Chapter 414: Undead vs. Ferocious beast
"Boom!"
Following the fall of this roar, the entire dense forest shook violently.
Towering ancient trees snapped and broke with a deafening crash, their thick trunks seemingly smashed apart by some terrifying force. Wood chips flew everywhere, and the ground cracked open into hideous ravines.
The next moment, a colossal, mountain-like dark golden figure stepped out from the depths of the forest.
It was a giant bear, over ten meters tall, its body covered in dark golden fur. Each strand of hair was as hard as a steel needle, gleaming with a cold metallic luster. Its arms were extremely thick with bulging muscles, seemingly containing the power to tear apart mountains.
The most terrifying part was its pair of giant claws. Each sharp claw was as long as a scimitar and extremely keen; as the tips lightly brushed through the air, they produced a harsh, tearing sound.
Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Xiong Jun.
One of the true top-tier Ferocious beast of the Star Dou Great Forest.
As soon as it appeared, a terrifying aura of ferocity swept across the surroundings like a tsunami. The fleeing Soul Beasts, hearing its roar, seemed to have found their backbone once again and fled behind it.
Xiong Jun stared fixedly at Tang San.
In its eyes, the rage almost materialized.
Along the way, it had seen too many corpses.
The corpses of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts lay in the forest, their beast Martial Souls extracted, their life Origins stolen. Countless ancient trees withered, the earth turned black, and the air was filled with the corrupt Rakshasa Death Qi left behind by Rakshasa Divine Power.
This was a trampling of the Star Dou Great Forest, and even more so, a massacre of the Soul Beast clan.
"Human."
Xiong Jun's voice was deep like thunder.
"You dare to be presumptuous in the Star Dou Great Forest? Today, I will tear you into pieces!"
Tang San stood on a withered giant tree, looking down at Xiong Jun without a hint of fear on his face. On the contrary, he smiled.
"Xiong Jun."
"One of the Ferocious beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, King of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan."
"You finally decided to come out."
Xiong Jun's pupils constricted.
"You know me?"
Tang San slowly raised the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe.
"Of course I do."
"You are exactly who I have been waiting for."
As his words fell, the rage in Xiong Jun's eyes grew even more intense.
How could it not understand now? Tang San's massacre of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts was not just to devour their Origins, but to force them, the Ferocious beast of the core area, to appear.
"Good, very good!"
Xiong Jun laughed in extreme anger.
"Since you came for me, let's see if you have the life to take it!"
Boom!
Xiong Jun took a step, and the ground instantly collapsed. Its massive body erupted with a terrifying speed completely disproportionate to its size, arriving in front of Tang San in the blink of an eye.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw was raised high, and five dark golden claw beams tore through the sky, carrying a terrifying sharpness capable of slicing mountains, slashing down towards Tang San's head.
If this strike were to land on an ordinary Titled Douluo, it would absolutely tear them and their Martial Soul apart. But Tang San only smiled coldly; he did not even retreat.
From within the black mist, a burly figure suddenly rushed out.
The Undead Dai Mubai had a gray-white White Tiger phantom condensing behind him, his claws also erupting with death Soul Power as he met Xiong Jun's Dark Gold Terrorclaw.
"Boom!"
The moment the two forces collided, the entire valley shook.
The Undead Dai Mubai's arms were almost twisted on the spot, his chest was torn open with several deep cracks by the claw beams, and his whole body was sent flying backward, smashing heavily into the forest.
However, he did not scream.
There was no pain, not even a pause. As the gray-white Death Qi surged, he actually stood up again, his shattered body forcibly stitched together by Rakshasa Divine Power.
A flash of surprise and suspicion crossed Xiong Jun's eyes.
"Undead Puppet?"
Tang San said indifferently:
"The dead are more useful than the living."
"They do not know fear, they will not betray, and they do not cry out in pain."
Xiong Jun roared.
"Despicable!"
It lunged forward to kill again.
