Chapter 59

In the distance, the battle between the two strange beasts grew increasingly intense. Due to their fight, all the trees and rocks in the area had been cleared away, and the ground was littered with massive craters. In some places, the earth had even cracked from the impact.

Suddenly, the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, with its broken tusk, extended its long trunk and suddenly coiled it around the White-Backed Fierce Tiger.

The thick and long trunk, like a giant python, instantly wrapped around the White-Backed Fierce Tiger, lifting it high into the sky before slamming it down with great force.

When the White-Backed Fierce Tiger's massive body hit the ground, it was like a meteor from outer space, producing a deafening roar. The ground instantly formed a huge circular crater.

After hitting the ground, the White-Backed Fierce Tiger, due to the intense impact, stirred up a cloud of dust like a mushroom cloud explosion. Its body, due to inertia, shot out of the deep crater, hit the ground again, and then bounced up and fell once more. This process repeated three times before it finally came to a stop. The white fur on its back was no longer shiny, and a large section of its skin had been torn off. Even one of its hind legs was visibly deformed.

Lin Yiming stood at a distance, his eyes filled with shock. This power was simply too overwhelming. Just watching it made him feel a chill in his heart. If a human were to experience such a fall, even a Blood Soul Transformation expert or a Body Dominance expert would likely be turned into a meat patty. Only a strange beast like the White-Backed Fierce Tiger could withstand it.

However, this blow must have seriously injured the White-Backed Fierce Tiger. Its abdomen had already been wounded, pierced by the elephant's tusk, and now with this fall, it was likely to be in a dire situation.

The Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, clearly no fool, took advantage of the White-Backed Fierce Tiger being slammed to the ground. It suddenly displayed a surprising agility that did not match its massive size. Covered in long bloodstains, it charged rapidly to the heavily injured White-Backed Fierce Tiger, reared up, and stomped down with its hooves.

Just as the elephant's legs, thicker than the pillars supporting a grand palace, were about to step on the White-Backed Fierce Tiger, the tiger suddenly rolled to the side, evading the attack. At the same time, its long tail, almost as long as its body, straightened out and lashed like a steel whip, striking the elephant's leg.

The Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, having used all its strength in the previous attack, lost its balance when suddenly hit by the White-Backed Fierce Tiger's full-force blow. It tilted and fell to the ground.

With a sound like a mountain collapsing, the ground trembled. The White-Backed Fierce Tiger, like a tiger descending from a mountain, pounced onto the fallen Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant. It used its front claws to grip the elephant's small white tusks and its massive jaws to bite into the elephant's neck.

The scene instantly reversed. The Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, which had been dominating the fight, was now at a disadvantage. Blood flowed from its wounds, and its massive body struggled to stand up, but the White-Backed Fierce Tiger pressed down on it, preventing it from rising.

"This White-Backed Fierce Tiger is not ordinary. A regular White-Backed Fierce Tiger shouldn't have such strength. Its power is much greater than that of a normal one. A regular White-Backed Fierce Tiger would not be a match for the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant," Sun Pingyang's voice suddenly rang out.

"It's not just its strength; this tiger is also very cunning. I think it has been planning this all along. Even the fall was a deliberate act to create this opportunity," Lin Yiming's voice was unusually deep. He had finally witnessed the intelligence of a strange beast.

As time passed and blood continued to flow, the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant's struggles grew weaker and finally stopped. It lay on the ground, defeated.

The White-Backed Fierce Tiger then released its grip, and with a final push, the elephant's short tusks fell off. Under the tiger's immense strength, the tusks had been torn off.

The White-Backed Fierce Tiger rested beside the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant for a while before standing up and tearing into its body. The rough elephant skin, under the tiger's teeth, became exceptionally fragile and was quickly torn apart.

The tiger's massive jaws tore into the elephant's body, and due to the elephant's large size, Lin Yiming could not see what the tiger was eating. After about half a teacup of time, the White-Backed Fierce Tiger lifted its body, not even glancing in Lin Yiming's direction, and limped away into the distance.

Seeing the White-Backed Fierce Tiger disappear from sight, Lin Yiming finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that the tiger might suddenly turn around and attack them.

"We've hit the jackpot! We've really hit the jackpot! Yiming, we've made a huge profit this time!" Lin Yiming had just breathed a sigh of relief when Sun Pingyang's excited voice rang out. "Yiming, the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, its internal organs and even its essence blood must have been eaten by the White-Backed Fierce Tiger, but its tusks were left behind.

"The Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, despite its short tusks, which some people call 'broken,' are actually the most precious treasures on its body! They can be forged into invincible weapons, true divine weapons! Even more importantly, according to legend, grinding the tusks into powder and using special methods to refine and consume them can change a person's bones, making them strong and powerful! This is a treasure worth thousands of pounds."

Sun Pingyang picked up the two tusks of the Broken-Tooth Golden Elephant, took out a gray cloth bag from his back, and carefully placed the golden tusks into the bag.

Boom!

Before the tusks were fully placed in the bag, a loud noise suddenly echoed from the sky. The sound was so loud, it seemed like a thunderbolt from the heavens.

Instinctively, Lin Yiming and the others looked up at the sky.

In the sky, a fiery red light suddenly shot up. In the next moment, a clear cry echoed, and the massive figure of the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow appeared, spreading its huge wings and swiftly flying towards the fiery red light.

Seeing the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow, the fiery red light, like a mouse seeing a cat, suddenly swirled and tried to escape in the opposite direction.

But before it could get far, the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow had already flown over.

