Chapter 1103: Chapter 983: Futile Struggle
The four of them were desperately running for their lives, cursing Ye Fan in their hearts, wishing they could grind him to dust.
However——
Despite pushing their speed to the limit, they still couldn’t shake off the Iron Armor Bear, which was instead closing in on them.
Seeing this, there was not a hint of rcy on Ye Fan’s face.
These four had repeatedly robbed him of his Xuan Beasts along the way and attempted to push him deeper into the Xuan Beast Forest, leaving him to die. They were truly malicious.
How could Ye Fan be rciful in such a situation?
On the contrary, his intention was to use the Iron Armor Bear to take out the four of them!
Soon, the blue-clothed youth and his companions were in despair, initially believing that the massive body of the Iron Armor Bear would surely be its shortcoming in speed.
But with a casual glance back, the blue-clothed youth was almost so frightened he stumbled and fell to the ground.
The Iron Armor Bear was rapidly closing in like a black lightning bolt on all fours, its black scales tightly clinging to its body, maximizing the reduction of air contact and friction.
The other three were scared out of their wits, cursing Ye Fan to a miserable death in their minds, puzzled by the presence of such a powerful Xuan Beast, even though they were nearing the central area of the Xuanshou Mountain Range.
This wasn’t the first ti the four of them had co here to hunt Xuan Beasts, and they believed they were familiar with the distribution of Xuan Beasts here. They couldn’t fathom how such a powerful Mid True Essence Realm Xuan Beast appeared.
What frustrated them even more was the ludicrous speed of the Iron Armor Bear, closing to within a hundred ters in just seconds.
There was no escape!
A hundred-ter distance was more than enough for the Iron Armor Bear to launch a fierce attack. They knew that unless they repelled this Iron Armor Bear, none of them would escape.
Thinking of this, the four simultaneously stopped, turning around with despair to face the approaching Iron Armor Bear.
Since escape was impossible, they could only fight with their backs to the wall, leaving their fate to destiny.
Behind them, Ye Fan also stopped. With the four as a rear guard, he wasn’t worried in the slightest.
The four naturally knew Ye Fan saw them as cannon fodder, biting their teeth in anger, but there was nothing they could do as they faced the strong attack of the Iron Armor Bear.
“Roar…”
The Iron Armor Bear roared, its voice echoing through the valley, causing the blood and qi in the four to churn, resulting in a mont of dizziness.
Whoosh!
After roaring, the Iron Armor Bear attacked, its thick bear paws pounding towards the four, quickly condensing True Yuan into two real bear paws above them.
The black bear paws, carrying a terrifying aura, were like a mountain, smashing down on their heads.
“No…”
The four scread in terror, burning their True Yuan in resistance, their blazing light illuminating the sky, wielding swords with sword radiance thick as a barrel, ready to tear through the void.
Clang!!
The sword radiance clashed against the black bear paws, producing a sound of tals clanging.
The Iron Armor Bear’s True Yuan-ford Beast Claw was nearly indestructible, completely enveloping the four beneath.
“Boom——”
A loud noise reverberated, the ground trembled, and the black bear paws vanished, leaving a deep pit several ters deep and about three zhang long.
“Cough cough…”
The four, disheveled and grimy, crawled out of the pit, pale-faced with bloodstained lips, clearly injured from the previous confrontation.
So strong!
Ye Fan was also taken aback!
He never expected a Mid True Essence Realm Xuan Beast to be so powerful, its Beast Techniques even more formidable.
As Ye Fan was in shock, the blue-clothed youth and the others were seething with hatred, knowing their predicant was entirely because Ye Fan led the wretched Iron Armor Bear their way.
They now loathed Ye Fan to the core, vowing in secret that if they survived, they would report this matter to the Xuanwu Sect’s leaders.
Ye Fan’s treachery against his fellow disciples was unforgivable and must be punished to set an example.
But before that, their greatest challenge was to survive, for if this Xuan Beast killed them, all other matters were aningless.
The four struggled to crawl out of the pit, coughing blood as they moved, their burning True Yuan interrupted. If not for their formidable strength and bodies much more powerful than ordinary cultivators, this blow would have cost them their lives.
“Humans, you are too much, wantonly slaughtering my kin, do you really think you are the Great Emperor?”
The Iron Armor Bear did not give chase but instead stood not far away, its divine sense locking onto the four, making them too afraid to make any rash moves.
