Chapter 823 Beating You Until You Dare Not Chase
Ye Xuanyue’s gaze remained fixed on the battle before her.
The Spirit Beast, seeing that the human before it did not display much power yet was still troublesome, had its expression change slightly, immediately looking displeased.
However, it absolutely would not back down.
Originally, it and another Spirit Beast were supposed to stay and guard the Spiritual Medicine and should not have left without permission. It was its own greed that moved it—that was why it raided the human underground market, hoping to gain benefits.
Who could have predicted it?
Not only did it fail to gain anything, but even the Herb Garden it was guarding had been completely cleaned out by humans.
If it let these humans escape, it would have no way to explain things upon returning.
So the Spirit Beast gritted its teeth, its expression instantly becoming much more serious.
Spiritual Light radiated from its body, and its aura seemed to increase significantly in an instant.
Leng Moran watched coldly from the side. He studied it carefully for a few moments before speaking.
“It seems this Spirit Beast is going all out.”
Leng Moran’s judgment was correct.
The next moment, patterns appeared on the Spirit Beast’s face. Ye Xuanyue was somewhat puzzled, unable to see them clearly, but then she heard Little White’s voice in her Consciousness Sea.
“I know what race this Spirit Beast belongs to.”
“Its True Form is probably a type of ox.”
Ye Xuanyue was slightly stunned. Then she saw the Spirit Beast opposite her, its Spiritual Light growing denser and denser. A flash of white light passed, and it actually regained the appearance of its True Form!
Little White was not wrong. It really was an ox.
However, the horns on its head emitted a faint silvery-white light, looking quite extraordinary.
The Spirit Beast opened its mouth, its voice filled with obvious, deep hatred.
“You damned thieves... you will all die!”
“You will all die...”
It kept muttering these two phrases. Then, the next second, a silver-grey ripple spread through the air, and it charged straight towards Hou Xiaoyong.
Its aura was indeed very powerful.
Hou Xiaoyong sneered. The next second, he tightened his grip on the long blade in his hand.
His brows and eyes looked extremely sharp.
Then, Ye Xuanyue saw him curl his fingers and stuff some kind of Pill into his mouth, swallowing it immediately.
His voice revealed icy arrogance.
“With just these petty tricks of yours?”
Actually, using its True Form to fight allowed the Spirit Beast to unleash greater power—yet conversely, it was not as nimble as in human shape.
Hou Xiaoyong made Ye Xuanyue look at him in a new light.
She had not expected that this middle-aged street vendor could perform to this extent.
He was too far away when he swallowed the Pill, so Ye Xuanyue did not get a clear look, but its effects were obviously remarkable.
After Hou Xiaoyong swallowed that Pill, the Spiritual Energy all over his body suddenly surged again.
It was not enough to raise him a whole minor realm.
His displayed cultivation strength, in Ye Xuanyue’s estimation, should have been around the early Martial Emperor Level—after taking this Pill, he was probably at the stronger end of early Martial Emperor.
In any case, he looked at the brute ox before him, spat on the ground twice, and then, the next second, he channeled his Spiritual Power into the long blade in his hand.
The blade instantly grew several times larger!
Hou Xiaoyong gripped this blade and, facing the brute ox charging straight at him, did not hesitate in the slightest, chopping straight down!
He actually chose a head-on clash?
Ye Xuanyue was slightly taken aback.
She thought Hou Xiaoyong would keep dodging like before.
But apparently not.
This downward chop of his carried the force of a thousand Divine Thunders and a mountain pressing down.
His expression became much more serious in that instant.
Then, a clear cracking sound was heard!
A crack actually appeared on the horn on the forehead of the brute ox Spirit Beast!
One must know, for such Spirit Beasts, most of their essence was concentrated in their horns.
The Spirit Beast let out a miserable cry and desperately tried to thrust forward. Its horn slammed ahead, actually knocking Hou Xiaoyong’s great blade flying away!
Hou Xiaoyong’s expression changed drastically.
Without his weapon, the situation became much more dangerous.
The human body was inherently frail. Without a weapon to parry, survival chances were slim. He frowned slightly, but then heard a clear voice.
“Here.”
The next second, Hou Xiaoyong felt two things being thrown near him. He casually caught the sword and saw a Banner suddenly floating in front of him, blocking the brute ox Spirit Beast’s attack.
The brute ox Spirit Beast’s strike actually failed to pierce through that thin Banner face!
This shocked Hou Xiaoyong greatly.
What level of Defensive Artifact was this?
Not only Hou Xiaoyong, even Ye Xuanyue herself was somewhat surprised. She frowned slightly and looked at Leng Moran beside her.
Back then, the Purple Emperor had said this Banner could withstand attacks at the Martial Emperor Level.
Ye Xuanyue had thought it would be impressive if it could block just one attack.
But this Banner had already been used several times and had not shattered yet—only the radiance on it had dimmed considerably.
The value of this item was even higher than she had imagined. It could truly be called a life-saving Magical Treasure.
Ye Xuanyue took a deep breath. Her eyes flickered as she lifted her head to look at the Celestial Vault.
Hou Xiaoyong, meanwhile, gripped the weapon. He did not have time to examine it closely and simply chopped down fiercely—the next second, the miserable cry of the brute ox Spirit Beast was heard!
Its attack faltered.
Then, the light on the body of the brute ox Spirit Beast slowly dissipated, and it transformed back into that man in the brown robe. Only now, his face was covered in blood, looking utterly miserable.
Ye Xuanyue narrowed her eyes and looked at him for a moment, then spoke.
“Let’s go.”
The Spirit Beast opposite had already lost.
It would not dare to chase after them.
...
Hou Xiaoyong’s expression held a bit of smugness.
“Having wandered here for so many years, I rarely get to beat a Spirit Beast so badly...”
Although he had reached the Martial Emperor Realm, he was only at the very lowest tier. One could say, even among cultivators at the same early Martial Emperor level, he was one of the weaker ones.
Normally, he naturally laid low and avoided trouble.
But today, he fought quite satisfyingly.
He glanced at the young woman beside him with her determined expression, and his estimation of her status rose another couple of notches.
Forces capable of nurturing such a young Alchemy Grandmaster were few and far between. Moreover, this young woman had considerable cultivation strength and possessed such an astonishing Defensive Artifact. Perhaps he had truly encountered the successor of an extremely formidable power.
This man and woman were mysterious in origin, not to be offended.
On the contrary, he should cling tightly to them.
A fortune-teller had once said his luck these past few years was excellent, with a possibility of meeting a benefactor. Perhaps it was fulfilled with this young woman.
Thinking of this, Hou Xiaoyong found it even harder to hide his smile.