Chapter 84: Second-Order Advanced Demon Beast

Chapter 84: Chapter 84: Second-Order Advanced Demon Beast

When Han Shou heard the voice, his face turned ashen. He trembled uncontrollably, prostrating himself and slamming his head on the ground in the direction of the sound.

"I was wrong! I was wrong!"

"I shouldn’t have brought people to rob you! I shouldn’t have betrayed you!"

"Yi, just treat me like a fart and let me go!"

In just a few moments, Han Shou’s forehead was already a bloody mess from his kowtowing.

Yi Xiaoyao watched this scene with indifference, his heart unstirred. He felt not a shred of pity for the man.

Yi Xiaoyao understood Han Shou’s betrayal all too well. If he hadn’t been strong enough, he would be the one lying dead on the ground right now. Han Shou, on the other hand, would be holding his share of the Demon Blood Fruits, gleefully gloating over Yi Xiaoyao’s corpse.

"I already gave you a chance to leave. For someone like you, death is too good."

As his words fell, a flash of Sword Qi shot out and sliced across Han Shou’s throat. The man clutched his neck, his face a mask of hopeless terror.

Han Shou let out a series of gurgling sounds as his body convulsed and collapsed. The terror remained on his face; he had never imagined that his young life would end like this.

It was all because of a single evil thought. One wrong step led to another, ultimately culminating in the end of his life.

Yi Xiaoyao didn’t spare the bodies on the ground a single glance. In the future, countless nameless souls would fall to his sword. Why should he care about a few stumbling blocks on his path to power?

Before Han Shou had even drawn his last breath, Yi Xiaoyao had already turned and continued deeper into the forest.

「Three days later.」

Yi Xiaoyao appeared atop an ancient tree in the Earth Star Forest.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, refining the medicinal power of the Demon Blood Fruit he had just consumed.

Over the past few days, Yi Xiaoyao had been consuming a Demon Blood Fruit every so often, and each time he had to find a safe place to refine it.

A moment later, an eerie red glow flashed across Yi Xiaoyao’s skin. He then threw a punch at the tree trunk beneath him.

BOOM!

The tough, thick trunk shook violently, and a deep fist print appeared on its surface.

Looking at the depth of the fist print, Yi Xiaoyao nodded in satisfaction.

He hadn’t used any Spiritual Power in that punch. His physical strength alone was enough to cause such destruction.

One must understand, the strength of an ordinary human could never achieve this.

’Not bad. After refining this seventh Demon Blood Fruit, the increase in my strength is even greater than I expected.’

At the same time, Yi Xiaoyao calculated that if he were to use his Spiritual Power, he could now fight a common mid-tier second-rank Demon Beast head-on using only his physical body.

Thus, the seven Demon Blood Fruits were by far his greatest gain on this journey.

However, besides the Demon Blood Fruits, Yi Xiaoyao’s proficiency with the Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique had also improved significantly.

There were no signs of any mid-tier second-rank Demon Beasts in his current location. For someone as experienced in the forest as Yi Xiaoyao, he knew exactly what that meant.

This was the territory of high-tier second-rank Demon Beasts.

Yi Xiaoyao had discovered that hunting mid-tier second-rank Demon Beasts was no longer enough to advance his Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique.

He had come here precisely to take a risk and try hunting a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast, which was comparable to a human at the Eighth or Ninth Realm of Foundation Establishment.

However, Yi Xiaoyao was well aware that there was still a gap between him and a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast, and he wasn’t about to gamble with his own life.

Therefore, he planned to first advance his Cultivation to the Fourth Realm of Foundation Establishment before making any other plans.

After the training of the past few days, Yi Xiaoyao’s Cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds. Now, after consuming three Foundation-Realm Elixirs, he entered a state of Cultivation.

The effects of a Perfect Elixir were far beyond that of an ordinary Elixir. Yi Xiaoyao was extremely confident about this breakthrough.

...

Meanwhile, the Earth Star Forest was as quiet as ever, yet tinged with a faint aura of danger.

"Everyone, be careful. A high-tier second-rank Demon Beast could pop out of this area at any moment. You must be on full alert."

A deep voice rang out as a small team of a dozen or so people moved slowly through the dense woods.

Every member of the team had a tense expression, their eyes showing a mixture of excitement and worry.

"Captain Zhou Yan, we’ve made thorough preparations this time. We can definitely hunt a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast!" one of the team members said.

Their leader, Captain Zhou Yan, didn’t deny it, but warned cautiously, "That may be so, but we absolutely cannot get separated. Our strength is still far inferior to a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast’s. If any one of us gets caught alone by a Demon Beast, it’s certain death."

Just then, a peculiar fluctuation of energy rippled from ahead.

"There’s movement!"

"Is it a person or a Demon Beast?!"

The team members drew their weapons, staring at the ancient tree ahead with extreme vigilance.

SWOOSH—THUD!

With the sound of a landing, a young man in a black robe with a blood-colored long sword on his back leaped down from the ancient tree, appearing before the crowd.

This black-robed youth with the blood-colored sword was, of course, Yi Xiaoyao.

And the peculiar fluctuation the team had just felt was the energy released from Yi Xiaoyao’s successful breakthrough to the Fourth Realm of Foundation Establishment.

"Hm?"

Yi Xiaoyao looked up at the dozen or so people before him, a strange look in his eyes.

It was normal for Demon Hunting Teams or sect disciples to appear in the Earth Star Forest.

But for a group whose Cultivation auras were all around the Sixth Realm of Foundation Establishment to appear in an area with high-tier second-rank Demon Beasts... that was a bit unusual.

After all, the gap between a human at the Sixth Realm of Foundation Establishment and a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast was still immense.

The members of the small team were startled by Yi Xiaoyao’s appearance, but they soon relaxed after sensing his unconcealed Cultivation aura.

"Where did this reckless punk come from? Get the hell out of my sight!"

Having been startled into a cold sweat by Yi Xiaoyao, Captain Zhou Yan immediately roared at him.

"A kid at the Fourth Realm of Foundation Establishment dares to wander around in an area frequented by high-tier second-rank Demon Beasts. He’s really courting death."

The other members of the team also began to snicker, and the tense atmosphere from before eased considerably.

Yi Xiaoyao gave them a cold glance but didn’t get angry.

Just as Yi Xiaoyao was about to turn and leave, he suddenly felt a series of tremors from the ground, followed by a powerful aura.

"It’s a high-tier second-rank Demon Beast!"

Someone in the small team cried out in alarm, and they began to hastily set up traps in the surroundings.

"Quick! Set the traps! Prepare to hunt with all your might!"

Captain Zhou Yan commanded nervously. Then he looked at Yi Xiaoyao, who had stopped in his tracks, and shouted, "Kid, what are you waiting for? Scram and run for your life! When the high-tier second-rank Demon Beast gets here, you won’t even know what killed you!"

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