Chapter 97 Siege of the Demon Beast Five

  "Spare you? It's too late." Letting the enemy go would be digging one's own unknown grave, Lu Shaoyou knew this well, his eyes gleaming coldly.

  "Hmph..."

  That big fellow slightly retreated and in that instant, despite his injuries, quickly scrambled to his feet and rapidly ran backwards, the desire to survive bursting forth at this moment.

  "Die!" Lu Shao's voice was light, his feet shook with true energy, and he kicked off the ground, creating a crack in the earth. His figure flashed like an eagle swooping down to grab its prey, bringing up a burst of broken wind sounds as he charged straight at the big man.

  "I'm done with you." Feeling the wind breaking sound coming from behind, the big man could only let go and make a desperate move. He suddenly turned around, and a faint protective aura appeared around his body. A fist print burst out, but its power seemed to be not too strong. Having suffered severe injuries, he was able to condense a single punch, which was already not easy.

  Lu Shao's expression sank, and a fist print burst out from his hand, with threads of flame emerging from the top of the fist print, bringing forth a powerful aura that shook open the spatial ripples, precisely the star-level primary martial skill, Furious Flame Fist.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Two fists collided, and the big man let out a miserable cry. A severe pain spread from his fist, and his body stumbled backward again.

  Lu Shao's fist transformed into a palm, and his body had just landed on the ground when he borrowed momentum to burst forth again. His palm print easily pierced through the large Han's protective halo, and then fell onto the large Han's forehead.

  "Engulf."

  Under the palm print, a massive force engulfed him. The big man was about to struggle, but in an instant, he let out a miserable cry and his whole body convulsed. His true energy roots were no longer under his control, flowing out uncontrollably, and even his soul in his mind was stripped away. This kind of intense pain was beyond human imagination.

  Half a time later, this big man had become a dry corpse. Lu Shao's satisfied smile, the true energy on this big man's body was much stronger than Zhao Da's. After refining and absorbing it, he would definitely gain a lot of benefits. Breaking through to the sixth level of martial arts would be easy, but as for how much his true energy would increase in the end, that was unknown.

  While just displaying the Yin and Yang Spirit Fist to absorb the true energy of this big Han, Lu Shao-yu also slightly demonstrated the Soul Searching Technique on the Heavenly Spirit Record. Although it was a bit difficult to demonstrate the Soul Searching Technique for the first time, Lu Shao-yu still obtained a lot of information from this big Han's mind. These two people were both from the Violent Wolf Mercenary Group and had entered the Wudou Mountain Range for a month already. As for other things, Lu Shao-yu did not find out in his first attempt at using the Soul Searching Technique, but the mysterious method of the Soul Searching Technique made Lu Shao-yu extremely delighted.

  "Little dragon, someone is coming, let's go quickly." In the midst of probing his surroundings, Lu Shaoyou sensed that there were people approaching from all directions, and their numbers weren't small. In an instant, he searched both of them hastily, but only found a spatial bag on the big Han's body who was holding the stick, while the other big Han had nothing on him.

  "Heh heh."

  The little dragon spat out the letter, jumped onto Lu Shao's shoulder, and in an instant, both of them disappeared into thin air, leaving no time to deal with the corpse on the ground.

  Less than ten seconds after Lu Shao Yu left, six figures appeared from behind the mountain slope, all dressed in the same attire as the deceased strongman.

  "Third Brother, look quickly." A robust man exclaimed, seeing two mummified corpses lying on the ground.

  These two mummies, one was shriveled all over, as if it had been reduced by a size, with sunken eye sockets, while the other had blood holes on its neck and bulging eyeballs, but from their faces, it wasn't hard to discern what they looked like.

  "It's Mazi and Tieqiu, the two of them. How could this have happened?" The six people were shocked as they examined the bodies of the two men, each one more horrified than the last, even fearful. This way of dying was just too terrifying.

  "Who did it? Was he ambushed or what?" a big fellow shouted.

  "Ma Zi should have been killed by the demon beast, with his blood being swallowed by it. The iron ball's death is a bit strange, though - there are no bloody holes on his body, but he was probably also killed by the demon beast. Both of them were fifth-rank warriors, so whoever could kill both of them in one hit must be either two second-rank demon beasts or one third-rank demon beast." The leader, a burly man with a lean build and a somewhat sly appearance, but with sharp eyes that gleamed with intelligence, gazed at the two corpses as he spoke, then hastily began searching their bodies.

