Chapter 3!

  Lin Lei's eyebrows were all furrowed.

  He had never heard of such a demon beast. There were only a few species of leopard-like demon beasts, but this one was almost entirely black with dense, curved black stripes all over its body, which he had never heard of before.

  Generally unheard-of demons should not be underestimated.

  The bald, one-eyed man continued, "That monster was right in front of us, eating the flesh on that magician's face and thighs... it was like a mouthful at a time, we were all furious, every single one of us immediately attacked."

  "But..."

  The bald-headed man shook his head and said, "What we didn't expect was that this monster's strength was too great. We originally thought he would flee after a sneak attack because of his weak strength. But... when our group attacked him together, he easily seriously injured us."

  "Seriously injured?" Lin Lei asked in puzzlement.

  "Right." The bald-headed man said in a frightened and angry tone, "That monster absolutely has the power to easily kill us, but it didn't kill, only seriously injured us."

  "I originally thought we still had a glimmer of hope for survival. But later, I discovered that the monster had completely set its sights on us. Every day it would come to peck at the two of us, sometimes taking one away, and other times eating our friends right in front of us."

  Lin Lei's heart skipped a beat.

  He knew that the wisdom of the demon beast was very high. The demon beast described by the bald-headed man in front of him must be extremely powerful, and its intelligence was naturally extremely high. This demon beast was probably really perverted.

  "We wanted to escape back, but when we were about to flee outside the Magic Beast Mountain Range, that monster came again and seriously injured us once more."

  The bald-headed, one-eyed man smiled wryly and said, "We can't escape the Magic Beast Mountain Range at all. This monster comes to take away two of us every day. In the blink of an eye, our group of twelve people has been reduced to six."

  "My wife watched it several times, that monster stubbornly eating our friends, and finally my wife collapsed, she begged me, begged me to kill her."

  The bald, one-eyed man smiled bitterly and said: "You can't imagine, under that fear for three consecutive days, our group of people almost collapsed. My wife was weaker than me... I made a difficult choice and chose to let my wife die without suffering."

  "Did you kill your wife?" Lin Lei frowned.

  "Yes, with my own hands." The bald one-eyed man said painfully, "But on the very day I killed my wife, we encountered a few other people, among whom was a big shot from our southwestern province, a 9th-level strongman 'Putralu'."

  "We were all desperate and collapsed. I killed my wife, but at that time, a level 9 strongman appeared, what do you think I would have done then?"

  Bald-headed one-eyed man's whole body trembled, "I'm going crazy, really, I painfully want to commit suicide."

  Lin Lei could totally imagine, in a state of complete despair and collapse, killing his own wife with his own hands to prevent her from being eaten alive by the monster. But after killing his wife, a level 9 powerhouse appeared.

  This contrast will absolutely drive people crazy.

  "I was in pain, but my other friends were very happy because they thought there was hope. A 9th-level strongman, that's second only to a Holy Domain strongman. We told him about this and Lord Puteru immediately said he would help us take care of this monster."

  "When the monster came again, Lord Puteru took action directly." The bald one-eyed man had a strange expression on his face, "Just one move, the monster resisted Lord Puteru's sword with difficulty, and then directly grabbed Lord Puteru's head and split it open."

  Lin Lei's heart skipped a beat.

  A 9th-level strongman's attack can actually be withstood head-on, and the speed and defense are so terrifying. This monster should not be underestimated.

  "This time the monster was excited, and in front of us it actually expanded in volume, from its original two meters high to nearly five meters high and ten meters long. It directly swallowed Lord Putero with one bite." The bald-headed one-eyed man said in terror.

  Lin Lei's face changed color.

  "Volume increased?" Lin Lei was really shocked.

  Because of the volume change, all holy domain magic beasts can do it. They can easily enlarge or shrink their bodies. Of course, a small number of talented ninth-level magic beasts can also do it.

  For example, BeiBei can grow up a bit in volume.

  In other words... that strange creature was either a Sacred Domain Magical Beast or an extremely talented ninth-grade Magical Beast.

  "It can't be a Sacred Domain Beast, right?" Lin Lei also felt a bit apprehensive in his heart. Although he was very confident now, but when it came to the Sacred Domain Beast, he still had no grasp of it at all.

  That bald-headed, one-eyed man smiled bitterly: "It's like that, the monster continues to torment us, eating two of us every day. In the end, only I and my second brother were left, we fled towards the central area. We hoped that the monster would fight with some powerful magical beasts, so we could take advantage of it to escape. But obviously, there was no magical beast that could stop that monster."

  Lin Lei nodded slightly.

  He completely understood.

  This bald-headed one-eyed man had no good intentions for himself either, insisting on following him. He obviously wanted to make him protect him. This behavior was completely disregarding his own life and death.

  Lin Lei's face sank.

  "Sir, we have no choice either." The bald-headed one-eyed man understood what Lin Lei was thinking and continued, "I still have children, my second brother also has children... We don't want to die!"

  "Am I supposed to want to die?" Lin Lei coldly snorted.

  From the description of the bald-headed one-eyed man just now, Lin Lei can at least determine the bottom line of this monster's strength.

  A ninth-level strongman can't be injured by a single sword, and his speed is even faster than Bebe's.

  Just these two points alone made Lin Lei tense. What's more, this was only a temporary manifestation, what was the true strength of this monster?

  Isn't Hui a Holy Domain Beast?

  Lin Lei couldn't confirm whether it was a Sacred Domain Magical Beast. Even if he joined forces with Bebe, Lin Lei still had no hope at all.

  "You don't want to die, yet you're dragging me down with you?" Lin Lei felt somewhat discontent in his heart.

  "Babe, let's go."

