Chapter 236: Danger Beast Leader

Following that wisp of gray-white airflow, Lingyun and Busujima Saeko stopped in front of a massive cave.

"Is this the place, Ling-kun?" Busujima Saeko asked, gazing at the pitch-black cave.

"That's right, this is it." Lingyun retracted his Divine Sense, which he had expanded to its limit, and simultaneously struck the cave with a Palm Thunder.

A boom echoed from within the cave, followed by a massive roar, and a tall figure slowly appeared before the two of them. This Danger Beast looked no different from a human, save for its unusually tall stature, standing over two meters high. On its chest was a hideous wound that was constantly healing, clearly blasted open by Lingyun's Palm Thunder just moments ago.

"This guy seems a bit unusual..." Busujima Saeko looked at the Humanoid Danger Beast before her, a hint of gravity appearing in her eyes. The moment this Danger Beast appeared before her, she actually felt a sense of threat; in other words, this Danger Beast possessed strength at least on par with her own.

"Has it already reached the threshold of a Super Danger Beast?" Lingyun also frowned slightly. In his initial calculations, this guy's strength was at most at the peak of a Special Grade Danger Beast, but now it seemed the speed of its evolution had exceeded his expectations.

The Humanoid Danger Beast let out a roar and raised both hands, slapping them toward Lingyun. Lingyun stepped forward and met it head-on with a punch. The large and small fists collided heavily, and a gust of wind instantly radiated outward from the two of them.

With a "Crack!", the Danger Beast retreated several steps. Its right hand had been broken by Lingyun's powerful punch, with bone spurs even protruding. However, its wound began to squirm, and within just a few breaths, the right hand had returned to its original state.

Busujima Saeko raised an eyebrow and gently pressed her right hand onto the hilt of her sword. In an instant, several blade auras erupted from the Danger Beast's body; amidst splashing blood, dozens of massive wounds appeared on it. Yet, again, after only a few breaths, these wounds all vanished.

"This guy could already be considered a Humanoid Teigu, right!" Busujima Saeko said, narrowing her eyes.

"It's possible. After all, Dr. Stylish's goal from the beginning was to create something capable of rivaling the Supreme Teigu; this guy might be one of his experiments. After undergoing the transformation of the Underworld Power, it inadvertently reached the level of a Teigu!" He nodded slightly.

"Then what now?" Busujima Saeko asked.

"What now? Obviously, we finish this guy off completely!" Lingyun took a Long sword from the Cloud Realm, and the aura on his body began to grow powerful.

Sensing the terrifying aura on Lingyun, the Humanoid Danger Beast's pupils shrank slightly, followed by a silent roar. Under this roar, the surrounding Humanoid Danger Beasts seemed to receive some kind of message and began rushing toward their direction.

"Leave these cannon fodder to me; you just focus on dealing with this big guy!" Watching the Danger Beasts increasing all around them, Busujima Saeko licked her lips, a strange red glow flashing in her eyes.

Facing the Humanoid Danger Beasts charging aggressively toward her, Busujima Saeko slowly drew her Samurai Sword. The moment the Samurai Sword left its scabbard, sharp blade aura filled the space around her, and the Danger Beasts that approached her were instantly shredded by the blade aura.

"Shura Slash!" Busujima Saeko waved her hand, and a blood-red blade aura slashed out from the Samurai Sword, carving a bloody path straight through the many Humanoid Danger Beasts.

However, Busujima Saeko's attack did not make these Danger Beasts retreat; instead, it stirred their ferocity, and one by one they roared and lunged toward Busujima Saeko. Busujima Saeko curled her lips into a bloodthirsty smile, her figure turning into an afterimage as she charged into the midst of the Humanoid Danger Beasts.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The Danger Beast leader brandished a bone club it had dragged out from somewhere unknown, colliding heavily with Lingyun's Long sword. This bone club, having been imbued with Underworld Power, had become incredibly hard, and under the hacking of the Long sword in Lingyun's hand, it remained completely undamaged.

