I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 951: Chapter 621: The Terrifying Shadowstrike—One-Shot Kill (Part 2)

Their bodies are large, completely covered in indestructible ice armor, with sharp claws that can easily tear through alloy. Their roar can shatter ice layers. With their vast numbers and formidable individual combat power, they have become one of the biggest obstacles against Ice Extreme Pass’s expansion of territory and development of Mingwang Planet’s resources. Many exploration teams have fallen to the Ice Beast swarms.

Qin Tian has set his sights on a Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast lurking a thousand kilometers northeast of Ice Extreme Pass, deep within the mountains.

Not long ago, Adif led a team out for exploration, creating a danger hotspot map for Mingwang Planet. They encountered a sudden attack from this Ice Beast.

Adif had just broken into Tier Seven not long ago, making him no match for this Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast. Fortunately, being a Space Element powerhouse, he immediately sensed the disadvantage and fled quickly, narrowly escaping.

Upon receiving Adif’s feedback, Qin Tian realized that such a deadly threat lay hidden outside Ice Extreme Pass.

A distance of a thousand kilometers may seem far, but for Ice Extreme Pass, which aims to occupy most of Mingwang Planet’s territory, it’s a critical area to conquer in early expansion.

Removing this Ice Beast is imperative for stable outward expansion.

Initially, Qin Tian planned to deal with the Blood Demon Cult issue before tackling this Ice Beast. Now, with Shadowstrike’s evolution complete, he decided to use this Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast as a test for Shadowstrike’s true power.

Standing atop the peak, Qin Tian gazed into the distance, releasing his perception like a precise radar, frantically spreading in all directions. The Night Emperor bloodline combined with the Immortal Sacred Body endowed him with the world’s top-tier perception.

He can clearly capture life signs, energy fluctuations, even subtle temperature changes and scent propagation, as well as magnetic field disturbances.

When fully released, his perception range can cover hundreds of miles extensively.

In his perception network, creatures are visible as flashing red dots, clear and distinct; the stronger the creature, the larger and deeper the red dot.

In just a moment, the Ice Beast lying a hundred miles away was accurately locked on.

Qin Tian’s eyes slightly lowered, his mind merging deeply with Shadowstrike and the Ghost Gun Spirit, as if man and gun became one.

In the next second, he gently exerted force on his fingertip, steadily pulling the trigger.

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Deep within the mountains, a thousand miles away.

A spiritual vein twisted, dense with Spiritual Qi, nourishing everything within the cave.

The Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast lazily lay on the main vein, its body nearly a hundred meters long, covered in dark blue thick armor, with two spiral ice horns atop its head. Its scarlet eyes, the size of brass bells, were half-closed, revealing a hint of laziness.

Each breath brought immense suction, drawing the rich Spiritual Qi from the vein into its body like a stream.

On numerous branches of the spiritual vein, Ice Beasts sprawled irregularly, greedily devouring the Spiritual Qi like parasites on the vein.

This is the survival habit of the Ice Beast swarm: finding a place rich in Spiritual Qi to feed on it. After years or even decades of consumption, they migrate as a group to find the next spot to continue reproducing.

The Ice Beast atop the main vein yawned lazily, ejecting a mass of ice-blue cold air from its mouth. As the cold air hit the ground, it rapidly froze into a thick layer of solid ice.

It smacked its mouth, a hint of boredom flashing in its eyes.

A few days ago, it met an interesting little fellow, intending to play with it, but that creature was overly timid, fleeing before it could truly act, leaving it quite unsatisfied.

Perhaps it’s time for a hunt?

The thought barely emerged, swiftly dominating its mind.

It vaguely recalled reports from its subordinates about an intelligent race gathering nearby, numbering over a million, and generally weak in individual strength — perfect prey served on a platter. Devouring them all would relieve its boredom and allow it to absorb substantial Qi and Blood Power, nourishing its body, granting it a peaceful sleep.

