Published: February 19, 2025
The soul is insufficient, darkness lurks.
Just as Xia Youhui and the others were shocked that the ferocious king-blood mutated beast was so easily slain by Chen Chu in just two moves, Chen Chu stood at the edge of the deep pit, looking incredibly cool. However, he was actually struggling to prevent his legs from trembling; otherwise, he would ruin his impressive image at that moment.
At the same time, Chen Chu was also surprised by the power unleashed when activating the Wrath of the Elephant rune. When he broke through to the late stage of four heavens and absorbed the essence of high-level dragon blood, he gained the ability to "realize" his physical strength, allowing him to merge with true power to unleash even greater combat prowess.
Moreover, as his physique surpassed a thousand, his body became increasingly terrifying, containing a vitality comparable to that of a giant beast. Therefore, when he activated the Wrath of the Elephant rune to burn his blood vitality and true power, the terrifying blood flame almost formed a raging fire, erupting with a destructive force.
Because the burning vitality was too fearsome, the explosive power of his muscles surged far beyond the rune's tenfold limit, reaching a horrifying level. It wasn't just eleven or twelve times; it had reached a qualitative change.
Even the king-level blood armored beast king, who had reached the late stage of five heavens, was brutally killed by his two halberds.
However, gains came with losses. Due to the overwhelming eruption that exceeded the rune's limits, Chen Chu found himself unable to control it finely, like a mountain torrent that could not be stopped once it burst forth. Thus, just a few breaths later, his blood vitality suffered severe losses, wasted in the raging fire.
Although he quickly dispelled the rune state upon realizing something was wrong, the depleted vitality would take at least half a day to recover, and that was only after activating it for a few breaths. If he had burned for ten minutes like he did when slaying that blood envoy at the late stage of four heavens, he could have ended up seriously injured and weak for half a month.
Of course, Xia Youhui and the others were unaware of this.
"Finally, it's over."
As the third-level mutated beasts lay scattered around, Xia Youhui dropped his Heavy Shield and sat down on the ground, panting. After facing multiple frontal attacks from the mutated scaled beasts, including an assault from a level four beast, even he was somewhat overwhelmed; after all, his true power was limited.
At this time, Yuan Chenghuang walked over, holding his waist and grimacing in pain, "Once I break through to the late stage of four heavens, I must refine a set of Extraordinary Battle Armor first."
The sturdy armor alloys at his waist had already twisted and deformed; had it not been for the true power covering him at that time, it might have shattered directly.
Don't be fooled by Chen Chu's ease in killing third and fourth-level mutated beasts; it was because his combat power was far superior. For others like Yuan Chenghuang, who were also at the late stage of three heavens, every strike from these mutated beasts was significant. A bite from those fierce jaws could easily lead to serious injury or worse.
Li Meng and Liu Feng staggered over next.
Next came Bai Mu, who was intercepting the scaled mutated beasts in the distance, and Luo Fei, who was holding a sniper cannon and expertly picking off several mutated beasts.
After catching his breath, Chen Chu slowly approached Li Hao. Although he looked slightly weak, he stood tall and upright.
"How are you holding up? Can you still manage?"
Li Hao's ripped wounds no longer bled but looked very frightening. He shook his head slightly at the question, "I'm fine, just overly consumed blood vitality; my internal organs are shaken but not fatal."
"Did you bring any healing resources?" Chen Chu asked.
Li Hao shook his head, a crazed look on his face, "No, or rather, I don't need any healing right now. The bull demon battle body becomes stronger the more it fights."