74: Chapter 74 First slay the demonic lizard, then fight the two cultivators!

Battle cries rose from all sides, and lightning crackled and exploded.

With every stomp Shi Jian made, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground, the greenery turned into scorched earth, and Demonic Qi swept across the vast wilderness!

Almost at the same time, the Demon Lizard in the burrow suddenly opened its eyes!

Its vertical pupils were like molten lava, violent and ancient, devoid of any clarity of intelligence, possessing only the most primitive slaughter and wildness.

"Roar—!"

A roar that did not sound like a lizard, but rather carried a hint of a Dragon's cry, exploded from underground, with scorching waves of air surging continuously.

The next instant, the lizard rushed out of the burrow, facing the giant bear that was pouncing toward it!

The Demon Lizard did not dodge or avoid, its dark red scales covering its entire body suddenly tightened, and the edges of every scale glowed with sparks and heat waves.

Its jaws opened and closed, unleashing a torrent of dark red flames that surged straight toward Shi Jian's face!

This fire had an extremely high temperature and was extraordinary; wherever it passed, even the air slightly distorted, leaving a gully on the earth.

"Courting death!"

Shi Jian felt ruthless in his heart and chose to endure it to the end. On his bear claws, silver-white electric arcs gathered crazily, and he struck out with a palm against the torrent of flames!

Boom!

The collision of lightning and fire exploded into a dazzling ball of light in mid-air.

The violent shockwave spread in a ring, plowing the scorched earth within a hundred zhang radius three feet deeper!

The flames were torn apart, and the electric arcs were evaporated.

A searing pain came from Shi Jian's bear paws, and the armor plates of his thunder-covering mysterious armor were scorched bright red, but he had managed to endure it after all.

As for the Demon Lizard, it was also shaken by the immense force contained in the palm wind, causing its massive body to stagger.

"Now is the time!"

Shi Jian seized this fleeting gap, his body suddenly sinking, and he charged along the ground. In just a blink of an eye...

Shi Jian had already arrived in front of the Demon Lizard, and his claws swung over once again.

However, the Demon Lizard reacted extremely quickly, its giant tail, thick as an iron pillar, swept across, erupting with a screech that tore through the air!

Boom!

The two behemoths collided fiercely once again. Under the immense force, Shi Jian and the Demon Lizard simultaneously pulled back, their eyes locked onto each other.

Compared to the wariness in the Demon Lizard's eyes, Shi Jian was even more shocked!

It was clearly only a Level 3 Yao Beast, a minor Realm lower than him, yet it was on par with him in terms of Physical Body.

As expected, things like Bloodline are truly monstrous!

Even if this Demon Lizard only had a tiny bit of Dragon blood, its combat power was terrifying; it could actually trade blows with him.

Having traded blows only a few times, Shi Jian actually felt his blood boiling.

He had not encountered an opponent at this level for a very, very long time. For a moment, his bestial nature flared up, and his fighting spirit surged continuously!

"Awooo!"

With a bear roar, Shi Jian, surrounded by lightning, charged to kill once again.

This time, his Aura was even more fierce, and the ferocity in his eyes erupted with a shocking desire for slaughter. This time, Shi Jian was going all out!

His speed was faster, and the lightning was more ferocious.

Seeing this, the Demon Lizard's ferocity also surged, and it pounced toward Shi Jian. The two behemoths immediately collided, causing the earth to tremble, and demonic winds swept in all directions...

But after all, Shi Jian had higher intelligence, coupled with his years of studying techniques.

For a time, he actually gained the upper hand, and then his bear claws, like hooks, viciously clawed toward the Demon Lizard's abdomen, which was the weakest spot!

"Riiip—!"

A harsh tearing sound rang out.

The bear claws carved five bloody gashes into the Demon Lizard's abdomen, deep enough to see bone!

Scales flew, and flesh was mangled.

However, the scene of disembowelment he had anticipated did not occur; the Demon Lizard's flesh and scales were tougher than imagined.

This claw of Shi Jian's had only broken through a layer of skin!

At the same time, red blood like molten lava seeped out from the wound, carrying a strange fragrance. Shi Jian only smelled it, and immediately felt his whole body burning with heat.

Dragon blood!

The concentration of Dragon blood in this beast's body was even higher than he had anticipated!

Under the intense pain, the Demon Lizard went completely berserk, immediately losing all composure, and actually attempted to crush Shi Jian to death with its body!

Struck by the Demon Lizard's body, Shi Jian let out a muffled grunt, feeling a heaviness on his back as if he had been struck by a small mountain.

The formation patterns of the thunder-covering mysterious armor flickered wildly, diverting and discharging most of the force, but that terrifying impact still shook him so much that his blood and Qi churned.

"Good beast!"

Pinned underneath, Shi Jian was not afraid, but rather his ferocity grew even more intense.

He braced his four limbs firmly against the ground, opened his bloody maw, and bit down on the wound on the Demon Lizard's abdomen, exerting force with his canines, biting down hard!

Then, he swung his bear head from side to side, crazily tearing at the flesh!

"Roar!"

The Demon Lizard let out a scream of extreme pain, rolling continuously on the ground, attempting to shake Shi Jian off, but how would Shi Jian give it a chance?

