Standing before the iron cage, Nangong Ao was there with an uncertain expression, his face shifting from green to pale.
The closer he got, the more he could feel the power of this Bloody Violent Bear.
He kind of regretted his earlier showboating; the Bloody Violent Bear was far more powerful than he had imagined!
But now he was in too deep to back out. He glanced up at the drone filming him from the sky, then at Li Ziyu and Xia Lin, who were watching him quietly from a distance.
Seeing Xia Lin and Li Ziyu standing so close, Nangong Ao hardened his heart.
"Damn it! He's not even serious when he pursues me, but he smiles at Li Ziyu. Screw that! I, Nangong Ao, am no worse than Li Ziyu!"
"I want to prove it!"
With that thought, Nangong Ao gritted his teeth and fiercely pressed the button that would release the iron cage.
"Foolish!! Idiot! Nangong Ao, you idiot! How dare he! Utterly foolish!"
In the command center, Mayor Wang Jiannan slammed his desk, making it tremble, as he watched Nangong Ao release the Bloody Violent Bear.
He had initially had a good impression of Nangong Ao, a genius from a top high school, and had placed great hopes on him.
But he never expected Nangong Ao to be such a fool who couldn't gauge his own strength!
To dare confront a Level 2 Fierce Beast, especially a tricky one like the Bloody Violent Bear, at only Level 1 Intermediate.
He used to think Nangong Ao's arrogance was just youthful vigor, but now he saw it was pure foolishness.
He didn't know what to say to such an idiot.
"How much longer until the rescue team arrives?"
"We're getting word, two more minutes!"
"Two minutes... that should be enough for Nangong Ao to escape. Now, I just hope Li Ziyu doesn't get any bright ideas like Nangong Ao and decide to challenge the Bloody Violent Bear as well."
"It's coming out."
Li Ziyu watched the scene unfold and thought to himself.
As Nangong Ao pressed the button, the thick steel bars, as thick as a man's arm, slowly rose, and the cage restraining the Bloody Violent Bear gradually lifted.
The Bloody Violent Bear, which had been snoring, suddenly stopped and its eyes snapped open, its blood-red gaze fixed directly on Nangong Ao.
"Holy crap!"
Nangong Ao had intended to attack proactively.
But as the Bloody Violent Bear stood up from the cage, its two lantern-like blood-red eyes staring indifferently at him, he was so terrified that he collapsed onto the ground.
The oppressive feeling hadn't been this intense when it was still behind the cage.
But now that the Bloody Violent Bear was standing before him with no restraint, Nangong Ao felt he had lost the strength to even run, his mind completely blank.
The Bloody Violent Bear roared, stood on its hind legs, and charged like an avalanche, swinging a paw at Nangong Ao.
Stimulated by the aura of death, Nangong Ao finally reacted, instinctively raising his long sword to block.
However, his long sword, crafted from Asma Alloy, didn't even last a second under the Bloody Violent Bear's attack before it was swatted away.
The force was transmitted from the sword to Nangong Ao, and the irresistible force sent him tumbling through the air for several hundred meters.
He crashed heavily onto the ground, spitting blood, his body convulsing as he lost consciousness.
"..."
"Run! Li Ziyu, the Bloody Violent Bear is running towards us!"
Xia Lin exclaimed loudly.
Li Ziyu looked speechlessly at Nangong Ao, who was lying at his feet, blood soaking his toes, his body convulsing. He was utterly speechless.
Whether by coincidence or something else, Nangong Ao had been sent flying right in his direction.
Li Ziyu looked up at the approaching dust cloud in the distance.
Beneath the dust cloud was a Bloody Violent Bear running at full throttle, its momentum like a tsunami.
The Bloody Violent Bear covered the several hundred meters in mere seconds. Li Ziyu could even see the saliva dripping from the beast's teeth.
"Let's go! Li Ziyu! It'll be too late if we don't hurry!"
Xia Lin thought Li Ziyu was frozen with fear and quickly stepped forward to tug at Li Ziyu's clothes, trying to pull him away.
In the distance, Wang Long and Bai Haoran wore expressions of schadenfreude, looking like they were enjoying the show.
In the command center, Mayor Wang Jiannan's face was ashen as he stared intently at the live broadcast screen.
Several principals watched with bated breath, their faces etched with worry.
"You asked me earlier if I was going to hunt a Level 2 Fierce Beast?"
"I'm telling you now, yes."
Amidst the flying sand, Li Ziyu turned to Xia Lin and flashed a big, white smile.
Then, he took a light step forward, facing the Bloody Violent Bear that had already charged up to him.
The Bloody Violent Bear, like a small mountain, cast a shadow over Li Ziyu as it swung a paw down at him.
When Xia Lin thought Li Ziyu was too stunned to move, Li Ziyu, without reacting, did move.
He swung his leg back and made a shooting motion towards the Bloody Violent Bear charging at him.
Then, with an upward kick, he fiercely struck the Bloody Violent Bear's swiping claw.
This kick condensed all his strength, his Qi and Blood surging. He used the Mighty Ox Body Tempering Method to its absolute limit!
Claw met leg.
A sound like exploding thunder rang out.
Under Li Ziyu's kick, the Bloody Violent Bear's palm, as large as a cushion, was sent flying back even faster than it had come.
The Bloody Violent Bear's upright body, under the recoil, staggered back dozens of steps before finally plopping down onto the ground.
"Classmate Li Ziyu, run... ah..."
Xia Lin had already drawn her sword. Seeing this scene, she froze mid-motion, her mouth agape, unable to make a sound as if choked.
After his upward kick, Li Ziyu's figure vanished from his original spot, reappearing before the Bloody Violent Bear. He delivered another upward kick.
Then came the second, third, and fourth.
Before the Bloody Violent Bear's mountain-like body could even stand up, it was sent airborne by Li Ziyu's series of flying kicks.
Finally, with a thud, it fell heavily onto the ground, lifeless.
"Classmate Li Ziyu, you..."
Xia Lin had witnessed the entire scene, yet it felt as if she hadn't.
She felt that everything that had just happened must have been an illusion.
The pressure from the Bloody Violent Bear had been too immense, causing her to hallucinate that it had been killed.
"Yes! It must be like this!"
"They say when people face extreme terror, they imagine another, more powerful entity to crush the terrifying one."
"I must be in this state now. No, I need to break free from this illusion!"
Xia Lin fiercely pinched her own cheek.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
Then, she intently looked towards the Bloody Violent Bear again.
The Bloody Violent Bear was still lying there, unmoving.
This sight instantly stunned Xia Lin, her mind going blank.
"Everything that just happened was real?! Classmate Li Ziyu actually kicked the Bloody Violent Bear to death with his bare hands?!"
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