"Since that's the case, a fight is inevitable." Zou Xin's expression turned ugly as he whistled. The black ape pounded its chest a few times with its thick palms. Its black fur and exposed muscles instantly turned light gold. It looked majestic.
Zou Xin was very afraid of Lu Xiaotian's backup plan, so he let the black ape take the lead.
The black ape roared and charged at Lu Xiaotian. Its huge body caused the ground to tremble slightly. A demon beast's physical strength was usually stronger than a cultivator of the same level. After the black ape used the "Golden Armor Technique", its defensive power increased several times. It was also a threat to cultivators in the middle stage of Aura Refining.
Lu Xiaotian's brows furrowed slightly but soon relaxed. With a flip of his left hand, he threw out a few Fog Fruits. Suddenly, a large amount of black gas was released, covering a radius of several zhang.
"Not good, come back!" Zou Xin's heart jumped. He hurriedly ordered the black ape to retreat to avoid a sneak attack from Lu Xiaotian. At the same time, Zou Xin used the "Whirlwind Technique" and "Spirit Eye Technique" to avoid a sneak attack from Lu Xiaotian. He avoided Lu Xiaotian's sneak attack, but he did not notice the soft sound of an object falling to the ground.
"Fire Arrow Technique!" As the black smoke was blown away, Lu Xiaotian used a primary spell. A dozen fire arrows were shot at the black ape.
"Roar!" The black ape roared and moved left and right. It showed agility that didn't match its body. It avoided most of the fire arrows, but it was still hit by a few. However, the fire arrows seemed to have hit a layer of iron armor. Sparks flew in all directions, but they couldn't penetrate the black ape's skin.
The black ape screamed in pain and jumped up and down. The black smoke became thinner. Lu Xiaotian looked carefully and found that the black ape's body had a few more bloodstains. He couldn't help but smile. This was normal. It was only a primary demon beast. Even if it was a bit stronger and could barely block his spell, it still suffered some light injuries.
Zou Xin was furious. He suddenly swung the mace in his hand at Lu Xiaotian's head.
In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged dozens of blows. Lu Xiaotian's heart sank. He was using a short sword. The weapon used by the brocade-robed man was also a middle-grade spirit tool. However, the wolf-tooth club had a huge advantage in terms of its size. Lu Xiaotian's hand felt somewhat numb after dozens of exchanges. At the same time, he had to evade the attacks of the black ape, so he was put into a difficult situation by the large man in embroidered clothes.
"That's all there is to it. Kid, you're dead meat."
Zou Xin laughed heartily. He'd experienced no less than a hundred battles of various sizes, and was extremely experienced. After a few exchanges, he'd figured out Lu Xiaotian's strength, and Lu Xiaotian's cultivation was roughly on par with his. He was bold and decisive, but not experienced enough. It was in line with his age.
However, this person was extremely intelligent. The reason why a large number of monsters had fallen into his hands was most likely because he had the antidote for the Shadow Ants and was very good at setting up traps. Furthermore, he carried a large number of talismans with him. As a result, he failed miserably at such an easy task.
"I'm afraid that might not be the case." Lu Xiaotian forced Zou Xin back with his sword, and a gust of wind flashed behind him. Lu Xiaotian hurriedly took a few steps forward. However, he still felt a burning pain on his back. Without even looking, he knew that the black ape's claws had injured him.
"Stubborn as a dead duck, I'll let you see what I can do." Zou Xin waved his hand and took out a strange leather talisman. The talisman's pattern was complicated, and it fluctuated with different elemental Spiritual Qi from ordinary talismans. This talisman fluctuated with a violent and ruthless aura of blood.
"Blood Demon Talisman!"
Lu Xiaotian was shocked. Ordinary talismans could only be used by cultivators. Demonic beasts couldn't use them. However, a long time ago, a powerful cultivator had researched a type of talisman that could be used by demonic beasts, the Blood Demon Talisman! It could stimulate a demonic beast's potential for a short period of time, causing its strength to increase explosively. However, using this type of talisman required a large price to be paid. After the Blood Demon Talisman's effect, the spirit beast's strength would plummet. The black ape's strength, which was originally equivalent to the third layer of Qi Refining, would very likely fall to the second layer, or even the first layer.
"That's right, it's the Blood Demon Talisman. You know your stuff. It's your honor to die in my hands. " Zou Xin laughed sinisterly. He only had two of these Blood Demon Talismans in his possession. They were used to save his life during critical moments, and he was usually reluctant to use them. However, due to the tragic death of the large number of monsters, Zou Xin still had a certain degree of fear towards Lu Xiaotian. He was worried that Lu Xiaotian still had a large number of talismans in his hands and would launch a surprise attack when he was unprepared.
