In a perfect world, you start by relying on your own strength.

"This little kitten is quite wild."

No sooner had the mocking voice finished speaking than the ground beneath Shi Geng's feet suddenly collapsed, sending rubble flying in all directions with the shockwave. His figure transformed into a streak of light and instantly rushed to the giant lion's front.

A terrifying power gathered in his right arm and went straight for the lightning-encircled horn on the head of the golden lion with lightning patterns.

Upon seeing this, the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion was filled with shock and rage. It immediately mobilized all its lightning power, causing the lightning on its horns to surge wildly. Countless lightning snakes coiled around the horns and surged wildly, while its huge lion claws, wrapped in explosive lightning, slammed towards Shi Heng.

This strike was enough to shatter a mountain, tear the earth apart, and cut off a river's flow.

With a loud bang, the lion's claws collided violently with Shi Geng's outstretched hand. The violent lightning spread from the arm to Shi Geng's entire body, but it could not penetrate the precious light emanating from his body.

Shi Geng didn't even lift his eyelids. Suddenly, the force in his wrist vibrated, and a huge power instantly knocked away the giant lion's giant claws wrapped in lightning.

Before the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion could struggle or retaliate, he suddenly tightened his five fingers, unleashing the power of his knuckles to firmly grasp the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion's single horn, which crackled with lightning. Terrifying power poured down his arm, pressing down hard.

With a deafening roar, the massive, twenty-meter-tall golden lion's head was forcefully slammed to the ground, causing large areas of the hard soil to crack and collapse. Spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly in all directions, and a huge crater was created in the ground.

The golden lion roared in pain, its golden fur bristling wildly, and its horns unleashed a barrage of lightning. However, the lightning struck the stone, but it couldn't penetrate the body that had been cleansed by the essence of heaven and earth.

The enormous lion's body twisted and turned, its limbs struggling wildly as it tried to get up, but Shi Geng held it down with one hand, preventing it from even raising its head, just like a subdued kitten.

Shi Geng chuckled lightly, raising his other hand: "Done. We'll have braised lion's head meatballs tonight."

A bright moon rose into the sky, and a wisp of cool moonlight wrapped around Shi Gen's arm and condensed into a shimmering white blade.

The golden lion with thunder patterns trembled wildly, its thunderous power raging uncontrollably. Its thick limbs desperately dug at the rocks and soil, trying to break free and escape, but the sharp power carrying moonlight vanished in an instant.

A cold light flashed across the lion's neck, and the golden lion with thunder patterns trembled violently. Its frantic struggles suddenly stopped, and its massive body froze in place.

The next instant, the enormous lion's head was severed from its neck, its bronze bell-sized eyes wide open, filled with terror and resentment, and the remaining lightning crackled and flickered on its horn.

The massive lion's body crashed to the ground, raising clouds of dust and causing the ground to cave in under its weight.

Shi Geng bent down and landed next to the lion's head, grabbed the base of the horn covered with fine thunder patterns with one hand, and suddenly pried it open with force.

With a snap, the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion's single horn, harder than refined gold, was broken off by his bare hands. Wisps of lingering lightning still lingered at the break, wandering within the natural patterns of the horn.

This precious horn, imbued with the power of thunder, contains the innate magical techniques of this ancient species. It can be used to observe and learn these techniques, or it can be refined into magical artifacts.

Shi Geng weighed the heavy unicorn in his hand and nodded: "A naturally formed bone imbued with lightning could indeed be forged into a fine treasure."

Shi Geng raised his hand and waved it lightly. The power of heaven and earth flowed, and the portal to the inner world space quietly appeared in front of him.

The heavy, lightning-patterned horn and the mountain-like lion corpse were enveloped by an invisible suction force and instantly absorbed into the inner world.

The hide of this ancient remnant can be forged into tough leather armor, its horns can be refined into magical artifacts, and its lion meat contains abundant spiritual energy. Although it is useless to Shi Gen, it is definitely a rare treasure for the people of Shi Village.

After collecting his spoils, Shi Geng soared into the sky once more, preparing to hunt down even more ferocious beasts before returning.

From the depths of the Great Wilderness, deafening roars and beast howls echoed continuously. Relying on his immense power, Shi Geng acted swiftly and decisively, using only his physical strength to slay one ancient species after another, each possessing innate magical techniques.

Each of them is incredibly powerful, the overlord of a region. Some have claws covered in ice that can freeze mountains, some breathe out poisonous mist that turns a hundred miles around into a barren, poisonous wasteland, and some are covered in heavy armor and scales, with incredible defensive capabilities.

However, without exception, all these powerful regional overlords were easily killed by Shi Geng. He used only his powerful physical strength to kill one after another of the incomparably powerful ancient species.

He collected all the enormous beast corpses, along with their precious bones, into his inner world. In just half a day, he had killed more than a dozen ancient remnants.

Shi Geng stretched out his arms, and his soaring blood and qi slowly receded into his body. Then he soared into the sky and flew straight towards the village.

A streak of green light pierced the vast twilight and landed in the open space at the village entrance in an instant.

The group of children who had been chasing and playing at the village entrance stopped and stared at Shi Geng with their big, round eyes.

After a moment of stunned silence, they swarmed around Shi Geng, chattering excitedly.

"Wow, Shih Heng, how did you do that?"

"You don't have wings either, so how do you fly?"

The monkey stretched out its dirty little hand and went straight to Shi Geng's back, groping and looking it over, trying to find something that would make it fly.

Shi Geng slapped the monkey's hand away: "Go away, go away, go away. You're such a big person and you're still playing in the mud. Your auntie will beat you again later."

The monkey reluctantly withdrew his hand, rubbed the sticky yellow mud off his palm, stood on tiptoe, looked up at the high mountain wall, and muttered with a pout, "It's just playing around, so what if we fight? It's not like we'll lose a piece of flesh."

The adults who rushed over upon hearing the news burst into laughter upon seeing the scene. This mischievous boy lived up to his name, being as naughty as a monkey. He had been beaten countless times but never learned his lesson.

Shi Geng shook his head helplessly. With a thought, the portal to his inner world opened slightly, and more than a dozen ancient beast corpses of varying sizes appeared out of thin air, piled up at the village entrance like a mountain.

The fur, scales, and many bones were still surrounded by a faint spiritual light. The massive body of the golden lion with lightning patterns was also among them, while the lightning horns were placed aside, faintly emitting tiny sparks of electricity.

The crowd stared in disbelief at the mountain of ancient corpses piled up before them.

"Good heavens, is that a golden lion with lightning patterns?!"

"That's a blue-eyed golden eagle with a wingspan of over ten zhang, and a great earth rhinoceros... These... these are all ancient remnants!"

Looking at the mountain of giant beast corpses before him, Shi Linhu subconsciously rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.

These ferocious beasts are notorious in the Great Wilderness; any one of them, once released, can run rampant through the mountains and forests, slaughtering villages and wiping out entire clans.

However, now, the corpses of these infamous ancient beings are piled up like mountains, their fatal wounds neat and clean, clearly indicating that they were all swiftly killed.

Shi Linhu swallowed hard, turned to look at Shi Geng, and stammered, "You... you killed all these ancient remnants?"