Exotic Battlefield: I Can Activate Dual Talents

The Ancient Pine Tiger is renowned for its immense strength.

As the tiger's tail swung towards him, Lu Lin realized he couldn't dodge and had to raise his left hand to grab the tail.

BOOM——

Lu Lin's body suddenly recoiled.

He almost couldn't stop himself.

This was just a tail, yet he could barely withstand it.

If he were to face the full pounce of the Ancient Pine Tiger, then Lu Lin...

Seeing Lu Lin able to withstand the attack of the tiger's tail, a hint of surprise appeared on the Ancient Pine Tiger's face. It roared again after landing and approached Lu Lin.

Its right paw pressed down.

The Ancient Pine Tiger's right leg was thicker than Lu Lin's waist.

With the sound of the wind whistling, it attacked Lu Lin.

Lu Lin didn't dare to resist and dodged, drawing his broken knife to slash at the tiger's leg.

Swoosh.

A few hairs fell from the tiger's leg, and a hint of mockery appeared in the Ancient Pine Tiger's eyes as it looked at Lu Lin:

"Ning is my exclusive fur stylist, it seems."

"Indeed, such skill."

Lu Lin was surprised that his attack only cut off a few tiger hairs. In astonishment, he dodged the Ancient Pine Tiger's attack again, retreating backward.

At this moment, the benefit of Lu Lin's earlier expansion of territory became evident.

It allowed him enough space to maneuver.

Otherwise, with such a small safety zone, two steps back would put Lu Lin into the dense forest, where he might be killed by the Black Spider Cub's poison instead of the Ancient Pine Tiger.

Man and tiger.

One advance and one retreat.

In the blink of an eye, they exchanged over a dozen rounds.

However, most of the time, Lu Lin was evading while the Ancient Pine Tiger attacked.

Lu Lin had anticipated that the last challenge's 24 hours would not be easy, but he didn't expect it to be this difficult.

The Ancient Pine Tiger was incredibly strong, agile, and had thick skin and flesh, with almost no weaknesses.

Even though Lu Lin knew through see-through that its eyes, mouth, and anus could be attacked, he had no way to get close.

It seems that he could only use his Earth-based Star Skills now.

He had been holding back, wanting to test if he could defeat the opponent with Star Martial and his own physical abilities alone.

Now…

"Swamp."

The Ancient Pine Tiger was just about to strike Lu Lin again with its right paw.

Suddenly, it felt its body tipping.

Something was wrong.

This was not the true feel of the ground.

Before it could look down at what its right leg had stepped on, a sudden pain hit its mind.

Mental Secret Skill—Stab.

Lu Lin was afraid of encountering the situation from previous challenges, where the spirit beast avatars were unfazed by his stab attack.

Unexpectedly, in the jungle, this Ancient Pine Tiger was not an avatar of any spirit beast.

In the instant the Ancient Pine Tiger's body stiffened, Lu Lin raised his hand.

Earth Thorn.

A hard earth spike suddenly emerged from the ground, stabbing directly towards the Ancient Pine Tiger's abdomen.

"Roar——"

The Ancient Pine Tiger awoke from the stabbing attack.

But it did not awaken on its own accord.

Pain.

The force of the earth spike passed through its abdomen directly to its heart, causing the Ancient Pine Tiger to collapse in dejection.

It let out a muffled sound.

BOOM——

The Ancient Pine Tiger fell, and Lu Lin didn't give it much time. As soon as it fell.

Another earth spike emerged from the ground.

Under the guidance of Lu Lin's Earth-based star skill, the spike, which usually only went straight up and down, suddenly turned and stabbed into the Ancient Pine Tiger's anus.

"Roar Roar——"

The Ancient Pine Tiger let out a scream.

This time, it was a genuine scream.

The entire tiger's body bounced off the ground.

Lu Lin could imagine the Ancient Pine Tiger's agony, but that's the nature of combat.

He channeled Star Power into the broken knife.

Lu Lin flew in front of the Ancient Pine Tiger, slashing down with the knife.

Poof!

A stream of intense tiger blood sprayed out, drenching Lu Lin's head, face, and entire body.

