"Huh? It's actually alive?!"
Chen Shu stared at the gushing blood before him, slightly taken aback. He quickly had Er Ha blast open the earth ahead, but only found a trace of residual blood inside.
"What a shame."
He shook his head, a hint of regret in his eyes. He murmured, "You owe me ten thousand catties of Beast Emperor flesh and blood, plus a core material. If there's an afterlife, remember to repay me."
"Little Chen, you're truly something else..."
The little sprite's forehead creased. Even after death, he was still trying to strong-arm someone into a debt?
"This is called being thrifty. What if it actually revives?"
Chen Shu shot him a glare. Beast Emperor flesh and blood and core materials were rare treasures. Even if they didn't benefit him much, they could be used by others.
After a moment, Chen Shu stopped dwelling on it. He then ordered Rabbit to retract the spacetime domain, preparing to search for his next target.
After this battle, he had a clear understanding of his own strength. He could indeed deal with lower-tier Legendaries with relative ease, though he couldn't achieve instant kills, as Legendary creatures possessed immense vitality.
During the fierce battle, the most crucial skill was Rabbit's spacetime domain. It not only prevented the Beast Emperor from escaping but also isolated external senses, making it a divine skill for ambushing and plundering.
Another ten days passed.
Chen Shu once again found a fleeing Great Fiend. Within the spacetime domain, Rabbit and Er Ha joined forces, quickly depleting its life force. The battle flow was largely the same. No matter what killing moves the opponent possessed, they were all seen through by Rabbit's combat instincts, leaving no room for counterattack.
Unlike the previous time, Chen Shu threw out several Ultimate Death Potions during the battle, intending to preserve the corpse of the Legendary fiend. As expected, under the effect of the Death Potions, the Legendary creature could not self-destruct, and all spoils of war were preserved.
This made Chen Shu ecstatic, his heart filled with excitement. The system's rewards combined with the Legendary's own spoils of war was indeed the fastest path to wealth!
...
Soon, a year flew by.
This period was undoubtedly a nightmare for the Great Fiends! The joint pursuit by the new era's Beast Emperors and Chen Shu led to their demise one by one, like fish on a chopping block, stripped of their former ferocity. They had thought that by surviving Tianwu, they would eventually dominate the world again, only to be dealt with by the new era's fiends and humans... One could only say this was the meaning of "great fortune leads to misfortune."
Although Chen Shu was relentlessly pursuing them, he never exposed himself. After all, if he encountered a Great Fiend in good condition, he would decisively evade it and not initiate a fight, acting as cunningly as possible. Of course, if he encountered a lower-tier Legendary heavily injured and having fallen in rank, Chen Shu would display his might and strike with full force! The Nanjiang Bandit was all about fighting dirty and taking advantage of weakened opponents...
As long as they were trapped within the spacetime domain, even heavily injured Great Fiends could not escape, nor could they transmit any messages.
The Great Fiends, though unaware of the culprit, could sense their old friends falling one by one... Currently, the number of Great Fiends had dwindled to just over ten. More than half had perished, charting a course towards destruction. Out of desperation, they had to regroup. If they continued to scatter and flee, they would eventually be picked off one by one, leading to total annihilation.
In the extreme northern regions of Blue Star, the environment was extremely cold, with perpetual blizzards, making it a forbidden zone for ordinary creatures! Simultaneously, this was the location of the Starry Sky Ruins. However, due to the disappearance of the Starry Sky Ruins, this place had become extremely desolate, inhabited by only a few fiends.
At this moment, the extreme northern regions welcomed a group of uninvited guests. A King-level Snow Tiger Lord lay prostrate on the ground, trembling. Its terrified eyes gazed at the dark silhouette above, feeling as if its very blood had frozen.
Above, eleven Great Fiends were gathered, led by the top-tier Great Fiend, Taotie! And as peak creatures, their bodies were covered in frozen blood, their faces etched with exhaustion, their eyes filled with rage and a deep sense of dread. Before them stood over ten Beast Emperors, led by Sky Rabbit. Cold killing intent permeated the air, making the extreme northern regions even more biting and bone-chilling!
The numbers of the two sides were not vastly different, but their strengths were on entirely different levels. Most of the new era's Beast Emperors were in their prime, while the Great Fiends were all heavily injured, with lower-tier Legendaries forming the majority, far from their peak condition.
"Sky Rabbit, you've already killed seventeen Great Fiends. Are you still not satisfied?!" Taotie's gaze was fierce as it stared directly at the Beast Emperor ahead, rage surging in its eyes.
"Seventeen?"
Sky Rabbit was slightly taken aback. "We've only killed eight. Are you trying to frame us?!"
Neither side was aware that the remaining nine Great Fiends had actually been eliminated by a King-level human... The efficiency of the new era's over ten Beast Emperors in jointly eliminating Great Fiends was still not as good as Chen Shu alone. Of course, this was not due to their lack of strength, but rather because their targets differed. Chen Shu primarily targeted heavily injured Great Fiends, those who couldn't even maintain mid-tier levels, the weakest among the Legendaries. On the other hand, the new era's Beast Emperors aimed to kill top-tier Great Fiends! They understood that by eliminating the strong among the Great Fiends, their own status would be completely consolidated, and they could even subdue the weaker Great Fiends to expand their own influence. This was precisely why the new era's Beast Emperors' elimination efficiency was lower than Chen Shu's. Even many top-tier Great Fiends had fallen to mid-tier realms due to severe injuries, but their essence remained that of supreme powerhouses, possessing various trump cards, making them the most troublesome.
"Hmph!"
Taotie roared, "If it wasn't you, then who could it be?! If you really push us to the brink, we'll just die together!"
"Then you shall all die together!"
Sky Rabbit gave a signal, and the new era's Beast Emperors spread out, encircling the Great Fiends before them. At this moment, a major battle was imminent between the two sides.
And a thousand meters away, Chen Shu, accompanied by Dragon Rabbit, calmly watched this great battle. He was within the spacetime domain, his aura completely concealed, undetectable even by Legendaries.
"Are they going to fight?"
Chen Shu stroked his chin, a smile playing on his lips. Although his strength had undergone a qualitative change, he had no interest in such a large-scale melee. He planned to play the role of a fisherman and pick up some benefits. After all, this was his old profession, he had experience...