"Awooo-!!!"
The roar was deafening, carrying sky-high fury and icy killing intent as tangible sound waves crashed toward him! The air exploded behind him, and a spine-chilling numbness instantly enveloped his entire body-a sign of highly concentrated lightning power!
The Thunderhorn Zheng was too fast!
Faster than Ling Feng had anticipated!
Its fury at being toyed with made it unleash two hundred percent of its strength! Purple lightning tore through the air, and almost the instant Ling Feng heard its roar, that deadly threat was already closing on the center of his back!
Life and death hung by a thread!
At that moment, Ling Feng's fingertips were only an inch away from the crystalline Dragon Blood Orchid!
Should he abandon the sign-in and dodge immediately? Or stake his life on completing the sign-in first?
In that flash of lightning and sparks, a trace of madness and resolve flashed through Ling Feng's eyes!
There's only one chance! Giving up means all my efforts go down the drain! Not only would I lose the reward, I'd also completely enrage this Thousand-Year Soul Beast, making my chances of survival even slimmer under its furious pursuit!
I'm going for it!
Sign in!
Ling Feng roared inwardly, recklessly pressing his fingertips against the Dragon Blood Orchid's cool, jade-like leaf!
And at that very instant!
"Ding! Special sign-in location detected-[Site of the Titan's Fall · Dragon Blood Orchid]! Sign-in successful!" "Congratulations, host! Reward obtained: [Purple Demon Eye] (system-improved version; requires no foundation in Mysterious Heaven Skill and can be cultivated directly to perfection)!"
An immense, pure torrent of information poured into Ling Feng's mind, like wisdom being poured straight into his head! It contained not only the cultivation method for Purple Demon Eye, but also countless profound principles and insights into the use of mental power and visual enhancement! It was as though he had spent decades immersed in this supreme art!
At the same time, a cool stream of Qi arose from the ancestral aperture between his brows and rapidly flowed into his eyes!
Hum!
Ling Feng felt a slight sting and aching pressure in his eyes, and then the world became clearer than ever before! The previously dim forest clearing was now as bright as day in his eyes! The veins of distant leaves, the dust drifting through the air, even the minute paths of the electrical arcs dancing over the Thunderhorn Zheng's scales-he could see them all with perfect clarity!
Dynamic vision, static vision, field of view, perception... everything had improved!
This was Purple Demon Eye! And it was a system-improved Purple Demon Eye, directly instilled at the realm of perfection!
Yet before he could take in this tremendous surprise, the shadow of death had already descended!
Boom-crack!!!
A silver bolt of lightning as thick as a child's arm lashed down from behind like the Thunder God's whip! It moved far faster than sound! This was the Thunderhorn Zheng's innate Soul Skill-Lightning Strike!
Before this, Ling Feng would never have been able to dodge it! He could only have relied on the Clear Sky Hammer to withstand it head-on, ending up either dead or crippled!
But now!
With Purple Demon Eye's enhancement, the lightning that had previously been so fast it left only an afterimage slowed just a fraction in Ling Feng's vision! Though it was still incredibly fast, he caught its descending trajectory and that infinitesimal margin of advance warning!
Left!
His body's instincts moved faster than thought! Ling Feng kicked hard against the ground, unleashing Improved Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at full force as he forcibly twisted and shifted sideways to the left, his body seemingly boneless!
Sizzle-!
The lightning struck almost flush against his right sleeve! The violent lightning power instantly carbonized the fabric, and a searing sting shot through him as his right arm went numb!
A large, charred crater blasted open in the ground, sending dirt flying!
He had dodged it!
By the narrowest of margins!
Ling Feng broke out in a cold sweat, but his movements never paused. Riding the momentum of his dodge, he rolled forward while his right hand reached unhesitatingly for the Dragon Blood Orchid!
The sign-in's complete, but I can't leave this heavenly treasure to that beast either!
Snap!
He uprooted the Dragon Blood Orchid and swiftly stuffed it into his robes (in reality, storing it in Xiao Li's storage ring). It was cool to the touch, and an unusual fragrance filled his nose.
"Roar!!!"
Seeing the treasure it guarded stolen, the Thunderhorn Zheng went completely mad! Every scale on its body stood on end, and the lightning on its single horn gathered into a dazzling sphere. Its four limbs drove against the ground, cracking the earth, and its massive body charged straight at Ling Feng with destructive force!
A Thousand-Year Soul Beast's bodily charge, combined with lightning power, packed the might of a small meteorite!
I can't take that head-on!
Ling Feng's scalp prickled. Purple Demon Eye locked onto every movement of the Thunderhorn Zheng's muscles, predicting the course of its charge!
One second before the Thunderhorn Zheng struck him, Ling Feng slid diagonally backward like a swimming fish. At the same time, the Clear Sky Hammer instantly appeared in his left hand, and his First Soul Ring lit up!
Earth-Shaking Blast!
But instead of striking the Thunderhorn Zheng, he slammed it viciously into the ground beside him!
Boom!
The ground shook violently, and dirt mixed with broken stones shot skyward, forming a brief curtain of dust that obscured the view!
At the same time, the recoil propelled Ling Feng backward even faster, carrying him past the Thunderhorn Zheng!
The Thunderhorn Zheng smashed headfirst through the dust, only to find its target gone. It reared up in fury, wildly swiping its sharp claws as lightning shot in every direction, scorching the surrounding trees black.
Ling Feng landed and stumbled, the blood and Qi within him churning. Although he had avoided the head-on collision, the powerful wind and residual lightning stirred up by the Thousand-Year Soul Beast still left him suffering.
He dared not linger for even an instant, turning to flee deeper into the dense forest!
Now isn't the time to fight! With the reward and Dragon Blood Orchid secured, staying alive comes first!
"Roar, roar, roar!"
The Thunderhorn Zheng's eyes went completely red. Locking onto Ling Feng's presence, it galloped after him on all fours, refusing to let up! Wherever it passed, lightning raged and trees shattered, like a moving natural disaster!
Man and beast, one fleeing and one pursuing, vanished into the depths of the dense forest in an instant.
In the empty forest clearing, only the ravaged battlefield, that large, charred crater, and the silent skeleton of the Titan Giant Ape remained.
Ling Feng pushed his speed to the limit, combining Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track with Purple Demon Eye's perception to weave through the complex terrain, trying to shake off the pursuit behind him.
But the Thousand-Year Soul Beast's tracking ability and speed were simply too formidable!
At this rate, it'll catch me sooner or later!
I have to think of something!
His gaze swept over the dark forest ahead.