Published: February 12, 2025
The man-bear king this time did not continue to contend with the spherical life form but instead focused on stepping down on Ye Zhongming.
Since that guy loves to flirt with death so much, let him wait until the end to deal with it! First, let’s kill this one!
The enormous paw stomped down towards Ye Zhongming. One could imagine that if he was stepped on in his current condition, he would either die or be severely injured.
As for the spherical life form, it wouldn't matter if it got bumped; it wouldn’t be a big deal!
The giant foot came crashing down like a mountain pressing down on him. Ye Zhongming’s vision was blurred by blood, making it hard for him to see clearly, but that did not stop him from taking action to save himself.
He plunged the Revenant Sand Moon Blade into the ground, using it for leverage as his body slid backward. The frozen ground of the northern region reduced friction, allowing him to slide quickly.
As the giant foot descended, the shadow in his field of vision grew larger. Although Ye Zhongming’s sliding speed was not slow, he still judged that he wouldn’t be able to escape the stomp from this ninth-level life form.
But Ye Zhongming did not panic. He calmly maintained his current state, watching as the shadow drew nearer. At a certain moment, his body suddenly vanished, and when he reappeared, he was already at the edge of the shadow.
With a boom, the man-bear king’s huge foot came down, and the immense force caused the ground to collapse entirely. Ye Zhongming had just managed to escape under the giant foot by using sliding and teleportation at the last moment.
However, the ground collapse and violent tremors sent him tumbling downward.
Evolvers certainly wouldn’t be as helpless as ordinary beings. Even though Ye Zhongming was injured and in poor condition, he responded in a timely manner. As several pieces of ground cracked and formed soil blocks, he used his hands and feet to push off, hoping to leap out. However, his luck was not good; the soil blocks were in a state of free fall, and a slight bump would immediately alter their direction, making it impossible for Ye Zhongming to rush out immediately.
He wasn't afraid of falling and being unable to climb back up; everyone knew that since the man-bear king had stomped down, it would definitely lift its foot again for another attack. If Ye Zhongming fell into the pit at that time, escaping would be extremely difficult.
At this moment, as Ye Zhongming was desperately trying to leap upward, he suddenly felt the man-bear king freeze momentarily. He was slightly stunned, and then iron chains shot out from his shoulders. This was not an attempt to escape but to aim at a wound inflicted by the undead fish dragon’s black mist on the man-bear king's body.
With a snap, the ropes pierced into the wound. Although it wasn't deep, it was enough for Ye Zhongming to use it to fly towards the man-bear king’s head.
He understood why the man-bear king experienced this momentary freeze; it was a negative state—stiffness!
Why did stiffness occur? Because... the Revenant Sand Moon Blade was embedded in the man-bear king's paw.
When Ye Zhongming was escaping earlier, this weapon was planted in the ground, with part of the handle in the earth.
When the man-bear king stomped down, the blade of the Revenant Sand Moon Blade leveraged the strength of the ninth-level life form itself to penetrate its bear paw.
A wound was inflicted on the man-bear king’s body. Although the negative state might be short-lived, it was too brief to notice if one was not paying attention.
But now it was different; this weapon had completely pierced through the man-bear king's bear paw, and under such circumstances, the influence of this negative state on the man-bear greatly increased.
The stiffness became quite apparent.
The hell life form crashed into the man-bear king’s head, causing the ninth-level life form to sway. Due to the stiff condition, the slap the man-bear king swung out was a bit slower, failing to catch the bouncing spherical life form.