67: Chapter 67 Disgusting! You're playing too complicated a game!

Dark red Source Energy shot up into the sky.

Su Ming's right palm, which had already been raised, stopped abruptly in mid-air.

It wasn't that he had a soft heart. It was just that the Wolf King beneath his feet had suddenly started acting strange.

The grotesque old scar on its forehead suddenly split open!

A mass of dark red Source Energy gushed out and rapidly condensed in mid-air.

It transformed into a two-headed giant wolf, more than twice the size of the Wolf King's original body.

The phantom hovered above the Wolf King, its dark red wolf eyes scanning the entire battlefield from above.

When that gaze swept over Su Ming, the hair on his back stood on end.

That look didn't seem like a beast's. It was more like some kind of high-tier lifeform looking at an insect that had accidentally wandered into its territory.

The phantom existed for less than two seconds before diving down and violently merging with the dying Wolf King on the ground!

"Awoooo—!" A howl, completely different from before, echoed across the wasteland.

The Wolf King's dying body shuddered violently, and a layer of dark red flames ignited across its red mane.

At the site of its broken claws, blood mist and Source Energy condensed into even sharper bone blades, and its entire body size swelled up by a whole circle!

The Source Energy fluctuations, which were already at the peak of Tier 3, were now climbing crazily, about to break through the barrier and approach Tier 4!

At this moment, the entire battlefield went silent. Even the pack of wolves besieging Shen Qingci stopped their movements, all lowering their bodies in unison and emitting whimpers of submission.

Amidst the golden-white light of the Pagoda Bone Brake, Shen Qingci's expression was grave. This aura... no longer belonged to Tier 3.

She looked at Su Ming. Su Ming had been forced upward by half a foot by the Wolf King. The wolf head beneath him seemed to have been fitted with a new engine.

"Damn," Su Ming cursed under his breath. "Did you pay-to-win, too?"

The Wolf King didn't give him a chance to talk nonsense. Its eyes were filled with hatred.

It had spent a long time refining this Source Beast essence. It was originally meant for breaking through to Tier 4, for completely controlling this Ash Belt, and for commanding more Source Beasts in the future. But now, all its previous efforts had been wasted.

The surging power needed to be vented. The Wolf King let out a low growl. Its neck snapped around violently! By the time Su Ming reacted, a foul, bloody wind was already hitting his face.

He instinctively raised his arm to block. The next instant, "Squelch!" The Wolf King bit down hard on Su Ming's right shoulder.

This time, it wasn't just a superficial wound. Its fangs finally broke through that monstrous defense and embedded deeply into his flesh!

A sharp pain exploded along his shoulder. "Hiss—" Su Ming let out a muffled groan. His left hand shot out like lightning, his fingers hooking like iron claws into the gaps in the Wolf King's upper jaw, desperately holding back that terrifying bite force to prevent it from tearing further.

He swung his right fist in a wide arc and smashed it down onto the Wolf King's nose bridge! Bang! One punch! Su Ming's fist carried immense power, smashing the Wolf King's nasal bone until it caved in, and a stream of hot, bloody gore sprayed out. But it didn't let go.

Su Ming threw another punch. Bang! The corner of the Wolf King's eye split open, and blood gushed out. It still wouldn't let go! The third punch. Bang! A ton and a half of kinetic energy was poured into his fist. The Wolf King's entire skull shook violently, and it saw stars. But those two fangs embedded in Su Ming's shoulder bone bit down even tighter.

Crack. The sound of his shoulder bone splitting. Su Ming's right arm went numb, and the strength in his fingertips began to drain away. The Wolf King started shaking its head frantically, trying to fling Su Ming away.

How could Su Ming let it succeed! Once thrown off, his right arm would likely be ripped off, skin and bone. Besides, with the opponent's current speed, he would just be a living target!

The ferocity in Su Ming's eyes surged. He gave up on dodging and let the Wolf King's sharp claws tear one wound after another into his body. He exerted force with his legs and, in an extremely brutal manner, hugged the Wolf King tightly as they rolled onto the ground together.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Man and wolf, like two out-of-control giant rollers, rolled across the wasteland, carving out a messy trench and smashing through rock after hard rock.

In the end, relying on his super-high mass and core strength, Su Ming forcibly flipped over, pinning the Wolf King beneath him once again.

There were two shocking blood holes in his right shoulder, with blood streaming down his arm, but he didn't care at all. Like a true beast, he rode on top of the Wolf King, attacking the massive creature beneath him frantically.

Headbutt! Clang! Knee strike! Bang! Elbow strike! Thud! Every strike carried the blunt impact of heavy machinery colliding, causing the Wolf King to spray blood wildly.

The Wolf King spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. But the Wolf King never stopped resisting; it twisted its body, trying to throw Su Ming off.

Su Ming, however, was like a piece of plaster stuck to its fur, clinging to it tightly. During one roll, he even opened his mouth and bit off a large chunk of bloody red mane from the Wolf King's neck.

The Wolf King was completely stunned. As the overlord of this wasteland, it had eaten eighty if not a hundred two-legged beasts. Every person it had eaten had eyes filled with nothing but fear and despair.

