Slay the Mountain Lord! Golden Soul!

In the Dark Night, the vicious beast bared its fangs.

The Mountain Lord seemed to have descended from legend, imperishable and indestructible, transcendent beyond the mundane. Neither weapons, bullets, nor shells, neither sigils nor anything else, could inflict the slightest damage upon it.

After fighting his way here, Wu Yu had thought those human martial artists could injure the Mountain Lord, and that he could too.

But reality poured a bucket of cold water over him.

The [Bi Fang Sigil] bombarded it without cease, yet not a single new wound appeared on the Mountain Lord's body.

After leaving Lostway Cave, the Mountain Lord became even more agile. It lurked in the darkness and launched surprise attacks from time to time, like a nightmare of the Dark Night—cunning and terrifying.

Seeing this, Wu Yu also began considering leaving. He could not kill the Mountain Lord, but the Mountain Lord could not do anything to him either.

But Yu Tiezhu's words made Wu Yu realize there was an opportunity!

"I'll call you Yu Tiezhu for now."

Wu Yu did not turn around, merely smiling faintly.

"If I escape from here, the Mountain Lord cannot threaten me."

Yu Tiezhu's expression stiffened, and he laughed awkwardly. "Little brother... what are you trying to say?"

"The human body is whole, intricate, and wondrous."

Wu Yu spoke slowly. "If one's strength increases, it must mean the body itself has become stronger as well."

"Muscles, organs, vitality, skin..."

"Your [Nine Oxen's Strength] definitely gives you more than just a thousand jin of brute force."

At those words,

Yu Tiezhu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "Some of what I said was true, while you haven't spoken a single word of truth!"

"At the very least... what I just said was true."

Wu Yu spoke slowly.

A chill ran through Yu Tiezhu's heart, yet he could not refute him.

With Wu Yu's terrifying ability, let alone reaching the evacuation point, he might even be able to blast the Mountain Lord to death alive!

Thinking of the consequences, Yu Tiezhu felt utterly unwilling.

He wanted to go home. He wanted to see his daughter!

After a moment of silence, Yu Tiezhu took a deep breath and said, "Tell me. What do you need me to do?"

Bang—!

A weapon fell onto the ground, wrapped in blood-red and golden light, its surface engraved with the image of a divine bird.

"One chance. If it fails... I will leave immediately."

Wu Yu spoke slowly.

Yu Tiezhu stared blankly at the [Omen Blood Blade] on the ground. Several seconds later, he crouched down and gripped the [Omen Blood Blade] in his hand.

He hesitated no longer, narrowing his eyes toward the darkness.

Not even the Dark Night could conceal the Mountain Lord's savage, enormous body!

"Die!"

Gritting his teeth, he charged straight at the Mountain Lord!

Unlike his previous concealment, Yu Tiezhu poured out all his strength this time. Beneath his ragged clothes, his skin seemed coated in a layer of grayish-white paint, his muscles bulged, and his entire body grew three inches taller!

Seeing Yu Tiezhu charge over, the Mountain Lord did not rashly pounce. Instead, it leaped away and warily looked toward Wu Yu.

When it saw that Wu Yu was no longer swinging his arm, the Mountain Lord retreated another distance!

Amid the rocks, those strange stones of his could no longer be thrown at it!

"Die already!"

Yu Tiezhu roared madly, desperately drawing the Mountain Lord's attention as he wildly slashed with the [Omen Blood Blade].

At last, the Mountain Lord's brutal gaze fell upon him, a trace of mockery flashing through its tiger eyes.

It could not kill that stone-throwing human—could it not kill you?

"Roar!"

The Mountain Lord let out a roar and pounced impatiently.

Yu Tiezhu neither dodged nor evaded. With a heart set on death, he gripped the [Omen Blood Blade] tightly and pressed it against his upper body!

The Mountain Lord could not understand Yu Tiezhu's actions, but it had devoured countless people and did not care in the least about human weapons.

