Chapter 393: The Giant Beast Appears

"Yes, sir, it's the Bimon Giant Beast."

Yi Geng nodded very affirmatively.

He noticed that Lei En seemed to react unusually to the Bimon Giant Beast, which might be an excellent chance to flatter Lei En, and hurriedly said, "A few years ago when I was looking for a place to settle in Wan Song Ling, I was attacked by a Bimon Giant Beast; I'm absolutely certain."

Lei En couldn't help but glance at the Black Dragon a few times.

The Bimon Giant Beast, dubbed the "King of Land Battles," has terrifyingly strong close‑quarter melee on the ground, almost without rival; they are naturally brutal and wild, fearless, and love to ambush low‑flying dragons, thus also called the "Dragon Butcher."

Yi Geng emerged unscathed after being attacked by a Bimon Giant Beast, showing his considerable strength.

"That Bimon Giant Beast had just reached adulthood, didn't jump high enough to hit me; I was in Wind Roc Form at the time and easily shook it off," Yi Geng added.

"No wonder…"

Lei En's mind cleared, and he let out two quiet chuckles.

Yi Geng is a Legend Mid-stage Dragon and bears a Legend Grade Talisman, yet he didn't avenge the Bimon Giant Beast on the spot, instead fled as if nothing had happened.

That clearly contradicts a dragon's proud temperament, only indicating that Yi Geng wasn't confident he could defeat that Bimon Giant Beast.

A newly adult Bimon Giant Beast is only Legend Early-stage, one rank below, yet it makes the Black Dragon so wary; this shows the Bimon Giant Beast's formidable reputation.

In fact, few people or dragons dare to challenge a Bimon Giant Beast.

Lei En has been watching the Bimon Giant Beast for a long time.

Because this species, perched at the apex of magical beasts, possesses an Element he knows well: a body of steel!

The Bimon Giant Beast's body is as hard as steel, equipped with the strongest shield and the sharpest spear, dubbed the indestructible "Bimon Claw." It combines defense and offense, possesses innate colossal strength, and has very high magical resistance; aside from being unable to fly and moving slowly, the Bimon Giant Beast has almost no other flaws.

The "Book of a Thousand Souls" considers the Bimon Giant Beast a powerful magical beast in the Ai Lun E Si world.

But they are still merely magical beasts, low in intelligence, not much smarter than ordinary beasts, unable to wield spells, and their reproduction is difficult; they are scarcer than dragons and have not evolved into an intelligent race, most often becoming prey or war pets.

The Bimon Giant Beast has relatively close ties with orcs and trolls, especially with shaman priests; a few have signed soul contracts with them, called Bimon Priests.

Lei En now lacks only a Legendary Demon Soul before he can begin advancing to Legend.

He has already mapped out his Legend path, resolved to follow the "Melee Wizard" route, prioritizing strength and supplementing with spells, and later integrating Demon Soul and Soul Power to further this direction.

The Bimon Giant Beast fits his needs perfectly.

Even without having seen the "Bimon Claw," the fact that it wields at least seventh‑level power and a steel body already excites him.

Lei En didn't want to wait any longer, stood up and said, "Have you rested enough? If you're ready, we'll go find that Bimon Giant Beast now."

Yi Geng hurriedly nodded.

He hadn't actually expended much stamina; his earlier claim of needing rest was merely an excuse to be alone with Lei En and voice his thoughts.

The two stepped out of the treehouse; it was still deep night.

Yi Geng casually disassembled the treehouse back to its original form, transforming into an Ethereal Lion‑Griffin that carried Lei En into the sky.

Half an hour later, the Ethereal Lion‑Griffin reached the air above a mountain range and said, "Sir, this is where I was attacked by that Bimon Giant Beast."

"Hmm."

Lei En nodded; darkness could not block his sight. Below, the terrain was complex, with valleys and ravines criss‑crossing; hundreds of miles around were covered by endless forest, dense with towering red pines that resembled giants standing in the mountains.

The Voice of All Things had already activated, and countless sound waves entered his ears.

Wind, insects, roars… each sound reached his ears; Lei En carefully distinguished them, traced their sources, and discovered many beasts and strange monsters lurking in the forest, including Mid-stage and High-stage magical beasts, but none were Bimon Giant Beasts.

The Bimon Giant Beast is a solitary creature and has no fixed den.

Only during breeding season do two Bimon Giant Beasts pair temporarily, seek a suitable cave to build a nest and raise offspring until the young can survive on their own, a process lasting about three to five years.

"It's not around here; let's try elsewhere," Lei En said.

Yi Geng used the spot of the previous attack as the origin, circling outward as he flew.

Lei En's Soul Eye, combined with the Voice of All Things, acted like a living radar, sweeping the forest below from high altitude with great efficiency.

After searching for several hours, daylight broke.

The summer sun illuminated the vast forest, allowing Lei En to see farther; the search speed increased another level, and in just one or two hours he could carpet‑search dozens of square miles, even hidden mountain streams and gorges could not evade his hearing.

Sun rose and set; a day and night passed.

Riding the Ethereal Lion‑Griffin, Lei En had already scoured forests within hundreds of miles, resting only twice, yet found nothing.

