"Bang!"
The snow gently swirled outwards in a ring.
Looking at the corpse of the Hard-Armored Salamander lying on the ground, Qin Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally killed him? But... did it take so long?"
"Given your current situation, killing it is already quite impressive, okay? After all, according to your ranking system, it's an A-Class! Your abilities are only B-Class!" A rebuttal immediately echoed in his mind.
"But didn't the captain just kill another A-Class Calamity Beast?" Qin Yu asked.
"This... this... how can this be the same?" The voice in his mind choked him for a moment. "You know your abilities, and his abilities... never mind, anyway, you need to know that if it weren't for the Mirror Water Beast being there, preventing the Hard-Armored Salamander from walking on its own, and then it thinking it knew your situation and wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have had a chance to kill it!"
Without denying it, Qin Yu stood there, slightly out of breath.
Suddenly, she raised her eyes again and looked into the distance.
"By the way, what was that explosion just now?"
"Hmm... I don't know about that!" the voice in my head replied, "But you wouldn't want to go there, would you?"
"Yeah, aren't the captain and the others still dealing with the Mirror Water Beast?" Qin Yu replied, her figure already darting forward.
"This..." The voice in your mind seemed to want to stop you, but after a pause, it gave up the idea. "You'd better go and persuade them to evacuate together. If they refuse, you can just slack off and prepare to lead the others to evacuate later."
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu paused slightly. "Is the Mirror Water Beast that strong?"
"You think S-Class is a joke? That's a qualitative leap!" the voice in my head said. "Hmm... However, if it's Early Fifth Tier, you guys might actually have a chance, after all, none of you are weak. But Late Fifth Tier... Give up, it's impossible!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu also fell silent.
She didn't speak, but silently moved forward.
Soon, the target came into her field of vision, and Qin Yu paused slightly.
In my field of vision, the water rippled gently...
"Is this... Rumination?"
Shen Heng stared at the thing rapidly enlarging inside the Mirror Water Beast, his gaze more solemn than ever before.
He stopped resisting the oppressive air, loosened his grip, and his figure instantly flew towards the direction of the compressed air.
" Mingyu, retreat immediately!"
The shout snapped Cao Mingyu out of his daze, distracted by the missiles rapidly emerging from the Mirror Water Beast's body.
It glanced at Shen Heng, who was already flying backward beside it, and without hesitation, it also gave up resisting, letting the air push it backward.
However, it was still too late.
By the time the two men could see the missiles, they were already in the process of detonating.
The next moment.
"Boom, rumble--"
A huge explosion rang out.
A mushroom cloud rose in their pupils, its flames illuminating the sky above them.
Below, a shockwave, formed by an unknown number of missiles, replaced the previously compressed air and surged outwards wildly.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
The shockwave, carrying debris, slammed into Shen Heng.
He did not resist, nor could he resist. He flew backward for over a hundred meters, crashing into several small hills before finally coming to a stop after another impact.
"Cough, cough... Ugh!"
Shen Heng got up, coughed a few times, and then couldn't hold it in and spat out a mouthful of blood.
His body felt much better after spitting out that mouthful of blood.
only...
" Rumination, like a cow grazing and then vomiting it up...?"
Shen Heng, panting heavily, leaned on the ground, his mind replaying the scene from just moments ago.
Those are...
The echoes of the explosion still reverberated in my ears, drowning out all other sounds.
"How are you all doing?" A slightly anxious voice rang out in the channel as Gu Lingxuan asked anxiously.
"I'm... cough cough cough, I'm alright, I can still fight if you want!" Cao Mingyu said, coughing.
Judging from his voice, you could tell he wasn't in good shape, but he still had some energy.
Even though his reaction was a little slower, his A-Class physical abilities made him significantly more resilient than Shen Heng.
"I can still move, but if I want to fight..." Shen Heng sensed the cracks spreading throughout his meridians and let out a soft breath, "It'll be a bit difficult!"
