System Reward! Supreme Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone!

After the shock subsided, Du Busi's eyes suddenly turned fervent. He locked his gaze firmly onto the massive Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear corpse on the ground and hurried forward.

"Even if the chances are slim, what if? What if..."

His voice was urgent, his eyes brimming with anticipation.

If Lu Xiao obtained the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, the power of his second soul skill would undergo a qualitative leap. He might even be able to completely perfect the Sky-Ripping Claw in the future!

Du Busi carefully inspected every inch of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's body.

A moment later, Du Busi's brows gradually furrowed. The fervor and anticipation in his eyes faded bit by bit, replaced by disappointment and unwillingness.

"Ah! What a pity, what a terrible pity!"

Du Busi shook his head repeatedly. "A direct descendant of Bear Lord, yet it didn't form a Soul Bone! What a waste!"

As he spoke, he even kicked the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse, his face full of anguish.

"How about we risk being hunted down by Bear Lord and kill a few more of its cubs and descendants?"

A vicious glint flashed through Du Busi's eyes. "I refuse to believe it won't drop one!"

Although Lu Xiao was somewhat disappointed as well, he quickly tried to persuade him. "Master, this second Soul Ring is already an enormous opportunity! Besides, we should leave quickly. This Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear probably held no small status in Bear Lord's eyes!"

The words jolted Du Busi awake. His entire body stiffened, and he instantly reined in the greed in his heart.

He had lived for several centuries and understood better than anyone how terrifying the Ten Great Beast Kings were.

As one of the rulers of the Star Dou Great Forest, Bear Lord ranked sixth among the Ten Great Beast Kings and possessed an exceedingly violent temperament!

Moreover, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears found it extremely difficult to reproduce. The one they had slain today was Bear Lord's direct descendant—they had already stepped on Bear Lord's bottom line.

He could die, but nothing must happen to Lu Xiao!

"You're right. We can't stay here any longer!"

Du Busi hesitated no further. With a sweep of his hand, he instantly stored the corpses of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Blazing Fierce Tiger into his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

"Go! Full-speed retreat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Busi wrapped one arm around Lu Xiao and lifted Xiao Wu with the other. The immense Soul Power of a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo erupted, turning into a streak of emerald light that sped at full force toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

They raced onward for several hours, fleeing from deep night until the following evening.

The setting sun dipped low, and the evening clouds painted the horizon red!

After an entire night and half a day of high-speed travel, the three of them finally charged out of the Star Dou Great Forest and safely set foot in the secure zone outside it.

"We finally made it out."

Du Busi landed and let out a breath, withdrawing his Soul Power. Still shaken, he said, "If we'd been any later, we might have had to face Bear Lord's fury head-on."

But just as the three of them relaxed—

Rumble—!!!

A colossal roar that shook heaven and earth suddenly exploded from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest!

The bear's roar was domineering, violent, and filled with grief and rage. Carrying boundless fury, it swept across the entire Star Dou Great Forest!

The whole Star Dou Great Forest fell silent in an instant!

Countless high-level Soul Beasts trembled and prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to move!

The forest sea stretching for a thousand li quaked, wind and clouds churned in reverse, and the Soul Power between heaven and earth descended into frantic chaos!

Lu Xiao and the other two abruptly turned toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, every hair on their bodies standing on end.

"It's Bear Lord! It discovered that its descendant has died!" Du Busi's eyes were filled with gravity.

At the place where the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had fallen.

Black clouds gathered, fierce winds howled, and terrifying golden ferocity surged into the sky, blotting out the vast evening glow.

A gigantic ferocious beast, far larger than an ordinary Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and covered in dark golden fur that looked as though it had been forged from divine metal, slowly rose upright.

Its enormous body stood a full fifteen meters tall. Dense, heavy dark golden fur covered it, while its arms were incomparably long, hanging at its sides. Despite its massive frame, the arms extended past its knees.

Its eyes were blood-red. Endless killing intent intertwined with grief and fury, while its terrifying pressure shook mountains and rivers.

Its descendant had been killed. Its bloodline had withered!

"Roar—!!!"

Another furious roar rang through heaven and earth!

Killing intent overflowed from Bear Lord's enormous beastly eyes as boundless rage converged within its body!

The next instant, Bear Lord's body expanded into a terrifying giant bear a hundred meters tall, its pair of dark golden claws each extending beyond thirty meters.

Its right claw suddenly tore through the air!

Sky-Ripping Claw!

Riiip—!!!

Terrifying golden claw-light tore open the heavens. Countless spatial cracks crisscrossed and densely covered the surrounding area!

Unlike Lu Xiao's rudimentary Sky-Ripping Claw, Bear Lord's attack possessed power that could truly tear apart heaven and earth!

Centered on Bear Lord's body, space within a radius of several hundred meters instantly collapsed, ruptured, and vanished!

Every Soul Beast inhabiting that area, regardless of cultivation, strength, or size, was shredded by chaotic spatial currents and erased without a trace!

Within several hundred meters, not a blade of grass remained, and all life had been extinguished! The area instantly became a silent, desolate ruin of space!

Even from thousands of li away, Lu Xiao could still sense that terrifying power capable of crushing a Super Douluo.

This was the true Sky-Ripping Claw!

At that moment, reverence and endless longing for this supreme soul skill rose within his heart.

Du Busi's face turned slightly pale as he murmured solemnly, "That was close... just barely."

Just as Bear Lord was about to search with all its might for the killer, a figure in black silently appeared before it.

He was a middle-aged man with handsome yet resolute features, golden eyes, and a height of around two meters. His shoulders were broad, and he wore a black robe embroidered with golden patterns.

Amid his black hair was a single strand of golden hair, making him appear especially distinctive.

"Di Tian!"

A trace of wariness flashed through Bear Lord's eyes as it roared, "I will slaughter every one of those damned humans!"

"Bear Lord! Go back!"

Di Tian's gaze was cold, his tone beyond question. "If you disrupt the master's plans because of this, then the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan has no reason to exist!"

After a long while, Bear Lord let out an incomparably deep growl. Its hundred-meter body gradually contracted, layer by layer, while its terrifying golden ferocity rapidly faded.

"I... understand."

Bear Lord gritted its teeth and growled. The crimson in its eyes slowly receded, leaving behind only cold hatred buried deep in its heart.

As its voice fell, Bear Lord's massive body became a streak of dark golden light and vanished into the dense forest in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, disappearing completely between heaven and earth.

Di Tian stood in the air, his golden eyes calmly gazing toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. His gaze pierced through layers of woodland, seemingly fixed upon the three figures who had long since departed...

In the end, he indifferently withdrew his gaze. With a flicker, his figure likewise vanished into the shadowy forest.

At the forest's edge, Du Busi patted his chest and said thankfully, "Di Tian must have stepped in. Otherwise, if that mad bear had charged out of the Star Dou Great Forest, it wouldn't have been a laughing matter!"

Lu Xiao stared at the completely calmed Star Dou Great Forest, the lingering fear in his heart still unspent.

That night, Lu Xiao lay on the hotel bed and let his consciousness enter his sea of consciousness.

"Open the Soul Grandmaster gift pack!"

[Reward for host: Supreme Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, a strand of Destruction Essence, New Branch of the Ancient Tree of Life!]

Within his sea of consciousness, radiant light burst forth, and treasure light soared into the sky!

As the mechanical voice fell silent, Lu Xiao suddenly sat upright in bed...