The Thorne of Destiny-Chapter 167: The Power Of Elemental Affinity

As soon as the Ember Earth bear spotted the Rank 4 Flame Wolf, it let out an earth-shaking roar, drawing the attention of everyone present. Its trajectory changed, and its target immediately shifted from Adrian to the Flame Wolf.

The Rank 4 Flame Wolf, seeing the Ember Earth bear charging towards it, could perceive the bloody stench of its members on the Ember Earth bear. With its superior intellect, it could already piece together what happened.

It was filled with rage, and with a long howl, it also charged towards the Ember Earth bear, not waiting for it to get closer.

Adrian, seeing a clash imminent, quickly distanced himself from the two behemoth-sized beasts. Luckily, none of them were paying attention to him, or else, who knew if he would have been able to escape today?

As it was charging towards the Ember Earth bear, the blazing red fur of the Flame Wolf suddenly combusted into a fearsome flame, completely engulfing the wolf. At Rank 4, magic beasts are blessed with extraordinary abilities, most resembling the magic skills of human cultivators.

This was the Flame Wolf’s special skill. Unknown to everyone except Adrian, this special ability of the Rank 4 Flame Wolf was actually a very good one. The flames covering its body weren’t harming it.

Rather, it was the opposite! If one could peer into the flame, they would be able to see the injuries of the Flame Wolf getting healed at a speed that would be incredulous if found out. The deep gash on its neck had already closed up, with the blood being evaporated by the flames.

That wasn’t the end. The flames on the Flame Wolf weren’t just to heal injuries. Its physical ability was raised by a notch. Its claws became sharper, its jaws became stronger, and its senses became sharper.

The speed at which it was charging increased, and within a few breaths, it was already in front of the Ember Earth bear.

BOOM!

The two Rank 4 beasts clashed, causing a massive shockwave. Even Adrian, who was a dozen meters away, couldn’t escape being hit by the shockwave of the clash. Luckily, he was strong enough, so the shockwave was only able to ruffle his robes.

Turning around, he could only watch in awe at the battle between these two fierce beasts. The Flame Wolf clashed head-on with the Ember Earth bear. Despite its increased power, it could only match the Ember Earth bear in strength.

In fact, it was even pushed back a little bit.

Shocking! Even a Rank 4 Flame Wolf that had been buffed couldn’t match the Ember Earth bear in strength. However, it wasn’t too shocking. The Flame Wolf wasn’t known for its strength, so its failure to overpower the bear wasn’t too shocking.

It recovered quickly before charging at the bear for another bout. This time, it didn’t go for a direct head-on charge, but rather decided to use its only physical advantage over the Ember Earth bear.

Speed! It dashed around the bear, dodging and weaving various attacks from it while landing blows of its own. Its claws had turned crimson from the fire; their sharpness had increased at least twofold.

However, they were still not able to inflict significant injuries on the Ember Earth bear. Whenever they landed, only shallow cuts would appear on the Ember Earth bear’s body. The injuries did little damage to the bear, as it was strong enough to ignore them entirely.

However, having the Flame Wolf running circles around it was undoubtedly annoying. If it didn’t deal with it soon, the little injuries would compound into a major one.

As the thought crept up in its mind, a ruthless glint flashed in its eyes. It suddenly stopped attacking, just standing there on all fours, taking the hits. Adrian and the disciples who were watching the fight were puzzled when the bear stopped fighting back.

Not only them, even the Flame Wolf was at a loss, not knowing what the Ember Earth bear was planning. A faint unease manifested in its mind, warning it of the danger it was in. However, before it could react, the Ember Earth bear, which had been standing still, suddenly burst forth with an astonishing aura.

Its fur became more vibrant, the mixture of brown and red creating a beautiful hue. However, unlike the Flame Wolf, it didn’t combust in flames. It stood up on its two hind legs, and before the Flame Wolf could react, crashed down onto the ground.

As soon as its paw made contact with the earth, it was as if an explosion occurred. The ground cracked, and a wave of earth and magma erupted through the soil. Around the Ember Earth bear, the ground became a sea of earth and magma, sweeping wantonly across the forest.

This skill of the Ember Earth bear was very overbearing, not caring whether one was surrounded by friend or foe. It wasn’t a slow collapse as well. The collapse happened swiftly, not giving the Flame Wolf any time to react at all.

The Flame Wolf was hit with a wave of magma and crumbling earth, dealing incredible damage to it. Its flaming fur was breached by the liquid fire, singeing its raw flesh underneath.

Its bones were also dealt massive damage from the rocks that were hurled at it. Its frame was rattled, and its organs were shaken, causing it to cough out a mouthful of blood.

In just one move, the Ember Earth bear had dealt catastrophic damage to the Flame Wolf. Staring at the Flame Wolf that had collapsed into a heap in the forest, the Ember Earth bear looked at it in disdain.

This wolf couldn’t even handle one move from it. How dare it entertain thoughts of fighting it? This was the difference between elemental affinity. This was the superiority of the Ember Earth bear.

From the beginning, the Flame Wolf never really had a chance against the Ember Earth bear. Even if it was in peak condition, it was destined to always lose against the Ember Earth bear.

This was the difference between a beast with only one elemental affinity and one with two. In fact, even without using its special skill, it would have been able to dispatch this Flame Wolf. It was just that it was a little too impatient and directly used its skill.

Meanwhile, the disciples from the Cloudcrest Sect could only open their mouths in shock. The scale of the battle had surpassed what they had ever imagined. Even the most powerful Golden Core realm disciple had sweat dripping from his forehead, his mind playing scenarios where he would have to fight this beast.

However, there was one person who wasn’t frozen in fear. Unknown to the rest of them, one of the disciples of the Cloudcrest Sect—a scrawny man with stubble—quietly slipped away from everyone.

While his fellow disciples were stuck watching the battle, he hadn’t forgotten why they had come here in the first place. The Vermilion Spirit Grass! This Rank 4 herb was the reason they were braving this dangerous forest.

Before, he was also lost in the battle with his fellow disciples, but he had quickly snapped out of it earlier. Seeing the other disciples dazedly watching the battle, a selfish thought began brewing in his mind.

Now that everyone seemed to be engrossed in the battle, perhaps he could take advantage of the situation. This thought was not without merit. Before, even if they were able to secure the herb, it would ultimately go to the leader.

At most, he would just receive some Qi stones for his effort, their worth being paltry compared to the Rank 4 herb. Now that he had the opportunity, couldn’t he seize this herb for himself?

No sooner did he have this thought than he began to take action. Slowly, he began inching closer to the herb. He had to be quiet, careful not to draw attention to himself.

He had done a good job so far and was only a few meters from the Vermilion Spirit Grass. It was then that the Ember Earth bear used its skill.

Unluckily for him, the tree whose trunk the Vermilion Spirit Grass was growing near was in the blast radius of the attack. Without even getting a chance to think, he dove towards the herb and was able to uproot it before it was destroyed by the Ember Earth bear’s attack.

However, he paid a price for his action. He was hit by the residual force of the attack, the tree trunk slamming into him, sending him flying away into the distance.

He was lucky because he wasn’t hit by the magma or the rock shards that were expelled from the earth. However, he was still injured by the tree slamming into him.

However, his good luck seemed to have ended there. The force of the impact sent him flying in Adrian’s direction, landing only a few meters away from him.

Jolted from the impact, Adrian finally snapped out of his daze, staring at the human who was flying across the forest like a kite whose string had been cut.