In a situation where he was unprepared and had to deal with dozens of elementary spells, he would follow the same path as the large number of monsters and be killed in a surprise attack in a fluster. Therefore, Zou Xin chose a relatively safe method. He used the Blood Demon Talisman to stimulate the black ape's potential. At critical moments, he would let the black ape take the lead while he was responsible for sneak attacks from the side. As long as he could take down Lu Xiaotian, even if he had to sacrifice the black ape, it would be worth it.
Lu Xiaotian hurriedly stabbed his sword at Zou Xin. Zou Xin laughed strangely and blocked one after another. He had already activated the Blood Demon Talisman in his hand.
The Blood Demon Talisman turned into a red light in the air and enveloped the black ape.
The black ape roared again and again. Its body suddenly grew several feet taller and the fangs in its mouth protruded. Its appearance was terrifying. Its aura soared from an elementary Monster Beast to a second-order Monster Beast, crossing an entire rank.
"Haha, kid, surrender." Seeing the black ape's strength soar, Zou Xin's heart calmed down. With two against one, no matter how cunning this kid was, he would not be able to change the gap in strength.
"Is that so?" Lu Xiaotian sneered. A person's most careless moment was often when they were closest to success. The brocade-robed man thought that this was a sure-win situation, but how could he not be prepared?
Lu Xiaotian took a step forward, looking like he was about to die. Zou Xin casually waved his staff a few times to dissolve Lu Xiaotian's attacks and retreated. With victory already decided, he was naturally unwilling to take the risk of fighting Lu Xiaotian in close combat. However, Lu Xiaotian's continuous attacks were quite fierce.
Zou Xin retreated a few steps. The black ape was about to finish absorbing the power of the Blood Demon Talisman. Once his spirit beast pounced, this kid would die. Zou Xin thought fiercely.
However, when Zou Xin retreated, he suddenly felt a strange movement on his leg. It seemed that something was crawling on it. He hurriedly looked down and saw that several shadow ants had already crawled onto his leg and were biting it. The remaining dozens of ant corpses that should have been dead actually flapped their wings and flew towards him.
Zou Xin was so shocked that he lost two of his souls. He hurriedly tried to strike down the ant shadows on his leg, but Lu Xiaotian's sword was already stabbing towards his chest. He had no choice but to use the shadow ants on his leg. His protective spiritual barrier was no longer effective.
Zou Xin could only wave his mace to repel Lu Xiaotian. The mace was heavy and powerful, forcing Lu Xiaotian to retreat more than three meters. However, his leg was also bitten a few times. Immediately, the Primordial Qi that was circulating smoothly in his body became sluggish. Then, more shadow ants flew onto Zou Xin's body and bit him. In the blink of an eye, he could no longer use any transcendence energy.
Zou Xin's heart sank to the bottom. He still couldn't understand why. Weren't the shadow ants the spirit insects of the Big Freak? The Big Freak was already dead. Even if Lu Xiaotian had obtained the remaining spirit insects, he definitely wouldn't have been able to control them so easily in such a short period of time without sacrificing them and completing such an exquisite sneak attack.
"This kid wasn't afraid of the Big Freak's shadow ants before. He must have taken the antidote beforehand. He might also be an insect cultivator."
Zou Xin was horrified. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. However, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he scratched his head. From the moment Lu Xiaotian fought the Big Freak until now, he had seen everything clearly from inside the formation. Lu Xiaotian didn't show any signs of using the shadow ants. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape his eyes.
"You, how did you do it?" Zou Xin shouted angrily when he saw Lu Xiaotian closing in on him again.
"Just be a confused ghost."
Lu Xiaotian's expression was grave and stern. He brandished his sword and was about to end Zou Xin's life. A roar came from behind him. Lu Xiaotian cursed inwardly. "Damn it." The black ape had already finished absorbing the power of the Blood Demon Talisman and was pouncing towards him. Even if he could end his opponent's life with a single strike, the black ape's strength was already comparable to a Rank Two Demonic Beast. It wasn't much weaker than him. Moreover, the black ape's physical strength was already several times that of his. Lu Xiaotian didn't dare to use his body to take a blow from the black ape. If things went wrong, he might perish together with the big man in embroidered clothes. This wasn't an outcome he wanted.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lu Xiaotian turned around and slashed. The huge force caused him to retreat several steps. The black ape's body was still made of flesh and blood. After taking a blow from his sword, a gash appeared on its claw and blood gushed out.
However, the black bear didn't slow down in the slightest because of the injury. Instead, it became even crazier. Its originally wild eyes were now bloodshot.
"You want to kill me? It won't be that easy. "Zou Xin complained incessantly in his heart. Now that he no longer had any fighting strength, he could only hope that the black ape could kill Lu Xiaotian. Therefore, he tried to use words to distract Lu Xiaotian from the battle.
"Noisy. Killing you is only a matter of time." Lu Xiaotian glanced at Zou Xin after dodging the black ape's barbaric charge.
"You're just wasting your breath. If you have the ability, then kill me now." Zou Xin provoked.
