"You have successfully reached the Glory Canyon and received quest rewards: Bingliang Pill x1, Swift Boots x1."
Upon entering the canyon, Bai Ye received the prompt for completing the quest.
Bingliang Pill (Medicine) (Green): Instantly restores 50% of stamina.
Swift Boots (Equipment) (Green): A pair of beautiful-looking military boots, effect: Swift Wind (In a non-combat state, your speed increases by 50 points, and your movement speed is further boosted by 30%. The effect becomes invalid when entering combat.)
Bai Ye grinned. The Bingliang Pill was decent, useful for restoring stamina.
As for the Swift Boots...
It couldn't be said they were useless, but with the combat effect inactive, they were only good for travel.
However, since he had the Steel Slime anyway, even a grasshopper's leg had some meat. He'd just swallow it.
Meanwhile...
"You have received a new hidden quest."
"Prevent the Ancient Mechanical Giant from activating. Quest rewards: Fragment of Dawn's Heart x1, First Level Access to Hero's Tomb x1."
As soon as this quest was completed, the next stage of the hidden quest appeared.
However...
Bai Ye looked around.
The Glory Canyon had a touch of an otherworldly paradise to it. Strange plants grew everywhere, birdsong constantly echoed, and peculiar stones floated in the air like steps.
But where was the ancient giant?
Suddenly, as Bai Ye was pondering, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble violently.
Bai Ye swayed and then knelt on one knee to steady himself.
"An earthquake?"
Distant rumbling sounds could be heard continuously.
Bai Ye quickly looked up and then saw a beam of green light rising in the distance, its radiance scattering.
"Looks like I know where the ancient giant is?"
Bai Ye grinned and quickly ran forward.
However, after running only a hundred meters, Bai Ye suddenly felt something was wrong.
A sense of impending danger!
Bai Ye swiftly leaped to the side. The moment he moved, gunshots rang out, and a burst of bullets struck the spot where Bai Ye had been standing, shattering the ground.
Bai Ye looked towards a massive rock formation to his side. A young blond man stood there, wearing a top hat, a medieval puffy-sleeved shirt, and a suit. He held two oddly shaped handguns.
Bai Ye looked at him and asked, "Who are you?"
The blond man smiled and tapped the brim of his hat with a gun, saying, "My dual guns will tell you who I am."
Bai Ye tilted his head and looked at the man, "Alright, let's have the dual guns tell the answer!"
Bai Ye suddenly raised his hand, and the Steel Slime split into mud in his palm, quickly solidifying into twin pulse guns.
As the guns were in hand, Bai Ye immediately pulled the triggers upwards towards the rock.
Bang, bang, bang...
Gunshots echoed. The top of the rock was hit by pulse beams, and it immediately began to crack.
The blond man leaped directly off the rock, inverted his body in mid-air, and then fired at Bai Ye.
Bai Ye quickly dodged to the side. A burst of bullets hit the ground, shattering it once more.
Bai Ye showed a hint of surprise.
On one hand, he was surprised by the opponent's marksmanship. Could he fire so accurately from such a posture?
On the other hand, it was because of the man's dual guns. The rate of fire was astonishingly fast. They seemed like both ordinary firearms and technological weapons. They fired bullets, but each bullet was enveloped in light.
At the same time...
The blond man landed, his body not even faltering. He stomped on the ground and used the force to leap to the side, pulling the trigger at Bai Ye again.
Clang, clang, clang...
Metallic impacts sounded from Bai Ye's body as the opponent's bullets continuously hit him. Then, concentric circles appeared on Bai Ye's person.
However, since they were formed from the Steel Slime, the ripples caused by the bullets quickly healed.
Things condensed by the Steel Slime would not be destroyed by combat damage.
But...
This didn't mean Bai Ye wouldn't get hurt!
At this moment, Bai Ye could feel his shoulder bleeding. A sensation of pain caused his expression to contort.
The opponent's bullets...
Had an armor-piercing effect that ignored defense!
The blond man smiled and raised his gun, saying, "Show, ti/"
Then...
Since the teleportation distance was a fixed three meters, it could be predicted in advance...
Bang, bang!
Bai Ye fired again, hitting the ground with both shots.
Bai Ye was speechless. Predicted what kind of ghost!
Even if he knew the distance of the opponent's movement, he had no idea in which direction the opponent would move. He could only guess!
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