This Awakening Peak Evil Bird from the Beast God Realm was a silver-gray wild goose. Its wingspan was nearly nine meters, and each of its feathers seemed forged from steel, sharp and hard.

It stood as tall as a two-story building. At a glance, it didn’t look like a bird at all, but rather some kind of feathered dinosaur.

Even after being hit by a Sound Shock Bomb and a Blinding Flashlight in quick succession, it still recovered quickly, returning to normal as its eyes once again gleamed with malice. The powerful physique of a Spirit Beast was beyond reason, and Spirit Beasts from the Beast God Realm were almost always stronger than their natural counterparts.

But it was clear its opponents were equally well-trained.

Blinding Flashlight!

Another burst of intense light shot out, making the Evil Bird, which had only just reopened its eyes, squawk in fury. At the same time, the team unleashed their routine covering fire! In an instant, a shower of Spiritual Power Bullets rained down on the enemy, sending a cloud of sparks into the air.

Even as its steel-like feathers rang with the sound of striking metal, most of the Spiritual Power Bullets failed to penetrate completely. Only a few managed to pierce its flesh, but the immense impact still made the two-story-tall monster sway and nearly topple over.

Blinding Flashlight!

Shao Qiming calmly focused the beam, like a child using a magnifying glass to burn ants with focused sunlight.

In the real world, there was no such thing as flash resistance. As long as your eyes were open, a bright flash would leave any creature dizzy and disoriented, even if it happened ten times in a row—though most creatures would be half-blind after five or six. At the same time, Li Hanshan had already taken aim at the giant goose’s wing root. He fired an arrow that pierced its left wing and buried itself in the flesh!

For an Awakening Peak Level Spirit Beast, bullets were already largely ineffective. Against a physical Enhancement type, only an anti-materiel sniper rifle could deal significant damage. They were living tanks, extremely difficult to take down.

But Li Hanshan’s sniper crossbow was designed specifically for hunting Giant Beasts. The arrowheads were high-quality Armor-Piercing Arrowheads crafted by the Zhengguo Government. Infused with Spiritual Power, a single shot could pierce the plating of an armored vehicle. It would even release hemolytic poison needles upon impact, preventing the wound from healing.

An opening! Just as the giant goose cried out in pain from a bone-deep injury, Guan Wanjing put away his shotgun. He took a deep breath, concentrating the strength to lift a barbell of more than ten tons into his giant shield. Spiritual Power gathered, making the entire shield glow with a Spiritual Light. Then, he aimed for the giant goose’s neck and slammed the shield forward with all his might!

Over half a year ago, Guan Wanjing could already lift ten tons during his physical test. Now, on the verge of breaking through to Awakening Peak, his physical strength had more than doubled. If he hadn’t needed to hold back some power to deal with a potential counterattack, Guan Wanjing felt he could have sent this Evil Bird flying with a single blow! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"SKRAWK!"

As expected, despite suffering one unexpected blow after another, the giant goose still had the strength to counterattack. Facing Guan Wanjing’s shield charge, it furiously swung a wing—a swift strike no less powerful than the man’s own charged-up attack!

But even though their power was evenly matched, the difference in weight was too great. Guan Wanjing, man and shield, was sent flying backward, tumbling twice in mid-air before rolling to a stop over ten meters away.

In that moment, the barrier between the giant goose and the rest of the team was gone. It let out a furious roar, flapped its wings, and prepared to charge forward to trample all the damned little humans to death.

"Blinding Flashlight!""SKRAAAAWK! I’ll kill you!"

The giant goose was exasperated, charging and swiping wildly in an attempt to kill the human who was constantly harassing it. But every time it charged, it was blinded and left dizzy halfway through.

That human also seemed to have some kind of optical ability, creating illusions that caused its attacks to miss time and again, leaving it to waste its energy in impotent rage.

"Blinding Flashlight!"

Facing the enraged Evil Bird, Shao Qiming remained calm and composed, using the same technique again without hesitation. The giant goose, blinded once more, was about to go mad with fury—clearly, it was no Holy Fighter, because the same technique was working just fine.

Shao Qiming’s Spiritual Attributes were Wood and Yang—Wood with a touch of Yang, and a Yang that leaned toward light. In other words, while his base was the Wood Attribute, he could gather and store sunlight to release later—in essence, not so different from his family’s photovoltaic business. It was all about solar energy. The Half-Spirit Level Blinding Flashlight maximized Shao Qiming’s light-emitting ability. Its brightness was enough to instantly blind a normal person; only Transcendents could withstand it without being blinded on the first flash.

Of course, a monster like Su Zhou was different. He could stare directly into such an intense light and still casually distinguish the concentration of Spiritual Qi within it.

Just then, Lii Yeyu, who had been out of sight, suddenly darted out from behind the giant goose. The intense light from Shao Qiming’s Blinding Flashlight also created the deepest shadows, and she had used them to circle around to the goose’s back.

Then, she thrust out an Armor-Piercing Cone, striking the giant goose’s spine!

’AAAAAAAGH! Why do these members of the Immortal God Race have so many special Magical Treasures when they’re only at the Awakening Tier?!’ The giant goose’s bones were tough, and combined with Lii Yeyu’s lesser strength, the Armor-Piercing Cone didn’t actually pierce its spine. In fact, she was thrown off by the force of its shuddering body. But even so, the pain was real, and its inner confusion and bewilderment only deepened. ’And their power is so great! They’re not like the humans described in the records!’