Whoosh!
Amid the sound of air tearing, a grayish-white streak of light flew swiftly from the left side of the migration convoy toward the right.
Standing atop the Bone Shield, Li Qi looked toward the convoy's right flank. "I hope I'm wrong."
A few seconds later, he arrived.
Looking around, he saw battles everywhere. The convoy's warriors were locked in fierce combat with mutant beasts.
However, he saw no sign of a Planetary Level mutant beast.
Generally speaking, Planetary Level mutant beasts were easy to identify. They were several times larger than others of their kind and could be recognized at a glance.
Boom!
Amid a thunderous crash, dirt and grass clippings sprayed everywhere.
Li Qi looked over and saw a grayish-brown mutant beast resembling an earthworm, more than ten meters in diameter, burst from underground with its enormous maw wide open and bite toward a figure.
The figure was fast and avoided being bitten, though only barely.
The next moment, the beast spat out a mass of unknown blackish-gray substance, instantly engulfing the figure.
The blackish-gray substance wrapped around the figure and carried him into the distance, while the beast burrowed back underground.
Seeing this, Li Qi controlled the Bone Shield and pursued the blackish-gray substance.
"Grayish-brown like an earthworm, skilled at moving underground, and this enormous... It should be a Planetary Level Drill Beast!"
Having identified the grayish-brown mutant beast as a Drill Beast, Li Qi sent the sixteen Bone Spikes guarding him flying one after another. Their target was the raised grassland marking the Planetary Level Drill Beast's underground path!
The Bone Spikes were incredibly fast and arrived in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Boom, boom, boom...
One Bone Spike after another tore through the air and slammed into the grassland in rapid succession, explosions ringing out continuously!
The Bone Spikes plunged into the ground as easily as red-hot iron skewers through butter, crashing fiercely into the Drill Beast's massive body.
Driven by Mental Force more than ten times stronger than that of a ninth-rank Apprentice Level warrior, the Bone Spikes possessed attack power comparable to the Planetary Level!
The tremendous impact from their collisions pinned the Drill Beast firmly in the soil, making it difficult for it to move underground for the moment.
However, the Drill Beast's grayish-brown, wrinkled skin was extremely tough!
Even Bone Spikes made from the teeth of Planetary Level mutant beasts could not pierce it. The dents blasted into its wrinkled skin recovered in the blink of an eye.
After each strike, the Bone Spikes bored back into the ground, curved around, and crashed down again.
Boom, boom, boom...
Explosions rang out without end. Dirt and grass clippings flew everywhere, while a haze of dust rose and blocked the view.
Only after ten seconds of attacks did Li Qi stop, watching the pitted ground within the dust with cold eyes.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The sixteen Bone Spikes returned to his side, circling around him like loyal guards.
Roar!
Two seconds later, the Planetary Level Drill Beast burst from the ground somewhere else, opening its mouth and letting out an enraged roar!
It was furious!
The relentless assault just now had pinned it down, leaving it in such a wretched state that it could only endure the blows.
Though those attacks had not caused it much damage, they hurt!
Seeing that the Planetary Level Drill Beast was still full of vigor, Li Qi shook his head slightly. "As expected, dealing with a Planetary Level mutant beast without a Mental Force Weapon is too difficult. I can suppress it briefly, but I can't kill it!"
He did not have many options in the current situation. He could only call for help.
He tapped his right wrist to activate his communicator, then sent out the pre-set distress signal along with his current location.
"The distress signal has been sent. Now I just need to keep suppressing that Planetary Level Drill Beast. It would be even better if I can drive it away!"
Li Qi narrowed his eyes as he thought, The Drill Beast's vision has degenerated. It relies on hearing and perception to locate prey and enemies. As long as I stay still in the air, it should have a hard time detecting me.
With that thought, he moved his mind, and the sixteen Bone Spikes scattered. Some fast and some slow, they shot toward the Drill Beast from all directions.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The Drill Beast shifted slightly, seemingly sensing the direction of the incoming attacks. However, there were too many to distinguish, and even if it was hit, it would not suffer much harm, so it did not dodge.
