Chapter 47

Lin Tian's aura was somewhat terrifying, the kind of genuine killing intent that accumulates from truly taking lives, not something that could be obtained by merely slaying beasts. This killing intent carried a cold and merciless quality, indeed very intimidating.

Zhou Hao frowned, holding back the retreating Lu Sheng, then looked at Lin Tian, "Brother Lin, you're being a bit too overbearing, aren't you?"

"Overbearing?" Lin Tian sneered, "You guys run here to block us, attack us at will, and scold us as you please, and now you have the nerve to call me overbearing. Isn't that a bit shameless?"

"We are your seniors. Telling you to stay and scolding you a few times, what's wrong with that!"

Lu Sheng shouted.

"Seniors?" Lin Tian glanced coldly at Lu Sheng, "Do you even deserve to be my senior?"

"You..."

Lu Sheng's face turned angry.

Zhou Hao held back Lu Sheng, looking at Lin Tian with a serious expression, "No matter what, Brother Lin, you've gone too far today. Xu Hou was injured so severely. You should at least apologize, right?"

"Apologize? Don't joke around."

Lin Tian snorted.

He pulled Su Shu and turned to leave.

"No, you can't leave!"

Lu Sheng glanced at Zhou Hao beside him, gritted his teeth, and emitted a powerful aura, trying to stop Lin Tian.

Rumble!

At that moment, the ground trembled, and a fierce hurricane suddenly swept up, causing the old trees around to sway wildly as if an earthquake had occurred. At this moment, the area of third-level beasts was suddenly filled with a surge of demonic aura. Not far away, a black sandstorm rose, and the ground shook even more violently.

Looking around, a dense group of beasts was charging toward them, the sight was terrifying.

"Have these beasts gone berserk!"

Lin Tian's expression changed.

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed, and the ground shook even more violently. Lin Tian looked into the distance and saw a giant beast resembling an octopus following the group of beasts. This beast was about fifteen feet tall, with eyes as large as soccer balls.

"Fourth-level old beast, the Centipede Beast. How could it appear in this area!"

Su Shu's eyes widened.

A fourth-level beast was powerful enough to rival a Divine Pulse Realm expert!

"Forget it, let's leave first!"

Lin Tian said gravely.

Without hesitation, he pulled Su Shu and turned to run.

"Don't leave!"

Lu Sheng glanced at Zhou Hao beside him, gritted his teeth, and emitted a powerful aura, trying to stop Lin Tian.

Rumble!

At that moment, the ground trembled, and a fierce hurricane suddenly swept up, causing the old trees around to sway wildly as if an earthquake had occurred. At this moment, the area of third-level beasts was suddenly filled with a surge of demonic aura. Not far away, a black sandstorm rose, and the ground shook even more violently.

Looking around, a dense group of beasts was charging toward them, the sight was terrifying.

"Have these beasts gone berserk!"

Lin Tian's expression changed.

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed, and the ground shook even more violently. Lin Tian looked into the distance and saw a giant beast resembling an octopus following the group of beasts. This beast was about fifteen feet tall, with eyes as large as soccer balls.

"Fourth-level old beast, the Centipede Beast. How could it appear in this area!"

Su Shu's eyes widened.

A fourth-level beast was powerful enough to rival a Divine Pulse Realm expert!

"Forget it, let's leave first!"

Lin Tian said gravely.

Without hesitation, he pulled Su Shu and turned to run.

Facing such a group of berserk beasts, staying here was simply courting death.

"Roar!"

A bone-chilling cry echoed, and Lin Tian felt his eardrums almost burst. Behind them, the Centipede Beast shook its tentacles, creating cracks in the ground. The shockwave sent both Lin Tian and Su Shu flying.

A strange suction force appeared, pulling Lin Tian and Su Shu toward the Centipede Beast.

"Damn!"

Lin Tian's expression changed.

This suction force was quite strong, and both he and Su Shu were being rapidly pulled toward the Centipede Beast.

