#12 - The weight of life

The distance between Quan Yi and the Blast Rhino was only a little over a hundred meters.

The Blast Rhino had already sensed Quan Yi's presence. It faced him, its hooves stomping the ground repeatedly, warning him not to approach.

Quan Yi paid no heed, advancing steadily, now closing within a range of fifty meters.

Seeing that its warnings failed to deter Quan Yi, the Blast Rhino charged directly at him, intending to pierce the enemy with its rhino horn.

The Blast Rhino possessed incredible explosive power, its straight-line running speed was very fast.

But Quan Yi didn't panic, or rather, he had been anticipating this moment all along.

Seeing the Blast Rhino's increasing speed, Quan Yi immediately raised the spear in his right hand. The red纹路on the Scorching Sun Gauntlet glowed, and suddenly flames erupted on the spear, tightly coiling around it.

Quan Yi, with his left foot stepping forward forcefully, used the strength of his arm to hurl the flaming spear fiercely towards the Blast Rhino's face.

The Blast Rhino was startled by the sudden attack and quickly closed its eyes, but its charging speed didn't decrease.

This was because it had absolute confidence in its tough skin. Indeed, the Blast Rhino's skin was extremely tough and had excellent resistance to fire-based attacks. Quan Yi's strength alone couldn't possibly harm it.

But that wasn't Quan Yi's purpose. The spear rapidly struck the Blast Rhino's face, and the moment it made contact, an explosion suddenly erupted, with a surge of high-temperature heat and a booming sound erupting from the spear.

The Blast Rhino was completely stunned by this move. For a moment, its senses of hearing and smell failed, and it couldn't pinpoint Quan Yi's location.

Quan Yi didn't continue forward. Instead, the moment he threw the spear, he instantly moved quickly to the left.

This time, Quan Yi stepped forward with his right foot, raised his left hand, carefully observed the Blast Rhino, and the moment the Blast Rhino tried to open its eyes, he repeated his trick, throwing the shield in his left hand.

The circular flaming shield spun rapidly in the air, like a frisbee, quickly smashing towards the Blast Rhino's eyes.

Although the Blast Rhino's skin was very tough, its eyes were still very vulnerable. Therefore, when the spear flew over, it had to close its eyes to protect them.

But unexpectedly, as soon as it opened its eyes, the flaming disc was flying straight towards its eyes. The Blast Rhino was terrified and hurriedly closed its eyes again, and this time, its footsteps completely stopped.

Because the distance was very close, Quan Yi's shield slammed hard into the Blast Rhino's eye socket, accompanied by an explosion, causing unbearable pain in the Blast Rhino's right eye.

The pain completely ignited the Blast Rhino's fury. It desperately opened its eyes, wanting to tear the human who had been toying with it to shreds.

But, the moment it opened its eyes, its right eye saw a blurry figure standing in front of it.

This was Quan Yi, who had been waiting for this moment. His right hand was clenched into a fist, the soul power at the peak of his fist had condensed into a sharp point, and his entire right arm seemed to have become a sharp spear, raised high and quickly thrust into the Blast Rhino's right eye socket the moment it reopened its eyes.

This time, the Blast Rhino didn't react at all.

Quan Yi's entire forearm directly plunged into the Blast Rhino's head, and Quan Yi immediately injected all of his soul power into the Blast Rhino's brain, detonating it directly.

The Blast Rhino was killed by Quan Yi with lightning speed.

The last image in the Blast Rhino's mind was that blurry figure, and then it fell into complete darkness.

Because Quan Yi's move was fast, accurate, and aimed directly at the Blast Rhino's head, the Blast Rhino didn't even feel pain before it died.

The Blast Rhino's massive body fell heavily to the ground. Quan Yi, watching the yellow halo slowly emerge from the Blast Rhino's body, finally felt relieved and pulled his arm out of its eye socket.

The whole process was very fast and seemed very easy, but the whole process was full of dangers.

The Blast Rhino had almost no weaknesses, and Quan Yi could only exploit its poor eyesight and clumsy movements.

Because of its poor eyesight, it mostly relied on its sense of smell and hearing to detect the enemy's location. Therefore, the purpose of the flaming spear was not the eyes, but to blind its sense of smell and hearing with high-temperature heat waves and explosions, forcing it to rely solely on its vision to find the enemy.

At this time, throwing the shield out, repeating the trick, if it directly hit the eyeball, then Quan Yi could completely detonate the flames and directly burn the Blast Rhino's brain.

But, the timing was not perfect, and the Blast Rhino noticed it at the last moment.

But it didn't matter, everything was still within Quan Yi's expectations.

Although this second attack didn't kill the Blast Rhino, it had already put the Blast Rhino into a state of confusion. And at this moment, its distance was already very close to Quan Yi.

Under the pressure of death, Quan Yi broke through the limits of his heart and calmly defeated his opponent.

Quan Yi quietly looked at the fallen Blast Rhino, and complex emotions welled up in his heart.

Quan Yi touched the Blast Rhino's cheek with his hand, feeling the warmth that had not yet dissipated.

Quan Yi understood that this was the only way to become stronger, but at this moment, he truly felt the weight of life.

If Quan Yi wanted to become a Soul Master, he could only carry this weight and continue to move forward.

Quan Yue and Su Ling'er appeared behind Quan Yi. Looking at Quan Yi's somewhat solemn back, the two of them unconsciously quieted down.

Quan Yi felt the movement behind him.

"Father, Mother, please protect me. I'm going to start absorbing the Soul Ring."

"Okay. Don't worry."

After speaking, Quan Yi sat down cross-legged, first restoring the soul power in his body, and then calming his complex heart.

This place was not far from the volcano, which was a simulated cultivation environment for Quan Yi, and the speed of soul power recovery was very fast. A quarter of an hour later, Quan Yi opened his eyes.

He summoned the Scorching Sun Gauntlet and brought his hands close to the Soul Ring. Sensing the attraction of the Martial Soul, the Soul Ring immediately shrank and firmly attached to the Scorching Sun Gauntlet.

Quan Yi immediately felt an astonishing heat flow from his hand into his body, and it rampaged within his body.

The huge soul power instantly filled Quan Yi's body, and Quan Yi felt a sense of swelling pain.

But fortunately, Quan Yi's physical fitness was amazing. He locked the soul power in his body, and Quan Yi focused all his attention on the incoming soul power, competing with it.

Relying on his amazing willpower, Quan Yi survived the most difficult moment, and the soul power in his body began to calm down. After two hours, Quan Yi slowly opened his eyes.