Chapter 277: Pursuit, Tier 3 Pinnacle, Thunder Attribute, Monkey King's Apprehension
The earth was trembling slightly.
In an extremely concealed spot, Lu Sheng's gaze turned toward the direction of the Monkey King's voice, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"Has the Monkey King already discovered me?"
"It seems that I'm about to be exposed soon!"
Lu Sheng said softly.
When he entered the mountain stream and engaged with the monkey troop, he did not hide his presence at all, so his exposure was only a matter of time.
Moreover...
"Judging from the situation... the Monkey King has probably developed a tribal system far more powerful than the monkey troop in the mountain stream, in addition to the strong members of the troop itself..."
"With the identity and power of a fourth-tier giant beast, the Monkey King can even mobilize the surrounding Exotic Beasts and order them to hunt me down!"
"However... so what?"
Lu Sheng smiled faintly, but there was no trace of worry in his eyes.
"I've already grown wings and mastered the ability to fly. Coupled with my current late third-tier cultivation, unless a fourth-tier giant beast, like the Monkey King himself, makes a move, there's basically no one who can threaten my existence."
"The hunt for me... could it be a chance for me instead?"
Lu Sheng smiled as he slowly walked out of the hidden area.
In the Beast Realm, the best way to enhance strength is to devour other Exotic Beasts, refining their Bloodline Power to strengthen oneself.
These Exotic Beasts hunting Lu Sheng were, undoubtedly, also nourishment for Lu Sheng himself.
Even invaluable resources indeed!
At the moment Lu Sheng stepped out from the hidden spot, a greenish light suddenly flashed nearby, revealing two gray wolves of peak second-tier appeared near Lu Sheng.
They looked at Lu Sheng, paused, and then let out a long howl.
Awoo!!
The sound instantly echoed, seemingly summoning other companions.
Lu Sheng smiled slightly, took a step forward, and instantly turned into a red lightning bolt, dashing straight to the side of the two peak second-tier gray wolves, opening his bloody mouth, and devouring them directly.
After finishing all this, Lu Sheng turned back, glanced at the direction from which the energy fluctuations were emanating, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"I wonder how much strength I can gain from this hunt!"
"Monkey King... don't let me down!"
Lu Sheng smiled as he leisurely "escaped" in one direction.
...
Along the way, countless Exotic Beasts, summoned by the Monkey King, engaged in a series of hunts against Lu Sheng.
And these hunting Exotic Beasts, Lu Sheng naturally didn't refuse any, devouring them all, using the Dragon Transformation Technique to maniacally refine the Bloodline Power within these Exotic Beasts to strengthen himself.
At this moment, in front of Lu Sheng, a Scale Armor Beast about seven to eight meters long was glaring at Lu Sheng, with arcs of electricity constantly jumping around its body, emanating a powerful aura.
Roar roar roar!!!
The Scale Armor Beast roared at Lu Sheng, and lightning suddenly enveloped its entire body, charging ferociously at Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng smiled slightly, gently opened his mouth, and a flame laced with endless poison howled out, instantly engulfing the Scale Armor Beast in flames.
The next moment, Lu Sheng's figure appeared like a red lightning beside the Scale Armor Beast, with a massive tail, like reinforced steel, fiercely whipping the Scale Armor Beast's body.
Bam!!
With terrifying force, a ghastly gash was torn open on the Scale Armor Beast's body.
Blood spurted out immediately, along with the Scale Armor Beast's miserable cries, echoing around.
Without hesitation, Lu Sheng opened his mouth, biting off a chunk of flesh from the Scale Armor Beast, devouring it greedily.
"Squeak squeak!!"
The Scale Armor Beast let out a pained cry, curled its tail, and prepared to flee, but there was no way Lu Sheng would easily let this meal before him escape.
His dragon-like claw ruthlessly slapped down, unleashing a force of thousands of pounds.
Bam!!
The Scale Armor Beast's flesh burst open under Lu Sheng's claws, flesh and blood flying everywhere.
The Scale Armor Beast emitted another wail, its life force already starting to fade away.
After finishing all this, Lu Sheng leisurely began devouring the flesh of the Scale Armor Beast in front of him, while operating the Dragon Transformation Technique, bit by bit refining the bloodline power within it.
The power of this Scale Armor Beast was quite impressive, with a mid-third-tier cultivation, and previously, Lu Sheng had already devoured quite a few Exotic Beasts.
When Lu Sheng completely refined the Bloodline Power of the mid-third-tier Scale Armor Beast in front of him, his body suddenly stiffened in place.
