The rumbling echoed within the mine layers for five or six minutes before gradually fading away.
Of course, Han Qiwu didn’t waste this ti. He took advantage of his heightened speed to dash over to the ruby’s location and gleefully pick it up.
This ti, I admit, I made the first move!
It wasn’t just Han Qiwu suffering from the ringing in his ears; even Little Zap, who had been hovering in the air, descended to the ground after enduring the deafening noise.
When Xiao Lai noticed Little Zap about to fall, he hastily shuffled his chubby little body over to catch it, narrowly preventing it from crashing and becoming a paralyzed bird.
After the rumbling subsided, Han Qiwu returned to the Fla Iron Ore deposit to assess the situation.
"Could it all have exploded already?" Han Qiwu rubbed his hands together in anticipation and approached cautiously on his flaming windwheel.
"Rumble rumble."
As the thick smoke cleared from the Fla Iron Ore deposit, a colossal tal giant, composed of over a dozen tal Bigheads fused together, ca charging furiously at Han Qiwu.
The tallic giant stood a towering three ters tall, with a tallic outer shell glowing in golden-red hues. However, the circular dent in its center revealed the significant damage inflicted by the fireball, and the scorch marks on its right leg made its sprint unsteady.
Just as Han Qiwu began to let his guard down, the tallic giant suddenly shifted its body sideways and charged at Han Qiwu at an incredible speed.
"Rattle-rattle-rattle!"
In less than a second, the tallic giant was right in front of Han Qiwu.
"Phoenix Shield!"
Realizing he had no ti to evade, Han Qiwu didn’t dare risk it and quickly activated his invincibility skill to block the strike.
The decision proved to be the right one.
When the tallic giant collided with Han Qiwu, it generated waves of tallic ripples, creating imnse force. Nearby scattered Fla Iron Ore fragnts were ground into powder from the impact.
"Is this thing a giant tal rolling pin? One roll, and I’d be flattened like a pancake." Han Qiwu heightened his vigilance and, taking advantage of his invincibility effect, swung his ice blade at its injured leg.
But post-fusion, even its legs were covered with a thin layer of iron plating, significantly increasing its defensive power. If Han Qiwu wanted to trigger a bleeding effect, he’d have to target the exposed five centiters of its ankle.
"Swish swish swish!"
During the duration of his invincibility, Han Qiwu arduously slashed its ankle three tis.
"It’s too tough to deal with."
After retreating to a safe distance, Han Qiwu finally had the chance to glance at its stats.
[Colossal tal Bighead]
[Level: 83]
[Attack thods: Ram, Roll, Throw, tal Healing]
[Characteristics: Immune to knockback, doubles defensive power]
[Note: A fusion of twelve tal Bigheads. Its strength is imnse, but it consus a lot of energy.]
"Only twelve? If it fused eighteen, wouldn’t it be even stronger?" Han Qiwu thanked his lucky stars for unleashing a big attack right at the start.
If he had waited until its fusion was complete and its defense doubled, the fireball’s effectiveness would have been vastly reduced.
"Rattle-rattle-rattle!"
Seeing Han Qiwu create so distance, the tallic giant pivoted 60 degrees and charged at him once again.
"Such a strong tallic giant must have a weakness. Let’s stall it first." Han Qiwu had no intention of fighting it head-on. He switched to his Frost Slingshot, keeping his distance while bombarding it with explosive snowballs.
He couldn’t give it ti to consu Fla Iron Ore for recovery!
When the enemy advances, I retreat. When the enemy tires, I strike!
After two to three minutes of maneuvering, the tallic giant, repeatedly failing to catch him, grew agitated. Suddenly, it flipped over, spun in place a dozen tis, and fiercely launched sothing at Han Qiwu’s location!
The speed was extraordinary.
Han Qiwu focused his gaze and saw that what it had thrown was a lightly injured tal Bighead.
"So its throw skill is just chucking a tal Bighead? Sothing’s off. I’m clearly the one struggling, so why is it getting desperate? Could it be that its fused state has a ti limit?" Han Qiwu imdiately retreated, planning to deal with the tal Bighead after it landed by using his speed boost to turn it into Fla Iron Essence.
Another minute of stalling later, Han Qiwu grinned.
With his sharp eyesight, he noticed fine cracks forming across the tallic giant’s body, and its mobility and reactions had slowed.
This thing might be close to falling apart!
But Han Qiwu didn’t want to wait for complete disintegration.
Who knows? Defeating the tallic giant might yield so special items.
"Little Zap, wake up! This one’s the last; after this, you can rest," Han Qiwu said, pouring White Reed Root Water to rouse Little Zap.
In its dazed state, Little Zap flapped its wings in refusal, its eyes bleary.
Can’t drink anymore, bro. Let rest.
One more sip, and I’ll puke.
Xiao Lai was no better, shaking his little head like a drum rattle.
"Alright then, just watch and learn." Han Qiwu switched to his ice blade, stepped on the flaming windwheel, and charged forward, wielding his Fire Crystal!
He aid at its ankle!
"Unleash the flas!"
The tiny blue flas of the Blue Firebird shot out one after another from the Fire Crystal. Under the surrounding high temperatures, their blue hue glowed brighter.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as the small blue flas landed on the tallic giant’s ankle, they imdiately climbed upward, relentlessly burning its stubby legs beneath the iron plating.
"Aargh!!!"
The tallic giant let out a muffled cry of agony, rolling furiously toward Han Qiwu in anger.
"Is it really this effective?" Han Qiwu’s eyes lit up. This blue fire wasn’t explosive but clinging—burning steadily and spreading further.
After releasing fifteen small blue flas, the tallic giant could no longer control itself. Its cracks widened, and it stood trembling in place.
Strike while it’s vulnerable!
Han Qiwu put away the Fire Crystal and quickly slashed away with the tip of his ice sword. He avoided striking the cracks directly, worried that shattering it might spoil the rewards.
Better stick to hitting its ankle.
Play it safe!
"Swish swish swish!"
Twenty seconds later, the tallic giant, on the verge of disintegration, finally burst into a massive beam of white light under Han Qiwu’s relentless assault.
The good news was, even upon its demise, it remained intact.
"May the white light carry no flas." Han Qiwu waved at the fading light and plopped onto the ground with a thud.
Exhausted.
Fighting these congregated creatures was so much harder than the scattered mine-dwelling beasts.
Hopefully, the rewards are worth it!
The white light lingered for over ten seconds before dissipating, leaving several glowing items behind in the Fla Iron Ore deposit.
After resting for a mont, Han Qiwu walked over and gathered them one by one, his excitent mounting with each find.
All top-quality loot!
[Crimson Fla Iron Essence]
[Usage: Crafting Material]
[Special Effect - Crimson Magnetism: Possesses strong magnetic properties]
[Note: Only dropped by Colossal tal Bigheads]
[tal Bighead’s Bane]
[Level: 83]
[Special Effect - Repel: When equipped, it can repel tal Bighead clusters of fewer than fifteen individuals]
[Note: Saves ti for everyone involved]
[tal Roller]
[Usage: Accessory]
[Special Effect - Crush: The head of the Colossal tal Bighead greatly enhances crushing efficiency]
[Note: Indestructible!]
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