Chapter 15: Who Blew Up My Ass!

Lin Lei ran far away, thinking hard about that blue mobile fortress, trying to come up with a solution.

This big guy was a native of Blue Rain Star; looking at how fully evolved it was, it was far beyond the alien visitor, the Shadow Beast.

Its attack style should be similar to the Shadow Beast’s, both belonging to the charging type, but this One-horned Armored Rhinoceros really knew the way of the king.

With a weight of 1.5 tons and armor covering its whole body, charging straight at an opponent like this, no one dared to face its sharp edge head-on.

If you dodged it, it could just charge again. Presumably, this One-horned Armored Rhinoceros, with a physical fitness of up to 5.0, didn’t lack that bit of stamina.

Even a Komodo Beast would have to detour far away if it saw this. There was no other reason; it just hurt the pride of a carnivore too much.

Lin Lei looked around, trying to find some favorable terrain, until he glimpsed the large Mushroom Tree with a diameter of over thirty meters next to the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros, and his eyes slowly lit up.

The One-horned Armored Rhinoceros had power ful attack strength, but for this 1.5-ton body to accelerate, it couldn’t have the suddenness of a Shadow Beast; it needed an acceleration process, and changing direction midway was even more difficult.

As for himself, after provoking this Armored Rhinoceros, he would just keep running around the Mushroom Tree, keeping this big guy in a state of constant turning. He didn’t believe it could get its speed up.

Lin Lei, fully prepared, could even dodge the sudden attack of a Shadow Beast, let alone this clumsy rhinoceros.

As for what to do after it started running, hehe, even a tank has a gun barrel sticking out for you to stuff a hand grenade in. Lin Lei didn’t believe he couldn’t find a weakness in this Armored Rhinoceros.

Worst case scenario, he would climb a tree to dodge the attack. Could this wild beast keep guarding him forever?

Lin Lei was a man of action; he did it as soon as he thought of it. He detoured far behind that large Mushroom Tree, then picked up a fist-sized hard clod of earth from the ground and threw it hard at the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros.

Finally, afraid that the Armored Rhinoceros wouldn’t notice him as the ambusher, he even shouted at it: “Hey, grandson! Over here!” While making various provocative gestures.

The hard clod of earth hit the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros right on the forehead. Although it didn’t injure it, the loose mud and stone exploded, covering its face in dust.

Seeing the little thing it had just despised making strange movements there, especially with a dark thing swinging between its thighs, the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros, whose meal had been interrupted, felt seriously teased!

If this could be tolerated, what couldn’t? The One-horned Armored Rhinoceros’s eyes immediately turned red! Its front legs dug fiercely into the ground, and it charged toward Lin Lei like a locomotive.

That indomitable momentum, that sharp horn leveled because of its lowered head, and the slightly trembling ground all made Lin Lei’s heart pound!

He didn’t know if this Mushroom Tree could withstand the impact of this brute. Lin Lei was deeply skeptical whether this large spore plant could stay firm under such strong external force.

Feeling deeply uneasy, Lin Lei shrank his body a bit further to the side. As soon as he finished this movement, the Armored Rhinoceros charged past him, bringing up a large spray of mushroom debris.

In the midst of the chaos, Lin Lei glanced at the Mushroom Tree behind him. Wow! The impact had carved out a huge gash half a meter deep and as high as the rhinoceros itself.

What luck, Lin Lei thought to himself as he ran around the Mushroom Tree, secretly rejoicing. He had almost ended himself due to underestimating the situation.

Fortunately, such a powerful impact only happened once. Now, the Armored Rhinoceros was playing a game of circling around with Lin Lei.

The One-horned Armored Rhinoceros was simple-minded; it only knew to chase Lin Lei furiously. How could it think to turn back and intercept him on the other side of the Mushroom Tree?

It was just wondering why the path had become so long. It clearly remembered this place wasn’t very spacious, so why did the run seem endless!?

Lin Lei always kept a distance of a quarter of the circumference from the Armored Rhinoceros, revealing only half of his body. This way, he didn’t let the Armored Rhinoceros lose its target, but also ensured his own safety.

Chasing and fleeing like this, Lin Lei didn’t know how many laps he had run. Anyway, he was so dizzy from running that he almost made mistakes and got caught several times.

If he were caught by the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros and trampled by those thick legs! He could go straight to being fertilizer.

Lin Lei was a little dizzy, but the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros was very dizzy. If that annoying guy in front wasn’t still there, it would have given up long ago.

Its condition wasn’t very good now; it was dizzy, eyes blurry, and foaming at the mouth. It even forgot its original motive for chasing Lin Lei. It only knew it had to catch him and string his corpse on its horn as a trophy!

The majesty of the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros must not be challenged! Absolutely!

This situation continued for over half an hour. Lin Lei was so tired he was sweating profusely, almost wanting to climb the tree and give up.

Why was this Armored Rhinoceros so persistent, so single-minded? How could its stamina be so enduring?

Lin Lei looked back at the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros. Just one look made him so happy he almost forgot to take a step.

He saw that this big guy’s head was now lowered, its horn pointing straight up at the sky, white air puffing from its nostrils. But the funny thing was, its eyes weren’t looking at Lin Lei in front at all; it was just mechanically circling for the sake of circling.

So, it turned out that this circling motion had confused the already not-so-bright One-horned Armored Rhinoceros into being an idiot!

Lin Lei accelerated forward, ran out of the Armored Rhinoceros’s line of sight, and waited in place for a while. Sure enough, this big fool came panting up again. Seeing Lin Lei, it didn’t get angry, nor did it speed up. It was as if he didn’t exist.

