Canglan Mountain Range

The Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros was enormous. An adult Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros generally weighed three thousand kilograms. Its back was covered in beast armor, impervious to blades and spears. Everything had its own weaknesses, and the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros was no exception. Its massive body meant that its movement speed was correspondingly slower. While its back was covered in beast armor, its belly and eyes were the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros's weak points.

After reading the information provided by the Douluo System, Hu Haoran felt like he was about to collapse. A thousand-year Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros—an adult Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros—was his target, yet as someone who was currently nothing, he could only become the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros's target. At that moment, Hu Haoran had a premonition that instead of hunting it, he would end up being eaten.

Still, it was fortunate that he had the system's help. Otherwise, he would not even have known the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros's weaknesses. Running over there all excited, only to be gobbled up with a smack—that would have been awkward. At least now he could devise countermeasures or set traps based on its weaknesses.

With the Douluo System, this heaven-defying cheat tool, Hu Haoran avoided seventy percent of the dangers in the mountain range. But unfortunately, he had now come across a battle. It could not be called earth-shattering, but to him, it was at least heart-stopping. He was deeply conflicted. Should he turn around and run, or stay and pick up the scraps?

The battle continued, growing ever more intense. It was a fight between a high-rank Soul Ancestor and a Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard that was roughly eighteen thousand years old. The high-rank Soul Ancestor wanted to hunt the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard for its soul ring, while the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard wanted to eat the high-rank Soul Ancestor for dinner.

The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard was fire-attributed and possessed a faint trace of Dragon Bloodline. It moved as swiftly as lightning, inheriting the leopard's traits—fast and explosively powerful. Its strength was equally astounding, possessing the force of a hundred thousand tons. Even ordinary Soul Kings would not willingly take one of its attacks.

This Soul Ancestor was no pushover either. Even against such a formidable soul beast, he dealt with it in a steady, methodical manner.

The Soul Ancestor summoned his martial soul. "Come forth! Blazing Heaven Battle Hammer!"

A massive crimson hammer abruptly appeared in his hand. Six-pointed star emblems were engraved on both sides of the hammer, while roaring flames coiled around it, making it appear immensely imposing. A red hammer-shaped Soul Seal could be seen through the Soul Ancestor's clothes on his shoulder, and four soul rings in the optimal configuration swayed behind him, displaying his strength.

"First Soul Skill, Explosive Three Fire Hammers!" the Soul Ancestor roared, as a yellow soul ring behind him shook violently.

The battle hammer instantly turned into a fire hammer, which split into three paths and sealed off the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard's retreat, forcing it to take the attack head-on.

In the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard's eyes, this move was nothing more than child's play. It let out an angry roar and swiped forward with its front paw, shattering the first fire hammer on impact. It kicked back with its hind leg, and the second fire hammer immediately broke apart as well. After destroying the two fire hammers in succession, the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard spun around and swept out with its dragon tail, completing the destruction of the final fire hammer. All of this happened in an instant.

The Soul Ancestor knew he could not defeat the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard with that move, so he immediately unleashed his Third Soul Skill. "Third Soul Skill, Raging Rhino Charge!"

The purple soul ring behind him shook fiercely. Both sides of the Soul Ancestor's battle hammer instantly bulged outward, forming sharp cones on each face. The moment the cones formed, the Soul Ancestor swung his hammer at the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard.

The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard showed no weakness, charging forward head-on.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"You still fell for it! Raging Rhino Charge comes with a stunning effect. This time, I'll smash you until you cry for your mother! Hahaha!" Seeing the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard get hit, the Soul Ancestor immediately became delighted. "Let me finish you! Second Soul Skill, Sky Spinning Fire Hammer!"

The spikes on the battle hammer did not recede. This move was effectively a fusion of the Soul Ancestor's Second Soul Skill and Third Soul Skill. If the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard took this attack, it would be severely injured even if it did not die. The Soul Ancestor's body spun continuously, and the flames on his battle hammer grew increasingly fierce. A second later, his charge-up was complete. He leaped into the air and swung the hammer down with all his might.

At that very moment, the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard suddenly dodged aside, evading the deadly blow. Just as the Soul Ancestor's old momentum had faded and new strength had yet to arise, the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard charged at him. A claw carrying the force of a hundred thousand tons slashed at the Soul Ancestor. At this moment, he could only take it head-on. In his haste, he raised the battle hammer before his chest.

The giant claw collided with the battle hammer! Boom—!

The Soul Ancestor was sent flying. Unable to hold it back, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Beast!" Though the Soul Ancestor had been severely wounded by that attack, he was not without the strength to fight back.

He slightly circulated his power and calmed the turbulent energy within his body, steadying his emotions as well. Then he realized that the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard had not been affected at all by the stunning effect of Raging Rhino Charge. That was because its head was glowing red. The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard possessed a trace of dragon blood, and the most concentrated point of that bloodline was a dragon scale on its head. The dragon scale could withstand all kinds of impacts, and during battle, it allowed the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard to combine offense and defense as one, causing its combat strength to soar. Upon seeing the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard get hit, the Soul Ancestor had been so delighted that he forgot it possessed a dragon scale.

Seeing this, Hu Haoran actually wanted to slip away, because the range of the battle was getting closer and closer to him. But the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard was an extremely sensitive soul beast. Within this range, the instant Hu Haoran moved, he would become its primary target and naturally be blasted into scraps. So the only thing he could do now was pray that the Soul Ancestor was not dead and still had some trump card to kill this Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard. After all, reasoning with a Soul Ancestor was better than reasoning with a beast. At least a Soul Ancestor spoke human language.

The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard naturally would not give the Soul Ancestor too much time to catch his breath. It charged forward again and swept its dragon tail toward him.

"Beast, it seems I have no choice but to use my ultimate move. Take this! Fourth Soul Skill, Mammoth Fury Blast!" The Soul Ancestor roared. A dark purple soul ring behind him trembled violently, while the phantom image of a giant mammoth materialized behind his back.

The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard sensed a trace of pressure. Yet its movements were not affected in the slightest.

"You think that's the end? Watch my Self-Created Soul Skill, Mammoth Trample!" The Soul Ancestor altered his move on the foundation of his Fourth Soul Skill. "This is a soul skill I created based on a mammoth when it flies into a rage. It may not be earth-shaking or ghost-weeping, but it is more than enough to deal with a beast like you!"

The Soul Ancestor split into seven figures, an illusion created by his extreme speed. All seven Soul Ancestors struck the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard with their battle hammers at once. Each afterimage delivered seven hammer blows, and every blow carried the power of a mammoth. Fear appeared in the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard's eyes, and even Hu Haoran was stunned.

Forty-nine hammer blows crashed down. The Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard naturally turned into a pulp of flesh, unable to offer even the slightest resistance. Meanwhile, having consumed an enormous amount of Soul Power, the Soul Ancestor could no longer suppress the wound inflicted by the Dragon Leopard's claw and vomited blood again.

A jet-black, lustrous soul ring slowly floated up from the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard's mangled flesh. Faintly imprinted upon it was the image of a Dragon Leopard. This was the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard's soul ring.