136: A terrifying slash

Before this, Xiao Shi had never encountered such a being.

It hadn't even shown itself, yet it already brought an extremely powerful sense of oppression.

This made him look solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy.

The little Crimson Tiger beside him also trembled, very much afraid.

Not long after, Xiao Shi saw this colossal creature rapidly approaching.

It was a gigantic, violent ape, entirely crimson and massive in size.

The entire ape was dozens of feet tall, its fangs protruding, looking very ferocious, exuding cruelty and savagery. From a great distance, the astonishing Qi Strength emanating from the ape had already made Xiao Shi feel its terror.

He could clearly sense that the ape's strength had far exceeded the Qi Martial Realm, reaching the Blood Martial Realm level.

This kind of strength was clearly not something that the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators in this Game Arena could handle.

It was no exaggeration to say that most of the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators here would have to kneel if they encountered this ape!

This also made Xiao Shi realize that they were not absolutely safe within this Game Arena.

Within this Game Arena, there were also dangers that could threaten their lives.

However, if this ape could be killed and then devoured by the little Crimson Tiger, it would undoubtedly bring an unimaginable terrifying boost to the little Crimson Tiger.

But after Xiao Shi assessed the ape's combat power, he felt that even he didn't have enough confidence to kill it.

He could only retreat with the little Crimson Tiger before it arrived.

Based on his analysis of this Game Arena, he believed that such powerful beings should only be killable after Blood Beasts had been raised.

In the current initial stage, they would find it difficult to kill such powerful beings.

Xiao Shi immediately moved away from this area.

Although the ape had discovered him, it was mainly attracted by the crimson flower, so it didn't pursue Xiao Shi.

Thus, Xiao Shi continued to collect resources with the little Crimson Tiger.

It had to be said that there was a significant difference between day and night in this Game Arena.

After nightfall, more resources seemed to appear.

However, similarly, the dangers within would also increase accordingly.

These dangers not only came from various powerful beings but also from the environment.

At this moment, a whirlpool-shaped sandy area appeared in front of Xiao Shi.

If one accidentally entered this sandy area, they would inevitably sink in directly.

After several days of resource collection, Xiao Shi had a general understanding of the situation in this Game Arena.

Overall, there were multiple categories of resources in this Game Arena.

There were plants, living beings, elements, and even climate!

All of these could bring growth and improvement to Blood Beasts.

However, among these many resources, there was also a hierarchy.

Higher-level resources often brought greater improvements.

But such resources were often very difficult to obtain.

Just like the ape whose strength had already exceeded the Qi Martial Realm and reached the Blood Martial Realm, it belonged to high-level resources.

Based on the resources he had encountered so far, Xiao Shi temporarily categorized them into low-level resources, medium-level resources, and high-level resources.

The aquatic plants he first obtained belonged to low-level resources.

Such resources would only bring a slight physical growth to the Blood Beast.

The improvement was small.

The fish and birds caught later belonged to medium-level resources.

Besides bringing physical growth to the Blood Beast, these resources would also give the Blood Beast some physical changes.

For example, the sharp fangs and keen eyes that the little Crimson Tiger grew.

As for high-level resources, they were beings like the ape.

“Perhaps there aren't just these three levels of resources...” Xiao Shi thought to himself.

After all, he had only collected resources from a small area so far.

The resources found were limited.

Besides these three levels of resources, there might be other resources.

However, judging from the three types of resources he had found so far, medium-level resources were undoubtedly the most important.

Currently, with the enhancement from medium-level resources, the little Crimson Tiger not only possessed sharp fangs and eagle eyes but also sword claws and a flaming tail!

However, the little Crimson Tiger was still in its infancy stage of growth.

Even though its body had grown much larger than before, reaching the size of a normal Shiba Inu, due to being nurtured by numerous resources.

But it still hadn't entered the next growth stage.

At the same time, all participants in this game had completed their incubation and began collecting resources.

