Chapter 436: Seven Veins Furious Bear

"What's going on?"

"Are these two tiger-headed beasts sick?"

"Sick, my foot! Can't you tell they're scared stiff?"

"He said, 'If you don't fall, I can't pass the challenge,' and those two guys got so scared they just collapsed..."

After a moment of stunned silence, everyone above went wild.

They had seen savage beasts fight to the death, unyielding even in the face of demise. They had seen arrogant and unrestrained beasts, refusing to show respect to anyone. But they had never seen ones that, without even a fight, just lay down and played dead.

Just how afraid were you of this guy?

"Without even making a move, he scared the notoriously fierce tiger-headed beasts into playing dead on the ground?"

Luo Tang and Fang Jin also nearly bit their tongues.

Does it have to be this exaggerated?

These were tiger-headed beasts, incredibly fierce, even daring to tear a bite out of a Supreme expert! Yet, hearing about a single punch, they immediately lay down and started spitting... Could they be any more fake, any more shameless? Where was the dignity of a savage beast? Where was the backbone of a jungle overlord? Where was the bearing of a Master Realm peak expert?

Luo Tang felt his entire world view had been overturned.

Ten minutes ago, he had been full of confidence, believing that heroes of their generation were unmatched in beast taming within the Xuanyuan Kingdom. Seeing Zhang Xuan, his world view collapsed. He could make a Swiftwind Wolf lie down and wait to be completely tamed in a few breaths, yet this guy... completely ignored it and kicked it away.

That you didn't need a savage beast, I grudgingly accepted, but... to scare a tiger-headed beast into playing dead with just one sentence, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?!

"If it were me... what would happen?"

Putting himself in Zhang Xuan's shoes, he immediately made a wry face. If he were in that position, he would definitely have been clawed to death by those three big guys, let alone scaring them into lying on the ground. Most likely, if the other party roared, he'd be the one lying on the ground playing dead...

Previously, Hall Master Feng and the others had praised this guy highly, and he thought they were exaggerating. Now he realized there truly was a gap between them, and it was... a chasm.

"I can't do it either..." Fang Jin also shook his head with a bitter smile. Even if he was a half-Supreme expert now, encountering three tiger-headed beasts would mean running as far as possible. Defeating them and making them submit was just a pipe dream.

"The tiger-headed beast's strongest defensive point is its abdomen, which is crucial for exerting its full power. He used the most direct and violent method, striking there and instantly disrupting its physiological structure. That's why it kept vomiting and couldn't stand up!"

Witnessing this, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen's mouth fell open. After a long moment, he slowly said, "The remaining two tiger-headed beasts, seeing this, knew that if they were hit, they would lose their fighting capacity just like the first one..."

"A savage beast without combat ability is as good as dead. Even the dumbest one knows how to choose!"

Savage beasts also seek good fortune and avoid danger. If they encounter something that can kill them instantly, no matter how arrogant, they will pick their battles. It's impossible for them to charge in head-on.

"Indeed, but... the tiger-headed beast's abdomen is so large. To hit it with one punch and cause such a reaction isn't just about immense power. It requires a complete understanding of its physiological structure to instantly pinpoint the gaps in its muscles, bones, and meridian circulation, destroying it with one move..."

Elder Wei Yuqing was also completely dumbfounded. This was a tiger-headed beast. Even he, let alone when he was at the Master Realm peak, couldn't scare one into lying down and playing dead with a single punch now!

This wasn't just pure power; it involved understanding the life form of a tiger-like savage beast to an extreme degree, and being outrageously familiar with its habits of life and attack to achieve this! One could say he had researched this savage beast more thoroughly than he knew himself, which is why he could do it so effortlessly.

Is this... even human? A two-star beast tamer not even twenty years old... How did he do it?

"If my guess is correct," Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said slowly, "he might have a tiger-headed beast as a pet. Spending day and night together, that's the only way he could understand it so much. Otherwise... it's truly incomprehensible!"

Familiarity with anything doesn't come out of thin air; it requires spending day and night together to find its patterns. Back then, a painter in the Royal City, to better capture the spirit of bamboo, planted his house full of bamboo, observing it day and night for a full twenty-seven years. Only then did he create his most inspired work, instantly becoming famous throughout the land!

Some powerful beast tamers, to understand their beast pets, wouldn't even leave them while sleeping, and even imitated their movements to create matching cultivation techniques and learn more of their habits, greatly increasing their trust. There are no free lunches in the world. To instantly find a weakness they couldn't even conceive of, and make the tiger-headed beast surrender on its own, shows an understanding of this savage beast that even they couldn't match.

It's likely he put a lot of effort into this type of tiger-headed beast. It's highly probable he owns such a savage beast.

"Indeed!" Elder Wei Yuqing nodded in agreement, then looked forward, a worried expression in his eyes: "Understanding the tiger-headed beasts allowed him to pass easily, but the third trial won't be so simple!"

"The third trial features half-Supreme savage beasts, Seven-veined Demonic Bears."

Hall Master Xie Jiuchen's expression also grew serious: "These savage beasts are rare and almost impossible to tame. Therefore, trying to understand them beforehand is out of the question!"

