With that, Shen Fei said no more.
He drove his soul force to its limit, channeling all his darkness spiritual power into his eyes.
Black mist slowly drifted from the corners of his eyes, spreading along his cheeks until it covered half his face.
His pupils turned completely spectral green. The air currents around him and the slightest tremors in the Black Gold Giant Bear's muscles all registered clearly in his mind.
The next instant, he kicked off the ground and leaped with the aid of shadow power. Raising the bladed forelimbs of both arms high, he brought them down head-on toward the Black Gold Giant Bear's skull with a shrill sound that tore through the air.
The Black Gold Giant Bear growled. Neither dodging nor retreating, he raised his right paw, clenched it into an iron fist, and smashed it straight into the descending blades.
Boom! Blades and beast claw collided head-on. A black shock wave exploded outward, throwing the yellow earth several feet into the air.
Shen Fei felt an irresistible surge of force rush through his arms and into his body, sending waves of numbness through his meridians.
He flew backward like a kite with its string severed. His feet scraped two deep furrows into the ground, and he retreated a full twenty meters before barely steadying himself.
He swallowed down the bloody sweetness in his throat and looked toward the top of the slope. The Black Gold Giant Bear still stood in the same spot, utterly unmoved, with only two faint white marks on his claws.
Peak Black Gold Rank Four-Star.
Shen Fei now understood exactly what he faced. With an entire major rank between them, he had no chance of winning a head-on clash.
But he did not retreat.
He charged again. This time, rather