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Shit, I let my guard down!!!

Although he couldn't see his attacker, Ma Lu just glanced at his own head and immediately realized which bastard had ambushed him.

As everyone knows, a person's head doesn't float in midair, nor can it run away on its own.

It was obvious that he had been attacked before, and aside from the Golden Leopard, he hadn't heard of any other beast in the desert with the ability to turn invisible.

Ma Lu then checked the notifications on his Traveler's Bracelet and sure enough, he found the name of the Golden Leopard—only after his head had been bitten off had it been scanned.

So he hadn't heard the subsequent notification either.

Now that he had found his enemy, what came next was naturally revenge.

Ma Lu's legs burst with power, and in almost an instant, he was in front of the Golden Leopard, his fist swinging down.

But someone was faster than him; Boggy's Mechanical Spear had already thrust forward.

However, neither Ma Lu's fist nor Boggy's spear hit their mark, as the Golden Leopard had already spat out the head it had been carrying in its mouth before they arrived and turned invisible to relocate.

The invisibility of the Golden Leopard might not seem very special at first glance, certainly not as cool as a Lava Giant Lizard spewing magma, but it's one of the most powerful abilities in actual combat.

Combined with its astonishing speed, it has become the Golden Reaper that no one wants to encounter.

Even though Ma Lu had almost maximized his strength, he couldn't utilize it without hitting his target first.

But once the Golden Leopard turned invisible, he was somewhat at a loss.

Luckily, this time he had help. Ma Lu looked back at the short female hunter from Cyren and said,

"Hey, what's your name again? Help me find where the Golden Leopard is."

The short female hunter had just witnessed Ma Lu regrowing his head, and her brain was still crashing, half suspecting she was still not awake.

It wasn't until she heard Ma Lu's words that she snapped back to reality, "I, I'm Parma… I'll start searching right away!"

Theoretically, as a member of the Diamond Hunting Group, Parma wouldn't be easily ordered around by the vice leader of a Silver Hunting Group.

But now she was executing Ma Lu's commands even faster than she would her own leader's orders, and after speaking, she immediately lay down on the ground, carefully discerning her surroundings.

Before she could find the Golden Leopard's tracks, a Mechanical Spear grazed past her cheek, embedding itself in the street!

"Be careful," Boggy soon arrived in front of Parma.

Thanks to those Self-Destructing Jumping Mice from before, their abdomens had exploded, spreading a gel-like substance over many areas. Boggy had been observing his surroundings and noticed a footprint added onto the gel in front of Parma.

He quickly threw his Mechanical Spear, repelling the cunning Golden Leopard and saving Parma's life.

Afterward, Boggy simply stayed beside Parma, using his Psychic Power to create rings of water, encasing her within them to guard against the Golden Leopard's ambushes.

And Parma didn't disappoint everyone's expectations; after a moment, she extended her hand and pointed in one direction.

"Over there!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Lu immediately pounced, but his fully charged punch ultimately still only hit the ground.

As dust rose, an extra bloodstain appeared on Ma Lu's shoulder!

Without another thought, he quickly bent his arm and elbowed backward, but the sly leopard didn't get greedy for more success; after striking, it immediately dodged away again.

Deserving of its 7-star ingredient rating!

If the Six-armed Ancient Ape is the supermodel of strength attribute among 7-star ingredients, then the Golden Leopard is the epitome of speed.

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It ran so fast that it was almost as swift as Ma Lu, who was laden with blessings. With its ability to become invisible, even with Parma's help in locating it, by the time Ma Lu got there, the Golden Leopard had already sprinted off to another location.

After several attempts, Ma Lu kept coming back empty-handed, and instead, he himself had accumulated a few more wounds.

However, the Golden Leopard was probably worrying too, unable to figure out the structure of the body in front of it.

Biting off Ma Lu's head without killing him had left it confused, unsure where to attack next.

After a few more rounds of hide-and-seek, Ma Lu suddenly gave up and turned back, charging into the horde of animals.

He found several Self-Destructing Jumping Mice among them, knocked them out before they could explode, and tucked them under his arms as he returned to the fray.

Ma Lu nodded at Parma, "Where's the bastard?"

Parma had just extended his finger when Ma Lu threw all six unconscious Self-Destructing Jumping Mice out of his arms.

The mice, having been knocked out by Ma Lu, were no longer a threat to explode. But the sheer force with which Ma Lu had thrown them was substantial.

Upon hitting the ground, they burst open like firecrackers, their blood mixed with corrosive gel splattering everywhere.

The Golden Leopard, sensing something was amiss, had already dodged to one side. But the area covered by the explosion was so vast that some of the gel still splashed onto it.

Ma Lu even heard the sizzling sound of its fur being corroded.

While the corrosion was not enough to harm the robust Golden Leopard, the moment it stuck, its prized invisibility was rendered useless.

Ma Lu didn't need Parma to point anymore; he could tell where the Golden Leopard was now.

The moment for revenge had come!

Ma Lu bared his teeth in a chilling smile and launched himself again at the cunning leopard.

In a relentless pursuit, their speeds were so high that it was difficult for others to keep up with their sight.

If it had just been Ma Lu, the Golden Leopard might have managed to escape. But with Boggy joining in, it was finally cornered by the two of them.

Realizing escape was futile, the Golden Leopard's eyes glinted with a ruthless light as it turned and swept out its claws, striking viciously towards Ma Lu's chest.

Ma Lu chuckled coldly, not bothering to dodge, and swung his fist down on the Golden Leopard's head.

With a snap, a large piece of skin was ripped from Ma Lu's chest, while the Golden Leopard's shoulder bone was shattered by Ma Lu's punch.

Although it managed to slightly move its head to avoid a fatal blow at the last moment, one of its forelegs was now useless.

And then it was pierced through the abdomen by Boggy's Mechanical Spear and pinned to the ground.

Ma Lu mounted the Golden Leopard's back and began to beat it furiously. Before long, he had smashed all the bones in the body of the cunning predator, avenging the earlier ambush.

Ma Lu then tossed the dying Golden Leopard to Boggy, "It's yours now."

Without hesitation, Boggy looked at the murderer of her father, now fully visible at her feet. She plunged her Mechanical Spear into its heart, ending its life cleanly and decisively.

After avenging her great enemy, Boggy's emotions surged, but she took a deep breath and quickly suppressed the various thoughts in her mind.

The battle was not over yet, and she remembered that she had a greater mission on her shoulders—to save the Giant Curtain.

With the death of the invisible assassin Golden Leopard, the ensuing battle became much easier. He Yueji took the opportunity while the others were distracted to happily pick up Ma Lu's discarded head and stash it in her backpack.

Ultimately, at the cost of nearly half the group as casualties, they successfully broke through the animal siege and arrived in front of Gate No. 2.

The entire section of the wall, including the gate itself, had been destroyed in the earlier beast tide, and now, in its place stood a small red dune.