Not to mention a Bimon Giant Beast, he hadn't even found its traces.

Yi Geng grew a bit anxious, fearing Lei En might think he was lying, and repeatedly explained that he hadn't misremembered.

Lei En didn't become suspicious; instead he comforted, "The Bimon Giant Beast's movements are inherently secretive; it doesn't stay in one place for long. You encountered it years ago, so it's normal it isn't nearby now."

"We'll keep searching, broaden the area."

He said that, but Lei En truly had little confidence.

Wan Song Ling was indeed vast; at his search speed, covering it all would take at least two years. Though not as impossible as finding a needle in the ocean, it wasn't much better.

If luck was bad, he might search for years without result.

Lei En patiently searched for several more days, already more than two hundred li from Yi Geng's reported spot, having covered over ten thousand square li, yet still saw no sign of the Bimon Giant Beast.

"Ai Mi Li Si is still waiting at Hai Tuo Ke, and the territory can't be left unattended; I can't delay too long," Lei En thought, gazing at the endless forest, "Search three more days; if after three days there's still no clue, we'll temporarily give up and return later."

Another day passed.

The tedious search heavily taxed his mind; Lei En felt somewhat weary, "Let's rest a bit."

The Ethereal Lion‑Griffin landed on a steep cliff.

Lei En sat on a protruding rock on the cliff, took out dry rations and ate while gazing down at the boundless forest.

Wan Song Ling's scenery was breathtaking; the rolling mountains were dotted with towering trees, valleys held winding streams adorned with birdsong and floral fragrance, and every direction offered untouched primordial natural beauty.

But after watching it for several days in a row, he was already a bit weary of it.

His Soul Eye swept the scenery within view, still finding nothing.

After a few bites filled his stomach, he rested half an hour; the Ethereal Lion‑Griffin's stamina recovered, and as Lei En rose to jump up, an unusual sound suddenly reached his ears.

He halted his movement and looked toward the source of the sound.

From the cliff, looking out over the forest several miles away, a huge herd of beasts was fleeing in panic, including fierce demonic beasts and their prey, but at this moment they seemed terrified by something huge, only burying their heads and running, stirring up flocks of birds in the forest.

Lei En had encountered this situation many times in the past few days.

Usually it is because a powerful creature is hunting, or has met an evenly matched opponent, and a fierce battle erupts, affecting the nearby beasts.

"I'll go take a look," Lei En said.

The Ethereal Lion Eagle concealed its form and took off, silently flying toward the direction the herd was fleeing.

Lei En watched the trembling forest below, surprised that the fleeing herd was far larger than any he had seen before, containing not only beasts but also several high‑rank demonic beasts.

Scaring even high‑rank demonic beasts into flight is at least legendary!

Lei En felt his spirit lift, a vague premonition and strong anticipation stirring in his heart—could the Bimon Giant Beast he had been searching for so long finally appear?

Yi Geng also sensed the anomaly and instinctively increased his flight speed.

A moment later.

The herd in the forest below had vanished, leaving a silence within several miles, and Lei En's senses sharpened; he patted the Ethereal Lion Eagle and pointed toward a direction ahead.

In the dense forest, a large area of trees seemed violently torn down, forming a conspicuous clearing.

A massive silhouette appeared beneath the trees.

Lei En's gaze pierced the shade, the outline of the figure becoming visible, and he whispered, "It could very well be the Bimon Giant Beast."

The Ethereal Lion Eagle quickly rose higher, finally seeing its full form.

"That's it!"

Yi Geng shouted, both startled and delighted, "It was it that attacked me years ago!"

Lei En gave a slight nod, his Soul Eye carefully observing the legendary demonic beast.

The Bimon Giant Beast's first impression was that of a gigantic ape enlarged dozens of times, roughly humanoid, capable of standing upright, its whole body covered in jet‑black fur; its face, however, was less human‑like than a gorilla's, with a ferocious, terrifying expression and two massive tusks protruding from its mouth corners.

Its four limbs were extremely robust, the two arms larger than the hind legs, even somewhat disproportionate.

At this moment, the Bimon Giant Beast sat there, feeding.

From a distance it resembled a small hill; if it stood upright it would be close to ten meters tall.

Its prey was an equally massive Tyrannosaur; the Tyrannosaur is a ground‑walking dragon, a draconic descendant, very similar to Diqiu's Tyrannosaurus.

Judging by its size, this Tyrannosaur had already reached the Legendary stage, yet it became food for the Bimon Giant Beast.

What caught Lei En's eye most was the massive claws at the ends of its arms, three on each side, each over a meter long, curved like terrifying sickles, thick on the outer side, sharp on the inner, with extremely pointed tips.

The Tyrannosaur's corpse was riddled with claw marks; the most fatal wound was at its neck, where a thick neck that would require two or three people to grasp had been nearly sliced in two.

The Bimon Giant Beast periodically swiped its claws, easily cutting large chunks of flesh from the Tyrannosaur's carcass, tossing them into its mouth, chewing twice and swallowing.

The scene looked rather bloody, the Tyrannosaur's fresh blood pooling on the ground into a crimson pond.

The Bimon Giant Beast enjoyed the feast, unaware that someone was watching it from the shadows.

(End of Chapter)