I think we can talk

"A potential threat has been detected. Energy shield automatically activated. Protection level: highest!"

At this moment, without Yi Xuan's command, the Black Tortoise's perception system had already generated an assessment of the impending attack.

This directly raised the energy shield's protection level to the highest level, demonstrating the power of Qi Yun's attack.

Qi Yun, who was raising his sword to slash, was also quite surprised. He didn't expect that just as he was about to split the steel giant in two, the giant suddenly emitted a blue energy from within, and this energy blocked the sword from advancing any further.

Qi Yun didn't believe that the tortoise shell could stop the deadly weapon in his hand, so he increased the force in his hand. However, he didn't expect that although the energy shield was flickering, it was never broken.

Helpless, Qi Yun had no choice but to sheathe his sword and jump away.

Meanwhile, Yi Xuan, sitting in the cockpit of the Black Tortoise, had dodged Qi Yun's attack, but he was far from happy.

The main control screen of the Black Tortoise was flashing red continuously, and Yi Xuan had no choice but to have the Black Tortoise replace the Spirit Stone.

Only a dozen seconds had passed, but this was already the third time Yi Xuan had changed his Spirit Stone.

Based on the fact that the Black Tortoise always carries twenty Mid-Grade Spirit Stone Spirit Stone, it just consumed forty Mid-Grade Spirit Stone to defend against Qi Yun's attack.

This is completely different from the data collected during the previous tests on the Black Tortoise. However, looking at it from another perspective, being able to withstand a full-force attack from the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator with only forty Mid-Grade Spirit Stone —surely no one in the Cultivation Realm would refuse such a good thing, right?

Turning around, Yi Xuan looked at Qi Yun, who was dozens of meters away from him, and shook his head.

Yi Xuan originally took out the giant sword to test the Black Tortoise's close combat capabilities, but it turned out that the Black Tortoise's close combat capabilities were no match for Nascent Soul Cultivator.

If the Black Tortoise hadn't automatically activated its energy shield, Yi Xuan might have been split in two along with the Black Tortoise.

However, close combat is not Black Tortoise's forte, or rather, as a researcher, Yi Xuan has always avoided the possibility of close combat.

Since the enemy can be eliminated through ranged attacks, why choose close combat? What if the enemy suddenly unleashes their power and attacks back? Yi Xuan doesn't believe that villains die from talking too much. In any case, the villains Yi Xuan has encountered are all very direct, just like Qi Yun at this moment.

"Black Tortoise, load long-range weapons!"

"Clear!"

Then, the Black Tortoise's left and right shoulders flashed again, and two oversized firearms appeared on the Black Tortoise's left and right shoulders. Then, there was a continuous mechanical transmission sound, and the Black Tortoise quickly completed the fixation of the weapons on the left and right shoulders.

Qi Yun, on the other side, hadn't made a move, but was just watching Black Tortoise's series of actions with curiosity. He didn't understand why the steel giant's greatsword couldn't harm him at all before, and now that it had added two such large fire sticks, what use would they be?

Yi Xuan quickly provided the answer.

"Target locked, initiate attack?"

Yi Xuan knew that the reason Qi Yun was not moving was because of the information asymmetry. If he knew what the thing on the shoulder of the Black Tortoise was, he wouldn't be staring at it so foolishly.

One of the men sitting inside the Black Tortoise sneered and muttered to himself, "Don't bother cultivating immortality in your next life. How terrible is it to be uncultured?"

After saying that, he agreed to the attack order for the Black Tortoise.

Qi Yun was still examining the Black Tortoise when, unexpectedly, the Black Tortoise suddenly emitted blue gas from its feet, and then the entire machine steadily rose into the air.

The Gatling on his left shoulder had already been aimed at Qi Yun, and without Yi Xuan's command, the blue fire suddenly poured out.

Instantly, rocks flew and dust billowed from the area where Qi Yun was located.

Those who witnessed this scene from afar gaped open in astonishment.