But this time, the Undead Zhao Wuji and the Undead Tai Long attacked simultaneously from the left and right.
Behind the Undead Zhao Wuji, the phantom of the Diamond Bear roared, fists slamming toward Xiong Jun's waist. The Undead Tai Long, with his whole body surging with earthy-yellow Death Qi, had his Power Ape Martial Soul condense into a gray-white giant ape, colliding with Xiong Jun from the other side.
Two power-type Undeads attacked in a pincer movement, their momentum extremely shocking.
Xiong Jun, however, was not afraid in the slightest.
It swept its arms horizontally.
The dark golden claw beams erupted in a fan shape.
"Bang! Bang!"
The Undead Zhao Wuji and the Undead Tai Long were blasted away simultaneously, their bodies showing large cracks in mid-air. But before Xiong Jun could continue its attack, gray-green flames suddenly descended from the sky.
The Undead Ma Hongjun spread his wings, his Nether Phoenix flames turning into a sea of fire, pressing down upon Xiong Jun's head.
"Get lost!"
Xiong Jun roared up at the sky.
It tore upward with its Dark Gold Terrorclaw, ripping through the gray-green sea of fire, but some of the Nether flames still landed on it, beginning to corrode its fur and skin.
The flames did not just burn the Physical Body; they also carried Undead Death Qi, attempting to corrode its life Origin.
Xiong Jun's eyes turned cold, its Ferocious beast Soul Power erupted from within, and it forcibly shook the flames away.
But in that split second, the Undead Xiao Wu had already appeared behind it.
The Soft Bones Rabbit Martial Soul activated.
The Undead Xiao Wu's body twisted eerily, her legs wrapping around Xiong Jun's arm like chains.
Xiong Jun reacted extremely quickly, shaking violently, its massive Soul Power directly forcing the Undead Xiao Wu back. But the Undead Xiao Wu used the force to flip, landing on the other side by brushing against its claw edge.
Xiong Jun finally realized that these Undead, individually, could not threaten it.
But when they coordinated, they were extremely troublesome.
They did not fear death, nor did they fear injury.
Nor would they lose their Battle Intent due to heavy damage.
Furthermore, Tang San had not truly made a move yet.
He was waiting, waiting for Xiong Jun to reveal a flaw. Just as Xiong Jun was entangled by several Undead, on the other side of the forest, a soft, emerald-green light quietly lit up.
That light was like spring rain falling on withered soil; wherever it passed, the plants that had been eroded by Rakshasa Death Qi began to slowly recover a trace of vitality.
Some Soul Beasts that had not yet completely died, under the shroud of the emerald-green light, began to have their wounds heal, and their breathing gradually stabilized.
A giant swan, entirely emerald-green with long, slender wings, slowly appeared from the forest.
She did not have the fierce aura of Xiong Jun.
What she had was an extremely gentle aura of life.
Emerald Swan, Bi Ji.
Looking at the Soul Beasts injured and dead all over the ground, her eyes were filled with compassion and anger.
"Human."
"You have already killed too many."
"Stop."
Tang San's gaze shifted from Xiong Jun to Bi Ji.
In that instant, the greed in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal.
"Such a rich life Origin."
"Bi Ji."
"The strongest healing-type Ferocious beast of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"You finally came out too."
Bi Ji's expression changed slightly.
Xiong Jun also suddenly turned around at this moment.
It finally understood.
Tang San was not just trying to force it out.
Bi Ji was also his target.
Because as long as there were a large number of Soul Beasts injured in the Star Dou Great Forest, Bi Ji could not sit idly by. From the very beginning, Tang San had calculated this point.
"You intentionally severely injured those Soul Beasts?"
Bi Ji's voice turned cold for the first time.
Tang San smiled indifferently and said:
"Correct."
"If I didn't injure them like this, how would you come out?"
"Xiong Jun's killing Origin is suitable for condensing my Rakshasa Divine Suit."
"And your life Origin can be used to nourish the Undead body of Xiao Wu."
