Chapter 41: Cannon Fire

  "Roar!"

  Hearing the desperate and mournful roar amidst the explosion, Qin Tianyi's face, which had been trying to maintain its calmness, finally let out a sigh of relief.

  "Success!"

  Although he was covered in dust and mud from head to toe, as if he had just crawled out of a refugee camp, his spirit was full of excitement.

  The shockwave from the explosion lasted for a moment before gradually weakening.

  From a pit over three meters deep, Qin Tianyi's first glance was towards the giant rhino war beast.

  "What a strong vitality!"

  As he approached the giant rhino war beast, Qin Tianji's heart felt a slight chill.

  Although this terrifying war beast was blown up for half of its body, it was covered in wounds all over, but surprisingly it still didn't die, constantly groaning and emitting waves of painful low roars.

  "The mighty Rhinowarrior is renowned for its defensive capabilities and vitality, truly living up to its reputation."

  Qin Tianyi said a word from his mouth, but in his heart, he didn't have much sympathy. The top-grade treasure sword, Shanhe Sword, in his hand stabbed straight down and tore open a wound on the giant rhino beast's body.

  "My physical body is indeed sturdy, I dodged its scales and poured in a large amount of true energy, one sword down, it was only able to tear open a small wound on its body... The Spirit Sword is not something that any strong sword master can possess. Many poor sword masters have the same top-grade treasure swords as me. Although the strong sword masters' true energy is more powerful when liquefied, relying solely on the top-grade treasure sword, even with a full-strength slash, it would only be able to cut open a small wound on the Giant Rhinoceros War Beast's body. Under these circumstances, how could human sword masters without divine weapons possibly be a match for such a beast?"

  Although he had a deeper understanding of the giant rhino's solid defense in his heart, Qin Tianyi's hands did not slow down at all. In less than a moment, he had already taken out the inner elixir from this leader-level giant rhino beast.

  A tenth-grade fierce beast, although it also condensed an inner elixir, that inner elixir was at best only a flesh and blood containing a large amount of life essence. Once it left the body of the fierce beast, its effect would quickly dissipate.

  However, the inner elixir of the Lord-level ferocious beast is different.

  The inner elixir of a Lord-level ferocious beast is almost close to materialization, with powerful life energy condensed inside without dispersing. If not guided out through special methods, the life energy inside will be wasted in vain.

  "With the internal elixir of a Lord-level fierce beast in hand, I can easily advance to 9th level swordsmanship. If all goes smoothly, there's even hope to reach the pinnacle of 9th level swordsmanship in one go!"

  Qin Tianji's mind was slightly turbulent, and he carefully took out a jade box to store the inner elixir. Then, his gaze turned back to the corpse of this giant rhino war beast.

  This giant rhino war beast is a lord-level fierce beast, and its flesh and blood also contain a huge amount of life essence. Its effect is in no way inferior to the Cong Qi Dan or Lian Qi Dan, and it doesn't have the drawback of leaving behind residual impurities in the body like dan medicines do after being swallowed and digested.

  If the corpse of this giant beast can be transported to Yunlai Sword Sect and shared among the 44 disciples, it's likely that many swordsmen will be able to advance one level.

  "Waste is shameful..."

  This giant beast is nearly four meters long and its body is extremely heavy, weighing no less than 20,000 kilograms. Even if Qin Tianyi, an eighth-level swordsman at this moment, were to use his strength to pull it back, it would still be a luxury.

  He can now only try his best to pick out the essence of this giant beast and take it away.

  "Roar!"

  Just as Qin Tianyi was about to carve out some essence from this war beast, waves of angry roars and low growls kept coming from afar.

  Accompanied by a large number of trees falling down in front, and the ground shaking violently.

  "Rhino Tank!!?"

  Qin Tianji's face changed slightly, and soon he had already associated it with the dying roar of the giant rhino beast that shook the forest earlier.

  "Not good!"

  Feeling at least ten giant rhino war beasts' angry roars, Qin Tianji's face suddenly changed, and he couldn't care about the corpse of this giant rhino war beast anymore. His body flew swiftly, rushing towards the Moonlight at the fastest speed.

  If it were a single giant rhino war beast that came upon hearing the sound, he would only feel happy. The C-9302 defense cannon's next shell wasn't for nothing, but a dozen or so giant rhino war beasts came in one breath...

  Run away!

  In an instant, Qin Tianyi's mind was left with only this one thought.

  He had just sprinted out of less than five kilometers, and sixteen giant rhino war beasts appeared quickly beside the corpse of this killed giant rhino war beast.

  Seeing the giant rhino war beast being killed and its dan taken, the 16 giant rhino war beasts let out a loud roar at the same time. The sound was low and rumbling, like thunder, shaking people's hearts and scaring countless lower-level fierce beasts to quickly escape from this area.

  Sixteen giant rhino war beasts roared for a moment, and the leading master-level war beast sniffed and quickly locked onto Qin Tianji's direction based on the scent. In an instant, except for two smaller giant rhino war beasts that stayed behind, the remaining fourteen giant rhino war beasts went into a frenzy, chasing and killing Qin Tianji.

  "Caught up!?"

  Qin Tianji's face changed slightly.

  Jade box... couldn't block the smell of the inner dan of that leader-level fierce beast.

