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Chapter 300 - 299: The Second Beast Tide

King Bear was stunned, "A treasure? You, an Inedia Stage junior cultivator, actually have a treasure?"

"Who decided that Inedia Stage cultivators can't possess treasures?" Gao Fei swung the great hammer a few times.

"Do you think that by taking out a treasure, you can intimidate me?" King Bear chuckled softly, "You're thinking too simply!" With that, King Bear smashed his fist against his chest and spat out a nail, "Swoosh swoosh swoosh..." The nail grew in the wind, and in a short moment, it had enlarged more than tenfold.

"Snap!"

The nail fell into King Bear's palm.

"This nail is forged from Mysterious Iron, very hard," King Bear said with pride, "It's a powerful treasure! It can triple one's strength!"

In terms of cultivation, Gao Fei was no match; even when comparing treasures, Gao Fei was still not a match. On the surface, it looked like Gao Fei was doomed to lose.

"That's a nice nail, I'll take it." Gao Fei, holding the great hammer, took a step forward, then shouted loudly, "Heavenly Demon First Transformation!" Gao Fei grew taller, his eyes slowly reddening. Immediately afterward, he shouted again, "Heavenly Demon Second Transformation!" His body grew taller still, his eyes blood-red, a fierce aura radiating from him.

After performing the two transformations of the Heavenly Demon, Gao Fei's strength doubled instantly. Together with the great hammer in his hand... Gao Fei's strength had now surpassed that of King Bear.

"What spell are you casting!" King Bear cried out in shock, "Your strength has increased so much! How can there be such a spell in this world! It's simply defying the heavens!" After witnessing Gao Fei's true power, the smile on King Bear's face disappeared in an instant, and a wave of fear rose in his heart.

An unimpressive Inedia Stage cultivator actually knew such a heaven-defying spell! It was too unbelievable!

"Hmph!"

Gao Fei leaped up, wielding the great hammer single-handedly as he smashed down toward King Bear.

King Bear hurriedly dodged to the side.

"Swoosh!"

The great hammer grazed King Bear's ear and vanished past, finally smashing into the ground, "Crack..." The ground was struck with a deep, bottomless fissure.

The power of this hammer was truly terrifying—if it had hit King Bear's head, his brains would have surely burst, killing him on the spot.

"Take another hammer from me!" Gao Fei, unrelenting in his advantage, stepped forward, raising the great hammer to smash it down on King Bear's head.

"Buzz!!!"

A ripple appeared in midair, accompanied by a piercing friction sound, shaking one's heart to the core.

"You're being too bullying!" King Bear roared angrily, "I'll fight you with my life!" He used the nail to fend off the great hammer from Gao Fei.

"Ding dang dang..."

"Clatter..."

The great hammer collided with the nail, producing deafening noises.

"Pfft!"

King Bear spat out a mouthful of blood and uncontrollably flew out while smashing onto the ground, "Thud!" He rolled several times before steadying himself, and with his mouth open, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

In a single round of combat, King Bear was defeated, and it was a crushing defeat.

King Bear lowered his head to look at the nail that had broken into two pieces, his face filled with disbelief: "Impossible... How could this be... Why would my nail break... It's impossible... I must be seeing things..." King Bear vigorously rubbed his eyes and looked again; the nail remained broken.

This wasn't an illusion!

It was real!

The treasure he had painstakingly nurtured for years was destroyed just like that!

The heartache made him want to die!

"Why is this happening... It makes no sense... My treasure's level is higher than yours..." King Bear couldn't fathom it, he truly couldn't understand.

On the surface, the nail seemed to be of a higher level than the great hammer, but in reality... it wasn't like that at all.

The great hammer in Gao Fei's hand was transformed from the Thousand Transformations Stone—beyond the existence of a treasure. Never mind that the nail was just a Middle Rank treasure, even if it were a Supreme Grade treasure, it wouldn't stand a chance against the Thousand Transformations Stone.

The Thousand Transformations Stone was Gao Fei's greatest trump card. It could transform into different forms, deceive the enemy, catch them off guard, and deliver a fatal blow.

"I told you, encountering me was your bad luck," Gao Fei said indifferently, "Although my cultivation is weaker than yours, I have many life-saving methods. Just using a few of them is enough to make you lose miserably."

"I indeed underestimated you," King Bear said with a wry smile, "If I beg you for mercy, would you let me go?"

"No," Gao Fei said coldly.

"What if I offer you benefits?"

"Even if you gave me the entire Beast King Valley, I wouldn't let you go."

"You..."

"I like to do things cleanly and efficiently, I don't want to leave any potential threats for myself. Since we have become enemies, I must eliminate you."

"I am the great king of Beast King Valley. If you dare to kill me, the ferocious beasts will tear you to pieces!" King Bear threatened.

"Soft approach doesn't work? Trying a tough approach?" Gao Fei snorted lightly, "Too bad, it doesn't work on me either. I'm determined to kill you today." He raised the great hammer and smashed it down onto King Bear's head.

