The midday sun burned directly overhead as the three-wagon transport of the Vermillion Sun Sect rolled into the narrow throat of Sunken Flame Gulch.
Heat shimmered off the red sandstone walls, distorting the air into rippling waves that blinded the twelve Qi Condensation outriders who rode their giant desert lizards in single file.
Before the lead wagon could clear the central bend, a sharp c***k split the canyon air as Ye Chen dropped a massive sandstone slab across the front path, followed instantly by another boulder collapsing behind the rear axle.
Ye Chen did not draw steel to butcher the escort.
Moving with the soundless, terrifying speed of System V2.0’s spatial calculation, he materialized on the lead wagon, striking the Core Formation escort captain with a precise, numbing mer
