Hunting a Planet-Level! (Please Bookmark and Follow)

Frost Mountain Range.

Frost Flood Dragon Sogolian's face was truly frosty now... because his son was gone!

A dignified eighth-rank Planet Level flood dragon had actually vanished during an ordinary hunt.

Although Molenta was rather immature, he was not so wild that he would stay away from home for four or five days without a word.

The only possibility was that he had fallen victim to foul play and been killed.

His most talented son had been murdered!

As far as he knew, there were fewer than ten beings across the entire Verdant Continent capable of hunting an eighth-rank Planet Level flood dragon. Combined with the fact that Caesar and Molenta had previously captured two Azure-Eyed Baboons... the identity of the culprit was obvious!

At this moment, Caesar also hung his head in shame. His younger brother had gone missing and been killed, and he bore great responsibility. He had been the one who proposed capturing the Azure-Eyed Baboons, and he had even reassured his brother that everything would be fine. Yet now...

Sogolian's body coiled around the Ancient Wood twisted, causing the branches to creak and groan. Clearly, he was utterly enraged! His entire body emitted a vicious aura as though he wished to devour someone alive. As if affected by his Star Level presence, dark clouds even began gathering above the mountain, creating the air of an approaching storm.

Already deeply uneasy, Caesar and the other members of the Frost Flood Dragon clan began trembling beneath that pressure. Terror and horror gathered in their eyes.

"Those who dare reach out must pay the price!!"

As the dragons' bodies trembled slightly, Sogolian finally spoke. His voice rumbled with unquestionable authority.

"Father, it's all my fault... I am guilty!"

Caesar was so frightened that it was as though his dragon sinews had been ripped out. He collapsed to the ground, fear rippling through his eyes. He bore the main responsibility for his brother's disappearance. If he, as the eldest brother, had not led the provocation against the Azure-Eyed Baboon clan, why would their Star Level expert have acted? Now that Molenta was dead, even ten thousand deaths would not absolve him.

"Get up. There are no cowards in my Frost lineage. What kind of disgrace is this sniveling?" Sogolian roared angrily, sending Caesar staggering with a lash of his tail. "Even if there was fault, it lies with the Azure-Eyed Baboon clan! Perhaps it has been too many years since I acted, and that old monkey has forgotten pain."

A gust of wind swept across the lake, sending ripples over its surface and revealing the layered piles of white bones and corpses at the bottom.

"This is war. Melani, lead Nathaniel into the depths of the Frost Mountain Range. The rest of you, act with me."

Sogolian stretched his body, and the Ancient Wood beneath him exploded with a crackling burst into a pile of splinters.

"Yes."

All the flood dragons responded, save for Nathaniel, who was only a little over a week old.

The grief in most of the flood dragons' eyes could not conceal their excitement. Their Frost Flood Dragon clan had only twenty-eight members in total. Excluding the missing Molenta and the still-growing Nathaniel, every one of the others possessed strength above the Planet Level!

In other words, for this battle, the Frost Flood Dragon clan would deploy one Star Level and twenty-four Planet Levels!

Coupled with the noble status of flood dragons, whose combat power ranked among the upper tier of beasts at the same level, the outcome of the battle was already plain to see!

They would win!

The dark yellow, dried-up plains were dotted with the occasional mound. Most vegetation had long since withered away, leaving only a few sparse clusters of extremely drought-resistant shrubs. Whenever a hot gust of wind blew through, it kicked up a vast cloud of dry dust like yellow sand.

At this moment, near the western side of the plains where they bordered the Mian Gu Black Forest, a continuous rumbling sounded out, accompanied by the crackling of great branches snapping.

"Roar—"

A panicked Pangolin Beast, covered in blood, rolled out in a ball. Like a massive windmill, it spun endlessly with creaking whines. Even when it encountered raised ground, it did not dare stop, instead surging with earthen-yellow Origin Power to shatter the obstacles.

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

The instant after the Pangolin Beast escaped, heavy footsteps sounded from behind it.

A colossal beast with shoulders reaching fourteen meters high—comparable to a five-story building—suddenly appeared. Its enormous body broke free from the embrace of the dense forest. This giant beast was naturally Xu Yang, after breaking through to the Star Level.

His jaws were tightly clenched as he jogged after the Pangolin Beast ahead. This was the second Planet Level beast he had found today. It was a seventh-rank Planet Level beast and had mastered an exceptionally formidable earth-escape technique, managing to flee from him for a full half hour.

Ahead lay the flat and open Ten Thousand Beast Plains. The panicked Pangolin Beast had actually left the terrain-complex primeval forest and fled to a place suited for Xu Yang to display his speed. Naturally, Xu Yang would not hold back.

"Thud!"

With a kick from his hind legs, a terrifying sonic boom rang out. Xu Yang's fur rubbed violently against the air, spraying a shower of sparks.

"Screech—"

The Pangolin Beast was filled with regret. Like a startled bird, the moment it heard that sound, it immediately activated its Origin Power. Yellow light flared brightly, and even more blood gushed from the cracks across its body.

Whoosh!

Finally, one second before Xu Yang's claws fell upon it, the earth-escape technique activated once more, carrying its body instantly into the ground.

"Trying the same trick again? Unfortunately, you can't escape." Xu Yang remained expressionless. The Pangolin Beast had used this move many times in the forest, but it was completely useless against him.

He slightly flared his nostrils, and countless scents instantly entered his mind. He quickly found the scent belonging to the Pangolin Beast.

"Found you!"

The distribution of scents within dozens of kilometers rapidly formed a map in his mind. Xu Yang only needed to follow it.

His shoulders lowered, and Xu Yang crouched as he ran south.

The scent of the Pangolin Beast was there.

More than ten minutes later, the yellow light around the ever-rolling Pangolin Beast finally could no longer hold. Flickering unsteadily, it collapsed with a boom.

"Screech—"

After letting out a mournful cry that would break the hearts of all who heard it, it was caught by Xu Yang, who had been waiting behind it for a long time, and sliced into five chunks with one claw.

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"You really could run. It took me over an hour to deal with you."

Xu Yang stuck out his tongue and licked a bit of the Pangolin Beast's flesh and blood. Finding it carried a heavy earthy stench that did not suit his palate, he looked somewhat disgusted.

Not all demonic beast meat was delicious.

He turned and left, allowing the Pangolin Beast's crimson blood to slowly seep into the ground and evaporate. Xu Yang still had to return to the Mian Gu Black Forest to continue hunting. So far today, he had obtained two units of resources. According to the information provided by his sense of smell, there were at least a handful of Planet Level creatures left in the entire Mian Gu Black Forest.

Those were all resources—he could not waste them!

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