Victory

Just as he was about to close in on the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Lin Xingyu heard lion roars ringing out again and again from the air.

It was the Flame Demon Lion pride!

The male lion in a Flame Demon Lion pride was a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while the remaining lionesses were at least hundred-year Soul Beasts, and some were even Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. In the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform, they could be said to run rampant without fear. But now, the roars of these lions were filled with terror, as if they were fleeing some dangerous existence.

After walking forward for some distance, Lin Xingyu finally saw the current situation clearly. Only a dozen or so Flame Demon Lions remained, their numbers sharply reduced by half, and they were still fleeing nonstop. Yet they had only one opponent: a dark-gold giant bear three meters tall. This dark-gold giant bear had especially long arms, and that pair of claws was over a meter long, gleaming with a dark-gold radiance.

The guardian of this Spirit Ascension Platform, a terrifying existence capable of fighting dragons in close combat—the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear!

Seeing that his target had only now appeared here, the light of the nine flying swords beside Lin Xingyu grew even brighter.

That dark-gold colossus—the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear—seemed to sense a deadly crisis and instantly stopped chasing the Flame Demon Lions. The dark-gold fur all over its body stood on end, flowing with a metallic luster like an indestructible layer of armor.

It slowly turned its head. Cold light flickered in its crimson vertical pupils as it stared fixedly at Lin Xingyu, this existence that had only just appeared yet made it feel uneasy from the depths of its bones.

Sensing that the dark-gold giant bear was no longer pursuing them, the Flame Demon Lion pride became like birds startled by a bowstring, their tails tucked tightly between their legs as they fled desperately into the distance. Their figures flashed through the forest, and before the dust they kicked up had even settled, they had vanished without a trace, leaving only a deathly silence behind.

Lin Xingyu stepped into this battlefield that had just undergone a great battle and could not help sucking in a cold breath. It had merely been a one-sided pursuit by the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear against the Flame Demon Lion pride, yet the scene was already this tragic. The Flame Demon Lion pride had no strength to fight back and could only flee in panic, yet they had already turned this place upside down.

Looking around, the originally lush vegetation was completely gone. All that remained was a scene of devastation, shredded into fine scraps and scattered across the bare earth. Deep ravines crisscrossed the ground, as if the earth had been wantonly torn apart by an invisible giant hand, leaving wounds everywhere. These ravines varied in width, some so deep their bottoms could not be seen, the soil at their edges churned up, speaking of the intensity and cruelty of the battle.

It was worthy of the title Earth Ripper!

Lin Xingyu slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm his racing heartbeat. In his heart, he silently circulated his Cultivation Method, mobilizing the Soul Power within his body and striving to adjust his condition to its peak. A moment later, his eyes snapped open, his gaze burning like a torch as he looked straight at the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear known as the "Earth Ripper." At this moment, man and beast stared at each other, the air thick with drawn-sword tension, ready to explode at the slightest spark.

Outside, the Spirit Pagoda staff members' expressions changed drastically. "How is this child so unlucky? He was looking for Soul Beasts and ran into such a terrifying existence. Does he not recognize the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear? Why hasn't he teleported out yet? He even wants to take the initiative and attack? Isn't he scared at all?"

One had to know that every Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform had a guardian, and the guardian was often the strongest existence in that region, an existence that low-level Soul Masters were almost impossible to defeat!

Although this Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear only had a hundred years of cultivation, its combat strength was enough to defeat an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! And an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was enough to defeat a Soul King! An average Soul King would have to avoid it from afar if they encountered it!

Let alone those who could enter the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform, who were basically all Soul Elders, without even a single Soul Ancestor! There was no need to even mention Soul Kings!

In the eyes of the Spirit Ascension Platform staff, even if Lin Xingyu was very outstanding and could easily kill ordinary Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, there would be no second outcome if he encountered this Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear!

Wu Changkong stared at the screen before him and said faintly, "It's fine. Keep watching. He shouldn't be taking the initiative to court death."

At this moment, only Lin Xingyu remained in the Spirit Ascension Platform from Class Zero. The various screens in the room all displayed Lin Xingyu's image, allowing the members of Class Zero to clearly observe his situation.

While the outside world was discussing Lin Xingyu's situation, the battle between Lin Xingyu and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had already begun inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.

A strong dark-gold light erupted from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's entire body. As if it had sensed the threat Lin Xingyu brought, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear directly brought its arms together, placing its left hand over its right, its ten fingers interlacing and lifting high. At once, an even stronger dark-gold light burst from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's ten meter-long claws.

As one of the top existences among Soul Beasts, aside from being slightly lacking in speed and not quite as agile, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had no weaknesses at all! This slight lack in speed was only relative to its offensive and defensive abilities! Compared to ordinary Soul Beasts of the same age, its speed was still terrifyingly fast!

And its close-combat offensive and defensive abilities were even more abnormal. That was terrifying strength capable of fighting a True Dragon in close combat! Not to mention it also possessed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, a Soul Skill whose killing power could only be described as terrifying!

This Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear had sensed the threat Lin Xingyu brought, and out of caution, it intended to release its strongest Soul Skill directly and finish Lin Xingyu off at once.

Lin Xingyu looked at this Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, took a deep breath, and adjusted the positions of his nine flying swords. Crimson Gold light blazed all over his body, and on his armor, patterns lit up one after another. The two elements of gold and fire in the air gathered with Lin Xingyu as their center.

As the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear swung both hands downward with force, ten dark-gold streaks of light immediately shot toward Lin Xingyu at high speed. As the dark-gold streaks flew out, everything around them seemed to be completely torn apart, and a piercing sound of breaking through the air rang out. At the same time, the nine flying swords around Lin Xingyu also fired one after another toward the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, sonic booms sounding in succession!

Bang! With the first collision, the first flying sword Lin Xingyu had fired was completely destroyed! The ten dark-gold streaks of light immediately shook, seeming no longer as stable, and the aura of their power weakened greatly!

Bang! With the second collision, four of the ten dark-gold streaks of light dispersed, leaving only six, while Lin Xingyu's second flying sword also vanished completely!

Bang! The third collision exploded out. Lin Xingyu's third flying sword vanished, and the ten dark-gold streaks of light also completely dispersed! The Dark Gold Dreadclaw had been offset by the three flying swords Lin Xingyu fired! Lin Xingyu's remaining six flying swords still flew toward the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear!

Roar!

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear let out a roar, and dark-gold light blazed from head to toe. On its fur, layer after layer of resplendent light flowed as if alive! In the end, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear blocked its arms in front of its chest, and the dark-gold light all over its body formed a shell of light in front of it!