Bear Paw Grew on His Foot? (Please Vote, Please Keep Reading)

Beneath the shroud of yellow light.

Tie Xiong felt it even more intensely. It was as though he had returned to the state he had been in when fighting the Blood Demon Berserk Bear.

Again and again, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's immense power had sent him flying, only for him to use that force to strike back.

The yellow energy within him was the same now. Like the Blood Demon Berserk Bear, it was berserk and bloodthirsty, charging recklessly through his body—from his arms and shoulders to his internal organs, legs, and feet.

Every tiny corner was flooded with that berserk energy. Unable to stop himself, Tie Xiong's body trembled violently.

In Tie Xiong's mind, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's final clear-eyed gaze seemed to appear.

It's watching me!

Tie Xiong let out a low roar. "I'm definitely going to eat your Bear Paw!"

Tie Xiong's bones, muscles, and internal organs were all madly absorbing the energy, being transformed by it. Even his bones began crackling and popping.

The Heaven Breaking Hammer was guiding the energy through the meditation technique, trying to tame it.

But clearly, that energy refused to obey.

Instead, it tyrannically destroyed Tie Xiong's body, only for it to be repaired, then destroyed again after being repaired.

Gradually, a bloody aura seeped from Tie Xiong's body, which became coated in a layer of blood droplets.

The pain far surpassed anything Tie Xiong had ever experienced in the Star Luo Illusion Realm.

Wave after wave battered his consciousness.

Tie Xiong knew very well that if he failed to hold on, he would suffer a backlash and die.

I defeated you when you were alive. How could a dead bear possibly defeat me?

Scenes of him hammering the Blood Demon Berserk Bear to the ground again and again flashed continuously through Tie Xiong's mind.

"I hammer! I hammer! You're my defeated opponent!"

It was precisely this victor's mindset that made his will incomparably firm. No matter what pain his body endured, he believed the Blood Demon Berserk Bear was no match for him.

He had practiced the Chaotic Hammer Technique since he was one year old, used medicinal mud to improve his body's resilience, and trained his body under Gravity Enhancement.

That solid foundation was now showing its effects, constantly resisting the impact of the berserk energy.

Especially around his heart and calves, which had become centers that continuously absorbed energy.

Gradually, Tie Xiong felt his Soul Breaking Hammer grow three centimeters larger, black patterns appearing across its hammerhead.

The Heaven Breaking Hammer had originally been black, but now a layer of jet-black patterns had emerged, clearly distinct from its original blackness.

After repeated impacts and repairs, his body became even tougher. The density of his fascia, bones, and muscles increased. As one side waned and the other grew, the chaotic energy steadily diminished.

Tie Xiong felt his consciousness gradually return to his body.

"He's going to make it!" Zhao Wuji stared in shock.

"Unprecedented. Little Monster is really going to succeed!" Lu Qibin sensed the violent energy calming down.

"This kind of absorption is far too dangerous. Xiao Ao must never do this in the future!" Shao Xin thought. Not just anyone could succeed.

Tie Xiong could now sense that apart from the berserk energy that had fused into his body, a portion of it was circulating through his meridians alongside his Soul Power.

This yellow Soul Power flowed like a river through its channel at high speed, absorbing the remaining traces of energy.

He had succeeded. He had successfully absorbed a Soul Ring beyond his limits.

Moreover, Tie Xiong felt that his Soul Power had reached at least level twelve, perhaps even level thirteen. It felt as though it had increased by more than double compared to his previous level ten Soul Power.

"Awesome!"

With the Soul Ring's energy fully absorbed, he felt only one thing now: awesome.

Tie Xiong abruptly stood up. He felt that if the Blood Demon Berserk Bear stood before him now, he could easily defeat that Demon Bear.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Tie Xiong felt a burst of pain in his foot. Caught off guard, he shot into the air, jumping more than three meters high.

The moment he landed, another wave of pain struck.

As if he had stepped on a spring, Tie Xiong bounced up again, this time even higher than before—four whole meters.

Flender and the others were all startled. What was happening? Hadn't he successfully absorbed it?

Then they saw something strange.

Tie Xiong kept landing, bouncing up, landing, and bouncing up.

Painful screams came from his mouth, growing louder and louder.

The instant he landed was when his cries were loudest, as though his foot had plunged into boiling hot oil, forcing him to leap up again.

Why was it strange?

Because Tie Xiong was naked. When he had absorbed the Soul Ring just now, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's tyrannical power had long since burned all his clothes to ashes.

A completely naked youth was hopping around there.

After being transformed by the energy of a Soul Ring beyond his limits, Tie Xiong's once small and thin body had grown five or six centimeters taller, reaching one hundred and thirty centimeters. His shoulders had broadened somewhat as well.

He now looked like a teenager.

The sight was unbearable to behold.

Flender's glasses fell off. Why the hell was he jumping around naked? What was he trying to show off?

Then he stared at Tie Xiong's feet in disbelief.

"That's... a Bear Paw?" He discovered that Tie Xiong's right foot had grown twice as large.

It was as though a Bear Paw had grown beneath his original right foot, with thick flesh and sharp Bear Claws.

Every time Tie Xiong landed, it was this Bear Paw that struck the ground, generating tremendous recoil and allowing him to bounce several meters into the air.

Tie Xiong gradually realized that the pain was coming from his right foot.

He hurriedly controlled his landing posture, touched down with his left foot, bounced twice more, then dropped onto the ground on his butt.

Tie Xiong stared at the Bear Paw on his right foot. His Soul Power circulated as he focused his spiritual power on it.

Why had a Bear Paw grown on his right foot?

He could clearly sense that the Bear Paw had grown out of his body.

A person's right foot had more than twenty bones. He felt as though those twenty-odd bones had developed again, extending downward and growing into a Bear Paw.

The blades on the Bear Paw alone were more than ten centimeters long.

It was more than twice the size of his original foot.

The intense pain in his right foot just now had been caused by the growth and development of his bones.

Zhao Wuji looked at the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's Bear Paw beside him, then at the Bear Paw on Tie Xiong's foot. They were nearly identical, but the one on Tie Xiong's foot was clearly more lustrous.

For a moment, the four teachers looked at one another, speechless.

What was this situation? A Bear Paw had grown on his foot.

As Soul Saints, Soul Emperors, and Soul Kings, they considered themselves well-traveled and experienced. There was almost nothing left that could surprise them.

Yet this was truly the first time they had seen something like this.

If it was a Soul Bone, this was not a Soul Bone either!

Soul beasts only produced left leg bones, right leg bones, left arm bones, right arm bones, skulls, and torso bones. This was already common knowledge.

"Little Monster won't grow into a bear in the future, will he? Starting from the foot, then the leg!" Zhao Wuji suddenly imagined it.

"You're the bear!" Tie Xiong snapped.

Perhaps he was too shocked, but Zhao Wuji did not even realize that Tie Xiong was insulting him.