Chapter 122: Strike While the Iron Is Hot

Chapter 122: Strike When the Enemy is Vulnerable

Finally, the Raging Bear reached the Twin-Headed Serpent.

The Twin-Headed Serpent hissed a few times, then suddenly opened its massive, sinister maw and unleashed a vicious blast of searing flame at the bear.

Instantly, the area in front of the serpent became a sea of fire. The Raging Bear struggled within the fiery ocean, letting out roars of agony.

"ROAR! ROAR!" The bear roared several times in fury. The earthen shield on its body thickened several more layers, turning a dense earth-brown.

Tormented by the flames, the bear made a powerful lunge. Its clumsy, three-meter-tall body surprisingly lurched forward. Its two massive paws slammed down towards the serpent's neck.

"Hiss! Hiss!" The Twin-Headed Serpent let out an eerie cry. Seeing the attack, its body jerked violently to the side, narrowly dodging the bear's furious strike. Simultaneously, its enormous tail whipped around.

The Raging Bear roared, turning around. Its two huge, bloodshot eyes fixed on the serpent's incoming tail, and its giant paws swiftly slapped down.

"BOOM!" They were, after all, two high-level magical beasts. Their immense power once again tore up the surroundings. Amidst the swirling dust, the bear leaped again. While still in mid-air, its two massive paws once more slammed towards the serpent.

"CRASH!" The bear's paws struck the serpent's body with tremendous force. Instantly, blood sprayed and scales flew from the impacted area.

The serpent let out a long, pained cry. Its massive head twisted around and bit down on the bear's waist. At the same time, its huge tail whipped over, striking the bear's body again and again.

With each lash of the serpent's tail, the bear's earthen shield dimmed further, and the bear roared in agony. Its giant paws continuously pounded the serpent's body.

"Fighting to the death?" Lin Xing watched with glee.

Two high-level magical beasts were now directly trading blows.

The bear's massive paws kept landing on the serpent's body, while the bear itself was repeatedly whipped by the serpent's tail, becoming a bloody mess.

"ROAR! ROAR!" The bear roared in fury. Its two giant paws smashed together towards the snake head biting its body. It knew that if this continued, it might kill the serpent, but it would certainly die too.

"THUD!" The bear's strike landed squarely on the serpent's head, splattering blood. "HISS!" The serpent let out a mournful cry. Its massive head whipped violently, hurling the entire bear into the air. Simultaneously, its enormous tail, infused with all its remaining strength, lashed out with a resounding "CRACK!" against the bear's head.

"AWOO!" The bear howled in excruciating pain, spraying another mouthful of blood.

With a heavy "THUMP!", it crashed to the ground, motionless. After flinging the bear away, the serpent seemed to have exhausted all its energy. Its body went limp, collapsing weakly to the ground. Its venomous eyes still stared fixedly at the unmoving bear.

"Finished?" Lin Xing sat in the tree, observing their state. However, after a long while, neither magical beast moved.

"Could it be mutual destruction? Then it's time for this fisherman to go collect the spoils." Lin Xing leaped down from the tree and walked towards the two motionless beasts.

Soon, Lin Xing reached the side of the two beasts. A quick assessment revealed they weren't unwilling to move, but unable. After such a prolonged and fierce battle, both were utterly exhausted and riddled with wounds.

Seeing Lin Xing appear, both beasts watched this suddenly appearing human with wariness.

With a flip of his hand, Lin Xing summoned his weapon. Facing two high-level magical beasts, even if they were currently immobile, it was better to be cautious.

Lin Xing circled them once, commenting as he looked, "Tsk tsk, you two big idiots, fighting for so long and wrecking the surroundings like this. You should protect the environment, you know!" As he spoke, Lin Xing tapped his blade against the Raging Bear's body.

The bear roared at Lin Xing, clearly displeased with the head-tapping.

"What? Not happy? If you're not happy, get up and fight me! Idiot!" Lin Xing retorted, giving the bear a sharp smack with the flat of his blade, causing it to wail in pain again.

After observing and confirming the two beasts truly had little strength left, Lin Xing wasted no more words and began the task of retrieving their magic cores. Gripping his blade, he decided to kill the Twin-Headed Serpent first. Snakes always gave him a creepy, skin-crawling feeling.

Sensing Lin Xing's intent to attack it, the serpent fixed its venomous gaze on him, hissing warningly.

"Die, snake! Die!" Lin Xing coldly shouted, raising his blade to chop down at the serpent's head.

But his strike cut through empty air. At that moment, the serpent's fire spell attacked.

Seeing this, Lin Xing pushed off the ground with his foot, propelling his entire body backward. "Damn! This snake is playing dirty with me." Lin Xing spat in disgust, then gripped his blade and charged forward.

The serpent's tail whistled through the air, lashing directly at him. Lin Xing kicked off the ground, launching himself into the air, evading the tail strike. Simultaneously...

Lin Xing gave a cold shout, twisted in mid-air, and dove towards the snake head.

His body contorted strangely in the air, dodging the magic from the snake head. Lin Xing arrived above the serpent's head.

"Die!" Lin Xing shouted, bringing his blade down in a fierce chop.

"Hiss! Hiss!" The serpent, suffering this heavy blow, reared its head and hissed in agony.

"Still not dead?!" Lin Xing stomped down hard with his foot, forcing the snake head down. At the same time, he put all his strength into his arms and slashed down with his blade!

"THWACK!" The snake head was severed just like that! Lin Xing, standing on the head, fell with it.

"BANG!" A sound rang out as Lin Xing was sent flying. He also heard heavy, thudding footsteps behind him. Lin Xing turned his head to look. It was the Raging Bear, which had somehow gotten up and approached. It was the one who had swatted him away.

Suppressing the churning blood and energy within him, Lin Xing felt fortunate the bear was already injured and had little strength left. Otherwise, being merely swatted away would have been the least of his worries.

The bear roared furiously and began walking towards Lin Xing again. Dragging its cumbersome body, it took heavy steps towards him, its massive palm swatting down with tremendous force, stirring up a gust of wind.

Lin Xing didn't dodge. He pushed off the ground with his foot, propelling his entire body upward. He met the bear's giant paw head-on, slashing down with his blade!