"Roar—!"
The wolf beast moved first, its powerful four limbs digging into the ground as it lunged at Tang San.
Tang San, his eyes flashing with purple light, quickly dodged to the side, evading the probing attack.
However, before he could catch his breath, the wolf beast coiled in mid-air again, baring its bloody maw and lunging to bite him!
"So fast!"
Tang San bent his body, using the momentum of his backflip to deliver a fierce kick to the wolf beast's chin. This forced it to snap its mouth shut violently, almost biting its own tongue.
With his hands on the ground, Tang San executed two successive rolls to create distance, then sprinted towards the depths of the dense forest without looking back. His mind, however, was in turmoil.
If he hadn't misjudged, that wolf had launched a second attack in mid-air without any external leverage?!
How was that possible?!
"This is absolutely impossible for an ordinary wolf!"
After assessing the significant disparity in strength, Tang San decisively turned and fled.
But as fast as his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps were, after so much exertion and mental strain, his strength was nearly depleted.
Furthermore, Tang San had no idea that he was facing a hundred-year spirit beast – the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf!
The unique scent of blood stimulated the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf's olfactory senses, accelerating the boiling of its blood.
Rings of blood-colored heat vapor puffed from its open jaws.
Its eerie green beast eyes seemed to have turned an inauspicious blood-red, a truly bizarre sight.
"Whoosh—!"
The wind whistled past his ears, the sensation on his face like a stinging pain.
"Awoo—!"
Tang San, continuously leaping and dodging within the forest, using the terrain to his advantage, abruptly stopped. Warm blood gushed from the gashed wound on his face.
"How can this be?"
Tang San stared in horror as the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, which had surpassed him mere moments ago, once again blocked his path. He clenched his fists.
How could it possess such explosive power even after being poisoned?!
Was this the "survival of the fittest" of this world...?
In a brief moment of shock, the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, having lost its hunting patience, no longer waited for its prey to exhaust itself. It opted for a swift and decisive end. Its entire body erupted, its forelimb claws, now shrouded in a layer of crystallized power, instantly enlarged several times over and lunged towards Tang San's vital neck!
This attack was unavoidable!
Tang San's gaze was fixed on the magnified claws of the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, his feet frozen.
"Brother!"
Tang Sui, arriving on the wind, watched the scene with trembling pupils. Fear and panic surged through her, and a trace of black-red blossomed in her eyes.
On the system panel, which she hadn't yet summoned, Tang Sui's personal status attribute bar suddenly turned completely black, as if malfunctioning, the entire panel distorting and flickering unstably.
"Zzzz, zzzz,"
In the skills page, seven gray spheres that had been stationary suddenly lit up. The gray covering the last skill sphere was being encroached upon and corrupted by an ominous black-red. The illuminated sphere now emanated black mist.
[Detecting strong emotions from host. Initiate attack mode?]
Shallow ripples spread through the void. A skill panel, visible only to Tang Sui, appeared before her.
[Host, switch characters?]
Seeing that she wouldn't make it to Tang San in time, Tang Sui extended her small hand, her pale fingertips touching the sphere of black-red energy.
Switch!