Guo Cuimei's battle with the Earth Giant Elephant seemed to shake the earth and mountains, even the sky trembled.

As a frontline melee Engraver, Guo Cuimei wore a heavy exoskeleton armor, with thick armor plates covering his entire body. The power source was a small nuclear battery, capable of sustaining the continuous operation of this exoskeleton for decades, limited only by output power.

This exoskeleton's defense was at least five times stronger than the Tenglong II model, capable of withstanding a City-breaking Level Demon's strikes.

The biggest difference between humans and beasts is the knowledge of using tools. Even if Guo Cuimei was not an equal match for the Earth Giant Elephant, he could still entangle it.

Even when wearing an exoskeleton, Guo Cuimei was only 2.3 meters tall, while his opponent was a giant beast standing at 15 meters.

While his teammates encircled the Shadow Wolf, Guo Cuimei fought the Earth Giant Elephant alone.

It was like two giant beasts colliding; the Earth Giant Elephant furiously swung its trunk, attacking Guo Cuimei continuously like throwing punches, but Guo Cuimei wielded a heavy shield, using deflecting techniques to keep parrying the trunk away.

As a City-breaking Level Demon, the Earth Giant Elephant had a certain degree of intelligence.

After several rounds of attacking with its trunk, the Earth Giant Elephant suddenly charged and its massive front hoof stomped down.

Little did it realize, Guo Cuimei was waiting for this moment.

Having always used the heavy shield for defense and never actively attacking, Guo Cuimei pulled out a high-frequency cutting blade from behind, retreated five steps to dodge the stomp, and then lunged forward, slashing open the skin of the Earth Giant Elephant's left foreleg.

The Earth Giant Elephant's size was overwhelmingly large. Even though the high-frequency cutting blade could slice through its skin and easily sever muscle, it still failed to inflict effective damage, not reaching the bone at all.

Remarkably, even with its left foreleg cut open, the Earth Giant Elephant did not feel much pain.

The high-frequency cutting blade could not operate for a long time, functioning only for ten seconds each use, and causing the weapon to break down if run for more than thirty seconds.

Therefore, after a single slash, Guo Cuimei switched off the high-frequency blade, raising his shield to ram the Earth Giant Elephant's wound.

The wound was suddenly torn open, and the Earth Giant Elephant finally felt pain, roaring angrily.

"Aaaargh!!!"

The deafening roar seemed to empty the air around, shaking one's spirit just by hearing it.

At this moment, the convoy finally dealt with the Shadow Wolf, the rising magic power concentration upon its death accelerating the Hunters' recovery of magic power.

Although Yin Guangming had not yet recovered enough for a strong attack, the mechanics in the team had almost fully restored their magic power.

Connecting a new chain of ammo into the vehicle-mounted cannon's loading port, the armored vehicle engines roared to life, splitting into two groups charging toward the Earth Giant Elephant from the left and right sides.

Inside an armored vehicle, Cheng Qing removed his exoskeleton, letting a teammate treat his wound while monitoring the battlefield situation himself. As most armored vehicles reached their designated positions, he immediately ordered them to open fire.

The vehicle-mounted cannon began roaring, countless bullets converging into a metallic torrent, washing over the Earth Giant Elephant's surface, continuously weakening its deflection shield.

The Earth Giant Elephant sensed a threat. It no longer wanted to fight Guo Cuimei, instead directing its attention towards Yan Luo, who was on a motorcycle behind Guo Cuimei.

To the Earth Giant Elephant, Yan Luo emitted an attractive scent that seemed to promise enhancement if it devoured that prey.

The purpose of demons is to grow stronger, trapped by their own nature.

Neither the cannon nor Guo Cuimei could threaten the Earth Giant Elephant, so it stepped forward, charging directly toward Guo Cuimei.

Guo Cuimei hesitated for a moment, realizing that the Earth Giant Elephant's target might not actually be himself.

He hadn't felt hostility from the Earth Giant Elephant; if that was so, why would it rush towards him?

The hunting strategy against the Earth Giant Elephant employed an encircling tactic, deliberately leaving an opening to encourage the Elephant to charge in that direction.

However, instead of charging towards the gap, the Earth Giant Elephant headed straight for Guo Cuimei.

"Something's not right!"

