A Slightly Harder Stone

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Streaks of light darted swiftly through the mountains.

It either struck the incoming attack or hit the surrounding mountains.

The mountains trembled, and rocks fell along with the Calamity Beast.

Bullets strayed and occasionally struck them as they entered the combat zone, but none of them paid any attention.

As long as they avoid being hit head-on by high-powered missiles, ordinary stray bullets will not have much of an effect on them.

Moreover, even if missiles could harm them, what they feared was only the concentrated bombardment, which seemed to come at them as if it were free.

"Cough..."

The Molten-Fire Lizard spat out a mouthful of blood, then instinctively swung its tail, using it to dodge an incoming cannonball.

It raised its head, its gaze fixed on the figure rushing towards it in the distance.

"Damn it, humans, the Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi, not a single one of them is any good!"

"Don't give me a chance, or I'll kill you all! Kill you all! Kill you all..."

The Molten-Fire Lizard cursed incessantly in its mind.

But cursing won't do any good; we still need to find a way to get rid of that human behind us!

Is there any way?

The Molten-Fire Lizard, enduring its injuries, gritted its teeth and pondered.

In close combat, you're vulnerable once you're injured; fire attacks are also difficult to land on the human, and even if you do, the human is shrouded in black armor, so they won't inflict much damage...

Hateful--!

If it weren't for being ambushed by these lowly humans—just humans, after all—how could I have ended up like this?!

After cursing the other party in his heart again, the Molten-Fire Lizard brought his thoughts back.

"Standard attacks are useless; we need to think of a way, a way, a way..."

After a long while, the Molten-Fire Lizard's eyes lit up.

It grinned slightly, watching the figure flying rapidly behind it, and raised its claws again.

The Origin Power surged out rapidly and once again coalesced into a blazing white fireball.

The Molten-Fire Lizard was completely unaware that it could have simply run away and retreated instead of fighting. With its Middle Fifth Tier strength, it would have been difficult for the enemy to catch it if it wanted to escape.

But its subconscious seems to have automatically overlooked this plan.

This subconscious thought was deeply buried, and the Molten-Fire Lizard didn't notice it.

Of course, even if it notices it, it won't care too much.

After all, in the minds of most Calamity Beast, running away is not a glorious thing, especially when the enemy is perceived as weaker!

"Roar--"

The piercing roar echoed through the mountains.

Shen Heng watched the Molten-Fire Lizard's figure indifferently.

The battle has progressed to this point, and the outcome seems to be gradually becoming clear, but the question remains... should we kill them?

Shen Heng pondered whether it would be better to kill the Molten-Fire Lizard directly or to release it and let it complain.

Sending the Molten-Fire Lizard back to complain could potentially kill one Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi —no, two, or even more!

A single Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi is already more valuable than a Molten-Fire Lizard, not to mention possibly more.

but...

Shen Heng quickly compared various aspects in his mind.

A moment later, Shen Heng raised his eyes.

"Kill them..."

One is only a possibility; the other is almost certain.

Even if one dies, they will not gain anything substantial; the other can obtain Origin Crystal and materials.

Most importantly...

Even if a few Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi die, it seems to have absolutely no impact on the conflict between Blue Star and the Ruins Realm.

Does the Ruins Realm need your few Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi?

Shen Heng believes that they probably don't lack any.

Even for humans, killing two Sky-Sundering Kamaitachi wouldn't be too difficult if they wanted to and needed to!

Fifth Tier, S-Class...

This is indeed not weak, but in the context of a war between two worlds, it is ultimately just a slightly harder Stone!

Having made up his mind, Shen Heng glanced at the roaring fireball and quickly released his spiritual power.

The three streaks of light that had been surrounding him were drawn away by his spiritual power and flew out.

His years of consistent meditation practice have enabled him to control his external Origin Power from a certain distance.

Also benefiting from the growth in mental power are outward perception and the processing of information in the mind.

However, due to limitations in his abilities, perception wasn't very useful for Shen Heng; and his ability to process information in his mind couldn't keep up with the explosive growth in the amount of information Shen Heng could receive.

However, it's already sufficient for most general applications.

Especially for ordinary martial artists, the increase in mental strength can actually play a significant role.

Mental defense, outward perception, faster information processing speed...

"Whoosh! Whoosh!..."

The streak of light flew through the air and finally collided precisely with the three blazing white fireballs.

Amidst the violent impact and thunderous roar, blazing white flames, mixed with dissipated Origin Power, rapidly spread outwards, forming a dazzling cloud of flames.

Before the fiery clouds could dissipate, a dark shadow swiftly streaked across the air, bypassing the clouds and chasing after them.

"Go to hell!"

The Molten-Fire Lizard roared, its claws flailing wildly.

Fireballs shot out one after another with its movements.

Shen Heng would dodge if he could, and only use Origin Power bullets to retaliate when he couldn't dodge.

The two chased each other like that, one after the other.

"Roar! Lord Molten-Fire Lizard and that human are attacking! Run!"

"Quick!"

"No--"

Roars echoed intermittently along the mountain path.

Amidst the thunderous roar, one after another, the Calamity Beast were forced to leap off the cliff.

They didn't want to jump, but if they didn't, they would be crushed to death by the oncoming figure!

In fact, it wasn't just the mountain path traveled by the Calamity Beast that was affected; under the guidance of the Molten-Fire Lizard's Inscription, the battlefield between the human and the beast also passed through two more ambush points.

However, compared to the Calamity Beast that have nowhere to hide, humans who prepare in advance are better able to deal with such situations.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

A thunderous roar echoed through the mountains.

Rocks fell, giant trees collapsed, and Calamity Beast howled...

Finally, two adjacent mountain peaks appeared ahead, only about ten meters apart.

As if by accident, the Molten-Fire Lizard flew towards the two mountains.

"... Be normal, be normal, we absolutely must make sure that human came in..."

The Molten-Fire Lizard kept reminding itself to maintain its current speed.

During the journey, it continued to fire fireballs backward, just as before, to ensure that the enemy would not notice anything unusual.

Finally, it flew into the rift valley.

Soon, the sound of wind also came from behind.

Unable to suppress it, the Molten-Fire Lizard's mouth curled into a wide grin.

The other party was completely unaware, or rather, shouldn't have been aware at all!

After all, it's just a change of location; the two of them have already fought for who knows how far!

The man and the beast ventured deeper and deeper into the rift, their depths decreasing...