"This…" Chongyun looked at the missile in his hand, which was as long as his forearm, and was momentarily at a loss for words.
Should he complain about why Ember had a missile from a Ruin Hunter? Or should he complain about the fuse that clearly looked like it had just been attached to the missile?
However, just as Chongyun was examining the missile specially modified by Ember, Xingqiu, who was beside him, had already started to act.
Although Xingqiu, like Chongyun, had many questions about the missile in his hand, this did not stop him from lighting it.
Which boy would refuse a skyrocket? Not to mention, this skyrocket was an enormous one.
Xingqiu skillfully picked up some broken stones from the ground and propped the missile against them. Then, he took out two flints and began to light the fuse.
"Crack!"
The flints collided, sending out countless sparks. The sparks fell onto the fuse, immediately igniting it.
"Whoosh—"
With flames spewing from its tail, this missile, with its crude firing method and completely absent launch device, shot out and soared directly towards the Ruin Hunter that lay paralyzed on the ground in the distance.
"Bang!" A flash of fire erupted. Although this missile was even cruder than those equipped by Ruin Guards, it still hit its target.
"Haha, it seems my skyrocket-launching skills have improved again!" Xingqiu shouted excitedly as he saw the rising fireball in the distance.
He was practically dancing with joy.
"Is it that powerful?" Chongyun looked at the Ruin Hunter Burning with flames in the distance, and his heart also felt an itch.
"Of course, otherwise it wouldn't have blackened my face." Ember clapped his hands, the black marks on his face still not completely cleaned off.
"Chongyun, are you going to launch it? If not, give it to me!" Xingqiu said, narrowing his eyes and running in front of Chongyun, looking as if he wanted to snatch the missile away.
"Launch it! Of course, I'll launch it!" Chongyun stretched out his arms, making the light emanating from his body even brighter.
This move was effective. Xingqiu found that narrowing his eyes was no longer enough; he had to close them.
So he turned his back and started doing the eye exercises he learned in school—his eyes were still needed to read ledgers!
Chongyun imitated Xingqiu, placing the missile on the broken stones and aiming it at the Ruin Hunter, which glowed with fire, not far away.
Then Chongyun formed a hand seal with one hand, and the bright light around him converged towards his fingertips.
The surrounding light dimmed a few shades, but the core brightness of Chongyun became even more dazzling.
Light and heat are always interdependent. Chongyun brought the bright point of light at his fingertip close to the fuse, and the missile ignited.
"Whoosh—"
"Boom!"
There was another earth-shattering tremor, and this explosion also hit its target. After the firelight dissipated, the last tiny flames on the Ruin Hunter were extinguished.
"This is truly the biggest firecracker I've ever set off." Chongyun looked at the lingering smoke trail in the Sky, a smile gracing his lips.
"But it seems there are no evil beings here, right?" Xingqiu's single sentence made Chongyun's smile vanish.
Chongyun only then realized that the purpose of their trip was not to set off big firecrackers, but to find evil beings that were not afraid of the Pure Yang Body!
Now they had the Pure Yang Body, but where were the evil beings?
"This isn't right, is it? Where are the evil beings? The Yin energy here is so heavy, there should at least be some unclean things!" Chongyun seemed unwilling to accept the fact that there were no evil beings here.
He looked around, but unfortunately, apart from the Ruin Hunter occasionally sparking in the distance, there was nothing else here.
"Hmm… maybe the evil being is this Ruin Hunter?" Ember stroked his chin, speculating.
"A Ruin Hunter? Impossible. A mechanical construct like a Ruin Hunter couldn't possibly be related to an evil being!" Chongyun's refusal this time was quite decisive.
evil beings are mostly formless entities formed by resentment, obsessions, or anomalies in the Ley Lines.
As for tangible evil beings, Chongyun had only heard of them in legends, and even if they existed, which evil being would transform into the shape of a Ruin Hunter?
