Thinking about it, Qin Shou lightly tapped his wrist, and the Space Gate opened wide.
The greedy snake soared out, charging into the expansive mine tunnel first, while Qin Shou summoned the Flame Dragon Armor and followed closely behind.
The mine tunnel was like a labyrinth, with a complex web of interconnected branches.
The further Qin Shou ventured, the louder the monstrous roars grew.
Accompanied by the booming sounds of mechas, the fierce shouts of humans, and waves of murderous intent, an oppressive atmosphere surged forward from the depths of the mine tunnels.
At that moment, a feeling of unprecedented blood-pumping exhilaration erupted deep within Qin Shou’s heart.
His heartbeat quickened, sweat began to bead on his palms.
There was a strange tension, a relentless urge to jump into action and fight.
Qin Shou took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, silently uttering to himself.
"Qin Shou, you’re not the reckless hero type. Stay composed. Your persona is that of an assassin, not a warrior..." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel✶fire.net
Suddenly, beastly roars echoed through the cavern, and the mine tunnel violently trembled as two battered and crippled mechas smashed into the stone wall at the fork.
The stone wall cracked, debris scattered, and the two mechas clinging to the wall fell to the ground. Their Steel Bodies sparked and belched black smoke, reduced to little more than scrap metal.
Shortly after, two Mechanical Masters clad in battle armor scrambled out from the cockpits and rushed toward Qin Shou.
"Young brother, leave quickly! These two Giant Stone Monsters are too fierce..."
With energy jets erupting from their backs, the two Mechanical Masters darted past Qin Shou in an instant, disappearing down the fork.
The next moment, the mine tunnel trembled slightly, and two humanoid monsters seemingly forged entirely from fragments of stone slowly emerged into Qin Shou’s view.
The two Giant Stone Monsters were initially focused on wrecking the disabled mechas, but upon seeing Qin Shou and the greedy snake behind him, they roared furiously and charged toward them.
Even more strangely, with the Giant Stone Monsters’ roars, the blood-pumping exhilaration within Qin Shou intensified.
Behind him, the greedy snake also turned bloodshot, barely able to restrain its urge to fight.
With a single command from Qin Shou, the greedy snake bellowed wildly and lunged at the Giant Stone Monsters.
Despite that, Qin Shou, clad in Flame Dragon Armor, dashed past the greedy snake and charged at the two Giant Stone Monsters first.
The armor ignited in flames, and under the sweep of the Flame Saber, fiery blade lights burst forth explosively.
Flames enveloped the Giant Stone Monsters, with flashes of blade light interspersed amidst the roaring fire, accompanied by the occasional enraged roars of the Giant Stone Monsters.
The greedy snake, similarly unrelenting, unleashed a torrential column of flame, evidently ignoring any concern for its master’s safety.
The intense flame column surged into the firestorm, and shortly after, the anguished roars of the Giant Stone Monsters faded into silence, as the flames erupted violently.
Amid the flare of firelight, the Flame Dragon Armor was blasted backward, crashing brutally into the stone wall, embedding itself within.
The two Giant Stone Monsters froze in place, their stone-formed bodies cracking bit by bit before crumbling into shattered fragments on the ground.
Amidst the rubble, two fist-sized Energy Crystals glimmered faintly with red light.
Qin Shou broke free from the stone wall, his battle fervor slowly subsiding as he stepped forward to pick up the two Energy Crystals, his expression turning grave.
"Energy capable of stirring living creatures’ fighting instincts... This might be useful..."
Shaking his head, he turned to glance at the weakened greedy snake, visibly exasperated.
It had completely squandered its stored vitality, no wonder it looked exhausted!
The greedy snake, seemingly aware of its earlier recklessness, kept its head bowed, avoiding eye contact with Qin Shou’s furious expression.
Fragments of stone occasionally fell from the mine tunnel above. Noticing that all the monitoring equipment here had been destroyed, Qin Shou said little, retracting the greedy snake into System Space and pulling out the Reynard Transformation Card.
Even though his mind earlier had been influenced by the surge of battle instinct, Qin Shou discerned that these Giant Stone Monsters lacked extraordinary olfactory sensitivity.
He pressed the Transformation Card into his body, his figure transforming dramatically before fading swiftly, racing toward the nearest active battlefield.
The Energy Crystals within the Giant Stone Monsters contained half the energy of Earth’s Core Energy Crystals—they were too valuable to pass up.
As for the battle fervor incited by the Giant Stone Monsters...
Soon, Qin Shou arrived at a more expansive mine tunnel.
In the tunnel, a twenty-meter-tall Storm Red mecha moved with agility, its trio of mechanical arms spinning fiery Rotating Blades as they adeptly fended off five Giant Stone Monsters surrounding it.
The Storm Red’s three mechanical arms blurred into phantoms, simultaneously shielding its body and pulverizing the incoming fists of the Giant Stone Monsters into dust.
In less than thirty seconds, the five Giant Stone Monsters let out mournful cries as they were violently obliterated by the mecha, collapsing into piles of rubble.
"Second-level Mecha!"
As Qin Shou gazed at the towering Storm Red mecha, excitement flickered in his eyes, though he quickly concealed it.
He owned a Second-level Mecha as well, though he lacked the capability to operate it effectively.
Anyone who could pilot a Second-level Mecha was certainly a Mechanical Master of the Vajra Realm—better to avoid unnecessary entanglements.
With that in mind, Qin Shou turned to leave, aiming to hunt for other Giant Stone Monsters.
There were countless Giant Stone Monsters here; there was no need to waste time in one spot.
Suddenly, the mecha turned to look in Qin Shou’s direction, seemingly detecting his presence.
"Beep! Warning, warning: detected Invisible Lion Beast 100 meters ahead of the mecha’s left front. Danger level: Dangerous Nine Stars..."
Inside the cockpit, a gaunt-faced middle-aged man glanced at the monitor displaying infrared scans of the Invisible Lion Beast, his expression shifting.
Invisible Lion Beast...
"System, search the database for information on this beast."
"Beep! Searching database..."