novelraw Chapter 208 : To Kill Me, You Need an Appointment
Chapter 208 : To Kill Me, You Need an Appointment
This thing doesn't look like a beast demon.
Instead, it's more like... a golden lion statue?
Yes, like those stone lions that sit on either side of residential entrances, the kind that ward off evil spirits. Except this lion is incomparably larger than those stone lions, nearly a hundred zhang tall, blocking out the sky, howling like the wind, with a body of pure gold. One swipe of its paw could bury them so deep in the earth they'd never be dug out.
Everyone finally realized why that group of beast demons had been running earlier. Even Divine Transformation stage beast demons fled like rats. They would run too if they were in that situation. This thing's pressure was overwhelmingly strong, comparable to the great beast king they encountered in Dongchong County last time.
At least a beast king still had a mortal body that could be wounded by swords. This thing didn't seem to have a mortal body at all. Its entire golden body was like some extremely hard million-year-old mystic gold divine iron. When Gu Chang'an, a formidable Divine Transformation stage cultivator, struck it with his sword, he could only leave a shallow mark.
What the hell kind of monster is this?!!
Even Chu Sang drew in a sharp breath, horrified. She pressed down on the shoulder of the pale-faced young girl, simultaneously sticking two Speed Talismans on her as they flew away. The others had long since used every means at their disposal to flee for their lives.
As she ran, she asked, "Did you lure this thing out?"
"You can't say that exactly. It was our entire Metal Refining Sect that lured it out together!" She couldn't take all the credit for this good deed!
"......" How could she still look so proud? Everyone was even more speechless.
Chu Sang's divine sense quickly receded like the tide. She didn't sense anyone else's aura nearby, so she asked again, "What did you all do? Where are your fellow disciples?"
Wei Peng's face quickly reddened. Panting, she said, "We... we found the Gold Beast King's palace after great difficulty. My Senior Brothers and Sisters were captured. Only I escaped! They told me to escape and seek help from the sect!"
Her Senior Brothers and Sisters had thrown all their magical tools to her, finally allowing her alone to escape the palace. But they never imagined that thing would actually chase after them! So persistent!
Wei Peng had limited stamina and was already exhausted from being chased. She never expected to run into them at this critical moment between life and death. This was truly a heaven-sent blessing!
Of course, for Wei Peng, it was finding a lifesaver.
For the others, it was encountering the God of Death.
They didn't know what exactly the Metal Refining Sect disciples had done to lure out such a terrifying behemoth.
This thing's strength was truly too powerful, not much different from a great beast king. Moreover, it wasn't a beast demon, and its defense was extremely strong! Ordinary sword qi could hardly inflict any damage on its body.
In other words.
It was even more troublesome than a real beast king!
They had almost covered themselves with Speed Talismans, but even with the talismans' enhancement, that thing could cover a hundred steps in one stride, catching up to them in just a few breaths.
With the fierce aura almost biting at their backs, Chu Sang quickly summoned Hong Niang. Thousands upon thousands of silvery-white spider silk threads intertwined to form a giant net, attempting to obstruct the behemoth's advance.
The rock-solid spider silk was crushed to pieces under one swipe of the behemoth's paw.
It didn't even hold for a few breaths!
Damn! What material is this thing made of? It doesn't seem like something that could be produced in the cultivation world!
Seeing that they were about to be wiped out, Chu Sang made a swift decision,
"Split up and run!"
No matter how powerful that thing was, it was still just one entity. The crowd immediately dispersed, running in all directions.
Chu Sang pulled the panic-stricken Wei Peng onto her flying sword, heading southwest. Since magic attacks weren't effective, she'd try physical damage!
Wei Peng only saw the red-robed girl reach into her storage bag and throw out all sorts of miscellaneous objects in a flurry. She didn't even have time to see clearly what they were, and even if she had, she couldn't have named them, because these weren't things that should exist in the cultivation world.
As Chu Sang threw things out as if they cost nothing, the ground instantly exploded into hundreds of deep craters. The earth shattered, and the thunderous noise was deafening. Smoke filled the air and dust flew everywhere, actually slowing down the thing's pursuit.
Taking advantage of the smoke and dust obscuring their figures, the two quickly slid down towards a hidden cliff below.
They thought they were finally safe.
But before they could catch their breath, a "boom!" erupted from beneath their feet as a giant creature with a gaping maw burst out, trying to swallow them whole!
Fortunately, Chu Sang reacted in time, narrowly escaping. A massive golden flying snake had erupted from below?!
Judging by its murderous gaze, it was clear this was the golden lion from earlier... So it could change forms. Chu Sang now had a general idea of what this thing was.
It was probably similar to a shape-shifting defensive spiritual tool. She hadn't expected the beast king's palace to have such a good item. But considering they had run so far, yet this thing could still accurately lock onto their position...
Chu Sang's gaze shifted to the gold-robed girl beside her, whose breathing was unsteady. She grabbed her palm tightly, smiling enigmatically, "Still not telling the truth? What exactly did you take from that palace? If you don't bring it out now, I might refuse to die alongside you."
