Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER: The Imperial Dragon Awakens (Monthly Ticket Request)
In the Southern Exotic Beast Battlefield, deep within the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, the atmosphere was charged with tension as Chen Chu returned home.
Roar!
A mutated beast, measuring twenty-four meters long and resembling a giant bear mixed with a sloth, let out a furious roar. Its body was covered in gray scales, and its massive form moved with the speed of the wind. Gray light shimmered on its sharp claws, and each strike it made sent shockwaves through the ground, shattering it and causing rocks to explode.
Its opponent was Li Hao, who stood at three meters tall, clad in menacing battle armor. At that moment, blood mist enveloped his body, coalescing into a horrifying blood-red phantom behind him.
In his hands, he wielded a five-meter-long red iron pillar, thick as a woman's waist. Each swing of the pillar generated massive white qi waves, accompanied by the roar of wind and thunder, creating an overwhelming spectacle.
During the two months since Chen Chu's departure, Li Hao had endured nine near-fatal injuries and undergone nine physical reconstitutions. Coupled with the cultivation resources provided by the authorities, he had broken through to the mid-stage of the fifth level of heaven.
As his cultivation soared, the power of his Bull Demon Battle Body became increasingly formidable, even allowing him to grasp the threshold of combat intent through countless life-or-death battles.
At this moment, Li Hao, under the activation of his king-level bloodline and the Bull Demon Battle Body, was able to stand toe-to-toe with the mid-stage mutated beast of the sixth level of heaven.
However, this confrontation was not a simple exchange of blows.
Instead, he transformed his body into a red demonic shadow, circling the beast and continuously attacking its vulnerable points: the abdomen, lower limbs, and eyes. After all, he was not Chen Chu, that monster who could withstand attacks head-on with a battle spear, exploding larger beasts with unmatched strength.
With the crushing attributes of Bull Demon True Power, the energy defenses of this mutated beast steadily crumbled, forcing it to rely solely on its robust physical form to withstand Li Hao's onslaught.
And the beast's attacks were terrifying as well. Whenever it struck Li Hao, the earth shook with a force that rattled his true power, causing his muscles to tear apart.
However, injured Li Hao grew even more frenzied, his momentum surging, his strength intensifying.
This battle raged for almost an hour, leveling half of the mountainside. Eventually, the mutated beast let out a pained scream and collapsed with a resounding crash.
Huff, huff, huff!!
Li Hao leaned on the steel pillar, gasping for air, with dense blood-red mist swirling around him. His body and armor gradually shrank back to over two meters in height.
At that moment, not far away, An Fuqing, standing on a tree trunk with long hair cascading over her shoulders and an ethereal presence, calmly said, “If you continue like this, you will die on the road someday.”
Time and again, he challenged stronger mutated creatures, breaking limits through life-or-death battles to grow rapidly.
It sounded cool and fierce, but it actually contradicted the principle of moderation in cultivation; just a slight misstep could lead to death in the jaws of an even stronger beast.
“Without madness, how can one climb to the peak?” Li Hao's gaze was resolute yet filled with madness as he looked at the girl standing atop the tree.
One Chen Chu was enough; this girl was exceedingly abnormal as well.
Ever since she broke through to the fourth level of heaven, her cultivation skyrocketed like a rocket, and now she had comprehended the four great sword intents, breaking through to the early stage of the sixth level of heaven.
With the energy of heaven and earth converging during her moments of enlightenment, her cultivation speed was dozens of times faster than usual, almost achieving one level of heaven per month—a complete monster.