Chapter 268: Biting Down on the Demon-Moving Ape's Head (Third Update, for 5)

The death of the Gale Lion liberated Kailan and the Bright Bird, signifying that the tide of the battlefield had completely shifted in favor of Li Zhangsheng.

"Earth Giant, finish it off!" Liu Jiyu endured the tremors in his Consciousness Sea; only if the Earth Giant severely wounded or killed Aixi would he have any hope of survival.

Unfortunately, the disparity in agility between the two was simply too great; the Earth Giant, best suited for frontal assaults, kept firing blanks, failing to land a single hit on its target.

At this moment, Aixi once again dodged the Earth Giant's offensive and unleashed Crushing Claw, striking hard against the Earth Giant's exposed right leg bone.

Crack!

Under Liu Jiyu's desperate gaze, the Earth Giant's leg bone snapped, causing it to instantly lose its balance and fall to the ground in a highly wretched state.

Having lost its right leg, the Earth Giant's speed would inevitably be severely impacted, and its threat level was greatly reduced.

However, the Bloodthirsty Frenzy state had not yet faded, and the Earth Giant remained crazed, still attempting to attack Aixi even with only one leg left.

Although the Earth Giant's movement speed was greatly weakened, it still posed a threat, yet facing Aixi in her prime, it had almost no power to fight back.

"Use long-range attacks to wear it down!!" For the sake of safety, Li Zhangsheng decided to use Wind Kite Tactics; this was the safest strategy, otherwise, it would be disastrous if Aixi were accidentally hit while pouncing.

Wind Blade!

Aixi opened her large mouth, and countless pale cyan light spots rapidly converged, instantly transforming into a giant Wind Blade nearly a zhang long, spinning at high speed as it slashed toward the Earth Giant's neck.

Leaf Blade Slash!

Not far away, Kailan also launched an offensive, with rich green energy transforming into a leaf-blade shape, slicing through the air toward the Earth Giant's neck.

Blazing Light Sword!

In the sky, the Bright Bird let out an exceptionally shrill cry, and countless white light spots rapidly converged, finally transforming into a huge Light Flame Giant Sword, also slashing toward the Earth Giant's neck area.

Under Liu Jiyu's desperate gaze, the Wind Blade struck first, cutting a huge gash into the Earth Giant's neck, followed immediately by the Leaf Blade Slash and the Blazing Light Sword hitting almost simultaneously; due to the violent agitation of the three types of energy, an explosion finally occurred.

Boom—

Amidst the sound of the explosion, countless flesh and blood splattered; the Earth Giant was covered in wounds, its neck was severed completely, and its massive body twitched violently a few times before collapsing limply to the ground, never moving again.

"Ah!"

The moment the Earth Giant died, Liu Jiyu's eyes bulged out, covered in bloodshot veins; in that instant, the mental connection between Liu Jiyu and the Earth Giant was severed, his Consciousness Sea shook violently, and he felt as if his brain had been pierced by countless steel needles at once, an indescribable, excruciating pain sweeping over him.

Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he looked like a fierce ghost, giving off an extremely ferocious impression.

Liu Jiyu clutched his head in extreme agony, curling up like a shrimp, letting out shrill screams from his mouth, and soon, he completely lost consciousness.

Liu Jiyu was very unlucky; the death of his Life-Bound Demon Pet caused his soul to be directly annihilated.

The moment Liu Jiyu died, his remaining Demon Pets also suffered backlash one after another.

Roar—

Amidst intense pain, the Demon-Moving Ape knelt on one knee in agony, its eyes bloodshot, letting out a weak roar as it tried to stand up again.

Unfortunately, it was met by the Emperor Crocodile's mouth full of fangs, which clamped down on the Demon-Moving Ape's head, and under the Emperor Crocodile's astonishing bite force, with a 'crack', it crushed the Demon-Moving Ape's neck.

The two Mid-Rank Beasts that had been guarding Liu Jiyu also suffered backlash; due to their low strength, their performance was inferior to the Demon-Moving Ape, and they collapsed limply to the ground; they were not in mortal danger, but they would be unable to recover in the short term.

"Kill them all!" Under Li Zhangsheng's command, the two Mid-Rank Beasts followed in Liu Jiyu's footsteps.

The battle ended, concluding with a total victory for Li Zhangsheng!

Before the Earth Giant was slain, Li Jingyi and the other three finally arrived at the scene, but under those circumstances, they dared not harbor any thoughts of stealing the kill and could only stand to the side and wait.

"Captain, are you alright?"

"Do I look like I'm not alright?"

Li Zhangsheng shrugged and began to collect the spoils of war.

In addition to Liu Jiyu's Space Ring, Li Zhangsheng also harvested some of the main materials from the Earth Giant, the Gale Lion, and the Demon-Moving Ape.

Among them, he naturally did not let go of the Earth Giant's heart and blood; after all, the Earth Giant possessed a pure Earth Titan Bloodline, which could at least be refined into one or two test tubes of Earth Titan Spirit Essence.

Of course, if the Earth Giant possessed other high-level bloodlines, Li Zhangsheng would have to abandon the idea of refining it.

Titans are similar to dragons, also divided into ancestral Titans and ordinary Titans; both are bloodlines, but the value of the former naturally far exceeds the latter.

Additionally, Li Zhangsheng obtained several Treasures, but unfortunately, Liu Jiyu was not wealthy enough, and they were all low-to-intermediate level Treasures.

"Instructor, how are the credits calculated this time?" Unlike previous tasks, this time Liu Jiyu was killed entirely by Li Zhangsheng alone.

Instructor Qian Yuanfei looked deeply at Li Zhangsheng, thought for a moment, and said: "This Difficult-level Task rewards a total of 500 Academic Credits! Li Zhangsheng receives 450 Academic Credits, Chen Yunsheng 20 Academic Credits, and the remaining three receive 10 Academic Credits each!"

The other four only provided hard labor, so they could only receive consolation credits; Chen Yunsheng was given an extra 10 credits because he was the first to discover Liu Jiyu's whereabouts.

Not long after, the group checked into an inn in a nearby small town.

In the room, Li Zhangsheng couldn't wait to take out the Space Ring; his Mental Power instantly surged into the Space Ring, and a space immediately appeared in his mind.

It was still a Space Ring with a capacity of ten cubic meters, and while there were many items inside, most were daily necessities Liu Jiyu had used, such as clothing and tents.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng took out all the items inside and first cleared away all of Liu Jiyu's daily necessities.

Various materials went without saying; among the remaining items, there were hundreds of Demon Cores, the large ones the size of an infant's fist and the small ones only the size of a fingernail, with only one Elite-level Demon Core among them.

There were dozens of Soul Crystals, all of them Low-grade Soul Crystals; it was clear that this was another person who was not very wealthy.

Besides these, there remained one Jade Slip and one square Jade Box.

Li Zhangsheng first opened the Jade Box, which contained a white fruit shimmering with starlight, slightly larger than an adult's fist, and an alluring fragrance wafted out.

Seeing this fruit, Li Zhangsheng was stunned for a moment, then revealed a smile.

It has been a month since the book went on the shelves, from 230,000 words to 590,000 words; I will continue to work hard next month, but of course, everything depends on everyone's support!

Old rules: Three, Pig, Proof!

(End of this chapter)