First-Tier Flagrant Beast, Swift Dragon!

Demon Flag Mountain.

"Want to eat me?"

"What a coincidence."

"My thoughts are exactly the same."

Watching the two Swift Dragons close in on him.

Lei Wen's lips curled slightly, revealing a bloodthirsty expression.

The Gluttonous Mark on the back of his left hand was burning hot.

That hunger was more than ten times fiercer than when he had encountered the wolf pack before.

It was a craving for high-level energy.

"Don't worry, they're both yours."

Lei Wen gently stroked the restless Gluttonous Mark.

The next second.

The Swift Dragon on the left lunged first.

It did not charge straight ahead. Instead, it used its powerful hind legs to kick off the cliff face, its body drawing a strange arc through the air.

Its speed was astonishing.

A first-tier Flagrant Beast's explosive power could even rival the full-force thrust of a human warrior.

In the blink of an eye.

Its foul, gaping maw was already close to Lei Wen's neck.

At the same time.

The Swift Dragon on the right rushed forward, its sickle-like tail sweeping sideways and sealing off all of Lei Wen's escape routes.

A certain death trap.

If an ordinary first-tier warrior encountered this scene, even if he did not die, he would be severely injured.

But Lei Wen was no ordinary person.

His physical strength had already reached the peak of the first tier.

And his Spirit Qi.

Had reached the terrifying peak of the sixth tier!

At the instant the Swift Dragon pounced down, the world in Lei Wen's eyes seemed to slow.

He could clearly see the flesh between the Swift Dragon's fangs.

He could see his own reflection in its pupils.

"Too slow."

Lei Wen muttered.

"Break!"

The spear thrust out.

It was not some flashy combat skill, merely a simple upward thrust.

But that simple strike was infused with Spirit Qi at the peak of the sixth tier.

A faint blue light flowed over the spearhead.

Squelch—!

Like a hot knife cutting through butter.

There was no resistance whatsoever.

The Swift Dragon, still maintaining its graceful pouncing posture in midair, suddenly felt something wrong with its lower body.

It watched its lower half continue flying forward.

While its upper half crashed heavily to the ground.

Only then.

Did the intense pain reach it.

"Roar...?"

It let out a confused cry. Its two halves slammed onto the ground, blood splashing everywhere.

Blood instantly stained the ground purple.

One spear, two halves.

This was the crushing force unleashed by sixth-tier Spirit Qi combined with the explosive power of a seventh-tier body.

It was pure brute force.

On the other side.

That scythe-like tail had also arrived.

Lei Wen did not even turn his head.

His left hand shot out like lightning, five fingers clawed tight around that tail covered in scales.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort.

That tail, capable of smashing boulders, was forcibly caught by what appeared to be a slender hand.

Lei Wen's arm did not move at all.

Even his body did not sway in the slightest.

The remaining Swift Dragon was stunned.

For the first time, its eyes filled with ferocity and jealousy revealed an emotion called "fear."

What kind of monster was this?

It was clearly a human!

It desperately tried to pull its tail back, its four claws carving deep grooves into the ground.

But it could not budge.

The youth standing in the blood slowly turned his head.

His gaze was icy, yet it carried the ferocity of a predator.

"Why run?"

"Since you came, stay."

Lei Wen exerted force with his arm, his muscles suddenly bulging as he gripped the tail even tighter.

"Up!"

He gave a low shout.

What terrifying strength!

The massive Swift Dragon was actually swung up like a scarecrow!

"Bang!"

The Swift Dragon's huge body was viciously smashed against the cliff wall beside it.

Rubble flew everywhere.

The Swift Dragon let out a miserable scream, its bones shattered in who knew how many places.

Before it could struggle back to its feet.

A cold flash swept past.

The spear precisely pierced its eye socket, passed through its brain, and nailed it to the cliff wall.

The battle ended.

It had not even taken three breaths.

Two first-tier Flagrant Beasts, completely annihilated.

The valley returned to silence.

Only the pungent scent of blood drifted through the air.

Lei Wen shook the blood from his spear and sheathed it.

He walked over to the Swift Dragon corpse that had been cut into two pieces.

The Gluttonous Mark on the back of his left hand was practically smoking.

That intense hunger made Lei Wen feel as though his stomach were cramping.

"Got it, got it."

Lei Wen crouched down and skillfully sliced off the fattest piece of meat from the Swift Dragon's hind leg.

That was where a Swift Dragon's essence lay.

After years of running, its muscles were firm and packed with abundant fire-element energy.

He was not in a hurry to eat it raw.

Though the Gluttonous Mark was impatient, he was still human.

Eating raw meat and drinking blood was something only beasts did.

He had standards.

A pile of firewood rose beneath a rock.

Lei Wen used sharpened branches to skewer eight large pieces of Swift Dragon thigh meat, setting them over the fire to roast slowly.

He reached into his Spatial Ring and pulled out several small bottles and jars.

Salt, cumin, and special seasoning powder.

Though he was in the wild, he could not let his quality of life drop.

Under the blazing flames.

The dark red beast meat gradually changed color, grease sizzling as it dripped into the fire, sending up an enticing aroma.

Flagrant Beast meat itself possessed a unique fragrance.

And with Lei Wen's cooking skills.

It was enough to make any gourmet drool.

Lei Wen tore off a piece of golden-brown roasted meat. Ignoring the heat, he stuffed it straight into his mouth.

"Mmm..."

He closed his eyes and let out a satisfied sigh.

The flavor was beyond words.

The instant he bit down, rich juices burst across his mouth.

Then.

A warm current slid down his throat and into his stomach.

That was not merely energy.

It was pure energy!

The essence contained in the Flagrant Beast meat erupted at that moment.

Before it could spread through his limbs and bones.

The Gluttonous Mark on the back of his left hand suddenly released a suction force.

Like a bottomless black hole.

That powerful, fresh energy was instantly devoured by the suction.

"Mmm..."

Lei Wen felt a cool numbness in his left hand.

The Gluttonous Mark's color became even more vivid, and the giant mouth of the gluttonous beast seemed to open slightly wider, as though chewing.

The exhaustion from rushing through the wilderness and the battle vanished in an instant.

Replacing it was an unprecedented sense of fullness.

Lei Wen's eyes lit up.

Looking at the large pile of remaining dragon meat, he was no longer merely trying to fill his stomach.

He was trying to grow stronger.

"Eat!"

He wolfed down the roasted meat at an extremely fast pace, yet his movements remained elegant.

One piece after another.

The Gluttonous Mark was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much energy was fed into it, it swallowed it all.

As he ate at such speed, Lei Wen could clearly feel it.

The strength of his body was steadily increasing.

One had to know.

Lei Wen's physical body was already at the peak of the first tier.

Before becoming a combatant.

The physical limit of an ordinary person was only around the sixth tier.

Yet Lei Wen had not only broken through that limit, but was still growing stronger.

"As expected."

"Demon Flag Mountain is my paradise."

Two hours later.

Lei Wen swallowed the last bite of meat and licked his lips with lingering desire.

He had eaten two enormous Swift Dragons completely clean.

Yet he did not feel full at all.

This was another external manifestation of the Gluttonous Mark.

As Lei Wen's appetite continued to grow.

His appetite had now reached an inhuman level.

Very soon.

Lei Wen headed into the abyss.

There were all kinds of magical beasts there, even Ninth Rank Warriors.

In the eyes of others, it was forbidden territory.

But in Lei Wen's eyes now,

it was a huge dining table laden with all kinds of delicacies.

As long as one was strong enough,

they could eat whatever they wanted.