A foul stench rushed into his face. The Mountain Lord lunged before Yu Tiezhu and opened its blood-filled maw!

In the blink of an eye, the Mountain Lord swallowed Yu Tiezhu's upper body into its mouth.

But... it was as if the Mountain Lord had bitten into a stone, so hard that its expression froze.

"Roar—!"

Suddenly! The Mountain Lord howled in agony and flung the "stone" in its mouth away.

Blood streamed from its mouth, and great amounts of blood poured from its throat, making its bloodstained fangs look ever more savage.

Upon a rock not far away,

Wu Yu snapped his fingers.

Boom boom boom!!!

Explosions, and more explosions!

But this time, they were not little stones, but several [Bi Fang Sigils] engraved upon the [Omen Blood Blade].

Their combined might sent endless flames exploding within the Mountain Lord's body, and an aura of destruction descended without warning.

The Mountain Lord howled miserably, flames spewing from its mouth, its tiger eyes filled with despair and agony.

Bang—!

It had not actually died at once. Its enormous body went mad, smashing wildly about the surroundings.

Great trees were knocked down, massive rocks shattered, and a fierce gale swept through the area—the commotion was astonishing!

A Tiger Roar rang through the Dark Night, but this time, it contained only mournful cries.

The desperate Mountain Lord suddenly turned its head toward Wu Yu.

At the final moment, this monster that had killed countless people let out a mournful cry, then pounced with a resolute expression, crazed beyond measure!

Yet before it could draw near, it powerlessly crashed into a huge boulder.

Its enormous body convulsed incessantly as copious blood sprayed from its wounds.

"Grrr—!"

"Grrr—!"

Even the Mountain Lord's breathing carried a shocking stench of blood. More than ten seconds passed before it finally lay completely still.

The next moment,

The enormous vicious beast dissolved into light, leaving several cards scattered across the ground.

"..."

Wu Yu watched this calmly. He leaped down from the rock, but did not immediately pick up the cards.

Even though golden light flickered across them.

He walked over to Yu Tiezhu and saw that the man lay on the ground, unable to move. He was covered in blood, one eye shattered, with blood continually flowing from his nostrils, ears, and mouth.

"Won... we won?"

Yu Tiezhu seemed unable to see the person before him clearly. Trembling, he asked, "Wu... Wu Tian?"

"Yes, we won."

Wu Yu nodded.

"Won... winning is good!"

Yu Tiezhu tried to crawl up, but he could no longer feel his lower body.

He could not even lower his head to see whether his lower body had been severed. The whole world was blurry, as if he would fall asleep the next instant.

"I... I still need to go back."

Yu Tiezhu spoke tremblingly. "It's my daughter's birthday. I promised her."

"Little brother, you... help me with something!"

Before he could finish,

Wu Yu suddenly reached out and flicked a finger!

Whoosh—!

A pill flew into Yu Tiezhu's mouth.

The latter immediately became unable to speak and coughed several times.

"Don't spit it out."

Wu Yu turned away and said calmly, "The blue pill is a [Three-Treasure Vitality Pill]. You can't afford it."

"I don't know what your talent is, but you definitely won't die."

As his words fell,

He went to collect the spoils of battle.

The cards dropped by the bandits after their deaths, as well as the cards dropped by the Mountain Lord—he could not let a single one slip away.

Now... it was time to reap the harvest!

A short while later,

Wu Yu sat atop a rock, holding a huge pile of cards.

Under the faint moonlight, the panels of the cards revealed themselves one after another.

[Vitality Pill], [Silver], [Beast Meat]...

Wu Yu stored a large number of ordinary cards in his inventory.

There were also quite a few rarer cards, such as [Three-Treasure Vitality Pill], [One Hundred Taels of Silver], and [Blood-Replenishing Pill].

But the most important ones... were still the two cards glowing with golden light!

One of them was precisely what he had always wanted.

[Mountain Lord Soul]!