Chapter 12: Narrow Road Encounter

  Wang Tao did not notice the anomaly of the Xiang Shou beast, his gaze was straight ahead, trying to maintain his running speed while avoiding colliding with those ferocious and irrational Ling beasts!

  As I descended from the tree hole, more than half of the beast group had already rushed to the vicinity of the Thunderstruck Tree. The beast group was no longer as dense, and those ferocious beasts and spiritual beasts that had not yet reached the Thunderstruck Tree were either weak or slow. A few were simply too far away! Wang Tao's thoughts turned rapidly as he silently analyzed his current situation while trying to keep a safe distance from the frenzied ferocious beasts. "Although my speed can't compare to some of those speed-demon ferocious beasts, I can still shake off ordinary ferocious beasts! The only thing I need to worry about is the arrival of those powerful latecomers! Moreover, although my speed has made significant progress, this is just a temporary result of the medicine's power surge. It won't last long, and who knows what aftereffects there will be?! As for physical strength, I'm absolutely no match for any ferocious beast - a head-on collision would be suicidal!"

  As for his own strength, Wang Tao was extremely clear, so he would absolutely not become arrogant and complacent just because he suddenly had powerful strength!

  Steer clear of the ferocious beasts' route, try to avoid them and not confront them head-on. It seems like everyone wants to escape from the densely populated beast area, but unexpectedly, it suddenly rises sharply!

  "No good, how could I have forgotten that the fragrance beast is still holding onto that piece of Thunderstruck Wood Essence! It's clear that the Soul-Devouring Leopard has already reacted! That thing may not be emitting the unique aura of a treasure, but it contains enormous thunder power within! Damn it to death!" Wang Tao's heart was greatly shocked, and as he cursed silently, his running body suddenly came to a stop, assuming a vigilant stance as he gazed forward.

  In front of them, a ferocious beast as tall as a person stood still, staring at Wang Tao and the Fragrant Beast with blood-red eyes, especially staring at the Thunder-Struck Wood Essence in the Fragrant Beast's arms!

  This beast is about 1.4 meters tall, with a somewhat thin and weak grey fur, its whole body is bony and rugged, but it emits a terrifying aura, obviously this beast is absolutely not a good thing!

  "This ferocious beast he had never seen before, and there was no information about it in his mind, but now his spirit was extremely exhausted and could not use identification again! Judging from its appearance, its speed shouldn't be too bad, it should be a Soul Leopard dispatched to guard the fish that slipped through the net!" Wang Tao narrowed his eyes and stared at the gray-haired beast, his whole body tense, making the starting gesture of the previous life's Quan Ti Fist, waiting in array!

  Both sides were motionless, the gray-haired beast was silently staring at Wang Tao, while Wang Tao was sweating profusely thinking of a countermeasure. The fragrant beast was also unusually quiet, its blue crystal-like eyes curiously sizing up the gray-haired beast, completely unaware of the danger.

  Since we can't avoid it, we can only fight to the end. As the saying goes, "When heroes meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!" Moreover... Wang Tao's eyes flickered slightly as he glanced around, and several ferocious beasts had already stopped in their tracks and were closing in on him! Apparently, the Soul-Devouring Leopard would not allow Wang Tao and the Fragrant Beast to escape, and was starting to set up an encirclement!

  "We must end this quickly!" Wang Tao secretly urged in his heart.

  "Hmmph!"

  Wang Tao's attention was slightly diverted, and the gray fierce beast let out a loud roar and suddenly charged straight at Wang Tao!

  No good!

  Wang Tao exclaimed as he exerted himself to dodge to the side, narrowly avoiding the gray beast's sharp claws! But this was far from over. The gray beast, though puzzled why the weak human could dodge its attack, immediately stopped thinking about it and swung its paw at Wang Tao's chest once again!

  "Ah! Delicious!"

  Wang Tao angrily shouted out loud, using all his strength to twist his body fiercely, but was still injured on the shoulder, and suddenly a bright red blood mist sprayed out, dyeing the coarse cloth clothes red!

  "You're courting death!" Ignoring the pain in his body, Wang Tao was forced out of the true fire and burst into a loud shout as he suddenly drew out the hatchet from behind his back and chopped down with all his might!

  "Wow!"

  In that instant, the knife's light flashed out, and before the gray beast could even retract its claws, it struck at its head! But before Wang Tao could rejoice, a crisp "ding" sound rang out, and the cleaver shattered into several pieces of scrap iron flying everywhere. One piece of the broken blade flew straight past Wang Tao's face, bringing with it a thread of blood and a strand of black hair dancing away, as if in silent mockery, mocking Wang Tao's overconfidence.

  The expected bloody scene did not appear, and Wang Tao's pupils suddenly contracted!

  What is a ferocious beast? It's a life that is much stronger than ordinary fierce beasts and poultry, it's the closest to a demon's life. They are not only terrifying in attack, but also their defense and speed are many times stronger than those of fierce beasts! And this crude axe, which is already somewhat struggling to hunt down fierce beasts, let alone ferocious beasts? It can't even scratch them! At this moment, Wang Tao felt powerless. If he had a divine sword just now, the ferocious beast would have been killed, but Wang Tao didn't. Moreover, the ferocious beast also seemed to know that the scrap iron in Wang Tao's hand couldn't hurt it at all, so it let Wang Tao do as he pleased!

  "I hate it! Why don't I have powerful strength? Why don't I have a sharp and sturdy divine sword? Am I, Wang Tao, going to suffer retribution just after making a grand vow? You thief heaven, I, Wang Tao, am not willing to accept this...!" In his heart, he let out a loud roar, his eyes gleaming with madness as he stared fixedly at the gray beast's sharp claws tearing through the air, bringing ear-piercing whistles that pointed straight at his brow. Wang Tao knew that this time he couldn't dodge it, death was slowly approaching!

  "Ouch!"

  Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out, the gray beast heard it, and Wang Tao also heard it. The gray beast's eyes flashed with blood light, his body paused slightly, while Wang Tao's heart was suddenly filled with joy!

  "It's a Smell Beast!" Without any hesitation, taking advantage of the gray fierce beast's attack, Wang Tao suddenly pounced to the side and leaped away from danger! However, Wang Tao understood that this was only temporary. If he didn't thoroughly leave this place, sooner or later he would still be torn apart, with no other choice!

  "Vroom! ~Bang!"

  One beast rolled out, colliding with a nearby ancient tree root and making a dull sound. The fragrance beast let out a loud cry, its entire body stained with colorful marks, while Wang Tao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, enduring the chest pain as he flipped over and picked up the still-crying fragrance beast, turning around to run!

  "Can't fight head-on, can only run and look for opportunities to launch a sneak attack!" Wang Tao understood in his heart that the gap between him and the gray fierce beast was huge, and fighting head-on would be suicidal!

  "Ouch!"

  The Xiang beast suddenly let out a loud cry, it found that the gray fierce beast was chasing again, and couldn't help but let out a startled cry, directly leaving Wang Tao's arms to run forward at a speed faster than Wang Tao!

  Watching the Huanxiu beast escape from his arms, Wang Tao was slightly stunned, but then he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "I had forgotten that your speed is countless times faster than mine. Since you can escape, it's a good thing..."

  Although that's the case, looking at the head-down sprinting Huanxiang Beast, Wang Tao still felt a surge of inexplicable sense of loss in his heart. He was still alone after all! Ah, it should be said, he would always be alone...

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