At the critical moment, Tang San unleashed One Glance, Ten Thousand Years through his Purple Demon Eyes.
This soul skill, far faster than the Earth Bear's movements, instantly took effect on the Earth Bear's body.
However, it had little impact on the current battle.
Because the Earth Bear's attack had already been launched—if Xiao Lin and the others didn't dodge, they would have no choice but to take it head-on.
Slow reactions did not mean the Earth Bear's attack speed was slow.
A gigantic palm, nearly as large as Xiao Lin himself, slammed down in an instant, leaving Xiao Lin no option but to brace himself with full force.
The Qiu Dragon Staff smashed fiercely against the Earth Bear's enormous palm. The tremendous force made even Xiao Lin struggle to endure it.
In the next moment, Xiao Lin was sent flying by the Earth Bear's monstrous strength.
There was nothing Xiao Lin could do about it—the Earth Bear's brute force was dozens of times greater than Xiao Lin's own body weight.
Fortunately, Xiao Lin possessed an indestructible level of soul power protection, so he did not suffer any real injury.
Instead, it was the Earth Bear that suffered. After being struck by Xiao Lin's Qiu Dragon Staff, the sluggish Earth Bear took half a second before it could even react.
"Roar!"
The intense pain caused the Earth Bear to roar uncontrollably.
When facing a powerhouse, the effect of Tang San's fourth soul skill—reducing an enemy's reaction speed—was already greatly diminished.
However, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was still growing at three times its original speed.
"Fifth Soul Skill — Spring Breeze Blows, Life Grows Again!"
As Tang San unleashed his strongest soul skill, countless Blue Silver Grasses erupted wildly around him.
Compared to terrifying gravity, the vitality of Blue Silver Grass was even more formidable.
The tenacious Blue Silver Grass was like prying apart a massive boulder named gravity overhead. In the blink of an eye, the Earth Bear was completely bound by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
Because of the distance, Tang San's control was even stronger this time.
The Blue Silver Grass tightly bound the Earth Bear's joints, preventing it from unleashing its terrifying physical strength again.
"Purple Demon Divine Light!"
At this moment, to prevent the Earth Bear from resisting, Tang San used the only offensive method currently available to him—perfectly timed.
Powerful spiritual force, combined with blood-red soul power techniques, condensed into an invisible spike of mental energy that shot toward the struggling Earth Bear's head.
"Chi!"
Like piercing through butter, Tang San's spiritual power stabbed straight into the Earth Bear's mind.
In the next instant, the Earth Bear began struggling violently under the intense mental assault.
"Roar!"
Along with the Earth Bear's massive roar, countless waves of gravity distorted the surrounding air as if they had substance.
To deal with Tang San, the Earth Bear had clearly resorted to a mutual-destruction tactic.
With its powerful physique, the Earth Bear could completely withstand the backlash of such terrifying gravity.
Watching from afar, Tang Hao and Xiao Wu couldn't help but panic—at this rate, Tang San was going to die.
By compressing the immense gravity into a single point, Tang San was already firmly caught by its pull, unable to escape the Earth Bear's attack range.
The only reason he hadn't been dragged over yet was due to the extremely developed root system of the Blue Silver Grass.
Countless Blue Silver Grass roots tangled together, creating massive friction. Even a hundred-thousand-year Earth Bear might not be able to pull him in.
But even so, the distorted and overwhelming gravity still made Tang San's internal organs feel unbearable.
"Wah!"
Before long, Tang San violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
Fortunately, with his strong vitality and the recovery provided by the Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet, Tang San's deathly pale complexion quickly regained color.
"Damn it—All or Nothing!"
At this moment, Xiao Lin—who had been sent flying into a tree—finally reacted to Tang San's danger.
Being reduced to such a miserable state by a mere fifty-thousand-year Earth Bear, Xiao Lin had already been mocked mercilessly by the two Dragon Kings within his consciousness space.
Although part of the reason was that Xiao Lin hadn't gone all out, his embarrassment was real.
