Death, give me a break!

The other three forest orcs stood in silence like stone statues after the spray of blood splashed on them. Their widened eyes stared at the dark blue werewolf that suddenly appeared in their midst.

However, after a few seconds, the three green giants roared furiously after realizing what happened and charged at the werewolf in front of them.

The three orcs smashed their heavy fists at the dark blue werewolf when they reached him. However, their thick arms passed through the blue figure and smashed one another.

The forest orcs grunted in pain and were pushed back. One of them lost its footing and stumbled on the grassy ground. However, before the green beast raised its body, it heard the swishing of wind above it. The forest orc hurriedly raised its head and the last thing it saw was the blue wind blades smashing on its head!

Bang!

Another spray of blood mixed with the green grassy ground. Blood, bones, and flesh splashed around as the head of a Stage 2 forest orc burst apart!

During the time that the wind blades were smashing towards the stage 2 forest orc, the werewolf cloaked with the blue wind appeared on the back of another forest orc. The werewolf hunched his body and bent his arms to his sides. Then, with his claws glinting with sharpness, the werewolf drilled his claws to the back of the forest orc.

Even with its coarse rocky skin, the green giant was not able to escape from its miserable fate. The blue claws pierced through its flesh and crushed its heart killing it in a heartbeat!

Another forest orc with Stage 2 strength was killed by Yeshua!

The last forest orc with Stage 3 strength trembled as its instinct felt the menacing danger from the dark blue werewolf. It roared furiously like it wanted to release itself from its fear.

It then raised its arms and summoned its stone club, but before it could complete it, the menacing wolf already reached it while smashing its claws whirling with fierce wind!

The forest orc did not even have a chance to fight back as the wind blades besieged its body without stopping. It could only roar indignantly to the torture it was suffering.

Bang!

With the last smash, the last forest orc was slammed to the ground that was drenched by its own blood. Before it succumbed to its death, the mangled orc released a furious roar.

Rooooooar!

The resounding roar of a dying beast filled the forest while the cold morning wind blew the floating dust caused by the battle in the surroundings.

After releasing a deep breath, the werewolf Yeshua looked calmly around him. Seeing the outcome of his own doing, Yeshua could not help but utter, "The strength that I acquired after my advancement allowed me to easily kill these forest orcs.

"It's only expected since I ambushed the Stage 4 forest orc, and the increase of my soul temperance made me control my genome sequence smoothly.

"And these are just low-level beast. It's not like I'm bullying them. They are just unlucky to meet this handsome wolf, hehe…"

After stroking his ego with his nonsense, Yeshua proceeded to what he should do next. He first approached the headless body of the stage 4 forest orc and pierced his claws to its chest splattering blood as he rummaged its innards.

After the bloody sight, Yeshua held in his bloody hands a genome crystal and an earth energy core.

"Now, this will give me a lot of money, maybe I could buy higher quality gene clothes, but I also need soul tempering medicines. Sigh, so even if Alterers could amass a lot of gold in hunting, their needs also make them spend a lot of money."

While lamenting the fate of being a poor Alterer, Yeshua suddenly felt the ground shaking. It was only just a slight trembling at first, but as time passed, the grassy ground was shaking stronger and dust uncontrollably floated around the surroundings.

"The heck… What's happening now?" Yeshua looked around him and sensed his surroundings.

Then, from a distance across him, Yeshua could see a gigantic silhouette. It was smashing the redwood trees as it bulldozed its way towards the place where Yeshua was.

It was still far away from him, but Yeshua trembled in fear as he realized what monstrosity was coming at him!

"D-don't tell me these orcs were part of a tribe? But there were only four of them! However, the spirit beast coming here…" Yeshua did not finish what he was thinking, cloaking his wolf body with the blue wind, Yeshua ran madly.

Yeshua did not have to completely see the spirit beast to know that he would definitely die once it reached him. Even from a distance, Yeshua could feel the menacing strength of a powerful spirit beast. It could even be a champion rank spirit beast!

