"Damn it, he got away."
"My big black python got eaten, such a huge loss."
"And you’re talking? My Da Long almost got swallowed..."
The youths’ faces darkened; they hadn’t anticipated that trash from such a small place would actually cause them such massive losses.
Luoyun City, Xiang Xin, don’t let us run into you, or you’ll regret it!
Suddenly, the murky river water bubbled, and then a spray of water shot dozens of meters high. A monstrous beast, sixty meters long, burst out of the surface. The unimaginably massive jaws instantly enveloped the five youths and that swarm of bizarre snakes.
Fear surged in the hearts of the five, and they immediately activated their battle armor and retreated rapidly.
The strange snakes scattered in terror, but most of them didn’t escape in time and were swallowed by the giant maw.
Water splashed everywhere as the colossal monstrosity plunged back into the river, disappearing without a trace.
The lead youth had cold sweat dripping from his forehead as he looked at the few remaining mangled and scattered strange snakes, simultaneously pained and infuriated, shouting toward the sky.
"Damn it! It’s all that kid’s fault."
"Stop yelling. That thing just now seemed to be a Mutated Mosasaurus. We better get out of here fast."
"Yeah, let’s move..."
The group discussed leaving, completely unaware of the Space Gate quietly opening amidst the forest below.
Three golden Destruction Beams erupted swiftly, striking with a deafening blast amidst the group of five at lightning speed.
The golden energy explosion shattered the youths’ battle armor instantly, scattering them away under the force of the energy shockwave.
In a twist of fate, two youths became residual shadows and fell into the river.
"Not good, get out of here..."
Before the youths could escape the river, the water surged violently. The pair screamed as river creatures pulled them under, disappearing into the depths.
High above, the Flame Dragon, seeing its owner vanish into the river, glimmered with joy in its eyes. With a long howl, it vanished into the sky above the forest.
Freedom! ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
The other three youths, meanwhile, crashed into the forest, completely unaware of their companions’ fate.
Without the protection of their battle armor, even with the Vajra Realm bodies of the trio, they couldn’t help but see stars, staggering semi-conscious with hands clutching their heads as they struggled to stand.
"Quick, that kid hasn’t left. Release the Beast Cultivation creatures and mecha..."
"Wait, I can’t find the space button..."
"Activate the Beast Power Gene first..."
Just as the trio’s bodies began radiating Beast Power Star Power, a dozen Molten Rock Giant Sticks thundered down, smashing the Space Gate into fragments. The trio’s bodies embedded into the soil, lying motionless in the pit.
The combined strength of over ten Monkey Avatars, even against Vajra Realm Beast Ability Masters, was enough to incapacitate them under an unprepared ambush.
From the treetops, Qin Shou flipped agilely, opening the Space Gate wide. Three golden Dragon Heads emerged, continuously firing golden Destruction Beams toward the trio.
In the instant the golden Destruction Beams descended, the three youths abruptly opened their eyes, filled with utter terror.
The earth trembled slightly, soil blasted upwards, and winds carried sand into the air.
After a moment, as the dust settled, the Monkey Avatar picked nine Energy Stones out of the large pit and handed them to Qin Shou.
The watch casing wrapping the Space Stones had long been shattered into pieces, but the Space Stones themselves remained intact.
Storing the Space Stones into the System Space, Qin Shou raised a middle finger toward the burial site of the trio.
"Playing dead with me? You think I watched all those TV dramas in my past life for nothing?"
He smirked slightly, then cast a glance at the now-calm river surface, quickly leaving the area.
That Mutated Mosasaurus really saved him a lot of trouble.
If it hadn’t swallowed the strange snakes, diverting the attention of the five youths, he wouldn’t have been confident in successfully ambushing them all at once.
And it’s also thanks to the poor combat experience of the group. Relying on their strength in numbers, they underestimated Qin Shou and grew careless, allowing him to destroy three Space Gates.
These youths weren’t comparable to the Vajra Realm opponents Qin Shou had eliminated before. Whether it was their Beast Cultivation creatures, Beast Power, or the mechas they hadn’t yet deployed, all of them surpassed ordinary Vajra Realm capabilities.
If they had gone all-out from the beginning, giving Qin Shou no chance to react...
Even with his breakthrough into the Vajra Realm, Qin Shou would’ve likely ended up fleeing miserably.
The youths participating in the Dragon Island Contest were all the most outstanding students of their respective cities. None of them were to be trifled with.
Qin Shou reminded himself once more, he mustn’t be careless.
By the way, where did that Flame Dragon go?