There was a moment of silence upon hearing this.
After a moment, Cao Mingyu laughed and said, "It's alright, we're still here."
Hearing this, Gu Lingxuan and Lin Zhaoran also came to their senses.
"What just happened? Can the Mirror Water Beast explode?" Lin Zhaoran asked. They were a bit far away, and the explosion happened too fast, so they didn't see exactly what happened. They only saw something seem to emerge from inside the Mirror Water Beast.
"No, it's, cough cough cough... it's a missile!" Cao Mingyu said between coughs, his injuries not seeming as minor as he had imagined.
"Missile?"
"Hmm," Cao Mingyu responded, then said, "Don't ask me where the missile came from, I don't know either. Anyway, it emerged from the Mirror Water Beast's body, cough cough cough..."
"Can it simulate missiles?" Lin Zhaoran asked.
"I don't know, but surely it wasn't developed by the Calamity Beast itself?" Cao Mingyu said, coughing twice as he spoke.
"It must have been looted from other cities by the Mirror Water Beast when it conquered them before," Shen Heng said with a sigh of relief.
There was a moment of silence in the channel upon hearing this.
Shen Heng didn't pay any attention. He stood up, leaning on his long sword, and looked towards the center of the explosion.
In the field of vision, a Mirror Water Beast, over ten meters long, was slowly swaying.
It was obvious that the Mirror Water Beast was also injured in the explosion, and quite badly at that, its aura had dropped to barely the Middle Fifth Tier.
Seemingly noticing the situation as well, Gu Lingxuan's voice came through the channel.
You all rest first!
As soon as he finished speaking, another statement followed.
" Zhaoran!"
The air Distortion, and a cold mist rose...
After a while, seemingly intentionally, accompanied by two strikes, Gu Lingxuan and Lin Zhaoran flew towards this side.
Shen Heng wasn't surprised, after all, the two of them weren't in much better shape either.
Raising his hand to stop the two who wanted to step forward again, Shen Heng looked at the Mirror Water Beast, which was surging forward like waves pushing the front waves.
Seemingly worried that the group might act rashly, the Mirror Water Beast stopped when it was still more than thirty meters away.
Shen Heng looked at the Mirror Water Beast, then suddenly paused and glanced to the side.
His lips parted slightly, then his gaze returned to his own.
The Mirror Water Beast looked at the few people not far away who were almost powerless to resist, and laughed.
"Originally... there were other things that could have dealt with what you just did, but I thought about it... using your human weapons against you humans seems... quite interesting?"
The Mirror Water Beast rippled slightly.
"So, how powerful are your human weapons?"
"Ah, that's pretty impressive!" Shen Heng replied with a heavy sigh.
Upon hearing this, the Mirror Water Beast trembled slightly and let out a laugh, seemingly quite pleased.
"Yeah, it's pretty... impressive, but it's probably only good for dealing with Fifth Tier battles. Going any higher... that would be a real challenge!"
"Oh? You've ever witnessed a Sixth Tier battle?" Shen Heng asked.
"Certainly..."
The human and the beast were exchanging words back and forth over there.
Beside her, Gu Lingxuan leaned on her Greatsword, silently watching the Mirror Water Beast.
Even if she were to fight again in top condition at the Middle Fifth Tier, she wasn't confident she could defeat the Mirror Water Beast, especially knowing that it might be hiding something more within its body...
Thinking of this, her eyes lowered slightly again.
Is there really such a big difference between S-Class and A-Class?
After a while, the sounds of communication subsided, and the Mirror Water Beast slowly came to a stop.
Its body swayed slightly, and its gaze returned to the two humans in the distance.
"This... really is the last chance, Jing. shui. shou, Gu. ci. ou, are you really... not going to consider joining our Ruins Realm?"
There was no response; the group simply stared at it.
Shen Heng let out a heavy sigh, then smiled.
He raised his eyes and looked at the Mirror Water Beast.
Are you really sure you... have won?