Rooooooar!

Yeshua heard a ferocious roar filled with fury coming from the place where he fought the forest orcs, but he did not stop to look back. He continued to run madly and desperately. His bestial instinct was tingling with uneasiness at the realization of his predicament.

"What the! Is this the feeling of being hit by fast karma? It's not like I bullied them that much, why did you have to call your daddy? You don't have sportsmanship!"

Remembering the dying roar of the last forest orc, Yeshua felt incensed with these shameless giants. The first forest orc he encountered was a scoundrel who wanted to steal his prey, and then the last forest orc had a thick skin to call its daddy. Was that even fair?!

Then, Yeshua suddenly felt a power bearing down on him from a distance. He did not need to look back to know that the menacing gigantic silhouette that he saw was pursuing him!

The strength it intentionally released horrified Yeshua's soul out of him. He could definitely say that the spirit beast madly pursuing him was a Champion Rank spirit beast. A genuine Level 2 spirit beast!

Based on their genome sequence, humans ranked spirit beasts. The lowest level, Level 1, was called Soldier Rank. In the ecosystem of spirit beasts, Soldier Rank spirit beasts were at the bottom of the food chain. They were the soldiers or warriors of the spirit beasts stronger than them.

During beast tides, these soldiers would be led by the higher-level spirit beasts to engulf cities and kill humans. Their massive numbers allowed these weakest spirit beasts to become a nightmare of humans.

At Level 2, spirit beasts were called Champion Rank. Their strength that could devastate a large area allowed them to become a champion among the lowest level warriors.

With their strength, Champion Rank spirit beasts could force Level 1 spirit beasts to follow them and create a small tribe. A small tribe was composed of ten or more spirit beasts depending on the strength of the Level 2 spirit beasts.

What Yeshua encountered was a new Champion Rank spirit beast that was starting to form its small tribe. The unlucky Yeshua just had to encounter this group of forest orcs that were hunting food for their leader.

The battle happened so fast that the last orc was only able to call for help before it died. The resting Level 2 beast was startled awake and was too late to save its tribesmen.

Yeshua, who was the culprit of the annihilation of its tribe, incurred the wrath of the Champion Rank spirit beast!

"Argh! Just last night I was fighting a savage feral, now I'm being pursued by a Level 2 spirit beast! At least last night, I was able to fight back, but this spirit beast will definitely crush my head easily! Run! I have to run faster!"

Yeshua desperately ran for his dear life. He did not want to die here. He knew that even if he risked everything and used all his abilities, he would not triumph against a Champion Rank spirit beast.

The gap of strength between levels was different from the gap between stages. For Alterers, stages only strengthened the quality of their Alter Beasts and the strength of their souls.

Spirit Beasts were the same. The difference was that not only their bodies were strengthened, but their energy cores were also saturated with more spirit energy.

However, an increase in level would not only evolve the spirit beasts but would also purify their energy cores.

The purity of spirit energy inside their bodies would suppress the lower levels and would allow them to overpower them like what was happening to Yeshua.

The power Yeshua could feel bearing down on him slowed him down and made it hard for him to gather the spirit particles around him to amplify his ability. He could feel the murkiness of the surroundings as he fought to pull the spirit particles towards him.

Yeshua knew that if he continued to be slowed down, he would meet death once the Level 2 spirit beast reached him!

"Oh come on, Death! I thought you have a different plan for me. I'm even preparing for that! What is this, then?! Are you that excited to really meet me that you advance your plan? Can't you give me a break, you bastard?!"

Yeshua continued to run madly while the distance between him and the gigantic spirit beast gradually lessened. If Yeshua did not do something, it would only be a matter of time before the menacing beast reached him.

Feeling that his Wind Dash ability was not enough to escape from this furious beast, Yeshua finally said, "If one is not enough, then let's double it! AI, initiate Dual Control – Double Release!"

With a mechanical voice, the AI said.

[Task received. Preparing for soul control overlapping…]

Boom!