Leaving aside the lack of any terrifying presence as an evil being, if it transformed into this shape, wouldn't it be afraid of being hunted down as a wild monster by various Adventurers?
While the Adventurers' Guild mostly consisted of hot-headed young people, it also had its share of hidden talents.
"Hey… Chongyun, Senior, look."
"Look at what?" Chongyun heard Xingqiu's shocked tone and turned his head to look in the direction he was pointing.
"What? The Ruin Hunter is so resilient?!" Now Chongyun was also shocked.
The steel construct, covered in scorch marks and cracks, flew back into the Sky.
On the ground, the fragments torn apart by the missile floated up out of thin air and reattached themselves to the battered Ruin Hunter.
"$/…" The familiar mechanical sound rang out again, without any pause, as if the three missiles just now hadn't hit it at all.
"How is this possible? Is this Ruin Hunter a new model? Not only is it so resilient, but it also has self-healing capabilities?"
Xingqiu was even more shocked to see the Ruin Hunter revert to its original state. Could they have discovered a new model of Ruin Hunter that had never been seen before?
"Still standing there, dodge!"
Ember saw Xingqiu and Chongyun in a daze and directly gave each of them a big flying kick.
"Ouch!"
"Wait!"
"Rip—!"
Both of them only felt a huge force from behind them, followed by a gust of wind sweeping past them.
Along with the strong wind were scattered gravel.
Xingqiu and Chongyun adjusted their posture in the air, then rolled and stood up again.
What appeared before them were upturned stone slabs and the Ruin Hunter that had flown to the other side.
"This is definitely a new model!" Xingqiu swallowed, looking at the gully on the ground that was deep enough for a person.
He had never seen a Ruin Hunter with such short arms possess such great strength.
Ruin Hunters, these mysterious constructs wandering the wilderness, usually relied on their flying ability and their missile weapons to assert their power.
Their short arms on the sides were generally used to deal with enemies attacking at close range, and their power couldn't possibly be this great!
"Whether it's a new model or not, as long as it's a Ruin Hunter, it has the same weakness!" Chongyun quickly recovered from his shock.
"Xingqiu, you handle the wings, I'll handle the core!"
Seeing the roaring engines on the Ruin Hunter's wings and the shining core in its abdomen in the Sky, Chongyun immediately thought of a countermeasure.
Mechanical constructs like Ruin Hunters have weaknesses that are very easy to find—wherever it glows, that's the weakness.
"No problem, watch me!"
"Raincutter!"
Xingqiu raised his Sword, drawing in the omnipresent element power, which first flowed into his Vision, then circulated through the Sword he held.
Soon, four solid and vivid phantom Rain Blades appeared around Xingqiu.
"Go!" As Xingqiu pointed his Sword, the Rain Blades responded. One water Sword disappeared, and the next quickly condensed.
The Rain Blades were continuous, like a Sword rain cut from the heavens and earth. They pierced the Ruin Hunter in the air in reverse, leaving one Sword mark after another.
"Since that's the case, I can't fall behind either!" Chongyun, seeing Xingqiu display his might, also refused to show weakness.
He closed his eyes and formed a hand seal. The element power flowed within his body according to the operation of the mystic arts.
"Sword of Truth, Heaven and Earth Tremble, Ice Shard Frost Descends. By my command!"
Opening his eyes, with a loud shout from Chongyun, three massive Greatfrost Swords appeared below the Ruin Hunter's abdominal core.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Three Greatfrost Swords, several meters in size, consecutively struck the Ruin Hunter's steel body, deeply embedding themselves within it.
After two heavy blows, the Ruin Hunter's entire body dimmed a few shades, and even its previously bright core and engines completely extinguished. It looked like it was about to fall from the Sky.
"#@&…"
The mechanical sound rang out again, and a barely visible faint black aura enveloped the Ruin Hunter.
"Chongyun, did we really encounter an evil being this time?"
Xingqiu asked Chongyun, his throat dry, as he saw the Ruin Hunter's lights illuminate again.
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