What are you dawdling for, hurry up and make a move!

Lin Li, hiding in the grass, widened his eyes and observed the White Ape Exotic Beast carefully. He noticed a dagger lodged in its chest.

Blood continuously seeped from the wound in its chest, staining the white fur of the White Ape Exotic Beast a deep red.

At this moment, if someone were to pull the dagger from the White Ape Exotic Beast's chest, a pillar of blood would likely erupt from the wound.

"This White Ape Exotic Beast's vitality is too tenacious! Its heart was stabbed, and it can still fight so fiercely.

If any human were to suffer such a stab to the heart, they would probably die on the spot..."

Lin Li, hiding in the grass, marveled at the White Ape Exotic Beast's tenacious vitality while also being shocked by the strength of the middle-aged man.

Facing a White Ape Exotic Beast with such strong vitality, the middle-aged man had managed to injure it this badly.

Moreover, judging from the smile on his face, the middle-aged man was dealing with the White Ape Exotic Beast with ease.

"Roar..."

The White Ape Exotic Beast roared at the middle-aged man again, but its roar was much weaker than before.

It seemed its physical condition was indeed as the middle-aged man had said, very grim.

The middle-aged man didn't make another move. He simply stood his ground, waiting for the severely injured White Ape Exotic Beast's condition to worsen further.

As a seasoned Exotic Beast Hunter with Second-Order Mid Stage strength, once he determined that the White Ape Exotic Beast was on its last legs, there was no need to continue fighting it.

The reason it wasn't necessary was to avoid the beast retaliating in its final moments and causing him unnecessary harm.

In this surefire victory, he just needed to keep the beast engaged and within his sight. As time passed, this White Ape Exotic Beast would eventually collapse and die due to the dagger in its heart.

"Roar..." The White Ape Exotic Beast, feeling its strength rapidly draining, also realized that this detestable human intended to wear it down until it died.

Although it knew of the human's malicious intent, it was in no condition to deal with him given its current state.

It was due to its momentary carelessness that it was ambushed and ended up in this predicament.

If it were not far from its companions and could call for help loudly, there might still be a sliver of a chance to survive. However, in its current situation, survival seemed impossible.

"Roar..." The White Ape Exotic Beast let out another roar, this time weaker than the previous two.

The middle-aged man watched the White Ape Exotic Beast's continuous decline, his smile growing wider.

After a few minutes of confrontation, the White Ape Exotic Beast's body swayed. It stumbled, tilted backward, and fell heavily onto the grass.

"Bang."

Seeing his prey fall and cease to show any signs of life, the middle-aged man burst into laughter.

However, being a seasoned Exotic Beast Hunter, he didn't immediately approach the White Ape Exotic Beast after it fell. Instead, he continued to wait quietly in place.

Lin Li, hiding in the grass, was very confused by the middle-aged man's actions.

"That White Ape Exotic Beast is already dead, so why isn't this person going to deal with the prey? What's the logic behind that?"

About two to three more minutes passed. Only a sliver of the setting sun remained on the horizon; the sun was about to set completely.

"Sigh... How long is this person going to wait? It's going to get dark soon."

Lin Li, hiding in the grass, was getting anxious because the wilderness became much more dangerous after dark compared to during the day.

If they delayed any longer, by the time it got dark, the middle-aged man, with his powerful strength, could easily return to the safe zone.

But then, in the pitch black, how would Lin Li get home!

He hadn't brought any lighting equipment on this trip. If he encountered an Exotic Beast, using a small fireball for illumination would probably not be enough to deal with the beasts that appeared at night.

"Hurry up and make your move! It's completely dead... I don't know what you're dawdling for." Lin Li mentally complained to the middle-aged man.

A few more minutes passed. The middle-aged man, who hadn't moved, felt that enough time had passed and muttered to himself, "So much time has gone by, this guy should be completely dead by now."

However, the middle-aged man, always cautious, still didn't approach immediately. He raised his right hand, which was wearing a metal glove, and aimed his palm at the White Ape Exotic Beast.

"What's going on? What is he trying to do?" Lin Li watched the middle-aged man's strange actions with a question mark on his face, but he soon understood what the man was about to do.

A faint golden spiritual light bloomed on the middle-aged man's gloved hand. Immediately after, a pillar of fire, ten centimeters in diameter, shot out from his hand, rapidly striking the already dead White Ape Exotic Beast.

"Bang."

The scorching pillar of fire hit the dead White Ape Exotic Beast, and the pillar exploded instantly.

Sparks scattered everywhere, scorching the lush green grass around the dead White Ape Exotic Beast a charred yellow.

"..." Lin Li, hiding in the grass, watched the scene before him, finding the middle-aged man's actions incomprehensible.

"It's already completely dead, and this person is still using his ability to blast it. This is too much! Or does this person have some special fetish.

But now I know who created that pillar of fire I saw earlier."

Seeing that the White Ape Exotic Beast showed no reaction to his fiery attack, the middle-aged man finally felt completely at ease.

He then began to walk quickly towards the corpse of the White Ape Exotic Beast, whose fur was slightly scorched by the flames.

"Phew... This person is finally going to deal with that White Ape Exotic Beast... Hurry up! It's almost dark."

Seeing the middle-aged man start to handle the dead White Ape Exotic Beast, Lin Li felt a sense of relief, thinking he should be able to return to the safe zone before sunset.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

His feet made a faint sound as they landed on the grass.

The middle-aged man approached the dead White Ape Exotic Beast and, seeing the dagger plunged into its chest, bent down to pull it out.

Buying this spirit artifact dagger had cost the middle-aged man quite a bit of money, and he'd winced at the price at the time.

Now, he thought the money had been well spent. If he hadn't gritted his teeth and bought this spirit artifact dagger back then, he might not have been able to kill this White Ape Exotic Beast today.

Just as the middle-aged man's outstretched hand was about to touch the spirit artifact dagger stuck in the White Ape Exotic Beast's chest, something unexpected happened.

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