"Fight! They’re fighting!"

Ansheng and Momo just exchanged a sarcastic comment, and the territorial battle between the Parasitic Beast and the Land Tortoise quickly escalated into a fever pitch.

The two clashed no less than five times, gaining an understanding of each other’s strength level.

As soon as the Land Tortoise crawled out of the cave, the Parasitic Beast’s expression didn’t change at all, swiftly switching guns, and raised the rotary grenade launcher to press forward.

"Bang bang bang—"

Grenades shot out at a speed of 76 meters per second, hitting the Land Tortoise, exploding into fireballs.

Facing the mountain-sized beast directly, the Parasitic Beast utilized its heavy firepower for initial suppression.

"Woo—"

The Land Tortoise, sensing the grenade assault, had already retracted its head into its shell, using its scale-armored forelegs to shield its head, entering a turtle state.

Yet, between the gaps of its folded arms, its lantern-like eyes were faintly visible.

The Land Tortoise’s gaze was indifferent, locked onto the Parasitic Beast, lurking in the shadows of its shell.

"Damn—"

Seeing the grenades futilely explode without effect, the Parasitic Beast’s expression sank. Instinctively stepping forward, it prepared to dart into the forest for an ambush using the terrain.

But as if recalling something, it forcibly stopped its advancing step.

The dense forest terrain wasn’t much of a hindrance for the Land Tortoise; the trees here were too small, unable to block this moving War Fortress.

"Woo—"

The Land Tortoise emitted a low hum, reversing its turtle state, standing tall with its sturdy limbs on the ground, resembling a skyscraper rising from the ground, blatantly exhibiting its imposing size.

"Boom!"

The Land Tortoise took its first step, the landing strike seemed to bear a thousand-pound burden, concaving dramatically, while it accumulated energy for its charge, retracting its head into its shell, transforming into a bulldozer aiming to crush the Parasitic Beast.

Clouds of dust erupted, the giant tortoise led the way, trailing a smoke column.

"I’m not falling for that again."

The Parasitic Beast’s expression was exceedingly unpleasant; once the Land Tortoise charged with its built-up energy, it was unstoppable.

Although appearing as a cumbersome mountain in motion, its agility was unexpectedly high.

Dodging sideways or jumping into the air were traps; the giant tortoise could make sharp turns, colliding with enemies using its multi-ton shell.

Once the enemy is down, ruthless crushing ensues.

The only way to counter is to outrun it, suppressing the speed the giant tortoise prides itself on.

"Da-da-da—"

The Parasitic Beast leaned backward, black substances spreading on its spine, gradually solidifying into spider legs, propelling it for rapid ground-skimming flight.

The Parasitic Beast aimed its assault rifle upright, adopting a point-shooting technique to target the giant tortoise’s face.

"Today’s me is different from yesterday’s me; when it comes to speed, I won’t lose to you!"

The Parasitic Beast sneered coldly, methodically kite-flying to exhaust the giant tortoise, switching to a grenade launcher for a new round of suppression once the tortoise halts.

"Is this... the battle between Spirit Beasts?"

Ah Qing was shocked, whispering lightly.

Both Spirit Beasts moved incredibly fast, their running kicking up wind howls, each step of the Sulcata Land Tortoise was hefty, there was a faint tremor on the ground.

Their battle wasn’t stationary; their mutual tugging extended across half a reservoir.

Everything along the way was crushed by the giant tortoise, clouds of dust spread accompanied by explosive waves, akin to ripples on a lake spreading outward. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Fast, their engagement was too fast to follow.

"Xiaolan... Did you defeat Dasun?" During the Spirit Beasts’ fierce fight, suddenly realizing a small question, Ah Qing asked the little fox on her shoulder.

If she remembered correctly, Dasun once mentioned being convinced by the little fox, worshiping it as a godfather thereafter.

Ah Qing’s question led Momo, Tang You, and Lingren to stare dazedly at the little fox.