But this one in front of it... how could it be even more purely beastly than itself?! It was a primitive madness that didn't care about pain, ignored death, and existed only to tear its opponent to shreds. Is this thing even human? A chill rose in the Wolf King's heart.

Su Ming gasped. The two shocking blood holes in his right shoulder were dripping blood onto the Wolf King's face. This beast had "blown its top." Its strength and speed had increased significantly. But this kind of burst definitely had a time limit. All he had to do was stall. Stall until it exhausted itself!

However, he was accumulating more and more wounds on his body. If he kept bleeding like this, he would likely be the first to collapse.

[Ding, detected severe muscle tearing in the right shoulder and minor humeral fracture. Do you wish to consume 200 mass points to repair?] The system's cold prompt sounded in his mind.

Su Ming's heart skipped a beat. Repair or not? That is the question. Two hundred points to repair one arm? He'd just get beaten up the same way after repairing it; it treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

He currently had a total of 8,300 mass points, which he had prepared for breaking through to Tier 3. Don't repair yet! The key to victory wasn't in this one shoulder!

He had been reluctant to get that Space Steward because he thought it was too expensive before... but now... He glanced at the Wolf King beneath him, still struggling madly with its strength showing no signs of waning. Then he looked into the distance at Shen Qingci, who was charging back and forth in the wolf pack, already showing signs of fatigue.

"System!" Su Ming roared in his heart. "Activate the Space membership! Is the consumption rate still one per minute?"

The space was still piled with a large number of exotic beast corpses collected during the beast tide; devouring them all would yield at least a few thousand more points. But he had to confirm the rate. If it was still that slow, by the time the system finished devouring these corpses, the Wolf King would probably have finished eating them, and if things went fast, they might even become warm fertilizer. But if it could devour them in batches, then he could take a gamble. As for that 5% service fee, let them deduct it!

Immediately after, the system's mechanical voice came. [After activating the Space Steward, the consumption rate is no longer limited to a single contact; all stored objects can be consumed simultaneously.]

There's a chance! Money is a bastard; if it's gone, we can earn it back! "Then hurry up and activate it! Immediately! Right now!" Su Ming didn't hesitate for a second.

[Unlock and activate "Space Steward (Beginner)", total deduction of 7000 mass points required, and 5% service fee enabled.] [Activate?] "Activate! Activate it, damn it!"

[Congratulations host, "Space Steward (Beginner)" activated!] [Remaining mass points: 1300.]

A line of golden explanatory text, full of cyber-capitalist vibes, popped up in front of Su Ming. The grandeur was maxed out.

But Su Ming had no time to carefully read those feature introductions now. He was riding on the Wolf King, his consciousness screaming frantically inside the system space: "Suck it all up for me!!!"

Boom—! In the consciousness space, a miniature black hole suddenly formed and expanded rapidly. Hundreds of exotic beast corpses floated up simultaneously. Rock-Armored Centipede, Poison-Sac Spider, Needle-Stinger Fly... all the spoils of war collected during the beast tide gathered into a strange river, whistling as they rushed into the black hole.

The next moment. The prompt sounds in Su Ming's mind exploded. [Ding! Automatically devoured Tier 2 Bronze Rock-Armored Centipede, mass points + 410!] [Ding! Automatically devoured Tier 1 Poison-Sac Spider, mass points + 120!] [Ding! Automatically devoured Tier 1 Needle-Stinger Fly, mass points + 85!] ... Screen flooding. Crazy flooding. Like a digital rainstorm. Su Ming's brain was full of ding-ding-ding.

So satisfying! So damn satisfying! Su Ming maintained his position riding on the Wolf King's back, letting its sharp claws carve bloody marks onto his back, but he just kept it suppressed, not moving an inch.

He glanced at the numbers jumping frantically on the panel, and the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than an AK! Is this the power of capital? Is this the joy of getting something for nothing?

Before, he had to grunt and sweat to manually "massage" it for a minute, but now it's a fully automated assembly line operation. Lying down... no, riding it, and the money is earned!?

In just a few seconds, the mass points that had just made his heart ache were shooting up like they were riding a rocket! 1710... 1830... 2200... Still rising! 3500... 4200... 5100... It just wouldn't stop!

Su Ming's cheeky, smirking face happened to meet the Wolf King's vertical pupils. It completely stunned the Wolf King. This... what's going on?? This human... is he crazy? Why is he looking so happy while we're fighting? Did hitting him feel that good?

It had heard that some humans were wild, but it hadn't expected them to be this wild. A strange chill arose in the Wolf King's heart! It roared in fury, and two more dark red Annihilation Wind Blades slashed fiercely against Su Ming's lower back. Let you laugh! Let you laugh!

Squelch! Two wounds deep enough to see the bone appeared, and blood gushed out. But Su Ming's smile didn't diminish in the slightest; instead, it became even brighter. The devoured mass points were like an author's positive reviews and requests for more updates! It was still rising!

"...Worth it." "Totally worth it." Su Ming looked down at the Wolf King's confused and furious vertical pupils and suddenly felt that this beast was quite pitiful. "Thanks for your hard work, brother." Su Ming patted the Wolf King's cheek.

The Wolf King went completely insane. You patted me?! You hit me on the face?! There's no justice! This wolf isn't fighting anymore! This is too insulting to my dignity!