"Ah!"

A piercing scream echoed, and the heavily injured Xu Hou was the first to be sucked over, caught by one of the Centipede Beast's tentacles, and thrown into its mouth. This scene made Lu Sheng's face turn pale. Fortunately, he and Zhou Hao were next to an old tree, and they grabbed the tree trunk, preventing them from being sucked into the air.

Lin Tian was still in the air, being pulled toward the Centipede Beast by the suction force, and it was difficult to stop. Turning his head to look at the giant Centipede Beast behind him, Lin Tian gritted his teeth, grabbed Su Shu, and with all his strength, threw her back the way they came. As a result, he himself was pulled even faster toward the Centipede Beast.

"Lin Tian!"

Su Shu's face changed drastically.

Moving even faster toward the Centipede Beast, Lin Tian found it difficult to control his body. He reached into his chest and took out two fusion martial pattern scrolls he had prepared before the trial. With a thought, he unfolded them. With a "clang," a dense sword curtain suddenly appeared, slashing wildly at the Centipede Beast.

"Roar!"

The Centipede Beast roared, the sword curtain didn't injure it, but the suction force disappeared.

Lin Tian landed on the ground, without hesitation, quickly turned around, and rushed back.

"Roar!"

Blocked by the sword curtain, the Centipede Beast seemed angry, and its tentacles swept toward Lin Tian in a frenzy.

Lin Tian's expression was serious, but he was not afraid. The Heavenly Soul Technique activated, and his perception rapidly increased. Stepping in the Two Instruments Step, he flashed through the gaps between the dense tentacles, quickly moving away from the Centipede Beast.

"What kind of movement technique is this? How can it be so fast!"

Lu Sheng was shocked.

"Lin Tian, be careful!"

Su Shu shouted and ran forward, drawing her sword to attack the Centipede Beast.

"Xiao Shu, stop, I'll help Brother Lin."

Zhou Hao stopped Su Shu.

Passing Su Shu, Zhou Hao quickly came to the front, and a green long sword appeared in his hand, "Brother Lin, I'll help you!" As he spoke, a cold light flashed in Zhou Hao's eyes. He raised his long sword, and instantly, the air was filled with sword energy, slashing rapidly forward.

Lin Tian was slightly puzzled. Was Zhou Hao really going to help him?

The next moment, Lin Tian's expression changed, and his eyes turned icy cold.

Zhou Hao's sword energy seemed to be attacking the Centipede Beast, but it also sealed off all his escape routes. Originally, he could have broken through with the Two Instruments Step, but now Zhou Hao had blocked his way.

"Brother Lin, hurry and break through!"

Zhou Hao shouted, with a look of urgency on his face.

Lin Tian's eyes were cold, and he quickly dodged using the Two Instruments Step. However, caught between the sword energy in front and the raging beast behind, even he found it difficult to protect himself. He was instantly wrapped by one of the Centipede Beast's tentacles.

"Lin Tian!"

Su Shu's face turned pale, and she quickly rushed forward, her sword cutting through the air with sword beams.

"Xiao Shu, don't go!"

Zhou Hao shouted, stopping Su Shu.

"Get out of the way!"

Su Shu roared, staring at Lin Tian, who was wrapped by the Centipede Beast, tears streaming down her face.

"Roar!"

At that moment, the Centipede Beast roared again, and black mist surged around, the demonic aura was fierce and terrifying, like a dark cloud pressing down.

Then, the Centipede Beast retreated and quickly disappeared into the distance, taking Lin Tian with it.

"Lin Tian!"

Su Shu shouted, about to chase after him.

However, at the same time, a dense group of third-level beasts was still in the area. These beasts seemed to have been driven here by the Centipede Beast. After it left, these third-level beasts attacked Su Shu and the others fiercely, blocking Su Shu's path to chase the Centipede Beast.

"Xiao Shu, be careful!"