"The most crucial thing is that this guy possesses immense strength. Although only half-Supreme, its true power probably exceeds ten thousand ding!"

"Indeed, the Seven-veined Demonic Bear only has seven meridians within its body. While it seems few, it gives them a natural advantage: fewer meridians mean thicker ones, leading to greater strength. If not for their sluggish movements and slow speed, they would absolutely be Supreme-level savage beasts, not categorized in a lower tier!" Elder Wei Yuqing nodded.

The Seven-veined Demonic Bear is generally recognized as a half-Supreme savage beast, mainly because its speed is not fast and its overall strength is similar to a half-Supreme. But purely in terms of strength, even an ordinary early-stage Supreme expert would find it hard to compare.

"In the third trial of the Ten Beast Cages, to compensate for the Seven-veined Demonic Bear's speed deficiency, the cage was deliberately built narrow. One man guarding the pass could block ten thousand; it's impossible for a challenger to find a gap to slip through. Trying to rely on the methods from the previous two trials will likely be impossible!" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen said.

Zhang Xuan seemed to pass the first two trials easily, but in reality, there was suspicion of opportunism. He had grasped the flaws and issues of both types of savage beasts, which allowed him to strike accurately and complete them smoothly.

However, in the third trial, there's clearly no similar situation. The challenge area is incredibly narrow, making dodging and maneuvering difficult. The Seven-veined Demonic Bear will certainly hide its weaknesses behind it, preventing you from attacking. Even with many techniques, one can only confront it head-on. If their strength were equal, it would be one thing. But a higher level, and having to deal with two... The difficulty is extraordinarily high. One could say there's almost no hope of victory.

"It's likely... he'll stop here!" Jiang Nanping's tightly clenched fists slowly relaxed. Scaring the tiger-headed beasts into playing dead and avoiding him with one move had greatly shocked him too. But the Seven-veined Demonic Bear was different from the tiger-headed beast. It would guard the narrow passage stubbornly, allowing no tricks, only a head-on clash of strength. As long as his strength was insufficient, defeat... was inevitable.

From the young man's earlier fight with the Swiftwind Wolf, it was clear he was extremely proficient in speed, and practitioners like that often had deficiencies in strength. Like two sides of a coin, one couldn't have all the advantages.

"To make a Seven-veined Demonic Bear submit, even an early-stage Supreme expert couldn't do it. He... definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it!" Wei Youdao shared the same opinion. If fighting the tiger-headed beasts in the second trial was dangerous, this trial was despair! It would make you realize that, even though the opponent's movements weren't fast, there was no possibility of victory.

"It just depends on what weapon he uses!" Jiang Nanping responded. In this trial, because he was facing incredibly powerful opponents, using weapons was permitted. But choosing a weapon also required skill. If it was too long, the narrow space would make it difficult to wield, becoming a hindrance. If too short, it would be ineffective against such massive beasts, leading to a dilemma. A bad choice would be equivalent to giving up completely.

"He's already reached the weapon rack. I bet he'll choose something like a heavy hammer, sturdy yet easy to wield..."

"I think it should be a sharp dagger or something similar, easy to use..."

Both stared intently, making their guesses, but before they could finish speaking, they froze. They saw the young man below walk up to the weapon rack, seemingly not noticing it, and just walked past without choosing anything.

"Didn't choose? What does that mean? Don't tell me... he intends to fight the Seven-veined Demonic Bears bare-handed?"

"Bare-handed? Is this guy crazy?"

Those are incredibly powerful Seven-veined Demonic Bears. Relying on a weapon to contend with them, he might have a chance... but bare-handed, how could he fight? It's like trying to smash a rock with an egg; he's practically seeking death!

"It's starting... It's too late to choose now..."

As they watched in astonishment, they saw the young man had already entered the range of the two Seven-veined Demonic Bears.

Roar! Roar!

Two angry roars. The two massive beasts completely blocked the narrow cage, glaring menacingly. They seemed intent on tearing him to shreds.

"The Seven-veined Demonic Bear is not only incredibly strong, its defense is also unparalleled, no less than that of a tiger-headed beast. And placed in such a narrow space... this trial is indeed very difficult!" Zhang Xuan looked ahead. The knowledge he had studied contained tens of thousands of words describing this savage beast, so he knew its terrifying power.

If he hadn't cultivated the second stage of the Heaven's Path Golden Body, he might find this truly difficult. But now, it was nothing much. As for weapons... He had only learned spear, sword, and saber techniques, all too sharp. What if he accidentally killed one? Wouldn't the Beast Hall fight him to the death? Half-Supreme level savage beasts, even in the Xuanyuan Kingdom's Beast Hall, weren't dime a dozen.

"Alright, let's make this quick. I still want to earn more spiritual beast blood..."

Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan rushed forward without waiting for the opponents. His body flickered, and he was already in front of one Seven-veined Demonic Bear, wrapping his arms around the massive creature's limb.

"Lift!" he roared, and tossed it into the air.

"What kind of fighting style is that?"

Wei Youdao, Jiang Nanping, Hall Master Xie Jiuchen, Elder Wei Yuqing, and the others all froze in stunned disbelief.