Speaking up to here, he looked down at the Undead Xiao Wu beside him, a flash of morbid tenderness appearing in his eyes.
"Xiao Wu needs you very much."
Anger surged in Bi Ji's eyes.
"You are already insane."
Tang San's smile vanished, his voice icy.
"Insane?"
"Once I resurrect Xiao Wu, once I achieve the Rakshasa God Position, who would still dare to call me insane?"
As his words fell, he raised his hand.
"Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo."
"Take down Bi Ji."
From within the black mist, three figures moved simultaneously.
The Undead Bibi Dong stepped out first.
Behind her, the phantoms of the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Eating Spider Emperor appeared simultaneously, eight spider legs opening like sharp blades, and black-purple spider silk covered the sky and earth as it entangled toward Bi Ji.
In the palm of the Undead Chrysanthemum Douluo, the withered Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum bloomed, and countless black-golden petals spun out, turning into a rain of blade-like flowers, slicing toward the protective barrier around Bi Ji.
The Undead Ghost Douluo merged directly into the shadows, approaching silently from the ground.
Bi Ji spread her wings.
An emerald-green light barrier instantly rose.
The spider silk landed on the barrier, making sizzling sounds as it was constantly purified by the life force.
The black-gold petals slashed against the barrier, bursting with dense sparks.
But after all, Bi Ji was not a combat-type Ferocious beast.
She was best at healing and recovery. Facing the siege of three Titled Douluo-level Undead, although she could temporarily defend, it was difficult for her to actively counterattack.
Even worse, she had to divide her attention to heal the surrounding Soul Beasts.
Tang San saw this point.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Ma Hongjun."
In mid-air, the Undead Ma Hongjun spread his wings.
The gray-green Nether Phoenix flames swept down again, the target not being Bi Ji, but the heavily injured Soul Beasts that had just been saved by Bi Ji.
Bi Ji's expression changed suddenly.
"Stop!"
She had to divert a large amount of life force, turning it into emerald-green light rain to cover those Soul Beasts.
The Nether Phoenix flames collided with the life light rain, producing a harsh corrosive sound.
Bi Ji's barrier instantly weakened, and the Undead Ghost Douluo seized the opportunity, emerging from the shadow behind her, a black ghost hand striking directly at her back.
Bi Ji turned suddenly, sweeping her wings and forcing the Ghost Douluo back, but the Undead Bibi Dong's spider silk had already gathered from all directions, instantly entangling one of her wings.
The Undead Chrysanthemum Douluo's flower blades followed closely, cutting a crack in the emerald-green barrier.
Bi Ji groaned, her body retreating several zhang.
Seeing this scene, Xiong Jun's eyes instantly turned crimson.
"Bi Ji!"
It roared wildly, the dark golden light within its body completely erupting.
A terrifying Ferocious beast pressure swept across the surroundings.
The several Undead—Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and Tai Long—were simultaneously forced back.
Xiong Jun crossed its claws, the terrifying power of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw condensing to the extreme.
"Dark Gold Terrorclaw!"
"Boom!"
Ten claw beams crisscrossed, forcibly tearing through the Undead encirclement.
Half of the Undead Dai Mubai's body was torn open.
The Undead Zhao Wuji's chest collapsed.
The Undead Tai Long's arm was severed.
The Undead Xiao Wu was also struck by the claw beams and sent flying backward.
Xiong Jun took the opportunity to rush toward Bi Ji's direction.
But Tang San had already been waiting for this moment.
On the ground beneath his feet, purple-black array patterns suddenly lit up.
Those array patterns had not just appeared.
Rather, Tang San had secretly laid them down while massacring the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
The blood of the Soul Beasts, the resentment of the ten-thousand-year beast Martial Souls, and the Death Qi of the Rakshasa Divine Power together formed a huge Rakshasa God-Trapping Formation.
The moment the Formation lit up, countless ghostly green chains shot out from the ground.
They wrapped around Xiong Jun's limbs, waist, abdomen, and claws like poisonous snakes.
