Bang!
The blood-colored ferocious beast phantom raised its front claw and directly blocked the ferocious claw of the purple-gold lion, letting out a muffled sound. The surrounding air was directly blasted by this immense power, erupting in a circle of white airwaves.
The purple-gold lion was not surprised by the blocked attack. Purple divine light emanated from its body, condensing on its two front claws. It continuously struck the blood-colored beast phantom, which, not to be outdone, met each blow and even counterattacked from time to time.
However, Gu Yuan, watching the battle between the two behemoths from the city wall, felt that the Demon Eradication Army was no match for the purple-gold lion. The entire formation seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
As Gu Yuan had expected, the commander of the Demon Eradication Army was merely a martial artist in the early stage of the fifth tier. Facing a ferocious beast like the purple-gold lion, which was about to become a seventh-tier beast king, he was struggling to cope. Although he could exert the strength of a seventh-tier expert, it was only an ordinary seventh-tier level.
The strength of this formation relied entirely on the commander's cultivation. The deeper the cultivation, the higher the strength. Gu Yuan estimated that the formation before him had at most the strength of the late sixth tier.
He looked towards the battlefield with some concern. His gaze pierced through the red mist, allowing him to clearly see the soldiers within. His extraordinary vision enabled him to see that many of them were already bleeding from the corners of their mouths.
This formation distributed the damage received equally among everyone within it.
The purple-gold lion's attacks became more intense, and the blood-colored beast phantom gradually fell into a disadvantage.
"Ants, you all deserve to die!"
The purple-gold lion roared, opened its ferocious mouth, and gathered streaks of purple radiance into a sphere. Accompanied by the roaring of the air, a purple beam of light erupted, shooting towards the blood-colored beast phantom with extreme speed.
"Beast, how dare you!"
A mighty shout echoed across the battlefield. A streak of blood-colored light directly appeared in front of the purple beam. With a wave of his arm, a blood-colored radiance flashed, splitting the purple beam into two. It shot towards the sides of the battlefield, erupting with immense power and creating craters dozens of meters in diameter on the ground!
"You all retreat first. I will deal with this beast!"
The figure radiating blood-colored light spoke to the Demon Eradication Army behind him.
The Demon Eradication Army retreated swiftly. The soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly opened the alloy gate to let the army in.
Only when the army was safely inside the pass did the blood-colored figure relax.
Gu Yuan, curious about the identity of this blood-colored figure, asked a soldier who was diligently observing the battlefield situation: "Hello, excuse me, who is the powerful expert up there?"
The soldier first looked at Gu Yuan in surprise. Seeing that he was a student on a trial, he smiled and explained: "That powerful expert is our Great Dragon Pass's sixth-tier expert, the City Defense Commander, Zhang Dao!"
Gu Yuan nodded and thanked him before turning back to observe the battlefield. At this moment, Zhang Dao and the purple-gold lion were still in a standoff.
"Lion, are you tired of living? Rushing to show off in front of your Beast Emperor?" Zhang Dao taunted the purple-gold lion with disdain.
As the man who had the most dealings with this lion, he possessed the most intelligence. This lion had long wished to break through to the seventh-tier beast king, but ferocious beasts required high-level bloodlines for advancement. The purple-gold lion was just a tiny bit short of the bloodline needed for advancement.
The only ferocious beast with a high-level lion bloodline was the Azure Flame Lion Emperor of the boundless wilderness. Therefore, this purple-gold lion was desperately trying to impress this Beast Emperor to obtain a drop of its essence blood to overcome the bloodline limitation.
"Hmph, human, it's you again. Are you trying to trick me away like last time?" the purple-gold lion snorted coldly, still resentful of Zhang Dao's deception on a previous occasion.
"Let's fight first, then talk. Human!"
Purple light radiated from the purple-gold lion's body. Its powerful physique charged directly at Zhang Dao.
"Alas, what a bother. I had hoped to trick you away again to avoid a fight," Zhang Dao sighed, shaking his head. However, the blood-colored radiance that suddenly erupted from his body revealed his true intentions.
Blood Kill True Gang!
An indestructible true gang erupted, and scorching blood flames surged tens of meters high like oil poured onto a raging fire, filling the hundred-meter radius with intense heat.
Boom!!!
With a punch, immense power erupted, and the true gang swept through, tearing the air and generating countless air currents. In mid-air, a ferocious tiger composed entirely of blood-colored flames appeared. It let out a sky-shaking roar, and with rolling sound waves, it charged directly at the purple-gold lion.
The purple-gold lion was clearly familiar with Zhang Dao's techniques. It did not panic at all; instead, it accelerated its charge towards Zhang Dao.
The purple radiance on its claws extended several meters, emitting an extremely sharp aura, intending to tear apart the blood-colored tiger.
Zhang Dao smiled mysteriously and softly uttered, "Explode!"
The blood-colored tiger, which had been clawing and brandishing its teeth, instantly exploded, forming a small mushroom cloud in mid-air.
Rumble!
The tangible sound waves swept through. The remaining horde of ferocious beasts below, after being hit by the waves, had their bodies explode!
A clearing spanning several hundred meters!
Zhang Dao shook his head and sighed, "A beast is just a beast. No matter how much it cultivates, it's still inferior to humans."
Gu Yuan watched the destructive power of Zhang Dao's attack and felt he still had a long way to go.
Roar!
The purple-gold lion's pained roar echoed: "Ah, human, you deserve to die!"
As the smoke and dust dispersed, the once dazzling purple radiance on its body was now hanging on the purple-gold lion like tattered rags. Drops of brilliant purple blood dripped, emitting a crystalline glow. Its originally magnificent fur was now scorched black by the intense heat.
"So, little lion, do you want to keep fighting?" Zhang Dao asked with a playful smile on his face.
The purple-gold lion looked at the almost unharmed Zhang Dao and then down at itself. With an unwilling roar, it shook its purple-gold wings and instantly retreated. The ferocious beasts below, hearing the purple-gold lion's roar, also began to retreat like a tide, just as they had arrived.
On the city wall, the human soldiers erupted in great cheers. The end of each battle meant they had survived another day.
Gu Yuan, after witnessing this battle, felt a mix of amusement and helplessness. He realized that the purple-gold lion was truly foolish, being toyed with by Zhang Dao, and it seemed to be not the first time.
As the battle subsided, order was restored. Gu Yuan and Qin Erlang returned to their accommodation.
After undergoing a mission and the baptism of a beast tide, the three of them had grown significantly, no longer the tender buds of spring.
They rested for a night and then took on more missions. The remaining tasks were to hunt specific ferocious beasts, such as a family of six third-tier explosive claw bears, all of whom Gu Yuan and his companions slayed. When asked about his feelings after the hunt, Gu Yuan replied that bear paws were truly delicious!
Seven days later, Gu Yuan's cultivation reached the late stage of the True Qi realm through ample resources and continuous practice. The total amount of True Qi significantly increased, allowing him to unleash the Divine Sky Imperial Thunder Nine Slashes a few times.
With three days left until the Martial Arts Examination, Di Liu arrived at Great Dragon Pass to escort Gu Yuan back to school.
After bidding farewell to Qin Erlang and Wu Gui, Gu Yuan followed Di Liu back to the First Martial Arts University.
The most important event that followed was the Martial Arts League!
Gu Yuan's face lit up with intense fighting spirit as he thought about it. All the participants in the Martial Arts League were top-tier experts, and he eagerly anticipated fighting them!
Of course, there was also destiny!