Chen Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and panic rose within him.
Could the thing he feared had truly happened after all?
He spread out his Divine Sense, yet found no trace of Mu Yunshui's aura. Instead, the foul wind spewing from the giant Monster Beast's mouth carried Mu Yunshui's scent, and scraps of her clothing still clung to its claws.
Chen Fan had never imagined that the Hell Sect's Sect Master had raised a Monster Beast at the early Soul Splitting stage—and erased its intelligence, refining it into a true man-eating beast.
"If you swallowed her, I'll cut open your belly too." Chen Fan's voice was ice-cold. With a clang, the iron sword in his hand left its sheath, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.
Roar!
The Monster Beast had clearly noticed Chen Fan as well. It abruptly turned its head, locked onto him, and let out an earth-shaking roar.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Chen Fan's figure flickered and vanished from where he stood. Using Nine Palaces Footwork at its limit, he rapidly closed in on the early Soul Splitting Monster Beast.
Clang!
His sword came crashing down upon its head, sending a shower of sparks flying.
Only then did Chen Fan see it clearly. It was a Monster Beast with a bull's head and a bear's body, its mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth. The pair of horns on its head were even more incomparably hard. His earlier strike had landed on one of them, numbing the web between his thumb and forefinger from the recoil.
Bang!
At that moment, the Monster Beast violently twisted its body. Its flesh split apart the cramped passage as it turned around, and a pair of bear paws suddenly slammed toward Chen Fan.
Chen Fan's gaze turned cold. His dantian trembled, and