Blood burst from the severed arm in a hot crimson spray.For a heartbeat, the Young Boss simply stared at the stump where his right arm had been, and then the pain kicked in.“AAARGH!” He didn’t scream but was surely taken aback.Silas' eyes immediately gleamed at this opportunity.He lunged forward, seized the severed arm before it hit the ground, and tore the Artifact Gauntlet from the limp hand.His fingers closed around the crimson metal as he hurriedly activated his main storage ring.The previous storage ring that he had used to reduce the thunderbolt’s impact was a spare ring.Now, he used the main ring to steal the gauntlet.To his bafflement, the gauntlet did not enter his storage ring.A faint ripple of spatial energy enveloped the gauntlet. Other than that, there was no reaction.Silas' smile vanished.Across from him, the Young Boss raised his remaining left hand.The gauntlet suddenly trembled. A powerful pull yanked it from Silas' grasp.“Tsk,” Silas clicked his tongue.

Gunnar did not go any closer to the center of the explosion.There was no need to do so.In his mind, the Young Boss was likely dead. And the gauntlet was also probably destroyed.Even if the gauntlet was intact, Gunnar wasn’t planning on using it for himself, but rather sell it and make money.After such a devastating explosion that left the ground in cracks, Gunnar quietly picked Ryder onto his shoulder and disappeared into the forest.A minute later.Vane arrived at the scene and eventually found Silas and Kabrane covered in dirt. They were barely conscious.“You’re really lucky to be alive…” Vane smiled, not because he was relieved but was just entertained.Zedrick walked over and lowered his head, “Forgive me, Boss. I couldn’t acquire the gauntlet or his loop ring.”“Don’t bother. Who would have expected that the gauntlet would have such a self-destructive mechanism, let alone him be able to use it?” Vane casually said. “The Dexray Brothers must have had some strong connections b

Gunnar and Ryder crawled out of the hollow tree trunk.Suddenly, a horrible smell flooded Ryder’s nostrils and choked his senses. It wasn’t the smell of blood or feces but something he had never quite experienced before.It was the stench of rotting herbs, fruits and leaves.He found himself next to a pile of rotting plant life.“What is this?” Ryder was startled. He quickly covered his nose with his hand. “Who piled these things up here?”“Who else? The beasts,” Gunnar said.“What? The beasts?”“Places like these are left alone by the beasts for a few months, and then powerful herbs or rare plant life will grow in this region,” Gunnar said.“You’re telling me that the beasts gathered these things for such a reason?” Ryder found it hard to believe.“Not the big beasts but the smaller ant species do,” Gunnar said. “They clean the forest by themselves.”“That’s…” Ryder looked back at the hollow tree trunk. “Wait, why didn’t I smell this bad stench when I was inside that tree’s cavity?”

There was one beast that terrified the Ironhide clan members for the past few decades. It was a mysterious creature that rarely let its prey escape.Known for observing the prey and learning their patterns before ensuring the kill, it had killed over a hundred people of the Ironhide clan, including assassinating the former patriarch inside their clan’s territory.And this creature came to be known as the Ghost of the Woods.It instilled such fear into the Ironhide clan members that they abandoned a mine for a long time because of this creature.It was only after support from a higher-grade clan, that they were able to start working at the mine again.This creature was not seen again.After many years, Gunnar now came face to face with that same beast which had long, coarse whiskers that hung from its cheeks, some so thick and lengthy that they resembled an old man's beard.This beast looked like it had lived many times longer than Gunnar did.Its gaze had the confidence of killing Gun

For one instant, Ryder saw nothing.Then the lynx appeared directly in front of him, its mouth so widely open all he saw was scissor-like teeth.“Sun Shield!” Ryder created an aural shield out of desperation by crossing his arms. A glowing spherical shield formed around him.But before the shield could fully develop, the lynx’s canines dug into it and broke it apart.Its claws struck through simultaneously.BOOOOOOM~!The impact sent him skidding backward. “Ngh!” Blood leaked from his arms, but his heels carved trenches into the earth. “Don’t get cocky, you damn monster!”Ryder grabbed a fallen branch and swung it horizontally.The Ghost Lynx leaped over it.Ryder dropped the branch almost immediately.By the moment the beast landed, he had already charged. “Got you.”BAM!His shoulder slammed into it.Both of them rolled on the ground.Ryder quickly recovered and brought down his cupped hands. “Hammer Fall!” The lynx’s aura suddenly washed over Ryder’s vision, and body, and his musc