Volume 1: Red Dust Sword Gate Chapter 2: The Power of Exploding Flame Crossbow

  Zhang Hao wailed in his mouth, but his footsteps did not stop. His right hand touched the Qiankun bag beside his waist, feeling the lifesaving things inside.

  As he ran, Zhang Hao suddenly discovered that his footsteps were exceptionally light, much faster than when he was in the game.

  "This can't be right! He had just entered the server not long ago, how could he have such a top-quality item as the Qian Kun Bag, and so many talismans? He began to realize this problem."

  "This Qiankun bag is in sync with my own heart's intent, but the talisman... I won't use it myself!"

  The situation is urgent and cannot be delayed.

  Feeling the talismans in his hand, they flashed through his mind one by one, changing rapidly.

  After some thought, Zhang Hao decided to try out the power of the Exploding Flame Crossbow.

  This thing has some weight, and I don't know what material it's made of. It feels compact and delicate in my hand, and it's a repeater crossbow. In the groove on the bottom, there are four crimson-colored things that are smaller than a little finger, resembling iron nails without edges. On top of each nail, there seems to be a Wind Chasing Symbol, and they're all flickering with flames.

  The most important thing is that this thing is extremely simple to use, just press down on the release button at the tail end.

  Zhang Hao did not know the power of the explosive crossbow, carefully observed the surrounding environment, and rushed into a dense forest.

  At this moment, a small qianhe suddenly flashed in his own dry universe bag.

  The pink little crane is not much different from the real-life paper crane, the only difference being that this little crane has a faint glow on it, like fireflies, which makes it look especially interesting and fun. This little thing can also feel a bit of spiritual energy.

  His fingers lightly touched Xiao Qianhe.

  Suddenly, a cold voice entered Zhang Hao's mind.

  "Zhang Hao, where are you now? Hurry up and tell me, I'm on my way over!"

  The voice sounds like a woman's, but it's cold and icy, as if she's angry, and it makes people feel very uncomfortable.

  Zhang Hao was annoyed at being chased, after all he was also the number one master in the server, and he didn't want his embarrassing situation to be seen by others.

  At this time, the cold voice sounded again, still the same sentence as before, without changing a single word, and even the tone was the same.

  "Zhang Hao, where are you now? Hurry up and tell me, I'm on my way over!"

  "Guess!"

  But thinking of the cold tone of this voice, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

  He muttered in a low voice that only he could hear: "Hmph! Who do you think you are?"

  Zhang Hao pinched Xiao Qianhe while speaking.

  "It's me, your senior sister!"

  Suddenly, he heard the voice in his mind again, Zhang Hao was taken aback, frightened and hastily put Xiao Qianhe into the Qiankun bag, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

  "It's really like seeing a ghost in broad daylight! I'm scared to death. Just now we were speaking so softly, how did she know?"

  "This messaging function is too high-tech! It feels like someone is speaking directly into my ear! If it were a familiar person, I'd definitely feel tickled, but if it's an unfamiliar voice, and one that's so cold and detached, it would scare me half to death!"

  Thinking while running quickly.

  The feeling of the monster's breath getting closer and closer behind him made Zhang Hao's heart tense, his gaming skills had all disappeared, and the properties of this monster were unknown. His hands, which had been tightly gripping the Exploding Crossbow, unconsciously tightened their grip again, and sweat quietly filled his palms.

  Looking ahead at the three large trees not far away, Zhang Hao had already made up his mind. His feet suddenly exerted force and rushed forward, and a layer of cyan light flashed on his tattered clothes, instantly increasing his speed by several points.

  The monster parted the weeds on both sides, its huge hand like a palm fan grasped a small tree and pulled it out violently, throwing it at Zhang Hao in front.

  So fierce, Zhang Hao stared in surprise at the fist-sized small tree flying towards him, about three meters away, and quickly flashed past a large tree.

  Dodged this sudden attack.

  Kept running forward desperately.

  The monster behind chased all the way, and it didn't know how many flowers and grasses were destroyed along the way.

