Fifth-tier Magical Beast Self-Destructs in Rage

Monster Mountain Range.

Once everything had been prepared according to plan, He Qingfeng began to act, making his way step by step toward the deep pit where the Crimson Flame Tiger King lay.

His footsteps were light, afraid of waking this king among Magical Beasts.

When he drew near, He Qingfeng took out a Jade Bottle containing an unknown medicinal liquid. The liquid was dark green, and it faintly exuded a soul-stirring sense of danger. At a glance, it was obvious that this was one of Elder He's treasured collections.

He Qingfeng then took a Syringe from his Ring and drew the dark green liquid into it.

Liu Yun was stunned. Elder He even had something like a syringe?

The barrel was made of Jade Porcelain, while the needle was forged from Sinking Gold. It radiated an incomparably sharp aura, as though nothing could withstand it. It was simply absurd!

Liu Yun secretly decided that after this was over, he absolutely had to ask Elder He for one.

Meanwhile, after finishing his preparations, He Qingfeng wrapped his right hand in Dou Qi. After gathering power for a full five minutes, the Dou Qi formed a point at the tip of the needle, which he viciously stabbed into a vulnerable spot on the Crimson Flame Tiger King.

A fully charged strike from a Dou Ling expert easily pierced the Crimson Flame Tiger King's hide, and the liquid was injected into its body through the puncture wound.

Feeling the pain, the Crimson Flame Tiger blinked its massive eyes several times.

However, its injuries were already too severe, and the medicinal effect had begun to take hold. Before long, its head dropped to the ground, and it fell completely unconscious.

"Success!" He Qingfeng was overjoyed and let out a long sigh of relief.

What he did next left Liu Yun dumbfounded. He Qingfeng grabbed the longsword Liu Yun had given him, its Sixth-order Magic Core's energy activated, and thrust it straight into the Crimson Flame Tiger King's heart.

Seemingly sensing the pain, the Crimson Flame Tiger King's body began to twitch unconsciously, and a string of groans escaped its mouth.

The Crimson Flame Tiger King's heart was like a small sun, wisps of crimson flame coiling around it as berserk energy radiated outward, roasting He Qingfeng at close range.

Enduring the pain, He Qingfeng swung his sword and cleaved the heart in two.

One half of the Crimson Flame Tiger King's heart remained connected to its body, while the other was completely severed. With a wave of his hand, He Qingfeng stored it in the Jade Pot, quickly sealed it, and threw it toward Liu Yun.

"Run! Get as far away as you can!" He Qingfeng shouted. At the same time, he flashed away and sprinted wildly in the direction opposite Liu Yun, without the slightest hesitation.

Liu Yun had long been prepared. The coming battle was not something he could interfere in at all. With a flicker of his Ring, the Fifth-grade Pill returned by the system, the "Wind God Pill," appeared in his hand, and he swallowed it without hesitation.

In an instant, Liu Yun felt as though he were within the wind itself. A profoundly mysterious law of wind coiled around him. As winds and clouds gathered, he seemed to transform into a cloud, swept by the wild winds toward the outskirts. At that moment, his speed rivaled that of a Dou Wang expert; a single flash carried him several miles.

At the same time, the Crimson Flame Tiger King seemed to experience a final burst of life. Its trembling limbs pushed it to its feet, and its furious eyes locked onto the direction He Qingfeng had fled, as if they could spew flames.

"Damnable human! You severed half of my origin, injured me to this extent, and still think you can escape? Come to hell with me!"

Its deep voice echoed throughout the mountain range as the Crimson Flame Tiger King's body seemed to transform into a massive sun.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion shook heaven and earth. A mushroom cloud abruptly rose, and several nearby mountains were reduced to dust and blasted into the sky. The mountains had been flattened!

"Damn it, the Crimson Flame Tiger King actually self-destructed!" He Qingfeng cursed inwardly as he fled for his life. His ears rang from the blast, and the suddenly erupting energy caught him in its wake, sending him flying deep into the mountain range. Whether he lived or died was unknown.

On the Dou Qi Continent, unless they had been forced into a desperate situation or were already resolved to die, few humans or Magical Beasts would choose to self-destruct.

The self-destruction of a Dou Wang expert was enough to make even a Dou Huang retreat.

He Qingfeng had originally only intended to cut away one-tenth of its origin. But when its heart was completely exposed, greed took hold of him, and he cut away nearly half the Crimson Flame Tiger King's origin. This completely drove the Crimson Flame Tiger King mad, making it choose the most direct form of revenge: self-destruction.

Elsewhere, Liu Yun had actually already fled very far away. But the self-destruction of a Fifth-tier Magical Beast was simply too powerful, and the area it affected was unimaginable.

Liu Yun pushed the Magical Core of the Peak Tier 2 Ironclad Savage Lion to its limit, using it to reinforce his armor for one final defense. Then, he was sent flying by the shockwave, carving a long arc through the sky.

Although he had fled quickly and truly escaped the core area of the explosion, he was still only a Nine-star Dou Zhe. Even the aftershock of the Crimson Flame Tiger King's self-destruction was not something he could withstand.

The overwhelming energy shattered the armor on his body. Intense pain devoured Liu Yun, and he felt as though his flesh had been scorched while nearly half the bones in his body had been shattered.

Liu Yun lost consciousness. In the instant before he passed out, his emotions were indescribably complicated. This was the Monster Mountain Range—he had to remain extremely cautious even while awake, let alone after fainting.

He could not understand it. He had merely wanted to hunt ten Peak Tier 2 Magical Beasts, so why had he drawn the hatred of a Fifth-tier Magical Beast? In the end, even the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had appeared. Did he have some kind of disaster-attracting constitution too? But he clearly was not a Son of Destiny!

Meanwhile, in a ravine a thousand miles away, He Qingfeng lay on the ground, gasping for breath. His clothes were in tatters, and his body was covered in bloody holes. He looked utterly miserable.

"Could this be the core region of the Monster Mountain Range?" He Qingfeng muttered uncertainly after looking around.

He was severely injured now and had almost completely lost his ability to move. The human body was far inferior to that of a Magical Beast—Liu Yun excluded. The Crimson Flame Tiger could lie there and let him do as he pleased because he simply could not kill a Fifth-tier Magical Beast. But if he lay here, even a Tier 1 Magical Beast could devour him.

Using the last of his strength, he rolled into a relatively concealed thicket and hid himself within it.

"That was close. If it weren't for this armor, I'd have lost my life!" He Qingfeng said with a bitter smile, looking at the armor he wore. By now, the suit no longer resembled its former self. It was battered and torn, while the Magical Cores embedded in it had become dim and dull, covered in dense cracks.

The power of a Fifth-tier Magical Beast's self-destruction was simply terrifying. He Qingfeng had nearly exhausted all the energy within the Fifth-order Magic Core to reinforce his armor, and only by wielding the sword embedded with a Sixth-order Magic Core had he barely managed to preserve his life.

"It's a pity that the Magic Core on this sword is Wind Attribute. I can't fully activate it at all. Otherwise, I should have escaped without a scratch." He Qingfeng clicked his tongue as he looked at the longsword in his hand.

"I wonder how the Young Master is doing. What a miscalculation. I shouldn't have let greed take hold and completely enraged the Crimson Flame Tiger King." He Qingfeng said regretfully.

Suppressing the countless thoughts in his heart, He Qingfeng took out the Healing Medicine he had treasured for years and swallowed it frantically to recover from his injuries.