On the clear, tranquil Hidden Star Lake, a herd of Savage-Horned Rhinoceros are drinking water. Their iron-gray skin gleams with a metallic sheen, their T-shaped horns are rough and powerful, their limbs are strong and well-developed, and they occasionally let out thunderous sneezes.
If you were hit by one of these behemoths at full force, broken bones and torn tendons would be the least of your worries; ordinary tanks would be no match for them.
Even such a powerful creature can only occupy the middle of the food chain around Hidden Star Lake.
call!--
A dark shadow flashed by, descending from the sky like a bolt of lightning, and pounced on the herd of Savage-Horned Rhinoceros.
Tear!
With a sweeping claw, the air was easily torn in two, and several black claw beams effortlessly pierced through the body of the Savage-Horned Rhinoceros, landing on the calm lake surface with undiminished force, stirring up violent ripples.
Moo!
The Savage-Horned Rhinoceros scattered and fled, their small, amber-colored eyes filled with fear. Despite their numerical advantage, they showed no intention of resisting.
At this moment, the shadowy figure was fully revealed: a black panther.
It is about 4 meters long and only a little over 1 meter tall. It is completely black, even its pupils are black, and it looks like an ordinary leopard.
In reality, this is a Tier Seven dark-type magical beast called the Nightblade Leopard. It is an agile hunter with extremely strong attack power and incredible speed. Before Gustavo's arrival, it was one of the four overlords around Hidden Star Lake.
With a gentle wag of its tail, the Nightblade Leopard gracefully walked to the Savage-Horned Rhinoceros, which had been cut into pieces. It extended its sharp claws, picked up a piece of still-pulsating entrails, and put it in its mouth. The fresh and tender texture made it squint its eyes and let out a contented purr. It then naturally lay down by the lake and began to eat.
Having long dominated the Hidden Star Lake area, this Nightblade Leopard wasn't particularly wary.
Gustavo kept a low profile for the past two weeks and never caused any trouble; things were peaceful.
The Ironback Azure Bear perished in the cave, its movements completely sealed off by spider silk, and the other three high-ranking magical beasts were unaware of this news.
Even if the Ironback Azure Bear didn't go out hunting for half a month, they didn't become wary, because this big, clumsy bear normally only went out once every few months.
He's a homebody anyway, and not showing up for a mere two weeks isn't going to cause any trouble.
Seeing this, Gustavo, who had been secretly observing, breathed a sigh of relief.
If the Nightblade Leopard is like this, the other two Tier Seven magical beasts should be in much the same boat. It seems my previous worries were unnecessary.
"You seem to be enjoying your food?" Gustavo muttered, then spat out strands of spider silk, silently enveloping the area from all sides.
The earth, sky, grass, and lake water, within a dozen seconds, had formed a vast cage.
At this moment, the Nightblade Leopard finally sensed something was wrong, leaped up from the ground, and its figure gradually faded and disappeared.
Shadow Flash, the Nightblade Leopard's mobility ability, belongs to the shadow element. It allows it to leap hundreds of meters in an instant, making it difficult for physical attacks to hit it while it's moving. With just this one talent, the Nightblade Leopard is already quite troublesome.
Unfortunately, this Nightblade Leopard encountered a more sophisticated and formidable opponent today.
"The Air-Stasis Corridor!"
Gustavo activated his control skill; the spider silk trembled, and the air solidified, as if water had turned into solidified amber.
The Nightblade Leopard, which had been hiding in the shadows, was suddenly forced out and revealed itself.
"Roar!" The Nightblade Leopard cautiously surveyed its surroundings, sensing the terrifying pressure emanating from all directions and the spiderwebs that covered the surrounding hundreds of meters. It felt as if it were facing a formidable enemy.
"Who is it?" Nightblade Leopard asked, also in Warcraft language. He already had a guess, but wasn't sure.
Gustavo ignored it, leaping out with his nine-meter-tall body and pouncing down on the Nightblade Leopard. At the same time, he also activated his Gravity Control to the extreme, applying a force of 107 times the gravity to the Nightblade Leopard.
Such terrifying gravity even distorted the air, forming faint black lines that blurred vision.
Facing all of this, the Nightblade Leopard stumbled and almost fell to the ground. However, it was, after all, Tier Seven magical beast with a constitution attribute of over 61 points. Having undergone two transformations, its body was strong enough that it wouldn't be completely immobilized by the pressure.
Even so, the Nightblade Leopard's movements were severely restricted.
The combination of a 107x gravity field and Air-Stasis Corridor reduces the Nightblade Leopard's agility by at least 70%.
Gustavo, however, remained completely unaffected.
As the eight bladed legs approached the Nightblade Leopard, they unleashed a frenzied barrage of slashes, unleashing a torrent of gleaming blade light that instantly transformed into a meat grinder.
The Nightblade Leopard growled, its eyes shooting out two beams of dark elemental energy, attempting to force Gustavo back.
However, Gustavo, who possessed the Thorn Iron Armor, didn't even think about defense. In fact, he wanted to test the strength of this thorny armor.
Bang!!
The dark elemental ray struck the Thorn Iron Armor, exploding violently as elemental particles flew through the air, leaving an inconspicuous black mark on the armor.
Not only that, but some of the attacks were also deflected, hitting the Nightblade Leopard directly in the right eye. The panther never expected its attacks to bounce back, and it suffered a great loss, its eye injured, and it let out a miserable howl.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gustavo launched an even more ferocious attack. Before long, the heavily wounded Nightblade Leopard collapsed to the ground, barely alive.
Gustavo stepped forward, his eerie green eyes filled with indifference. Ignoring the pleas in the other's eyes, he plunged his blade down, ripped out the heart, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it greedily.
Just like the Nightblade Leopard before!