I'm in a High-Martial World, My System Lives in a Fantasy World
Chapter 25

Mountain-Moving Lizard: This Is an Expert!

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Boom!!

The arrow shot forth like a cannonball!

With over ten thousand jin of force packed into a single arrow, what kind of concept was that?!

The tail feathers whipped up a gale that nearly formed force energy. With the force to tear through the air, its shriek was piercing as it reached the Mountain-Moving Lizard in the blink of an eye!

Bang!

As if a cannonball had exploded out of thin air, a bloody blossom suddenly burst open on the Mountain-Moving Lizard's sturdy body, spanning a full meter!

"Roar!!"

The Mountain-Moving Lizard let out a pained roar. Its massive body suddenly reared up, its thick tail slamming against the ground again and again as its narrow eyes swept through the forest.

It seemed to be searching for the culprit.

After undergoing genetic evolution, a Level One Exotic Beast possessed basic intelligence and reasoning due to its developed brain. Its intelligence was roughly equivalent to that of a three- to five-year-old human child.

But that intelligence was still extremely limited. Right now, it merely looked as though it was putting on a brave front.

If it had been intelligent enough, it should not have remained outside the cave. It should have fled into it.

"Missed the mark."

Su Bei pursed his lips. His archery truly was only at the beginner level. He had originally aimed for the Mountain-Moving Lizard's head, but the slightest deviation had caused the arrow to strike only its body.

But it didn't matter.

Within a single breath, Su Bei's vitality and blood surged to the brim again, as if it were endless.

He nocked another arrow and drew the bow again.

His vitality and blood burned away wildly, but the longbow could only be drawn to a quarter before he could no longer sustain it.

Twung!

The bowstring snapped free, ringing sharply beside his ear.

Boom!

The next moment, the arrow exploded against the Mountain-Moving Lizard's body once more!

Blood splattered everywhere. Its rock-like keratin armor seemed to be made of foam at that moment, and another bloody crater was blown open in an instant. The arrowhead buried itself deep in flesh, but the shaft lacked sufficient strength and shattered into several pieces upon impact.

"Roar!!"

The Mountain-Moving Lizard roared. When it turned its head, it had already spotted Su Bei's hiding place. Its thick limbs pounded the ground as it charged over, its enormous body like a heavy tank that smashed through every large tree in its path!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

For a time—

Dust billowed, and trees crashed down!

Su Bei pushed his own strength nearly to its limit. Using the forest terrain, he leaped, shifted, and darted about like a nimble monkey.

In midair—

Su Bei nocked another arrow and fired!

Twung!

The arrow pierced through the trees blocking its path, leaving another enormous bloody crater in the Mountain-Moving Lizard's body!

Its body was simply too huge. Even though Su Bei's archery was mediocre, he could still land hits on it!

But likewise, its massive body gave it vigorous life force. Even with several bloody craters blown open across its body, the Mountain-Moving Lizard seemed unaffected. Instead, it appeared to have been enraged, and its speed became even more ferocious.

As if it wanted to crush Su Bei, this tiny ant, alive.

"Roar!"

At some point, rocky light began flashing in the Mountain-Moving Lizard's mouth. A smooth stone had already condensed there, formed through its rock ability.

With a whip of its neck, it hurled the stone out like a cannonball!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A series of explosive sounds rang out. Every bush and tree trunk blocking the rock cannon was blasted to pieces almost instantly!

It shot straight ahead for dozens of meters without losing momentum!

Then it exploded with a thunderous crash!

The stone fragments tore through the air with mournful howls, like wailing ghosts. Each piece was like shrapnel from a cannonball, smashing every tree within a radius of more than ten meters into fragments!

If anyone had been within that range, their body would likely have been blasted into pieces!

Su Bei was agile. Such straightforward attacks posed no threat to him at all. He had already dodged away while the attack was still in midair.

Looking at the destruction caused by the "rock cannon," his heart skipped a beat.

He turned around.

Bang!

Another arrow!

Another bloody crater appeared on the Mountain-Moving Lizard's body, blood gushing from it.