However, the Ancient Pine Tiger did not die from this slash.

Lu Lin merely saw through its surface defenses.

Despite the pain, it could still endure.

The Ancient Pine Tiger knew it must defeat and kill the human before it to survive.

At this moment, it endured the excruciating pain on its body and lunged to bite Lu Lin.

Lu Lin couldn't risk being bitten, so he quickly performed the Inch Step to jump to the Ancient Pine Tiger's abdomen.

Utilizing his body weight, Lu Lin plunged the broken knife down hard.

"Woo——"

The Ancient Pine Tiger endured the pain from its anus and suddenly rolled, pressing Lu Lin under its body.

This sudden change was unexpected, even for Lu Lin.

At least two tons of weight pushed down on him, almost cutting himself with his own broken knife.

Yet, even while trapped under the Ancient Pine Tiger, he had his ways.

He used the broken knife to widen the wound on the Ancient Pine Tiger's abdomen.

Streams of tiger blood flowed from the wound, soaking Lu Lin all over with warm tiger blood.

By this time, the Ancient Pine Tiger was already out of its mind, indifferent to the wounds on its body.

At this moment, it only wanted to crush Lu Lin to death.

In the midst of being showered with tiger blood, Lu Lin suddenly felt a disturbance in the Consciousness Universe.

What is that?

The Consciousness Universe is one of the most important areas for human Star Core Warriors.

If something goes wrong there, not even a Titled King could provide a cure.

Anxious, Lu Lin couldn't attend to being pinned down by the Ancient Pine Tiger and quickly closed his eyes to enter the Consciousness Universe.

In the pitch-black universe, at some unknown time, a cute bear's head appeared.

It wasn't a cartoonish big bear head, but a fluffy, adorable little bear's head.

With his spiritual strength attached, Lu Lin received a message from the bear's head.

So that's what it is.

The bear's head was named The Will of the Earth Bear Clan, the spiritual totem of the Earth Bear Clan.

It could grant warriors the Earth Bear Physique.

Earth Bear Physique can increase a person's strength, speed, defense, and ferocity.

Even a frail and timid young man will become a brave and formidable warrior once he possesses the Earth Bear Physique.

This was a gift from the Earth Mother Bear to Lu Lin during the second challenge earlier.

As for why it didn't mention it, Lu Lin now understands the reason.

The Earth Bear Physique isn't attainable simply through possessing the Earth Bear Will; it must be activated with fresh beast blood soaking the body through.

The more the beast blood, and the fresher and stronger it is, the faster the Earth Bear Physique will evolve.

Yet the Earth Mother Bear likely didn't expect that Lu Lin would activate the Earth Bear Physique in such a short time after obtaining the Earth Bear Will.

After confirming his body is unharmed, Lu Lin feels somewhat moved.

Actually.

He didn't do much for the Earth Mother Bear, merely listened to its story.

Unexpectedly, it gave him such a great gift.

And it didn't even tell Lu Lin.

Thanks, Bear Mom.

Lu Lin withdrew from the Consciousness Universe and saw the surging tiger blood in front of him, bursting into laughter.

He directly entered the Ancient Pine Tiger through the wound he had opened.

The broken knife in his hand kept swinging, chopping.

He severed the nerves and blood vessels of the Ancient Pine Tiger, cutting open its flesh and organs.

Tiger blood, like it cost no money, engulfed Lu Lin's body.

In his mind.

The manifestation of the Earth Bear Will increased even further.

Lu Lin could clearly feel his power rapidly increasing.

Refreshing.

Invigorating.

Thrilling.

Since entering the Secret Realm for the assessment, Lu Lin was constantly tormented in the first challenge.

In the second challenge, he had to rack his brains to fulfill the spirit beasts' wishes.

The third challenge was initially going well, but the examiner made it a Jungle Survival Challenge, where Lu Lin died several times.

Yet now, reveling in the tiger blood, Lu Lin feels his mind, body, and spirit becoming one.

The Star Power within him seems to have grown significantly.

He doesn't know how long has passed, but Lu Lin feels the changes in the Consciousness Universe have stopped.

It seems the Earth Bear Will has fully manifested.

