Mecha: Full Metal Storm
Chapter 20

Chapter Twenty: A Brutal Battlefield

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After Luo Yan and Zeng Shan's SUV passed by.

Another SUV followed behind them, passing by Lili.

That vehicle was not nearly as lucky as Luo Yan's group.

It was suddenly kicked by Lili.

The entire vehicle was sent flying, accompanied by several screams from inside.

It crashed into the distant woods.

A moment later, an explosion sounded.

It seemed unlikely that anyone had survived.

Luo Yan looked back.

The Lili had already climbed to its feet and charged toward the black heavy mech driven by He Hao.

Black Thunder simultaneously sprayed Blue Flames from its feet and palms.

This seemingly clumsy mech suddenly pulled away from the giant beast.

Then Black Thunder formed a hand seal.

It unleashed the Mystic Art Black Thunder, wrapping the giant beast's forelegs.

With a hard yank.

The giant beast fell again, then was dragged away by Black Thunder, allowing the vehicles behind them to pass.

Just then.

Boom!

A deafening crash rang out.

Luo Yan looked toward the sound.

He saw a Mystic Machine driven by a third-year student being overturned by a Lili.

Immediately afterward, a Si-beast shaped like a water buffalo blasted it away with a shock wave.

By the time the mech finally steadied its footing.

The two giant beasts crashed into it from both sides.

The machine was smashed to pieces, its parts flying in all directions as explosions erupted one after another.

Finally, the pilot was ejected from the mech's head.

Before he could hit the ground.

The boar-like Lili opened its mouth and caught him, swallowing him straight into its belly.

This brutal scene.

Left Luo Yan speechless for a long time.

He climbed back into the vehicle.

Zeng Shan, who was driving, had also seen the scene through the rearview mirror.

"That was awful."

Zeng Shan shook his head, then continued, "But it's also too strange."

"Why did so many giant beasts suddenly appear?"

Luo Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and spat out a single word: "Huan..."

Zeng Shan froze for a moment.

Only then did he speak.

"Old Luo, do you think that Overlord Level giant beast did this?"

Old Luo?

Luo Yan frowned, but did not object.

"We can't rule out that possibility."

Because of the Phoenix Tail Sunflower.

Huan had appeared in the Safe Zone before.

It might really have noticed the camp.

Furthermore, Huan's traits included Beast Taming.

Now, so many giant beasts had gathered together.

It was difficult to believe that this was merely a coincidence.

It seemed more as if something was driving them.

Just then.

A roar rang out.

Reacting instinctively, Luo Yan activated the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye.

The world suddenly turned into a simple sketch in his eyes.

Simple lines outlined the shapes of things.

Luo Yan immediately noticed that, in the forest to their left.

A huge mass of gray biological light was approaching.

"There's a giant beast over there!"

Luo Yan pointed to the left.

At that moment, the trees in the forest were uprooted.

They shot through the air like enormous spears.

The light above Luo Yan's head suddenly dimmed.

A large tree came crashing down from the sky.

Zeng Shan violently turned the steering wheel.

The SUV swerved rapidly, barely allowing the tree to crash beside them.

It did not land directly on the vehicle.

However, many branches wrapped around the SUV.

Zeng Shan floored the accelerator, causing smoke to pour from the SUV's tires.

Yet it still could not get away.

At that moment, a Si-beast with wild, dark-gray fur and the appearance of a water buffalo charged out.

It rushed toward them.

"Run!"

Luo Yan made a snap decision.

He unfastened his seat belt.

Then jumped out of the SUV.

The moment he and Zeng Shan jumped from the vehicle, darkness fell over their heads, and a gigantic hoof came stomping down.

At the brink of life and death.

Luo Yan erupted with all his strength.

The Primal Energy within his body surged explosively through his meridians.

It sent Luo Yan hurtling forward.

He barely escaped the stomp before the massive hoof hit the ground.

Luo Yan looked back.

The SUV had already been flattened.

He had no idea whether Zeng Shan was alive or dead.

Luo Yan had no time to worry about him now.

He turned and ran.

Behind him, the black bull-like giant beast had already left.

It seemed to have merely passed by by chance.

But Luo Yan's danger was far from over.

A cacophony of squeaking erupted behind him.

Luo Yan glanced back, and his scalp immediately prickled.

A swarm of Giant Beast parasites was following him.

They were parasites resembling green-headed flies.

Each one was about the size of a puppy.

Their bodies were swollen, with numerous blister-like cysts on their backs.

They had wings, but could not fly.

Even so, they crawled rapidly across the ground.

These were parasites living on the Si-beast: Rotten Flies.

The blister-like cysts on their bodies would rupture at the slightest stimulation.

They would spray highly concentrated corrosive liquid.

Furthermore, these creatures liked to lay eggs inside living organisms.

Each time, they could produce more than a hundred eggs.

After the eggs hatched into larvae, the larvae would parasitize the host's body and live by feeding on its flesh and blood.

A swarm of Rotten Flies followed closely behind Luo Yan.

Unlike Golden Winged Lice, these creatures could not be dealt with through close-quarters slaughter.

And Luo Yan did not have a gun on him.

As the Rotten Flies drew closer and closer.

Luo Yan activated the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye, searching everywhere for terrain that could save his life.

He hoped to find something like a cave.

As long as he blocked the entrance, there would be a high chance of survival.

At that moment, he heard the sound of water.

After searching for a while.

He soon discovered a small river.

Luo Yan immediately ran toward the riverbank.

The river was surging, its current incredibly swift.

Luo Yan glanced at the approaching swarm of flies behind him.

He gritted his teeth and leaped into the river.

Instantly.

He was carried downstream by the current, completely unable to control himself.

Luo Yan struggled to keep himself afloat.

He looked back.

The Rotten Flies initially chased him along the riverbank, but they were ultimately no match for the river's speed.

A moment later, they had vanished from sight.

Luo Yan tried to move toward the riverbank, but after several attempts, he failed because the current was too rapid.

Along the way, he also encountered river stones from time to time, colliding with them several times.

Before each collision, Luo Yan had to circulate his Primal Energy in advance, causing his skin to take on a rocky texture.

Only then did he avoid being knocked unconscious.

But then.

Something even more despairing happened.

This small river flowing through the woods ultimately emptied into an underground cavern.

Luo Yan desperately tried to reach the shore before entering the cavern.

Unfortunately, human strength was ultimately no match for the might of nature.

In the end, he was swept into the cavern by the river.

He bobbed up and down in the water, choking down several mouthfuls of river water.

After passing through a sharp bend, the river channel finally widened.

The current also slowed.

Luo Yan hurriedly activated the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye and found a shallow beach.

A moment later, he lay on the rocky shore.

Soaked from head to toe, all he could do now was gasp for breath.

He could not care about anything else.

After a while.

He finally sat up.

Then he stripped off his clothes and pants.

He did not want to remain in wet clothing and catch a chill.

Only after wringing the water from his clothes did Luo Yan continue using the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye to search for an exit.

Soon, he discovered a cave entrance.

Through the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye, he saw that this cave led to a relatively spacious area.

If he did not take this route, he had only one other option.

He would have to go upstream and leave through the place where the river had entered.

But that was beyond what he could do in his current condition.

Left with no choice, Luo Yan could only crawl into the cave.

There was no conversation along the way.

After spending more than half an hour,

Luo Yan saw a light.

He did not rush out immediately.

Instead, he first used the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye to observe the exit.

As it turned out, he saw no gray biological light.

Instead, he discovered that the space outside the cave contained an astonishingly dense concentration of primal energy!

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