  Suddenly, the leader's expression changed greatly and he said: "Where did the things on Ma Zi's body go?"

  "It wasn't the work of a monster, it was done by humans. Not good, Zhang Wu, you go inform Big Brother and Second Brother, tell them that Mazi has run into trouble. The others follow me, the person who did this should be nearby." The lean leader said.

  "Yes, Third Brother." A burly man quickly went to the left, while the other burly man led the remaining four people to disperse and search for the monster in all directions.

  After these people disappeared, Lu Shaoyou jumped down from a giant tree not far away, his expression slightly sinking, and it was still safer to leave this place first. His figure quickly went southeast.

  Killed the two of them, fortunately that thin man still thought it was done by a monster, Lu Shaoyou was worried that the Yin Yang Spiritual Martial Arts would be exposed, and immediately left the scene in a hurry.

  Lu Shao didn't know that after he left, the violent wolf mercenary group came again with a few people and continued to examine the two corpses.

  "Damn it, this iron ball was killed by someone, there are injuries on its body, this is not the work of a monster, Mazi is the one who was killed by a monster, at least it's a combination of one person and one monster, very likely to be a small team, and there are monsters existing." A stout fat man with a loud voice said, this fat man weighed about 300 pounds, about 1.9 meters tall, standing like a giant, but at this time, the expression of this giant was not very good-looking.

  "Big brother, could it be a spirit?" a sturdy man asked.

  "It shouldn't be, the iron ball was killed by a severe blow, but the corpse is very strange. Except for the neck, there are no wounds on Mazi's body. The speed of the beast that killed him should be very fast, and its size is not large. This kind of strength may have reached the level of a third-tier demon beast." said the fat man, squatting down to carefully examine the two corpses.

  "Big brother, what should we do now?"

  "Notify Lao Er and Lao San, search for everyone nearby, don't let anyone off, I'll take a look too, who dares to provoke the Violent Wolf Mercenary Group? The treasure map must be taken back." The fatty's eyes gleamed with ferocity, his gaze shooting out sharp killing intent.

  The mountain range undulates and stretches, with no end in sight. Lu Shao-yu stands within the mountains, seeing only a sea of trees stretching out before him, wave upon wave. From a high vantage point, the entire mountain range emerges from the clouds, its peaks resembling islands floating in clusters. The mountain waves and billows rise layer upon layer.

  In the distance, there are several mountain peaks. From afar, they appear to be endless and boundless, with steep cliffs that seem to have been cut by knives and axes, standing tall and upright. The undulating forest stretches out endlessly, like a vast expanse of waves in a great flood.

  All along the way with caution, at night, a faint breath emerged from the mountains, revealing an eerie calmness and chill.

  After nightfall, Young Master Lu found a mountain valley and sat down to meditate after making sure there were no dangers around. He had swallowed the true energy of that big man, but he needed to refine it before he could use it for himself.

  After a moment, Lu Shaoyou's body was wrapped in a faint yellow glow, which looked eerie in the dark night.

  Lu Shaoyou didn't dare to be careless either, and instructed Xiaolong to pay attention around them. If there was any danger, he would know immediately. In the Wudang Mountains, Lu Shaoyou couldn't afford to be careless.

  A surge of true energy was absorbed into his body, transformed into energy, and finally refined into pure true energy that entered the Dan Tian Qi Hai. Under the infusion of this true energy, Lu Shaoyou already felt his Dan Tian Qi Hai expanding.

  It wasn't long before the dantian qihai was full and swollen to a certain extent, and the meridians in the body were also filled with true qi, and the surging meridians were somewhat sore.

  "Suppress." Lu Shaoyou's heart sank, and he suppressed the true energy into his dantian qihai, tightly condensing it together. The refined true energy continuously poured in, and the true energy in his dantian qihai was finally unable to withstand this massive influx of true energy, exploding violently within his body.

  A surge of energy burst forth from Lu Shao's body, his aura flaring wildly as a powerful presence filled the small valley, his breath rising rapidly.

  Under the continuous infusion of true energy, with one breath, Lu Shaoyou's dantian qihai expanded again, and his whole body meridians were impacted by a huge force at this moment, also opening up another thread.

