An Unavoidable Battle

The giant beast walked upright like a gorilla, its six blood-red eyes on its forehead a terrifying sight. Its body was covered in thick fur, and its abdomen and back were even covered in a layer of black scales, indicating absolutely terrifying defense.

The giant beast's sense of smell was very keen. It quickly followed the scent towards the large tree where the two were hiding.

Gu Ding clenched his fists, while Liliath closed her eyes, adjusting her breathing rhythm, trying to slow down her heart rate.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The giant beast's footsteps got closer and closer. When it reached the vicinity of the large tree where the two were hiding, it stopped, looked around, and then let out an angry roar, seemingly not having found their hiding place.

Just as the two were slightly relieved, the giant beast suddenly went berserk and violently attacked the surrounding trees. Although it didn't know the exact location of its opponent, it could tell from the scent that the opponent who had just killed its food was still in this forest. So it adopted the most笨 (stupid) method, breaking all the surrounding trees to force the opponent to show themselves.

"This is bad!" The surrounding trees collapsed in large swathes in just a few seconds, and the giant beast's fist also struck the largest tree. With one blow, the trunk trembled violently, almost throwing the two off.

Seeing that one tree remained intact under its attack, the giant beast became even more enraged and attacked the giant tree frantically.

"Run!" Gu Ding let out a low shout, grabbed Liliath's wrist, and leaped down from the large tree, darting towards the depths of the dense forest.

After seeing the two, the giant beast stopped attacking the trees and instead chased after them. Each of its strides was huge. Gu Ding used all his strength, but the distance was still getting closer and closer.

Just then, Liliath broke free from Gu Ding's hand. Her gun armament transformed into a large, dark cannon under her control. She quickly took out a cannonball the size of an adult's fist from her Storage Space and loaded it into the gun chamber. She suddenly turned around, aimed the cannon at the giant beast, and pulled the trigger.

"Boom!" A violent explosion shook the entire forest. The fierce cannon blast struck the giant beast's eyes on its forehead. Her slender figure remained steady on the spot, her gaze burning and calm.

After one strike, she didn't run. Instead, she took out a second bullet and loaded it into the gun chamber. She held the roughly two-meter-long black cannon steadily on her shoulder, her eyes fixed on the giant beast, which was only a black shadow in the flying dust.

"I told you she's a very excellent Gunner. You've struck gold this time!" Sea Emperor spoke again after seeing this scene.

Gu Ding smiled and didn't respond to Sea Emperor's words. He also stopped and fully adjusted his physical condition. A Third-Order Gene Body wouldn't be killed so easily. Even if Liliath used a Nuclear Energy Sniper Cannon, it could only cause flesh wounds to a Third-Order Gene Body. It would be very difficult to be fatal. So the subsequent battle still had to be resolved by himself; Liliath could only assist.

Mainstream Gunners are mainly divided into two schools: the violent crushing school and the team support school.

The so-called violent crushing school uses excellent firearms, dense炮火 (cannon fire), and bullets that counter the opponent's abilities to completely crush the opponent, leaving them with no ability to fight back. Users of this school are generally from wealthy families, as firearms themselves are expensive, and the consumption of various different bullets is a large expense.

The team support school, initially a commoner school, is used by those who can't afford good firearms and enough bullets. Due to limited resources, every bullet they have must be used in the most important position. Therefore, their responsibility in the team is not to kill, but to restrain and assist. They use bullets to restrict the opponent's movements, preventing the opponent from exerting their full strength, and assist other members in killing the opponent. Of course, this school requires a high level of skill from the Gunner, demanding astonishing predictive and calculating abilities to accurately calculate the trajectory and time of the opponent's attacks and predict the opponent's movements.

Gu Ding knew that Liliath was an excellent Gunner, but so far, she had only shown the methods of the violent crushing school. Whether she could use the methods of the team support school to restrain the opponent would be the key to winning this battle.

Covered in dust, the huge black shadow swayed and stood up, then let out an angry roar. The piercing scream made Gu Ding frown, and also caused other monsters in the vicinity to flee frantically into the distance.

The giant beast suddenly exerted force, rushed out of the dust-covered area, and charged towards the two at high speed. It could be seen that three of the eyes on its forehead had been destroyed.

Liliath's expression was calm. She leaped up and fired another shot, her body rapidly retreating with the recoil of the cannon. She knew that the giant beast's target for the previous pounce was herself.

"Boom!" This time, the cannon blast was blocked by the giant beast's palm. It showed a mocking smile towards Liliath. Its body only paused for a moment before immediately pouncing towards Liliath again, completely ignoring Gu Ding.

"This giant beast seems to have retained a certain degree of intelligence," Sea Emperor made this judgment based on the opponent's reaction.

At this time, Gu Ding had also adjusted his body to the state of using the Limitless Body Technique Second Layer. A First Order Gene Body using the second layer of Limitless Body Technique was already operating under a heavy load. But Gu Ding had no choice. To take down this opponent, he had to pay some price. Given the giant beast's current condition, even the second layer of Limitless Body Technique might not be able to cause it damage.

Gu Ding stepped out with Shadow Step, appearing silently above the giant beast's head. Ghost Foot carried immense power and struck down towards the giant beast's eyes.

However, he was quickly noticed by the giant beast. It was very angry at Gu Ding's provocation and swung its arm to grab Gu Ding. Gu Ding withdrew his attack and dodged the opponent's attack with a flash of Shadow Step.

The giant beast's attention was finally drawn to him, and Liliath on the side also seemed to realize something. The gun armament in her hand changed again, turning into a thick and long sniper rifle, longer and thicker than the one Gu Ding had seen the first time. She quickly loaded a bullet, braced the stock against her shoulder, and aimed at the giant beast's eyes again, but didn't fire immediately.

As the giant beast chased Gu Ding, she finally found an opportunity and pressed the trigger forcefully.

After being attacked, the giant beast let out a wail. It lost another eye, which made it furious and attack Gu Ding even more frantically.

Even Gu Ding, who possessed Shadow Step, could only desperately dodge in the opponent's frenzied state. In just two or three minutes, Gu Ding suffered several blows. The Gale Body of the second layer of Limitless Body Technique was barely holding on, and every time he was attacked, his whole body felt as if it had been struck by lightning.

"The second layer of Limitless Body Technique can't hold on anymore, I must use the third layer!" Although Gu Ding knew that the consequences of rashly using the third layer on his body would be severe, it was still better than being killed by this monster.

Just then, Liliath found another opening in the opponent and hit another of its eyes. By now, the Six-Eyed Giant Beast had only one eye left.