Chapter 1002 - Scapegoats (1/2)

Li Zhen and Li Mengyao had been standing by and watching the battle. They were not in a hurry to enter the cave.

Since the Earth Bear came out, it meant that the Earthvein Spiritual Fruits were not ripe. Even if they entered the cave, they could not pick these Earthvein Spiritual Fruits yet.

What’s more, if they did that, it would also anger the demonic beast. By then, it would be harder for them to control the beast.

The Earth Bear paid no attention to the people advancing toward it. It continued to drool and walked toward the boulder.

When it reached the back of the boulder and found that the source of the fragrance was only an incense stick, it knew that it had been tricked. It immediately let out an earth-shattering roar and swiped at the Beast Saliva Incense, reducing it into pieces instantly.

Despite that, it appeared that the rage in its heart had not simmered down. Once again, its paws smashed the boulder in front of it.

With a loud bang, the huge boulder which weighed nearly a hundred tons was shattered into pieces by its paw. These pieces flew in all directions like raindrops.

“Ao…”

The Earth Bear had a certain amount of intelligence. It seemed to know the reason for all of this, so it ignored the people around and strode toward the cave.

Li Zhen shouted from the side, “Stop it quickly. We can’t let it return to the cave.”

This Earth Bear was very powerful. If it was guarding the cave, there was no way for Li Zhen and others to enter the cave.

When the Earthvein Spiritual Fruits ripened, this beast would definitely eat all of them in one go. By then, there was nothing anyone could do.

After hearing the first prince’s order, the hundred or so guards of the Dragon Royal Family shouted loudly, removed the bows on their backs, and then began to shoot wildly at the Earth Bear.

Although their arrows were not as good as the God-killing Arrows, these arrows had been carefully fabricated by the royal family. In addition, these guards were at least at the stage of the Combination Realm. Therefore, every arrow they shot had great power.

For a moment, the piercing sounds of arrows tearing through the air echoed ceaselessly. These arrows rained down on the Earth Bear.

However, this beast ignored all the arrows. It just glanced at the people from the Dragon Kingdom disdainfully and went straight to the entrance of the cave.

These arrows hit the Earth Bear with perfect accuracy. To their surprise, these steel arrows could not penetrate its seemingly soft fur at all.

Each arrow broke into two and fell to the ground with a cracking sound.

Among the eighth-level demonic beasts, the Earth Bear possessed two special characteristics. Its defense capability was extremely astonishing and its strength was incomparably great, so even the God-killing Arrows wouldn’t be able to do anything to it, let alone these ordinary arrows.

Seeing that the arrows didn’t work, Li Zhen shouted to his men again, “Move! We must stop it!”

The guards put away their bows, drew their weapons, and charged toward the Earth Bear.

A guard at the late stage of the Combination Realm brandished the broadsword in his hand and viciously slashed down at the Earth Bear’s head.

It did not dodge at all. When the broadsword hit its head, a clanging round could be heard. It seemed that this broadsword had hit a wall of steel.

Then, the Earth Bear brandished its huge front paw and slapped the guard away.

This strike was frighteningly powerful. After being slapped by this beast, the guard turned into a pile of meat puree immediately and then hit a boulder nearby again. One couldn’t even tell that this meat puree was originally a human being.

Then, the Earth Bear seemed to get even more enraged and its savagery was provoked. With a howl, it charged back into the crowd. In the blink of an eye, dozens of people died under its claws.

Li Zhen and Li Mengyao were stunned. They didn’t expect that this beast was so powerful.

At this time, Wang Minghai shouted, “Those guards below the stage of the Grand Completion Realm step aside. You are no match for it at all.”

After hearing the shout, the guards stepped back one after another. After all, no one wanted to die. The big beast in front of them was too fierce.

Right at this moment, a figure in a black robe charged at the Earth Bear and raised a hand to slap it on the head.

The Earth Bear didn’t dodge at all and just swiped at the figure with its paw.

This man was a master at the early stage of the Grand Completion Realm. Naturally, he was much more flexible than the other guards. After his blow, he used the counterforce to retreat quickly and avoided the claw of the Earth Bear.

Although he wasn’t injured, his palm strike did not hurt the Earth Bear. For Earth Bear, the hit by this palm strike was like scratching an itch.

At the moment, another master’s sword at the early stage of the Grand Completion Realm lashed out at the back of the Earth Bear’s head.

Although the sword in his hand was not a great artifact like the Xuan Yuan Sword, it was absolutely sharp. However, this sword couldn’t even break through the basic defense of the Earth Bear. It had absolutely… no effect!

With a casual swipe of its paw, the master at the early stage of the Grand Completion Realm was sent flying dozens of meters away.

Seeing that this beast was so fierce, there was a look of horror in everyone’s eyes. It was impossible for them to break the defense of this beast at all because it had such a strong defense capability. There was nothing they could do.

At this time, Wang Minghai began to attack it. His sword, like a dragon, whistled and stabbed toward the triangular area under the Earth Bear’s neck.

He was experienced and knew that this triangular area was the heart of the Earth Bear, so this area could be said to be its vital part.

He was a master at the middle stage of the Grand Completion Realm, so his strength was far beyond that of the others.