"Whoosh!"

  Outside the mountain range where the sun never sets, a figure swiftly darted through the dense forest.

  It was Qin Tianyi who had just left Yunlai Sword Sect.

  The last time he came to the Endless Mountain Range, he was only a mid-level swordsman. In this outer periphery of the mountain range, most of the ferocious beasts could kill him, so he had to be extremely cautious and careful in his advance.

  But at this moment, his cultivation had undergone a heaven-shaking change compared to five months ago.

  Eighth-level swordsman!

  As long as he doesn't venture three hundred miles into the Dayless Mountains and doesn't encounter a ferocious beast above level nine, his safety can be fully guaranteed.

  "It's almost certain that this time, the third-rate sect of Yunlai Sword Sect will have to deal with is the Golden Gate! The Golden Gate has four 9th-level swordsmen... Qilingyun has been taking Refining Qi Pills for several months, but he can only barely reach the peak of a 9th-level swordsman. The gap between a 9th-level swordsman and a great swordsman is not inferior to that between a mid-level swordsman and a high-level swordsman. Even with an endless supply of Refining Qi Pills, it's impossible for him to enter the realm of a great swordsman in a short period of time. With the optimized Cloud Sea Tidal Life-Extending Technique and Wind Cloud Thirty-Two Swords, Qilingyun can barely hold his own against two great swordsmen... That is to say, if I want to completely eliminate the threat from the Golden Gate, I must at least advance to 9th-level swordsman! Only when I reach the 9th level of spiritual power can I, with my keen reaction and observation abilities, possibly withstand the other two 9th-level swordsmen of the Golden Gate!"

  Qin Tianyi had a very clear positioning of himself in his mind.

  It's precisely because it's clear that one feels the pressure of being hard to express.

  "There's only one month left, a month, from the beginning of the 8th level swordsmen realm to cultivating into a 9th level swordsmen... Even among those top-notch geniuses in first-rate sects who receive the entire sect's support, it's not necessarily possible! I want to achieve something that even a first-rate sect can't do, in one month, from an 8th level swordsmen, breaking through to become a 9th level swordsmen... The method, there is only one!"

  As his mind cleared up, Qin Tianyi's eyes gradually turned cold.

  Danger!

  This method is very dangerous!

  A matter of life and death!

  But...

  He must make a choice!

  "Qin Tianyi! Your goal is that vast starry sea! The trivial difficulties in front of you, how can they stop you? Break out of the encirclement!"

  With a low growl in his throat, Qin Tianji suddenly accelerated, and in an instant, he was speeding through the dense forest like lightning, his speed almost as fast as running wildly on flat ground.

  The terrain in the forest is extremely complex, especially in remote and desolate mountain ranges like the Endless Mountains. The countless bogs, shrubs, withered vines, giant trees, etc., are all important factors that prevent humans from sprinting at full speed in the forest. At full speed, one misstep could result in crashing into a tree or being tripped by withered vines or bogs, leading to a disastrous outcome.

  But at this moment, Qin Tianyi, who had mustered up all his spirit, managed to do so with great difficulty.

  His spirit can no longer extend out of his body like before, forming a spiritual domain that envelops his body for tens of meters in all directions. However, his powerful spirit greatly enhances his sensory and computational abilities, allowing him to move as swiftly as a cheetah even in the complex environment of the primeval forest.

  ……

  "Whoosh!"

  Run wildly for one day!

  A vast expanse of wilderness, overgrown with weeds and small trees, appeared in Qin Tianyi's field of vision. In the depths of that wilderness, a massive crater, tens of kilometers in diameter, inspired awe and mystery.

  In the center of the heavenly pit, the massive hull of the Moonlight, as if a ancient relic standing tall in the depths of the mountains and forests, breathtaking and shocking.

  "Number Two! Connect with Moonlight!"

  "Drip! Moonlight No. 9's optical brain is connected!"

  "Qin Tianyi, welcome back, Moonlight No. 1 Main Control Brain, Moonlight at your service."

  "Entering self-test program, I want to know, what is the repair status of the warship's weapon facilities?"

  "Beep! Self-test complete! Battleship armament, planetary-grade main cannon one barrel (damaged), meteor-grade secondary cannons thirty-six barrels (thirty-five damaged), automated defense system..."

  Looking at the string of either damaged or inoperable prompts, Qin Tianyi was speechless and hastily changed his command: "Display the warship's currently usable weapons."

  "Ding! Two defensive weapons available! 78MM 'Death Storm' rapid-fire cannon, three barrels, effective range 10,000 meters, can fire 7,000 metal energy bullets per minute. C-9302 close-range defense cannon, one barrel, effective range 50,000 meters, remaining ammo 2 rounds, cooldown time 5 seconds!"

  "C-9302 Type Defense Cannon!"

  Upon hearing that this weapon was available, Qin Tianyi's eyes suddenly lit up.

  This defensive cannon is a formidable existence that can destroy any mech with one hit, although its attack range is somewhat small, only fifty kilometers, but it has great utility value...

  "Two cannon shots! That means I can attack twice... With the power of the C-9302 defense cannon, even a Lord-level beast can be killed with one shot. Next, the real key is how I can lure those Lord-level beasts within 50 kilometers of the Moonlight!"

  Qin Tianyi muttered to himself, his eyes already falling on the map of the recent discoveries of the Moonlight in the past few months.

  That's right!

  This is Qin Tianyi's plan!

  Within a month, it's impossible to successfully advance from an 8th-level swordsman to a 9th-level swordsman through steady practice. Even if he were to consume some highly effective medicinal pellets, it's unlikely that he could reach the level of a 9th-level swordsman within a month!

