70: Birds cannot be shot randomly

Qin Shi suggested, “The combat skill and shield go to Zhang Qiang. Next time, he needs to make up for one loot distribution opportunity. Does anyone have any objections?”

Since these two items could only be used by Zhang Qiang, no one had any objections.

That ability orb was very likely the black light activated by the mutated Tibetan Mastiff.

Everyone looked towards Xie Haimei.

“I didn’t do much,” Xie Haimei said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

In the end, Xie Haimei took the ability orb.

Qin Shi and the others had already activated their abilities, so eating this ability pill would only increase their mental strength.

Zhang Xiaoli took the blue crystals, while An Qian received nothing.

However, An Qian wasn't unhappy at all.

Because she found several items she could use in Feng Yuxiu’s ring.

A treasured sword with ‘Jade Moon’ engraved on its hilt.

Five blue crystals, which were basically enough to advance to the Bronze Realm.

Zhang Xiaoli also had gains.

Two blue crystals, plus her existing stock, were barely enough for advancement to the Bronze Realm.

A wood-attribute ability orb, which probably didn't match the attribute of that Dark Moon expert and hadn't been exchanged for a suitable one, conveniently benefited Zhang Xiaoli.

Besides these, there were some scattered items of low value.

After distributing the loot, Zhang Qiang restarted the armored vehicle and continued towards Tongquan City.

Qin Shi took out the Golden Silk Soft Armor that had been allocated to him.

The Golden Silk Soft Armor was a full-body armor, including leg guards, arm guards, and a helmet.

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Blinding Your Eyes (Blue): The soft armor emits a dazzling golden light, allowing you to experience the brilliance of blinding others' eyes.

Energy Storage (Green): An energy storage formation will be carved onto the soft armor, storing three times the energy required to activate the protective shield.

Ferocious (Green): The surface of the soft armor will form a series of ferocious spikes, providing a certain degree of rebound.

“.........”

Qin Shi felt that today was not his lucky day.

The entries refreshed for himself, the Jinghong Sword, and the Strengthening Stone this morning were all worse than the original ones.

And now, on a red piece of equipment, only green entries were refreshed.

In his helplessness, he could only choose the Energy Storage entry.

Qin Shi tried to input primal energy into the Golden Silk Soft Armor until all his primal energy was exhausted, barely managing to fill it.

This meant that activating the protective shield of the Golden Silk Soft Armor once would consume more than one-third of his total primal energy.

In that case, the Energy Storage entry was actually quite good.

At least it could save him one-third of his primal energy during combat, allowing him to use combat skills a few more times.

Of course, using less primal energy could also activate a less defensive energy layer. He could also reactivate the energy layer immediately after it disappeared.

When Qin Shi changed into the Golden Silk Soft Armor during his midday break, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

Too extravagant!

Too ostentatious!

His whole body was glittering gold, which completely clashed with his somewhat low-key personality.

Even if he didn't fix the 'Blinding Your Eyes' entry, just running out into the sunlight like this would make his opponents unable to open their eyes, right?

An Qian and the others looked at the utterly nouveau riche Qin Shi, covering their mouths and snickering.

“At least the defense is very good!”

Qin Shi glared at An Qian and the others, consoling himself.

The armored vehicle continued forward.

After driving for two hours, the armored vehicle suddenly stopped.

Then Zhang Qiang's voice came from the driver's seat: “Brother Qin, the road ahead is covered by a large patch of vegetation. Should we go around it?”

Qin Shi and the others got out of the armored vehicle.

Looking up, the concrete road ahead had turned into a green ocean.

The mountains on both sides of the road were filled with giant trees that required two people to embrace.

Various vines entwined around the giant trees and also spread onto the road.

This forest, which covered the road, stretched as far as the eye could see.

An Qian asked with a surprised expression, “Have these big trees become spirits?”

“Perhaps.”

Qin Shi turned to Zhang Xiaoli, “Can you check if there’s anything wrong with these trees?”

“I’ll try.”

