The instant Lin Feng was locked onto by the Wolf Emperor's scarlet gaze, brimming with endless savagery and killing intent, he felt as though the surrounding air had frozen solid. A fear born from the instinct for survival drenched his entire body like icy water!
The pressure of a second-tier demonic beast was like a tangible sledgehammer smashing viciously into his mind, catching his breath and making even the circulation of his blood and qi sluggish!
Run!
He had to run!
The thought rose like an instinct. Fight it head-on? That would be courting death! The gap in their strength was as vast as a heavenly chasm!
"Thunder Flash!"
Lin Feng nearly used every ounce of strength he had. The blood and qi within him surged frantically at an unprecedented speed, even blasting a faint ring of dust beneath his feet. He turned into an arrow loosed from its bow and fled for his life toward a more rugged, complicated stone forest, in the direction opposite Zhang Kuang and the others' escape route!
"Roar!!!"
Seeing this tiny human dare to flee, the Wolf Emperor let out an even more furious roar. Its four paws kicked off the ground, and its enormous body displayed a terrifying speed wholly incompatible with its size. Like a green lightning bolt skimming the earth, it carried a shriek that tore at the ears as it instantly closed half the distance!
A foul wind rushed into his face, and the scent of death clung tightly around him!
Lin Feng could even clearly smell the blood-tinged, scorching breath spewing from the giant wolf's maw behind him!
Too fast! Lin Feng was horrified. He pushed Thunder Flash to its limit, his figure crazily weaving between jagged stone pillars, using the complicated terrain to delay it slightly.
But the Wolf Emperor's strength and speed far exceeded his imagination. With one sweep of its massive wolf paw, stone pillars thick enough for one man to wrap his arms around were smashed apart as easily as tofu! Fragments of rock shot out and struck Lin Feng's back, sending waves of sharp pain through him.
At this rate, he would undoubtedly die within ten seconds!
System! Analyze it! Analyze its weakness! Hurry! Lin Feng screamed frantically in his heart as he fled for his life.
[Target analyzed: Wind Shadow Wolf Emperor (second-tier lower rank). Consuming mental power... Analyzing...] [Warning: The target's energy level is too high. Analysis speed greatly reduced!] [Partial information analyzed: Weakness 1: Old injury at the waist (three inches from the left rear waist, with obvious energy congestion). Weakness 2: Low resistance to pure yang/lightning-attribute attacks. Weakness 3: In a furious state, its reason declines and it is easily provoked...]
An old waist injury! Low lightning resistance!
These two pieces of information were like beacons in the darkness, allowing the nearly despairing Lin Feng to glimpse a sliver of light!
He suddenly bit down on the tip of his tongue. Stimulated by the intense pain, he squeezed out more mental power and forcibly raised Thunder Flash's speed by another notch. By the narrowest of margins, he dodged a fatal pounce from the Wolf Emperor. Its claw brushed past his back, ripping his school uniform apart and leaving several bloody gashes.
He could not keep running! He had to fight back! He had to use its weaknesses to create a thread of survival!
A flash of ruthlessness crossed Lin Feng's eyes! He abruptly changed direction. Rather than fleeing blindly, he charged toward a relatively open area ahead to the side, where the ground was littered with sharp rubble.
At the same time, he decisively opened the jade box in his arms, took out a Thunder Wolf Fruit, and stuffed it into his mouth without even looking at it!
The berry melted as soon as it entered his mouth. A violent, pure lightning energy carrying a tearing, stabbing pain surged into all four limbs and every bone in his body like a flood bursting through a broken dam!
"Urgh—!"
Lin Feng could not help letting out a low roar. He felt as though countless tiny electric serpents were biting and burning through his meridians and muscles, the pain unbearable! Yet at the same time, an unprecedented sense of immense power erupted within him!
[Pure lightning energy detected! Nine Heavens Thunder Blade (Initial Volume) mastery increasing rapidly! 15%... 20%... 25%!] [Strength, agility, and physique temporarily greatly increased!] [Meridian clearing accelerated! Current meridian clearing: 25%!]
The system notifications flashed past rapidly. The Thunder Wolf Fruit's energy far exceeded his expectations. Though agonizing, it had also brought a tremendous increase in strength!
"Roar!" Seeing Lin Feng not only steal its treasure but dare to consume it right in front of it, the Wolf Emperor became utterly furious. Its gigantic body reared up, and its two front claws came crashing down at Lin Feng with the force to tear apart everything! This blow was enough to flatten an armored vehicle into an iron pancake!
Now!