  At this time, Lu Shao had finally broken through to the sixth level of martial arts, and his cultivation had long been stuck at the peak of the fifth level. This breakthrough was just a matter of course, and Lu Shao didn't find it strange at all. Everything was within his expectations. Breaking through to the sixth level, his strength had once again increased, which made Lu Shao feel a little happy in his heart. Currently, his strength was still too low, and strength was what he yearned for most.

  "Uggghhh..."

  Outside the valley, a low beast roar sounded, and in the darkness, two red light spots lit up, a fierce breath was slowly approaching.

  "Hiss."

  A small dragon circled above Lu Shao's head on a large tree, making a low hissing sound.

  "Hmm..." Lu Shaoyou exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, the light on his body retracted, and he quickly opened his eyes. In the darkness, a sharp glint flashed across his eyes.

  "There's a demon beast." Lu Shaoyou focused his gaze, scanning the surroundings. Although it was dark, his current cultivation allowed him to vaguely make out objects within tens of meters around him.

  "Second-order earth attribute demonic beast, Earth-shaking wolf." Lu Shaoyou gazed at the entrance of the mountain valley in front of him, where a gigantic wolf with a height of one meter and a length of two meters stood. His heart also couldn't help but feel heavy, as this was his first encounter with a demonic beast. It's said that these beasts are not easy to deal with, each having an extremely strong defense, second-order demonic beasts, even a nine-layered martial artist would find it difficult to handle.

  "Ahhh……" The wolf-like creature gazed at Lu Shao Yu with its eyes glowing red, but it was pacing back and forth outside the valley, its gaze shifting to the small dragon on the tree behind Lu Shao Yu, seemingly fearful and not daring to approach.

  "Hiss."

  The little dragon fell from the tree onto Lu Shao's shoulder, looking straight at the Great Land Howling Wolf in front of him. The round and shiny small eyes were full of fighting spirit, not afraid at all. A strange aura spread out, making the Great Land Howling Wolf feel a little intimidated without realizing it.

  "The little dragon is indeed formidable, this Earth Howling Wolf has been suppressed." Lu Shaoyou could see that under the little dragon's breath control, the Earth Howling Wolf did not dare to approach. The Ling Huang beast was indeed powerful, and regarding the little dragon's identity, Lu Shaoyou was even more curious. Unfortunately, there was no information about the Ling Huang beast on either Nan Shu or Sheng Shou Ling Zun's jade slips.

  "Ahhh..."

  The earth shook and the wolf let out a low howl, then suddenly began to back away.

  "It's here, this is the Great Earth Wolf, let's take action together." Just then, several figures appeared, and a delicate voice shouted: "Don't let the Great Earth Wolf escape!"

  Lu Shao's heart sank, he had originally wanted to test his skills against this Earth Howling Wolf, to see just how strong a second-stage demonic beast could be. He hadn't expected that someone else was hunting the Earth Howling Wolf.

  "Little dragon." Lu Shaoyou called out softly, and Little Dragon understood, quickly crawling onto Lu Shaoyou's sleeve.

  "Waaaahhhh..."

  The earth shook as the wolf howled and rose, its massive body leaping into the air. Its ferocious aura surged forth, and in an instant it clashed with the several figures.

  Lu Shao-yu gazed at the four figures outside the valley, a man and three women, each wrapped in their own true energy, wielding sharp weapons and battling fiercely with the howling wolves of the earth.

  The auras of the four people were not weak, and among them, one man and one woman had auras that were only slightly weaker than Lu Wushuang's. Lu Shaoyou felt that they should all be at the level of a first-rate warrior.

  The man wore magnificent attire, with an extraordinary air about him. He was around twenty-three or four years old, with long hair that fell to his shoulders. In his hand, he grasped a silver-white long sword, its blade slicing through the void with a shrill whistling sound, as if it had imprisoned the earth and howled like a wolf within the shadow of the sword.

  The woman, wearing a pale blue qipao that exuded an air of elegance, had a slender yet curvaceous figure, appearing to be only around twenty years old, radiant and dazzling. Even in the darkness, it was not difficult to make out her sparkling eyes, as she wielded a blue longsword in her hand, with a dagger also inserted at her waist.

  The other two were also in their early twenties, and their cultivation strength was slightly inferior. One was only an eighth-level warrior, while the other was a ninth-level warrior, which was not bad.

