These people might actually kill the big snake if the other three monster spirits donât make a move... A headache throbbed at Li Haoâs temples. He didnât care about the big snake dying, but what if these people didnât go after the other three afterward and continued to come for him instead?
With these people working in tandem, even peak Novas would find it difficult to escape. Just look at that large net immobilizing a premier powerhouse!
But... this snake was also the weakest among the four, wasnât it? Li Hao could clearly see the snakeâs lightâit stabbed into the eye, but it wasnât as piercing as Hou Xiaochenâs or the othersâ. The young manâs eyes hadnât teared up because of this big snake. The other three were probably stronger than it.
Itâs pretty much one against four...
Seventeen Solars were absolutely on par with two Novasâthe big snake was fighting the equivalent of four Novas. How terrifying! So this was how strong Hou Xiaochen was. No wonder Blue Moon and the others hadnât dared make a move. It would require four or five Novas to be reasonably guaranteed of taking down the man.
......
At the same time, inside the valley.
The other three monster spirits stirred restlessly. The little snake seemed to be trapped. As they thought, it was useless. A unique ripple reverberated around the valleyâit came from the tiger. More ripples floated over the other twoâs heads.
âSnakey is so trash that itâs trapped. The Golden Lotus... seems to need a while longer to mature.â
âSo youâre going?â came a ripple from the golden eagle. The tiger looked at the bird, the bird looked back at the tiger.
âStop it with the âyou go, no you goâ,â rumbled the ape. âSnakey is crap and caused too much of a disturbance. There seems to be martial masters around apart from these supernaturals. Martial masters... theyâre very strong and I seem to have seen the fool from before. Iâm talking about the one who beat you guys... I mean those of your race!â
âNonsense!â yowled the tiger in a weak voice.
The ape didnât care, its nose twitched. âIâm just saying that thereâs a very strong martial master similar to him. His blood qi is exuberant, so Iâll take on that guy!â
The golden eagle mantled with a burst of lazy ripples. âIâll help Snakey!â
The tiger twisted its tail around. âThere seems to be another human apart from the one with strong blood qi... Iâll take care of him!â
The three monster spirits had decided to make a move. The golden eagle spread its wings wide and disappeared without a trace. A powerful bound sent the ape out of sight. After a final look at the lotus, the tiger also dashed away. Its speed knew no comparison as it vanished from the valley.
......
Seventeen Solars and two Novas furiously pummeled the giant snake. Some of its sturdy scales had crumbled; it rasped with fury. One drop of blood fell to the ground, shaking the earth when it landed. It continued to hover protectively over a small snake. A new ripple washed over the scene at this timeâeveryone knew instantly what contained.
âSo weak and so stupid, Snakey. You really donât have much ability to your name...â
Anger, as well as a certain degree of insecurity, appeared in the snakeâs eyes. Was that true?
A smear of gold burst onto the scene, stunning the humans when a hell master was ripped apart by a pair of golden claws that tore through the void. A Solar was shredded to pieces in the blink of an eye!
Bam!
The snake erupted in a frenzy of activity and rammed through the net. Caught in a fit of wrath, it lashed out with its tail and smacked the little shield away. The next flick of its tail smashed one of the hell masters into meat paste!
The golden eagle was much faster than it. Aureate light sparkled asâpfft pfft pfft! A series of popping sounds traveled through the air; eight of the cocky hell masters were promptly mauled out of their lives!
The abrupt development stunned everyone present. Half Mountain spun on his heel and ran off without a word. This was insanity! There was another major monster spirit here!
A loud collision sounded as a new figure flew out of the void. Southern Fist shot back in the air with a bellowed complaint, âI havenât done anything bad...â
Bam!
The enormous ape almost shattered the sky when it punched out! Southern Fist was so despondent that he nearly spat blood. How... damned unlucky am I?? Iâm just here for a peek, how was I supposed to know that all of you are here? I didnât do nothing, but the ape found me through smell alone and itâs damned fast!
Southern Fist also punched out!
BAM!!
The skies and earth roared; He Yong flew backward with a mouthful of blood. Fucking hell, itâs strong! Peak Nova? No!! Probably stronger!
âHmm? Thatâs strong... Are you the Crippled Fist King of the Thirty-Five Rookies?â An astonished voice traveled into Southern Fistâs ears. Immensely taken aback, his eyes snapped to the giant ape when he realized something between mouthfuls of blood. As expected, there was a puzzled look in the monster spiritâs eyes.
Crippled Fist King?? The hell is that?? It went without saying where the monster spirit had heard the nickname fromâYuan Shuo! It must be him! This ape must be one of the ones that he learned the five auras from.
The massive ape was very curious and punched again!
Boom!
