Chapter 49: Thunderclap Strike
Smoke drifted across the battlefield like ghostly fingers searching for the dead. Scorched soil hissed with residual heat, and the metallic stench of blood clung thick in the air. In the silence after slaughter, the forest seemed to hold its breath.
Lei Feng stood alone amid the carnage, Stormpiercer in hand. The blade still glowed faintly with residual lightning. His robes fluttered—not from wind, but from the force of his pulsing aura.
He stared at Grimgut.
The goblin chief had changed.
Gone was the maddened brute thrashing in blind rage. In its place stood something far more dangerous—a calm, calculating beast. Grimgut's bloodshot eyes no longer burned with fury, but gleamed with unsettling clarity. He met Lei Feng's gaze and smiled—a slow, knowing grin that curled across his warped face.