Lu Mingfei clamped his legs around the bear's flanks.
His fists hammered the side of the bear's neck again and again.
The force penetrated precisely through the thick fur and layers of fat, striking its vital point directly.
After several blows, the Vajra Bear's movements visibly slowed.
After several more punches, its enormous body crashed to the ground, making the earth around it tremble.
Lu Mingfei flipped down from the bear's back, dusted off his hands, and remained expressionless. Even his breathing had barely quickened.
Zhao Wuji strode over to inspect the Vajra Bear's condition and nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad. Clean and decisive.
"A Soul Beast at this level no longer poses much of a threat to you."
Yet at the exact moment Lu Mingfei knocked down the Vajra Bear,
the aura of the Black Dragon King martial soul within him, which had only just settled down, uncontrollably leaked outward.
That incomparably pure Dragon Clan pressure, originating from the deepest depths of his bloodline, spread outward from Lu Mingfei toward the distance.
It passed through layer upon layer of trees and rocky hills.
It pierced through overlapping canopies and countless Soul Beast territories, seeping straight into the deepest reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Flender suddenly turned toward the depths of the forest.
Zhao Wuji frowned at the same time. His beastlike instincts keenly told him that something was wrong.
Shen Yuji silently stepped forward twice, positioning herself slightly ahead and to Lu Mingfei's side.
Her hand opened slightly, ready to release her martial soul at any moment.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were infected by the sudden tension and both held their breath.
Then, the sky over the entire Star Dou Great Forest suddenly darkened.
The sunlight that had filtered through the canopy vanished completely within a