The moment Neo and the lizard locked eyes, a cold sweat broke out on his back.
The sheer pressure radiating from the beast's gaze made him feel as though he were staring death right in the face.
As the deadly silence dragged on, he began to realise the absurdity of what he had really intended to do.
He had actually wanted to kill an uncommon grade beast!
And not just any uncommon beast—an evolution one, comparable to a superior grade monster!
He was courting death!
But there was no medicine for regret, and Neo had to make a bold decision...
He brandished his spear and charged forward!
The lizard's second eye abruptly flew open, and suddenly, a twenty-metre radius around it darkened.
Neo's breath caught. He recognised that move!
The lizard had activated destruction range!
He had to strike now!
He neared the weakened lizard, his spear coated with every enhancement he could muster. He was putting everything on the line for one good strike.
Just one powerful thrust was all he needed.
Whoosh!
The lizard flipped over!
Trapped inside its cocoon, the only way it could defend itself was by flipping over and using its sheer weight as a weapon.
It would then transfer that damage through its destruction range.
It was such a pathetic attack that it was almost laughable, but...
Boom!
Its feeble strike hit Neo like Truck-kun himself!
Neo had raised his spear to block at the last moment, but the force of the blow smashed him down so hard that his kneecaps ached.
He withstood the hit and pounced on the lizard again.
There was no time to think. Every moment wasted was another second of evolution.
If the beast completed its evolution before he managed to kill it...
Neo shuddered.
To think this all started because he farted! It was ridiculous!
Things like this never happened in relics!
What kind of MC farts at the critical moment?!
But he wasn't an MC. He was just a regular guy trying to kill an uncommon grade beast!
He was just a guy with big dreams!
Before he could reach the lizard again, it flipped!
Boom!
Then it flipped again!
Boom!
And again!
Boom!
Neo spat out a mouthful of blood. His vision was spinning, and his stomach was churning.
He had barely managed to block each strike and was being mercilessly pummelled.
Neo was speechless.
This beast was literally tied up, weakened, and probably just as dizzy as he was. Yet it was still able to batter him to this extent?
Was he really that weak?
Neo gritted his teeth and pounced forward again.
He might be weak, but he was also mad!
He lunged at the lizard and thrust!
But then the lizard flipped!
Boom!
Neo was thrown backwards.
He stared at the lizard, which now resembled a giant walrus to him. With the way it was slamming itself on the ground, wasn't it afraid it would disrupt its own evolution?
Neo thrust again.
The lizard flipped again.
Boom!
Neo thrust once more.
The lizard flipped once more.
Boom!
Neo summoned all his willpower and thrust.
The lizard summoned all its willpower and flipped.
Boom!
Neo managed to thrust.
The lizard managed to flip.
Boom!
Neo barely thrust.
The lizard barely flipped.
Boom!
Blood gushed out of Neo's lips like a fountain. He was so badly injured that he looked as if he were about to keel over.
If anyone knew he was in this state just from the lizard flipping over, they wouldn't even know how to respond.
Boom!
This time, the lizard hadn't flipped.
The muffled boom had come from the lizard's stomach, and it jolted in response.
Neo's eyes gleamed. This was his chance!
He sprang forward and quickly closed in on the beast.
"Sorry, mate, but your life is mine!"
Neo lunged at the lizard and thrust, but as expected, the lizard tried to flip away.
Only...
Boom!
Another muffled boom echoed from inside the beast, causing it to jolt. In that split second, it couldn't flip, and since it couldn't flip...
Puchi!
Neo finally landed that one perfect thrust.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. That thrust… it felt amazing!
Blood spurted from the beast's wound, and a low growl escaped its lips, but its massive red eyes remained locked on Neo's.
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
Neo delivered three more solid thrusts, only stopping when he was sure the beast was well and truly dead.
He stared at the lizard's corpse in silence for a while.
It had fought valiantly...
Well, more like it had flipped valiantly...
Even Neo had to admit that the lizard had flipped until its last breath.
He wouldn't have wanted to kill it, but in the spirit realm, there was no mercy. Unless one had complete strength to protect oneself and ones loved ones, bloodline beasts would have to be killed to survive.
He sighed.
Then he took out the spirit vacuum, placing the hose on the beast's chest. After pressing a button, the device powered on and began to suck out the bloodline essence.
Throin!!
A low sucking sound was heard, and a milky white light visibly flowed through the transparent hose into the flask portion of the vacuum.
Neo had acquired the bloodline! A bloodline essence containing all four auras!
Even if he decided to sell it, the price it would fetch would be far from small.
This thing could even be said to be priceless!
If it was auctioned, it could make him rich overnight.
Why because purifying this bloodline to just the epic stage would make one a menace!
One would be too powerful!
After all, a bloodline with all four auras wasn't something one came across every day. The entire public market might not even have one for sale at times!
After extracting the lizard's bloodline, a thought suddenly entered his mind.
What grade was this bloodline now?
Could it still be called uncommon-grade, or was it something like a pseudo-superior-grade bloodline?
And should he go home this night or sleep in this smelly cave?