For apostles whose strength is at most at the peak of the third level in the Trial Ground, third-grade Prime Beasts are definitely terrifying existences.

  They are powerful and have extremely strong recovery abilities. If encountered alone, few apostles would dare to face them head-on. Those with weaker strength would even flee at the sight of them.

  However, Chen Yue stayed and quietly waited for the arrival of this Prime Beast.

  This wasn't the first time Chen Yue had faced a third-grade Prime Beast.

  When he was first teleported here, Chen Yue had the good fortune to encounter a third-grade Prime Beast. That third-grade Prime Beast had an even more miserable fate. Its strength was relatively weak among third-grade Prime Beasts. After triggering the third ability of the Blade Beast, it was directly killed in an instant without being able to display any of its strength at all. It could probably be regarded as the Prime Beast that died the most aggrieved.

  However, relying solely on luck wasn't the reason why Chen Yue dared to stay.

  Chen Yue was far from being able to trigger the powerful third ability, "Heavy Pressure", at will. However, the Trial Ground was indeed an important place for both apostles and familiars. Although the level of the Blade Beast couldn't be improved, Chen Yue still made significant progress and gains.

  During continuous hunting and battles, Chen Yue gradually mastered the second ability, the soul attack. Unlike the third ability, the second ability had been discovered long ago and appeared much more frequently than the third ability. By now, Chen Yue could already use it proficiently, and this was the real capital that enabled him to dare to confront the third-grade Prime Beast.

  "I don't believe that I can't deal with you by relying on the first and second abilities," Chen Yue narrowed his eyes dangerously and stared straight ahead.

  Meteorite Crystal had already hidden back in the subspace.

  On the Glassy Bead, the yellow dot representing the third-grade Prime Beast was approaching rapidly. Soon, it was less than five hundred meters away from Chen Yue, but Chen Yue didn't notice any signs of its arrival.

  "Sure enough, third-grade Prime Beasts all possess extremely strong lurking abilities."

  Remembering how that unlucky Prime Beast had approached silently when he first arrived, Chen Yue understood in his heart.

  This was also a very terrifying aspect of third-grade Prime Beasts.

  They were both powerful and good at lurking and launching sneak attacks. No wonder everyone was afraid of them.

  The yellow dot rushed forward another three hundred meters or so. It seemed to sense that it had been discovered, so it suddenly retreated and then changed its direction. Instead of advancing in a straight line, it began to approach in a curved line.

  If it were someone else, even if they had been lucky enough to discover it at first, they would be confused by now and completely lose sight of it.

  However, in Chen Yue's hands with the Glassy Bead, all its efforts were doomed to be in vain.

  Chen Yue felt a bit solemn in his heart. With his five senses enhanced by the transformation, if he didn't rely on the Glassy Bead, he wouldn't have been able to detect its trace. This made him quickly judge that the opponent's strength should be quite high even among third-grade Prime Beasts.

  "Sly opponent. However, this is what makes it interesting," Chen Yue licked his somewhat dry lips, and his spirit gradually concentrated.

  Slowly walking forward, Chen Yue's expression was calm, as if he hadn't noticed the impending danger at all. There was no sign of abnormality on the outside.

  However, after taking a few steps, Chen Yue had adjusted his body to the best state and concentrated his spirit, ready to launch the strongest attack at any time.

  Everything around was quiet. Occasionally, a few neighs came from the nearby Red Stone Plain in the distance.

  The murderous aura gradually filled the air.

  On the Glassy Bead, the yellow dot was still approaching, but its speed had slowed down. Chen Yue pretended not to know and didn't try to check the surrounding situation.

  One hundred and fifty meters.

  The yellow dot appeared at the left rear.

  One hundred meters.

  The yellow dot moved to the right side.

  Fifty meters.

  ...

  When it was only a few meters away from Chen Yue, the yellow dot suddenly stopped, changing from extremely fast movement to complete stillness, as if gathering momentum. In the next moment, a huge neigh suddenly exploded, and then a black shadow rushed over like lightning.

  At this moment, it felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down directly.

  Taking a deep breath, Chen Yue wasn't affected at all by the suddenly exploding neigh. He turned around calmly.

  And attacked.

  Completely unexpected by Chen Yue's fierce reaction, in great astonishment, this Prime Beast seemed to be choked by an invisible big hand. The neigh used to disrupt the enemy suddenly stopped, and it could only watch helplessly as Chen Yue's attack landed on its head.

  At the moment of turning around, Chen Yue came face to face with this Prime Beast.

  It was a Prime Beast that looked like a leopard, but its size was twice as large. It had two heads on its shoulders. One head was as black as ink, looking extremely strange, and the other was unusually large. In its wide-open mouth, countless sharp teeth were emitting a cold and sinister light.

  Chen Yue's attack landed precisely on the neck of its black head.

  Facing the powerful third-grade Prime Beast, the Blade Beast couldn't exert its instant-kill ability, but it still managed to leave a deep and bone-deep wound.

  However, for a Prime Beast, such an injury was insignificant.

  The four fierce eyes of the Prime Beast flashed with a fierce light. The big mouth of the black head opened, and a mass of black mist-like gas quickly condensed. The other head opened its terrifying mouth wide and bit over.

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  However, in the next moment, everything froze.

  "Soul attack."

  With a thought from Chen Yue, special energy surged out from the Blade Beast and entered the body of the Prime Beast.

  As if being hit on the head by a thousand-jin boulder, the four fierce eyes of the Prime Beast were immediately filled with confusion, and its huge body froze in place.

  Of course, Chen Yue wouldn't let go of such an opportunity.

  Seeing the wound healing rapidly, Chen Yue slashed out more than ten swords in one breath, and each sword landed precisely on the same wound.