  Lin Lei immediately sped up and continued forward, but the bald one-eyed man still followed him. Lin Lei couldn't help but frown and turn his head to give him a cold stare.

  This bastard is still following himself.

  That monster is obviously staring at this bald head.

  "Sir, you, just save me." The bald-headed one-eyed man's eyes were full of longing.

  But his behavior made Lin Lei even more disgusted. He only considered himself and didn't think about others at all.

  "All the strong ones of the ninth rank are dead, do you think I am a Holy Domain strong one?" Lin Lei drew out the heavy black sword from behind his back, and the bald-headed man with one eye retreated in fear.

  "Follow me again, don't blame me for being ruthless." Lin Lei said in a cold voice.

  Lin Lei, who has now reached the seventh level peak, can reach mid-ninth level strength after dragon transformation. He is slightly stronger than when he was in Hester City. However, back then, Lin Lei could already fight on par with the ninth-level powerhouse, Caesar.

  Now it's hard for Lin Lei to kill a 9th-level strong man in one move.

  But that monster easily killed a 9th-level strongman.

  Is it worth risking one's life for a stranger?

  Lin Lei inserted the black hilted heavy sword into its scabbard and continued to set off alone. The bald one-eyed man stood in place, not daring to follow, but he still looked at Lin Lei's back with despair and resentment.

  "Ah."

  Just after walking less than a hundred meters, a miserable cry came from behind. Lin Lei immediately turned his head to look - only to see on the snowy ground, a two-meter-high and nearly four-meter-long black leopard appeared in front of him, with the body of a bald-headed man still in its mouth.

  "Save him, save his life." The bald-headed one-eyed man had not yet stopped breathing.

  Lin Lei's attention was completely on the black leopard, which had dense curved stripes all over its body, looking very good. The pair of icy eyes of the black leopard were watching Lin Lei with great interest.

  It's obvious... this black leopard is playing a game, and now the game has reached its end, Lin Lei is the last prey in this game.

  "Save me." The bald-headed man looked at Lin Lei with expectant eyes.

  The black leopard suddenly bit down hard, and with a cracking sound, the bald man's waist was broken in half, and his intestines flowed out. The bald man struggled on the ground for a while, but surprisingly didn't die immediately.

  The black leopard stepped out elegantly and its sharp claws landed directly on the chest of the bald-headed one-eyed man.

  "Crack!"

  The bald man with one eye sank into his right chest and stopped struggling in just a few seconds.

  The black leopard looked at Lin Lei with interest, and then stepped elegantly towards him. The leopard's gait was indeed very aesthetic.

  "Bebe, get ready to launch a sneak attack. This time, we'll go all out." Lin Lei could tell that this nameless leopard-like demon beast had set its sights on him. Rather than letting the monster launch a sneak attack, it was better to engage in an open battle.

  Lin Lei drew out the heavy sword behind his back and stared at the black leopard.

  "Hmm." Lin Lei's body began to undergo a drastic transformation, with icy spikes emerging from his forehead and black scales rapidly covering every part of his body. A sturdy dragon tail also grew out. Sharp spikes protruded from his elbows, knees, and back.

  In an instant, Lin Lei was completely dragonized.

  The black leopard saw that a human being had suddenly transformed into a monster like a humanoid demon. It was shocked, and even its shiny fur stood up instantly.

  One is Dragon Blood Warrior.

  One is a mysterious leopard-like demon beast.

  "Come on." Lin Lei stood motionless in the snowy ground, holding a heavy black sword with one hand, as stable as a mountain.

  That black leopard's body is slightly lowered, it's gathering strength!

  "Whoosh!"

  Lin Lei's dark golden pupils were completely locked onto the black leopard's figure, and this time Lin Lei could barely see the black leopard's figure. In almost the blink of an eye, the black leopard had darted from nearly a hundred meters away to right in front of him.

  "Bang!"

  Lin Lei's dragon tail whipped across the black leopard's body like lightning. In terms of speed, Lin Lei's dragon tail moved much faster than the black leopard's movements.

  The black leopard was drawn and flew to the snowy ground tens of meters away.

  But the black leopard had just landed, a pair of cold eyes staring at Lin Lei, letting out a low growl, it was clear that this time the black leopard was going all out. The black leopard sprang into action, leaping over with incredible speed, its velocity making one's heart tremble.

  Lin Lei saw clearly that there was no bloodstain on the black leopard's body.

  The dragon tail of a mid-9th level Dragon Blood Warrior couldn't even scratch his opponent.

  Lin Lei's black heavy sword flashed and chopped past, the surface of the black heavy sword flowing with dark green light. The black leopard actually used its claws to swing and grab Lin Lei's heavy sword directly.

  "Clang." Lin Lei's heavy sword was actually knocked aside by one of the black leopard's paws.

  "Hmph."

  Another claw landed on Lin Lei's arm, leaving a deep mark on the black scales that covered it, and two of the scales were torn open.

  This man and beast clashed once, then immediately separated.

  "Roar, roar~~~" The black leopard gazed coldly at Lin Lei in the snowy ground. It had already considered Lin Lei as a true opponent. Just now, its attack hadn't completely torn apart the scale armor defense and hadn't severed Lin Lei's arm. This made the black leopard very surprised.

  Lin Lei took a look at the injury on the scales.

  Generally, a 9th-level demon beast can't break through Lin Lei's defense, but just now that one claw has torn apart two scales.

  The black leopard suddenly swelled up in volume, from the original two meters high to five meters high, and its body length reached nearly ten meters. The black tail was like a whip, swinging back and forth. The black leopard still stared at Lin Lei.

  "Roar!!!"

  This huge creature jumped towards Lin Lei again.

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