Chapter 403: Chapter 195: Jade Bone, Conclusion, Cultivation Dilemma Bang... Xia Hong’s entire body was still bulging with veins. He no longer knew how many punches he had thrown, only alternating his hands, continuously restraining the Snow Mane, preventing it from ever getting up. Despite the Snow Mane’s massive body, over twenty meters long, appearing quite terrifying, its strength was noticeably a notch below Xia Hong’s, causing it to struggle in vain to escape his hold. Several times it nearly flipped over, but was forcibly twisted back by Xia Hong. Bang... Bang... Crack... A few more consecutive punches landed, followed by a crisp sound of bone cracking. Xia Hong looked towards the right arm joint of the Snow Mane, his eyes suddenly focusing. The spot he had just been hitting was the same position, and after so many punches, the area around the Snow Mane’s right arm joint was already a bloody mess. Beneath the blurred flesh, jade-green bones were clearly visible. He had been holding the Snow Mane tightly without letting go, as its resistance and struggle never diminished, continuously maintaining a high intensity. Dealing with the Cold Beasts, Xia Hong was quite experienced by now. Since the opponent’s struggling strength didn’t decrease, it meant his punches just suppressed it without causing real harm. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶 But after that bone-cracking sound, Xia Hong immediately felt the Snow Mane’s struggling strength drop by about twenty percent. "The bones are the key!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Xia Hong’s eyes. Realizing the crux, he took advantage of the moment to pull out the broken blade he had been holding in his mouth. "Roar..." Sensing the weakening of Xia Hong’s grip, the Snow Mane, lying on the ground, glared fiercely, seizing the opportunity, and with a roar, flipped over and stood up. Finally standing up, it didn’t waste any time. As it opened its mouth to release nine long tongues, its massive body, like a mountain, rushed overwhelmingly towards Xia Hong. Squelch... The nine long tongues wrapped around Xia Hong smoothly. Just as the Snow Mane’s enormous face showed a bloodthirsty smile, it froze instantly with the sound of flesh tearing. Xia Hong grasped the broken blade, charging forward like a cannonball, pulling its nine long tongues directly onto its right shoulder. The broken blade was fiercely thrust into the blurred mass of flesh on its right forelimb. "Roar..." The Snow Mane clearly realized something. With a roar, its nine long tongues coiled with force, like huge icy pythons, nearly enveloping Xia Hong entirely, then suddenly straightening. Hiss... "Damn, the power of those tongues..." "The leader is in danger, go help!" "Shoot its eyes with the bow, save the leader!" ... Yuwen Dao, Hong Guang, Meng Yi, Yue Feng, and over two hundred others who had just fled from the cabin, seeing the long tongues fully entangle Xia Hong, all showed urgent expressions, roaring as they rushed towards the Snow Mane. With the strength of this Advanced Snowman, they knew well that their efforts were just a drop in the bucket. But Xia Hong was in danger! They all rushed over without hesitation. "Don’t come over!" However, the next second, Xia Hong’s thunderous voice rang out from within the nine long tongues, halting everyone in their tracks, as they looked at the Snow Mane with faces full of hope. Crack... "Roar!" The crisp sound of a bone breaking was heard, followed by a frenzied, hysterical roar from the Snow Mane. The nine tightly stretched long tongues slackened as if out of strength. With the release of the long tongues, Xia Hong’s blood-soaked body emerged. In fact, half of his body had already embedded into the fleshy part of the Snow Mane’s shoulder, with the broken blade in his hand lodged in the jade-green bone beneath the flesh. Even from over a hundred meters away, Yuwen Dao and everyone else could clearly see, at a glance, the gigantic fracture on the bone beneath the blade. "The leader intended to be entangled just now!" "The target was the bone beneath its shoulder flesh." "A Hundred-forged Weapon can’t even pierce its flesh, much less its bone, this..." "The flesh on its shoulder has already been smashed by the leader. The bone beneath probably had a crack already, and that’s why the leader stuck to it, to find the crack and then insert the broken blade." Upon hearing Yue Feng’s explanation, Yuwen Dao realized, clenching his fists slightly, his eyes filled with admiration as he looked at Xia Hong. And for Yue Feng, two words flashed in his mind instantly: Strength! Xia Hong’s grasp of timing and his acute sense for hunting opportunities were undoubtedly crucial, but the most critical factor was still strength. It was his brute force that allowed him to break through the Snow Mane’s body and bones, and his skin membrane offered enough defense, fearless of those nine strangling long tongues. This was the key to Xia Hong’s success at this moment. If it were someone else, even with a sharper combat sense than Xia Hong, without enough strength, achieving this would have been impossible. "Hah... Ah..." The collective astonishment of the crowd was interrupted by a loud shout from Xia Hong. Everyone looked up, their eyes widening in shock to the extreme. Xia Hong held the broken blade in his hand and yanked it back hard. "Crack..." The Snow Mane, over twenty meters long, had its right forelimb at a height of more than ten meters off the ground. Calling it a sky-piercing pillar wouldn’t be an exaggeration. The entire battle with Xia Hong had been suspended in mid-air, which was why everyone had such a clear view. The broken blade in Xia Hong’s hand, a mere seventy centimeters in length, was insignificant compared to the Snow Mane’s body. Yet, this seemingly insignificant broken blade had actually severed the bone beneath the Snow Mane’s right forelimb.