Lu Lin swung his fist and could distinctly feel the increase in his power.

As for defense and speed, he'll test those later.

The final challenge should be more than just a single Ancient Pine Tiger.

After exiting the Ancient Pine Tiger, Lu Lin rested for a while and then saw a white shadow leaping through the forest.

No, not just one.

According to Lu Lin's senses, there are at least twenty to thirty of them.

Thunder Weasels.

This is a small carnivorous spirit beast.

Despite its small size, Thunder Weasels are far more brutal than the Ancient Pine Tiger just now.

They use their size advantage in the wild to specifically hunt the offspring of other spirit beasts.

Whenever they see one, regardless of hunger, they rush up to bite the cub to death, the very definition of savagery.

However, from the knowledge gained in the first challenge, Lu Lin knows these Thunder Weasels usually hunt alone, not in groups, so why are there suddenly so many?

"Swish."

"Swish, swish."

As soon as the Thunder Weasels saw Lu Lin, there was no roar, no preparation, they immediately launched an attack.

Seven Thunder Weasels directly targeted Lu Lin's throat.

Six attacked his ankles.

Four jumped up, trying to bite off Lu Lin's wrists.

Such poisonous intentions!

Not only do they want to kill Lu Lin, they also coordinate perfectly to render him immobile.

Inch Step.

Evasion.

Broken knife, strike.

Lu Lin didn't even have time to use his Star Skill; with his right hand, he continuously swung the broken knife, like playing baseball, batting one Thunder Weasel after another away.

As they were batted away, with Lu Lin's strength, the Thunder Weasels suffered instant bone fractures and muscle tears, some even died instantly.

In the blink of an eye during the skirmish, four or five Thunder Weasels lost combat capability or died from Lu Lin's strikes.

This is also the weakness of the Thunder Weasel clan.

They are fast, fierce, and can discharge electricity.

But their weakness is very obvious.

Which is low defense.

Not only Lu Lin's strength, even ordinary beasts can easily claw a Thunder Weasel to death without effort.

In the jungle, whether it's ordinary beasts or spirit beasts, encountering Thunder Weasels only leads to one choice.

Kill.

Nearly every beast living in the wild has experienced having cubs killed by Thunder Weasels, so upon seeing them, there's no need to think twice, just kill them.

It seems the remaining Thunder Weasels realized Lu Lin was not easily provoked; after the first wave of attacks, the others quickly electrically retreated from Lu Lin's attack range, hiding in the forest.

Is this the end?

Lu Lin was taken aback, standing there looking into the forest, but by this time, the Thunder Weasels' speed had carried them far, and Lu Lin couldn't even see their shadows.

Since they've run off, no need to worry.

Lu Lin took the opportunity to rest for a while.

Just as he sat down, that group of Thunder Weasels came back again.

Lu Lin's face revealed a hint of a smile.

Interesting.

Attempting guerrilla tactics with him, huh?

Do they not know Lu Lin is a time traveler, who can recite the sixteen-word strategy of guerrilla tactics backwards perfectly?

The weary I harass, the advancing I retreat...

Trying to use guerrilla tactics against Lu Lin? Best to go back and study for another twenty or thirty years before attempting!

However, strategically belittling the enemy, tactically valuing the enemy.

Now that there are no other spirit beasts attacking, Lu Lin can deal with these pesky Thunder Weasels with ease.

But suppose, like earlier, Lu Lin was battling the Ancient Pine Tiger when suddenly a group of Thunder Weasels showed up...even just one would be enough to give Lu Lin a headache.

It's uncertain whether the spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Tower will abandon attacking Lu Lin when encountering Thunder Weasels according to their habits.

So.

Lu Lin knows he must seize every opportunity to attack the Thunder Weasels.

Maximizing the damage to them to prevent further disruptions.

Since that's the case...

When twelve Thunder Weasels appeared before Lu Lin again, he unleashed his Eye-based Star Skill.

[God's Deterrent]

The spiritual strength of these Thunder Weasels is not powerful, and after Lu Lin's deterrent, they immediately fell into a stupor.

Lu Lin didn't dare to waste time, raised the broken knife, swiftly reaped the lives of these Thunder Weasels.