"This... this is too much?"

A disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect didn't know how to describe the scene before him and could only stammer out a few words.

It's no wonder these cultivators are ignorant. In the Cultivation Realm, attacks are nothing more than two forms: energy attacks and close-quarters combat.

The Gatling's purely long-range physical attack capabilities were incredibly shocking to them.

The Black Tortoise is now completely under its own intelligent control, while Yi Xuan is staring intently at Qi Yun's location through the screen on the main control panel.

This is also the Gatling's biggest drawback: every attack leaves the scene in a mess, and to know the enemy's condition, you have to stop firing and wait for the smoke to clear.

Although the Black Tortoise had all the necessary radar, infrared identification, and other equipment, these were extremely ineffective at assessing enemy casualties; at best, they could only make judgments based on the enemy's posture.

Just like now, under the Black Tortoise's perception, Qi Yun stood upright in the smoke, leaning on his broadsword, and Yi Xuan had no way of determining the damage the Gatling had caused him.

Seeing that the Gatling had been running for more than three minutes, Yi Xuan decisively stopped the attack.

Don't be fooled by the short three-minute time limit. Keep in mind that the Gatling on the Black Tortoise is not the original version designed by Yi Xuan. Both its power and rate of fire have been improved by a great deal.

The number of bullets fired per minute alone reached an astonishing 30,000, meaning a three-minute attack would fire 90,000 bullets.

Under such an attack, an ordinary Golden Core True Person might not even last a minute before being shattered.

However, Qi Yun was still standing intact in the smoke, indicating that the Gatling's damage to him might have been limited.

When the smoke cleared, Qi Yun was indeed standing there as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, he looked at Black Tortoise and said, "I thought you had some amazing tricks up your sleeve? What a joke! You insect! I actually gave you a chance to attack me! Hahahaha, die!"

Qi Yun's actions were decisive, but he didn't expect that Yi Xuan had already been on guard against him. The moment Qi Yun made a move, the Barrett on the right shoulder of the Black Tortoise fired decisively.

Although the Barrett carried by the Black Tortoise is called a gun, its exaggerated caliber makes it look more like a cannon.

The moment the Barrett fired, Qi Yun felt as if he were being stared at by some wild beast, and the hairs on the back of his body stood on end thanks to his cultivator's sixth sense.

Qi Yun knew that although this sense of crisis wouldn't be fatal, it would definitely not be pleasant if he didn't deal with it carefully.

The bullets fired from the Barrett on the shoulder of the Black Tortoise were so fast that even a Nascent Soul Realm expert couldn't detect them; they could only barely judge the bullet's trajectory through Divine Sense and perception.

Qi Yun relied on his intuition and swung his sword with all his might at the air.

Seeing Qi Yun's actions from a distance, Yi Xuan smiled confidently, "Bang!"

As if in response to Yi Xuan, the bullet exploded the instant it made contact with the murder weapon, and the shockwave from the explosion sent Qi Yun flying.

The effect was absolutely amazing; Yi Xuan was practically grinning from ear to ear in the cockpit.

But Yi Xuan's smile vanished. Under the Black Tortoise's perception, Qi Yun appeared unharmed behind Black Tortoise, unleashing dozens of ruthless attacks on the Black Tortoise.

"Warn!"

"Warn!"

"Automatic..."

"Energy shield overload..."

"Bump..."

In an instant, the Black Tortoise's energy shield burned out due to overload.

Seeing Qi Yun raise his knife at the Black Tortoise, Yi Xuan decisively chose to disengage, and he and the driver's seat were ejected from behind by the Black Tortoise.

The moment Yi Xuan left the mecha, the Black Tortoise was split in two.

Yi Xuan saw Qi Yun's ferocious expression through the gap between the two halves of the Black Tortoise, and Qi Yun also saw the terror on Yi Xuan's face.

"Um, I think we can talk!"

Yi Xuan, who was not far away, took the initiative to speak.