Wei Peng's expression stiffened for a moment, surprised that she had guessed. She instinctively tried to pull her hand away, but found the red-robed girl's grip as strong as iron and impossible to break free from. She realized she couldn't hide it anymore.
Her lips quivered, mumbling incoherently, not knowing what to say. Seeing Chu Sang's wrist loosen, she was about to fall!
"Ah!" Glimpsing the ten-thousand-zhang-high mountain and the gaping maw below, Wei Peng's little face turned pale with fright. She quickly hugged Chu Sang's arm, crying, "No, no, don't throw me down! If you throw me down, I'm definitely dead, wuwu!"
"This thing was taken from the beast king's bedchamber by us Senior Brothers and Sisters. It looked like a good item, so we wanted to bring it back to the sect. It's, it's this..."
She immediately took out a golden pearl about the size of a palm from her storage bag. Though called a pearl, it wasn't very round, and it wasn't transparent. It had an indescribable, mysterious aura about it.
But even the widely knowledgeable Chu Sang couldn't tell what this thing was.
When the pearl was taken out, the flying snake's gaze became even more murderous. Its attacking posture seemed eager to swallow them whole and crush them to pieces!
It was basically confirmed that this was indeed what it was looking for.
It seemed quite important to that beast king.
"Your entire sect really knows how to court death."
"I... we didn't expect this..."
As long as they threw this pearl back, they should be able to avoid death.
Although Chu Sang liked collecting treasures, she couldn't see anything special about this pearl at the moment. It seemed more profitable to return it.
Xiao Bai transmitted a mental message, "Dear, don't throw it yet. I sense a strange aura from this thing. It should be an extraordinary item!"
Although it also didn't know exactly what this thing was for the moment, its instinct as a Devouring Beast told it that the extraordinary aura meant it was definitely a good item. It would be too much of a waste to throw it away!
If Xiao Bai said it was an extraordinary item, it was definitely extraordinary.
Chu Sang was also somewhat moved. She paused, then turned to Wei Peng and said, "I'll send you to a safe place. Give me this thing, and I'll go lure it away."
"Take this pearl..." Wouldn't it be gone for good?
"What, you still want it?" She was about to hand the pearl back to her, letting that thing continue chasing her in circles. Wei Peng's face changed, and she waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I don't want it anymore. Sister Sang Sang, if you want to take it, just take it!"
"Sister Sang Sang, be careful!"
Wei Peng didn't care about treasures anymore and quickly let Chu Sang take away that cursed object.
Chu Sang pulled out a teleportation talisman and transported her to a landing spot dozens of kilometers away. She then took the pearl and flew in the opposite direction on her sword.
Seeing this, the behemoth indeed stopped chasing Wei Peng and roared as it charged towards her.
The gap in their levels was too great. Even with Chu Sang running at full speed, she was quickly caught up by that thing.
She gripped the Primordial Soul-Chaser and unleashed a dragon-like sword intent towards it.
It only left some sword marks.
And the marks were recovering at an extremely fast rate.
Her ant-like attacks only made the flying snake more contemptuous and angry, pursuing her even more fiercely!
Damn it, why can't it be killed?
Chu Sang licked her teeth.
"The material used to forge this thing is extremely hard metal and stone, at least million-year-old rare defensive metal and stone. It's what you human cultivators often call the 'Vajra-indestructible body'?"
"Although I'm known as the leader of evil swords, and could have sliced this thing in half with one strike at my peak, after contracting with you, my power has been suppressed to less than one-tenth of what it was originally. I can't break through this metal and stone." The black mist sword spirit floated out leisurely, speaking sarcastically, "I'm really sorry, but you're probably going to die."
"After I die, you can look forward to falling asleep again."
Chu Sang's smile remained unchanged as she replied calmly, "Oh, no, before I die, I'll definitely notify the Ten Thousand Swords Sect to reclaim you and seal you back in that sword tomb, sealing you for several hundred or thousand years, or several thousand to ten thousand years, letting you properly reminisce about the good old days of lonely darkness."
"By the way, the Dragon Soul Sword protected its sword master so well. I didn't expect you couldn't even protect the sword master who rescued you from the abyss. If the Dragon Soul Sword knew about this, it would laugh you to death!" Chu Sang said mercilessly.
The sword spirit's expression immediately changed. Ridiculous! How could she be looked down upon by that Dragon Soul dog?!
Unless the Dragon Soul Sword's master died first, her sword master absolutely couldn't die first!!!
"There is still one way." The sword spirit thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "This thing is indeed indestructible, and ordinary external forces can hardly destroy it. But it's ultimately just an object. The reason it can control attacks and chase you is that the beast king has placed a strand of divine sense in this divine tool. In other words, the beast king is the real mastermind controlling this thing. It's similar to a puppet. As long as the beast king behind it dies, it will turn back into an inanimate object without any threat."