Thud, thud, thud...
One Bone Spike after another struck the Drill Beast, producing dull impacts.
They bent and shook the Drill Beast's boneless body, but the damage they caused was truly limited.
In the distance, the blackish-gray substance wriggled continuously as someone crawled out of it on all fours.
"Pah! Pah!"
After crawling out of the blackish-gray substance, Yakesi spat several times before clearing the foul-smelling filth from his mouth.
After taking several breaths of fresh air, he looked down at his empty right hand, then hurriedly crawled back into the blackish-gray substance and pulled out his ancestral spear.
After being hit by the unknown substance spat out by the Drill Beast, Yakesi had thought he was doomed and would be swallowed whole.
Yet after more than ten seconds passed, he did not feel himself being moved. Only then had he dared to crawl out.
Looking into the distance, he was stunned by what he saw!
"This! This! This!
"A ninth-rank Apprentice Level Spirit Reader can suppress a Planetary Level mutant beast? This is insane!
"He doesn't even have a Mental Force Weapon! How can he still suppress it?
"Is he too strong, or am I too weak?"
Yakesi's worldview suffered a massive shock. Since when had ninth-rank Apprentice Level warriors become this powerful?
After observing more carefully, he noticed the issue. His worldview recovered, but he began to worry again.
"Li Qi's Bone Spikes are very sharp, but they can't pierce the Drill Beast's tough skin. Even if they could, the Drill Beast's muscles would restrain them, preventing them from causing much damage.
"At present, he can only suppress it temporarily. He can't seriously injure or kill the Drill Beast.
"More importantly, no one knows how long his Mental Force can last!"
Yakesi thought hard, but for the moment, he could not think of any way to help.
On the other side, Li Qi was also thinking in midair, and the frequency of the Bone Spikes' attacks had slowed greatly.
He had to change the current situation!
His Mental Force had fallen below one-third. This amount could not sustain a prolonged battle, and whether he could hold on until a Planetary Level patrol arrived to rescue him was also uncertain.
Looking around, Li Qi's gaze landed on the man who had previously been engulfed by the blackish-gray substance spat out by the Drill Beast. He was holding a spear.
"A spear!"
Li Qi's eyes lit up.
If he remembered correctly, among the ninth-rank Apprentice Level warriors in the migration convoy, only Yakesi used a spear.
He controlled the Bone Shield and flew toward Yakesi. His Bone Spikes stopped attacking, giving the Drill Beast a brief respite.
Li Qi shouted, "Yakesi! The spear!"
The Drill Beast recovered its senses. Upon hearing the shout, it immediately lowered its head and burrowed underground, moving toward the source of the sound.
Yakesi saw Li Qi flying toward him while shouting something, and for a moment, he was utterly confused.
Only when he heard "spear" did he suddenly understand. "Right! The spear!"
His spear was an ancestral heirloom, forged from fragments of a weapon once used by a Stellar Level powerhouse. Wouldn't dealing with a Planetary Level mutant beast be effortless?
Understanding Li Qi's intention, he directly threw out the ancestral spear in his hand.
Li Qi caught the spear with Mental Force. Turning his head, he saw the raised grassland approaching him.
"Run!"
He shouted first, then fired four Bone Spikes at the ground.
Yakesi knew his own strength. The moment he threw the spear, he turned and ran.
Boom, boom...
The Bone Spikes burrowed underground and struck the Drill Beast's body, slowing its movement.
However, it quickly recovered, burst from the ground with its enormous maw open, and lunged at Li Qi in the air.
Li Qi had already rapidly ascended the moment the Bone Spikes were fired.
No matter how fast the Drill Beast lunged, it was still twenty to thirty meters away from him.
Looking at the enormous maw that could easily swallow ten of him, Li Qi's gaze turned icy.
"Die!"
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