30: Chapter 30 An unexpected encounter with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, the sharpness of the Sky-Piercing Spear

The Star Dou Great Forest, on the other side.

Yun Yuan arrived at a dense part of the forest and finally stopped to rest, no longer fleeing for his life.

From just now until now, Yun Yuan estimated he had fled over a hundred miles to prevent being discovered by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Scarlet King.

"My luck in obtaining the second spirit ring this time is truly bad; how did I run into that Emperor Auspicious Beast?"

Resting against a large tree and recalling the recent experience, Yun Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Then, his thoughts began to drift, starting to worry about his teacher, Qian Xunji.

"Sigh, I don't know if Teacher can escape from that Scarlet King. With the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, escaping shouldn't be much of a problem."

"But for now, I should think about how to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. As for Teacher's situation, I'll naturally find out once I return to Spirit Hall."

Withdrawing his thoughts and restoring his Soul Power to its peak, Yun Yuan walked toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

But before long, he sensed a terrifying Spirit Beast fighting nearby, the loud crashes of their collision reaching Yun Yuan's ears.

"How can there be a collision of this level in the outer perimeter? What's going on?"

In Yun Yuan's view, the two Spirit Beasts fighting nearby were at least ten-thousand-year level beasts.

But this was the outer perimeter, where even thousand-year Spirit Beasts were rare; how could ten-thousand-year level beasts appear here?

With doubt in his heart, Yun Yuan turned his gaze toward the battlefield of the two Spirit Beasts, intending to see what was happening.

A ten-thousand-year level Spirit Beast could not yet threaten his life, as his life-saving abilities were very strong.

The innate Forbidden Air Domain of the qingtian spear had a larger range after the Spirit evolved, and it had also derived a space suppression ability with lower Soul Power consumption.

The external Spirit Bone, Wind and Thunder Wings, provided extremely fast flight speed, and its Spirit Bone skill also possessed space traversal capabilities.

These two abilities maxed out Yun Yuan's survival capabilities, giving him a certain level of confidence even when facing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

Before long, Yun Yuan reached a high cliff. Looking down from above, he discovered the two Spirit Beasts in combat.

One of them was a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, a Lava Earth Dragon, which belonged to the top-tier Spirit Beasts.

The other Spirit Beast surprised Yun Yuan; it was a super Spirit Beast, a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but its age was only a little over a thousand years.

After a year of theoretical study, Yun Yuan could naturally distinguish most Spirit Beast types and ages at a glance.

At this moment, the Lava Earth Dragon below was covered in wounds, roaring at the nearby Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear to drive it away.

Originally, this Lava Earth Dragon was resting peacefully in the inner perimeter, but a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear suddenly appeared to hunt it.

Then, the Lava Earth Dragon fled while the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear pursued, chasing it all the way to the outer perimeter without losing the trail.

By now, the Lava Earth Dragon's injuries were severe, forcing it into a final showdown with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear opposite it also had wounds of various sizes, though they weren't as severe as the Lava Earth Dragon's.

Although it was a super Spirit Beast, the Lava Earth Dragon was also a top-tier Spirit Beast with an age far exceeding its own. Being able to achieve this much already demonstrated the terror of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Standing on the high cliff, Yun Yuan watched this scene, his eyes fixed intently on the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, his mind occupied with unknown thoughts.

Below the cliff, the battle between the two Spirit Beasts was about to erupt. They began a fierce fight, the aftershocks and their powerful auras scaring away all Spirit Beasts within a thousand-meter radius.

As time passed, the Lava Earth Dragon's injuries grew more severe under the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's claws, its aura becoming increasingly weak.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear wasn't having it easy either, blood splashing from its ursine frame, but its bloodthirsty and proud nature made it determined to hunt this Lava Earth Dragon.

Ten minutes later.

The Lava Earth Dragon had lost its life force under the attack of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw, lying motionless on the ground.

Seeing this, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear beat its chest fiercely and let out a roar to vent its emotions.

Immediately after, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear dragged its heavily injured body forward, intending to enjoy the Lava Earth Dragon.

But an accident occurred.

Upon seeing the Lava Earth Dragon die and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear heavily injured, the white-hot qingtian spear instantly appeared in Yun Yuan's hand on the cliff, radiating an aura of ultimate sharpness.

The next moment, the external Spirit Bone Wind and Thunder Wings appeared on his back, and he used the Spirit Bone skill Wind Thunder Instant Body to appear behind the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

The extremely sharp qingtian spear thrust directly toward the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's heart; he wanted to hunt this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as his second spirit ring.

Sensing the crisis from behind, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear wanted to dodge, but its naturally clumsy frame combined with its heavy injuries greatly reduced its speed. How could it avoid Yun Yuan's qingtian spear?

In the next second, the incredibly sharp qingtian spear plunged straight into the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's body. The pain caused the Soul Power within the bear to surge violently, instantly knocking Yun Yuan back.

"Roar—!"

After the spear strike, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear let out a hiss and a roar, venting its fury.

Glaring at Yun Yuan, it dragged its heavily injured body and attacked him directly.

Facing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's wrathful strike, Yun Yuan gave a contemptuous smile. Flapping the Wind and Thunder Wings again, he instantly rose into the air, leaving the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear below in a state of helpless rage.

Yun Yuan's spear strike just now had made the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's already heavily injured body even worse, leaving it with little combat power.

Next, Yun Yuan only needed to engage in guerrilla warfare to kill this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's powerful defense was of little use against his qingtian spear.

The qingtian spear inherently possessed ultimate sharpness and armor penetration. Not to mention, after the Spirit evolved again, the power of the qingtian spear had increased further.

To break through the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's defense was quite easy for Yun Yuan's qingtian spear.

After half an hour of maneuvering, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear finally collapsed, its life force extinguished.

Flapping the Wind and Thunder Wings, Yun Yuan landed on the ground, panting slightly. Clearly, killing this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was no easy feat, and more than half of his Soul Power had been consumed.

Approaching the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Yun Yuan kicked the dead beast.

"This big bear is truly hard to kill. If it weren't already heavily injured, I might not have been able to kill it."

After a moment of reflection, Yun Yuan sat down cross-legged, preparing to absorb the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's spirit ring.

Before long, a purple spirit ring appeared over the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse.

Seeing this, Yun Yuan slowly closed his eyes and circulated his Soul Power. Following his experience from absorbing his first spirit ring, he guided the spirit ring to his body and began refining it.

As time passed, Yun Yuan successfully absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's spirit ring. He snapped his eyes open and jumped up happily.

Just as he was rejoicing, he suddenly discovered...