Xiong Jun roared, its Dark Gold Terrorclaw frantically tearing at the chains.
But after the chains shattered, they actually re-condensed from the Death Qi.
Furthermore, each chain was devouring the life Origin within its body.
Xiong Jun's movements suddenly stalled.
Tang San slowly stepped down from the giant tree through the air.
"Xiong Jun."
"You are too impatient."
"The more angry you are, the more flaws you reveal."
Xiong Jun stared fixedly at Tang San.
"Despicable!"
Tang San said coldly:
"You Soul Beasts believe in the law of the jungle."
"Now I am stronger than you, and better at hunting than you."
"What right do you have to call me despicable?"
As his words fell, Tang San raised the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe.
On the scythe blade, ghostly green light condensed frantically.
"Rakshasa, Soul-Devouring Slash."
A huge ghostly green scythe shadow descended from the sky, slashing directly at Xiong Jun's head.
Xiong Jun roared and forcibly raised its claws to resist.
"Boom!"
The scythe shadow collided with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw, erupting with a terrifying impact.
The ground beneath Xiong Jun's feet cracked inch by inch.
The Rakshasa chains took the opportunity to tighten frantically. Although Xiong Jun forcibly blocked this strike, the dark golden fur on its body was eroded by the Rakshasa Death Qi, leaving large black marks.
A flash of excitement crossed Tang San's eyes.
"Very good."
"A few more times, and your Origin will be mine."
Just then, from deeper in the forest, several terrifying auras suddenly arrived.
A deep dragon roar sounded.
Immediately after, crimson firelight illuminated the night sky.
"Tang San!"
"You dare to touch the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest!"
A three-headed giant dog, its body burning with crimson flames, rushed out from the forest.
Chi Wang.
As soon as it appeared, its three heads simultaneously spewed scorching flames, sweeping toward Tang San.
At the same time, beneath the ground, countless thick vines grew frantically, turning into a huge green cage, attempting to turn the tables and trap Tang San's Rakshasa Formation.
The Ten Thousand Demon King had also come.
And further away, a cold and noble dragon might slowly rose.
A purple-black dragon shadow emerged from the dense forest.
Zi Ji.
The Hell Demon Dragon King.
The three major Ferocious beast appeared simultaneously, and the aura of the entire forest instantly skyrocketed.
The Soul Beasts that had originally been suppressed by the Rakshasa Death Qi seemed to finally see hope for a counterattack.
Xiong Jun grinned, revealing cold, sharp fangs.
"Tang San."
"Do you think the Star Dou Great Forest only has me and Bi Ji?"
Chi Wang roared:
"Kill him!"
The Ten Thousand Demon King's voice was cold and deep:
"We cannot let the Rakshasa Divine Power continue to pollute the forest."
Zi Ji stared fixedly at the Undead Xiao Wu behind Tang San, a flash of disgust in her eyes.
"To refine even a former Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast into a Puppet."
"Human, you are even more disgusting than an Evil Soul Master."
Facing the three suddenly appearing Ferocious beast, Tang San's expression did not have the slightest panic.
On the contrary, the excitement in his eyes grew even more intense.
"Good."
"Very good."
"The more that come, the better."
"One Xiong Jun, one Bi Ji is not enough."
"Add Chi Wang, Ten Thousand Demon King, Zi Ji..."
"Only this is worthy of my Rakshasa Ninth Trial!"
He suddenly opened his arms.
The Rakshasa Demonic Scythe hovered in front of him.
The black mist behind him rolled frantically, and the eleven Undead Titled Douluo simultaneously let out a low hiss.
At the center of Tang San's brow, the Rakshasa God Mark pulsed violently, and a purple-black beam of light shot into the sky, forcibly tearing a crack in the night sky above the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Rakshasa Divine Court."
"All members, attack."
"Today, all Ferocious beast in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest—"
"None of you will be allowed to leave!"
As his words fell, the eleven Undead simultaneously lunged out.