Boom!!
Bibi Dong, wielding the Rakshasa God's divine artifact, clashed directly with Di Tian's pitch-black dragon claw. Both were top-tier powerhouses of the Douluo Continent.
Although Bibi Dong's strength was somewhat suppressed by her god trial, the divine artifact's empowerment still allowed her to unleash her full might.
The shockwave from their collision drew the attention of countless soul beasts. The deafening explosions made even the more intelligent beasts sense imminent danger. No longer foolishly spectating, they frantically fled the core region, desperate to avoid being caught in the crossfire and perishing.
Meanwhile...
Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, Tang Yin, and Zhu Zhuqing had just located the area where they intended to hunt their target soul beasts.
But before they could act, the commotion from the core region drew their attention, forcing them to halt and look towards it.
"What's happening?"
"Such powerful soul power fluctuations... that level of strength is definitely Title Douluo level."
"No, it's even stronger than that!"
"Far stronger!"
Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yin all wore expressions of deep gravity. The terrifying explosions signified combatants far surpassing Super Douluos; their power was likely even more frightening.
Though Yu Xiaogang himself was trash, he had some knowledge. Sensing the immense disturbance, he knew it had to be the continent's supreme powerhouses clashing. He guessed it wasn't far from their location; staying put meant potential danger.
As the saying goes, if you think of trouble, trouble comes.
No sooner had Yu Xiaogang formed this thought than the group felt a violent tremor shake the earth, making them stagger.
"What's going on?!" Yu Xiaogang cried out in confusion, stumbling as the violent shaking nearly knocked him off his feet.
Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were similarly thrown off balance by the earthquake-like tremors.
Flender and Zhao Wuji, both Spirit Sage level powerhouses with strong perception, managed to steady themselves. Their eyes locked onto the forest ahead, where they saw an unprecedented horde of powerful soul beasts stampeding towards their position.
The sheer number was staggering. Thousand-year soul beasts were countless; ten-thousand-year beasts were everywhere. Over fifty-thousand-year beasts numbered at least a hundred, eighty or ninety-thousand-year ones were numerous, and there was even one approaching the hundred-thousand-year level.
The terrifying quantity and the soul power radiating from the horde utterly horrified Flender and Zhao Wuji. As Spirit Sages, they were strong, but against this onslaught, they were mere ants – easily crushed to paste in a single charge.
Tang Yin's perception was on par with Ah Yin's. He, along with Ah Yin and Liu Erlong, sensed the approaching wave of beasts surging towards them like locusts. Horror filled his eyes.
"Run!"
"Run now!"
Flender and Zhao Wuji roared in unison. Without a second thought, they turned and fled.
Tang Yin reacted instinctively. Glancing at Ah Yin and Liu Erlong, he swiftly wrapped an arm around Zhu Zhuqing's waist, channeled his soul power, and bolted towards safety. Ah Yin and Liu Erlong understood his intent and followed closely behind.
Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, jolted by the sight of the terrifying beast tide and their teachers' shouts, snapped out of their shock and scrambled after Flender and Zhao Wuji.
Panicked by the overwhelming sight and driven by the primal urge for self-preservation, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others fled instinctively. In their haste to save themselves, they completely forgot about Yu Xiaogang – whose lack of physical training meant his twenty-ninth rank soul power made him practically no stronger than an ordinary person.
Consequently, among the fleeing group, Yu Xiaogang was by far the slowest. Panting heavily, he tried desperately to keep up, but his poor conditioning meant he fell behind within seconds.
"Not good! Xiaogang!"
"Teacher!"
After running several hundred meters, Flender and Tang San finally remembered Yu Xiaogang. They skidded to a halt, intending to turn back and pull him to safety. But when they looked back, they saw he was already a significant distance behind them.
"You go ahead! I'll get him!" Flender, whose Owl Spirit allowed flight, yelled. He activated his Spirit Avatar and soared back towards Yu Xiaogang.
But just then, a swarm of incredibly fast-moving soul beasts burst onto the scene behind Yu Xiaogang. Seemingly oblivious to him, they charged forward in a mindless panic.
"Xiaogang! Behind you!" Flender, flying towards him, saw the beasts closing in and shouted a warning.
Yu Xiaogang instinctively spun around.
The sight paralyzed him. He stood rooted to the spot, pupils contracting in sheer terror.
A dense, surging tide of soul beasts, like a raging flood, was bearing down on him, less than five hundred meters away. Even closer, only a meter or two in front of him, was a pack of strange rodent-like soul beasts fleeing madly.
These rodents were peculiar, only about twenty centimeters long, with heads grotesquely swollen like tumors. Yu Xiaogang instantly recognized them as Bump-Headed Rats, a colonial species that rarely left their nests unless facing existential threat. He knew that while not individually powerful, their enlarged heads packed a significant concussive force.
Now, this dense swarm of Bump-Headed Rats surged towards Yu Xiaogang. Before he could react, they engulfed him.
Crack—
The sickening sound of something shattering echoed.
Engulfed by the rodents, the panicked Bump-Headed Rats, likely seeing Yu Xiaogang as an obstacle to their escape, instinctively used their hard heads to batter him aside.
Amidst the chaotic stampede of bumping heads...
One rat smashed squarely into Yu Xiaogang's crotch.
Crack—
The sound of one testicle shattering.
Before the scream of agony could escape his lips, another rat, following closely behind, rammed into the exact same spot.
Crack—
The sound of the second testicle shattering.
Yu Xiaogang froze, his face etched with pure terror. A nanosecond later, excruciating pain exploded through his entire body as both orbs were pulverized. A blood-curdling shriek ripped from his throat:
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"
Flender, who had just flown close enough, witnessed the horror. He frantically unleashed his soul power, blasting away some of the rats, grabbed Yu Xiaogang, and fled the terrifying beast tide without a moment to check his injuries.
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