Chapter 103 – What the Hell Kind of Monster is This?

What relieved the sinister man, however, was that Lin Ze had clearly come alone.

Most likely, he had been in the nearby wilderness when the incident occurred and had rushed over upon receiving the distress signal.

That made sense, he thought.

Given the distance from Ningjiang City to the Red Earth Forest, there was no way anyone could have arrived this quickly.

As long as it wasn’t reinforcements from the Ningjiang City military or the Beast Tamer Association, he had nothing to worry about.

A mere Tier 6 Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon, though somewhat troublesome, was hardly worth his concern.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through the sinister man’s mind. A cold sneer crept back onto his face as his icy gaze slithered over Lin Ze like a venomous snake.

“A genius, eh… It just so happens I haven’t come across a young man like you in a long time.”

“The feeling of personally snuffing out a young genius should be quite satisfying, I imagine.”

A twisted, mocking smile spread across the sinister man’s face.

Lin Ze’s mouth twitched slightly at the sight.

The rumors about The Fallen being twisted and vicious by nature were clearly true.

Their minds had long been corrupted by prolonged exposure to Demon-type Ferocious Beasts.

Guan Ning instinctively tightened her grip on Lin Ze’s sleeve, her knuckles turning white, betraying her inner unease.

Lu Ling and the other two women likewise wore expressions of grave alertness.

Even with Lin Ze’s arrival as fresh reinforcement, the current situation was far from favorable.

Their only hope now was to hold out until the academy’s reinforcements arrived.

Among the group, only Lin Ze remained as calm and composed as ever.

The sinister man noticed this, and for some reason, a faint sense of foreboding stirred within him.

But he quickly dismissed the feeling.

With a cold sneer, he immediately issued commands to his two Pet Beasts.

“Kill him!”

“ROAR!”

The Ape Demon let out a thunderous roar to the sky, its feet slamming hard against the ground, leaving a dense web of spiderweb-like cracks in their wake.

Its massive body charged forward like a war chariot, ferociously lunging at the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon.

At the same time.

The Rift Demon buzzed its wings, transforming into a streak of black lightning as it shot forth, its target also the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon.

Facing the pincer attack from two Tier 6 Demon-type Ferocious Beasts, the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon showed no sign of panic. Instead, it let out a disdainful growl.

To the astonishment of everyone watching, it lashed out with its right claw in a grasping motion toward the Rift Demon.

In that instant, countless wisps of gray mist materialized out of thin air, visibly condensing into a massive ethereal hand that blocked the Rift Demon’s charging path.

Death Grip!

An oppressive aura of death instantly permeated the air.

Even the surrounding temperature seemed to plummet by several degrees.

The Rift Demon had no time to dodge and slammed headfirst into the giant gray hand, getting caught firmly in its grasp.

Sizzle!

A spine-tingling, eerie sound immediately filled the air.

Under the erosion of the gray mist, black smoke began rising from the Rift Demon’s body in an instant. Its struggling movements slowed considerably, and uncontrollable shrieks of terror escaped its maw.

Corrosion, Fear, Weakness!

The three curses attached to Death Grip took effect in an instant, putting the Rift Demon at a severe disadvantage.

On the other side.

The Ape Demon had already closed in on the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon, its thick arm clenching into a massive fist and slamming down viciously from above.

The Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon did not retreat an inch. Its other free claw shot up to meet the attack.

The razor-sharp tips of its claws glinted with a sinister, heart-stopping gleam.

It gave off an impression of being utterly indestructible.

Stone-Rending Claw!

Fist and claw collided fiercely in midair, producing a thunderous boom that left one’s chest feeling tight.

An invisible shockwave radiated outward from the point of impact in all directions.

Lu Ling and the others watching instinctively raised their hands to shield their faces and were forced to take several steps back before they could catch their breath.

But when they lowered their hands and looked again, what they saw was the Ape Demon howling in pain as it retreated.

On the surface of the fist it had just thrown, there was now a bloody hole from which blood gushed freely.

In contrast, the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon remained standing in place, completely unruffled.

The disparity was immediately clear!

Guan Ning, Lu Ling, and the other girls stared blankly at the scene before them, mouths agape, unable to speak.

It was fighting two opponents at once… and gaining the upper hand!

The girls’ eyes went wide in unison as their minds reeled from the shock.

The sight before them truly exceeded their expectations.

In their original assumptions, if Lin Ze’s Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon could barely hold its own against a single Demon-type Ferocious Beast, that would already be impressive.

Who could have imagined it would fight two at once and still gain the upper hand?

Unbelievable!

Lu Ling, being a Third Year student, was the first to react, murmuring in shock:

“This is… an adult-stage Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon!”

Wang Xiaojing and Mo Xiaoyan also snapped back to their senses.

By now, they fully understood that they had misjudged the situation.

The Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon before them was no Young Dragon—it was clearly one that had evolved to the adult stage, an indisputable Tier 6 Pure-blood Dragon Clan.

And its Stage was by no means low.

At least four or five Stages.

Otherwise, it couldn’t have suppressed two Demon-type Ferocious Beasts of the same tier in a single exchange.

The grim-faced man was also taken aback by this sight.

Though he had anticipated that the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon’s combat power would not be weak, its ferocious performance still shocked him greatly.

“Damn it!”

The grim-faced man’s expression darkened.

However, he was seasoned in battle. Though startled, he remained composed and issued a new command without hesitation.

Not far away, the Rift Demon that had broken free from the Death Grip suddenly changed its charging direction and instead rushed toward Lin Ze.

“Watch out!”

Lu Ling and the other two women cried out in alarm upon noticing this.

But the Rift Demon was incredibly fast—in the blink of an eye, it had already reached Lin Ze.

Two pitch-black claws viciously descended upon his head.

Seeing this, a sinister, gleeful smile flashed in the grim-faced man’s eyes.

So what if the Stone-Condensing Magic Dragon was powerful? In the end, there was only one of it.

All he needed was to have the Ape Demon hold it back, then send the Rift Demon to take out the brat, and it would all be over.

“So what if he’s a genius? In the end, he’s just a wet-behind-the-ears kid…”

The grim-faced man said with a cold sneer.

But his words suddenly stopped midway, and his eyes flew wide open with an utterly horrified gaze.

Just a short distance away, the Rift Demon’s claws had stopped right before Lin Ze’s arm.

A faint, hazy glow enveloped Lin Ze’s entire body, firmly blocking the Rift Demon’s attack.

That kind of light was very familiar to the grim-faced man.

It was the unmistakable sign of a Soul Guardian.

But precisely because of that, he found it hard to believe.

After all, the one launching the attack was no low-tier Ferocious Beast—it was a full-fledged Tier 6 Demon-type Ferocious Beast!

Even a Soul Guardian cast by a Silver Beast Tamer could absolutely not block such a strike.

Yet this young man before him, who didn’t even look twenty years old, had done it.

And with such ease.

For a moment.

The sinister man felt his mind reeling into Chaos.

What in the hell kind of monster was this?!