Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1448 - 784: Reincarnation Gate (Part 2)

With a powerful bound, the enormous silhouette rapidly vanished into the thick shadows, surging toward a farther-off combat zone.

Roar!

Howl!

Moo!

Pushing ahead amid fierce clashes, Zhao Sheng displayed near-invincibility, shredding more than ten colossal Beastmen in a single rush.

As greater amounts of the crimson mist absorbed into him, his beastly shape kept evolving, his vital force soaring upward before shifting into shimmering mercury-like blood, which then blended with fiery blood essence to form a palm-sized, radiant scarlet Demon Core.

At the same time, his human side and clear thinking faced heavy suppression, as his savage instincts surged beyond control, bombarding his mind with fierce dark feelings.

Luckily, Zhao Sheng's mental training ran deep, allowing his steadfast will to hold back every wild urge and harmful emotion.

Over the passing moments, Zhao Sheng's roaming area stretched across thousands of miles.

The nearby surroundings grew ever more sinister and terrifying, littered with strange bones on the earth, writhing tentacles flailing like giant trees, ghostly flames roaring like crashing waves, and endless cries and wails resounding across sky and land.

Zhao Sheng plowed through all obstacles in his way, noticing that the Beastman foes he met grew rarer, while the ones showing up afterward proved tougher and harder to handle.

After ripping into a bull demon with six heads, he hunted around for quite a while until he spotted a towering White Bone Mountain, its massive entrance yawning midway up the slope, from which thunderous snores boomed out.

As Zhao Sheng neared within ten miles of the entrance, the rumbling snores cut off sharply, and a colossal beast emerged from the depths.

This turned out to be an immense black bear, almost twenty zhang in height despite being hunched, its skull alone matching half the size of Zhao Sheng's frame.

The stench blasting from the huge bear's maw stirred up a fierce wind across the terrain.

Most shocking of all, the bear's coat shimmered with a metal-like luster, sleek like polished glass but etched with thick, arcane beast patterns.

Those beast patterns twisted and fought endlessly, releasing soft whimpers from their forms.

Sweeping his eyes over the sight, Zhao Sheng pulled back a pace, then lifted his massive hammer-fists and smashed them down onto the earth.

Boom,

The land quaked hard, cracking open into huge fissures right away, each extending thousands of feet and plunging to unknown depths.

Seeing this display of might, the giant bear's gaze oddly showed a human-like sneer and disdain.

"...Why do you humans rush so desperately toward death? Old Bear's tucked away in this forgotten spot, but folks still track me down. I've slain far too many; I'm worn out from all the killing." The giant bear slumped down cross-legged on the dirt, speaking out of nowhere in a lazy tone.

Zhao Sheng's mind jolted, and he opened his mouth, squeezing out words with effort, "You... you... can... speak... human... language?"

His words came out choppy and muffled, like he hadn't uttered any in ages.

"Devouring plenty of humans naturally teaches one their tongue, especially..." The giant bear rubbed its jaw, the scorn in its stare growing sharper.

"Especially what?" Zhao Sheng blurted without thinking. He aimed to draw out more details from the giant bear, so he held off on attacking.

"Ha ha, curious about the facts?... Prove you've got what it takes first, roar!"

The instant the words ended, the giant bear leaped upright, unleashing a massive bellow, then pounded the ground with its paws and barreled at Zhao Sheng.

While airborne, the giant bear's bulk swelled by half again, its form exploding in dazzling dark radiance, morphing straight into a iron-clad colossus that hurtled down like thunder, radiating boundless ruin.

Zhao Sheng's sight plunged into total blackness, the space around him hardening like steel, locking his frame in place.

Just as the giant bear smashed into him, Zhao Sheng's eyes flared with holy radiance, shockingly launching an upward fist that hammered the bear's lower jaw in an ascending blow.

A ringing, earth-shaking blast echoed as the void fractured into myriad rifts, hurling the giant bear back through the air, with waves of space-time undulations rippling out everywhere.

That single strike demolished over half the giant bear's chin, the sheer power flinging its frame hundreds of feet away, slamming it hard into the White Bone Mountain and toppling the whole structure.

In that instant, the earth shook wildly, bones and spectral fires scattered in chaos, and clouds of dust choked the skies and ground.

Zhao Sheng craned his neck and abruptly grabbed his dangling right arm with his left hand, yanking it free and flinging it aside carelessly.

The very next moment, the stump of his right arm burst forth with hordes of meaty sprouts, weaving together and fusing to quickly reform a fresh limb.

As his strength kept climbing, this beastly state began to unlock parts of the original host's innate gifts, like Blood and Flesh Rebirth, Golden Muscle and Jade Bone Body, and others.

The giant bear facing him likely held a "Golden Muscle and Jade Bone" Dharma Body too, and had probably advanced far in it long ago.

After Zhao Sheng connected with that punch, he held back from following up, simply standing ready on the spot.

With a thunderous rumble, the wrecked Bone Mountain shattered apart completely, and the shadowy giant bear lurched up unsteadily, its injuries mending at a startling pace.

"Ah... what a thrill! It's been years since Old Bear last sensed even a hint of agony!" The giant bear rose again, letting out a pleased groan, the wild gleam in its eyes fading away entirely.

Zhao Sheng exhaled a foul gust, rumbling low, "Sir, you done with the fight?"

"No more scraps! That one hit showed you've earned the right to join us as a partner?" the giant bear dropped heavily to the ground, emitting a deep grunt.

"Partner?" Zhao Sheng advanced a step involuntarily, his towering bulk casting a broad shade over the soil.

"I get that you've got loads of doubts swirling inside. Hold on; let Old Bear mull over how to begin." The giant bear slapped its forehead, then surprisingly bowed its head in thought, dropping all defenses.