Hunt Successful

"Learned your lesson?" With its buttocks no longer sticking up, Lin Manshan suddenly had nowhere to insert the needles.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had only a few weak points: its eyes and testicles. It was tall, brawny, and powerful, with a thick waist, round buttocks, and abundant fur. Those gave it formidable defense, but they were also its weaknesses. Its eyes were easy enough to cover, but covering the area below was truly difficult.

There was no helping it—its waist and buttocks were simply too thick.

It was not a proper upright-walking beast. When it ran, it moved on all fours, the sort where you could not see its dick unless it lay down and bent over to look.

That made it an excellent blind spot to attack.

Its back was covered in fur, leaving no point to attack. Lin Manshan tapped the ground with his toes and leaped to one side, preparing to circle around.

Before he had even hopped twice, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear suddenly turned its head. Its eyes were bloodshot as it charged wildly.

"Damn, it's gone berserk!" Catching sight of the bloodshot eyes, Lin Manshan immediately understood. He chose to avoid its edge and hurriedly turned to flee.

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had already swallowed the poison. All he needed to do now was drag things out, wear down its stamina, and wait for the poison to take effect.

Man and beast raced across the ground, making the earth quake amid savage roars. They plowed a winding path through the forest that stretched beyond the eye's reach, sending the surrounding bird beasts fleeing in panic.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..." Lin Manshan could clearly hear the birds in the sky flying farther away, while the souls he could sense around him steadily decreased.

A Thousand-year Spirit Beast Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was simply too fierce, far beyond ordinary Ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts. Besides, most of the Spirit Beasts living in this region were Thousand-year Spirit Beasts. When a big shot went berserk, they knew from its roar alone that it was not to be provoked. All the beasts could do was abandon their homes and flee.

Whoosh! Another silver streak shot toward the giant bear's lower body, but it reflexively lowered itself and used its body to block it.

"What the hell? It's so huge, so why does it still have this much stamina?" Lin Manshan could not help complaining. A glance from the corner of his eye set his thoughts racing. It's only a Hundred-year Spirit Beast's Deadly Poison, after all. This thing's body is too tough, so the poison is taking too long to act.

I need to find a way to speed up both its stamina loss and the poison's onset!

I've laid the groundwork for so long. This has to succeed in one go—I can't let it become wary. With that thought, Lin Manshan clenched his right hand. His martial soul instantly appeared in his palm, and Gleaming Green Soul Power continuously flowed down his arm and gathered into the blade. A moment later, he suddenly turned and slashed diagonally with his blade dragging behind him.

"Dark Night Fierce Light, Slash!"

Over the past three years, he had already learned to use Soul Power in place of Soul Power to execute the Eternal Night Blade Technique, Dark Night Fierce Light Slash. The principle was simple enough: compress Soul Power to its utmost limit, then unleash an absolutely domineering Blade Qi. It was a pure burst of force.

Compared with a strike unleashed while Soul Power was activated, its power was naturally far inferior.

But relying on Soul Power alone, this was already the strongest attack he could currently unleash.

A Gleaming Green Blade Qi over three meters long and shaped like a half-moon shot from the blade. It swept through everything in its path, instantly severing branches and leaves, and reached the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in the blink of an eye.

"Roar!" Amid its thunderous roar, the giant bear raised an enormous claw.

Whoosh, whoosh! Two silver streaks stabbed straight toward its lower body, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear reflexively lowered itself.

The Blade Qi struck directly at its forehead. The green light was blinding, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear instinctively shut its eyes. "Pfft!"

It only cut off a few clumps of bear fur, while the Willow Leaf Blade was also stopped by the thick fur.

"Void Evasion Technique!" Lin Manshan's not particularly large body had already appeared three meters away.

He recalled his martial soul, slid his fingers, and two Black Needles gleaming with dark light appeared.

It looked so awesome, yet hitting him had only been like a scratch. The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear grew irritated, roared, and opened its eyes.

Whoosh, whoosh! Two black streaks shot straight into its eye sockets. In its Peripheral Vision, a black shadow vanished from before it in an instant.

"Ao! Ao!" Excruciating pain pierced its mind, and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear immediately rolled on the ground.

Not long after, its body suddenly rose again, its four limbs planted on the ground.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" As though swallowed by fury, or as though its survival instincts had been triggered, it began wildly swinging its claws, turned around, and launched a savage charge backward. Bang! Crack! A giant tree suddenly toppled over. Its body paused, then it charged again, its claws swinging continuously. Yet that brief pause threw off its sense of direction, shifting its path thirty degrees off course.

"It really is fierce." Lin Manshan, watching from a tree branch thirty meters away, could not help sighing.

"Now I just need to wait. The poison has entered its eyes and should soon spread into its brain." Within his line of sight, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear seemed to be running constantly, but it was actually circling in place in impotent rage. The surrounding forest had suffered terribly, with a large section already plowed apart. "And with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charging around like this, its stamina will definitely drain quickly."

Two hours later, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear suddenly crashed to the ground, its body rising and falling faintly.

"It worked!" Lin Manshan's eyes lit up. He hurried over, stopping five meters away.

Describing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear as bleeding from all Seven Orifices would not be an exaggeration. Lin Manshan could clearly see Scarlet Blood staining the fur around its eyes, ears, nostrils, and lips. It carried a faint purplish-black hue, and a thin, foul-smelling mist rose from it.

"Such a powerful body and willpower. It actually held out for this long." As he sighed, Lin Manshan immediately summoned his martial soul.

"Dark Night Fierce Light!" The Blade Edge in his hand swung repeatedly, firing countless crescent-shaped Blade Qi one meter long.

Smack, smack, smack! They struck the side of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's forehead.

If Dark Night Fierce Light Slash was the ultimate compression of Soul Power, then Dark Night Fierce Light was a simpler compressed version. It required little charging, had less power, but was faster, produced denser Blade Qi, and could stack its attacks. It was a long-range harassment skill.

Of course, if it were used with Soul Power activated, it would no longer be a mere harassment skill.

Once the Soul Power within the Life Weapon was activated, its attack power would multiply. Every move would possess extraordinary power.

What he was using now was merely a weakened version.

But it was enough!

After swinging for only a few seconds, a purple Soul Ring slowly rose.

Only then did Lin Manshan recall his martial soul. Filled with excitement, he dashed to the corpse and sat down beside it.

After sensing with his soul, he found no other Spirit Beasts nearby. They seemed to have all fled, making this the perfect chance to absorb the Soul Ring.

As he closed his eyes and focused, the Soul Ring was drawn toward him, floating toward Lin Manshan's body.

Violent—that was Lin Manshan's only impression of the energy within the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring. The surging Soul Power was like a wild horse breaking free of its reins, nearly tearing apart every meridian in his body.

Without hesitation, Lin Manshan hurriedly mobilized the Life Energy within the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and infused it into his meridians.

Only then did the tearing pain ease somewhat. Though he still felt a powerful swelling sensation, at least he was safe.

However, in the next instant, an intense burning sensation suddenly rose from between his palms.

Crackling sounds rang from his finger joints, as though his bones were being forged in blazing fire and hammered by a giant mallet.

"Could it be..." Thinking of a possibility, Lin Manshan hurriedly steadied his mind and gritted his teeth to endure.

Time passed bit by bit. Roughly an hour and a half later, Lin Manshan slowly opened his eyes.