Zhang Xiaoli cautiously walked towards the giant trees about ten meters away.

She reached out and touched the tree trunk, and after a while, she even pulled out her Tang blade and chopped at the trunk.

“Although these trees haven’t become spirits, their vitality is astonishing, and their trunks are very hard.”

Zhang Xiaoli chopped with all her might, but only managed to penetrate twenty to thirty centimeters.

“Then let’s take another road.”

Qin Shi took out the map to find another route.

“Whoosh.”

As they turned around and hadn't even gone twenty meters, a hawk's cry suddenly came from the sky.

“It might be Xiaoqiang coming back, Brother Zhang, stop for a moment.” Qin Shi shouted to Zhang Qiang in the driver's seat.

When he got out of the car, he found that the birds crying in the sky were three giant grey birds.

Xiaoqiang, however, had grey and yellow feathers.

The three giant birds seemed to have also noticed Qin Shi on the ground. Instead of flying further away, they circled above.

“Qin Dage, should we make a move?” Xie Haimei and the others got out of the car, their eyes fixed on the giant birds in the sky.

“Let’s see if they’re going to fly down.” Qin Shi also took out his short bow, ready with an arrow.

The three giant birds in the sky had a wingspan of three or four meters, very likely mutated animals.

The treasure chests, crystals, and even their flesh they brought were all needed by everyone.

An Qian even suggested, “How about I fire a shot to lure them?”

“No need, they’re coming.”

Qin Shi said, “Xie Haimei, you shoot the first one, I’ll shoot the second one.”

“Okay!” Xie Haimei simply replied with one word.

She silently estimated the distance of the giant bird.

Hundred Steps Piercing Willow!

“Wait!”

Qin Shi suddenly shouted anxiously.

Unfortunately, Xie Haimei had already released the bowstring, and the arrow shot swiftly towards the diving giant bird.

It was then that everyone noticed an even larger figure flying in the distance in the sky.

“Whoosh!”

A more piercing cry sounded, making everyone's eardrums ache.

“Is that still a bird?”

“It’s probably as big as a passenger plane.”

“Their colors are similar, could they be mother and child?”

An Qian and the others exclaimed as they watched the gigantic bird sweep across the sky.

“Quick, let’s go back to the car.” Qin Shi said anxiously.

“Whoosh!”

The smaller giant bird, which had been shot in the wing by Xie Haimei, let out a mournful cry and glided unsteadily towards the left mountainside.

“The Great Peng Bird is coming down, Zhang Qiang, hurry and drive!” An Qian anxiously shouted to Zhang Qiang in the driver's seat.

Zhang Qiang floored the accelerator, and the armored vehicle roared forward.

“Whoosh!”

The whistling sound from the sky grew closer and closer.

“Bang!”

The armored vehicle shook twice, and then two thick, grayish-brown sharp claws actually pierced through the armored vehicle’s thick roof.

Then, after briefly lifting off the ground, the armored vehicle landed again.

The claws that had extended into the armored vehicle also retracted, and the Great Peng Bird flew back into the sky.

This was too fierce, wasn't it? The twenty-ton armored vehicle was almost lifted into the sky.

We can’t drive any further.

This time, the Great Peng Bird miscalculated and threw the armored vehicle away, but next time it might actually grab the entire armored vehicle into mid-air.

If it threw them down then, everyone would surely die.

Qin Shi’s mind raced, and he shouted, “Zhang Qiang, turn around and drive towards the forest we just passed.”

Only by relying on that forest of giant trees could they have a chance to evade the Great Peng Bird.

Zhang Qiang performed a beautiful drift, turning the armored vehicle around in less than a second.

Through the thick bulletproof glass, Qin Shi saw the Great Peng Bird circle once in the sky and then dive down again.

The armored vehicle was still thirty to forty meters away from the forest at the end of the road.

There was no time to rush into the forest.

“You guys go first, I’ll hold off the giant bird.”

Qin Shi pushed open the back door and lightly leaped out of the armored vehicle.