Considering this, a flash of greedy fierce light gleamed in the Ice Beast’s eyes. It slowly lifted its massive body, opening its mouth brimming with sharp fangs, preparing to roar orders for the swarm to set out.

But at that moment, a bullet suddenly sliced through the air, silent and undetected, breaching the dense ice, directly targeting the back of the Ice Beast’s head.

The Ice Beast’s body froze, instinctively sensing mortal danger, icy terror surging from its tailbone to its crown.

No time to think, it reflexively mobilized internal energy, wildly gathering at the back of its head, forming two thick energy shields. Combined with its naturally indestructible ice armor, its defense was formidable.

Yet, the spinning rune bullet, imbued with unstoppable force, effortlessly shredded the first energy shield, then seamlessly pierced the thick armor at the back of its head, precisely entering its skull.

Boom—

A muffled thunderous sound exploded in the cave, the bullet instantly piercing through the Ice Beast’s skull, its frightful kinetic energy and rune power indiscriminately erupting, shredding its brains into mush.

The Ice Beast’s body abruptly stiffened, its eyes immediately losing luster, all its ferocity and greed completely vanishing at that moment.

In the next second, the massive body lurched forward, crashing to the ground, its ice armor gradually losing its sheen, the cold quickly dissipating.

Inside the cave, the Ice Beasts that had been greedily absorbing Spiritual Qi immediately sensed their leader’s rapidly fading aura, plunging into chaos, wildly rushing toward the main vein’s core.

Upon seeing their leader collapsed on the ground, lifeless, blood seeping from its head, a wave of fear and furious roars swept the cave.

"Roar!!!"

...

"Impressive indeed~"

Qin Tian slowly lowered Shadowstrike, a subtle smile playing at the corner of his lips.

A Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast felled by a single shot.

Truthfully, though not entirely unexpected, the outcome was still delightful.

As the shot relied purely on Shadowstrike, without the aid of the Soul of the Gun God to ignore 30% defense rules or Celestial Destiny Critical Strike for multi-fold critical damage. All Qin Tian did was lock onto the target.

And the result was highly satisfactory.

The Tier Seven Ice Beast’s perception was exceptionally acute. Yet, it sensed danger only when Shadowstrike’s bullet was close to penetration, by which point resistance was futile.

Shadowstrike’s super piercing and armor-breaking power made the Ice Beast’s energy shield and ice armor as fragile as glass.

Upon entering the brain, the bullet’s explosion and destructive force prevented the formidable self-healing ability of Tier Seven creatures from functioning.

If a Tier Seven Peak Ice Beast fell so easily, what about other Tier Seven Beasts and Spiritualists?

Qin Tian was confident that excluding Tier Seven Peak Holy Blood, other Tier Sevens couldn’t withstand a shot from Shadowstrike.

If he himself engaged, he wouldn’t necessarily achieve such terrifying results.

At the very least, a Tier Seven Peak Golden Bloodline Spiritualist might manage a few exchanges against him.

But this is merely the devastation caused by Shadowstrike alone. Adding the Soul of the Gun God and Celestial Destiny Critical Strike, might they directly snipe Tier Eight powerhouses?

If not, let’s not forget Shadowstrike has the ultimate Super Burst bullet.

Moreover, both the Soul of the Gun God and Celestial Destiny Critical Strike are currently Purple Talents, requiring not many Evolution Points to upgrade to Orange Talent.

After upgrading, combined with Shadowstrike, the power is unimaginable even to him.

Shooting down a Tier Eight with one bullet shouldn’t be a problem.

Qin Tian confidently mused.

To know, to kill a Tier Eight head-on is one thing, but to blast away a Tier Eight’s brain from over a hundred kilometers is entirely different.

The pity is he’s yet to find another Tier Eight enemy nearby; otherwise, he’d definitely try now.

"Blood Demon Cult, I wonder if you’ll come seeking revenge?"

Qin Tian stroked his chin, suddenly feeling a bit of anticipation.