71: Run for your life

“Qin Shilei.” “Qin Dage.”

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli anxiously got up and walked to the back door, looking out.

They saw Qin Shilei already standing steadily in the middle of the road, holding a rocket launcher and firing at the huge figure swooping down.

“Boom!”

A golden orb shot out from the Great Peng Bird's mouth, directly hitting the rocket and causing an explosion.

The Great Peng Bird, covered in a golden light, charged through the explosion's flames without even a single feather falling.

It changed direction slightly and swooped down towards Qin Shilei.

Instant Step!

Qin Shilei pushed his speed to its peak.

But before he could run ten meters, he suddenly felt a shadow overhead.

Then a terrifying pressure enveloped him, and his heart seemed to pause for a moment.

One-Punch Man!

Qin Shilei's speed instantly increased several times, and he appeared twenty meters away like lightning.

However, the deadly oppressive feeling behind him did not diminish at all, making his heart pound wildly.

I'll risk it!

Qin Shilei braked sharply and turned, facing the massive figure that was already within three meters of him.

Only then did he realize how enormous the opponent was.

Its wingspan was nearly twenty meters, its talons were thicker than his thighs and longer than his height.

Closer, even closer.

The sharp talons were about to grab his head.

Battle Skill Seven Stars Falling Across the Sky!

Qin Shilei stepped to the left, then leaped up, stabbing towards the opponent's abdomen from between its talons.

A golden light appeared on the opponent's body surface.

The Jinghong Sword, flickering with electric light, struggled to pierce the golden light, then penetrated nearly half its blade.

At this moment, the Great Peng Bird bent its knees, bringing its talons together, preparing to crush Qin Shilei.

Qin Shilei slapped the opponent's thigh with his left hand but felt as if he had slapped a speeding car.

Crack!

His left arm was already fractured.

Fortunately, he had used the force to jump out.

At this point, the Great Peng Bird had landed on its talons, and with a forward flap of its wings, it swept towards Qin Shilei like a crashing airplane.

The massive attack range left Qin Shilei nowhere to hide.

He could only raise his sword and slash forward, simultaneously activating the shield on his Golden Silk Soft Armor.

The Jinghong Sword seemed to be slashing at a flying mountain. After cutting off dozens of feathers, it could no longer cut down, but was instead propelled by the opponent's huge wing towards Qin Shilei's head.

In this critical moment, Qin Shilei only had time to turn his head to avoid the sword's edge.

Then he was swept by the huge wing.

“Pfft!”

He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, then flew through the air like a kite with a broken string, crashing into a giant tree more than ten meters behind him.

A golden orb appeared at the Great Peng Bird's mouth, then swiftly struck Qin Shilei, who was sliding down from the tree.

Battle Skill Unmoving Like a Mountain!

Zhang Qiang's iron tower-like figure suddenly appeared in front of Qin Shilei, holding a shield with both hands to meet the golden orb.

Crack!

Several tiny cracks appeared on the Gray Bear Shield.

Then Zhang Qiang, as strong as a gray bear, involuntarily rolled backward.

He also knocked Qin Shilei, who was behind him, flying more than ten meters into the forest.

“Whoosh!”

After an angry cry, another golden energy orb formed at the Great Peng Bird's mouth.

“Let's split up and run.”

An Qian carried Qin Shilei on her back, Xie Haimei carried Zhang Qiang, and they ran in an S-pattern towards the depths of the forest.

A willow tree suddenly appeared in the golden orb's path, and countless willow branches whipped towards the golden orb.

The golden orb whistled past, severing countless willow branches and even blasting a large hole in the lower part of the willow tree's massive trunk.

However, due to the willow tree's obstruction, the golden orb's direction changed slightly.

It finally flew past An Qian and the others, destroying several giant trees before disappearing into the air.

And the willow tree also shrank and flew back into Zhang Xiaoli's pet space in her mind.

Seeing that An Qian and the others had disappeared into the woods.

The Great Peng Bird pushed off with its talons and spread its wings, flying into the sky.

A stream of blood drifted down with the wind.

Soon, the Great Peng Bird swooped down past a giant tree, and the golden orb in its mouth swiftly struck An Qian, who was at the base of the giant tree.

When the golden orb flew to the base of the large tree, An Qian had already run to the base of another giant tree, leaving only a huge crater blasted beside the large tree.

