Chapter 198: The Dark Wolf Beast King's Self-Destruct, Crisis Resolved!

Within the thick Dark Law Domain, Fang Xu stood still.

Around him, the four Dark Wolf Guards were gathering strength, waiting for a chance to kill with a single strike.

The Dark Wolf Beast King used the Dark Law Domain to guide their actions, trying to conceal Fang Xu's perception.

But every small movement of the four Dark Wolf Guards and the Dark Wolf Beast King was perfectly clear to Fang Xu's perception.

Watching the four Dark Wolf Guards approach cautiously, the one who wielded Space Law Power actually made no attempt to merge with space, hoping to unleash its strongest attack this way.

Fang Xu made up his mind; he would definitely find a way to first deal with the Dark Wolf Guard who controlled Space Law Power.

In his view, among the four Dark Wolf Guards, only this one was relatively troublesome.

If it later tried to flee, keeping it would still require effort.

The four Dark Wolf Guards, aided by the concealment of the Dark Law Domain, slowly approached Fang Xu.

Their eyes flashed with fierce killing intent; they had already prepared to attack.

Whoosh!

The Dark Wolf Beast Guard who mastered Sharp Law moved first.

Its claws swung, creating several terrifying rifts that nearly tore space, lunging straight for Fang Xu's back!

The two other Dark Wolf Guards who controlled Wind Law also moved.

The two formed a left-right pincer, blocking Fang Xu's retreat.

As for the front, it was the Dark Wolf Guard who controlled Space Law.

Facing such a seemingly perfect attack, Fang Xu's mouth curled slightly, then, as if he hadn't noticed their assault, he tightened his grip on the Purple Gold Long Staff.

The front Dark Wolf Guard moved.

Fang Xu also moved.

He intended to deliver a fatal blow when the enemy went all-out with its attack and had no time to dodge!

As the Space Law-controlled Dark Wolf Guard lunged out, Fang Xu slowly raised his Purple Gold Long Staff and gently brought it down to meet the guard's rushing body.

Fang Xu's motion seemed gentle, yet everything felt just right.

If an outsider saw it, they would think the Dark Wolf Guard was cooperating with his performance, charging straight into the Purple Gold Long Staff.

But the Dark Wolf Guard itself was utterly horrified.

It suddenly realized it could no longer control its body; all its movements were infinitely slowed.

Clearly seeing the Purple Gold Long Staff heading for its head, it tried to dodge but couldn't.

Having witnessed Fang Xu's power, it knew that if this staff struck its skull, it would surely shatter its head—certain death.

Knowing this was useless, it could only hope that the attacks of its three companions would affect Fang Xu, buying it some time.

The first to strike were indeed the other three Dark Wolf Beasts.

But Fang Xu's body surface was now permeated with Time Law Power; the attacks of the three Dark Wolf Guards, upon entering the range of the Time Law, likewise became extremely slow.

By compressing Time Law Power within his vicinity, Fang Xu could already slow the flow of time by nearly a hundredfold.

Under these circumstances, even a swift attack, upon entering the Time Law Power, would become slower than a snail.

The Purple Gold Long Staff, carrying the precise Power Law of "light as a feather, heavy as a mountain," struck the Dark Wolf Guard's skull accurately.

Fang Xu could even clearly see the Dark Wolf Guard's head begin to deform under the staff's blow, then skin split and flesh tore, the skull shattered, and red-and-white matter sprayed from the broken cranium.

He also saw that after the Dark Wolf Guard's head shattered, a tremendous force drove its neck into its body, and the monster core, flesh, and blood inside were torn apart by the shockwave.

At this moment, Fang Xu slowly extended his hand; a vortex of Blood Qi Power formed, sucking the Dark Wolf Guard's monster core and divine soul into his palm.

A monster core and divine soul from the Dharma Appearance Realm—this is excellent stuff.

If given to Chu Mu, it should be able to be refined into a decent medicinal pill.