Heaven and earth shattered once more; Southern First broke through the void and fled for his life. Are you kidding me?? The monster spiritâs too strong! Iâm bloody strong too, but I need to stay away from this one!
A tiger roar shook the skies the second he escaped. Bam! Sword light illuminated the land while the skies churned and earth overturned. The ground split and the firmament was torn asunder!
âIâm just passing through!â A resigned voice protested in the distance. Truly!
âROAR!!â snarled the tiger, shaking the mountain and decimating countless trees to dust. They revealed a large clearing where the earth had been shaken apart.
âI really... donât mean to cause any trouble...â A man with a longsword looked around helplessly.
Keen light shone out of the tigerâs eyes! âOne of the thirty-five trash?â
â......â The heck?? Hong Yitang asked wearily, âAre you the tiger that Yuan Shuo once beat up?â
âROAR!!â
âAhem, sorry! My apologies!â Hong Yitang swiftly retreated, longsword in hand. âThis is a misunderstanding! Iâll be on my way, you guys continue doing whatever you were doing. Iâm only here to look for my daughter, so letâs not engage in anything. If we really fight to the death... This isnât the only place of treasure in the nine mountains and eighteen layers of Ash Mountain. We might lure stronger existences to us...â
The tiger glared coldly at Hong Yitang. âOne of the Seven Trash Swords?â
â......â Oh fuck you! Why was even a tiger that Yuan Shuo had beaten up so irritating?
Off in the distance, Half Mountain was dumbfounded by the giant ape and Southern Fist that showed up in the first direction that he ran in. When he changed tack, he stumbled across a ferocious tiger and... Hong Yitang?
This was unbelievable!
He didnât dare contemplate anything and quickly ran in the only direction that didnât contain anyone. Half Mountain didnât have the courage to linger. Agonized shrieks rose and fell behind him as the golden eagle and gigantic snake quickly ripped all of the sixteen hell masters to pieces. The Parity Kingâs strongest troops were eviscerated in the blink of an eye!
The golden eagle was much stronger than the snake; Half Mountainâs scalp went numb as he ran. Aureate light flashed overhead and the void broke thunderously. Golden claws materialized over his head. Half Mountainâs face slackened with dismay even though he vanished into the darkness!
An invisibility method!
And yet, light filled the eagleâs eyes. It broke the darkness! When Half Mountain reappeared, a claw descended to crush one of his arms with a sickening crunch. The man used the opportunity to escape again.
A stern look entered the eagleâs eyes. One sharp cry later, it broke through the air and vanished on the spot. When it came back into sight, it plucked Half Mountain out of the darkness!
Horrified, the man spun and ran for Tidal Wave.
The woman had suffered a blow from the snakeâs tail and flew out from the loud collision. She didnât dare remain on the scene and used the momentum to flee. There was no time to pay attention to her severe injuries. The sixteen hell masters had been eliminated in the blink of an eye and their joint offensive instantly smashed to smithereens.
Whether it was the snake or eagle, both were unparalleled existencesâand there were two more! Thankfully, those two were preoccupied by Southern Fist and Earthturner Sword. No, it would be more accurate to say that the two monster spirits were obstructing them.
No one had the mind to spare for why these two were so strong and why they were following the bigger group. There was no need to think about anything other than how to escape and survive!
Who wouldâve thought that four major monster spirits would be living in Ash Mountain? And the key thing was, rather than attack each other, they helped each other in times of distress! That was the most frightening!
Earthturner Sword looked over at the one-armed Half Mountain, the gravely injured Tidal Wave flying backward, then at the Revolution King madly running for his life with a wind chime over his head... He dearly wished for all of them to live. They needed to be hale and hearty so they could buy him some time! Sadly, all of them were trash and about to die.
Hong Yitang then looked at the suppressed Southern Fistâthe ape kept beating mouthfuls of blood out of the man. As he thought, Southern Fist was trash too. He was slightly stronger than anticipated, possibly mid Nova. But still, he couldnât stand up to the ape!
Of these four monster spirits, one was a peak Nova and the other three were at critical moments of metamorphosis. They would be greater than Nova when they completed the changeâthey could be hailed peak perfection Novas or a half step beyond.
The tiger in front of him was one of them.
âBrother Tiger, why run down a bystander?â Earthturner Sword continuously retreated with a smile on his face. âMy sword isnât weak. You guys seem to be protecting something and awaiting the chance for transformation. You might be injured if you fight me, which might delay your change. Wouldnât that be a great loss? I havenât done anything against you, have I?â
The fearsome tiger stared coldly at him, its limbs trembling. It wasnât afraid, but ready to pounce at any time. The human was very strong! But, so what? Humans were all wicked! This person reminded it of that evil guy many years ago. The tiger didnât want to listen to anything, it just wanted to kill the human!