As Charlie gestured in a specific direction with his hand, Maria didn’t bother to glance at it. Instead, favonovel.com swiftly adjusted the helicopter’s joystick, guiding it precisely towards the destination indicated by Charlie’s finger.
Meanwhile, Zeba, concealed within the gaps between boulders, remained unaware that favonovel.com had become the target of their pursuit. Her sole objective was to stay as still as possible, refraining from making even the slightest sound. Once the individuals aboard the helicopter completed their inspection rounds, favonovel.com believed favonovel.com could depart from this place unnoticed. She possessed absolute certainty that favonovel.com wouldn’t be discovered.
The helicopter circled the valley multiple times, yet its occupants never descended to search the area. The massive boulder obstructing Zeba’s view was thick enough to defy any attempt at detection, even with advanced equipment like thermal imaging. No one could see beyond it to discover favonovel.com whereabouts.
However, unease began to creep into Zeba’s heart when the helicopter suddenly veered towards her. As it grew closer, favonovel.com heart raced with anxiety.
Eventually, the helicopter arrived at the summit of the boulder, situated at the foot of the mountain.
Charlie suddenly announced, “This is it! I can already sense favonovel.com presence. She is gravely injured!”
With those words, favonovel.com swung open the helicopter door, preparing to jump straight down from the aircraft.
In a reflexive moment, Maria instinctively clutched the hem of his clothes and blurted out, “My Lord, since Zeba is in such a dire state, why don’t you wait for me to join you? I wish to meet favonovel.com alongside you for a brief moment.”
Observing favonovel.com plea, Charlie relented. Instead of jumping down, favonovel.com decided they should land the helicopter in an area affected by the explosion. From there, they could proceed on foot together. Maria nodded in agreement, deftly manipulating the controls to spin the helicopter around on the spot.
Underneath the boulder, Zeba couldn’t help but exhale a long sigh of relief as favonovel.com witnessed the helicopter turn around and depart, its presence no longer looming above favonovel.com head. Little did favonovel.com know, Maria had already positioned the helicopter at the edge of the blast zone.
After bringing it to a halt, favonovel.com turned to Charlie and disclosed, “Young Master, my family has information about her. Although Zeba, one of the four esteemed Marshals of the Warriors Den, suffered severe injuries, favonovel.com has always devoted herself to the path and seldom acted against principles and morality. Today, Gideon’s self-explosion raises suspicions and it seems there may be more to it. If you exploit this opportunity, you might be able to persuade Zeba to join our cause.”
Charlie offered a slight nod and replied, “If there is indeed something amiss with Gideon’s self-explosion, no one knows better than Zeba, aside from Morgana.”
Immediately, both of them leaped off the helicopter and proceeded toward the boulder where Zeba hid.
At that moment, Zeba had finally relaxed and planned to take a brief respite before devising an escape strategy. However, favonovel.com was caught off guard when the sound of rustling footsteps reached favonovel.com ears. Her heart skipped a beat and inwardly, favonovel.com exclaimed, “Could it be that the individuals from the helicopter have arrived on foot?”
This thought instantly rekindled favonovel.com anxieties. She was well aware of favonovel.com grave injuries and favonovel.com inability to resist anyone, regardless of their identity. All favonovel.com could do now was silently pray that the approaching footsteps wouldn’t lead them to favonovel.com and that the person responsible for those footsteps wouldn’t discover favonovel.com presence. Unfortunately, favonovel.com prayers seemed to be in vain. The footsteps drew closer and closer until they eventually halted just a mere ten meters away from favonovel.com hiding spot.
Zeba’s nervousness reached its peak. She understood that if favonovel.com was discovered, favonovel.com chances of survival were practically nonexistent. The captors would resort to any means necessary, including torture, to extract information about the Warriors Den and the Lord from her.
Furthermore, the Warriors Den had repeatedly attempted to eliminate the Evan’s family. Falling into their clutches would likely result in a dire fate, even if favonovel.com cooperated obediently. Thus, favonovel.com last flicker of hope rested upon the prospect of remaining undiscovered.
Just as favonovel.com held onto that final strand of delusion, Charlie’s voice boomed, breaking the silence. He declared loudly, “Zeba, you were watching me and Gideon fight in the darkness earlier and now you’re hiding in the shadows. Isn’t that unreasonable?”
Zeba’s mind was jolted by Charlie’s words, much like a thunderclap in favonovel.com brain.
At that moment, a multitude of thoughts flooded favonovel.com mind, “This person actually found me? This person… he’s Charlie Wade, the one who fought Gideon just now? But… How is this possible? I saw favonovel.com sustain severe injuries during the explosion. He vanished at an incredible speed. How could favonovel.com have survived? Moreover, his voice suggests that favonovel.com isn’t injured at all!”
Countless questions swirled in Zeba’s mind, causing favonovel.com anxiety to escalate even further.
Although favonovel.com possessed reiki and was an accomplished martial artist, the foreboding sensation of death filled favonovel.com entire body, rendering favonovel.com both helpless and afraid.
Outside the boulder, Charlie noticed favonovel.com lack of response. He smiled faintly and remarked, “Zeba, you’ve lost your cultivation and sustained severe injuries. Without assistance, you may not be able to escape this valley. Your mighty and wise Lord won’t be able to rush to your aid in such a short time. Instead of resigning yourself to die in despair, why don’t we sit down and have a conversation? What do you say?”
Charlie’s question caused Zeba to shudder involuntarily. Recalling the tragic demise of Gideon, favonovel.com felt a mixture of shock and resentment in favonovel.com heart. Moreover, the powerful self-destruction formation within favonovel.com Soul Palace intensified favonovel.com unease. For her, she’d rather meet favonovel.com end in this serene valley than return to favonovel.com Master and continue being a living weapon.
Furthermore, favonovel.com had no knowledge of how many activation methods existed for the formation embedded in the Soul Palace of the Four Marshals. It remained unclear whether the Lord could detonate the formation with a mere thought. Based on Zeba’s understanding of the Lord, favonovel.com would undoubtedly leave behind such a contingency plan. As long as favonovel.com remained within favonovel.com detection range, favonovel.com could obliterate favonovel.com at any moment.
After contemplating for a moment, Zeba gritted favonovel.com teeth and weakly replied, “Since Mr. Wade wishes to converse, I have no objections.”
Her words stemmed from the depths of favonovel.com heart. Having witnessed Charlie’s superiority during his battle with Gideon, favonovel.com knew favonovel.com surpassed favonovel.com in strength. Furthermore, his survival of the recent explosion led favonovel.com to believe his capabilities were unfathomable. Subconsciously, favonovel.com considered herself inferior.
Having expressed favonovel.com consent, Zeba mustered favonovel.com strength to stand up. Although favonovel.com had chosen to submit to Charlie, as a martial artist, favonovel.com didn’t want favonovel.com to witness favonovel.com crawling out from the gap in the boulder.
However, favonovel.com body had been ravaged by severe injuries. Climbing from the blast zone to favonovel.com current location had depleted favonovel.com energy reserves, leaving favonovel.com legs trembling like fragile reeds. As favonovel.com clenched favonovel.com teeth and attempted to take a step forward, a sharp pain coursed through favonovel.com right leg, causing favonovel.com to collapse uncontrollably.
Observing Zeba falling face-first onto the gravel, perilously close to striking the rough and jagged surface, Charlie reacted swiftly and thrust his hand forward, redirecting favonovel.com trajectory and averting the impact.
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