"Even if I die, I'll take you down with me!" King Bear screamed loudly, "We'll die together!!!" His body swelled at a visible rate, ballooning up like an inflated balloon.

"Self-destruction?" Gao Fei was startled and ran away with the great hammer towards the distance. He hadn't expected King Bear to be so resolute as to choose self-destruction—he knew that after self-destruction, one's soul would dissipate without leaving any chance for reincarnation.

"Boom!!!"

A thunderous explosion came from behind, earth-shattering!

"Bang!"

Gao Fei was hit by a terrifying wave of energy, flung into the air while spitting out a mouthful of blood. His face instantly turned as pale as paper. He glided through the air for a distance before crashing down heavily, raising a cloud of dust.

"Cough cough cough..."

Gao Fei coughed violently, "Madman! He's really a madman! Lucky I dodged fast enough... Otherwise, I'd be dead for sure... The self-destruction of a Golden Core Stage cultivator, its power is truly extraordinary..."

Several hundred meters away, there was a huge crater, the bottom scorched black. A faint burnt stench could still be detected wafting in the air.

This huge pit was blasted out by the self-destruction of the Bear King; as for the Bear King himself, he had long since turned into debris.

"Was that nail also destroyed by the explosion? And the Bear King's inner core..." Gao Fei staggered to the edge of the pit, squatted down, and peered into it a few times: "Can't find it... It's probably been blasted to powder..." Gao Fei felt a pang of heartache.

A Middle Rank Treasure was gone just like that.

So was the inner core of a Golden Core Stage ferocious beast.

Gao Fei was filled with regret. Why had he hesitated earlier? Why had he dawdled? This gave the Bear King the chance to self-destruct...

This incident taught Gao Fei a lesson. In future encounters with enemies, he couldn't afford a shred of hesitation or doubt; when the moment came to act, he needed to be decisive. No more dragging his feet.

Delay and things would change.

Just then, Gao Fei caught a whiff of an awful stench, a million times worse than the smell of a toilet. He covered his nose with his hand and swiftly backed away. What was that smell? It was unbearable!

The stench arrived quickly and disappeared just as swiftly. In the blink of an eye, it was gone.

Once he was certain the awful stench had dissipated, Gao Fei lowered his hand and winced as he twitched his nose: "What on earth... Achoo..." His body shivered as he sneezed, "That must've been triggered by that foul smell... Achoo..." In the midst of speaking, he sneezed again.

"Achoo... Achoo... Achoo..."

He sneezed over a dozen times in one go.

After the sneezes, Gao Fei felt something was amiss, "Uh... This isn't... How could..."

"What's wrong with you?" Xuan Jizi's voice echoed in his mind.

"I'm feeling a bit off..." Gao Fei frowned.

"Where do you feel off?"

"Can't put my finger on it... Just don't feel right! Uh... I don't know how to describe it..."

"You must be shocked. Rest for a couple of days and you'll be fine."

"Shocked?"

"Yeah, that Golden Core Stage bear almost blew you to death with its self-destruction. You must have been frightened."

"Oh, that must be it."

"Alright, let's leave this place now," Xuan Jizi said: "You killed the bear; the ferocious beasts of Beast King Valley surely won't let this slide. Escape before they come to their senses."

"But I still need to collect the inner cores..."

"What time is it to be concerned about inner cores! What's more important, your rank or your life!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'm leaving now."

Gao Fei took large strides towards the exit of Beast King Valley.

...

"Roar!!!"

"Howl!!!"

"Whimper!!!"

From a distance, a series of roars filled with rage and the intent to kill echoed through the air.

"Not good, the ferocious beasts are on our tail!" Gao Fei's face changed, and he hurriedly sped up toward the exit.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A great horde of ferocious beasts charged from all directions. Wherever they passed, trees and flowers were destroyed; the earth trembled, dust billowed, and their momentum was terrifying.

"Not good, the beast swarm is coming again!"

"Run for it!"

"Damn it! Will this ever end!?"

The disciples of various Sects screamed and bolted in panic.

A group of disciples fled frantically ahead, with a pack of ferocious beasts in hot pursuit behind them; the scene was very animated.

"Ah!"

"Help!"

"I don't want to die!!!"

A few disciples who had fallen behind were trampled to death by the stampede.

"Let's pick up the pace! The exit is just ahead!"

"I swear, I'll never participate in a trial again in my life!"

"I swear too! If I ever join a trial again, I'm not raised by humans."

"Enough talking, let's just run."

Over a hundred disciples ran for their lives, their hair disheveled, clothes ripped, shoes lost... Their faces and arms were covered with dirt, and they looked incredibly ragged.

"I can't do it anymore! I can't run! Somebody, give me a hand. I'll give them ten inner cores!" an older disciple gasped desperately.

"Even if you gave me a hundred inner cores, I wouldn't help you."

"Inner cores are important, sure, but life is even more precious!"

"Good luck to you! We can't help you!"

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When life is at risk, the dark side of human nature is shockingly revealed; everyone just looks out for themselves without a care for the lives of others.