  All the more...

  A medicinal pill that can let an eighth-level swordsman temporarily advance to a ninth-level swordsman would make even the top sects extremely envious. Once it appears, it will immediately cause a bloody storm, and even if it really exists, Qin Tianji may not necessarily be able to get his hands on it.

  It is impossible for good fortune to always be with him, like Dahui City's Tang Zixuan.

  Wanting to break through to 9th level swordsmanship in a month, the only way is by using Fierce Beast Inner Pellet!

  The inner elixir of a tenth-grade fierce beast!

  Even is...

  The inner elixir of a Lord-level ferocious beast!

  With the powerful firepower of the Moonlight Cannon, kill the fierce beast, seize its internal elixir, and refine it for cultivation.

  If he had five 10th-grade beast cores or one Lord-grade beast core, it would be a sure thing for him to advance to the 9th-grade swordsman in just one month.

  But this bold plan was truly dangerous in that it relied on some means of luring the beast into the Moonlight's range.

  "Any luck? Is the probe system fixed?"

  "Bleep! Insufficient energy, sensor system on secondary sequence number, currently under repair!"

  "How long will it take if we rush to repair with all our might and reach the minimum standard for opening?"

  "Drip! Immediate full-force repair to reach the minimum opening standard, about 2512 hours!"

  "104 days... it's too late, no detection system, can't detect life reactions within hundreds of kilometers, so there's no way to know the specific location of those level 10 ferocious beasts and lord-level ferocious beasts... which means I need to go find them myself..."

  Although he had mentally prepared himself, this result still made Qin Tianyi's expression slightly sink.

  But...

  That's all there is to it.

  At the moment he entered the Sunset Mountains, he had actually made preparations to face a level 10 ferocious beast!

  "My cultivation as an 8th-level swordsmen, encountering a 9th-level fierce beast, as long as the opponent is not skilled in speed, there's still a possibility of escaping with my life, but... a 10th-level fierce beast..."

  Quietly standing in front of Moonlight for a moment, Qin Tianyi suddenly raised his head, and instantly made up his mind.

  "With the complex environment of the forest, even if it's a level 10 ferocious beast, I may not necessarily be unable to escape with my life... let alone the effective striking distance of the C-9302 defense cannon is fifty kilometers, within these fifty kilometers, there might just be a level 10 ferocious beast... if luck is on our side..."

  Qin Tianji's pupils condensed slightly.

  Lord-level ferocious beast!

  If a dominant beast can be found within a range of fifty kilometers, all problems will be solved.

  "Level 10 ferocious beast... the danger is low, but the quantity is a huge problem! To impact the ninth-level swordsman, at least four level 10 ferocious beast cores are needed, and the C-9302 defense cannon only has two rounds of ammunition. Even if I find those level 10 ferocious beasts, I can only kill two heads, and the remaining two... I still need to lure them into the Moonlight's 10-kilometer range... it's too dangerous..."

  Affected by the devastating shockwave caused by the collision of Yue Guang with the earth, within a radius of thirty kilometers, fierce beasts have almost been wiped out. In other words, even if Qin Tianyi found a tenth-level fierce beast thirty kilometers away, he would need to bring that tenth-level fierce beast and run wildly for twenty kilometers.

  "Calculating it this way, the difficulty of a tenth-level ferocious beast wouldn't be lower than that of a leader-level ferocious beast..."

  Hesitation flashed across Qin Tianyi's face for only a moment before being replaced by a thread of determination.

  "Only a Lord-level beast! It can only be a Lord-level beast! To kill two level-10 beasts and then lead two more level-10 beasts on a wild 20-kilometer chase? I'm not taking that bet! Must find the Lord-level beast! One battle to settle everything!"

  At this point, Qin Tianyi immediately ordered: "A-9302 type close-range defense gun ammunition loaded, enter attack state!"

  "Beep! Command confirmed, C-9302 type close-range defense cannon entering attack state..."

  "Whoosh!"

  Qin Tianyi's body turned around and flew again, bypassing the huge hull of the Moonlight, and went deeper into the Mountains of No Sunset.

  "I hope there are Lord-level ferocious beasts within this fifty-kilometer range, otherwise..."

  ……

  Just as Qin Tianyi was searching for the Lord-level fierce beast around the Moonlight, two guests arrived at the City Master's Mansion in Wanxia County.

  If it were someone familiar with the upper echelons of the thirty-six major sects of Wanxia County, they would discover that these two guests were none other than the highest authorities of the Golden Gate Sect, Hu Rendi, the Master of the Main Gate, and Yang Tiandao, the Master of the Three Gates.

  At this moment, the two of them are standing in the council hall of Wanxia County with their heads bowed, quietly waiting, without any domineering air of a master who can summon the wind and rain.

  After a brief wait, a man in his fifties, who looked like a butler, walked in from outside and greeted the two of them: "Young Master Hou has invited you, come on, I hope what you're saying is true. If not, deceiving Young Master Hou is a grave crime that your small, third-rate sect can't afford to bear!"

  "Yes! Please rest assured, Liu Guan, this news is absolutely true!"

  "Not bad, that war puppet, at least hundreds of people have seen it with their own eyes, absolutely no fake! War puppet, that's a weapon of war! Yun Lei Jian Zong actually dares to possess it, obviously wants to rebel, this is a capital offense! Moreover, such a treasure, how can a small Yun Lei Jian Zong be qualified to own? Can only offer it to the young master!"