The blue-clothed youth swallowed with difficulty, trying hard to appear harmless, and respectfully said, “Esteed strong one, we did not intend to disturb your peace but were frad by others. If you have any grievances, seek revenge on them, it has nothing to do with us!”
As he spoke, the blue-clothed youth pointed deliberately in the direction where Ye Fan was, clearly intending to deflect the trouble and lead the invincible Iron Armor Bear towards Ye Fan, hoping it would attack and kill Ye Fan.
anwhile, they planned to seize this opportunity to escape, confident that if given a mont, they could flee, but now the Iron Armor Bear had them locked and they dared not act recklessly.
Ye Fan, having heard their voices, did not hesitate, choosing without delay to quickly flee, leaving this place for them as a battleground.
Ye Fan understood well that the Xuan Beasts of the Xuanshou Mountain Range and the mutant beasts in Earth’s Holy Land shared the sa instinctual hostility towards humans.
After all, the mutant beasts on Earth had not actually been slaughtered by humans but bore an ingrained resentnt.
Here, however, the Xuan Beasts were different. For countless years, human cultivators ca to improve their strength, gather dicine, or hunt Xuan Beasts.
Therefore, from their very bones, the Xuan Beasts in this place nurtured a deep hatred against human cultivators, a hatred not easily reconciled with a few words.
Ye Fan suspected that the Iron Armor Bear hadn’t imdiately started killing, not out of rcy, but because it was already assured of victory, rely toying with the four like a cat playing with mice.
In his view, once he retreated, the four would inevitably be slain by this Iron Armor Bear!
“Humans, don’t think you can fool . I’ve already slled the blood of my kind on you, which ans not long ago, you killed more than one of their fellow Xuan Beasts.”
The massive head of the Iron Armor Bear stared fiercely at the four, the ferocity in its eyes chilling their spines, raising the hair on their bodies.
However, they were unwilling to just sit and wait for death. Realizing escape was impossible, the four chose to fight to the death.
They knew that the Iron Armor Bear would not spare them no matter what, so the only option was to delay as much as possible.
After all, the Xuanwu Sect was not far, and the recent battle must have alerted nearby fellow disciples also hunting Xuan Beasts. By now soone was likely fetching reinforcents. If they could withstand the Iron Armor Bear’s attacks until the reinforcents arrived, their lives could be saved.
With this thought, the four simultaneously took out a mutton fat jade bottle from their chest, pouring out two Elixir Pills each, and swallowed them down.
These Elixir Pills were called Returning Essence Pill, capable of rapidly restoring the user’s strength to peak condition in a short ti, the best choice in a desperate fight.
However, these pills were too overpowering, the aftermath severe. If unable to defeat an opponent after consuming the Returning Essence Pill, the only outco would be death!
Because once the Returning Essence Pill’s effects wore off, for three days, no matter how strong, the cultivator would be left powerless.
At this mont, having taken the Returning Essence Pill, if they still could not escape, what awaited them was a bloody massacre.
After taking the Returning Essence Pill, the aura of the four blue-clothed youth surged, quickly returning to peak condition.
However, they were also aware that even at peak condition, they were certainly no match for such an Iron Armor Bear. Their intention in taking the Returning Essence Pill was not to defeat and kill the Iron Armor Bear, but to use it to escape.
After all, once their power returned to its peak, their combat ability, resistance, and speed would all peak as well.
“Scatter and escape!”
The blue-clothed youth shouted, first bolting in the direction they had co from, reaching the ultimate speed.
The other three knew that if they fled together, none might escape, but if they scattered, perhaps one or two could break away.
With the blue-clothed youth’s command, the four split, fleeing in different directions.
“Trying to run? Not that easy!”
The Iron Armor Bear hadn’t anticipated the four fleeing without a fight. Slightly stunned, its eyes then glead fiercely, letting out a roar as it chased after one Early-stage True Yuan Realm disciple.
With the Iron Armor Bear’s speed, that Early-stage True Yuan Realm disciple couldn’t escape; in the blink of an eye, he was overtaken.
Bam!
The Iron Armor Bear smacked the Early-stage True Yuan disciple, sending him flying seven or eight zhang away, his bones shattered and barely alive.
Imdiately thereafter, it caught up with the other three, similarly leaving them severely injured, close to death.
“Hiss…”
Just then, the blue-clothed youth and the others suddenly noticed another mid-True Essence Realm Xuan Beast appearing not far away.
It was a giant python as thick as a water barrel, swiftly pursuing Ye Fan!
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