"However, all the great beast kings are now in the central continent of the demon realm competing for some Divine Decree. The central continent is tens of thousands of miles away from here. Before you can rush over there, this thing will probably have slapped you to death long ago." The Primordial Soul-Chaser waved its hand and said.
Although it also wanted its sword master to live a few more days, there really was no other way now. "Why don't you just throw away that golden pearl? You might be able to save your dog life."
"Have you ever seen a dog spit out a meat bun in its mouth?"
Chu Sang let out a light laugh. In the moment the black sword spirit was dazed, her fingertip ignited a prairie fire.
The golden flames appeared in an extremely bizarre and strange ink-red color, as gorgeous as blood and extremely dangerous and powerful!
The prairie fire spread and surrounded them, forming a long and high wall of fire.
Fire overcomes metal.
Dragon breath strange fire had an even more powerful destructive force against these metal-attribute beast demons and objects!
Although this destructive power was still not enough to cause fatal damage to the behemoth before them, it clearly hindered its advancing speed, buying Chu Sang some time to escape.
She quickly rushed into a lush, deep forest above.
Nimbly darting through the dense, towering, layer upon layer of forest as vast as the sea, the tall trees easily concealed her figure. The forest here was different from ordinary forests. The leaves were golden in color, feeling hard to the touch, like metal and stone, with clear textures.
Chu Sang had seen this type of tree leaf in ancient texts. It was called the Shadow Golden Leaf, an extremely rare material for tool refining.
However, she wasn't very interested in tool refining materials right now.
Birds usually accompany forests, and there are many birds and beasts in the woods, especially in such naturally rare spiritual places where there are guardian beast demons—the Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle.
And the place where the Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle likes to nest is...
Her face lit up with joy, and she immediately raised a strange fire in her palm, blasting it towards a certain direction.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by collapsing earth and rocks, a huge figure beat its wings and soared high, letting out a high-pitched, excited bird cry!
When the Primordial Soul-Chaser saw the sky-blocking Divine Transformation peak stage beast demon, it also fell silent.
They had just barely shaken off that indestructible thing, only to provoke another beast demon of equally terrifying strength...
What exactly was this sword master trying to do??
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"What little thief dares to disturb this seat's rest? Huh, so it's a tender Nascent Soul stage meat skewer. Just in time, this seat has woken up hungry. I'll use you as an appetizer!"
The Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle let out a shrill cry and charged towards her with terrifying pressure.
The powerful demonic energy of a late Divine Transformation peak stage could instantly crush a Nascent Soul stage cultivator into meat paste!
Seeing that its powerful pressure had rendered this weak human cultivator motionless, it laughed coldly with even more confidence. As its wings swept down, suddenly a terrifying attack "boom!" collided with it.
"Chirp~"
It was sent flying dozens of meters, its head buzzing. It angrily looked at the equally hostile big thing that had also been sent flying some distance. "Who dares to interrupt this seat's good deed?"
"She belongs to this king. If you know what's good for you, retreat quickly. Don't fight me for her!" The beast king, far away in the central continent, spoke through the object, rebuking.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the beast king's actual body that had come. The Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle was also one of the overlords of this area, a strong competitor to the Gold Beast King. With its hot temper, how could it tolerate being provoked by a strange thing that wasn't even a beast demon? "Where did this thing come from? Get lost for this seat!"
Both sides began chasing and attacking simultaneously.
One in front, one behind.
A wolf in front, a tiger behind, with nowhere to run.
Chu Sang gritted her teeth. Even if she couldn't escape, she had to run. She took out several hundred Bombardment Talismans and bombs, forcefully blasting open a breakthrough point. Activating her movement technique, she rushed through.
If it weren't for the small river of spiritual energy accumulated in her dantian providing her with a constant supply of spiritual energy, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.
Although now two behemoths were chasing and trying to kill her, to be honest, it was a bit easier than just one.
When it was just one, that thing was fully focused on dealing with her alone, and she had no chance of escaping. But now these two beings also had to be wary of each other as equally powerful opponents, which actually gave her quite a few opportunities to take advantage of.
"We've been tricked by this little girl. This won't do! She'll escape at this rate!"
"Hmph, if you just get out of the way, this seat naturally has a way to capture her!"
The golden flying snake found an opportunity to attack. It looked like it was about to hit her! A mere Golden Core cultivator would surely die from such a strike. But at the last moment, it was blocked by the Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle, "I said, this little girl belongs to this seat! She must be killed by me!"
This had already evolved beyond simply being about eating a meal.
It had transformed into an overt and covert struggle between two powerful beast kings.
Did the Forging Ember Golden Giant Eagle really need this one meal? Of course not. It had absolutely no need to make an enemy of the Gold Beast King over one meal.
But precisely because it knew that this shell contained the Gold Beast King's divine sense, if it could defeat it, this area might change hands!
"Let's fight. Whoever wins gets her!"
"You—"
Foolish!
Chu Sang, at the center of the dispute between the two great beast kings, couldn't help but silently marvel at her own overwhelming charm.
Sorry, but she had too many enemies. To kill her, they'd need to make an appointment and queue up to come one by one.