The more berserk the Demon Lizard became, the larger the wound Shi Jian tore open!

One bear and one lizard, two behemoths, just like that on the scorched earth, were biting and fighting each other in the most primitive and savage way!

Relying on the extra layer of protection from the thunder-covering mysterious armor, Shi Jian was not afraid at all.

The Demon Lizard's neck was even struck by Shi Jian's bear paws, causing bones to dislocate, large patches of scales to shatter and fall off, dripping with blood...

The battle situation gradually became deadlocked, and the smell of blood permeated the entire wilderness.

Shi Jian was truly enraged and no longer held anything back. The Yao Beast core inside his body spun crazily, and that wisp of lightning Origin was driven to the extreme!

"Die... for this seat!"

He seized an opportunity, abandoned all defense, and let the Demon Lizard's sharp claws strike his back armor, while he himself mobilized all his lightning power, pouring it entirely into his right palm!

At that moment, his right palm seemed to have turned into a concentrated thunderstorm!

Boom!

Wild lightning surged, thunder roared, and this palm instantly pierced into the Demon Lizard's skull, penetrating it, and half of its head exploded instantly.

The screaming stopped abruptly, and the massive demonic body went limp...

"Hoo... hoo..."

Shi Jian panted heavily, crawling out from under the Demon Lizard's corpse. Although he hadn't sustained any injuries, most of his Demon Essence had been depleted.

But he had won, although he had won somewhat wretchedly.

Shi Jian walked to the Thunder-Nurturing Orchid, carefully dug it out, sealed it with Demonic Qi, put it into a jade box, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Afterward, he flicked his claw tip.

A Yao Beast core, the size of a fist, entirely crimson gold, with a faint Dragon-shaped phantom swimming inside, fell into his mouth.

As the Yao Beast core entered his belly, a violent and pure Spiritual Qi exploded.

The massive Spiritual Qi continuously replenished Shi Jian's consumption. Just as he was preparing to clean up the battlefield, the fur on his back suddenly stood on end!

Two sharp killing intents attacked simultaneously from the left and right directions!

Fast! Ruthless! Accurate!

The ambushers had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

On the left was a blood-colored flying needle, as thin as an ox hair, silent and soundless, aiming straight for Shi Jian's eye socket!

On the right was a silver net wreathed in electric light, covering down over his head. Runes flowed on the net, carrying a strong power of confinement!

"Courting death!"

Shi Jian didn't even turn his head; the battle instinct of a beast was exerted to the extreme at this moment.

He suddenly stood on his hind legs, his massive body forcibly twisting half a circle, and with his broad back covered in mysterious armor, he took that electric net head-on!

"Zzzzt—!"

The electric net covered the mysterious armor, exploding into a dazzling ball of electric light. Countless runes shattered, and the strong power of confinement attempted to seep in, but it was all guided and diverted by the artifact patterns of the thunder-covering mysterious armor.

At the same time, his right palm struck out like lightning, precisely hitting that blood-colored flying needle!

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, the flying needle was slapped away.

But a cold and vicious Spiritual Qi drilled in along his palm, instantly paralyzing half of his arm.

"Poisonous!"

"A beast is just a beast; becoming resources for us Cultivators is the destiny of base beasts like you. Feel honored!"

An arrogant voice rang out.

Two Cultivators wearing brocade robes appeared from behind a distant earthen slope. Their cultivation bases were both at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage...

One person held a Formation Plate, driving the electric net.

The other person pinched a technique to recall the flying needle, preparing to attack again.

They were unexpectedly the Tianji Pavilion Disciples who had provoked Shi Jian earlier. It was truly a case of enemies meeting, eyes blazing with hatred, and they were truly courting death!

They had calculated very accurately; this bear Yao Beast had just experienced a great battle, was exhausted, and was at its weakest moment.

Two against one, under the cover of an ambush, victory was assured!

However, they had calculated one thing wrong.

The one they had angered was not an ordinary Spirit Beast...

But a true Vicious Beast!

Bears eat people!

"Roar—!!!"

A furious roar that shook the wilderness exploded from Shi Jian's throat.

His pair of already ferocious bear eyes were instantly filled with blood color, and his reason was completely submerged by monstrous killing intent.

On the thunder-covering mysterious armor, all artifact patterns lit up to the extreme at the same time, and the electric net that was confining him was forcibly burst open by the violent Demonic Qi and lightning power!

"Not good!"

The Cultivator holding the Formation Plate's face changed greatly; he wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.

Shi Jian didn't care about the potent poison on his arm at all. His four limbs exerted force, the ground exploded, and his entire body turned into an unstoppable black torrent, pouncing straight at that Cultivator...

There was no technique, no mechanism.

Only the most pure, most primitive... wildness!

"Bang!"

The bear paw fell.

That Cultivator, without even having time to sacrifice his protective Magical Artifact, was slapped into the ground by one palm...

Along with his bones and flesh, he turned into a puddle of mush that could not be distinguished in shape.

Instant kill!

The other Cultivator using the flying needle was instantly stunned on the spot. Without even thinking, he turned around and ran, hating that he didn't have two more legs.