As for the reason, it was industrialization, of course! While the exact time the Beast God Realm first encountered the Immortal Gods was unknown, one could be certain that world had not been industrialized back then.

When it came to power, thousands of years had passed. These Cultivation Techniques, which had been passed down and meticulously refined for a millennium even during the Era of Severed Spiritual Qi, were naturally far more potent than the crude, initial versions from several thousand years ago. After all, times had changed.

In any case, Awakening Peak, even for a human, was considered the Grandmaster Realm. In the Beast God Realm, which had also suffered an Era of Severed Spiritual Qi, such a being was a top-tier combatant. Even though the Iron Feather Giant Goose was nearly blinded and its wings and back were in excruciating pain, it still retained most of its combat effectiveness. Now, it simply shut its eyes, planning to rely on its Spiritual Power perception to first kill the guy holding that strange, light-emitting magical treasure!

And this time, Shao Qiming temporarily put away his flashlight and threw out a second Sound Shock Bomb—now the giant goose was deaf, and the feathers on the side of its head were blasted upright.

"How tragic." Guan Wanjing, who had circled back around, couldn’t help but shake his head internally at the giant goose. Even on a bird’s head, its baffled expression was plain to see. ’Sigh, we were each issued five of these Spiritual Power Sound Shock Bombs, and most were given to Brother Shao to carry... They might be technologically demanding, but they’re mass-produced by the hundreds, even thousands.’

Sure enough, facing the completely berserk Iron Feather Giant Goose, which now seemed intent on charging and killing with brute force, Shao Qiming was unhurried. He even had time to pull back Li Hanshan, who had just shot a second arrow into the creature’s left eye, before consecutively throwing out four more shock bombs. Even if the target was deaf, the shockwaves and concussive force were still obvious, and they blasted the rampaging goose into a state of stunned paralysis.

The crazed giant goose’s Regeneration Power was extremely strong. One could even see bullets that had been embedded in its body being squeezed out by regenerating muscle tissue after it went berserk... But going berserk didn’t negate other effects. If anything, because the rage stimulated its nerves, the sensitivity around its trigeminal nerve area became even more acute.

’Azhou was so right. When it comes to fighting, no fancy-pants tactics are better than just throwing money and items at the problem.’

Seeing Guan Wanjing and Lii Yeyu move forward again, one in front and one behind to block the crazed giant goose’s path, Shao Qiming, without the slightest hesitation, took out the Blinding Flashlight again. He focused his Spiritual Power to enhance the beam and aimed it directly at the creature’s remaining eye.

He thought to himself, ’And if a tactic works, just keep using it until the enemy is dead or it stops working. Resistance is something you only find in games. In reality, you use what’s effective.’

Although Guan Wanjing looked rough, he was actually meticulous and had extremely strong control over the Spiritual Power in his body. With the giant goose now deaf and blind, he would control his Spiritual Power to feign a bursting charge, only to immediately retract it, tricking the goose into either defending or launching a counterattack. In reality, he would only strike once out of every ten feints. The rest of the time, he would either retreat to give Li Hanshan and Lii Yeyu an opening to attack, or he would stand perfectly still, leaving the goose baffled and exposing countless openings.

This was a Secret Skill from his inherited Martial Dao school, originally used to deceive other martial artists and conceal his true intentions and attack direction. But now, it was also proving quite effective for a vanguard to mislead an enemy’s counterattacks or defense.

Before long, with the squad’s incredibly precise coordination, the giant goose was toyed with until it collapsed limply to the ground. Its brief berserker rage had ended, leaving it with absolutely no strength to fight back.

It had originally wanted to fly away, but the arrow Li Hanshan had shot through the base of its wing earlier was too critical. It only managed to get halfway into the air before a leaping Guan Wanjing smashed it back down with a hammer blow—which was why the giant goose now looked as if it were in shock.

However, not one of the four people present celebrated the takedown of an Awakening Peak giant goose to the point of forgetting caution. Lii Yeyu’s father was a member of the Security Bureau and had naturally warned her day and night, while Li Hanshan and Guan Wanjing also came from families with established traditions.

As for Shao Qiming—he wasn’t an idiot. ’Just because an enemy is down, does that mean it’s really down? What does "down" even mean? Couldn’t it just be faking it? Never mind the superb contrarian spirit I learned from my friend—in a situation like this, you have to confirm the kill!’

So, he unhesitatingly pulled out the Blinding Flashlight again and continued to shine it at the giant goose’s single eye.

"SKRAAAAAH!"

Sure enough, the giant goose was only feigning defeat, apparently intending to lash out and take a few of them down with it as they approached. But since its plan had been exposed, the fake defeat naturally turned into a real one. It was beaten to within an inch of its life by the coordinated four-person squad—and this time, it was for real.

However, even so, it was still very difficult for the four of them to kill the giant goose... Its vital spots were mostly covered by feathers as hard as steel, and even where there were no feathers, there was an extremely tough membrane that was difficult to break through.

At this, Shao Qiming quickly came up with a good idea. He borrowed Li Hanshan’s longsword and cut a gash on the giant goose’s back.

But within seconds, with a squirm of muscle, the wound closed up and stopped bleeding. The Evil Bird’s back was restored to its original, uninjured state.

"Haha, that’s completely useless!"

Sensing that the four-person squad’s weapons mostly lacked lethal power, the giant Evil Bird let out a sharp cry that sounded like a taunt: "You humans can’t kill me at all!"