When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 479 - 3)

The giant claw was vaguely discernible with five talons, but it seemed to have its dignity, as making it give a scissor hand gesture was simply an insult to it.

It swung around in the air, angrily striking at the mountains surrounding Xiang Beifei, shattering some hills and trees into pieces as if venting its rage. Circling around Xiang Beifei, it resembled a flyswatter, smacking every place by his side until the area was unrecognizable.

But it just wouldn’t dare to strike Xiang Beifei.

Because Xiang Beifei could merge books.

After a ferocious flurry of actions, the hills and wilderness centered around Xiang Beifei were razed to the ground. Many desolate beasts were killed under its crushing blows, dying at the claws of the beast.

The land under Xiang Beifei’s feet was unharmed though, with a few blades of grass still vibrant and green, looking full of life.

He didn’t need to dodge; the giant claw didn’t dare hit him.

"Come on, behave," Xiang Beifei urged, unmoved.

Enraged, the giant claw struck another grove, pulverizing a few big timber wolves that hadn’t managed to flee into meat pies before turning back reluctantly.

The giant claw was enormous; about half the size of a basketball court in the sky, it blotted out the sun.

"I’m losing patience," Xiang Beifei said slowly.

Seeing Xiang Beifei seemed ready to merge books again, the giant claw reluctantly twisted its talons, retracting the unnecessary fingers.

Its movements were clumsy; normally in a fight, it would strike with a straightforward swat, not stretch out two fingers.

But for the sake of the spiritual power crystal, it still submitted.

The two talons in the air looked particularly comical, displaying an extremely awkward and ugly scissor hand gesture.

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Instead of calling it a scissor hand, it would be more apt to call it a giant slingshot!

"Good, very obedient," Xiang Beifei remarked.

Xiang Beifei tossed one of the spiritual power crystals over to it.

The giant claw perked up, catching the spiritual power crystal and devoured it! A vast aura burst forth from Dou Constellation, as if it were repressed for a long time and was now eager to explode.

Hum!

The fifth star on Dou Constellation was also lit up!

The giant claw solidified by a fraction, and this time even the patterns on the claw were clearly visible. It was hard to say what kind of claw it was, but it looked like a massive bird’s talon, only much more domineering. Layer upon layer of wooden patterns on the claw resembled tree rings, circling around and around.

This seemed to be some plant-like creature.

At that moment, its aura surged once more, becoming even stronger. Every time a seal was broken, its strength increased, and this time it was at least thirty percent more formidable than before!

"This is strange."

Also in the initial stage of God Refining, but just by breaking through five seals, its strength already far surpassed that of Eternal Sleep and Keshi! Xiang Beifei even had a feeling that even if Liu Shenghui, Eternal Sleep, and Keshi, all three, joined forces, they seemed unable to defeat the giant claw at this moment!

"It seems you are not just breaking the seals; you are expanding the seals?" Xiang Beifei noted this detail.

If other constellations were to have seals broken, it was only when a star’s seal absorbed enough spiritual power that it would light up and the seal would dissipate. Spiritual power crystals merely provided energy for the star’s seal, and the entity within wouldn’t absorb the spiritual power crystal.

But the entity in Dou Constellation was odd; it devoured the spiritual power crystal and then forcibly expanded the seals with its power!

That is to say, it was something that could devour external objects to grow stronger.

And it could free itself from seals.

This thing seemed very strange.

Hum!

The giant claw became increasingly powerful, its sheer presence like a dark cloud over the town, making the air feel suffocating.

According to Xiang Beifei’s estimate, the giant claw now, even when facing Xiao Sheng plus Liu Shenghui—four experts in the stage of God Refining—might not even be defeated!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The giant claw, having broken five seals, became even wilder. Having been sealed for so long, it finally got the chance to break loose. A single slap shattered the ground, creating a ten-meter deep rift, then it continued swatting around, its once domineering claw now turning into an enormous flyswatter, smacking with glee.

However, at a certain moment, it took advantage of Xiang Beifei’s distraction and "whooshed" a swat towards him!

It even harbored killing intent towards Xiang Beifei!

Crack!

Xiang Beifei closed the book again.

The wild aura dissipated once more.

All was quiet between heaven and earth.

...

"You think I don’t know what you’re scheming,"

Xiang Beifei muttered to himself.

There were still two seals on the Spirit Gathering Book, clearly strong enough to subdue the creature.

He opened the book again.

But this time, the Dou Constellation made no move; it seemed to have no intention of coming out.

Only, Xiang Beifei noticed that it was clearly striking against the two remaining seals on the Spirit Gathering Book, attempting to forcefully break them.

Unfortunately, it still underestimated the Spirit Gathering Book; the two seals were barely holding it. Of course, from the look of it, these two seals also seemed on the verge of collapse, as if they wouldn’t last much longer.

"Come out," Xiang Beifei said to the Dou Constellation.

"Awooo!"

A roar came from within the Dou Constellation, as if rejecting him.

It seemed to have become sulky.

"Eh? Did your voice change?" Xiang Beifei exclaimed in surprise, "It sounds like a wolf howling."

However, Xiang Beifei’s words seemed to enrage it. A giant claw rapidly emerged from the Dou Constellation, materializing in mid-air, and furiously roared at Xiang Beifei from above: "Awooo!"

"What breed of wolf are you?" Xiang Beifei asked, puzzled.

"Awo!"

The giant claw felt insulted, it soared into the sky, circled around, and soon spotted another surviving large timber wolf not far away. Perhaps to demonstrate that it was not a lowly wolf, it slapped down with a paw, killing the large timber wolf desolate beast!

It then smacked the corpse of the wolf repeatedly, pulverizing it into mush, seething with rage as if to physically tell Xiang Beifei that it was nothing—

Like! That! At! All!

"Alright, alright, I get it,"

Xiang Beifei felt a bit of sympathy for the large timber wolf.

It seemed this creature had a strong sense of pride, but why did the Spirit Gathering Book seal something with consciousness? Couldn’t it be like the other things before, something he could claim without having to subdue it himself?

The reason Xiang Beifei provoked it was actually to determine the creature’s strength after one seal was released, to avoid a bad situation if he couldn’t overcome it once it was fully unsealed.

But now he had a reasonable understanding of the giant claw’s strength, and he had a plan in mind.

Considering that the two seals were probably about to fail to contain it, he tossed the remaining two spiritual power crystals to the Dou Constellation, saying, "Forget it, just eat them! Maybe you can become even stronger."

The giant claw perked up instantly!

It seemed not to expect Xiang Beifei to hand over the two items so readily, but without giving it much thought—and fearing Xiang Beifei might change his mind—it hurriedly lunged forward, swallowing the two spiritual power crystals!

Hum Hum Hum!

A mighty and imposing aura surged in an instant!

The Dou Constellation on the Spirit Gathering Book couldn’t hold back the creature inside anymore; the stellar seal was burst open by the giant claw, and then—

Boom!

A cyan light shot up to the sky!

In a flash, the whole area underwent a dramatic change. The sky was shrouded in cyan light, and the violent aura swept out in all directions, causing a deafening rumble on the ground, shaking hills and valleys, with all the desolate beasts within a ten-mile radius trembling and cowering on the ground.