Level 5 Fixed Soul-Guided High-Explosive Shell

This Double-Eyed Cyclops was clearly more intelligent than the other giants.

While charging, it suddenly swung its arm and uprooted a large tree beside it!

Gripping the middle of the trunk with both hands, it wielded the tree like a gigantic spiked club.

It swept it viciously toward Long Zhanye!

This beast... it actually knows how to use a weapon?! Long Zhanye's contempt vanished in an instant.

A Soul Beast with intelligence like this possessed fighting strength far beyond the ordinary!

He did not dare take it head-on. Soul Power erupted beneath his feet as he rapidly retreated.

At the same time, he flipped his right hand and took a Level 3 long-range Soul Tool—a Flame Cannon—from his Storage Soul Tool!

It was a dark-red metal construct resembling a short-barreled cannon, with a flame Soul Tool formation engraved around its muzzle.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Retreating, Long Zhanye pulled the trigger repeatedly without hesitation!

Three scorching orange-red fireballs, each the size of a human head, roared forth.

They flew in a triangular formation toward the Double-Eyed Cyclops's body!

However.

Faced with the incoming fireballs, the giant beast did not dodge.

Instead, it let out a furious roar and spun the massive tree trunk in its hands like a windmill!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With three dull impacts, the thick trunk accurately swatted away or shattered all three fireballs!

Sparks scattered everywhere, igniting the surrounding grass and trees, but they failed to injure the Double-Eyed Cyclops itself.

Damn it! A Level 3 Soul Tool isn't powerful enough! Long Zhanye's heart sank, but his feet did not stop as he continued pulling away.

At the same time, the Flame Cannon in his hand spewed fire again, firing several more flaming shells in succession.

Unfortunately, before absolute strength, a Level 3 Soul Tool was utterly useless.

The Double-Eyed Cyclops swung the tree trunk like a moving giant shield, easily blocking and scattering every flaming shell.

The ferocity in its eyes intensified as the distance between it and Long Zhanye rapidly closed!

Looks like I'll have to use the real thing! Long Zhanye's gaze hardened as he decisively put away the Level 3 Flame Cannon.

He brushed the Storage Soul Tool at his waist with his left hand and replaced it with a more vicious-looking dark-silver metal launcher—

A Level 5 Fixed Soul-Guided High-Explosive Shell!

It was one of the most powerful single-soldier offensive weapons among the Soul Tools left behind by the Bright Jade Sect!

Though only Level 5, its fixed high-explosive shells possessed tremendous penetration and explosive power, enough to threaten most Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beasts!

"Big guy! Have a taste of this!" Long Zhanye shouted.

After steadying himself, he braced the launcher against his shoulder and aimed at the unstoppable giant beast!

Bang! Bang!

Two sharper, more penetrating explosions rang out!

Two dark-silver high-explosive shells, each roughly the size of a fist and trailing faint flames, shot one after the other toward the Double-Eyed Cyclops at astonishing speed!

The Cyclops tried the same trick again, swinging the massive tree trunk in an attempt to swat them away.

However—

BOOM!!!

The first high-explosive shell slammed into the trunk. Rather than being knocked away, it exploded violently at once!

Blinding light and a terrifying shockwave erupted without warning!

Before such concentrated explosive force, the thick trunk was like rotten wood, blasted apart from the middle!

Wood chips and flames filled the sky!

The Double-Eyed Cyclops had clearly not expected this attack to be so fierce, and its movements stalled.

In that split second.

The second high-explosive shell almost followed directly behind the aftermath of the first explosion, piercing through the flying wood chips and smoke.

It struck the center of its chest with perfect accuracy!

BOOM—!!!

An even more violent explosion rang out!

Visible shockwave ripples spread across the giant beast's chest!

Violent energy savagely tore through its tough skin and muscles, blasting open a mass of charred flesh!

The enormous impact actually blew the massive creature off the ground.

It flew backward more than ten meters before crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust!

Long Zhanye knew that against a powerful Soul Beast nearing fifty thousand years of cultivation.

Just two Level 5 high-explosive shells were not enough to kill it. At most, they could inflict severe wounds and knock it back briefly.

He had to seize the opportunity and deal continuous, fatal blows!

Long Zhanye did not hesitate in the slightest. Soul Power surged wildly into the launcher in his hand, and the sound of the trigger being pulled became one continuous burst!

Bang! Bang! Bang—!!

Another seven rapid explosions rang out in succession!

Seven fixed high-explosive shells rained down upon the Double-Eyed Cyclops that had just fallen to the ground!

A string of dense, terrifying explosions erupted almost simultaneously in the same area!

Flames shot into the sky as smoke and dust spread everywhere. Broken stones and soil mixed with the Soul Beast's fur and flesh, spraying in all directions!

The scorching air currents and shockwaves from the explosions blew the surrounding trees askew.

Thick gunpowder smoke and dust instantly swallowed that entire area.

It was impossible to see what was happening inside. Only the fading echoes of explosions and faint, agonized beast roars could be heard.

Long Zhanye stared intently at the smoke-shrouded area, while green smoke still rose from the launcher's muzzle in his hand.

He knew that even if this barrage did not kill it, it would definitely leave it with half its combat strength gone.

However.

What happened next made his pupils suddenly contract!

Within the swirling gray smoke and dust, a figure stood up again!

It was the Double-Eyed Cyclops!

The fur and skin on its chest had been blasted into a bloody mess, with seven or eight deep gashes curling outward.

Dark-red blood flowed out like streams, soaking its fur.

Clearly.

That round of explosions had dealt it considerable damage. Its chest defense had been breached, and its aura was much weaker than before.

Yet there was not the slightest hint of retreat in those huge eyes. Instead, even crazier and more violent fury burned within them!

Its intense killing intent almost took physical form as it locked tightly onto Long Zhanye!

Roar—!!!

A furious roar shook leaves down from the surrounding trees.

The giant beast had been completely enraged!

Long Zhanye's heart sank as he glanced toward the other side from the corner of his eye.

Senior Brother Zhua Yun's battle had also reached its fiercest point. He had already successfully killed one thirty-thousand-year Cyclops.

He was now locked in intense combat with another, and it looked like he would need a little more time to finish it off completely.

Long Zhanye's thoughts raced. Going along with the situation, he stopped relying on long-range harassment with Soul Tools.

Instead, he revealed his Martial Soul for the first time in actual combat—the Heavenly Eye!

Hum...

A faint humming sound rang out.

The closed vertical mark in the center of Long Zhanye's forehead suddenly opened!

A mysterious eye, as though it reflected the movement of stars throughout the cosmos, appeared!

Silver light flowed within its depths, emitting an indescribable aura.

At the same time, three Soul Rings rose beneath his feet in succession!

Three black Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings!