novelraw Chapter 105 : I Have a Very Good Temper
Chapter 105 : I Have a Very Good Temper
The newcomer was a mutated Crimson Flame Soul Tiger, with a single horn on its forehead and two wings on its back. Its massive body bore some minor wounds, likely from previous encounters with cultivators.
The Crimson Flame Soul Tiger fixed its blood-red beast eyes fiercely on the three, exhaling a foul, fetid breath.
To the beast, these three small Golden Core cultivators were like a nourishing meal delivered to its doorstep. Without hesitation, it charged forward to attack.
"Boom!"
The fireball condensing in the beast's mouth grew larger and larger, shooting out like a rising sun.
"Watch out!"
Chu Sang, quick-eyed and quick-handed, threw out over a dozen Golden Armor Talismans to neutralize the fireball heading straight for the three.
At the same time, Tantai Ming threw his long sword to hover in mid-air. The young man formed hand seals, and meter-high earth spikes erupted from the ground, forming a square to block the attack.
Over a hundred fireballs, as scorching as lava, shattered the hard earthen walls with a "boom!" after just a few breaths, breaking them into countless dust particles. The long sword also shattered. Countless fireballs continued to rain down, but fortunately, the three ran fast enough, narrowly escaping annihilation. Their previous position had been blasted into over a hundred deep craters.
Hong Niang could have matched this demon beast in battle, but she had been injured in the Demon Realm last time and hadn't fully recovered yet.
Chu Sang was just considering whether to call out Xiao Bai to open a domain when she saw the young man beside her switch to a heavy sword made of dark iron and charge forward with high fighting spirit.
She seemed to sense something. "Is Seventh Senior Brother about to break through?"
This Nascent Soul stage demon beast was indeed a good whetstone for testing one's sword.
The moment of breakthrough is extremely dangerous for cultivators. If they fail, they might even suffer a backlash, causing their cultivation to regress.
Other cultivators would find an undisturbed cave to focus on breaking through, fearing the slightest mishap.
Only these three daredevils would charge forward so fearlessly.
Chu Sang shook her head and went to help.
On the other side, Tantai Ming, with his Golden Core stage strength, had exchanged dozens of moves with the Nascent Soul stage demon beast. Although at a disadvantage, he managed to advance and retreat appropriately. For the moment, the demon beast couldn't do much against him.
The spiritual energy in the secret realm was far more concentrated than in the outside world. The benefits of having an Innate Spirit Body were fully displayed at this moment. Tantai Ming was like a human-shaped vortex, with the vigorous spiritual energy from all around converging on him. The young man was like a tireless sharp sword, growing more valiant and stronger with each battle!
The Crimson Flame Soul Tiger found itself wounded several times by a mere Golden Core cultivator, which enraged it even more, making its attacks increasingly violent!
Just as Tantai Ming was about to be smashed to death by the Crimson Flame Soul Tiger's paw, Chu Sang seized the opportunity to blast it with a cannon, drawing the demon beast's hatred.
"Roar!" The Crimson Flame Soul Tiger roared in anger again, turning its head to attack her.
Tantai Ming, covered in dust, quickly got up from the ground and swung several sword intents at the beast's back. "Your opponent is me!"
The demon beast trembled with rage, turning its head again to attack him as if going berserk.
Chu Sang followed closely, throwing out several talismans that exploded on its rear, setting its backside on fire.
She even pulled out one of Xiao Bai's cat toys and waved it at the beast. "Hey hey hey, cute little kitty, come play with me!"
The little kitty seemed to have received a great insult. Its eyes nearly popped out of its head, and it was so angry that it spoke in a rough male voice, "I'll kill you all!"
When it comes to drawing aggro, who could compare to Chu Sang?
She immediately started kiting the big cat that could swallow a cultivator in one bite, using the cat toy.
Meanwhile, Tantai Ming got a chance to catch his breath. The arm holding his long sword bulged with veins, and his face turned slightly pale.
It wasn't because he had been weakened by the demon beast's attacks.
On the contrary, he had already been at the peak of mid Golden Core stage and had been showing signs of imminent breakthrough. Now, the spiritual energy within his body was completely out of control and surging.
He... could barely contain it anymore.
"Eat this, circulate your internal spiritual power. It will help you stabilize your realm," Mu Chihuai said, tossing him a bottle of Cultivation Foundation Pills.
Tantai Ming took the pills and sat down to meditate on the spot.
In just half an hour, the young man suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled a turbid breath. A flash of golden light passed through his eyes. He stood up, pulling out the long sword that had been stuck in the ground.
Sword energy like a rainbow, spiritual energy exploding!
Tantai Ming struck his palm with his fist, feeling as if he had endless strength throughout his body. He looked eagerly at Chu Sang, who was teasing the cat not far away. "Little Junior Sister, let me play too!"
"You just broke through, shouldn't you stabilize first?"
Mu Chihuai couldn't stop him and shook his head.
These two little madmen.
But... it did look kind of fun.
He wanted to play too.
Mu Chihuai immediately went over with a bunch of cat treats laced with Bone Dissolving Powder.
The sword intent Tantai Ming unleashed at mid Golden Core stage was already comparable to the Nascent Soul stage. At late Golden Core stage, his sword intent was even approaching mid Nascent Soul stage, with even greater power!
He seized the opportunity, sliding in and thrusting his sword towards the beast's abdomen.
Warm blood mist sprayed onto his face. The demon beast let out a shrill roar of anger, attempting to self-destruct and take the three down with it in its final moments!
Chu Sang's expression changed, and she almost simultaneously threw out a Freezing Talisman.
The demon beast turned into a large ice sculpture, crashing to the ground with a "boom!" that shook the earth three times.
Just as Chu Sang was about to dig out the demon beast's core to give to Xiao Bai as a snack, an arrow suddenly grazed past her.
Chu Sang caught the arrow in her hand and shot it back in the opposite direction. She curved her lips into a cold smile and looked towards the trees. "What little nobody dares to sneak attack? Don't you dare come out?"
A scream came from behind the trees and then fell silent, obviously having lost consciousness.
The remaining people hurriedly jumped out in a panic.
The leader was a young man in red clothes, holding a bow. Clearly, he was the one who had shot the arrow just now.
His expression was somewhat unsightly as he pointed at the dead demon beast's corpse. With an arrogant tone, he said, "We discovered this demon beast first. If you know what's good for you, leave now. We might be merciful enough to let you go."
"If you really discovered it first, why didn't we see any of you come out while we were entangled with the demon beast for so long?"
Mu Chihuai narrowed his eyes and glanced at the group's dusty, blood-stained outer robes. Looking like a gentle, smiling young man, he said words that cut to the bone, "My, my, why do you look so disheveled? Could it be that you couldn't defeat the demon beast and were almost killed by it?"
"So you only dared to secretly follow behind, wanting to take advantage of the situation? Oh my, oh my, are there really such shameless people in this world?" he exclaimed.
"Senior Brother, don't falsely accuse others. Their faces are clearly right here, how can you say they have no face?" Chu Sang stirred up trouble with practiced ease. "This face is clearly bigger than a pancake, thicker than tree bark, and harder than iron."
"You—!"
The young man clenched his fists, seemingly never having been insulted like this before. His face turned red as he glared fiercely at the three.
Mu Chihuai leaned close to Chu Sang and whispered in her ear, "Little Junior Sister, shall we fight? If I remember correctly, this red-clothed young man is called Nangong Jin, the direct disciple of the Nangong family. The Nangong family is also a famous large family in the cultivation world."
Nangong Jin?
Chu Sang blinked. This name sounded familiar.
He was also one of the female protagonist's many admirers in the original story. Although his appearances weren't as frequent as the main male leads, he did have some scenes.
His main role was in the secret realm where the female protagonist obtained the divine bow. Nangong Jin had helped quite a bit because his family had a map of the secret realm.
Could it be... that the legendary divine bow was in this Fire Realm Secret Realm?
Unfortunately, Qin Xixue was under house arrest, and only Nangong Jin had come.
She had disrupted the original plot again.
Nangong Jin and his group were determined to get this demon beast. They immediately took action. At his command, thousands of arrows rained down from the sky.
Chu Sang directly took out the golden bell and enlarged it, covering the three of them and the demon beast's corpse. Mere arrows couldn't penetrate this defense.
Nangong Jin's face twisted slightly, but he tried to maintain his composure. "Let's see how long you can hide!"
This standoff lasted from sunset to moonrise.
Damn it, their arms were about to fall off, but this damned golden bell hadn't budged at all, not even showing a single crack.
Their Fire Spirit Arrows could break through defensive spiritual tools, so what level was this thing??
Chu Sang patted her clothes, lazily stood up, and drew her sword. She curved her lips in a mischievous smile. "Tired of shooting yet? If you're tired, it's our turn to make a move."
For some reason, Nangong Jin felt a surge of panic in his heart. He took two steps back. The girl in front of him suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind him, kicking him to the ground.
She even ground her foot lightly, not strong in attack but extremely insulting.
A sweet voice came from above, "I've always had a very good temper, but if someone insists on courting death in front of me, I don't mind sending them to meet their ancestors early."
A vein throbbed on Nangong Jin's temple. Both terrified and angry, he shouted, "You! Let me go!!"
The others also drew their swords and surrounded her, angrily shouting, "Release our Young Master!"
Before they could make a move, a sense of weakness spread throughout their bodies, followed by intense abdominal pain. They rolled on the ground in agony, with blood flowing from their eyes, noses, and ears, utterly terrified!
Mu Chihuai walked out from behind them, arms crossed, speaking lazily, "Tsk, how dare you threaten my Little Junior Sister in front of me?"
Did they think he, the Poison Hand Saint, didn't exist?