Lightning flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. Neither dodging nor retreating, he poured every bit of violent lightning energy within him, along with his newly surged strength, into his right fist without holding anything back!
Blinding arcs of electricity leaped wildly across the surface of his fist, crackling explosively! A True Meaning of Thunder far purer and several times more violent than before erupted with a crash!
He stomped hard on the ground, his body shooting upward like a cannonball. Facing the massive wolf claw descending upon him, he threw a punch!
"Thunderclap Break—Full Power!!"
This punch was no longer a faint rumble of thunder. It was like a true thunderclap exploding in the nine heavens! Blinding lightning instantly illuminated the dim basin!
"BOOM!!!"
Fist and claw collided once more, but this time, an earthshaking explosion erupted! A violent energy shockwave spread outward in a ring, forcefully shaving three inches off the surrounding ground!
"Awooo—!!!"
The Wolf Emperor let out a miserable howl tangled with pain and terror! The instant its indestructible claws came into contact with the fist containing pure lightning power, it felt a searing agony! What terrified it even more was that a burst of explosive lightning force ignored the defense of its fur, clinging to its bones like maggots and rushing with incomparably precise accuracy toward the old injury at its left rear waist!
The old injury was instantly triggered and torn open! It was a hidden ailment left behind when it had fought a stronger demonic beast for territory in its early years, and it was its greatest weakness!
The agony flooded over the Wolf Emperor's reason like a tide, and its movements stiffened and lost balance for an instant.
Meanwhile, Lin Feng was sent flying backward by the terrifying force rebounding from the collision, as if he had been struck by a high-speed train. Blood sprayed from his mouth as he slammed heavily into the sharp rubble-strewn ground dozens of meters away, rolling more than ten times before finally stopping.
He felt as if every bone in his body had fallen apart, his internal organs displaced, while a piercing pain came from his right arm. It had clearly fractured. Had the Thunder Wolf Fruit's energy not temporarily strengthened his body, that collision alone would have shattered him to pieces!
But he had succeeded! He had seized that sole chance of survival!
"Pfft!" Lin Feng spat out another mouthful of clotted blood and struggled to get up. Yet he discovered that although the Wolf Emperor was roaring in pain from its reopened old injury and moving sluggishly, its scarlet wolf eyes remained fixed on him, its killing intent undiminished.
It struggled, still wanting to pounce again!
Lin Feng's heart sank to the bottom. He was already at the end of his strength; even moving a finger was difficult.
Was he really going to die here?
Just at this critical moment—
"Hummm—!"
A long, clear bell chime rang through the sky above the Simulated Wilderness Zone!
The assessment time was up!
Immediately afterward, a gentle yet irresistible white light descended from the sky, enveloping every surviving examinee within the wilderness zone.
This included the heavily wounded Lin Feng and the enraged, unwilling Wolf Emperor.
Spatial fluctuations rippled through the air. Lin Feng felt his vision blur and a sense of weightlessness seize him. The next moment, he had appeared in the open plaza where he had first entered the wilderness zone.
The surroundings instantly became incomparably noisy, filled with the panting of survivors, weeping, and cheers at the sight of familiar surroundings.
"The assessment is over! All examinees, rest where you are and await the point tally and rankings!" the broadcast announced.
Lin Feng collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath as he looked at the azure sky, feeling as though a lifetime had passed. The other two Thunder Wolf Fruits in his arms, along with the left ear of the Wolf Emperor's guard, proved that everything just now had not been an illusion.
He had survived!
And he had even gained a blessing from disaster, his strength soaring!
With difficulty, he turned his head. His gaze swept over Zhang Kuang and the others, who had also been teleported out nearby, bedraggled and staring at him with frightened, venomous eyes. A cold, weak curve lifted at the corner of his mouth.
The moment Zhang Kuang met his gaze, it was as if he had been stung by a scorpion. He abruptly lowered his head, not daring to meet Lin Feng's eyes. His heart was filled with fear and lingering dread. He knew clearly that from this day onward, he could never provoke this monstrous youth again.
Liu Feifei also saw Lin Feng, covered in blood and collapsed on the ground, yet with eyes sharp as blades. Her heart clenched fiercely. An indescribable bitterness and regret surged up within her, leaving her nearly unable to stand.
Instructor Li Zhenhai rushed over immediately to examine Lin Feng's injuries, his face filled with worry and shock.
"I'm fine, Teacher. I won't die." Lin Feng smiled, tugging at his wounds and making him grimace in pain, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
He knew that after this battle, the Hidden Dragon would no longer remain hidden.
The skies over Jiangnan City were about to change.
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