Lin Yiming noticed for the first time how large the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow's beak was. It opened its mouth, like a bird that had spotted a bug, and lunged at the fiery red light, biting down.

A powerful suction force emanated from the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow's mouth, like a magnet, firmly holding the fiery red light. No matter how much it struggled, it was gradually pulled closer to the crow's mouth.

"This is the spirit energy of a demon. No wonder the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow appeared here; it must have been after this demon spirit. Phoenixes never miss a treasure, and the same goes for the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow, which has phoenix blood. And earlier, when the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow fought the Three-Element Bird, it was probably also because of this demon spirit. I understand everything now," Sun Pingyang said, looking at the sky.

In the sky, the demon spirit, which was slowly approaching the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow, suddenly struggled fiercely, causing a series of explosive gusts of wind. The sound of sonic booms echoed through the air.

Suddenly, the air around the demon spirit shattered like broken glass, and the demon spirit broke free from the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow's control, rapidly flying upwards.

Seeing the demon spirit about to escape, the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow let out a cry several times louder than before. Its entire body seemed to be enveloped in a fiery coat, and scorching flames suddenly appeared on its body, rapidly swirling.

In an instant, the entire Sun-Devouring Golden Crow became like a sea of fire, with a golden light flashing amidst the blazing flames.

At that moment, a blinding light filled the sky, temporarily blinding Lin Yiming and the others.

When their vision cleared, they saw the fiery red demon spirit shattering in the sky.

The massive demon spirit, which was at least five zhang long, broke into several pieces and, due to the immense inertia, flew in different directions.

The Sun-Devouring Golden Crow flapped its wings and flew to the largest piece of the demon spirit, swallowing it in one gulp. This piece, which was at least four zhang long, was quickly absorbed into its body.

The remaining dozens of pieces of the demon spirit scattered in different directions.

Lin Yiming blinked, adjusting to the temporary blindness. Just as his vision cleared, a fiery red light suddenly shot towards him from a distance.

"Bad!" Lin Yiming was instantly alarmed, thinking the light was about to hit him.

In a panic, he tried to retreat, but before he could move, the fiery red light, like a sharp sword, pierced the ground in front of him. A massive shockwave traveled through the ground, causing Lin Yiming to stagger. At the same time, an unprecedented heat radiated from the air in front of him, making him feel as if he were in a giant furnace, with the thought that his body might be instantly melted.

The fiery red light, having pierced the ground, began to vibrate, causing the surrounding ground to crack like a spider web.

"It's trying to escape!"

Lin Yiming's eyebrows furrowed, and he crouched down, pouncing on the light. This light was definitely the demon spirit that had just shattered.

This was a demon spirit, and one that both the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow and the Three-Element Bird had fought over. Now, a piece of the shattered demon spirit was right in front of him, and he couldn't let it escape.

"Don't move!" Sun Pingyang, seeing Lin Yiming's actions, his face, which had been calm, suddenly showed fear, and he shouted in alarm. But Lin Yiming had already pounced.

Like catching a cricket as a child, he used both hands to firmly grasp the shattered demon spirit.

"It's over, completely over!"

Sun Pingyang, seeing Lin Yiming grab the fiery red demon spirit, instantly lost his composure, collapsing to the ground, muttering, "Why didn't Lin Yiming listen to me? He always wants to grab whatever he sees. Now, he's in big trouble..."

"Big brother, what's wrong with him..." Guo Guo vaguely sensed that her big brother was in serious trouble, her delicate face filled with worry.

"Ah..." Sun Pingyang sighed deeply, looking at Lin Yiming, whose face was gradually turning red, his voice filled with regret and frustration: "Your big brother just grabbed something called a demon spirit. Even though it's just a fragment of a demon spirit, it's not something anyone can grab casually.

"I am already at the Blood Soul Transformation stage, but even if I were at my peak and uninjured, I wouldn't dare to grab this demon spirit rashly. Even experts at the Iron Bone Transformation stage or the Body Dominance stage might not dare to grab the demon spirit like your big brother did."

Sun Pingyang, after a brief pause, continued: "Although demon spirits are powerful, they are not something anyone can absorb. They have their own consciousness and will instinctively attack those who try to absorb or subdue them. To subdue and absorb a demon spirit, one must have sufficient strength.

"Lin Yiming, even though he only absorbed a fragment of the demon spirit, it is a demon spirit that the Sun-Devouring Golden Crow values. This is really over."

As he spoke, a sudden cry echoed in Sun Pingyang's ear.

"Ah, big brother, big brother is on fire! We must help him quickly." Guo Guo, though she had been listening to Sun Pingyang, had been watching Lin Yiming. Suddenly, she saw flames rising from his body, and she panicked, shouting.

"Don't go over there." Sun Pingyang, alarmed, grabbed Guo Guo, urgently saying, "You can't go. He can only rely on himself now. If you go over, you'll be harming both your big brother and yourself. You won't be able to help him, and you'll put yourself in danger. All we can do is wait."

As he spoke, Sun Pingyang shook his head. Waiting, would there be any other outcome? Seeing the strange phenomenon on Lin Yiming's body, the demon spirit had made him burn, indicating that the demon spirit was much more powerful than he had imagined. Even in his prime, he would die if he tried to absorb the demon spirit.

If he waited, he could only take Lin Yiming's body back.

Taking a body back, when he came with a complete Lin Yiming, how would he explain it to Qin Lao?

Lin Yiming, he is still too young and impulsive. A mere martial spirit heart, without any change in his bloodline, how could he resist a demon spirit!

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