The injured Silver-winged Centipede's ferocious nature erupted as it let out a sharp squeak. It opened its mouth and spat out a puff of incomparably scorching flames that swept madly towards Luo Yuan, his sister and Lu Xiaotian. The weeds on the ground were burned to ashes.
Lu Xiaotian was protected by the Vajra Barrier, but he could still feel the unbearable heat. After being burned a few times, the Vajra Barrier showed signs of collapsing. Lu Xiaotian was shocked. If he didn't have any protection, he would probably be burned to ashes like those weeds. Lu Xiaotian quickly took out a low-grade spirit stone from the barrier and held it in his hand to replenish his Vitality. At the same time, he protected himself with a Water Spirit Barrier. As soon as the water-blue barrier appeared, a cool breeze reduced the scorching heat.
"Ah!" Lu Xiaotian was still able to hold on, but Luo Qing, who was in the Early-stage of Qi Refinement, was the first to succumb to the fire poison. Her barrier was on the verge of collapsing. Her originally pale face was now flushed red and sweating profusely.
"Sister!" Luo Yuan hurriedly cast a Water Ball Spell to absorb the scorching poisonous fire. He stood in front of Luo Qing.
This Silver-winged Centipede's strength was in the Late-stage of Qi Refinement. Even a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refinement would not dare to face it head-on. Luo Qing was two ranks lower than it. Naturally, she would not be able to withstand the Silver-winged Centipede's attack. Lu Xiaotian was closer. He took two steps forward and stood in front of Luo Qing. "This beast is too powerful. Just cast your spells from behind. Don't get too close."
"Thank you, Big Brother. Brother Lu!" Luo Qing hurriedly retreated as the burden on her was lifted.
"Whoosh whoosh …"
Fan Qing shot two more arrows. The Silver-winged Centipede raised its head and blocked the arrows with a thick earth wall.
The arrows only penetrated the earth wall, but their speed was greatly reduced. They only flew a few feet before falling to the ground.
Lu Xiaotian sneered in his heart when he saw that his attack had missed. The team's overall strength was still stronger than the Silver-winged Centipede, but they would have to pay a heavy price to take it down. Yao Dan was something Fan Qing was determined to obtain. Naturally, Fan Qing had to take the lead. No one would risk their life so easily.
Wang Yuan, Zhang Guang, Wang Ping, Luo Yuan, and the others were like him. They were all standing relatively far away and attacking the Silver-winged Centipede with spells. Although this consumed a lot of their vitality, it was not life-threatening.
Lu Xiaotian had cast a lot of magic spells in the team. But, he had an ample supply of low-grade spirit stones. So, he had an easier time than the others. After all, Luo Yuan and the others didn't have that many spirit stones to use. Even if they managed to kill the Silver-winged Centipede by consuming more than 10 Spirit Stones, their efforts would be in vain. Luo Yuan and the others were naturally unwilling to do such a foolish thing.
Cut! After casting another Golden Spear Art, the low-grade spirit stone in his hand shattered and turned into powder. Lu Xiaotian quickly took out another spirit stone. In this kind of dangerous place, he had to maintain his Yuan Qi as much as possible. Now was not the time to be stingy with spirit stones.
Fan Qing's expression changed slightly. At this moment, he also realized that the Silver-winged Centipede was a Demonic Beast of Earth and Fire. Its attack power was extraordinary, and its defense was amazing.
They might not be able to kill the giant centipede even if they used up all of their Primordial Qi. If they consumed too many spirit stones, it would not be worthwhile.
Thinking of this, Fan Qing quickly realized that unless he took out enough killer pincers, the others wouldn't help him. Thinking of this, Fan Qing immediately shouted, "I don't know how long we'll have to fight like this. Everyone, help me break this evil creature's defensive magic spell. After I severely injure it, we can trap it and kill it!"
"Okay, I'll help you!" Zheng Shiqi's body flashed and came to Fan Qing's side. Then, he cast a few primary-level magic spells toward the Silver-winged Centipede.
Lu Xiaotian suddenly felt that something was wrong under his feet. He immediately stomped on the ground and jumped ten feet high. Suddenly, an earth thorn appeared where he was standing. If he hadn't dodged in time, he would have been pierced through.
"This beast really doesn't know what's good for it. Can't it see that Fan Qing is the biggest threat to it?" Lu Xiaotian was annoyed. He also increased the strength of his attacks.
"Fire Arrow Art!"
"Golden Spear Art!"
Lu Xiaotian cast a few primary-level magic spells in a row. Together with Zheng Shiqi and Wang Yuan's earth thorns and ice spears, they broke through the Silver-winged Centipede's earth walls.
"Good!" Fan Qing was overjoyed. He couldn't help but look at Lu Xiaotian. He didn't expect this person's magic spells to be so powerful. The timing of his attacks was just right. After a slight mistake, Fan Qing drew his bow again and shot three times in a row. The sharp arrows pierced the Silver-winged Centipede's head, piercing its hard shell and penetrating its flesh.
The Silver-winged Centipede screamed in pain. Its huge limbs rushed toward Fan Qing, who was the initiator of the attack.
Fan Qing was unperturbed. He waved his right hand at the Silver-winged Centipede, and a huge crimson net fell from the sky. The spiritual arrows in his quiver were all used up. Fan Qing abandoned the bow and took out a sharp spiritual saber a few feet long from his storage pouch. He pinched a corner of the crimson net and shouted, "This beast is already at the end of its tether. If we can survive this round, we can kill this beast. Everyone, let's attack together!"
