ROAR!

The roar came from hundreds of meters away, but the leaves on the giant trees around Lin Hao trembled and rustled.

Lin Hao’s expression changed slightly.

Despite the distance, Lin Hao could already judge the Devil Beast’s strength from its roar.

’Even if this Devil Beast isn’t at the Tier Three Late Stage, it must be close!’

A Tier Three Late Stage Devil Beast was, at minimum, equivalent to a Martial Artist at the Seventh Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm!

A Devil Beast like that was definitely not something the current Lin Hao could contend with, not even with his Array Pattern Skill.

Now, Lin Hao finally understood why he couldn’t find any other Devil Beasts within a hundred-meter radius. It turned out this was its territory.

What was worse, Lin Hao could hear despair and fury in the Devil Beast’s roar, and it was clearly coming from the direction he had just traveled.

Everything pointed to the Frenzied Demon Bear from before.

This new, unseen Devil Beast definitely had a close relationship with it!

RUMBLE!

The next moment, Lin Hao heard a tremendous noise as the ground beneath him began to tremble violently.

Looking back, Lin Hao was horrified.

Behind him, vast swathes of Ancient Trees were collapsing, their splintering filling his ears.

Lin Hao’s expression was grim. Logic told him he should retreat immediately, but having just tasted success, how could he be willing to give up?

Gritting his teeth, he produced another sheet of yellow paper.

Then, following the same procedure, Lin Hao once again began to draw mysterious runes on the paper.

Faced with a powerful opponent, Lin Hao’s movements became astonishingly fast, his fingers moving with incredible speed.

Fortunately, Lin Hao had directly inherited the Carefree Divine Monarch’s memories. If he had started learning from scratch, he would never have been able to achieve this level of skill.

Just as Lin Hao finished the final stroke, his opponent revealed its true form.

It was, shockingly, another Frenzied Demon Bear, but this one was nearly twice the size of the last.

Before it, Lin Hao was as insignificant as an ant.

Upon seeing Lin Hao, the Demon Bear bared its long fangs, and one of its paws swiped toward him.

The paw was enormous, over a meter in diameter. If it caught Lin Hao, it would be like grabbing a baby chick.

Lin Hao repeated his previous tactic, flicking his wrist and sending the yellow paper flying toward it.

However, the yellow paper that had been effective against the first Frenzied Demon Bear failed this time.

Although the paper collided with the paw, it had no effect whatsoever.

The paw didn’t even pause for a second as it continued toward Lin Hao.

Seeing the yellow paper stuck to the center of the paw, Lin Hao’s expression flickered, and he quickly dodged aside.

BOOM!

The paw missed its target and struck an Ancient Tree behind Lin Hao, snapping the massive trunk in two!

The power of an enraged Frenzied Demon Bear was terrifying. A single casual strike could cause immense destruction.

Fortunately, Lin Hao had anticipated this outcome and had retreated far enough.

Having escaped from under the paw, Lin Hao continued to draw runes on another sheet of yellow paper.

This time, the blood-red runes were clearly much thicker than before.

The power of this Array Pattern Skill was closely related to the caster’s Spiritual Power. The more astonishing the caster’s Spiritual Power, the more powerful the resulting runes.

At first, Lin Hao didn’t have an accurate grasp of the Carefree Divine Monarch’s Spiritual Power. Only now did he realize how terrifying it was.

One had to understand that the Carefree Divine Monarch, who knew nothing of martial arts, was a formidable being capable of Refining a Tier Four Late Stage Devil Beast into a battle puppet!

A Tier Four Late Stage Devil Beast was equivalent in strength to an expert at the Spirit Transformation Realm Peak!

The mere thought of it terrified Lin Hao!

And at this moment, Lin Hao was still a long, long way from reaching the Carefree Divine Monarch’s level.

WHOOSH...

Using his Body Technique to dodge the Demon Bear’s attacks, Lin Hao’s body became a blur, circling around it. At the same time, his hands never stopped, diligently drawing the runes.

Though Lin Hao dodged, the surrounding giant trees suffered the consequences.

Before the enraged Demon Bear, Ancient Trees that would take several people to encircle were like thin paper, completely fragile.

ROAR!

When its attacks failed to land, the Demon Bear cleverly changed its tactics.

Suddenly, it let out a furious roar.

BOOM!

The Demon Bear’s roar was incredibly terrifying. A giant tree not far away actually exploded into pieces from the force of the sound!

Even an Ancient Tree that had grown for at least several hundred years met such a fate. If a weaker Martial Artist had been standing there, they likely would have exploded as well.

But Lin Hao had been prepared; he had already sealed his Sixth Sense.

The roar had no effect on Lin Hao.

On the contrary, amidst the roar, Lin Hao finished drawing on another sheet of yellow paper.

He waved his hand again...

The yellow paper struck the Demon Bear’s body.

The Demon Bear’s body froze.

Before Lin Hao could even feel happy...

PFFT!

The next moment, Lin Hao abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying a great distance.

Without a second thought, Lin Hao turned and fled toward the edge of the mountain range.

The first attempt failed, while the second one worked but resulted in injury. It seemed illogical, but this was precisely the unique nature of the Array Pattern Skill.

The reason the Array Pattern Skill could Refine Devil Beasts into battle puppets was that it Refined their Beast Souls, and Refining a Beast Soul required Spiritual Power.

Just now, when the Array Pattern Skill took effect, Lin Hao had immediately used his Spiritual Power to try and extract its Beast Soul, but he was met with a fierce counterattack from the Demon Bear.

This Demon Bear was close to the Tier Three Late Stage. With such overwhelming strength, Lin Hao was naturally no match for it and suffered a backlash.

Lin Hao hadn’t been its match to begin with. Now that he was injured and his Spiritual Power was greatly diminished, how could he not flee?

Lin Hao fled quickly, but the Demon Bear pursued just as fast.

Despite the Demon Bear’s enormous size, its powerful strength meant that no obstacle in its path was worth mentioning.

In the end, the Demon Bear was practically bounding across the terrain.

But no matter how fast the Demon Bear was, it couldn’t possibly catch up to Lin Hao, who possessed extreme speed.

Seeing the distance between them growing, the Demon Bear reached out, uprooted a thick tree, and hurled it at Lin Hao.

That wasn’t all. The Demon Bear uprooted another large tree, swiped its paw down the trunk to shear off all the branches, and instantly turned it into a giant club.

Then, the Demon Bear swung the giant club, smashing it down toward Lin Hao.

The entire sequence of actions was performed in one smooth motion. At this moment, the Demon Bear seemed less like a beast and more like a powerful master of martial arts.

Lin Hao pinpointed its position by the sound of the wind, sidestepped, and dodged the attack.

RUMBLE!

Below, a small hill was smashed to pieces by the Demon Bear’s club, exploding on impact.

At the same time, thanks to the delay, the Demon Bear leaped past him and, before Lin Hao could escape the mountain range, cut him off.

Before Lin Hao, the Demon Bear stood upright like a man, holding the massive club made from the tree horizontally in its paws.

At that moment, the Demon Bear projected the aura of an impassable guardian.

Lin Hao stood before the Demon Bear, watching it intently.

Just then, Lin Hao was shocked to see contempt in the Demon Bear’s eyes.

The Demon Bear’s demonic eyes were more human than a human’s. Their gaze was not only cold but also held undisguised contempt, looking at Lin Hao as if he were already a dead man.

Lin Hao flew into a rage!