And after everyone completed the Blood Beast incubation, the entire Game Arena suddenly shrank.

Originally, this Game Arena was incredibly vast, so much so that at the beginning of resource collection, no one encountered other participants.

But now, with the shrinking of the Game Arena, these participants began to meet each other.

Although Xiao Shi didn't immediately encounter other participants, he also felt the shrinking of the Game Arena.

This was a prompt conveyed by this world.

All participants could clearly feel it.

“Does this mean… the Game Arena will continue to shrink?” Xiao Shi pondered.

This mechanism was undoubtedly a good thing for him.

After all, besides raising Blood Beasts, his purpose for entering here was also to kill the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators!

Previously, due to the Game Arena being too large, he couldn't find anyone else.

Now, with the shrinking circle, Xiao Shi's eyes immediately lit up with excitement.

Finally, he could start killing!

He was already impatient about this.

At the same time, he also wanted to know if killing here would drop resources from this place.

If resources could be dropped, then killing here would have great value and significance.

Some resources that were difficult to obtain through normal means might be directly dropped through killing.

Immediately, Xiao Shi began searching for other participants while collecting resources.

Not long after, Xiao Shi successfully met one of the participants.

This was a High Ponytail Woman dressed in dark golden robes, with purple markings on her face.

The markings on her face were like a purple spider, constantly wriggling on her face.

It looked very eerie and terrifying.

Beside her was a crimson scorpion.

This was the Blood Beast she had incubated here.

And the moment he saw this High Ponytail Woman, Xiao Shi clearly realized that this person was from the Demonic Path forces!

After all, he had seen all the Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection cultivators from their Orthodox Faction before.

And in this Game Arena, besides the four Orthodox Faction forces, only the Demonic Path forces remained.

That is to say, anyone he hadn't seen before must be from the Demonic Path forces.

As Xiao Shi saw this High Ponytail Woman, her gaze also focused on Xiao Shi.

She also recognized at a glance that the other party was from the Orthodox Faction.

Killing intent immediately flashed in her eyes.

The Demonic Path and the Orthodox Faction had always been incompatible, and whenever they met, they would inevitably fight each other.

However, when the High Ponytail Woman's gaze fell upon the Blood Beast beside Xiao Shi, her pupils suddenly contracted violently.

She had never imagined that the other party had already nurtured their Blood Beast to such an extent!

Although the types of Blood Beasts they incubated would differ, the size of these Blood Beasts would not vary too much.

Even if the incubated Blood Beast was an ant, its size would be comparable to other nascent Blood Beasts, not like an ordinary ant.

Therefore, when she saw that Xiao Shi's Blood Beast had already been nurtured to such a size, she was incredibly shocked.

Killing intent flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

Without any unnecessary words, his figure moved, stirring up a burst of airflow.

With astonishing speed, he directly charged towards the High Ponytail Woman.

He would have no psychological burden killing these Demonic Path people.

At the same time, he didn't plan to give the other party a chance to attack, intending to kill her directly with the fastest speed!

Whoosh!

The Qi Severing Blade immediately appeared in Xiao Shi's hand.

He raised the entire Qi Severing Blade high, and under the Taiyin Qi Strength within his body, the entire Qi Severing Blade vaporized.

Xiao Shi manipulated the Qi Severing Blade, a scene of a giant axe cleaving, which he had seen in the enlightenment bead, flashed in his mind.

This caused a Tree Shadow of a giant axe to materialize on the entire Qi Severing Blade.

Although the image of the giant axe was somewhat blurry, it was majestic, and there was a bloody murderous intent. The moment it appeared, it caused the wind and clouds to change color and the air to explode.

Terrifying power, spreading boundlessly, erupted!

The High Ponytail Woman in front felt it, and her expression changed drastically.

Her entire face was filled with fear.

Even the purple markings on her face trembled, seemingly wanting to escape due to the overwhelming fear.

They frantically jumped on her face.

An indescribable sense of deadly crisis filled her entire mind, making her feel as if one foot was already in the gates of hell.

