The Cave Demon Spider swung its legs, flinging the blood from its claws. Deep hatred showed in its enormous compound eyes.
The Soul Beast it had attacked was crimson all over, with fresh blood streaming down its scales, lending it an eerie scarlet beauty.
The two faced off for only an instant before the blood-drenched Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard charged forward, opening its jaws and biting down wildly!
The two giant Soul Beasts clashed fiercely. Dust flew everywhere as sharp spider legs collided with razor-sharp lizard claws. The air filled with blood and stench, and the ground was left in ruins.
"Cough, cough... Is this the true combat strength of a seven-hundred-year Soul Beast?"
Tang Yin's expression shifted slightly as she watched the chaotic scene at the center of the battlefield and murmured softly.
She had originally thought that more Soul Beasts were like those in the Jade Bamboo Grove—full of vitality but lacking offensive means. Yet from the looks of things, ordinary Soul Beasts were incredibly vicious when fighting each other. Every move was meant to take a life, and the oppressive pressure was immense!
"A seven-hundred-year Blood Lizard—perfect! Little Lin, isn't this exactly the Soul Beast you need?"
Watching the two Soul Beasts tangled in battle, Su Yan was wildly excited. It felt as though the Spirit Ring was already right before his eyes!
"Normally, dealing with a Soul Beast of this level would be difficult. Even finding one takes effort. But now, the Cave Demon Spider is helping us. We only need to seize the chance and reap the benefits!"
As he spoke, fur grew across Su Yan's body. One white, one yellow, and one purple Spirit Ring rose behind him in succession, while his gaze remained fixed on the two battling Soul Beasts.
If he had to fight the Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard one-on-one, he might have been somewhat wary. But if it was a Blood Lizard covered in wounds after a battle, he was completely confident he could handle it!
"But why are they fighting?"
Having never seen Soul Beasts fight each other, Tang Yin could not help asking curiously.
"They should be fighting over territory... or some resource. Cave Demon Spiders rarely take the initiative to attack. In a situation like this, the two must have an old grudge."
Yu Xiaogang stared at the battling Soul Beasts, yet an inexplicable unease stirred in his heart. He kept feeling that something was about to go wrong!
In the forest before them, great swaths of trees had already been snapped in half by the battle!
The aftershocks of the two Soul Beasts' melee had directly churned a stretch of woodland into bare ground!
The Cave Demon Spider twisted its abdomen, and a huge web spread over the Blood Lizard's body!
The pale web, blown by the wind, instantly hardened into an incomparably tough restraint! Like steel cables, it bit deeply into the Blood Lizard's scales, slicing open clumps of flesh!
However, with a single sweep of its sharp claws, the lizard severed part of the webbing. As for the strands embedded deep in its flesh, the already wounded creature paid them no heed, allowing them to inflict ever greater pain within its body!
The berserk Blood Lizard grew fiercer as it fought. Even as blood continued to pour from the wounds on its back, it seized the spider's front legs with both claws and tore violently, snapping the spider legs apart and ripping them straight from its torso!!
The intense pain briefly jolted the hatred-crazed Cave Demon Spider back to its senses.
It had wanted to use the advantage gained through its ambush to end the battle quickly, but it had never expected the badly wounded giant lizard to become even more terrifying, its strength far surpassing what it had displayed when they first met!
In its panic, the Cave Demon Spider opened its mouth to spit out a web and flee. But before it could do so, the red-eyed giant lizard bit off half its head, turning it into a puddle of mangled flesh in an instant!
In a direct confrontation, this six-hundred-year Cave Demon Spider, despite holding the advantage of striking first with an ambush, was still completely torn apart by the endlessly bleeding Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard!
Yet the victorious Blood Lizard showed none of a victor's joy. Instead, it grew even more frenzied. Not a trace of reason remained in its scarlet vertical pupils, while blood mist continuously sprayed from the wounds across its body, as if its rage had reached the utmost limit.
Thus, as it crazily turned its head to scan its surroundings, the four-person group from Nuoding Academy was quickly locked onto by its vertical pupils!
Without the slightest hesitation, it moved all four limbs and charged over in a berserk rush.
"Hmph, you've got some nerve!"