"You really think I can't do anything to you? As you wish." Lu Xiaotian pressed the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist. With a flash of white mist, the leopard shook its head and revealed its vigorous body. It pounced towards Zou Xin with an ominous glint in its eyes.
Zou Xin's face immediately paled. He didn't expect Lu Xiaotian to have another Spirit Beast. Although its strength was low, only equivalent to a cultivator at the second layer of Qi Refining, it was no different from a scourge to him.
The leopard ran a few steps and leapt, pouncing on Zou Xin and biting his throat.
"Back off!" Lu Xiaotian shouted at the leopard that was about to pounce on the black ape. He was afraid that something would happen to it. The leopard's strength couldn't withstand an attack from the black ape whose strength had increased explosively.
After all, the strength gained through the Blood Demon Talisman couldn't compare to his own strength. Although the black ape was strong, Lu Xiaotian had a way to deal with it. With a wave of his hand, several dozen Shadow Ants flew out from Zou Xin's corpse and buzzed towards the black ape.
The black ape violently swatted several dozen Shadow Ants to death. But in the end, it wasn't like cultivators who could flexibly use spells or other tactics to avoid them. Soon, it was bitten several dozen times by the Shadow Ants.
Lu Xiaotian took advantage of the situation and cut off the black ape's head with his sword.
The leopard fawningly took Zou Xin's storage pouch and placed it at Lu Xiaotian's feet.
"You're quite crafty." With the crisis in front of him finally resolved, Lu Xiaotian's face revealed a smile of relief. He stroked the leopard's head and said, "When we get back, I'll look for a method to refine a higher grade Beast Spirit Pill and see if it can increase your strength. Go on in."
The leopard happily rubbed its head against Lu Xiaotian's trousers and entered the storage pouch.
Lu Xiaotian reached out and sucked the storage pouch into his hand. Then he put away the remaining Shadow Ants and checked Zou Xin's corpse again. He didn't miss anything.
Originally, with his strength, it was indeed not enough to contend against Zou Xin whose cultivation was on par with his. Plus, there was the black ape whose strength had increased explosively to the second rank. And his ability to control Shadow Ants was not as good as the large freak's. There was no chance of winning in a head-on clash, but Zou Xin was still a little complacent. Actually, at the beginning of the fight, when he released the Gauze Smoke Fruit, the black mist had filled the air. Lu Xiaotian did not do it for a sneak attack. Instead, he used the sneak attack as a pretext to draw Zou Xin's attention. At the same time, he secretly released his own Shadow Ants and let them fall to the ground.
Previously, when he fought with the large freak, he had already killed and injured dozens of Shadow Ants. The ground was a mess. It was full of holes.
And Zou Xin had seen how powerful Lu Xiaotian was. His attention was always on Lu Xiaotian. He was afraid that Lu Xiaotian would suddenly release a large number of talismans and kill him by surprise. During the fierce battle with Lu Xiaotian, he did not have the energy to pay attention to the Shadow Ant corpses on the ground. Later, when Zou Xin released the Blood Demon Talisman, he thought that victory was in his grasp and lowered his guard again. Because of this, he fell into Lu Xiaotian's trap and lost his life.
Lu Xiaotian waved his hand and threw out two small fireballs. The large freak and Zou Xin's corpses were burned to ashes in an instant. Lu Xiaotian quickly left the small forest. After the fierce battle, there were still remnants of transcendence energy fluctuations. If he was not careful, a passing cultivator might notice something was wrong. It was not advisable to stay in a dangerous place for long.
In the evening, Lu Xiaotian came to a river valley. He happened to see a sturdy brown bear crawling out of a tree hole in a towering ancient tree. Lu Xiaotian smiled. It seemed that he had a place to stay tonight. It was not safe to walk alone in the mountains at night.
Taking advantage of the brown bear's absence to look for food, Lu Xiaotian climbed into the tree hole. The inside of the hole was spacious enough to accommodate several people of his size. However, there was no light. It was pitch black. But this was not a problem for him. He circulated his Primordial Qi and his eyes were clear. The light was still dim, but he could see things with the help of the Spirit Eye Technique.
Lu Xiaotian took out two storage bags. The first one he opened was Zou Xin's. There were sixty to seventy different types of Spirit Stones, some healing medicines, a large amount of Spirit Grass, a few ores for refining tools, and some furs of Demonic Beasts. Lu Xiaotian was not interested in the materials.
However, there were a few Spirit Herbs that were actually quest items from the Spirit Cloud Palace and the Blue Pill Palace. There was also a Blood Demon Talisman, which was also very precious. He did not know how the large man in brocade had obtained such a precious item.
Lu Xiaotian sent all these things into the barrier and then opened the large freak's storage bag. He was shocked. He was rich enough as an alchemist, but he did not expect the large freak to be so rich after raising hundreds of Shadow Ants. There were hundreds of Spirit Stones of various kinds. From the storage bag, Lu Xiaotian found a few more Spirit Herbs from the Spirit Cloud Palace. Some of them were the same as the ones he had now.
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