Powerful, Bizarre, Fragile
If Zhang Xuezhou had not returned to Qinmeng, his concept of ferocious beasts would still be limited to their enormous size.
This is also the impression of many Sequence Holder. Qin Meng's ferocious beasts are enormous. Even the giant ant beasts hunted by the Thousand Islands Alliance are half a person tall, thousands of times larger than their normal form.
These ferocious beasts experienced a massive physical transformation, with their strength and resilience increasing to near-limit levels. Combined with their original biological characteristics, they became the overlords of the Qinmeng region.
The vulture beast could sweep away Zhao Tianhua's sword and had a body as strong as a protective layer, so Zhang Xuezhou and the others initially thought that the beast was quite special.
When he and Wang Haoran failed to break the eyeball of the upright-walking ferocious tiger, and there was this ferocious beast with the ability to control minds, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his concept of ferocious beasts was constantly being adjusted.
"Was it the fire meteor that triggered the beast tide, causing the ferocious beasts from the black and red areas to flee to the outer perimeter? Were these beasts always capable of these abilities, or are they also constantly evolving and changing?"
Zhang Xuezhou could accept the ferocity of the beast, but he still found it somewhat unbelievable.
He had been influenced by another world and knew very well that powerful demons with lineages and those without were completely different.
The former can use demonic arts, while the latter mostly only have physical strength. They also rely on some of the special abilities of living beings. If they are lucky, they can refine demonic artifacts and have a small chance of developing related demonic arts.
Jin Wanliang was a typical example of this lack of inheritance. He lacked human form and demonic arts, but he was lucky enough to refine the toad skin into a demonic treasure. His cultivation was not low, but he could not do anything to Zhang Zhong and Lady Yourong, who had served as a squad leader in the Northern Army, for the time being.
In the orthodox Demon Race system, Jin Wanliang's performance is a disgrace to the Demon Race, but this is the situation of a demon race that lacks a great successor.
They were no different from the nomads in the border regions near the Western Kunlun; they were all human, yet the difference between them and the people of Chang'an, the Chang'an City of the Great Han, was like heaven and earth.
The Qinmeng Ruins can be simply and directly identified as a demon region, and the ferocious beasts are the great demons native to this area.
It's understandable that some native demons, lacking any lineage, occasionally possess powerful abilities, but Zhang Xuezhou couldn't comprehend the sheer frequency of these encounters.
He intimidated and subdued Cai Guoli, then looked at the hairless tiger-skinned beast that was lingering outside his area of control.
In the brief exchange, the ferocious beast was terrifyingly perceptive, having already figured out the range of Zhang Xuezhou's intimidation and suppression. Instead of rushing in rashly, it lingered in the safe zone, as if searching for an opportunity to intervene.
It wasn't until Wang Haoran lost control of the flying blade, causing a corner of a protruding rock in the area where the beast was located to be sheared off, that the beast leaped up and fixed its gaze on Wang Haoran.
"This ferocious beast is strange!"
It was only at this moment that Wang Haoran fully regained his senses.
How could there be such a ferocious beast in Qinmengli?
Recalling what Zhang Xuezhou had said before, Wang Haoran couldn't help but look shocked.
Although they are relatively safe at the moment, if a single person were to encounter such a ferocious beast, all their strength and fighting skills would be rendered useless, and they would be easily destroyed by the beast while in a daze.
Chimmon Hagrid's misfortune may be related to this ferocious beast.
"The mosasaur and mammoth that Old Ren was looking for were enormous creatures that naturally possessed an aura that could intimidate other lower-level creatures. But this is just a hairless tiger. Its size is even smaller than that of a normal tiger, and it doesn't look particularly fierce," Wang Haoran said, puzzled.
"Perhaps it has other forms!"
Zhang Xuezhou murmured something.
Their conversation wasn't entirely nonsensical; the mental battle was intangible yet rapid. This kind of conflict erupted far more quickly than a physical fight. This was a period of adjustment and observation, and rapid communication was beneficial for both sides to understand each other's information and find the right solution.
