Chapter 41: Killing

The heavily injured Flame Bird Beast was entering a state of Raging Fury.

Once its ferocity was triggered, it abandoned the pride and indifference it had while eating. Under the shroud of flames, patches of dark red scales actually appeared on its skin, wrapping it up tightly.

“The level of this Fierce Beast is at least above the Third Stage.”

According to the classification theory Zhou Liming had deduced for Fierce Beasts, only Fierce Beasts above the Third Stage could use some unbelievable abilities. Currently, Zhou Liming could not determine the true level of this Flame Bird Beast, but the dangerous aura it gave off was even stronger than that of the Magic Ape Beast.

Zhou Liming suddenly realized why the entire Qiaomu Town was so quiet; it must be the existence of this Flame Bird Beast that made other Fierce Beasts dare not cross the line.

When he realized this, Zhou Liming felt a bit annoyed as he discovered that many times, Fierce Beasts simply could not have their level and abilities judged from their appearance. No one knew if a cute little thing might be a high-level Fierce Beast, and one might be killed by it without even knowing what happened.

The scaled Flame Bird Beast threw its head back and let out a long cry. Suddenly, it pressed its head down, and an even hotter breath rushed over. The ball of flame on its body actually detached completely, forming a shape similar to a meteorite burning as it hits Earth, and bombed towards Zhou Liming on the street.

Zhou Liming bent his legs slightly. With a sudden burst, he shot up from the street like a cannonball, appearing in the air over a dozen meters high, and then landed on the roof of a building on the side of the street.

The burning flame, carrying incredible heat, streaked across the street.

The shops and residential buildings on the side of the street, under this terrifying heat, had anything that could burn directly ignited by the high temperature, forming a sea of fire along the street. What terrified Zhou Liming even more was that when this ball of flame shot to the end of the street, it ignored a commercial building at the end. With a loud boom, it flattened the entire commercial building.

Even so, the momentum of this ball of flame could not be stopped. It destroyed and ignited several commercial residential buildings in a row before finally calming down.

With just one strike, the entire street fell into a sea of fire, and the flames crackled and burned.

“Damn, that is too insane.”

Zhou Liming could not believe that a Fierce Beast that did not look outstanding could bring such massive destruction; it was simply no different from a large-yield aerial bomb.

Zhang Yibao and his group of five had long been stunned. Hiding on the other side of the street and gasping for breath, they seemed to realize something and then took to their heels. Not running now would be foolish; who knew if these two monsters would tear the entire Small Town down? Now, a chill rose in their hearts; who still remembered the purpose of their coming?

Zhou Liming glanced indifferently at Zhang Yibao and his group, then leaped from the roof. When he landed heavily on the ground, he abruptly thrust out his right hand.

His entire palm contracted rapidly, unbelievably transforming into the shape of a cannon barrel. Then, holding his right hand with his left, he assumed a firing stance. The strength of his whole body seemed to be drained at this moment, all gathering onto his right hand. His entire arm turned pitch black, and the scales on it looked incomparably ferocious.

A dazzling light rushed out from the cannon barrel formed by his right hand, instantly shrouding half of the Small Town under this dazzling brilliance.

This beam of light was like a laser, but different from a laser. After leaving the cannon barrel, it instantly expanded several times and bombarded out violently. This Flame Bird Beast, which had fired the flames, provided new flames from the dark red scales on its body again. Seeing this beam of light appear, a strong crisis signal made it become agitated, and the scales on its body instantly turned completely red…

The light enveloped the Bird Beast completely. It could not stop it even for a second. The light melted its body and shot through its corpse.

“Boom… Boom… Rumble…”

A series of explosions came. The terrifying light punched through houses connected on the side of the street, turning them into large holes the height of a person. It extended for hundreds of meters. Only after piercing through half of the Small Town did the power of this light disappear, finally vanishing into nothingness.

Zhou Liming was still holding his right hand, his mouth open in an O shape. This terrifying strike was even more insane and powerful than the Flame Bird Beast’s just now.

Before he could sigh, a feeling of powerlessness came over him, and the strength in his body was drained, making him weak. This was the aftereffect of Zhou Liming’s strongest attack method. It used the strength of his whole body as the energy base. Every time he used it, Zhou Liming would have a short period of weakness.

Zhou Liming could not figure out the principle of this attack, but who cared?

With a “snap,” Zhou Liming knelt down. His right hand, like a deformed mechanical hand, returned to its original shape in a moment.

Under this strike, the Flame Bird Beast had most of its body sliced off, leaving only a small part of its abdomen and a pair of powerful legs.

Things were not over. Zhou Liming gritted his teeth again, rushed out like a cannonball, and started running wildly on the street, stirring up a gust of wind.

Zhang Yibao and his group were now running desperately towards the outside of the town. Behind them came earth-shattering explosions, and the entire Small Town was trembling. Looking back from a distance, a dragon made of dust spanned half of the Small Town. One could see how terrifying those two monsters were, completely overturning their understanding of living creatures.

Now their only thought was to escape, to escape from here, to escape far away…

A breeze blew past them. They only felt a shadow flash by, and then a tall Human-shaped Fierce Beast stood in front of them. Dark green scales reflected waves of eerie light under the sunlight.

“You… you…”

“Ahhh!”

“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me…”

“…”

The reactions of the few people were different. Some were terrified, and some begged for mercy directly. Their fierceness from not long ago had long since flown away to who knows where, like weak, pitiful bugs.

Zhou Liming stared at the five of them, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes. But thinking that once someone knew about his form, it would bring endless trouble. This secret could not be leaked, at least not now. So they…

Seeing the killing intent revealed in Zhou Liming’s eyes, Zhang Yibao and his group were already scared stiff.

“Big brother, don’t kill me, don’t kill me.”

Chen Shanji knelt on the ground, caring about nothing else. He desperately kowtowed to Zhou Liming, not stopping even when his forehead bled.

The others at this moment did not care about any backbone; as long as they could survive, they would do anything. So, led by Chen Shanji, they all knelt down.

The killing intent in Zhou Liming’s eyes weakened a bit, but then suddenly became even more intense. With a roar, he swept his right hand violently. The person next to Chen Shanji was instantly slashed diagonally across the neck by a Bone Spur, which then came out from the ribs on the other side. It was too fast, just a flash.

When Zhou Liming withdrew his hand, this person’s eyes were wide open. A blood groove appeared on his chest, and then blood gushed out. His upper body slowly slid down, revealing the scarlet internal organs inside, which were then submerged by blood.

“Ah…”

The few people nearby screamed in terror and then subconsciously wanted to get up and escape. But how would Zhou Liming give them a chance? The Bone Spur swept across, and they were all cut into two pieces like tofu.

Zhang Yibao was scared to the ground on the street. Trembling, he took out a pistol from his waist and shakily pointed it at Zhou Liming in his Fierce Beast Form. “You… don’t… come over, I… I will… shoot.”

Zhou Liming sneered. Having turned into a Fierce Beast Form, his voice became rough: “Go ahead, shoot. Why aren’t you shooting?”

He grabbed Zhang Yibao with one hand. The latter struggled in terror. With several “bangs,” bullets hit Zhou Liming’s chest, feeling like mosquito bites.

The pistol’s ineffectiveness made Zhang Yibao open his eyes wide. While struggling, Zhou Liming grabbed his shoulders and, using his hands with force, tore him in half, then casually threw him aside. Blood splashed onto Zhou Liming’s body, steaming hot, making him unable to suppress the pleasure in his heart.

Yes, he simply could not control this violent emotion.