"Boom, rumble--"
A huge explosion rang out.
The Hard-Armored Salamander paused slightly, its gaze turning towards the direction from which the explosion had come.
A small mushroom cloud rose upwards!
Not daring to look any longer, the Hard-Armored Salamander immediately averted its gaze, its previous experience prompting it to look away.
Thankfully, no arrows were seen attacking, and the arrow below was still there, but...
What happened with that explosion over there? Has Lord Mirror Water Beast not finished fighting those humans yet? Could the explosion have been caused by them?
"Damn it, if it weren't for this human, I wouldn't be stuck here!"
The Hard-Armored Salamander cursed inwardly, suppressing its curiosity as it continued to stare down below.
Regardless of the situation over there, as long as no humans are coming this way, I can focus on dealing with the human below. After all...
The Hard-Armored Salamander slowly rotated in the air.
The gaze kept shifting, but no matter how it shifted, one area would always remain in the corner of its eye's field of vision.
There, an arrow was embedded in the corpse of a Calamity Beast, its tail feathers trembling slightly.
Almost there. This should be the next arrow we need to pick up, right?
The Hard-Armored Salamander kept glancing at that spot out of the corner of its eye, a sinister smile slowly creeping onto its lips.
However, it seemed that picking up this arrow took longer than it had expected, and even the arrows that used to attack it from time to time stopped coming at it.
What is this human doing?
The Hard-Armored Salamander looked down with a hint of confusion in its eyes.
The other person just picked up quite a few, enough for their needs, and doesn't intend to take this one? Or did they see through my intentions? Or perhaps...?
The Hard-Armored Salamander paused abruptly, glancing in the direction from which the explosion had just occurred.
That human down there... could he be watching what's happening with Lord Mirror Water Beast?... The Hard-Armored Salamander stiffly withdrew its gaze. It didn't know if this possibility was right, but the thought of it made it feel a surge of anger.
I've been forced into this situation by the other party, while they're just leisurely observing the situation?
Thinking of this, the Hard-Armored Salamander couldn't help but tremble with anger.
It suppressed its anger, its gaze fixed intently on what lay below.
Time slipped by little by little.
Finally, the human seemed to have finished observing, and the arrow stuck in the Calamity Beast's corpse suddenly disappeared.
After a moment of stunned silence, the Hard-Armored Salamander immediately looked over without any attempt to conceal its gaze.
With all its attention focused, it saw it.
A figure was watching this direction, holding the arrow that had just disappeared in its hand.
Seemingly puzzled as to why it had noticed that spot, the figure paused slightly before quickly vanishing into thin air.
The Hard-Armored Salamander laughed.
It knew that the other party hadn't disappeared; they were just difficult to detect.
Now, realizing he's been discovered, he's probably still in that state, desperately fleeing.
In this situation, there might be no way to deal with an ordinary Calamity Beast, since it simply cannot be found. However, the Hard-Armored Salamander has been up there for quite some time, so it's not like it was just sitting there for nothing.
It let out a sinister laugh, and its figure suddenly plummeted in the direction the previous figure had moved.
"Boom--"
The heavy thud echoed across the battlefield.
Snow and mud flew outwards, creating a curtain of mud and snow that sped away.
Without pausing, the Hard-Armored Salamander quickly raised its gaze and swept it towards the snow curtain.
The snow curtain swept outwards, passing over rocks, dead trees, corpses...
Suddenly, the Hard-Armored Salamander's gaze stopped on a certain spot.
There, a gap appeared in the connected snow graves.
The gap wasn't large, and it was moving forward rapidly.
"Heh, if I can't find you directly, do you think I don't know how to find you in other ways? Don't think that only you humans are smart!" The Hard-Armored Salamander grinned, its limbs stomping on the ground, and with a surge of Origin Power, its figure quickly swept forward.
Despite disregarding the release of its Origin Power, the distance was shortened in the blink of an eye.
Without hesitation, the Hard-Armored Salamander suddenly spread its webbed feet and swung them away.
"Bang!"
With immense force, the target exploded instantly.
However, the Hard-Armored Salamander's face showed no joy, but rather a deep sense of confusion.
It looked somewhat confused at the scattering stones beneath its flippers.
Stone?
Not... that human?
I... got scammed?
Three questions popped into the Hard-Armored Salamander's mind.
It wanted to think about something more, but the whooshing sound of the wind was already coming from behind.
Before it could react, the first arrow flew straight past the top of its head.
Was it anticipated that it would escape? Or was it to block the road?
The Hard-Armored Salamander was unaware, but the arrow certainly dispelled its idea of retreating upwards.
"Damn it, these despicable humans..."
The Hard-Armored Salamander cursed inwardly and turned its head back.
In their field of vision, arrows, emitting a faint glow, shot towards them, many of which, like the first arrow, were aimed upwards.
It tried to resist, but the time gained by the successful deception and the sudden attack left it with no chance to turn around.
He had barely turned his head when the second arrow struck.
"Laugh--"
The arrow struck the armor above the eyebrows.
It was only thanks to the Hard-Armored Salamander turning its head just in time to see the arrow attack that it managed to tilt its head back at the last moment, deflecting the arrow's trajectory; otherwise, the arrow would likely be lodged in its pupil now.
However, despite this, the Hard-Armored Salamander's body stiffened slightly.
He had personally experienced the power of the arrow; this was not just any ordinary arrow, but an arrow that could explode.
It must not burst above the eyebrows or eyes, otherwise even with armor, one will definitely suffer serious injuries.
Thinking this, the Hard-Armored Salamander suddenly raised its forelimbs, preparing to withstand the attack from behind and pull out the arrow first.
But it's obvious that if it can think of it, the other party can naturally think of it too.
The patterns carved on the arrows glowed faintly.
The next moment.
"Boom--"
A burst of fire exploded on the Hard-Armored Salamander's head, splattering blood and debris everywhere.
The Hard-Armored Salamander let out a painful howl, then, disregarding everything else, forced itself to turn around.
Only by moving backward can it have the ability to resist.
But the third arrow had already struck the hind leg.
Another explosion occurred.
The Hard-Armored Salamander tilted slightly.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, another arrow landed on its forelimb, and in the next instant...
"Boom--"
The forelimbs, which were held together by the armor, were completely severed.
This time, the pain of losing a limb was too much for the Hard-Armored Salamander to bear, and it roared in agony.
Seemingly realizing something, it stopped suppressing itself and turned around while howling in pain.
In their field of vision, a figure was drawing a bow and nocking an arrow, aiming at this spot.
Beside her, there was a shallow mark in the snow.
"Is it... hiding down there...?" the Hard-Armored Salamander wondered.
"Laugh--"
The arrow pierced its open, roaring mouth.
The Hard-Armored Salamander's body stiffened.
It opened its mouth, trying to make a sound, but couldn't utter a single sound.
Moments later, accompanied by an explosion, the massive body crashed to the ground, slamming onto the ice and splashing up a cloud of snow.