Weakened and already on the deathbed, the hawk was unable to evade; hence, the earth spear directly pierced its body, hitting its wings first, followed by its abdomen before the tip of the earth spear penetrated its back, causing thick blood to spatter beneath, seeping within the gaps of the earth and dyeing the unsoiled root nearby.
As for the Mud Forest Frog, since its tongue is still coiled around the injured wing of the hawk — unceasingly releasing toxin directly to its vein — it was also unable to evade the incoming skill, only able to slightly shift its position on the last second, causing the earth spear to graze its right hind leg, lightly injuring it in the process.
Earth Shaking~
At the same time, while the three beasts were focusing on each other, the earth behind the monkey beast suddenly shook, crumbling before unfolding a deep sinkhole with a diameter of 1 meter that's expanding at a slow speed...
Following that, the uneven earth filled with cracks beneath the monkey beast — due to its unceasing pounding — also began to tilt, causing its balance to suddenly shift, interrupting its skill in the process.
Crumble~
Caught off guard, the monkey beast instantly lost its balance, falling toward the tilting ground as its lower body sank toward the earth, akin to a being trapped in a quagmire, making its movement stiff and unnatural.
Still not done, while the monkey beast was attempting to escape its predicament, a sudden sensation of agonizing pain, as if someone had just embedded a sharp dagger into its body, assaulted its senses, making its brown eyes turn crimson as it released a grotesque cry.
Boom!
Through its gritted teeth, the monkey thrust its left hand toward the origin of the pain, only to grab a couple of metallic limbs from the earth centipede. In an instant, upon touching the limbs, the monkey beast immediately yanks its arm upward, planning to draw the other party's body away from the earth in order to interrupt its skill.
Unfortunately, it underestimated the strength of the earth centipede when it's on its terrain; instead of drawing the body of the earth centipede out of the earth, the physique of the monkey beast further sinks into the earth, to the point that its face almost touches the soil, giving it breathing difficulties in the process.
"D*mnit, just watching them attempting to kill each other already gives me chills and excitement. They are all basically fighting with schemes; I can't underestimate an awakening realm beast if I ever meet one.
"No, in fact, I should avoid them if I see one as much as possible.'
Although the scene in the distance is vague, Naib can still guess one or two based on the agitated cry of the monkey beast.
It could be said that, other than the awakening realm beasts having a clear goal in their minds when using skills, the skills they have can't be underestimated.
If he remembered correctly, upon advancing to the awakening realm, a mortal beast can upgrade one of its existing skills, making the overall effect or even the skill's nature to completely change into something horrifying or useful.
In addition to the two skills that they will naturally learn upon breaking through to the awakening realm, an awakening realm beast could have, at the very least, 5 normal skills and 1 superior skill under their name!
Making them all a fearful predator or slippery prey to all.
"Time to leave, although it's a pity not to be able to gain anything; staying further will surely increase the risk of me exposing myself.'
Thinking of it, glancing one more time toward the gleaming root beneath the trench, toward the dismembered corpses scattered around, and toward the 4 beasts fighting for their lives, Naib releases a faint sigh of helplessness before returning to his hideout.
Unbeknownst to him, while he was retreating, a pair of crimson eyes, from an unknown location, shifted its gaze from him, seemingly contemplating before focusing again on the unfolding battle not far away with interest.
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Soon, upon arriving at his hideout, Naib immediately rearranged his gains.
Pushing the meat in the corner of the hole, he then fixated his gaze toward the spiritual fruits, congealed stones, and the egg in front of him.
"I should fetch water tomorrow from the stream not far away; I need to clean the chunks of meat and dry them, or else they will decay much earlier and become inedible.'
As for these spiritual herbs, I should first absorb the congealed stone I used earlier before consuming the Sun Glazed fruit to maximize its effects.
Pondering for a while, Naib then took one of the congealed stones he had found earlier before sticking it toward the egg nearby.
Although he had no idea if the congealed stone could be considered a type of mineral, trying it wouldn't waste his time; instead, if it works, it will offer him further chances.
Ding!
[ Mineral Devouring Worm
Realm: None (Incubating 2%)
Bloodline: Peak - Average
Talent: ???
Life Span: 0.1/10 years
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Overall Potential: ?*#&$
Luck: 15
Comprehension: $&#*?
Physical Potential: ?*#&$
Talent: $&#*?
Destiny: 20 ]
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"It finally started incubating; I should set it aside for now and check it later to see if there are changes.'
Feeling slightly excited about the prospect of nurturing a talent, Naib then looked at the two grade-2 spiritual fruits (excluding the sun-glazed fruit) and a single grade-2 herb in front of him.
It can be said that, other than the sun-glazed fruit that has a good effect upon consumption, the other three's effects can also be said to be quite extraordinary.
Ding!
[ Essence Pear
Realm: 2nd Grade
Status: Slightly bad
Note: A spiritual fruit filled with medicinal properties; it can be used to heal most normal diseases and such... Moreover, it can slightly boost one's health. ]
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[ Moonlight Tear
Realm: 2nd Grade
Status: Normal, Slightly Unripe
Note: Solely growing by absorbing the essence of moonlight, other than greatly increasing one's star force without many drawbacks, it can also slightly strengthen one's physique. ]
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