among other monsters that are below the earth.

"Hold on tight to me," Luan said and accelerated his steps and continued to create Qi steps.

At the moment that they had left the mountain range and lost altitude, Luan said with a tired expression, "We will have to jump now. Prepare for the impact."

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

The girls' cries echoed, and they fell towards a cherry tree. The branches and leaves cushioned the fall, and they became covered with pink leaves all over their bodies as they fell heavily on the ground.

"Everyone is well?" Maira asked.

"Yes, mom," said Catharina.

"I'm fine too, mother-in-law." With her back to the floor, Ingrid laid there and said.

"I'm fine too, mom." Cristina was hanging from the tree and let go and fell to her feet.

"I am fine." Luan also responded. He was in a difficult situation since Catharina fell on his ass on top of him. But it wasn't heavy enough to hurt him, "Get off of me, Catharina."

"Oh, sorry." Catharina stood up and apologized, but she didn't look guilty when she smiled.

*ROOOOOOARRRR!*

The screams and roars of the creatures that lived on the mountain echoed. This scared the girls who were speechless for fear of attracting attention.

"Don't worry. They are too busy fighting each other to come here." Luan sighed with relief seeing that everyone was fine and cleaned his clothes. He also picked up the backpacks that had fallen on the floor and thanked himself for having put the most fragile items in the storage ring.

"Luan, I'm sorry," Ingrid said, feeling guilty. "It's all my fault!"

"It does not matter." Luan messed up her hair even more when he approached and made her look at him. "The important thing is that we are all well, and there was no way for you to have known that it would be so strong that it would make a mountain crumble. Just be more careful next time."

"Yes!" Ingrid nodded seriously.