Ehe Pikeake charged at Tara, showing none of the ing demonstrated in their earlier frontations.

  She had no idea if it uimated her cultivation level. heless, it made a grave err to attack her head-on.

  Despite pag a mighty bite, it sacrificed its superior movement to make a damaging attack that she could deal with, but it could not boast near her resilienbsp;

  Lost in its bloodlust, the Pikeake made a grave error and paid for it; as soon as the thing charged into her, biting into her flesh, she began tearing into it in a fury. The fish was vulnerable as it locked its jaws around her body. The fish shrieked, trying to shake and tear at her flesh, yet her skin was far more durable than a regur Iron Samander.

  It uimated the toughness of her physique, which, bined with her regeion, made her a terrible match for a Pikeake that boasted a vicious attad excellent manoeuvrability yet had fragile natural defences.

  And with the Pikeake being so aggressive, it had left itself in a vulnerable position, leading to a ter-attack, allowio bite, cw at it nastily with it uo gain the leverage to deal further damage to her as she tched onto the fish with her sharp cws digging them across its soft flesh ferociously as the fish soon stilled. Dead.

  A notification soon followed.

  [You have defeated {Sikeake}, gaining 20 EXP. You are now 647/1000 intressing to Level 4.]

  After the swift frontation, Tara tore a quick k out of the Pikeakes' flesh to fuel her regeion and tinued into the chaotic battle.

  Pikeake and Iron Samanders fought everywhere the eye could see in a mess of blood and gore.

  Despite the Iron Samanders' generally weaker cultivation, they held their own, fighting savagely.

  Some of the battles ended up like hers, with the Pikeake sacrifig too much of their superior speed by ag too aggressively with the resilient and rugged Samanders, whided up with them getting overwhelmed by the Samander's frantic, do-or-die tactibsp;

  However, she found that not all Iron Sanders were as durable as her eed as fast. Her upgrades showed their worth, as she saw many Iron Samanders being torn to shreds by the superior bite of the Pikeake before they could tire them with their durability.

  Many Pikeake tio make that mistake with her, treating her lower cultivatioically to the same ordinary Iron Samahey usually had no trouble tearing apart with their bite. However, they soon discovered she was not the easy prey they envisioned and, like the previous, found themselves torn to shreds.

  The notificatio off one by one.

  [You have defeated {Sikeake}, gaining 20 EXP. You are now 707/1000 intressing to Level 4.]

  Tara soon discovered that her straightforward dealing with the Pikakes attracted dangerous attention.

  Looking over, she witnessed a terrifying sight. At the most extensive, widest se of the uer cave formation, a region sizable enough to fit the bulk of the hulking Elder Iron Samanders. Now, one of the four y dead, its enormous body torn inte ks partly covered with frost, the water murky with fluorest grey blood.

  The other three were also under serious threat, with two barely holding back the Sphyrna Pikeake, who seemed to be toying with them as an arrogant, carefree glint emerged in its red eyes.

  The final Elder Iron Samander was currently being ganged up on by the Greater Sikeakes, barely holding oo its resilience as it desperately fought them both to avoid the two other Elder Iron Samanders having to face the monstrous Sphyrna Pikeake in a one-on-one.

  She realised there must have been a three-vs-o the start against the Sphyrna Pikeake, with them attempting to deal with the most signifit threat instantly. Yet, despite that advantageous position, the Sphyrna Pikeake was winning overwhelmingly.

  The problem came when one of the Greater Pikeakes spotted her dealing with the regur Pikeakes effitly and, fident that its panion could finish off the gravely injured Elder Iron Samander, decided to joitle heading directly for her.

  A terrifyingly sizeable shark-like fish swiftly approag her made it difficult to keep a calm mind, yet the advantage came from the thing pletely disregarding her.

  It saw her as nothing but a troublesome weakling that roblem to the regur Pikeakes, so it wao make a quick, brutal example out of her.

  Yet, she had one card she had not utilised so far, an ability strohan anything she had demonstrated.

  Preparing {Metal Manipution}, she did everything she could to hold off as long as possible until the gigantic shark opes absurd maw, intending to swallow the puny samander ie.

  However, she was waiting for that as she prepared the metal spike formed of her Qi as quickly as she could, barely f it to its usual size. She just about fired it directly towards the giant Pikeake, eager gaping maw.

  No matter the size of the Greater Pikeake, even with the toughness from its far superior cultivation, its insides were far weaker, and the spear pierced the perfect spot that directly reached its brain.

  It was as some may describe as an absurd level of fortune, from the events leading to the Greater Pikeake iing her so lightly that it would make a grand show to open its maw so widely way before it even reached her to the fact that its swift momentum and rge size gave the metallic spike all the force it o pierce right through its flesh to the most vulnerable area of its body.

  Either way, it led to a plete and utter miracle as a Samander less than three times its size and half its cultivation had sent an attack powerful enough to fall the hreater Pikeake that tormehis s region in a single blow.

  Ae its vitality, the death of the beast occurred quickly as Tara’s attack utterly destroyed the brain.

  [You have defeated {Greater Sikeake}, gaining 150 EXP. You are now 857/1000 intressing to Level 4.]

  Tara froze in shock at the notification; not even in her wildest imagination did she think it would end so simply; she had almned herself to death seeing the monstrosity approag her so fast.

  However, she was quickly awoken from her stupor as the shark's rge body abruptly stilled. Its momentum stopped.

  A bnk look filled its eyes as it did not eveo realise its death right until the moment it died.

  It was as if its body had stopped, being pletely limp as it began to still before slowly drifting down to the bottom of the water as the Iron Samanders and Pikeakes looked on.

  For the Pikeakes, who were advantageous in the all-out territory war of beasts, it was a disaster, a blow to their ego and domio the crazed Samanders, it igheir battle fervour even more as they began to push back the Pikeakes for the first time slightly.

  The momentum of the battle pletely ged, and the Iron Samanders began to look like they had a ce to ge the status quo amos in this region.

  The fight between both sides was always iable. The g of magical beasts was stant; they always fought for territory dominand resources.

  Yet, though they gained a slight advantage among the bulk of the species, they remai a signifit disadvantage itle of the alphas among the species.

  The one Elder Samander fag even odds was doier against the Greater Pikeake, its regeion helping to keep it in the fight. Yet, the two against the Sphyrna Pikeake looked on the brink of falling.

  Tara knew she had to do something, or the Iron Samanders were doomed. She was not disillusioned by what would happen if the Pikeakes won, and they decided to hunt down all the Samanders, including her.

  It was then she had a crazy idea.

  Ohat could prove her death sentence; however, the rewards would be gigantid she couldn’t help but harhe craziness of the Iron Samanders as a dangerous thought filled her mind.

  ‘Here it goes,’ Tara thought, promising to try to return to her rational self if she survived this.

  Oh, who was she kidding? Tara never lived like a daredevil, but she was strangely liberated ahat stantly doing absurd things kept her sae being reborn as a Samander.