Chapter 1848 - 1849: The Snipe and the Clam Fight
With Lin Chen's current strength, encountering any one of these beasts would make it difficult for him to escape, let alone facing two at once. Whether it's the One-horned Black Tiger or the Iron-armored Bear, if discovered, Lin Chen would only face being torn to shreds.
Fortunately, at this moment, these two beasts seemed intent on killing each other and had no energy to carefully search for Lin Chen, who was hiding on a treetop watching.
The Iron-armored Bear couldn't hold back first, let out an angry roar, and charged towards the One-horned Black Tiger, like a heavy tank, causing the entire ground to tremble.
Regarding the Iron-armored Bear's charge, the One-horned Black Tiger dared not be careless, it let out a low roar and quickly jumped to evade the impact, then its tail, like a steel whip, swept directly at the Iron-armored Bear's hind legs.
Although beasts at the Demigod level possess intelligence not inferior to humans, it's clear the One-horned Black Tiger's intellect is a cut above, knowing how to exploit the Iron-armored Bear's slow movements.
The Iron-armored Bear was hit by the tail, staggered for a moment, but just as the One-horned Black Tiger intended to capitalize on its victory to continue attacking, it roared again, its steel-like claws swiping at the One-horned Black Tiger, which narrowly dodged.
Seeing its attack miss, the Iron-armored Bear grew even more furious and charged recklessly at the One-horned Black Tiger, with its speed significantly increasing.
However, the Iron-armored Bear's hind legs had been swept, making its movements slightly delayed, whereas the One-horned Black Tiger was inherently faster.
Just as the Iron-armored Bear nearly reached the One-horned Black Tiger, it suddenly leapt, extending eight sharp steel claws that grabbed onto the Iron-armored Bear's shoulder, tearing off two chunks of flesh!
"Roar!"
The Iron-armored Bear bellowed in pain, unable to restrain a cry of agony and fury, while the One-horned Black Tiger, like a dragonfly skimming the surface, struck and immediately tried to distance itself. However, unexpectedly, the Iron-armored Bear, in extreme rage, was slightly faster than before, suddenly extending its claws to grab the One-horned Black Tiger's tail!
The One-horned Black Tiger was shocked, quickly turned around, opened its mouth to bite at the Iron-armored Bear's throat, but the Iron-armored Bear ignored it and forcibly pulled the One-horned Black Tiger towards itself, then struck heavily with a claw on the One-horned Black Tiger's head, directly severing a section of its dark horn!
Blood gushed out, the One-horned Black Tiger suffered heavy injuries, continually rolling and twisting on the ground, letting out wailing cries, the broken horn driving it nearly insane.
Though the Iron-armored Bear had gained the upper hand, it wasn't without loss either. The One-horned Black Tiger's long fangs pierced through its arm, leaving two bloody holes!
Feeling the rapid loss of blood internally, the Iron-armored Bear looked at the One-horned Black Tiger not far away, roared fiercely, and pounced over. The One-horned Black Tiger, seeing this, endured the pain, revealing dagger-like fangs, eyes burning with madness, counter-attacked, and bit the Iron-armored Bear's throat!
For beasts, biting is the basic battle method, and once the throat is bitten, it determines life and death!
However, what Lin Chen hadn't anticipated was that the Iron-armored Bear, with thick skin and flesh, didn't show any sign of major injury immediately, but the intense pain from its throat rendered it unconscious, its claws constantly tearing at the One-horned Black Tiger, flying shards of blood and flesh, yet it wouldn't let go. The Iron-armored Bear's struggle grew weaker, there's no doubt it would die at this rate!
Just when Lin Chen thought it was all over, the Iron-armored Bear suddenly roared again, but this roar revealed strong reluctance and anger, then it forcefully thrust its two front claws into the One-horned Black Tiger's body.
Lin Chen could see from afar large amounts of blood flowing from the corners of the One-horned Black Tiger's mouth, but even so, it didn't release its bite, firmly gripping the Iron-armored Bear's throat.
The Iron-armored Bear snarled, and under Lin Chen's stunned gaze, tightly held onto the One-horned Black Tiger to prevent escape, then, disregarding its constant wailing, charged fiercely and leapt off the cliff nearby!
"What?"
Lin Chen, watching from the side, was shocked, but he didn't rush out. He waited for a moment longer, ensuring those two beasts wouldn't climb back up, then jumped down from his hiding tree, walking to the edge of the cliff and looking down.
Below the cliff was estimated to be over ten feet high, and beneath was a heap of large rocks, with Lin Chen's eyesight able to discern the Iron-armored Bear and the One-horned Black Tiger had become a small speck, a large pool of blood flowing from beneath them, evidently dead.
"Unexpectedly, the Iron-armored Bear made such a choice to prevent the One-horned Black Tiger's escape!"
After feeling a bit emotional, Lin Chen's thoughts became active, considering those were truly two powerful beasts at the Demigod Fivefold level! Previously, Lin Chen had sold the demon cores of the Blackwind Wolves to Tianjian Pavilion, except the Wolf King's, which he kept himself. Those low-level demon cores weren't much help to his cultivation. However, these were Demigod Fivefold demon cores!
Demigod Fivefold demon cores contain most of the divine energy cultivated by beasts while alive. Lin Chen's cultivation level was only at Demigod Threefold, absorbing them would certainly greatly boost his cultivation!
Moreover, the materials from those two Demigod Fivefold beasts have considerable value if sold, providing Lin Chen with some cultivation resources, which he desperately lacked at present.
After deciding in his heart, Lin Chen didn't hesitate and directly took flight, landing at the base of the cliff shortly thereafter.
Upon landing, Lin Chen saw the corpses of the Iron-armored Bear and the One-horned Black Tiger. To his surprise, the One-horned Black Tiger hadn't completely died and even tried to attack Lin Chen when he intended to cut open its head.
However, the damage inflicted by the Iron-armored Bear was too severe. Now, even some Demigod Onefold martial artists could easily solve it, so Lin Chen didn't delay. He swiftly drew the Tianyan Ancient Sword and dispatched the One-horned Black Tiger, then quickly extracted the demon core and other valuable materials like claws and teeth.
After completing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but smile slightly:
"Two Demigod Fivefold demon cores!"
After tidying everything, Lin Chen suddenly sensed something was off. Before he could think further, a powerful gust struck from behind, prompting him to swiftly flip and retreat a distance, looking forward.
