67: vs Jingxing

After the smoke and dust cleared, the Earth-Shaking Bear and Jing Xing, who was protected beneath it, were revealed once more. Facing the full-power bombardment from the three Mechanical Beasts, neither the Earth-Shaking Bear nor Jing Xing sustained any damage.

However, the barrier shields on both of them were about to shatter, and the large amount of scattered rocks nearby indicated that withstanding this wave of bombardment was apparently not easy for them.

Before the Earth-Shaking Bear could reapply its defensive measures, the three Mechanical Beasts, having emptied their magazines, swarmed forward. Their hard bodies, made of special metal, resisted the surrounding Gravity Field and, propelled by mechanical thrusters behind them, quickly approached the person and the spirit beast.

Spider spears and bear paws struck the shattered shields, their power undiminished, heading towards the two. The Mechanical Snake even attempted to directly coil around and crush them with its large, long body.

Facing the encirclement of the three, the Earth-Shaking Bear first raised a shield for Jing Xing, and then simultaneously struck out with two huge bear paws. The paws, carrying terrifying strength, directly swatted away the Mechanical Bear Paw and bent the Mechanical Spider Spear. At the same time, a burst of Repulsive Force fiercely knocked the two flying.

As for the Mechanical Snake that was coiled around the Earth-Shaking Bear attempting to crush it, after knocking away the other two Mechanical Beasts, the Earth-Shaking Bear grabbed its body with both paws and then tore it apart with force, making it the first of the three Mechanical Beasts to be scrapped.

In just a few breaths, one Mechanical Beast was scrapped and two were heavily injured, while the Earth-Shaking Bear itself was completely unscathed. Furthermore, its Spiritual Power consumption was limited only to applying the initial shield to Jing Xing and activating the Repulsive Force twice, fully demonstrating the Earth-Shaking Bear's power.

However, the few spectators outside who were friends with Jing Xing did not feel joy because he had easily dealt with the three Mechanical Beasts; instead, they were sweating bullets for him.

This was because Xu Yan, standing on a floating Flying Skateboard high up and some distance away from the two, was currently holding a large firearm with both hands, the muzzle pointing precisely in the direction of Jing Xing and the Earth-Shaking Bear.

Just as the Earth-Shaking Bear reached out its paws towards the Mechanical Snake's body, Xu Yan, who had been locked on for a long time, looked at Jing Xing centered in his sights and pulled the trigger.

Without making a sound, a Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet shot out from the firearm. After leaving the muzzle, light and shadow flickered, and the rapidly flying Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet immediately vanished.

The next moment, the massive armor-piercing bullet appeared right in front of Jing Xing. At this time, the Earth-Shaking Bear's paws were tearing apart the Mechanical Beast's body. Given its speed, it was too late to extend a paw for aid. It could only use its paws to quickly tear off the Mechanical Snake while simultaneously increasing the Spiritual Power output to the shield covering Jing Xing.

However, the Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet converted by Wuxiang was originally a specialized round designed to target various shield-type skills. Furthermore, before the battle, Xu Yan had specifically specialized it against Earth-Type Defensive Skills. In the face of the Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet, the Earth-Shaking Bear's defensive skill began to rapidly dissolve upon contact.

Just as the shield was about to break and Jing Xing was about to be hit directly by the Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet, the ground beneath them began to tremble.

The next moment, Jing Xing, along with the Earth-Shaking Bear, was lifted directly by a Rock Giant Snake composed of rock. The bullet, originally aimed at Jing Xing, landed squarely on the Rock Giant Snake, causing an explosion.

After the explosion, a noticeable, irregular crater appeared on the part of the Rock Giant Snake that was hit, while Jing Xing stood on its body, protected by the now-free Earth-Shaking Bear.

Rock Spine Scaled Snake, Earth-Type Spirit Beast, bloodline rank Middle Commander Rank, possessing the ability to move quickly underground.

Looking at the Earth-Shaking Bear and the Rock Spine Scaled Snake protecting him, a trace of horror flashed in Jing Xing's eyes.

He hadn't even met his opponent face-to-face, yet he had almost been directly sniped.

Just as Jing Xing was calming down, the two Mechanical Beasts, which had used the previous momentary lapse to close the distance between the two sides, initiated a self-destruct sequence, along with the Mechanical Snake that had been torn into two pieces and fallen to the ground.

An explosion several times stronger than the initial full-power barrage erupted directly around Jing Xing and the two spirit beasts.

The two spirit beasts, who were originally unconcerned with the two heavily injured Mechanical Beasts that had little fighting strength left and were fully focused on guarding against the unknown sniper, could only hastily raise a temporary shield for Jing Xing and then use their bodies to shield him at the center, taking the full brunt of this triple explosion.

After the explosion, the Rock Spine Scaled Snake, already seriously injured from taking a Concentrated Armor-Piercing Bullet head-on and then absorbing the vast majority of the explosive power, instantly turned into light and vanished, leaving only the somewhat battered Earth-Shaking Bear protecting Jing Xing beneath it.

Seeing this situation, Xu Yan, realizing that he had blocked the possibility of the opponent escaping underground, directly commanded Wuxiang, preparing to end the battle.

As Xu Yan's command fell, the Small Satellite flying directly above Jing Xing unfolded. With the satellite's deployment, ten Chain Explosive Bombs appeared and were dropped from the air towards the location of Jing Xing and the two spirit beasts.

When these Chain Explosive Bombs dropped to about ten meters above the Earth-Shaking Bear, they were detected by the latter via its Gravity Field.

Watching the ten explosive bombs falling in different directions around them, the Earth-Shaking Bear let out a roar, activating its Repulsive Force again, trying to knock them away or change their trajectory.

However, what the opponent had exposed in the first round once again trapped itself.

As the Chain Explosive Bombs fell, the Counter-Force Field Device equipped on the Small Satellite was immediately activated, applying a Counter-Force Field to them, which almost completely nullified the opponent's Repulsive Force, allowing them to fall straight toward the ground.

Seeing this, the Earth-Shaking Bear could only attempt to use long-range attacks to detonate them directly in the air before they landed.

The idea was good, but these ten Chain Explosive Bombs were not activated by conventional contact triggers. Instead, they were encased in a metal shell with extremely strong protective capabilities, requiring Wuxiang to actively trigger their activation.

The Earth-Shaking Bear's long-range attack, with its limited power, could not detonate them directly.

Seeing this, the Earth-Shaking Bear also realized that it had underestimated the strength of the bombs in the air. Instead of using skills to intercept them, it would have been better to directly throw rocks to knock them off course.

However, at this point, it was too late to change the method of interception. The Earth-Shaking Bear could only apply various defensive and protective skills onto itself and Jing Xing as quickly as possible, attempting to forcibly withstand this round of attacks.

As the ten Chain Explosive Bombs dropped, a small mushroom cloud immediately rose up from the location of Jing Xing and the Earth-Shaking Bear.

Subsequently, the surrounding environment began to change, reverting back to the Training Ground Arena.