Not only Guo Cuimei, but several Hunters in the convoy sensed something was amiss.

Why was the Earth Giant Elephant charging toward Guo Cuimei? What was there?

When their eyes fell behind Guo Cuimei, they immediately realized Yan Luo was the Earth Giant Elephant's target!

Why?

What attraction did Yan Luo hold for the Earth Giant Elephant?

At this time, they finally understood the problem.

Not just the Earth Giant Elephant, but the Shadow Wolf had also been chasing Yan Luo without engaging each other, which was the most incredulous thing.

But now was not the time to dwell on this issue; they were here to rescue Yan Luo, and they must find a way to deal with this Earth Giant Elephant, or else Yan Luo might fall to it.

Seeing the Earth Giant Elephant charging at him, Yan Luo furrowed his brows.

He realized that some of his secrets might have been exposed.

Why did a City-breaking Level Demon not break through at the gap, why not attack stronger targets, but instead charged towards him; Yan Luo could not explain to the other Hunters present.

Now, he had to run!

Yan Luo turned the handlebars, started the motorcycle engine, and the wheels quickly spun, propelling him away from the spot.

Like an arrow, it gained immense momentum the moment it left the bowstring.

Yin Guangming raised a sniper cannon, taking aim at the Earth Giant Elephant's back and fired a shot.

A dazzling bolt of lightning pierced the sky, and even with the protection of its deflection shield, a deep crater was blasted into the Earth Giant Elephant's rump, blood gushing from it.

The Earth Giant Elephant paused momentarily, glared viciously at Yin Guangming, and resumed its thunderous pursuit of Yan Luo before Guo Cuimei could catch up.

Upon seeing this, a peculiar look flashed in Yin Guangming's eyes, and he asked Yan Luo over the vehicle radio: [What did you do?]

"No comment."

Hunters all have some secrets known only to themselves, but the fact Yan Luo's secrets could attract a City-breaking Level Demon was astonishing.

After a brief silence, Yin Guangming asked again: [Need help?]

"No." Yan Luo looked at the approaching mountains, determination in his eyes, "I plan to return to Blue Star through the Illusionary Palace."

He's heading there...

Yin Guangming shook his head, ended the communication with Yan Luo, jumped off the car roof, and said to the convoy: "Yan Luo has drawn the Earth Giant Elephant away, we should retreat."

Just like that?

Many Hunters were confused.

They had responded to Yan Luo's broadcast signal and rushed for support, encountering two City-breaking Level Demons.

Now, they'd only dealt with one City-breaking Level Demon, with the most dangerous Earth Giant Elephant still not taken down, and then Yan Luo suddenly ran off, and the Earth Giant Elephant followed him.

This battle ended anticlimactically, leaving them unclear about what transpired.

"Where's Yan Luo?" someone asked.

Yin Guangming shook his head, "He said he didn't need our help and would return to Blue Star through the Illusionary Palace."

Upon hearing this answer, the Hunters began whispering among themselves.

Li Xinyue bit her lip lightly, casting a worried glance in the direction Yan Luo had escaped.

Before leaving, Yan Luo told her not to worry.

But how could she not worry?

Even if Yan Luo had some secrets, he was still an ordinary person, incapable of handling a City-breaking Level Demon.

The only solace for Li Xinyue was that Yan Luo had been able to escape for some time from the pursuit of two City-breaking Level Demons earlier, indicating he had some abilities, perhaps truly being able to return to Blue Star through the Abyss Entrance of the Illusionary Palace before being caught by the Earth Giant Elephant.

Besides praying, there was nothing else she could do to help Yan Luo now.

Rumble, rumble, rumble——!

Each step of the Earth Giant Elephant caused a tremor on the ground, the earthquake-like movement resounding in all directions, cracking the earth as it moved.

Yan Luo paid close attention to these movements, ensuring the motorcycle wouldn't fall into a crevice.

He was already near the Crescent Mountain Range, and the terrain map from the perception module informed him of his current location.

The Illusionary Palace had entrances only in the Crescent Mountain Range, but that didn't mean there was only one entrance.

In fact, there were eight entrances to the Illusionary Palace, scattered throughout the Crescent Mountain Range.

And right ahead, there was an entrance!

He needed to go there, to return to Blue Star through the Illusionary Palace.

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