Every arrow fired with this longbow was comparable to Su Bei's strongest Piercing Sun Strike!

This was the advantage archers had when facing exotic beasts. At this rate, as long as he had enough arrows, he could wear the Mountain-Moving Lizard to death in just a few incense sticks' worth of time!

But even the strongest archer of the same rank could not compare to Su Bei. They would not even dare attack the Mountain-Moving Lizard.

Su Bei's vitality and blood were simply too vast!

The Great Sun Hanging Sky Gene Method was already renowned for its immense vitality and blood, not to mention that Su Bei possessed the Emperor Sun Aura. No matter how much he expended one second, as long as his heart still beat, it would all be restored in an instant!

Hardly anyone would dare believe in such a cheat-like ability even if they were told about it.

This was Su Bei's confidence!

"Who is fighting the Mountain-Moving Lizard?"

The staff members responsible for martial assessment were not far from the area. Hearing the exotic beast's violent roars ahead, one of them could not help asking.

"No idea."

A lean martial artist beside him said, "Zhai Feng and the others have already withdrawn. Maybe some other examinees have joined forces?"

They were only responsible for rescue and could not participate in any actual matters.

If they got too close and the exotic beast's battle spread to them, they would be punished.

Thus, they had no idea what exactly was happening.

"Maybe there really is a chance..."

The leader clicked his tongue in amazement.

Because the Mountain-Moving Lizard's roars were already growing weaker and weaker.

Twung! Twung! Twung!

Nocking arrows and firing, nocking arrows and firing—Su Bei was like a tireless machine. In a short span of time, he fired dozens of arrows in succession!

Every arrow struck the Mountain-Moving Lizard's body.

Wen Xiangwei truly had been cautious. He had actually carried more than a hundred arrows with him. Aside from those Su Bei had broken earlier, there were still nearly a hundred left—enough to give the Mountain-Moving Lizard a taste of suffering.

At this point, the Mountain-Moving Lizard's body looked as though it had been bombarded by missiles. It was covered in craters, with flesh turned inside out in many places. Combined with its violent movements, many arrowheads had already been driven deep into its body.

And although Su Bei's archery was mediocre, sheer quantity ensured that many arrows struck directly into the blasted-open flesh.

Its internal organs were bound to have suffered damage as well.

No matter how vigorous its life force was, there was a limit. Under such attacks, no matter how resilient the Mountain-Moving Lizard was, it had already lost half its life. Its movements became increasingly sluggish, and even its roars weakened.

Its entire body was covered in blood now, and fear had begun to rise in its heart as it fled toward its cave.

In its not-so-clever mind, it felt that it had encountered an expert!

Its armor had clearly been shattered. A few arrows into its brain would have killed it, yet this human simply refused to do so.

Instead, he gave its tail a few more painless shots.

That reminded the Mountain-Moving Lizard of how high-grade exotic beasts toyed with creatures like it!

An expert!

But it was severely injured now, and its speed had dropped drastically. Su Bei could easily keep up behind it, nocking arrows and firing.

He was practically turning the Mountain-Moving Lizard into a porcupine.

Finally—

Thud!

Nearly three minutes later, the Mountain-Moving Lizard finally collapsed where it stood. Massive wounds covered its body, blood flowing like tiny streams and quickly pooling on the ground.

Its body rose and fell faintly. It had reached the end of its rope, with no hope of survival left.

Twung! Twung! Twung!

Yet Su Bei paid it no heed. He fired the final three arrows from his quiver, and sure enough, they still missed its head by a little.

What should have been fatal strikes only brought it one step closer to death.

"I need to practice archery when I get back!"

Su Bei cursed as he walked out. From thirty meters away, his entire body became a drawn bow. The muscles across his back tightened as he hurled the spear in his hand forward like a javelin!

Bang!

The spear pierced through the Mountain-Moving Lizard's shattered keratin armor, entering through its upper jaw and emerging from its lower jaw. Its brain was almost instantly pulverized by the impact, pinning it dead to the ground.

A high-grade first-rank exotic beast had finally died on the spot.

Sometimes, an overpowered kill was just that plain and unremarkable.

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