  These four people should be a small team gathered together to dig for gold in the Wudou Mountains, and such small teams are not uncommon in the Wudou Mountains. Among these four people, there were two martial artists who had achieved a certain level of cultivation, which was quite good.

  "Ahhh..."

  Outside the valley, amidst the clash of steel, the earth let out a wolf-like howl. A massive body suddenly swung its tail, and sharp claws instantly swiped towards one of the eight samurai.

  "Get out of my way." The octuple warrior let out a low shout, holding what seemed to be a hook-like weapon about one meter long, covered with several sharp hooks, slashing through the air and striking towards Da Di Xiao Lang.

  The earth shook as the wolf's body was enveloped in a pale yellow glow, facing the attack of the eight samurai, its body suddenly twisted and fell, a wolf tail swept out, bringing with it a sharp whistling sound.

  "This beast is quite formidable, everyone be careful." The woman lightly shouted, her body surrounded by a circle of true energy, enveloping the scorching red aura, with a blue long sword in her hand, the sword energy carrying a hint of flames, slashing out a sword shadow that shrouded the earth and rushed towards the howling wolves.

  "Waaaahhhh..."

  The earth shook as the wolf howled, its massive body dodging the attacks of the eight samurai, but it was unable to avoid the attack of the woman in armor. The sword's shadow flashed across its back, and a shallow wound appeared, with blood oozing out.

  "What a strong defensive power." Lu Shaoyou gazed at the distant figure of Da Di Xiao Lang, who had just been struck by the woman's sword. He was shocked that the woman was a top-notch martial artist, and the power of her single strike was absolutely formidable. Yet, Da Di Xiao Lang only seemed to have suffered minor injuries. This kind of defensive power was simply astonishing, no wonder people said that demonic beasts were not easy to deal with.

  "Bang......"

  A moment later, Da Di Xiao Lang was struck by the Seventh Martial Artist's palm again, and his massive body also stumbled backward and fell.

  "Bang!" At this moment, the young man in magnificent attire appeared beside Da Di Xiao Lang like a flash of lightning. His long sword was sheathed, and his hands formed a seal, releasing a palm print that carried a fierce and violent energy, heavily slamming onto Da Di Xiao Lang's body.

  Bang!

  With a faint muffled sound, the earth shook and the wolf's body was instantly blown away. A palm from a first-rate martial artist was far stronger than that of a seventh-rate martial artist. The body finally crashed heavily to the ground.

  "Wah wah"

  The earth shook as the wolf let out a loud howl, its two eyes fixed intently on the four people in front of it, its gaze already furious, with a faint yellow glow trembling around its body, and cold light flashing on its sharp fangs.

  "Ahhh..."

  The Great Earth Wolf let out a loud roar again, its four limbs stomped the ground, and a massive force spread out. The ground cracked with numerous fissures, and the Great Earth Wolf's body suddenly rose into the air. Its front paws, like an eagle swooping down to grab its prey, tore towards the young man in luxurious clothing.

  "Get back," the young man in Chinese attire shouted, his hand forming a seal as he did so. At the same time, his true energy surged and distorted the space in front of him, creating a ripple effect that seemed to warp reality itself. A powerful fist strike shot out, its sharp breaking wind sound tearing through the air and ripping apart the void as it violently assaulted the howling wolf on the ground.

  The Da Di Xiao Lang is a second-order demon beast. As long as it has reached the level of a demon beast, even if it's only a first-order one, its spiritual intelligence has already been opened. The wisdom of a second-order demon beast may not be very high, but compared to humans, it won't be much different either. At this time, feeling that the opponent is formidable, it doesn't dare to resist hard, and its massive body makes a strange twist, changing direction in mid-air and retreating violently.

  "Brute, come in!" Just then, the woman in the strong suit suddenly shouted and threw out a series of strange hand seals. Instantly, a strange light seal appeared in her hand, which looked like a talisman or a Buddhist scripture.

  A faint glow appeared, carrying an eerie aura. As the aura spread, Lu Shao-yu suddenly felt that the small dragon's aura on his arm was starting to get a bit restless.

  Lu Shao-yu continued to comfort the little dragon, which had returned to normal just a moment later. At this time, Lu Shao-yu saw that the woman in armor suddenly stepped forward with her foot, and instantly appeared in front of Da Di Xiao Lang. The strange and mysterious light mark in her hand was quickly raised, and then fiercely chopped towards Da Di Xiao Lang's head.