  Zhang Hao's anger grew as he ran, his narrow eyes gradually narrowing, and the explosive crossbow in his right hand tightened a few more turns.

  Suddenly, the monster behind him let out a loud roar towards the sky, emitting a howling sound like thunder.

  Zhang Hao felt a sharp, piercing sound suddenly impacting him, and his advancing figure abruptly stopped for a moment. It was as if someone had swung a large hammer and struck the back of his head with great force, causing Zhang Hao to almost fall directly to the ground.

  He hastily tried to calm the anxiety in his heart, pulled out the fine iron sword behind him and swung it out with a flick of his wrist. Because the skills in the game couldn't be used, Zhang Hao tragically missed the target, and the fine iron sword flew out at an angle, lodging itself in a large tree, its hilt still trembling.

  The monster's breathing sound behind, near at hand, feeling a strong gust of wind coming from the back.

  He ran wildly, and Zhang Hao's instincts told him he was in danger. He suddenly darted behind a giant tree with a trunk as wide as three people could hug, and turned his head to look back. All he saw was a massive hand the size of a winnowing fan slamming violently onto the ancient tree that Zhang Hao had just passed by, sending wood chips flying everywhere and many splinters shooting in all directions. Zhang Hao narrowly avoided this brutal attack, and quickly dashed towards another giant tree. The leaves in the air rustled as they floated down.

  The withered yellow leaves danced in the wind, slightly blocking the monster's line of sight. The monster waved its hands back and forth, sending the leaves flying left and right.

  Zhang Hao sneered and pulled out his right hand from the Qiankun bag.

  The monster had just struck the tree with great force and before it could fully turn around, the falling leaves from the sky temporarily blocked its line of sight. How could he miss this heaven-sent opportunity?

  He suddenly steadied himself, his entire body making a sharp turn, heavily leaning against a large tree by the side of the road, holding the flamethrower flat against his abdomen, and pressed the firing button.

  Four crimson-colored iron nails shot out rapidly from the Exploding Flame Crossbow.

  A few meters of weeds beside the monster, branches were blown away by a strong gust of wind, and the surrounding air was violently sucked out as if by an invisible force. Zhang Hao's breath also stagnated for a moment.

  At such a close distance, the monster dodged and was unable to evade, all four crimson-colored small iron nails slammed into the monster's body.

  All that could be heard were a few muffled sounds, boom... boom... boom... followed by a massive fireball, bursting open fiercely.

  A heat wave swept in, rolling like a tide. The surrounding green grass, tree branches and fallen leaves in the air were instantly reduced to ashes.

  Zhang Hao instinctively reached out to support himself against the tree trunk, but as the heat wave approached, he took a few steps back. Suddenly, he felt like the air in his mouth was being sucked away, and his breathing stopped for several seconds. The connection between his breaths was blocked for several moments. When the heat wave arrived in front of him, a faint, pale light appeared on his tattered clothes, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head to extinguish all the scorching heat.

  "This is too much! If someone did this to me, I'd be done for!"

  He was thinking about it when a tall figure suddenly emerged from the flames, rolling out of the fire and continuing to roll for seven or eight zhang before finally getting up from the ground after the flames on his body had been extinguished.

  Zhang Hao stared at the monster with a face as black as ink.

  The monster's nose sprayed out two thick black smokes, its fine black eyes turned crimson at this moment, the strange symbols on its body kept flashing, matching its gnashing teeth and grinning expression, making Zhang Hao's heart tremble with fear.

  "My god! You're not dead yet?" Zhang Hao cursed in shock and anger, but then turned around with a smile and said, "This guy, there's something to be said, I'm just passing by! Just passing by." As Zhang Hao spoke, he looked at the monster's expression. The creature in front of him was charred black all over its body from the intense flames, its eyes were bright red like blood, but its face had no expression whatsoever, and not a hint of humanity.

  "This monster looks just like a dead man!" As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Hao felt a chill run down his spine.

  "And it seems like there's no such monster in the game?"