CHAPTER 577: CHAPTER 554: GRAND LEADER 72

However, the process of transforming into a Fierce Beast is certainly not easy. The Earth King Beast is not a Fierce Beast; even though it looks terrifying, its temperament is actually mild and it is particularly reclusive, with no aggression at all. This is completely different from Fierce Beasts, whose greatest characteristic is their strong aggression.

Yan Shuangshuang boldly speculates that the biggest reason humans become warriors is their craving for power. Thus, when their physical fitness meets the standard, humans can easily become warriors, as long as their desire and obsession for power are deep enough.

By the same logic, could Fierce Beasts also be driven by their immense craving for power and strong aggression?

This explains why the Earth King Beast, which obviously has combat power that rivals or even exceeds the Sky Wolf Fierce Beast, hasn’t become a Fierce Beast. It’s because its nature is too mild and gentle, lacking aggression.

But the Earth King Beast ate the stone extracted from the Sky Wolf Fierce Beast’s head, clearly trying to forcibly awaken itself into a Fierce Beast.

In this world, no matter what it is, forcing something will never be easy. Yan Shuangshuang is very afraid that the Earth King Beast might be tormented to death by that broken stone in the process.

Watching the Earth King Beast, its whole skin turning red as it anxiously rolls on the ground, making the earth quake and even cracking with several tiny fissures, Yan Shuangshuang finds herself unable to approach, merely helplessly standing by, waiting for the Earth King Beast to get through this ordeal.

Although Yan Shuangshuang wants to wait for the Earth King Beast to pass through this trial on its own, its performance is so painful that as time passes, its skin becomes redder and eventually almost transparent!

More importantly, the skin’s heat has risen to dangerous levels, with the air around the Earth King Beast becoming distorted due to the heat waves!

Due to the changes in its body, the Earth King Beast shows increasing pain, unable now to roll and pound the ground but instead lying down in agony, its eyes unfocused and gazing absentmindedly into the air before it.

Yan Shuangshuang is both anxious and scared, fearing that the Earth King Beast might not survive this. Nowadays, she no longer regards the Earth King Beast merely as the tribe’s big guardian as she did initially.

The Earth King Beast is very obedient and particularly docile towards Yan Shuangshuang, following her demands 100%. She has long considered it her family, an ally on expeditions, a close companion in action.

Even the tribe members have long regarded the Earth King Beast as part of the Yanhuang Tribe. Seeing it in such a state now, everyone’s heart is anxious, circling around it but finding no viable solution.

Yan Shuangshuang bites her finger, her mind a jumbled mess as she desperately considers how to help the Earth King Beast. Judging from its current state, waiting for it to pass through this trial on its own seems unlikely.

Just as Yan Shuangshuang anxiously searches for solutions, the Earth King Beast’s condition worsens further as its back stabs and scale armor begin to fall off in patches at a swift pace.

In just a few breaths’ time, before everyone could react, all of the Earth King Beast’s scale armor and back stabs had shed, its bloated body glowing red and now bare of its protective layers, it resembled a giant, glowing red, intensely hot mass of flesh!

With her mind driven by a sudden impulsive desire not to let the Earth King Beast suffer, Yan Shuangshuang disregards everything else and places her hand on its forehead, directly injecting her inner strength into the Earth King Beast’s mind, hoping to help it maintain consciousness.

Yan Shuangshuang dares to directly channel her inner strength into the Earth King Beast’s head because, after prolonged research, she has gained enough understanding about her inner strength.

Yan Shuangshuang discovered long ago that whenever she refrained from using inner strength aggressively, it could be gentle, encompassing everything without any lethal force.

Sure enough, the Earth King Beast’s previously scattered gaze finally begins to regain focus thanks to the support from Yan Shuangshuang’s power, no longer displaying an anxious disarray.

The tribe members, initially puzzled by Yan Shuangshuang’s actions, suddenly understand as they see the Earth King Beast’s consciousness return.

Then, a row of warriors step forward from the tribe, each placing their palms on the Earth King Beast, injecting their inner strength into its body.

Warrior power indeed proves highly beneficial to the suffering Earth King Beast. As everyone’s energy continues to flow in, its overly heated skin gradually cools and returns to normal color, and the ambient temperature slowly resumes its usual state.

With the continuous infusion of energy from many warriors, the Earth King Beast’s eyes brighten increasingly, its spirit lifting evidently. It appears that their warrior power has inadvertently benefited the Earth King Beast, allowing it to overcome the most perilous moment.

The subsequent surge of energy nearly exhausts everyone’s inner reserves, including the two most powerful Second-level warriors, Yan Shuangshuang and Sang Nan.

But the results are noticeable; the Earth King Beast, previously unable to stand, now manages to rise and even energetically wander around a couple of times, affectionately nudging Yan Shuangshuang with its moist snout.

Perhaps aware that everyone in the tribe contributed to saving it, the Earth King Beast noses each warrior who offered their power, sharing an intimacy once exclusive to Yan Shuangshuang.

Just as Yan Shuangshuang and the tribe members breathe a sigh of relief, believing it’s all over, and the Earth King Beast’s risky actions that have alarmed and drained everyone half to death have failed in its Fierce Beast upgrade plan, the Earth King Beast suddenly lifts its head to the sky and lets out another anguished howl.

Upon hearing that sound, Yan Shuangshuang’s heart skips a beat. Previously, when the Earth King Beast transformed into a high-temperature meat mass, it emitted such woeful howls. Yan Shuangshuang thought to herself at that moment, "No way, is it happening again?"

This time, however, the Earth King Beast does not turn into a high-temperature meat mass but instead arches its body, its form beginning to swell and throb, leaving Yan Shuangshuang and the tribe members to watch in fright as its entire skin cracks and its body starts expanding circle by circle.

As the Earth King Beast grows in size, its skin tears in strips, only to instantly heal, continuing to grow with cycles of tearing and healing, repeating this process continuously.