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The Shadow Figure had neither a face nor a physical form, making it impossible to read its expression or discern its current mood.

However, it did not speak again, instead brandishing its twin blades and flying toward Wu Ziyang.

Seeing this, Wu Ziyang did not waste words and charged forward to meet it head-on.

The two of them began to clash within the Otherworld.

On the other side, Lin Xia was truly struggling to hold his ground.

He had attempted to attack the Ghost-Light Lion several times.

But it was like scratching an itch; it had absolutely no effect.

Consequently, he could only dodge the attacks of the Lion Pride while dealing with Meng Bo.

Fortunately, the Lion Pride only engaged in melee combat and could not fire energy blasts, otherwise...

The next moment, Lin Xia seized an opportunity, caught the lunging Meng Bo, and threw him away with all his might.

Immediately, he sprinted out of the Lion Pride and headed straight for the spot where Meng Bo had landed.

He intended to eliminate this variable before dealing with the Lion Pride.

After all, a Level 5 monster was difficult for Lin Xia to handle.

But an Awakener of the same level was much simpler.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Lin Xia straddled Meng Bo's stomach, his fists raining down on his head like a storm.

The latter let out continuous screams of agony.

Seeing Meng Bo's health bar dropping rapidly, Lin Xia pressed his advantage and fired an Energy Bullet at point-blank range.

As the dust settled, Meng Bo lay on the verge of death.

Lin Xia gathered another Energy Bullet, preparing to deliver the final blow.

At this moment, although Meng Bo had long felt he would die, when truly facing this instant, he still tremblingly raised his hand, his eyes filled with panic and pleading, "Don't... don't kill me, I beg... I beg you!"

Facing the plea, Lin Xia ignored him, as if he hadn't heard a thing, and continued to condense the Energy Bullet.

"If you kill me, my father will never let you off!"

Seeing that soft tactics were useless, Meng Bo actually began to threaten him, "If you spare me, I won't say a word after we get out!"

"Heh, do you think I'd believe that?"

Lin Xia sneered; he wasn't that stupid. If he spared this guy's life, he would definitely be retaliated against.

It was better to kill him in the chaos and frame the monsters for it.

The moment this thought crossed Lin Xia's mind, a pop-up window appeared before his eyes:

[Vegeta favorability +15%!]

[Current favorability: 85%!]

"It seems my actions are very much to Vegeta's liking!"

Lin Xia couldn't help but curl his lips upward.

Seeing Lin Xia suddenly smile, Meng Bo thought he had changed his mind, so he excitedly asked, "What are you smiling at?"

"Nothing."

Lin Xia wiped the smile from his face, spoke coldly, and fired the Energy Bullet in his hand.

"Bang!"

After a dull thud, Meng Bo was completely devoid of breath, his expression one of dying with deep resentment.

Almost simultaneously, a notification appeared before Lin Xia's eyes again:

[Buou character card cooldown complete!]

"Great!"

Lin Xia felt as if his hardships had finally come to an end and everything was moving in a positive direction.

He quickly pulled out the card, looked at the honest smile of Buou on the now-restored card face, and without a second thought, summoned him immediately.

"Yahoo~!"

Buou appeared before his eyes with his hands on his hips.

Lin Xia had no time for pleasantries and issued a direct command: for Buou to turn Meng Bo's corpse into chocolate.

Hearing this, Buou nodded, preparing to fire a beam.

In an instant, Lin Xia could feel his fatigue beginning to dissipate, his stamina and condition about to become incredibly replenished!

But just as Buou was about to fire the beam, Lin Xia's expression changed drastically, and he immediately stopped him.

Following that, Lin Xia turned and ordered Buou to launch an attack on the incoming Lion Pride.

"Yahoo!"

Buou charged forward.

However, he was only at [1-Strength], so his damage was limited—one might even say he was no better off than Lin Xia.

Before long, he fell into a disadvantage.

Fortunately, Buou's defense was high, which was the only reason he hadn't been killed yet.

Just a moment ago, a new plan had formed in Lin Xia's mind.

He recalled the scene of Buou self-destructing on the playground.

One had to realize, that was merely the lower limit of Buou's ultimate move!

But what exactly was the upper limit?

Could it instantly kill a Level 5 wild monster?

It was precisely for this reason that Lin Xia had canceled Buou's Chocolateification skill, avoiding wasted energy that would have reduced the power of the self-destruction.

Although the self-destruct skill was a one-time use—once triggered, Buou would enter a cooldown period and couldn't be summoned for a short time—there was no other way right now.

"Hey, buddy, blow the whole place up!"

Lin Xia spoke with flair, but he ran with determination.

He couldn't afford to get caught in the blast; he didn't know if the monsters would die, but he certainly would!

"Stall them for a bit. Wait until I'm out of the blast radius, then self-destruct!"

Lin Xia gave one last instruction and quickened his pace.

Watching Lin Xia's retreating back, Buou nodded, but the moment he turned around, a lion pounced onto his face.

Following that, the entire pride swarmed him.

Before long, Buou's figure was completely obscured by the Lion Pride.

These monsters seemed to love the meat on his body, completely abandoning the chase for Lin Xia.

"Sizzle..."

A pink light began to glow brighter beneath the Lion Pride, as if something was charging up.

At this moment, Lin Xia had reached the edge of the Secret Realm.

An invisible barrier blocked him from moving any further.

"BOOM--!"

Lin Xia had just stopped in his tracks when a deafening roar erupted from behind him!

A visible shockwave of intense energy surged forward like a tsunami!

[Killed Glimmering Lion, EXP +100!]

[Killed Glimmering Lion, EXP +100!]

Countless pop-up windows appeared before Lin Xia's eyes, flashing frantically as if the system had glitched!

"Cough, cough..."

Lin Xia covered his nose as his figure gradually emerged through the dissipating dust.

He stared in disbelief at the ruins before him; it was hard to imagine that this had once been a forest.

"Strange..."

"Maybe I'm just being too sensitive."

Lin Xia still felt as though a pair of eyes hidden in the shadows were watching him, even though the place was now nothing but rubble.

What shocked him even more was that Buou, at [1-Strength], had actually wiped out a Level 5 Lion Pride in one hit?!

"Is this your upper limit, or..."

Lin Xia swallowed hard, "Or is this still nowhere near it?!"

[Level Up!]

[Level increased to LV5!]

"Level 5!?"

Lin Xia grinned in disbelief. If he hadn't been deliberately restraining himself, he would have been jumping for joy as if he'd won the lottery!

[New Card Unlocked: Tien Shinhan!]

[Tien Shinhan (A-rank): A martial artist with three eyes, comes with the ultimate move Ki Blast Cannon (A-rank)!]

"Tien Shinhan!?"

Lin Xia knew this guy all too well; in the original manga, he was a formidable boss in the early stages.

His [Ki Blast Cannon], while having a long wind-up, possessed immense, unparalleled power!

Lin Xia took the purple card floating in the air into his hand.

He looked at Tien Shinhan depicted on the card wearing green robes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl upward.

In this world, after an Awakener levels up, there is a chance to obtain skills or cards.

However, what disappointed Lin Xia slightly was that the card grade he obtained was only A.

It was far inferior to SSR, SR, or S.

But just at this moment, the system's voice rang out:

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a new card!]

[Detected that the card grade is very low, but the ultimate move is extremely powerful!]

[Does the host wish to dismantle the card to study Tien Shinhan's ultimate move, "Tri-Beam," and evolve it into the SSR-grade "Neo Tri-Beam"?]