Su Yan sneered, activating his Soul Power. The third Spirit Ring behind his Ape Martial Soul lit up, and purple light blazed throughout the forest!
Facing this Blood Lizard, which hardly had a single patch of intact flesh left on its body, Su Yan, despite being an Agility Attack Type Soul Master, did not retreat even half a step!
"Third Soul Skill—Spirit Ape Sky-Hunting Claw!"
Pushing his Soul Power to its limit, Su Yan believed that against a severely injured Blood Lizard that had just endured a bloody battle, he could kill it in a single strike!
However, when he leaped into the air and collided with the Blood Lizard's claws, a terrifying force crashed into him, making his expression change drastically!!
Before he could react, before he could gather Soul Power to defend himself, that full-force strike comparable to one from a Millennium Soul Beast instantly sent him flying backward!
"Boom!"
Like a flung pebble, Su Yan's body shot through the air and slammed viciously into a tree trunk, knocking him unconscious at once!
"What?! Director Su Yan was taken out in one strike?! How is that possible?!!"
The violent unease in Yu Xiaogang's heart had come true. Trembling, he looked at the giant lizard snarling through clenched teeth. The two bulges on its back exploded in his mind like thunder from a clear sky!
"No, that's not right! This isn't a Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard. This is a Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard!!!"
The reason that terrifying pressure felt both familiar and unfamiliar to him was because that damned aura was dragon's might!!!
It was the dragon's might he had felt countless times throughout his childhood in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, yet had not felt for more than a decade!!
This Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard that had lurked underground had somehow obtained a trace of dragon blood! It had already reached the threshold of transformation and possessed terrifying strength far beyond that of an ordinary Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard!
The racial trait of Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizards, which made them stronger the longer they fought, had become even more terrifying under the stimulation of that trace of dragon blood. Though it now appeared to be on its last breath and covered in blood, it was still enough to rival a Millennium Soul Beast!!
Yu Xiaogang's face went pale as he said in utter horror, "Its current strength is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with a Millennium Soul Beast!"
"No shit! At a time like this, did you really need to tell us that?!"
Cursing through gritted teeth, Lin Yue instantly activated Martial Soul Possession, and his left arm turned scarlet!
"Why didn't you say that before Teacher Su Yan went in?! This damned lizard actually has dragon blood in it??"
The Cave Demon Spider had been so resentful and enraged—could it have been after this opportunity to evolve through that trace of bloodline?
This creature was practically the complete opposite of the Jade Bamboo Spirit from before. One possessed astonishing survivability, while this Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard had terrifying offensive power. It had almost entirely abandoned defense; even covered in wounds, it still charged forward without hesitation!!
As if awakened by Lin Yue's curses, Yu Xiaogang looked at the two children preparing to fight, gritted his teeth, and roared:
"Fart Like Thunder! Shake Heaven and Split Earth, Luo Sanpao!"
A fat, stupid-looking purple pig solidified from the phantom behind him and leaped to Yu Xiaogang's side, turning its rear toward the giant lizard whose bloodlust surged into the air!
"Xiao San, run! You have to survive!"
Yu Xiaogang clenched his teeth and stepped forward, placing himself in front of the girl.
Even facing the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard head-on, even though his legs trembled, he did not retreat a single step.
He had cowered for his entire life, but before Xiao San—the only one who could wash away the humiliation of half his life—he could not afford to miss another chance!
"Xiao San, run. Leave alive, become a Titled Douluo, become the strongest person on this continent!"
"I don't need anything. I only hope that when your name resounds across the continent, you can tell Yu Yuanzhen, the clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, that his son Yu Xiaogang is not trash! He raised the strongest person on the continent!"
After saying this with a trembling voice, Yu Xiaogang swung his arm and threw the Spatial Soul Tool at his waist to the bewildered Tang Yin.
Feeling the lingering warmth of the belt in her hands, the girl's eyes trembled. But in the next instant—
"Lin Yue! If you're still a man, stand beside me and help Xiao San buy time to escape!"
The moment those words left his mouth, Tang Yin's slightly moved expression turned icy. She immediately threw away the belt in her hand with the disgust one would show toward trash!
That damned Yu Xiaogang actually wanted to drag Brother Lin down with him! He was truly courting death! He deserved to die!!
Even killing him a thousand times would not be enough!!!