Chapter 1609: Testing the Waters

Chapter 1609: Chapter 1609: Testing the Waters

He Bi’s speed was both fast and urgent, like a cannonball, and in the blink of an eye, he stepped on the corridor wall and leaped onto the bloodied mass.

Chu Jiaojiao and Shen Changqing followed closely behind, but their movements were much slower, only trailing far behind.

The heap of blood and flesh lay quietly, seemingly completely dead.

Ji You, Yue Qiyuan, Sheng Qingyan, Liu Fufeng, and Yue Qiguang were all tensely watching the front, not daring to move their eyes even a bit.

Standing on the blood mass, He Bi, gathering all his strength, jumped to the Old Yellow Bull’s horn area, and drew his blade to cut. The horn was arguably the hardest part of the Old Yellow Bull, and even under the enormous pressure of spatial overlap, it only had its edges worn away, yet its shape remained that of a horn. It was precisely because of this point that He Bi could successfully locate the Old Yellow Bull’s head.

Screech~

The sound of the blade stabbing into flesh released into the surroundings.

"Succeeded?"

"Did he really succeed?"

"Is this Old Yellow Bull really dead?" The expressions of the two brothers, Yue Qiyuan and Yue Qiguang, shifted from tension to instant relief, with an involuntary hint of a smile appearing between the brows. Yue Qiguang slapped his thigh and said, "I knew that Old Yellow Bull was useless and could be dealt with in one move. Unfortunately, Dad wasn’t chosen, otherwise, I could have cut off a piece of beef and grilled it on the spot."

As soon as he spoke, Yue Qiguang felt like the people beside him were looking at him oddly, especially his dumb-bell brother, Yue Qiguang: "Did Dad say something wrong?"

Yue Qiyuan raised his hand, rubbing his forehead, and said, "I was just joking earlier. Did you really think a level 12 Star Beast would be that easy to kill?"

Yue Qiguang furrowed his brows: "Why?"

His eyes fixed on the mass of blood and flesh that had no sensation but was repeatedly stabbed by Senior He Bi. Yue Qiyuan’s voice slightly deepened, "Your spiritual power is weak, you can’t feel it, no blame on you. That bull looks completely dead, but its spiritual fluctuations are faintly present."

Yue Qiguang: "What?!!!"

"It’s very simple because—" Yue Qiyuan said in a deep voice, "it’s playing dead."

Yue Qiguang opened his mouth: "Then... isn’t Senior He Bi in great danger now?"

If this Old Yellow Bull was truly playing dead, then its acting was too real, not inferior to an Oscar-winning performance.

Yue Qiguang’s lips trembled, and the thought of the Old Yellow Bull acting, while he remained completely oblivious, if he had been the one to execute this task...

Suddenly, Yue Qiguang felt a wave of lingering fear!

"This world is too difficult!" Yue Qiguang clutched his chest, saying, "Even Star Beasts have to compete in acting skills, Dad needs to put in more effort too."

Beside him, Ji You squinted his eyes and said, "Your last role as the Beautiful Girl Commander was well played; I suggest you continue to work in that direction."

Yue Qiguang: "..."

Yue Qiguang sensed obvious sarcasm, furrowed his brows, wanting to say a few words, when Liu Fufeng, quietly folding paper cranes in the corner, suddenly asked, "Does Senior He Bi know? Does he know that the Star Beast is acting?"

Ji You said, "He knows."

Liu Fufeng’s fingers paused: "Senior, he..." Does he know and still go? Why?

Ji You said in a deep voice, "Because even if there’s a man-eating mouth in front, he will still jump in. Because he has no choice but to jump."

Liu Fufeng pressed his lips.

He understood the reasoning.

Having no retreat, someone must stand out to break through the blocked path ahead and give those behind a chance to survive.

This person could be He Bi, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang... or Ji You.

Everyone here was afraid of death, but yet not so afraid of dying.

When it came time to play cowardly, they could out-coward each other.

But—

When it came time to die, they competed to do it first.

This group of people... Liu Fufeng hadn’t known them long, but he could sense that fearless spirit from even the shortest acquaintance, Senior He Bi.

Moreover, what he envied most was this group’s ability to fight through brambles and thistles for each other, fearless!

Liu Fufeng stopped his hands, looked up, watching He Bi in the monitor.

At that moment, He Bi drew his blade and swung, slash after slash...

Screech~

Screech~

Screech~

...

In an instant, more than a dozen slashes were swung, each seemingly requiring all his might, aiming to unleash a fatal blow!

Ji You’s voice, clear with a trace of hoarseness: "He must go because he needs to take the initiative. He must use the time the Old Yellow Bull is acting to inflict more damage!"

How strong is a level 12 Star Beast?

Previously, Ji You really had no idea, but after experiencing the threat of two level 12 mosquitoes, Ji You finally understood the strength of a level 12 Star Beast.

And yet, a level 12 mosquito was merely one of the more ordinary powerful Star Beasts, because the mosquito’s small and fragile body doomed it to be unable to engage in close combat with enemies, relying only on speed to conduct surprise attacks.

But this level 12 Old Yellow Bull was clearly different from the mosquito. Just by its body’s durability, being able to withstand the pressure of spatial overlap, one can imagine how powerful its thick-skinned and tough body is!

Therefore, dealing with such a creature, one must be extremely cautious.

As Ji You was conversing with Liu Fufeng, Yue Qiyuan, and others, that bloody Old Yellow Bull clearly intended to continue playing dead.

Just then, He Bi’s blade suddenly made a crisp ’bang’!

Liu Fufeng’s hand instantly tightened!

"The blade cracked."

"The knife broke."

"This is bad!"

"That bull is too tough, right? No, this isn’t toughness, this is bulletproof and invulnerable!"

"What would happen if we threw a bomb?" After saying this, Yue Qiyuan stared intently at the monitor inside where Senior He Bi was, and saw Senior He Bi throw down the broken blade, take out a bomb from his personal weapon box, and throw it into the Old Yellow Bull’s wound.

At this moment, Yue Qiyuan clearly felt the nearly imperceptible spiritual fluctuation of the Old Yellow Bull abruptly surge!

Whoosh—

At that moment, the bomb hadn’t even ignited, but was suddenly frozen in place by a sudden and imperceptible external force, then the bomb was thrown towards the direction of X-N3848—

Yue Qiyuan’s pupils suddenly shrank!

The position of X-N3848 was too close to the Old Yellow Bull’s location, almost leaving no room to retreat, and the corridor walls were very narrow, leaving them nowhere to escape.

In such an urgent moment, Ji You calmly increased the energy supply of the Protective Shield first, while Yue Qiyuan extended the spaceship’s mechanical arm to catch the bomb.

Yue Qiyuan: "???"