The 3 Horned Dark Deer was about to attack the barrier again when the attack landed on it and cut its head off.

"This is much easier when the beasts don't move," Xu Ming said as he walked closer to the beast and put his body in the storage ring. ​​

"That makes it one for the day. Now we only need 17 more, and we'll win," Valeria chuckled

"Yeah, we've been quite lucky that we haven't met stronger beasts. It has been going pretty smoothly. It doesn't even feel like a deadly trial," Xu Ming said as he left that place.

"Of course, it wouldn't feel hard. You have such powerful skills that those guys didn't know about. You also have the help of the great me. Things can't go bad with me around," Valeria said as she grinned.

"I just hope it keeps going this smoothly, just for one more day. After that, we would be able to leave," Xu Ming muttered as he continued on his search for peak Gold Realm beasts.

He kept using his Divine Sense and changed his direction whenever he saw an Earth Realm beast. His Divine Sense had a much wider range than the spiritual sense of other people. Even the Earth Realm Cultivator's Spiritual Sense wasn't able to see as far as Xu Ming's Divine Sense.

Xu Ming's Divine Sense helped him avoid Earth Realm Beasts before he could get in their range. Thus, he kept escaping close encounters that would otherwise have resulted in him fighting the beasts.

Xu Ming was walking ahead when he saw another beast within the range of his Divine Sense.

He hurriedly ran towards the beast as he could see that the beast was going away in the opposite direction.

"Valeria, You must cast a barrier around it, just like you did the last time. This is the best strategy, and I want us to implement this when we face a single beast. Wasting energy unnecessarily would only waste more of our time in resting. The faster we finish, the faster we can leave," Xu Ming told her.

After some time, Xu Ming reached near the beast. He used his Origin Movement to pass through the trees to save time when chasing after the Beast.

The beast noticed Xu Ming and started running even faster.

"Can you cast it yet?" Xu Ming asked Valeria.

"No, it's too far away right now. I need to be closer to it to cast the barrier," Valeria replied to Xu Ming.

"Alright."

Xu Ming kept chasing after the beast. The distance between them kept decreasing until Xu Ming was just 20 meters away from the beast.

Valeria raised her hand and used her Martial Skill on the beast.

A barrier appeared around the beast.

The beast was running and crashed against the barrier, but still, the barrier wasn't broken.

Xu Ming stopped running and got ready to attack.

The beast tried breaking the barrier, but it wasn't able to break it. Ultimately, it gave up. The beast turned back to look towards the people that were chasing after it, but all it saw was a bright arc of light before its head was cut off.

"16 more to go! We are an incredible team," Valeria said smilingly.

"We are indeed a good team," Xu Ming smiled as he walked closer to the beast and placed it on his storage ring, but his expressions changed as he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.

Xu Ming turned back, only to see a giant mammoth-like beast standing behind him.

It was an Earth Realm beast. Xu Ming was so engrossed in catching the beast that he didn't use his Divine Sense to see his surroundings. He had entered the range of an Earth Realm beast unknowingly.

"Earth Trampling Mammoth," Xu Ming muttered.

It was a 1st stage Earth Realm Beast. There was a big difference between the first stage Earth Realm beast and a peak Gold Realm beast. Xu Ming hadn't yet faced an Earth Realm Beast, but he realized that it wasn't going to be as easy as hunting Gold Realm beasts.

The Earth Trampling Mammoth was 5 meters tall and 7 meters long. Its trunk alone had a diameter of half a meter.

It had dark blue fur that kept it warm and increased its defense. The Earth Trampling Mammoth had two long white teeth near its trunk and a long black horn on its forehead.

"Valeria, Will your barrier work on it?" Xu Ming asked Valeria in a low voice.

"It seems too strong. I don't think it will work, but let me try," Valeria said as she raised her hand and cast a barrier around the Earth Trampling Mammoth.

Xu Ming got into a sword stance. He was just about to attack when he saw the Earth Trampling Mammoth open its mouth. A ball of flaming red light came out of its mouth and struck the barrier, instantly shattering it like glass.

The ball of red light didn't stop and flew straight towards Xu Ming at Lightning speed.

Xu Ming stopped thinking about attacking and hurriedly jumped to the side, barely dodging the attack.

" He's too strong. My barrier won't last against it. My cultivation is too low compared to it. How about you use that Thunder Storm?"She asked Xu Ming.

"No, it would not be feasible to use that here. We only face a single beast, but its defense is too strong. If ThunderStorm fails, then I would be too weak even to run away. Thunderstorm is a wide area attack, so it's not efficient against a single opponent as a lot of the energy is wasted to attack the surroundings," Xu Ming replied.

"What are you going to do then?" Valeria asked.

"I..."

Xu Ming was about to reply, but he saw another attack coming towards him. He once again dodged the attack.

"Thunderstorm is a Wide Area attack, but I'm going to use a single point attack. I'll use the Sword Art of Destruction. All of my energy will be focused on one point only. It will be more effective, but if it fails, then we might have to run away," Xu Ming said to Valeria.

He brought out a mortal grade sword and threw it towards the Earth Trampling Mammoth to divert its attention while he got ready to attack.

Xu Ming got in a sword stance and gripped the hilt of his sword firmly. He sent all his Origin Energy towards his sword.

The air surrounding him started getting restless as if it was anticipating the strength of Xu Ming's attack.