Instantaneous Movement

Unfortunately, Mind Armor cannot replicate living creatures, and thus cannot replicate magic.

After failing to track the Behemoth and Stegosaurus Lizard, he set off for South Lake. He proceeded cautiously the entire way, fearing he might encounter a powerful Magic Beast. However, the journey was relatively smooth. He did encounter a few small beasts in the forest, but they scurried away upon seeing him—Du Ke, clad in a reinforced Titanium Alloy Nano Armor, looked formidable.

High-definition cameras continuously filmed the scenery along the road.

When he encountered small beasts that lingered out of curiosity for a moment, he switched to burst mode, taking dozens of high-definition photos. He could sort out their names and files later.

He didn't collect any more specimens on the way; one Bomb Caterpillar was enough for his research.

After passing through the last patch of tall trees, the landscape opened up dramatically, revealing low-lying bushes. The trees and grass were still various shades of blue. More small beasts inhabited the bushes. These creatures looked different from Earth's animals, but it was clear they were likely docile herbivores. Their physical features were peculiar: some had three tails, some had six legs, some had massive heads, and some had thick front legs and thin hind legs.

Du Ke transformed into a photographer, spending a full ten minutes capturing images in the bushland until a strange green monster burst into the area, startling all the herbivores into a chaotic escape.

"Hmm, a fierce one has arrived!" Du Ke didn't flee because the monster nearby wasn't large, only about the size of a leopard. "I wonder if my improved Vulcan Cannon can blast it to death."

A thought crossed his mind.

The back of his Nano Armor immediately extended two Vulcan Cannons, like a Transformer, positioning them above his shoulders, parallel to his head. These two Vulcan Cannons were heavy weapons he had continuously refined, referencing Gatling guns and improving the craftsmanship. To build the Vulcan Cannons, he had gone to great lengths, consulting numerous resources and undergoing countless modifications.

It was only because the Vulcan Cannons were complex machinery, not involving chips or anything similar, that he could improve them.

The monster stopped, tilting its head to look at Du Ke, its eyes seemingly filled with confusion. It had never seen such a strange metal lump before. But this didn't stop it from slowly approaching Du Ke, walking with a leisurely, cat-like gait.

It had magnificent, glossy dark green fur, so green it shone. Its body was slender, even more so than a leopard's, and longer. Its four long legs were like straws, yet they revealed long, sturdy muscles. Most peculiar were its shoulders, from which sprouted a pair of long tentacles. The tips of the tentacles had raised triangular pads covered in dense spikes, from which a viscous fluid dripped onto the ground.

There were absolutely no animals of this type on Earth.

It was truly ugly.

The monster nonchalantly approached Du Ke, its pair of green eyes shifting from confusion to bloodlust. Finally, when they were about thirty meters apart, the monster suddenly attacked. It ran on all fours with the grace of a cheetah, reaching Du Ke in the blink of an eye. Du Ke was prepared; he gripped the Vulcan Cannon mounts and opened fire, rat-tat-tat.

The Vulcan Cannon was a machine gun, but its firing speed was so rapid that its power rivaled that of artillery.

Rumble!

Tongues of flame several meters long erupted, and bullets flew, shredding the low bushes in the distance. However, the monster was gone, as if it had suddenly vanished, leaving no opportunity for the bullets to hit it.

"Not good!"

Du Ke's heart leaped. The next moment, he saw a green glow appear in his peripheral vision on his left. The monster's silhouette materialized, followed by its fierce lunge. A pair of tentacles shot out, grabbing Du Ke's Nano Armor fiercely. The sharp spikes pierced the reinforced Nano Armor as easily as cutting tofu. Its gaping maw attempted to tear at Du Ke's throat.

"TM, you can flash?!" His body trembling, Du Ke didn't falter in his counterattack. "Spiked Armor, go!"

The Nano Armor contorted wildly, countless sharp spikes and blades protruding, stabbing towards the monster. This was Du Ke's approach to close-quarters combat; his Mind Armor had infinite possibilities and shouldn't be limited to defense.

Squelch!

Squelch!

Before the monster could begin tearing, its two tentacles were fiercely attacked. One blade nearly severed a tentacle.

Terrified, the monster quickly yanked its tentacles back and then vanished again. It reappeared about twenty meters away, eyeing Du Ke menacingly. The wounds on its tentacles were still dripping purple blood, but they were healing at a visible rate.

"What are you looking at? I'll kill you!" Du Ke didn't hesitate. The Vulcan Cannons roared to life again, spewing fire, and countless bullets rained down, sending leaves and branches flying from the bushes.

Swish!

The monster disappeared and reappeared over ten meters away from its original spot.

The Vulcan Cannons swiveled, and Du Ke relentlessly attacked, prompting the monster to flash again, completely evading its attacks. At this point, Du Ke calmed down and decisively abandoned the Vulcan Cannons. With a burst of mechanical extension, a sniper rifle appeared. He aimed and fired. With a loud bang, this time the monster seemed caught off guard, or perhaps it didn't see the muzzle flash, and froze in place.

Squelch!

The enlarged dumdum bullet deeply embedded itself in the monster's abdomen. The bullet head, designed to expand like a blooming flower, instantly did so. With just this shot, the monster staggered, unable to flash anymore. It collapsed after taking only a couple of steps.

"Phew! Effective." Du Ke squinted at the monster, feeling quite pleased.

Dumdum bullets were banned on Earth. These expanding bullets caused massive damage, creating wounds over ten times the area of a normal gunshot, even generating a significant temporary cavity. It could be said that being hit by a dumdum bullet, unless in a non-vital area like a limb, was a guaranteed death with no possibility of survival. The Fantasy World had no Hague Convention. In a world filled with Magic Beasts, dumdum bullets were Du Ke's best offensive option.

After waiting two minutes and seeing the monster had stopped breathing, Du Ke fired two more shots before walking over to examine the corpse.

"These gunshot wounds... incredible." He saw the monster's abdomen, torn as if by immense force, with a gaping bloody hole from which purple blood and some internal organs had spilled out. "No wonder the Hague Convention banned dumdum bullets."

He felt a pang of pity, but he would still choose dumdum bullets next time. In a Fantasy World teeming with Magic Beasts, one couldn't survive without being ruthless.

"I wonder if this monster's meat is edible. Nah, it looks disgusting, with its green exterior and purple blood. It might be poisonous. If I want to eat meat, it's best to eat some herbivores." He scraped a bit of the viscous fluid from the monster's tentacle pads and sealed it in a test tube. "This monster is definitely a Magic Beast, but it doesn't use magic... Wait, its teleportation is magic!"

Teleportation was highly unscientific, but understanding it as magic made more sense.

"I remember in Dungeons & Dragons, there's a monster called a Displacer Beast. This one looks quite similar, so let's call it a Displacer Beast too." He quickly gave the monster a name.