  Although the hidden instant-kill ability couldn't be activated, the additional damage was quite considerable. Prime Beasts were only extremely strong in recovery ability, and their bodies weren't that terrifyingly solid.

  After more than ten swords, the black head was directly cut two-thirds of the way through. Such an injury would have rendered the head useless for other creatures, but it was different for Prime Beasts. Chen Yue could clearly see that new muscles were constantly growing at the fracture, and it wouldn't take long to recover to its original state.

  The confusion in the Prime Beast's eyes didn't last for a few seconds, but the second stage of the soul attack had already been launched forcefully.

  According to Chen Yue's understanding, the soul attack of the Blade Beast originally had two stages. The first stage was what he called "Soul Shock", which made the Prime Beast unable to concentrate its spirit and lose its resistance. The subsequent second stage was "Soul Fear", which made the Prime Beast fall into intense fear and unable to control its own body.

  This could be seen from the Purple-striped Ice Lion back then.

  The most powerful aspect of Prime Beasts was their recovery ability, and their actual strength might not exceed that of the Purple-striped Ice Lion by much. Naturally, it was immediately affected by this attack at this moment.

  As if seeing something extremely terrifying, the four fierce eyes were immediately filled with intense fear, and this third-grade Prime Beast was about to go crazy and run away.

  How could Chen Yue allow this to happen?

  The Frozen Rabbit, which had been waiting for an opportunity on the side, unleashed a full-powered freezing breath that landed on the Prime Beast, freezing it on the spot. This was because the Frozen Rabbit had advanced; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to freeze the third-grade Prime Beast at all. Even so, it could only maintain the freeze for two seconds.

  Two seconds were enough for Chen Yue.

  The Blade Beast fell like lightning, and before the freeze ended, it forcibly chopped off that somewhat strange black head.

  No matter how strong the recovery ability was, it couldn't grow a head out of thin air.

  After receiving this almost fatal attack, the Prime Beast immediately woke up from the "Soul Fear". The only remaining head let out a desperate roar. Instead of launching an attack on Chen Yue, its mortal enemy, at the first time, it bit towards the black head.

  "Hmm?"

  Seeing this scene, Chen Yue immediately judged that this head was extremely important to it, and of course, he wouldn't waste this opportunity.

  The tip of the Blade Beast's sword flicked, and it picked up the black head and threw it far away before the Prime Beast could reach it.

  Sure enough, the Prime Beast rushed forward without hesitation, not even caring about the sword that Chen Yue had slashed on its hind leg.

  However, in the next moment, another mouthful of freezing breath rushed out from the side and hit it successfully.

  Another crucial two seconds, which was enough to decide the life and death of this battle.

  Before the third-grade Prime Beast could recover, Chen Yue had already cut off its hind leg, completely depriving it of its mobility.

  The outcome of the battle was already decided.

  All that was left was to finish it off.

  After losing that black head, this third-grade Prime Beast no longer had the ability to launch long-range attacks. Under the combined attacks of Chen Yue and the Frozen Rabbit, no matter how strong its recovery ability was, it could only meet its doom on the spot.

  "Whew, third-grade Prime Beasts are indeed powerful," Chen Yue let out a sigh of relief after the battle and felt extremely exhausted in spirit.

  In this battle, he could be said to have used all his trump cards and took full advantage to eliminate all the advantages of the third-grade Prime Beast before barely managing to kill it. First, he used the Glassy Bead to observe the position of the Prime Beast, which made it lose the opportunity to launch a sneak attack at the very beginning. Then, the powerful soul attack truly decided the outcome of the battle.

  If he hadn't taken advantage of the crucial time when the Prime Beast couldn't control its body to chop off its strange black head first, perhaps the result of this battle would have been reversed.

  Moreover, if this Prime Beast hadn't cared so much about that black head, even if Chen Yue could win, he might not have been able to keep it here.

  Not only that, the Prime Beast that put up a desperate fight at the end with greatly reduced strength also showed Chen Yue how tough it was. If the additional damage from the first ability hadn't been quite considerable and if the Frozen Rabbit hadn't provided support from time to time, who knew how long the battle would have dragged on.

  "Goo." After continuous attacks, especially three full-powered freezing breaths, the Frozen Rabbit had greatly overdrawn its energy and looked extremely tired. It seemed that it wouldn't recover without a period of rest.

  "You've worked hard today," Chen Yue comforted it by gently stroking its smooth fur, stuffed a few pieces of Life Essence into its mouth, and then took it back to the subspace to rest.

  "The freezing breath of the Frozen Rabbit doesn't seem to be much weaker than that of the Blade Beast," Chen Yue looked a bit puzzled. As its level increased, the power of the freezing breath had also increased significantly. If it hadn't been for its freezing breath in the just-concluded battle, the situation of the battle would have been changed.

  You should know that the strength of a familiar's abilities was originally related to its star level. Even if a low-star familiar could eventually be raised to a very high level, its abilities wouldn't improve much. When facing a high-star familiar with the same star level + level combination, it would be easily defeated.

  The Blade Beast was originally a super potential stock that could grow to nine stars, so it was reasonable for it to have such strong abilities. However, the Frozen Rabbit was a bit strange.

  However, thinking about the many strange incidents related to the Frozen Rabbit, Chen Yue shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

  His gaze turned to the dead third-grade Prime Beast, especially that strange black head, and Chen Yue's expression showed a bit of expectation.

  After all, it was a third-grade Prime Beast. It was time to check the harvest.

  Just as Chen Yue was digging out the Life Essence, several figures appeared at the other entrance of the hidden valley used for hunting Stone Spirit Beasts.