Lin Li, hiding in the grass, widened his eyes and carefully observed the White Ape Exotic Beast. He noticed a dagger lodged in its chest.
Blood kept seeping from the wound in its chest, dyeing a large patch of the White Ape Exotic Beast's snow-white fur red.
At this moment, if someone pulled the dagger from the White Ape Exotic Beast's chest, a column of blood would probably spurt from the wound at once.
"This White Ape Exotic Beast's vitality is far too tenacious! Its heart has been stabbed, yet it can still fight so fiercely.
If this had been any human, being stabbed through the heart like that would probably mean instant death 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 middle-aged man's tremendous strength.
Facing such a tenacious White Ape Exotic Beast, the middle-aged man had actually wounded it to this extent.
Moreover, judging from the smile on his face, it was obvious that the middle-aged man still had plenty of ease left in dealing with the White Ape Exotic Beast.
"Roar..."
The White Ape Exotic Beast roared at the middle-aged man again, but this roar was considerably weaker than the previous one.
It seemed that its physical condition was indeed as dire as the middle-aged man had said.
The middle-aged man did not attack again. He simply stood quietly where he was, waiting for the heavily wounded White Ape Exotic Beast's condition to deteriorate further.
As a veteran Beast Hunter with the strength of the Second-Order Mid Stage, once he judged that the White Ape Exotic Beast was already nearing the end of its strength, there was no need to continue advancing and fighting it.
The reason there was no need was to avoid the beast biting back before its death and causing him unnecessary injury.
With victory certain, all he had to do was keep entangling the beast and prevent it from disappearing from his sight. As time passed, the White Ape Exotic Beast would eventually collapse and die because of the dagger lodged in its heart.
"Roar..."
Sensing its strength rapidly draining away, the White Ape Exotic Beast also realized that this hateful human before it intended to drag it to death with time.
Although it knew the other party's sinister intentions, given its current physical condition, it had no way to deal with him.
This predicament had been caused by its momentary carelessness, which had allowed the other party's ambush to succeed.
If it were not far from its companions and could call for help, there would still be a sliver of hope for survival. But in its current situation, it clearly had no chance of staying alive.
"Roar..." The White Ape Exotic Beast let out another roar. This time, its howl was even weaker than the previous two.
Watching the White Ape Exotic Beast continually decline, the smile on the middle-aged man's face grew broader.
After the two sides faced off for several minutes, the White Ape Exotic Beast's body began to sway. Its foot stumbled, and its body tipped backward, crashing heavily onto the grass.
"Bang."
Seeing his prey fall lifelessly to the ground, the middle-aged man immediately burst into loud laughter.
However, being a veteran Beast Hunter, he did not immediately approach after seeing the White Ape Exotic Beast fall. Instead, he continued standing where he was and waited quietly.
Seeing the middle-aged man's actions from within the grass, Lin Li felt deeply puzzled.
"That White Ape Exotic Beast is already dead. Why isn't this person going over to deal with his prey? What kind of logic is that?"
Another two or three minutes passed. Only a corner of the setting sun remained on the horizon, and before long, the sun would completely sink below the mountain.
"Sigh... How long is this person going to wait? It's going to be dark soon."
Lin Li, hiding in the grass, grew anxious, because once night fell, the wilderness would become far more dangerous than during the day.
If this dragged on until nightfall, the middle-aged man could naturally return to the safe zone with ease by relying on his powerful strength.
But in the pitch-black darkness, how was Lin Li supposed to get home?
He had not brought any lighting equipment this time. If he encountered an Exotic Beast, relying on a Small Fireball for illumination would probably make it difficult to deal with beasts that prowled at night.
"Hurry up and make your move! It's already thoroughly dead... What are you dragging your feet for?" Lin Li wildly complained about the middle-aged man in his heart.
Several more minutes passed. The middle-aged man, who had remained motionless all this time, felt that enough time had passed and muttered to himself, "After all this time, this fellow should be thoroughly dead."
However, the ever-cautious middle-aged man still did not immediately approach. Instead, he raised his right hand, which was clad in 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 stared at the middle-aged man's strange actions with a face full of question marks, but he soon learned what the other party intended to do next.
Pale golden Spiritual Light blossomed from the middle-aged man's metal-gloved hand. Immediately afterward, a pillar of flame ten centimeters in diameter erupted from his hand and shot rapidly toward the already-dead White Ape Exotic Beast.
"Bang."
The blazing pillar of flame struck the dead White Ape Exotic Beast, exploding in an instant.
Sparks flew in every direction, scorching the emerald grass around the dead White Ape Exotic Beast until it turned yellow and charred.
"..." Lin Li, hiding in the grass, watched the scene before him, unable to understand the middle-aged man's actions.
"It's already completely dead, yet this person is still using his ability to blast it. Isn't that going too far? Or does this person have some kind of peculiar hobby?
But now I finally know who created that pillar of flame that shot into the sky earlier."
Seeing that the White Ape Exotic Beast had shown no reaction to his flaming attack, the middle-aged man finally relaxed completely.
He then began walking briskly toward the corpse of the White Ape Exotic Beast, whose fur had been singed black in places by the flames.
"Phew... This person is finally going to deal with that White Ape Exotic Beast... Hurry up! It's going to be dark soon."
When Lin Li saw the middle-aged man begin dealing with the dead White Ape Exotic Beast, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he should be able to return to the safe zone before sunset.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
His feet stepped across the grass, making faint sounds.
The middle-aged man arrived before the dead White Ape Exotic Beast. Seeing the dagger embedded in its chest, he was about to crouch down and pull it out.
The middle-aged man had spent quite a lot of money buying this spirit weapon dagger, and his heart had ached a little when he purchased it.
Thinking about it now, the money had been well spent. If he had not gritted his teeth and bought this spirit weapon 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 weapon dagger lodged in the White Ape Exotic Beast's chest, a sudden change occurred.
P.S. Thanks to "08a" for the 300-point tip.
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