Although this Danger Beast leader's intelligence was not high, its raw strength was surprisingly great, and even Lingyun sometimes had to avoid its edge. Moreover, its beastly instincts were pushed to the extreme; several times, traps Lingyun had set during their exchange were dodged by it.

The Danger Beast leader let out a roar and smashed the bone club toward Lingyun. Lingyun's body swayed slightly, avoiding its attack. From the probing just now, he had already reached some conclusions: this guy's regenerative ability was likely on par with Susanoo, and the core was not a single piece, but rather dispersed into many parts distributed throughout its body. Once one core was destroyed, the others could quickly repair it.

"What a truly troublesome guy!" Lingyun retreated rapidly, then plunged his Long sword into the ground. "Earth Dragon Burial!"

The ground beneath the Danger Beast leader's feet suddenly twisted, and several earth dragons burst from the ground, tightly binding the caught-off-guard Danger Beast leader before their heads all plunged simultaneously into the Danger Beast leader's body.

With a muffled sound, the ground in front of Lingyun instantly collapsed, creating a pit half a meter deep. In the center of the pit lay a massive stone, clearly formed by the compression of the earth dragons just now.

Looking at this boulder, Lingyun frowned slightly; in his perception, the Danger Beast leader inside the stone was not only uninjured, but its aura had become even more powerful.

"Crack, crack," countless cracks instantly appeared on the stone before it shattered, and a cyan figure darted out from the rubble, attacking straight toward Lingyun.

"Flame Dragon Annihilation!" Lingyun guided with one hand, and a massive fire dragon instantly appeared beside him, engulfing the incoming figure with terrifying flames.

Amidst a violent roar, the fire dragon shattered into sky-filling sparks, while the figure that had lunged at Lingyun was thrown away like a giant ragdoll, crashing heavily into the ground and kicking up a cloud of smoke.

Lingyun looked toward that figure; compared to before, it had shrunk quite a bit. But Lingyun dared not lower his guard, as this shrinkage was the result of gathering all its power together. The figure slowly rose from the smoke and walked out of the hazy area.

Now, this Danger Beast leader had changed drastically; its originally massive body had shrunk to the size of a normal human. However, its body was covered in gray-white patterns—patterns Lingyun remembered very clearly, having seen them on the armor of the Underworld King guards he killed in the Sword World.

"Did it even imitate the hidden technique of a Teigu? Looking at it like this, it seems to be evolving in the direction of an Underworld King guard; then I really can't let you live!" Lingyun grabbed at the void with one hand, and wisps of white vapor appeared in his hand as the surrounding temperature plummeted.

"Ice Dragon Realm!" Lingyun pressed his left hand against the void, and endless ice and snow expanded from his side, instantly wrapping both him and the Danger Beast leader in a world of ice and snow.

The moment she saw Lingyun open the Ice Dragon Realm, Busujima Saeko directly abandoned the chance to deliver a fatal blow to the Danger Beast in front of her, blood-colored mist surging around her body to wrap her in a large cocoon. The cold air swept over her location, and the blood-colored cocoon, along with the Danger Beasts around her, were instantly frozen solid.

With a "Bang," the blood-colored cocoon burst through the ice layer wrapping it, and the figure of Luo Yexi appeared once more.

"Truly worthy of being Lingyun's Ice Dragon Realm; this kind of power is truly staggering!" Busujima Saeko said, looking at the Danger Beasts whose lives had been claimed by the ice all around. She had experienced firsthand the tenacity of this batch of Danger Beasts during the battle just now, yet in front of Lingyun's Ice Dragon Realm, these guys appeared so fragile.

The patterns on the Danger Beast leader in front of Lingyun flickered with light; it was this light that had blocked all the cold air Lingyun had released toward it just now.

"It is time to end your life!" Lingyun pulled the Long sword from the ice layer and spoke slowly.