Tantai Ming also kicked them a couple of times, emboldened. "That's right, that's right!"
"We, we are from the Nangong family! If you dare harm our Young Master, our Nangong family won't let you off!"
"There are three things I hate most in this life. The first is people courting death in front of me, and the second is people threatening me," Chu Sang said with a smile.
However, those familiar with her knew that the happier she smiled, the more miserably the other party would die.
At once, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of fear rise in their hearts. They closed their mouths, not daring to say another word.
"How about this, if you want me to release him, that's possible. Everyone should understand the process of paying ransom, right?"
Chu Sang clapped her hands and sat cross-legged on top of the young man whose hands and feet were bound. She appeared very open to negotiation. "This Young Master should be worth at least one million high-grade spirit stones, right? Considering we're not very familiar, I'll give you a discount. Just two million high-grade spirit stones!"
Look at that, is this human speech?
Everyone was angry but didn't dare to speak.
Nangong Jin was furious, almost unable to resist cursing out loud. "You're dreaming!"
Two million high-grade spirit stones was an astronomical sum even for large families.
Let alone asking him to produce two million high-grade spirit stones at once, even his father couldn't come up with two million high-grade spirit stones immediately.
Were these three fierce bandits??
"Shut up, what right does a hostage have to speak?" Chu Sang kicked him again.
Nangong Jin's mental state collapsed. He was so angry he wanted to cry. In all his life, no one had ever kicked his behind! Not even his parents dared!!
It must be said that the three were quite adept at playing the role of fierce bandits. In no time at all, they stripped this group of people, thoroughly searched their spatial rings and storage bags, emptying them out one by one to count their assets. All together, it amounted to only a few hundred thousand spirit stones.
"Tsk, are the people of the Nangong family this poor? How come there are only this many spirit stones?"
Her words nearly made the others vomit blood. You're a robber, and you're still complaining??
Chu Sang searched through everything with a look of disdain, finding a scroll map. She looked it over; this should be the map of the secret realm, but the text on it seemed to be the Nangong family's confidential family runes. She couldn't understand it for the moment. She turned her head to look at Nangong Jin, who had a gloomy face, and walked over with a smile.
When Nangong Jin saw her approaching, his body trembled, and he stared at her in terror. "What do you want to do now?"
"We're good people, we don't have any ill intentions. Don't be afraid," Chu Sang said, her smile appearing particularly sweet and harmless. "As long as you guide us, I'll let you go. How about that?"
Nangong Jin, however, couldn't be fooled by her appearance. He initially wanted to refuse, but then he seemed to think of something and changed his mind, agreeing. "Then untie me!"
Chu Sang very readily untied him and tossed the scroll map to him.
"Lead the way."
"Little Junior Sister, look at his resentful expression. This person can't be trusted!" Tantai Ming whispered as he fell back to the rear of the group with her.
Mu Chihuai also nodded and took out a small porcelain bottle, smiling as he suggested, "Why don't I poison him a bit? If he dares to deceive us, we'll let him die from the poison."
"If he really dies from poison, there'll be no one to guide us," she said. Though she had enough enemies already, making one more didn't seem to matter much.
They walked on and off for three days before arriving at a secluded valley.
Hidden in the valley was a huge cave, with a cavern over a hundred meters high. At the very top was a small entrance. It was now deep night, and in the moonlight shining down, a stone platform carved with mysterious and complex runes appeared before them. Nangong Jin said, "This is the entrance to the inheritance ground. If you want to obtain the divine bow, this is the only entrance."
As the three approached, Nangong Jin's face turned vicious. He laughed coldly, "Today, I'll send you three to the afterlife. Form the formation!"
The Nangong family specialized in formations.
Immediately, a high-level killing formation enveloped the three.
Nangong Jin's face became even more smug, but his smugness didn't last even three seconds. The seemingly impenetrable high-level killing formation shattered in an instant.
Chu Sang rotated her wrist and walked out of the formation. Face to face with him, she smiled brightly, "Do you have any other tricks? If you want to use them, hurry up. I'm in a rush."
"You, how could you possibly break my killing formation??!" Nangong Jin stumbled back several steps in horror, as if his life's beliefs had collapsed in that instant.
A sword cultivator not even as old as him had actually broken his most prized formation?
Nangong Jin didn't know that Chu Sang could even break the formations of the Eight Trigrams Sect, let alone this mere killing formation.
She appeared frail but was actually as strong as an ox. With one hand, she dragged Nangong Jin into the formation.
She formed hand seals and opened the altar.
Suddenly, spiritual light burst forth.
A huge crack appeared on the ground, gradually extending beneath their feet.
Below was a bottomless abyss that seemed to want to swallow everyone present.
Without a second thought, Chu Sang kicked Nangong Jin and his group down into the abyss first.
She left Spirit Trace Talismans on them, and after confirming that the group was still alive and not in danger, Chu Sang took out a rope, tied herself and her two senior brothers together, and jumped down after them.