54: Chapter 54 Not a single one left!

"Boss, watch out!"

A terrified exclamation suddenly rang out from the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters behind him.

In their field of vision, a dark shadow suddenly burst forth from the shadow of the Double-headed Demon Snake, appearing behind the middle-aged leader of their squad in the blink of an eye.

That dark shadow was precisely the Dark Blade Mantis that had rushed forward using the Shadow Strike skill.

Amidst the exclamations of the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters, the pair of forelegs of the Dark Blade Mantis had already swung toward the neck of the middle-aged leader.

Swish!

A blade light flashed.

The middle-aged leader in front, who had a fierce expression, only felt a chill on his neck as an extremely intense wave of dizziness washed over him.

Before he could even react to what was happening, a sharp blade emanating a blood-red light from the Dark Blade Mantis pierced out from between his eyebrows, and his consciousness instantly plunged into endless darkness at that moment.

"Th-This..."

Behind them, the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters stared with pale faces and wide-open mouths at the Dark Blade Mantis, which was suspended in mid-air, having pierced their boss's head with its blade and lifting the entire head up, rendering them too terrified to speak.

"Hiss!"

At the same time, as the Dark Blade Mantis decapitated the middle-aged man, his Double-headed Demon Snake immediately let out a miserable, piercing wail.

The next moment, large holes simultaneously exploded out from its two massive heads, and its body collapsed limply.

Simultaneously, the long dark shadow connecting to the shadow of the Snow Shadow Battle Lion also vanished the instant the Double-headed Demon Snake fell.

"Roar!"

Freed from the shadow restraint of the Double-headed Demon Snake, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion immediately let out an angry lion roar toward the charging Ice Thorn Wolf.

Snowflakes fluttered all around as the skill 'Snow Shadow Flash' was executed.

The next moment, the figure of the Snow Shadow Battle Lion turned into a ball of white light, appearing in front of the Ice Thorn Wolf that was rushing toward it in the blink of an eye.

Crack!

Facing the Ice Thorn Wolf, which had not yet had time to react, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion directly clamped its jaws onto the wolf's neck, then flipped over and pinned it to the ground, suppressing it firmly beneath its body.

"Awooo!"

Pinned to the ground by the sudden attack of the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, the Ice Thorn Wolf immediately struggled fiercely, its sharp claws frantically scratching at the Snow Shadow Battle Lion's body.

However, since its throat had been instantly locked by the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, it could barely unleash even seventy percent of its full strength.

Moreover, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion was protected by Ice Crystal Armor; the wolf's claws scratching against it felt like nothing, completely failing to inflict any substantive damage.

"Ahow-ahow-ahow..."

Under the Snow Shadow Battle Lion's preemptive throat lock, the disadvantaged Ice Thorn Wolf could only emit bouts of painful wails, its aura growing increasingly weak.

"H-How could this be?!"

With the favorable situation suddenly reversing, the green-robed woman in the team no longer had any smiles on her face, leaving only terror as she watched everything in sheer disbelief.

Hum!

However, the Dark Blade Mantis had not forgotten Chu Xiu's command.

After slaying the middle-aged leader, it waved its forelegs, tossing away the massive head that had been strung onto its blade like candied haws.

Immediately afterward, under the horrified gazes of the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters behind it, it flapped its wings and flew, its figure transforming into a streak of black light that abruptly surged toward the three of them.

With a flash of blade light, the figure of the Dark Blade Mantis crossed paths with the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters, instantly flying from in front of them to behind them.

Squelch!

Squelch!

Squelch!

As the Dark Blade Mantis retracted its forelegs, the heads of the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters instantly parted ways with their bodies. Accompanied by three pillars of blood gushing from the headless corpses, the three headless bodies collapsed limply toward the ground.

In just the blink of an eye, only the green-robed woman remained out of the group of five.

Crack!

Just as the Dark Blade Mantis was decapitating the three Bronze Tier Beastmasters, the sound of bones snapping rang out.

It could be seen that the Ice Thorn Wolf, which had been struggling frantically under the suppression of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, instantly stopped struggling, its head bent at an extremely exaggerated angle—evidently, its neck had been snapped by the Snow Shadow Battle Lion.

Even if the Ice Thorn Wolf did not die on the spot, the vitality within its body was rapidly draining away, and death was merely a matter of time.

"Roar!!!"

After snapping the Ice Thorn Wolf's neck, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion finally loosened its grip on the wolf's neck, then stepped on its head with one paw, tilted its head up to the sky, and emitted a deafening lion roar.

Thump!

Until this moment, the green-robed woman could no longer hold on; her legs turned soft, and she collapsed directly to her knees on the ground.

"I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please don't kill me."

"As long as you spare my life, I can do anything for you."

Facing Chu Xiu, whose strength utterly crushed hers, the green-robed woman completely lost all fighting spirit, and could only kneel servilely on the ground, begging Chu Xiu to let her go.

"You don't know you were wrong; you just know that you're about to die. Be a good person in your next life."

Facing the green-robed woman's kneeling plea for mercy, there was not the slightest bit of pity in Chu Xiu's eyes; instead, he looked at her with a chilling expression and let out a cold snort.

"No..."

Hearing this, the green-robed woman's hair stood on end, and just as she wanted to continue pleading, having only managed to utter a single word, her voice abruptly cut off.

The instant Chu Xiu's voice fell, the Dark Blade Mantis appeared behind her and decapitated her with a single slash.

"Hoo~"

Watching the opponent's head—still etched with a look of extreme terror—fall, Chu Xiu couldn't help but take a deep breath, suppressing the churning in his stomach.

Although it wasn't his first time killing someone, the five horrific corpses lying on the ground before him still dealt a heavy visual impact to him.

"Xiaodao, the hearts of these two Silver Grade beasts have the same effect as Silver Grade demonic beasts. Go take care of them."

After driving away the discomfort in his body, Chu Xiu immediately spoke to the Dark Blade Mantis.

Both the Ice Thorn Wolf and the Double-headed Demon Snake were Silver Grade beasts, especially the Double-headed Demon Snake which was even a Seven-Star Silver Grade beast. Those two Silver Grade demonic beast hearts definitely couldn't be let go.

Swish!!!

Just as Chu Xiu finished speaking, the figure of the Dark Blade Mantis appeared beside the nearest Double-headed Demon Snake and swung into action.

Having experienced the immense benefits of Silver Grade demonic beast hearts, even without Chu Xiu's reminder, it wouldn't let slip the hearts of the two beasts.

"Such a large backpack; who knows how many resources these guys collected in the secret realm, and if there are any that I can use?"

While the Dark Blade Mantis went into action, Chu Xiu muttered inwardly as he caught sight of the backpack strapped to one of the Bronze Tier Beastmasters.

Afterward, he stepped forward to the side of that Bronze Tier Beastmaster's corpse, removed the backpack from the fellow's body, and dumped out the contents inside.

Soon, a pile of resources appeared before Chu Xiu's eyes.

Chu Xiu looked through them one by one, seeing that most of these beast-taming resources were Bronze Tier resources, with Silver Grade resources accounting for only ten percent.