Unwilling to tolerate this any longer, Xiao Lin instinctively activated his Weapon Soul True Body.
Under the enhancement of the Weapon Soul True Body, the Qiu Dragon Staff was strengthened to an unimaginable level.
Then Xiao Lin violently hurled the Qiu Dragon Staff forward.
With the tremendous force behind it—combined with the Earth Bear's own gravitational pull—
The Qiu Dragon Staff didn't even need to be aimed. It flew straight toward the Earth Bear.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion echoed as the ground within a twenty-meter radius around the Earth Bear was blasted into a massive crater.
The Earth Bear itself was left riddled with wounds, barely clinging to life.
Having suffered both the Qiu Dragon Staff's devastating strike and the backlash from its own gravity control, the light in the Earth Bear's eyes rapidly dimmed—
As if its life force were about to extinguish at any moment.
Nearby, Tang San—caught in part of the attack's aftermath—had his blood-red armor completely shattered, with pieces of Blue Silver Grass armor falling away.
The front of his clothes was blown apart, exposing his pale body.
"I swear, Brother Lin!"
Tang San shouted, but in the next moment, he once again activated the Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet.
This time, however, Tang San directed the healing toward the Earth Bear.
He didn't want the Earth Bear to die so quickly.
Xiao Lin gave an awkward smile and immediately walked over to Tang San.
"Xiao San, why are you saving it?"
Xiao Lin asked curiously, glancing between Tang San and the Earth Bear.
"Brother Lin, I was thinking—should I subdue it, let it become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and then have it sacrifice itself to me? Didn't you say its potential and abilities are pretty good?"
Tang San grinned mischievously. After all, there were immortal herbs in the Sunset Forest that were extremely suitable for earth-attribute soul masters.
"Are you an idiot? Just kill it already. Don't forget—we need the Earth Bear's corpse to help Auntie improve the soil."
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes. It seemed Tang San had grown a bit greedy after seeing how powerful Xiao Lin's ten-thousand-year soul beast sacrifice was.
"After we go fleece the Sea God, your Earth Bear soul ring will definitely reach the hundred-thousand-year level."
Worried that Tang San might hesitate, Xiao Lin quickly added this line.
Fortunately, Tang San knew his priorities and acted soon after.
He summoned a half-man-tall Clear Sky Hammer. His hand sank slightly, then he quickly adapted to the weight of a Soul King–level Clear Sky Hammer.
Before long, the Earth Bear was killed by Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.
A black soul ring floated up from the Earth Bear's body.
As Tang San began absorbing the first soul ring of his Clear Sky Hammer, Xiao Lin stood nearby, secretly shaking his head.
What a pity. If Xiao Lin awakened his second martial soul, he might have chosen the Earth Bear as his first soul ring.
Gravity was among the most top-tier forces—capable of influencing even space and time.
Sigh. If only the Earth Bear were of dragon lineage. Then they could try the fossilized soul bone method and let the two Dragon Kings personally forge a soul bone.
…
Tang San's absorption speed was decent. In less than a quarter of an hour, he finished absorbing the Earth Bear's soul ring.
"It worked—this soul skill is insanely strong!"
Feeling the first soul skill of his Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San couldn't help but exclaim.
"Clear Sky Gravity Wave — Using the Clear Sky Hammer's inherent weight and the soul skill's gravity in mutual interaction, it deals 200% damage and applies gravitational suppression to enemies within range."
Double damage. Double gravity suppression.
The sheer power of this soul skill made even Xiao Lin praise it.
"Awesome, Xiao San!"
"Congratulations, Third Brother!"
"Not bad, Xiao San!"
Xiao Lin and the others praised him one after another. Tang San scratched his head with a smile.
"Eh!? Is that a soul bone?"
At that moment, Xiao Wu noticed an earth-yellow spherical object floating above the Earth Bear's corpse and asked curiously.
Brothers, an elder in my family was recently hospitalized, so my condition hasn't been great. Please forgive me.
(End of Chapter)