As a member of the Demonic Path forces, she had experienced far more slaughter than ordinary members of the Orthodox Faction.

But even so, she had never seen such a terrifying move from a Qi Martial Realm practitioner!

This move felt as if it was not a powerful killing move that a Qi Martial Realm cultivator could unleash at all!

As a result, she trembled, even losing the courage to fight back.

Only one thought remained in her mind: escape!

But before she could use any means or abilities to escape, in an instant, the entire Qi Severing Blade erupted with dazzling light, sweeping everything before it as it violently slashed down towards the High Ponytail Woman.

Its speed was incredibly fast, cleaving stars and moons, like a long rainbow piercing the sky, approaching with a roar.

Looking from afar, the descending Qi Severing Blade seemed to possess immense power, causing the wind and clouds to churn, and its brilliant light in this crimson world was like a dazzling star.

It seemed to be empowered by some powerful force.

On the entire descending Qi Severing Blade, a faint and blurry axe shadow was attached.

With one slash, the surroundings trembled.

The High Ponytail Woman, who was just about to flee, was terrified to her core, and was about to unleash her strongest escape technique to get away from here.

But it was too late.

As the descending blade light flashed before her, her whole body trembled violently, despair in her eyes, along with bitterness and horror.

She had never imagined that the Orthodox Faction participant she had just met possessed such terrifying strength.

In an instant, a bloodstain appeared on her brow, rapidly spreading across her nose, lips, and chin.

It swept down to her chest, spreading throughout her entire body!

Then, a large amount of fresh blood erupted from the bloodstain.

Her body was directly split in two.

Then, with a roar, these two halves of her body shattered again, until they became a shower of minced flesh and blood, scattering across the ground.

After delivering this strike (axe), Xiao Shi's face was slightly pale.

All the strength in his body felt as if it had been drained.

It had to be said that the power of this strike (axe) was even stronger than he had imagined!

It directly caused the High Ponytail Woman to not even be able to muster the courage to resist.

She was instantly killed with one strike (axe)!

It was just that the consumption of Qi Strength was somewhat massive, making Xiao Shi feel a wave of fatigue.

Such a strike (axe) was clearly difficult to unleash a second time in a short period.

At most, he could only unleash it once.

With the death of the High Ponytail Woman, only the trembling Blood Beast scorpion remained beside her.

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Originally, the strike (axe) he delivered should have also affected this Blood Beast scorpion.

However, this Blood Beast scorpion was completely unharmed... This made a guess form in his mind.

“Could it be that we participants cannot harm Blood Beasts?”

Thinking this, Xiao Shi immediately controlled the Tree Shadow to attack the Blood Beast scorpion in front.

However, the Tree Shadow's attack passed directly through the Blood Beast scorpion.

It seemed unable to touch the Blood Beast scorpion at all.

This completely confirmed Xiao Shi's conjecture.

“That means...”

“We participants can attack each other, but we cannot attack each other's Blood Beasts...” Xiao Shi realized a crucial point.

Just then, the little Crimson Tiger beside him could no longer hold back.

Its figure moved, directly transforming into a blood shadow, pouncing on the Blood Beast scorpion in front.

With the Blood Beast scorpion trembling, the little Crimson Tiger directly pounced on it, bit it, and swallowed it whole.

Whoosh!

After swallowing the Blood Beast scorpion, the little Crimson Tiger's entire body immediately began to grow at a visible speed.

Its growth was even greater than the growth brought by those medium-level resources!

Its entire body instantly expanded by one size.

“It seems that Blood Beasts of participants can grow by devouring each other! Although participants cannot attack Blood Beasts, Blood Beasts can fight each other!” Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

It was just that this Blood Beast scorpion and his little Crimson Tiger had a huge gap in strength.

It had no ability to resist and was directly swallowed by the little Crimson Tiger.

At the same time, Xiao Shi's attention also shifted to the items dropped after the High Ponytail Woman's death.