Seeing that Fan Qing had used his trump card, the others looked at each other and stepped forward bravely. They reached out and grabbed a corner of the crimson net, trapping the Silver-winged Centipede in it. All kinds of magic spells were cast again.
The crimson net was made of some unknown spiritual item. It was abnormally tough. The Silver-winged Centipede's huge body was trapped in the net. No matter how it struggled, although it tore open a few holes, it was far from being able to break free.
"Hiss …"
Black poisonous mist spurted out from the centipede's mouth and enveloped the surroundings. The weeds and trees quickly withered. However, Lu Xiaotian and the other eight pulled the crimson net and shrunk the encirclement.
"Hey!" Wang Ping saw the opportunity and swung the Black Iron Staff in his hand in an arc, smashing two of the centipede's legs. "Crack." The centipede's legs broke.
Lu Xiaotian pulled the net with his left hand and waved his spiritual sword with his right. He also cut off three of the centipede's legs that were swinging toward him. The immense pulling force from the crimson net shocked him. Even with the combined strength of the nine of them, they could barely contend with the Silver-winged Centipede. If it were not for the sharp spiritual weapons in their hands, they might not have been able to do anything to this fellow.
The Silver-winged Centipede had twenty to thirty of its legs chopped off by the nine of them. It was attacked by no less than a hundred elementary spells. It struggled desperately but to no avail. A fierce glint flashed in Fan Qing's eyes. He leaped up and landed on the Silver-winged Centipede's head. He held his saber with both hands and urged his magic power to the extreme. The spiritual saber glowed with a cold saber light. He stabbed it into the gap between the centipede's head and the first piece of its shell. With a ripping sound, the spiritual saber pierced through the centipede's body.
A large amount of the Silver-winged Centipede's green body fluid spurted out from the wound.
The centipede screamed miserably and writhed again. Lu Xiaotian felt pain in his hand. The crimson net actually fell out of his hand.
However, the Silver-winged Centipede's head was fatally injured. It was already struggling on the verge of death. For a moment, spiritual sabers, spiritual swords, and black iron staffs were used one after another. They were mixed with elementary spells.
Whoosh! A round ball the size of a goose egg was spat out from the Silver-winged Centipede's mouth. It suddenly collided with Fan Qing's spiritual saber.
With a boom, Fan Qing was sent flying backward and crashed into a thick tree trunk. However, Fan Qing did not care about the pain on his body. Instead, he laughed out loud. "Yao Dan!"
Yao Dan repelled Fan Qing in one move and attacked Hunchback He who was closer. Hunchback He was startled. He did not dare to take the Silver-winged Centipede's counterattack head-on. Casting an Earth Escape Technique, he drilled into the ground and disappeared.
"This damned Hunchback He."
Lu Xiaotian could not help but curse in his heart when he saw Yao Dan attack him after losing his target, Hunchback He. Yao Dan was too close. It was too late for him to use the Earth Escape Technique. He was afraid that before he could completely burrow into the ground, Yao Dan would hit his head. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Lu Xiaotian clenched his teeth and slashed at Yao Dan with all his might with the spiritual sword in his hand. The spiritual sword almost slipped out of his hand. Lu Xiaotian's body uncontrollably slid back a few meters. Looking at the short sword in his hand, Lu Xiaotian could not help but feel heartache. This was a mid-grade spiritual weapon that he had spent dozens of spiritual stones to buy. He had only used it a few times. Even though he was already an alchemist, he could not withstand such consumption.
However, Yao Dan's luster had dimmed a bit after the repeated collisions.
With a thud, the Silver-winged Centipede's limbs lost their support and fell to the ground. Luo Yuan had taken advantage of the moment when the Silver-winged Centipede was attacking Lu Xiaotian to completely cut off the Silver-winged Centipede's head.
Fan Qing ignored the pain on his body and rushed over. He grabbed the dimmed Yao Dan in his hand and could not hide the excitement on his face. The Barbarian Beast Sect's mission only required the Yao Dan to be damaged. There were no harsh requirements.
"This battle was really tiring. However, it was worth it to split this Silver-winged Centipede. It's a pity that the wings were damaged. Otherwise, we would have made a fortune if we had a refining shop forge a wing spiritual weapon. "Wang Yuan put away the spiritual sword in her hand and said with some regret.
Among the various spiritual weapons, wing spiritual weapons were extremely rare. Because Qi Condensation cultivators were unable to fly, wing spiritual weapons' prices had always been high. Moreover, they were priceless.
"It's already not bad to be able to take down this beast without any casualties. Let's quickly split this centipede."
Wang Ping, Zhang Guang, Zheng Shiqi, Luo Yuan and his sister were so happy that they were rubbing their hands. On average, each of them would be able to get twenty spirit stones worth of materials.
"Haha, this kind of good thing should naturally be shared by those who saw it. How can we be left out?"
Just when Wang Ping and the others were happy, a familiar laughter came from a small mountain not far away. Lu Xiaotian looked towards the direction of the laughter and saw that the person on the mountain was the eccentric person who had used the Green Bamboo Bees to ambush them. Following closely behind him were seven other cultivators who were greedily looking at the Silver-winged Centipede on the ground. Their intentions were clear as day.
The expressions of Luo Yuan and the others changed greatly. Lu Xiaotian's heart also sank. Although he did not need the materials from the Silver-winged Centipede, it was not a good feeling to be spied on by another group of adventurers. Especially when their group had just gone through a fierce battle. They had lost a few spiritual weapons and consumed a lot of Yuan Qi. It would be good if they had half of their fighting strength left.
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