The giant trees were nearly a hundred meters tall, and their branches and leaves were lush and layered, making it very difficult to see the situation at the base of the trees.

The Great Peng Bird circled in the sky for several rounds but could no longer find its enemies below.

It then angrily launched several more golden orbs at the giant trees below, destroying thirty to forty of them.

It even made a direct dive, burrowing into a giant tree.

After its sharp wings severed more than ten giant trees, the Great Peng Bird finally got stuck in the center of a giant tree, and after a considerable effort, it flew back into the sky.

“Whoosh, whoosh.”

The Great Peng Bird summoned its two children to monitor this large area of forest, while it flew to the side of the young Peng Bird that had fallen to the ground.

That young Peng Bird was not dead.

However, with an arrow in its wing, it could no longer fly.

The Great Peng Bird picked up the young Peng Bird and flew far away to settle it, then returned to this area to monitor.

Meanwhile, An Qian, carrying Qin Shilei, moved through the dark undergrowth of the giant trees, dodging and weaving, and unknowingly lost her way.

She only stopped in front of two head-high stones after the Great Peng Bird stopped bombing.

She lowered Qin Shilei from her back, only to see him barely breathing, with no color in his face.

An Qian called Qin Shilei several times but received no response.

She unfastened his Golden Silk Soft Armor and saw that several of his ribs were broken, and she didn't know if the broken ribs had pierced his internal organs.

As An Qian waited anxiously, more than half an hour passed before Zhang Xiaoli, accompanied by her mother, found them by following their tracks.

“Zhang Xiaoli, come quickly and look at Qin Shilei,” An Qian said anxiously.

Zhang Xiaoli squatted down, took Qin Shilei's right hand, and a green light continuously flowed from her hand into his body.

“Pfft!”

Qin Shilei spat out another mouthful of fresh blood, his eyelids fluttered but he was too weak to open them.

“Qin Ge, wake up!”

Zhang Xiaoli worriedly stopped transmitting energy.

“Zhang Xiaoli, it seems to be working, keep giving him energy for treatment.”

An Qian, however, noticed Qin Shilei's eyelids moving, so she told Zhang Xiaoli to continue.

Zhang Xiaoli again took Qin Shilei's right hand and resumed transmitting wood-attribute energy to him.

After more than ten minutes, Qin Shilei's weak breathing finally became stronger.

But Zhang Xiaoli's forehead was bulging with veins and covered in fine sweat.

She felt her vision darken and directly fell to the side.

He Yiyao quickly reached out and supported Zhang Xiaoli.

After a while, Zhang Xiaoli, who had recovered, was about to continue transmitting energy to Qin Shilei.

“I'm fine, you rest first.”

Qin Shilei made a barely audible sound, then slowly opened his eyes.

“Qin Ge, are you alright?” Zhang Xiaoli asked with concern.

An Qian gently pressed her hand on Qin Shilei's lips, advising, “Don't talk, get some good rest.”

“Yes, Qin Ge, get some good rest,” Zhang Xiaoli also advised, then took out two crystals and began absorbing them to replenish her depleted mental energy.

After Zhang Xiaoli transmitted energy to Qin Shilei for the third time, Qin Shilei was finally able to sit up from An Qian's embrace.

He pulled out a bottle of healing potion and drank it in one gulp.

“Zhang Xiaoli, I'm almost better, you should get some good rest.” Qin Shilei patted Zhang Xiaoli's right hand, signaling that she could release his right hand.

“That's good.” Zhang Xiaoli smiled brightly, then directly fainted and fell towards Qin Shilei.

Although she had crystals to replenish, she really couldn't hold on any longer.

Qin Shilei, with her impact, also fell backward, but fortunately, An Qian reached out and supported both of them.

“Don't move around, just lie down like this.” An Qian stopped Qin Shilei from trying to sit up, then looked up and signaled to her mother to support Zhang Xiaoli.

By this time, it was completely dark.

But they still hadn't waited for Xie Haimei and the others.

An Qian's mother collected some dry firewood and lit a small bonfire in a crevice of a large rock nearby.

The branches and leaves overhead were layered, and with the cover of the large rock, they weren't afraid that the Great Peng Bird would see the firelight and come looking for them.

Suddenly, more than ten glowing orbs floated over from the front right.