Immediately, a scarlet light enveloped Lu Sheng's body, the light began expanding continuously, along with Lu Sheng's physical body also starting to grow stronger.
In an instant, a powerful aura suddenly surged out from Lu Sheng.
Tier Three Pinnacle!!
At this moment, the aura emanating from Lu Sheng was undeniably at the pinnacle of Tier Three. Just the diffusion of this aura alone had already stirred up a storm of energy.
"Tier Three Pinnacle!!"
Lu Sheng opened his eyes, and a hint of joy flashed through them.
"After reaching Tier Three Pinnacle, my body unexpectedly grew to a size of 20 meters!"
Lu Sheng's gaze fell upon his own body.
Amazingly, with the recent flash of crimson light, the previously 8 or 9 meters tall Lu Sheng suddenly expanded directly to a size of 20 meters!
"And even..."
With a thought, the flesh wings on Lu Sheng's back suddenly unfolded, and the massive wings seemed to want to cover the sun in the sky.
"In the unfolded state of the wings, it's even terrifyingly able to reach 50 meters!"
"Just this size of the body alone isn't inferior to some smaller giant beasts!"
Looking at his enormous body, Lu Sheng couldn't help but reveal a smile.
In the Beast Realm, aside from strength, a significant part is also about the size of the Exotic Beast. A Tier Three Pinnacle Exotic Beast like Lu Sheng, with a wingspan reaching 50 meters, is quite rare.
"Besides... it seems another attribute has been added to my flames!"
Lu Sheng opened his mouth, and a burst of flame spewed out.
In the scorching flames, aside from the green light representing toxins, there was also lightning leaping within the flames.
"Sure enough! There's an additional power of lightning in the flames!"
"This is the energy naturally contained within the bloodline power of the Scale Armor Beast I just consumed."
"With this, my flames have become even more powerful. Under Tier Four, almost no Exotic Beast can withstand my flames!"
Lu Sheng looked at the power of the flames with satisfaction, and a faint light flickered in his eyes.
"With this, no Exotic Beast under Tier Four can threaten me. Monkey King... that guy is just at the early stage of Tier Four. Once I step into Tier Four... I can kill him!"
"Now... the task is to accumulate energy, gather enough energy to break through to Tier Four, and slay the Monkey King!"
Lu Sheng smiled slightly and slowly continued to walk in a direction, biding his time, waiting for those Exotic Beasts pursuing him to arrive.
...
A hundred kilometers away, in a valley.
The massive Monkey King sat quietly on a naturally formed stone chair, listening expressionlessly to the reports from his subordinates about the pursuit.
But the more he listened to the pursuit reports, the more gloomy the Monkey King's face became.
"This Tier Three Exotic Beast... can actually kill so many pursuers!"
"It's somewhat... unusual!"
A human-like gleam flashed through the Monkey King's eyes.
As a Tier Four giant beast, the Monkey King's intelligence was already no different from that of a normal human. In such circumstances, he naturally learned to think.
"Moreover... that guy's already at Tier Three Pinnacle. The speed of such growth is simply astounding; ordinary Exotic Beasts... absolutely cannot improve this fast."
Deep in thought, the Monkey King suddenly had a notion flash through his mind.
"Could it be... that this guy is an innate exotic species with awakened high-level bloodline?"
When this thought appeared in the Monkey King's mind, he was immediately startled.
Being a Tier Four giant beast, the Monkey King clearly understood some rules and laws within the Beast Realm.
Especially those so-called innate exotic species with high-level bloodline.
These innate exotic species with awakened high-level bloodlines typically have terrifying cultivation speeds and can become giant beasts in a short time, with combat power stronger than Exotic Beasts of the same level.
Recalling how his son, who followed a Tier Three Pinnacle monkey leader, was slain by the opponent, now again reaching the Tier Three Pinnacle at such an astonishing cultivation speed.
Caused a hint of panic to surge in the Monkey King's heart.
"No way, I can't let this guy continue to grow. Once he becomes a giant beast, even I might not be his match, there's even a possibility of being killed by him."
A wave of fear flashed through the Monkey King's heart, followed by a ruthless expression appearing on his face.
"Innate exotic species... must grow up to be strong. As yet undeveloped innate exotic species... are nothing but my food!"
"Since these useless ones can't kill him, I'll do it myself!"
The Monkey King slowly stood up from the stone chair, leapt out, and instantly crossed the entire valley. When he reappeared, he was already at the base of a mountain.
He gazed up toward the mountain peak, where a presence on par with the Monkey King's emanated from.