Zhou Hao shouted.

Looking in the direction the Centipede Beast had left, Zhou Hao sighed in relief and a cold smile appeared on his face.

"Daring to challenge me, you're asking for death!"

Zhou Hao muttered.

...

Lin Tian's body was wrapped by the Centipede Beast's tentacles, surrounded by rolling black clouds and an overwhelmingly thick demonic aura. His hands and legs were bound, unable to move, and he couldn't even struggle.

"Whoosh!"

The fierce wind whistled in his ears, indicating that the Centipede Beast was moving very fast.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Tian felt the Centipede Beast stop, and then his body was thrown out, hitting a stone wall with a "bang."

"Ouch!"

Lin Tian winced, struggling to stand up, feeling as if several of his backbones had broken.

This was a valley, with black demonic aura intertwining around. The Heavenly Soul Technique activated, and through the black demonic mist, Lin Tian saw a pair of bloodthirsty demonic eyes, cold, cruel, and merciless.

This gaze made him shiver involuntarily.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the sound of breaking air echoed, and the Centipede Beast growled, its tentacles pressing down on Lin Tian. The tentacles were covered with sharp teeth, looking extremely terrifying.

"Finished!"

Lin Tian's heart sank to the bottom.

A fourth-level beast, comparable to a Divine Pulse Realm expert, how could he possibly resist?

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, something unexpected happened. The sword pattern in his right hand lit up on its own, emitting the most brilliant light he had ever seen. He felt as if his right hand was burning.

"What?!"

Lin Tian was greatly surprised.

At this moment, the Centipede Beast's tentacles were already close. Without time to think, Lin Tian gritted his teeth, opened his right hand, and pushed it forward.

"Clang!"

A terrifying sword cry echoed, and at the same time, the Centipede Beast's scream rang out.

Lin Tian looked up and widened his eyes. He saw the Centipede Beast flying backward in a mess, and the tentacle that had attacked him was completely shattered into pieces.

"This..."

Looking at the shining sword pattern in his right hand, Lin Tian was momentarily stunned.

This... was too terrifying, wasn't it?

Ten feet away, the Centipede Beast let out a fearful cry, its huge soccer-ball-sized eyes filled with panic. It supported itself with its remaining tentacles and quickly fled.

Lin Tian came to his senses, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Trying to escape!"

The sword pattern in his palm was still shining. He stepped in the Two Instruments Step and struck out with his palm from a distance.

"Boom!"

A casual palm strike caused the space to tremble, as if endless sword sounds were howling in the sky, and terrifying thunder seemed to vibrate in the air. The entire area was enveloped in a destructive aura.

"Spurt!"

The powerful Centipede Beast exploded with a loud noise, blood splattering and staining a large area of the ground.

Lin Tian drew a cold breath, once again stunned by the sword pattern in his hand.

"What is the origin of that iron sword?"

He was shocked.

After the iron sword entered his body, a cultivation method appeared in his mind, followed by the Unparalleled Movement Technique, then the array control technique, and the strengthening of his sword technique. Now, this sword pattern had displayed such terrifying destructive power!

"Whoosh!"

A sound echoed, and Lin Tian looked up to see a fist-sized, crystal-clear ball falling from the sky.

Lin Tian reached out and caught it.

"This is... the beast core of the Centipede Beast? It actually survived."

Lin Tian muttered to himself.

Looking at the beast core in his hand, Lin Tian felt an incredibly dense spiritual energy. This level of spiritual energy was already comparable to the Nine-Curve Essence Pill he had refined for the first time.

"Pity, human martial artists can't refine beast cores. Otherwise, such a beast core would be enough to push me to the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage."

Lin Tian shook his head, preparing to put the beast core away.

However, at this moment, another strange change occurred.

The sword pattern in his right hand shone brightly, and a hazy divine light suddenly enveloped the beast core in his hand. Instantly, a dense spiritual energy spread out, flowing into his body through his right hand.

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