Now Lin Lei was certain that this One-horned Armored Rhinoceros really, truly had a knot in its brain and was stuck in a “death loop”!

This was the best time to attack! Lin Lei sped up, circled behind the Armored Rhinoceros, used all his strength, and stabbed the Tooth Dagger in his hand into the exposed ass of the Armored Rhinoceros.

The Tooth Dagger went straight in up to the handle. Finally, Lin Lei gave the dagger handle a slap with his palm, driving it in further. The whole process took only a second.

This was serious. A bottomless blood hole was left on the Armored Rhinoceros’s rear, and blood spurted out like it was free.

Having done all this, Lin Lei flashed behind a tree immediately. He didn’t dare face the Armored Rhinoceros in its fury.

The Armored Rhinoceros, having its rear exploded, let out a earth-shattering scream, and its head cleared up. It felt a piercing pain in its butt, which hurt whenever it moved, and its abdomen too. All the strength in its body was rushing out from there.

This was a fatal wound! The One-horned Armored Rhinoceros realized this. It began to frantically destroy everything around it, trying to find that insidious, hateful guy. It wanted to trample him into meat paste!

But Lin Lei had long since left the battlefield, using the cover of spore trees.

This place of trouble was not suitable for a long stay.

The raging One-horned Armored Rhinoceros was terrifying. Unable to find Lin Lei, it began to vent its anger on that unlucky Mushroom Tree.

It charged at the Mushroom Tree again and again, each time driving deep into it.

Then it backed up and charged again. Presumably, it intended to destroy this Mushroom Tree.

The sound of crashing rang out over eighty times. Finally, with a loud boom, the Mushroom Tree fell, and silence returned to the jungle.

Lin Lei stayed in his hiding spot for another half hour before carefully walking toward the previous battlefield.

As soon as he arrived, Lin Lei was stunned by the tragic scene.

He saw that the bottom of the fallen Mushroom Tree was almost chipped through, and mushroom debris was scattered everywhere.

And the culprit was lying dying amidst the debris, looking even more miserable. Its whole body was covered in blue blood, even its eyes had burst, leaving only two blood holes.

Lin Lei’s Tooth Dagger, due to the intense activity earlier, had poked out from its abdomen, causing its intestines to spill all over the ground.

Even now, this One-horned Armored Rhinoceros still wasn’t completely dead. Its whole body was still trembling slightly, and from time to time, it spat out a mouthful of blue blood foam.

Standard Energy Level 5.0; its vitality was indeed powerful!

But now, this was my energy reserve.

At this moment, the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros let out a long breath and completely lost all signs of life.

The System’s battle evaluation also arrived on time.

“Host independently killed One-horned Armored Rhinoceros. Battle evaluation: A-grade.”

“Host authority increased. Current progress is 15/100.”

The arrival of these two data streams made Lin Lei very excited. An A-grade battle evaluation was worth ten points. It seemed reaching 100 points wouldn’t be that hard.

He wondered how much his authority would increase if he independently killed a Komodo Beast. Hmm, when he had enough confidence and experience, he would go try!

Looking at the blue blood and intestines spilled all over the ground by the Armored Rhinoceros, Lin Lei wasn’t in the mood to suck blood. Let it go to waste. Besides, with his teeth, he couldn’t bite through the Armored Rhinoceros’s suit of scale armor anyway.

What Lin Lei valued most now was the horn on the Armored Rhinoceros’s head, which was over half a meter long. This was a top-grade deadly weapon.

And this suit of scale armor; peeling it off to make armor would be quite good too. Lin Lei scratched it hard with the Tooth Dagger, leaving only a white mark.

He tried stabbing it with force, but most of the strength was deflected to the side, and the scale armor remained unharmed. It was truly good stuff.

Lin Lei fiddled with the Komodo Tooth Dagger for a long time before finally separating these two treasures from the One-horned Armored Rhinoceros.

This made him happy for a long time. Starting today, he could be considered a well-equipped warrior.

There was such a huge lump of meat here; Lin Lei couldn’t possibly transport it back to the Tree House over twenty kilometers away. He decided to settle down here for now.

There were many large Mushroom Trees here. Lin Lei chose the thickest one and started digging a hole directly seven or eight meters above the ground.

This time, because he had experience and his tools were improved, a cave one and a half meters high and over ten square meters in size took shape after three hours.

This could only be considered a temporary residence, so it didn’t need too much effort.

Lin Lei planned to handle things this way in the future, saving the effort of transporting meat. Anyway, sleeping anywhere was sleeping.

Having dug the tree hole, Lin Lei didn’t wait for it to dry. He began transporting pieces of meat inside one by one. Leaving such fresh meat in the wild would be tempting animals to commit crimes.

Putting it in the tree hole saved him from unexpected troubles. Lin Lei’s meat-slicing skills had improved; in a short while, only a clean Armored Rhinoceros skeleton was left on the ground. All the meat had been moved away.

Hehe, let those wild beasts go gnaw on the bones.

At this time, the planet had rotated to the west and was about to sink below the horizon.

The eastern sky already showed a blue-white glow; the star was about to rise.

This meant the temperature was about to start rising. Lin Lei also prepared to rest. In this hot weather, it was just right to hide in the tree hole and sleep soundly.

Lin Lei spread the Armored Rhinoceros’s scale armor on the damp tree hole floor. Not caring if it was uncomfortable to lie on, he lay down and went straight to sleep.