Its body stretched over fifty meters, like a moving crimson hill!
Its carapace gleamed a dark red verging on black, metallic in color and covered in sinister spines and natural patterns that looked like flowing lava.
Its eight thick, pillar-like legs dug deep into the obsidian, while its over twenty-meter-long scorpion tail rose high into the air. At its tip, a massive stinger over half a meter in diameter shimmered with an eerie blue light interwoven with blazing red.
A terrifying pressure far beyond that of a high-level A-rank monster, faintly touching the threshold of S-rank, swept out from its body like a storm of flames!
With the additional boost from the leader template,
its true combat power was probably enough to give even a low-level S-Class Hunter a headache!
"Roar—!!!"
Upon discovering the intruders, the Beast King let out a deafening roar, and the entire cavern trembled with it!
All the Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts instantly went berserk as if they had received an order, howling as they launched a wave-like charge at the raid team!
The Beast King also slowly rose from the stone steps. Its enormous body brought a thunderous rumble, shaking the surrounding pillars until they collapsed into the magma and sent towering waves of fire splashing into the air!
"Form up! Ranged units, suppress the horde! Melee units, protect the mages! Li Xuanbing and I will focus on eliminating the elites!"
Battle intent ignited in Bai Luhao's eyes as he rapidly issued his orders.
"Leave that Beast King to me!"
Before his voice had even faded, he had already transformed into a golden afterimage. Ignoring the ordinary Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts rushing toward him, he charged straight at the mountain-like Beast King!
He did not immediately activate his half-man half-tiger transformation, seemingly wanting to gauge the beast's strength in his normal state first.
On the other side, the raid team's elites also displayed formidable combat power.
Earthen walls, ice walls, and metal barriers rose layer upon layer, blocking the tide-like assault.
Li Xuanbing swung his staff, and biting cold spread across the ground, forming patches of frost that greatly slowed the Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts.
Jin Changpu manipulated the ground, constantly creating traps and spikes.
Piao Changfan's metal needles transformed into deadly threads, weaving through the horde and precisely picking off targets.
As for Xu Feng, he was like a god of death hidden in the shadows of the battlefield.
His metal needles appeared even more frequently, specifically targeting Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts that had been grievously wounded by the raid team or had become isolated while under attack.
The fine needles infused with blood-and-qi power often pierced straight through weak points in the carapace in a single strike. The vibrating energy inside erupted instantly, ending their lives.
Seeing that Xu Feng was not even bothering to pretend anymore and was openly crazily stealing kills,
the raid team members' eyes twitched, but they also completely understood the intention of this "Wind Hidden One."
He seemed to harbor no ill will toward them and merely wanted to steal kills.
In fact, he was objectively helping them rapidly reduce the horde's numbers.
Thus, some unspoken cooperation began to emerge.
"This one's crippled! Finish it!"
A warrior deliberately cleaved open most of a Lava Scorpion Armor Beast's carapace without killing it immediately, leaving it for that invisible gaze.
"Over here! Quickly!"
A fire mage blasted several Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts dizzy with explosive fireballs, cracking their carapaces, then "happened" to turn and attack other targets.
Piao Changfan even deliberately reined in the power of his metal needles, seeking only to deal damage and interfere while giving up the opportunity for the final blow.
For a time, a peculiar scene appeared on the battlefield:
The raid team was like sheepdogs driving a flock, attacking and severely wounding the Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts but showing no urgency to kill them.
Meanwhile, invisible metal needles followed close behind like reaping scythes, impatiently harvesting the crippled targets.
The raid team even faintly gained the upper hand, chasing down and slaughtering the enormous horde of Lava Scorpion Armor Beasts!
Xu Feng's Breakthrough Points skyrocketed as if he had boarded a rocket!
Although the points provided by each monster fell sharply as the number of identical monsters he killed increased,
by the time the last ordinary Lava Scorpion Armor Beast collapsed with a metal needle through its skull,
the Breakthrough Points on his panel had already reached the astonishing total of [250000]!
At the same time, Bai Luhao's one-on-one battle with the Beast King had also reached its climax.
