78: Chapter 78 The entire audience was shocked; a head-on clash!

With Mass Engine combined with Inertial Drift, both skills operating simultaneously, Su Ming completed a change of direction and acceleration within a fraction of a second.

Su Ming used his own body as a shield to protect her!

[Mass Heavy Cannon] activated!

He abruptly pulled his right fist back to his waist, fingers clenched tight, his knuckles cracking from the maximum compression and release.

Ten tons of base mass, five times kinetic energy correction.

Fifty tons of terrifying power, all concentrated onto that not-so-broad fist surface.

"Stop… right there!!!"

With a low roar, Su Ming did not dodge or evade, but smashed directly towards the massive rhinoceros horn!

"Clang!!!"

A deafening sound of metal clashing exploded!

A ring of visible white sonic boom exploded in the air.

The shockwave swept out from the point of contact as the center, kicking up a layer of gravel from the ground.

That indestructible horn, over a meter long, did not break the moment it touched Su Ming's fist, but instead vibrated throughout its entire length.

A red light flickered rapidly, as if desperately trying to neutralize the external impact.

The momentum of the Iron-Spine Rhinoceros's charge was abruptly broken.

Under this punch, it was actually forced to hold its ground for a breath!

For the first time, the Iron-Spine Rhinoceros let out a muffled grunt of pain, its body pausing slightly.

But that was all.

The twenty-plus-ton behemoth shook its head, its crimson slit pupils filled with rage that overcame its caution, and it continued to charge forward, knocking Su Ming flying.

His whole body flew backward along the ground, smashing through a massive rock several meters high behind him, and the collapsing rubble completely buried him.

Shen Qingci was also sent flying by the terrifying shockwave; while still in mid-air, she spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground, and her face turned deathly pale.

She scrambled to her feet and looked in the direction Su Ming had been thrown.

"Su Ming!"

Da Huang seized this fleeting opportunity, pounced from the side again, and with both its gold and fire heads exerting force, bit down fiercely!

"Squish!"

This time, it tore open the heavy leather armor on the side of the Iron-Spine Rhinoceros's waist, its sharp fangs piercing deep into the flesh, ripping off a large chunk of skin and meat the size of a washbasin!

"Roar!!!"

The excruciating pain from its waist caused the Iron-Spine Rhinoceros to fall into a complete frenzy!

A red light flashed on its horn, and its massive body performed another death roll!

This time, the speed was more than twice as fast as before!

Da Huang had no time to dodge at all!

"Crack!!!"

The twenty-plus-ton body instantly pinned Da Huang beneath it, and the clearly audible sound of breaking bones resounded across the wasteland!

"Awoo…"

Da Huang let out a shrill howl of agony.

The Iron-Spine Rhinoceros rolled to its feet, its horn suddenly flicking upward, tossing the heavily injured Da Huang away.

Its five-meter-long massive body smashed through the rock wall behind it, falling into a pile of rubble, its life or death unknown.

"Boom!"

The pile of rubble burying Su Ming suddenly exploded.

He slowly stood up and brushed the dust off his body.

He looked in the direction where Da Huang had disappeared.

He then looked at Shen Qingci, who was not far away.

A Tier 4 Source Beast, truly terrifying.

Su Ming twisted his neck, his cervical vertebrae emitting a series of cracking sounds.

He raised his hand to tear off the tattered old school uniform on his body and stored it in the system space.

His skin shimmered with a metallic luster, his muscle lines were well-defined, and every inch was filled with explosive power.

Not a sculpture.

Sculptures are dead.

He was alive.

An aura that was primitive, barbaric, and extremely ferocious seeped out from his very bones.

His eyes had changed.

His pupils constricted, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly; that was not a smile, but the instinctive reaction of a predator locking onto its prey.

"Senior sister."

His voice was very calm.

"Take care of Da Huang."

[Mass Engine], ignited with a roar!

This time.

He did not defend, did not block, did not probe.

Su Ming transformed himself into a black meteorite, actively launching a counter-charge towards that Tier 4 Iron-Spine Rhinoceros!

A ten-ton humanoid beast.

Against a twenty-ton Tier 4 Source Beast.

Launching a frontal hunt.

The Iron-Spine Rhinoceros's slit pupils suddenly constricted.

It had lived for so long and had never seen a bipedal beast dare to charge at it in such a posture.

It lowered its head, aimed its horn, kicked off the ground with its hind legs, and similarly accelerated to meet him!

One man and one beast, on the wasteland of the Ash Belt, approached each other at high speed, moving in opposite directions!

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Meanwhile.

Above the high-altitude clouds, a military aircraft painted with the insignia of the Southern Military Region was approaching at full speed.

In the cockpit, a man wearing a lieutenant colonel's uniform was resting with his eyes closed.

"Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng!"

The co-pilot stared at the red dot rapidly enlarging on the screen, his voice trembling, "Locked onto the Tier 4 Source Beast [Mountain-Splitting Iron-Spine Rhinoceros]!"

"Estimated to enter the optimal attack position in thirty seconds!"

The middle-aged man known as Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng opened his eyes and looked at the projection screen.

"Zoom in on its image for me."

"Yes!"

The next second, the real-time battlefield footage, after multiple optical magnifications, clearly appeared on the main screen.

"Wait… what is that?!"

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng's pupils suddenly constricted.

"This kid… is he crazy?!"

He sprang up from his seat.

"Full speed! Give me full speed!"

The entire cabin was deathly silent.

Everyone watched in horror at the insane scene on the screen.

A shirtless youth was launching a frontal charge towards the Tier 4 Source Beast at an incredible speed.

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