Bei Bei's already swollen right hand grew another size larger, purple arcs of lightning flickering around his right arm.
He fiercely swung a claw at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Rip!
His dragon claw tore five small gashes in the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's leg.
Bright red blood slowly trickled from the wounds.
That had been Bei Bei's all-out strike, and it had finally breached the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's defenses.
"Roar!"
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear roared at the sky, then turned its scarlet eyes toward the human at its feet.
It seemed this little bug had finally irritated it beyond its patience.
One enormous bear paw casually swatted downward.
Bei Bei's pupils contracted as he watched the rapidly descending paw. If that blow landed on him, he would really be off to meet his great-grandmother in the afterlife.
Following the guidance of Spiritual Detection Sharing, he hurriedly dodged in the best possible direction.
"Thank goodness for Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing. Otherwise..."
"ROAR!!!"
Before Bei Bei could breathe a sigh of relief, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear roared again.
That enormous bear paw came crashing toward him once more.
Its other paw sealed off every escape route, as though it intended to swat him dead on the spot.
As he looked at the two bear paws blotting out the sky, bitterness filled Bei Bei's eyes.
Simply dodging that earlier casual swat had taken everything he had, let alone this attack.
"Is this the gap between us? Xiao Ya, I'm afraid I'll never see you again."
"Brother Bei Bei, watch out!"
Huo Yuhao shouted anxiously. With Spiritual Detection Sharing, he had been calculating Bei Bei's escape routes all along.
His expression turned grim when he realized Bei Bei could not dodge this attack. Death was almost certain.
He cried out inwardly:
Brother Sky Dream, can you save Brother Bei?
Tian Meng replied lazily, "Why would you need me to save him? Take a look at that Yang kid beside you."
Huo Yuhao turned to look. Sure enough, Brother Yang, who had been standing beside him, had vanished.
Just as Bei Bei closed his eyes to await death.
A hearty laugh, tinged with teasing, reached his ears:
"Hey, hey, hey! It's not time to admit defeat yet!"
Bei Bei opened his eyes. What he saw nearly shattered everything he thought he knew.
The tall, slender, white-haired youth before him had extended a single finger and stopped the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's paw cold.
Although Bei Bei was stunned, he did not want to cause Yang Lin any trouble.
Using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he immediately darted out of the battle zone.
Yang Lin smiled as he watched Bei Bei swiftly retreat.
He had some combat sense, at least. He was not stupid enough to stand rooted to the spot in shock.
Having darted aside, Bei Bei gasped for breath, his footing still a little unsteady.
Huo Yuhao hurried over and helped support him.
"Brother Bei, are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Thank you, little junior brother."
Bei Bei gently patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder to reassure him.
Then he stared unblinkingly at the two combatants.
The shock in his eyes had not diminished in the slightest.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear swung its enormous paws more than a dozen times in succession with all its strength, yet the white-haired youth easily blocked every strike with a single finger.
The gusts stirred up by those swatting paws sent his white hair flying freely.
Throughout it all, the youth kept his other hand in his trouser pocket, looking utterly relaxed and at ease, as though this were effortless for him.
He gave the distinct impression of someone who remained immovable while raging winds and torrential rain battered him.
Yang Lin had taken showing off right down to his very bones.
That king-of-show-offs aura made Huo Yuhao's blood boil, his eyes brimming with admiration.
"Yes... that's right. This is what being the strongest looks like. Brother Yang really is the strongest, just like he said!"
"Yuhao, I'm not dreaming, am I?"
Bei Bei shook Huo Yuhao's arm. Was this fellow Yang Lin really only a three-ring Soul Elder?
Caught up in his excitement, Huo Yuhao did not hear a word Bei Bei said.
He kept muttering strange things like, "This is the strongest."
As Yang Xiu watched his emotional value skyrocket, the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily.
"Hey, don't blink. I'll show you something even more stunning."
Yang Xiu laughed loudly, and three Soul Rings slowly appeared beneath his feet.
Black, black, black!
Three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings!
The appearance of the first Soul Ring alone shocked Bei Bei all over again.
"His first Soul Ring is already ten thousand years old! And all three of his first rings are Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings? How is that possible?"
Yang Lin was very pleased with Bei Bei's shock.
He had forcibly absorbed these three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings through the sheer strength of his physique.
If his first three Soul Rings did not start at ten thousand years.
How could Yang Lin dare call himself the strongest?
"First Soul Skill, Cursed Technique Reversal-Red!"
A dazzling crimson glow instantly flared at Yang Lin's fingertip.
A surging repulsive force struck the giant beast's massive body head-on.
The five-meter-tall Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear instantly lost its balance.
Like a kite with its string snapped.
It hurtled straight backward.
"Holy shit, Wu Liuqi, you dumbass! When did you get behind it?"
Yang Lin tugged his sunglasses down slightly, his expression astonished.
Wu Liuqi stood stock-still right in the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's flight path.
The scissors in his hand still gave off specks of blue light.
"Damn it, weren't you the one who told me to ambush it? Qi-Controlled Scissors!"
Watching the enormous creature fly toward him, Wu Liuqi hurriedly increased his scissors' rotation speed.
He wanted to block it that way.
But it was clearly futile. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear seemed to know he was behind it.
With a casual swipe of its enormous paw, it sent Wu Liuqi and his scissors flying toward Huo Yuhao and the others.
While hurtling through the air from that slap, Wu Liuqi secretly flipped Yang Lin the middle finger.
"Main body, fuck you..."
Yang Lin muted him outright.
This fellow spent all day lounging around. Now he could finally earn him some emotional value.
The purpose of sending Wu Liuqi flying was simple.
It was to show Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao just how absurdly tough his body was.
Even after being swatted away by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, he could still bounce around full of life.
That would bring in another wave of emotional value.
In any case, this alternate account had a ridiculously thick health bar. One slap would not matter much.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear crashed into a mountainside, while Wu Liuqi slammed into a large tree nearby.
He smashed clean through the tree, snapping it.
"Brother Wu, are you all right?"
Bei Bei hurried over, his face full of concern. Could that slap have killed him?
"Ow, that hurts. Come give me a hand."
Wu Liuqi was embedded deep in the tree.
Upon hearing that strong, hearty voice, Bei Bei's worried face instantly turned expressionless...
Expressionlessly, he pulled him out of the tree.
Then, still expressionless, he watched him bounce around full of life...
There was nothing he could do. He had been shocked so much that he had gone numb.
Now here was someone who had taken a slap from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear head-on, apparently.
"Time to wrap this up... Hollow Technique-Purple."
Bei Bei turned his head expressionlessly to see what new surprise Yang Lin could bring him.
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