Even in his normal state, Bai Luhao displayed the terrifying physical combat power of an S-Class Hunter.
Barehanded, he maneuvered around a giant beast dozens of times his size, moving as fast as a ghost and wielding astonishing strength.
Every swing of his tiger claws, covered in pale golden Qi energy, carved deep grooves into the Beast King's tough carapace and shattered large patches of spines.
The Beast King furiously swung its giant pincers, lashed out with the terrifying stinger on its scorpion tail, and spat molten fireballs.
They blasted the surrounding ground into a pockmarked ruin, with magma flowing everywhere.
Yet they struggled to truly strike that nimble figure, which moved like golden lightning.
Bai Luhao had gained only a few shallow wounds where molten rock or the force of the stinger had grazed him, while the Beast King was already in a miserable state.
Large areas of its carapace had shattered, exposing the charred flesh beneath.
Black blood constantly gushed from its wounds, igniting into roaring flames as soon as it dripped onto the ground.
Two of its eight legs had already been broken off by Bai Luhao with brute force. Its movements had clearly slowed, and its aura had weakened considerably.
"Roar—!"
The Beast King let out an unwilling roar and made one final desperate struggle, its giant pincers and scorpion tail striking at Bai Luhao simultaneously!
Just as Bai Luhao's gaze sharpened and he prepared to gather his strength for the final blow against the beast—
a sudden change occurred!
The air above the Beast King's shattered head violently twisted without warning!
A claw covered entirely in sinister, dark-red biological armor, its fingertips sharp as blades, suddenly reached out from the void!
The claw appeared without the slightest sound, moving faster than the limits of visual perception!
Carrying terrifying power refined to the utmost, it viciously plunged into the very center of the Beast King's head, where the carapace was most severely shattered and its defenses weakest!
Squish—!
Like a hot knife cutting through butter, the claw sank deep, reaching straight into its brain!
The Beast King's enormous body suddenly stiffened. Every movement halted instantly, and the ferocious light in its eyes quickly dimmed like a candle snuffed out.
It let out a brief, despairing whimper, then crashed to the ground.
The impact shook the entire cavern three times before it fell completely silent.
[Breakthrough Points + 50000!]
A conspicuous notification flashed through Xu Feng's mind.
"Fifty thousand! As expected of an A-rank high-level leader!"
Even Xu Feng, whose resolve was firm, could not help feeling delighted.
Adding in his previous accumulation, his total Breakthrough Points had already surpassed the three-hundred-thousand mark!
He was just about to activate his Invisibility Orb and quietly withdraw while the dust had yet to settle.
However, at the instant he killed the Beast King and his figure was exposed for an extremely brief moment because the orb could not conceal it—
"Roar—!!!"
A tiger's roar brimming with primal bestiality exploded beside him like thunder!
The shock left his eardrums aching.
Bai Luhao, who had originally still been some distance away, suddenly expanded like a balloon being inflated!
His already burly body rose even higher, bursting through his tactical vest, while dense white fur rapidly grew over his exposed skin.
His face thrust forward, revealing sharp fangs. His hands and feet transformed into tiger claws covered in white fur and sharp nails, while a thick, powerful tiger tail swung behind him.
He had transformed into a terrifying half-man half-tiger form!
After transforming, Bai Luhao's aura surged by far more than double!
His berserk S-rank pressure swept out like a tsunami, even overpowering the scorching heat in the cavern!
Even more frightening was his speed!
Almost the instant his transformation was complete, he had already become a white afterimage.
A massive tiger claw instantly seized the wrist of Xu Feng's claw, which had not yet been withdrawn.
The ear-piercing clang of metal scraping against metal and the explosive boom of colliding energies rang out!
Bai Luhao's eyes had already become pure tiger eyes, their pupils burning with golden flames as they locked onto Xu Feng's invisible position. His tiger-like voice carried an imperious edge.
"Friend! You've followed us for so long. You've had your fill of watching, and you've had a good time stealing kills...
Now, it's time to show your true face and let me have a look, isn't it?!"
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