After a brief exchange, Wang Haoran also took a few steps back, then reached out and grabbed, pulling the flying blade back using the controller of the gene weapon.
Having worked with Sequence Holder like Ren Yisheng, who excel at intimidation, for many years, Wang Haoran simply copied them, temporarily defining the ferocious beast as a similar Sequence object.
The throwing blade in his hand spun wildly, emitting sharp whistling sounds.
Once it was aimed at the ferocious beast, which was still locked in a stalemate, the flying blade whistled away.
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
The number was quickly read out by Wang Haoran, but before Zhang Xuezhou could step forward to intimidate him, the hairless beast with tiger skin had already leaped back.
As if wary of Wang Haoran's flying blade, the ferocious beast roared at Wang Haoran after leaping out.
"This beast might not be as strong as the previous one, I'll give it a try and chase it!"
Zhang Xuezhou's eyes lit up as Wang Haoran began to control the flying blade with a low shout.
The flying blade emitted a piercing sound, and while spinning and cutting, it also changed direction, chasing after the ferocious beast once again.
"Roar!"
With another roar, the ferocious beasts retreated once more.
"It's not just physically weaker, it's also afraid of my teamwork!"
Zhang Xuezhou glanced around, looked up from among the rocks, and then jumped forward and ran a few steps.
As if knowing that Zhang Xuezhou's intimidation and suppression would cause a brief moment of distraction, or perhaps because this ferocious beast had partnered with other ferocious beasts and was well aware that such coordinated combat would bring high risks, the beast suddenly retreated the moment Zhang Xuezhou leaped out.
As soon as Zhang Xuezhou shouted and ran forward, Wang Haoran also leaped forward. This ferocious beast, like a dog that was all bark and no bite, then fled in a panic.
"You bastard, don't run away!"
Wang Haoran shouted.
They were being chased by ferocious beasts one minute, and then they scared the beasts away the next. This reversal left Wang Haoran speechless.
But Wang Haoran finally felt relieved. Not all the ferocious beasts in Qin Mengzhong were made of iron; some were also fragile. If he and Zhang Xuezhou worked together properly, they might be able to subdue these fragile beasts.
He reached out and kept pulling and gesturing, and the flying blade fell like a meteor, immediately causing the fleeing ferocious beast to let out a painful roar, tumbling several times in the rocky forest, before running away madly.
With just a few leaps, the ferocious beast's figure was reduced to a silhouette before quickly disappearing into the forest, leaving only a few painful roars to guide its way.
"You're lucky, you only got a cut on your butt!"
Wang Haoran reached out and pulled, and the bloodstained flying blade flew back more than 300 meters away.
Compared to the previous attack that only injured the beast's eyes, this time the flying blade dealt extremely high damage, cutting a wound at least twenty centimeters long.
Gene Fighting Technique are generally less effective in long-range combat. Apart from the minor achievement of injuring a ferocious beast's eye, Wang Haoran previously attacked a giant bird-like beast, but only by using 'Martial Cry' to strike its beak and inflict some damage.
He succeeded in his attack, fully assessing the strength of this ferocious beast's body.
If a comparison were to be made, Wang Haoran felt that Zhou Rihui, who was somewhat similar to the Fourth Sequence stage, or most Fifth Sequence body refiners and a small number of Sixth Sequence practitioners, did not possess the factors of a resistance layer.
He thought about it and even felt that the escaped ferocious beast was extremely similar to Zhang Xuezhou.
"Powerful, eerie, fragile!"
Wang Haoran rattled off several adjectives, essentially defining the hairless, tiger-skinned beast.
Seeing that the ferocious beast had fled far away and there was no longer any high-risk threat nearby, he turned his gaze back to Zhang Xuezhou, and then looked at Cai Guoli, who was roaring and howling on the ground.
Wang Haoran's expression changed slightly; he was momentarily at a loss as to how to deal with Cai Guoli, who was lost in a daze and unable to regain his senses.