After landing the blow, Fang Xu turned around leisurely, watching the attacks of the other three Dark Wolf Beasts, a wicked smile curling his lips.

The three Dark Wolf Guards, wanting to kill Fang Xu in one strike, did not use ranged attacks and all chose close-quarters combat.

This perfectly fell within the range of Time Power.

If they had been more cautious at the start, choosing ranged attacks to surround Fang Xu, facing five ferocious beasts whose strength reached the Dharma Appearance Realm, Fang Xu would truly have struggled to cope.

After all, when the range of Time Power becomes too large, its power drops linearly.

By then, there would be no way to affect these Dark Wolf Guards and the Dark Wolf Beast King.

Too bad there are no "ifs."

Now those three Dark Wolf Guards are also trapped within the range of Time Law Power.

It was as if they had sunk into a mire; the three Dark Wolf Guards struggled desperately to break free.

Yet their movements looked utterly ridiculous.

Like a slow-motion film, each step the three Dark Wolf Guards took required more than ten breaths.

Fang Xu walked up and easily slaughtered the three Dark Wolf Guards on the spot.

After collecting their monster cores, he then slowly raised his head and looked toward the Dark Wolf Beast King.

Even if the Dark Wolf Beast King were stupid, it now knew its Dark Law Domain was utterly useless against Fang Xu.

As for Fang Xu's earlier performance, the Dark Wolf Beast King understood it was done on purpose.

The four guards were dead, and the Dark Wolf Beast King grew afraid.

As a fellow Dharma Appearance Realm ferocious beast, its strength was greater than that of the four Dark Wolf Guards, but not by much.

The four Dark Wolf Guards facing Fang Xu were like lambs awaiting slaughter; he guessed he would fare no better himself.

Flee!

An idea popped into the Dark Wolf Beast King's mind.

It now only wanted to escape this place, not to fight Fang Xu.

As long as it could get away, it could rely on its years of connections with nearby ferocious beasts to seek more of them for help.

Moreover, there is a beast tide; when the beast tide erupts, this world will release a special energy that greatly increases the strength of these ferocious beasts.

By then, coming to take revenge will not be too late.

Thinking of this, the Dark Wolf Beast King began to fully activate the Dark Law Domain, intending to affect Fang Xu in the slightest, and then take advantage of this opportunity to escape from here.

At this moment, Fang Xu also realized the Dark Wolf Beast King's plan; his body flickered and he directly appeared outside the Dark Law Domain.

The Dark Wolf Beast King was greatly startled, hurriedly turned its body, and shot dozens of spears formed from black shadows at Fang Xu, who had appeared behind it!

These spears each contain a portion of Dark Law power, possessing the effect of attacking with the aid of black shadows; they are soundless and hard to detect or block.

Fang Xu also didn't waste words; his body directly turned into a mass of black liquid, enveloping the black spears and the Dark Wolf Beast King's body within.

"This is my home ground."

A voice came from all directions.

The Dark Wolf Beast King's fur stood on end instantly, and its body suddenly emitted a terrifying aura!

Following that, a huge phantom of the Dark Wolf Beast exuding an ancient aura appeared behind it!

Dharma Appearance!

For the Dark Wolf Beast, a ferocious beast inherited from ancient times, its bloodline ancestors are, to a certain extent, its Dharma Appearance.

By using the power of the Dharma Appearance, one can summon the phantom of one's ancestors.

After this huge Dark Wolf Beast Dharma Appearance appeared, it let out a roar toward the heavens!

All surrounding light was instantly devoured, and endless darkness descended.

Fang Xu, who had transformed into Profound Water, could clearly feel a force intending to forcibly break through his Profound Water Soul and escape from within.

However, this Dark Wolf Beast King, although possessing the strength of the Dharma Appearance Realm, still has a spiritual power far too weak compared to his.

Even if it uses the Dharma Appearance, it cannot break free from the prison formed by his Profound Water Soul.