  However, after carefully calculating the distance between him and the giant rhino beast, as well as its average running speed, his tense expression slightly eased.

  "I'm now 45 kilometers away from the Moonlight, and the Metal Storm's effective attack range is 10 kilometers. That means I'll only be barely safe after 35 kilometers. The Giant Rhinoceros War Beast is 5 kilometers away from my current position, and it can't catch up to me in a short amount of time... if my speed is fast enough... maybe it's still an opportunity!"

  In an instant, Qin Tianyi's eyes seemed to shoot out a bright light, the true energy in his body was fully mobilized, and his figure was like a flowing light flying through the forest at high speed.

  "Rumble!"

  The tremors behind him, came continuously, from far to near, vaguely, Qin Tianyi could even see the towering trees that fell one after another under the impact of the giant rhinoceros beast.

  Forest!

  For Qin Tianyi, and even human swordsmen, it would be a huge obstacle, but for the giant rhino war beast... as long as it's not one of those ancient trees that several people can hug together after hundreds of years, any obstacles in front of them will be crushed.

  "Whoosh!"

  In the dense forest, Qin Tianyi, who was running wildly, suddenly flew and finally entered the desolate area formed by the crash of the Moonlight.

  "Roar!"

  Almost less than ten seconds after he rushed out of the woods, a terrifying low growl came from behind him, and then, a giant rhino war beast, even bigger than the one Qin Tianyi killed earlier, suddenly smashed through the trees and charged towards him!

  "So fast!"

  Qin Tianji's face changed slightly.

  "Still twenty kilometers... No good, will be caught up!"

  A quick calculation in mind, an absolutely not good result, surged up in heart.

  Once caught up by this war giant equivalent to the pinnacle of human swordsmen, Qin Tianyi didn't need to analyze to know what kind of consequences would follow.

  "There is only one way!"

  Glancing at the jade box in his hand, Qin Tianji didn't hesitate and directly took out the inner elixir, swallowing it in one gulp.

  The elixir entered his body and was rapidly refined by Qin Tianyi with all his might. For a moment, the elixir seemed to have turned into a nuclear reactor in his body, unleashing a terrifying energy and essence of life that burst out from it and wildly impacted his limbs and bones.

  "Cheers!"

  Accompanied by a low growl, Qin Tianyi's speed suddenly increased, and in an instant, it reached a terrifying degree that was not inferior to that of the giant rhino war beast.

  "Not enough, still not enough! Cloud Sea Tide Birth Secret Art! Refine and Transform!"

  Qin Tianyi let out a long whistle, and his spiritual world was in an uproar. Under the death pressure brought by the Lord-level ferocious beast behind him, he frantically stimulated all the potential in his body. The life essence that burst out of the Lord-level ferocious beast's inner dan was being frantically refined by him. In an instant, he had already touched the bottleneck of an 8th-level swordsman.

  "Roar!"

  At this moment, the giant rhino beast behind him suddenly let out a loud roar, raised its thick front hooves high, and then stomped them heavily on the ground.

  "Rumble!"

  A visible shockwave wildly spread along the ground and instantly caught up with Qin Tianyi, who was running frantically.

  War tramples!

  "Not good!"

  Qin Tianyi, who sensed the crisis, suddenly jumped up and wanted to dodge.

  But this shockwave is an indiscriminate area attack and to some extent no longer limited to the ground.

  Qin Tianji's body rose at the same time, and that shockwave had already impacted his body. In an instant, it made his body shake violently, his internal organs trembling fiercely, and his figure lost balance as he was knocked to the ground...

  That war beast is less than a hundred meters away from him, if he falls to the ground at this time, and then gets up again, it will take some time to accelerate to its maximum speed...

  Catch up!

  That giant rhino beast will definitely catch up with him!

  Once overtaken, there is no way out but death!

  "C-9302! Launch!"

  Decisive action!

  Without any hesitation, Qin Tianyi, who was blown away, gave an order in mid-air.

  "Whoosh!"

  Shining light bursts through the air!

  The direction of the Moonlight seems to be visible with a flash of light.

  "Boom!"

  The next moment, a terrifying explosive force shook out, followed by an impact wave filled with endless scorching heat, surging forth.

  This time... there was no prepared cover for him to hide in.

  "Boom!"

  His figure, which had been blown away, hadn't even touched the ground yet when another wave of impact, containing endless heat waves, swept over his body. In an instant, a mouthful of fresh blood spewed out from his mouth, only to be evaporated immediately by the flames and heat waves contained within the impact. The clothes he was wearing were also reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.

  "Ah!"

  The intense pain was like a raging fire that burned him, and even though Qin Tianyi tried to maintain his composure at all times, he couldn't help but let out a pained cry.

  "Boom!"

  In a flash, the potential in his body was finally forced to its limit. The small barrier between 8th and 9th level swordsmen was finally shattered. Thick life energy frantically poured into his limbs, meridians, and acupoints, causing the true qi in his body to finally burst out!

  Protect your body with true energy!

  The intense burning pain dissipated by more than half.

  Qin Tianyi's figure, blown away by the blast wave, heavily smashed onto the ground, rolled twice on the ground with unabated momentum, and spat out a mouthful of blood again.