Sssss!
Without any surprise, the spears condensed from gold element directly pierced through the crimson giant tiger’s flame armor and sank deep into its body.
Roar! Roar! Roar!!!
The originally arrogant tiger face couldn’t bear the intense pain as the spears entered its body, and it couldn’t help letting out agonizing roars. Seeing this, Bai Xuan was a little taken aback.
To be honest, he really hadn’t expected that the tiger would just form a layer of flame armor around its body without making any move to dodge. Gold element is naturally sharp, and since Bai Xuan had also wrapped a layer of electric arc around them, their penetrative power had increased by more than just one level.
The fact that it was still alive was already pretty lucky.
Those gold element spears hadn’t pierced its most vital areas.
By now, the crimson giant tiger’s gaze toward Bai Xuan no longer held its previous arrogance, but it was still filled with brutality and rage, and its killing intent had noticeably grown.
“Normally, wild animals have an almost instinctive sense of danger.”
“So why didn’t you dodge just now? Does that instinct not work against elemental attacks?”
“Or were you just overconfident?”
Under Su Yue’s dumbfounded gaze, Bai Xuan walked calmly and unhurriedly up to the crimson giant tiger, completely ignoring the ferocity in its beastly pupils.
Roar!
Without the slightest hesitation, the crimson giant tiger opened its jaws wide, trying to bite into Bai Xuan’s body. But just then, a mysterious force acted upon the tiger, and its movement instantly came to a halt.
Bai Xuan wasn’t surprised at all. He continued curiously examining the tiger’s body, occasionally touching its fur and looking at the fire lotus on its forehead.
“The fire power inside isn’t weak—translated into comparable terms, it’s much stronger than Su Yue’s.”
“Is the fire lotus on its forehead a rune condensed from the fire power inside its body? Or does it have some kind of ability?”
“The muscle condition is good. It must have had a decent physique even before mutating.”
“But a tiger that has awakened fire abilities should have high resistance to fire, right? Would it take longer to cook than regular meat?”
While observing, this thought suddenly popped into Bai Xuan’s mind.
Hmm, that’s worth researching. I’ll have them give it a try back home.
Once his curiosity was mostly satisfied, Bai Xuan didn’t keep the crimson giant tiger waiting. He placed both hands on its neck.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the crimson giant tiger lost its life force.
“Sorry, because my abilities are too strong, I wasn’t really sure how to deal with you. After thinking it over, this seemed like the best way.”
Bai Xuan patted the crimson giant tiger’s head, then made a cutting motion with his right hand, faint golden light appearing on it.
The golden light flashed through the air as Bai Xuan chopped off both of the tiger’s hind legs. The ring on his finger gave off a faint silver glow, and then both the tiger’s corpse and the two beast legs in Bai Xuan’s hand vanished into the air.
“A spatial ring?!”
Su Yue, who had regained her clarity after the tiger’s death, covered her mouth and exclaimed in disbelief.
“Has the country already developed spatial rings?”
“Was it made by an ability user who awakened spatial powers?”
“Then why don’t I have one?”
It seemed that not just her—Chen Qiang, Ye Shuirou, and even Fire Feather didn’t have anything like that on their hands.
Had it just been developed? And was it given to Bai Xuan specifically for this mission?
Su Yue thought this, but she was quickly proven wrong by Bai Xuan’s words.
“No, I made this myself.”
Bai Xuan didn’t know whether the country had any spatial ability users, nor did he know if such a person could create storage items like spatial rings. He had made this one specially last night.
It was for storing the corpses of these mutated creatures, as well as for keeping other gains from the nature reserve.
As for how he made it?
Well, space is also a part of nature…
Okay, maybe it’s because he’d read too many novels. Holding onto the concepts of “space reigns supreme, time is most honored”, he hadn’t previously included these two abilities as part of nature.
Even though a spatial ring is the result of spatial abilities, he hadn’t used [Natural Authority] to create it. Instead, he used the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
【Left Eye: Divine Command】
【What I say is the word of God; what I decree is divine command】
【God said, “Let there be light!” and there was light; God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And so He created the firmament and separated the waters above from the waters below. After activating this ability, everything you say will come true, within what you can bear!】
With the support of “Divine Command,” he had created a spatial ring quite easily.
As for the cost?
He didn’t feel any at all. It seemed that even without using this ability, he could still create such a ring.
But thinking about it, his “Divine Command” ability also came from [Natural Authority], so it’s fair to say it’s still the power of nature.
“???”
Su Yue’s face was full of confusion. She asked weakly:
“Are you a spatial ability user?”
Before Bai Xuan could answer, she continued:
“But that doesn’t make sense either. What you used just now was clearly the gold element ability…”
“Wait, are you a dual ability user?”
But she’d never heard of anyone awakening two abilities.
“Who knows?”
Bai Xuan smiled, then frowned. He turned around and delivered a roundhouse kick.
In the sudden roar, violent air currents spread outward in all directions.
Boom!
With a loud crash, countless spurts of blood burst out of thin air. Through the haze, a figure could vaguely be seen kicked flying through the air. The sheer force was so intense that its body caved in. The flying body crashed straight into a large tree behind it.
Crack!
The terrifying force was too much even for the tree, which snapped right in half. Only then did the creature finally exhaust the remaining momentum and fall heavily to the ground.
By now, its entire body was drenched in blood, making it hard to tell what kind of creature it was.
The scene suddenly fell silent. Su Yue had barely managed to recover from the crimson giant tiger, and now she looked stunned again.
What just happened?
It seemed like something had been kicked flying by Bai Xuan?
No, no, no—not just kicked flying, it was kicked until it burst? Even the tree couldn’t withstand the terrifying force and broke apart.
So Bai Xuan wasn’t just a dual ability user of gold element and spatial powers—his physical constitution was also incredibly terrifying.
Come to think of it, it makes sense. After all, who says a mage can’t have an excellent physique and combat experience? A close-combat mage, right?
So what if he kicked a mutated creature until it burst? So what if a tree was snapped in half?
It’s nothing, my foot!!!
That’s not human strength at all!!!
Sure, spiritual energy enhances the human physique, and getting stronger abilities also strengthens the body, but there’s a limit to it!
It hasn’t been that long since the spiritual energy resurgence! Forget elemental mages—even those who awakened physical abilities couldn’t do something like this, right?