Sensing the Dark Wolf Beast King trapped within, Fang Xu immediately decided to use it to test his newly researched technique.

The countless Profound Water around began to surge.

Countless streams of Profound Water in mid-air turned into black spears; after the spears formed, they directly stabbed toward the Dark Wolf Beast King's body!

Bang!

Bang!

……

The Profound Water spears and the Dharma Appearance on the Dark Wolf Beast King's surface continually collided, producing intense impact sounds.

The Dharma Appearance's defensive power is very strong; after enduring countless frenzied stabs from the Profound Water spears, its surface showed not a single crack.

As for this, Fang Xu had no surprise.

If the Dharma Appearance could be easily shattered, then the strength of a Dharma Appearance Realm expert would be far too weak.

In a certain sense, the Dharma Appearance is somewhat similar to a divine ability.

Formed by mobilizing ninety-nine percent of the world's power with one percent of one's own strength.

To shatter the Dharma Appearance in a short time, one must either sever its connection with the world's power, or break a threshold with absolute force, causing the Dharma Appearance to instantly collapse and cut off its absorption of the world's power.

These two points, Fang Xu currently cannot achieve.

But he has thought of another method.

Since it cannot be broken, he can completely forcibly control the Dark Wolf Beast King.

The Profound Water Soul continually contracts, squeezing the Dark Wolf Beast King's living space.

The attack of the Profound Water spears also did not cease, continuously stabbing toward the Dark Wolf Beast King.

Time passed bit by bit.

Fang Xu could clearly feel the aura on the Dark Wolf Beast King's body weakening,

The Profound Water spears cannot completely shatter the Dharma Appearance, but maintaining the Dharma Appearance requires constantly consuming the Dark Wolf Beast King's spiritual power.

Furthermore, the relentless assault of the Profound Water spears means the shock force also has a certain effect on the Dark Wolf Beast King's spiritual power.

It now feels that it can barely hold on.

Seeing this, Fang Xu decided to add fuel to the fire.

Suddenly, all the Profound Water spears were covered with purplish-black Divine Blaze flames.

The Divine Blaze flame poses a great threat to the spiritual soul; at the moment of seeing the Divine Blaze flame, the Dark Wolf Beast King's eyes were filled with shock.

At this moment, it became even more violent, not minding its injuries, carrying its huge Dharma Appearance, and began to frenziedly attack the Profound Water Prison.

Repeated attacks seemed to possess the power to destroy heaven and earth, but facing the utmost soft Profound Water, they had absolutely no effect.

The Profound Water spears carrying the Divine Blaze flame moved.

One after another, they bombarded the Dark Wolf Beast King's Dharma Appearance!

Everything proceeded as Fang Xu had expected; the Profound Water spears mixed with Divine Blaze flame inflicted great damage on the Dharma Appearance.

The Divine Blaze flame clung to the Dharma Appearance, continually burning.

If the Dark Wolf Beast King wants to control the manifestation, it needs to maintain things like spiritual power within the Dharma Appearance.

And when facing the Divine Blaze flame, the spiritual power will be continually burned.

But once the spiritual power is withdrawn, its Dharma Appearance cannot be maintained.

Having lost the Dharma Appearance, facing these terrifying attacks, it knows it cannot withstand even a single round.

Whether horizontal or vertical, it's death.

It seems there is no way to survive.

Self-detonate!

The Dark Wolf Beast King, driven to a desperate end, flashed a hint of humiliated madness in its eyes.

It decided to self-detonate!

Being tortured to such humiliation, it completely lost its sanity.

At this moment, there was only one thought in its mind: to perish together with this hateful human before it!

It retracted its Dharma Appearance and gathered all the power within its body.

The Nether Wolf Beast King's pair of eyes, filled with endless madness, stared fixedly at the black Profound Water Prison Cage.

Afterward, its inner Monster Core flashed wildly, and its body lunged directly toward one direction of the Profound Water Prison Cage.