"To be precise, I didn’t defeat it; the Parasitic Beast has extraordinary regenerative capabilities."

"I found its fear of blunt weapons, then designed a trap using the cement’s water absorption at a construction site, trapping the Parasitic Beast, and driving a tipper truck over it."

Ansheng explained to Ah Qing and the others about the Fungal Parasitic Beast’s weakness.

Master Fuli’s weapon is a blunt weapon, any Spirit Beast that fought him possesses a blunt weapon weakness.

The Fungal Parasitic Beast’s weakness is blunt weapons, something even it admits.

"So... Doesn’t the big tortoise completely counter Dasun?" Ah Qing inquired to the little fox.

Dasun harbors a blunt weapon weakness, and psychological trauma from being repeatedly crushed by a tipper.

And on the battlefield, the tortoise itself serves as a blunt weapon, accelerating like a tipper.

Wouldn’t the tortoise completely suppress Dasun?

"But there’s nothing I can do! Even if Leopard Head comes, he’d need effort to get an opening to beat up the tortoise." Ansheng shrugged, not optimistic about the Fungal Parasitic Beast’s chances against the Land Tortoise.

Leopard Head facing the tortoise would need to activate his full-power muscular leopard form, neutralizing the tortoise’s force before slapping repeatedly.

Leopard Head, who needs leopards indeed, can single-handedly suppress Chang’an City’s Spirit Beasts or the Qinling Mountain Range’s ferocious beasts.

Not from the Treasure Tree line, he’s practically invincible in Chang’an.

"Ah—"

As Ansheng complained, the enhanced Parasitic Beast forced the Land Tortoise to change moves.

This was a completely new technique, an attack the Parasitic Beast had never seen before.

The Land Tortoise halted its meaningless charge, standing upright nearly as tall as two and a half floors.

It exhaled a cloud of turbid air, swung its muscular forelimbs in front creating a set of martial arts moves.

Then, the Land Tortoise started running, leaping and landing with its shell facing downwards, all limbs including the tail exerting force in different directions, starting to spin.

The shell gradually tilted towards the Parasitic Beast, the entire tortoise flew out like a shooting star, tracing a "Z" path.

The Parasitic Beast stood stunned.

The Land Tortoise turned into a spinning top chasing the Parasitic Beast.

During the chase, it occasionally snagged rocks or trees with its limbs, using centrifugal force from its spin to hurl them at the Parasitic Beast.

Proving to the Parasitic Beast, even this War Fortress had long-range capabilities.

"Hiss... this might really hurt."

Ansheng looked away helplessly; the Parasitic Beast could repeatedly dodge the tree throws, but one hit from the tortoise would end the game.

Just a stagger caused by a back hit, led to a flaw which the tortoise exploited, spinning to fly up, slamming down heavily on the Parasitic Beast, and spinning fiercely.

The Parasitic Beast seemed akin to a monkey trapped under Five Finger Mountain, unable to move the oppressive mountain away, only releasing unwilling roars.

"Woo—"

Suppressing the Parasitic Beast, the Land Tortoise flipped around, shaking its head dazedly, gazing towards where Master Fuli stood.

The intruding Spirit Beast wasn’t alone, there was another squatting by the roadside, watching.

"Xiaolan... the tortoise is staring at us!"

Ah Qing stiffened, somewhat overwhelmed by the tortoise’s innate pressure of massive presence.

"If it dares to glare at us, we glare back." Ansheng confidently stated to Ah Qing:

"Facing angry Spirit Beasts, there’s no escape, but we can completely glare back without losing face."

"Maybe, seeing our numbers, it might actually feel intimidated and back down?"

Ah Qing glanced awkwardly at the little fox, quietly suggesting:

"Your argument sounds reasonable, but for now, we might have time to call Sister Zhang Lin..."

"Facing the tortoise, Sister Zhang Lin should command some respect."