The Nether Wolf Beast King could clearly sense that the thing restraining it carried Fang Xu's soul aura, guessing that this thing must be deeply connected to Fang Xu's soul.

If self-detonation could destroy this thing, the soul would be affected, and even if Fang Xu didn't die, he would suffer severe damage!

Within the Profound Water Soul, seeing the Nether Wolf Beast King's such frantic action, Fang Xu instantly understood the opponent's plan.

You want to use me as a shield?

The endless Profound Water instantly flowed back, and the prison cage formed from Profound Water instantly vanished.

Fang Xu waved his hand and summoned a huge Dragon Scale Great Shield in front of him.

At this moment, the scales on the Nether Wolf Beast King's body surface had been blown apart, and intense light shot out from its upheld body!

Boom!

The terrifying explosion sound rang out, like a small nuclear bomb, destroying everything around completely!

The shockwave from the Nether Wolf Beast King's self-detonation swept across, directly uprooting the surrounding trees.

On Fang Xu's side, thanks to the Dragon Scale Great Shield, although the powerful explosion point was very close, he did not suffer much harm.

He was only affected by the explosion's shockwave, his qi and blood surged slightly, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Looking at the terrifying crater blasted out by the Nether Wolf Beast King's self-detonation, Fang Xu shook his head.

Wasted.

A Monster Core of a Dharma Appearance Realm cultivator, plus flesh and blood, was wasted just like that.

However, fortunately, the problem was resolved.

Leaving the battlefield, he directly returned to the Small Mountain Valley.

The Beast King and the four Nether Wolf Guards were dealt with.

But the battle in the valley continued.

Although the strength of those Nether Wolf Beasts was mostly around the Primordial Martial Realm, on the surface they were stronger than the members of the Ghost Face Army.

But due to the battle formation, plus armoring, the strength and realm of the Ghost Face Army soldiers were not on the same level at all.

A hundred-person battle formation was like a precise killing machine; wherever it went, those Nether Wolf Beasts were no match at all.

Corpses of Nether Wolf Beasts lay everywhere around the valley.

Fang Xu glanced over, his heart slightly relieved.

Fortunately, our side suffered no casualties.

Perhaps the Beast King's death was sensed by these Nether Wolf Beasts; at this moment they lost most of their fighting spirit, no longer intending to fight the Ghost Face Army, and only wanted to flee.

This situation, however, brought considerable trouble to the Ghost Face Army soldiers.

The enemy constantly wanting to flee is far more difficult to deal with than fighting desperately.

After all, the number of Nether Wolf Beasts far exceeds that of the Ghost Face Army.

And Fang Xu had also said that these Nether Wolf Beasts should not be let go if possible.

All the Ghost Face Army soldiers had no choice but to split the hundred-person battle formation into ten-person basic battle formation units to conduct interceptions.

Yet even so, they were somewhat stretched thin.

Watching a Nether Wolf Beast disappear into the jungle, these Ghost Face Army soldiers still thought about pursuing.

Fang Xu immediately stopped them.

"Do not pursue a desperate foe."

"Our goal is to hold the resource point and earn points; there's no need to risk pursuing."

Although the fleeing Nether Wolf Beasts would become a hidden danger, pursuing them would split our forces, making us prone to greater danger and thus causing casualties.

Fang Xu abandoned the idea of completely exterminating the Nether Wolf Beasts.

"Clean up the battlefield and return to camp."

Everyone began cleaning up the battlefield, and at this moment Fang Xu discovered that the entire Nether Wolf Beast clan, aside from the few Nether Wolf Guards of Dharma Appearance Realm he had slain and the Nether Wolf Beast King, the other Nether Wolf Beasts had no Monster Cores!

This might be related to the rules of this world.

He felt somewhat disappointed in his heart.

After all, these were nearly ten thousand ferocious beasts with Primordial Martial Realm strength; if they all had Monster Cores, that would also be a considerable fortune.

If it's gone, it's gone. (End of chapter)