Chapter 160 - 160 158 The Unrestrained Li Miaozhen
Chapter 160: Chapter 158: The Unrestrained Li Miaozhen Chapter 160: Chapter 158: The Unrestrained Li Miaozhen Qin Feng, of course, had no objections and quickly nodded in agreement.
Li Miao Zhen once again set up a prohibition spell, sealing the leakage of Spiritual Energy from the Earth Milk Essence.
As long as no one entered the cave, it would be impossible to detect what was inside.
Those cultivators who entered the secret realm to hunt for treasures usually headed to places abundant in Spiritual Energy, searching for treasures; this place, sealed and hidden by rocks, was unlikely to be discovered.
This location was quite far from the forest.
Although Qin Feng’s Spiritual Vulture’s condition had almost healed, its flight speed couldn’t compare to Li Miao Zhen’s White Tiger.
She was impatient to fly so slowly; otherwise, it would probably be past midnight when they arrived.
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Thus, Qin Feng had the fortune to ride on Senior Sister’s White Tiger once again.
The White Tiger raced through the wind, its escape technique incredibly fast, and not long after nightfall, it entered the forest.
Before they even got close to the hiding spot of An Ruhui and the others, they sensed a fluctuation of Spiritual Power coming from ahead.
Both their expressions changed.
“Not good, Senior Sister An Ruhui and the others must be in trouble.”
Qin Feng felt a surge of urgency: “The Spiritual Power is coming from the direction where they’re hiding.”
Without another word, Li Miao Zhen slapped the back of the White Tiger, prompting it to generate a burst of wind from its paws, increasing its speed by fifty percent as it flew toward the source of the Spiritual Power wave.
As they drew nearer, they could hear the roars of beasts and intense sounds of battle coming from ahead.
Li Miao Zhen, originally sitting on the White Tiger, suddenly stood up, her feet lightly touching its head as she gazed into the distance toward the battleground a thousand meters away.
There, two towering figures, each over ten feet tall, were fighting with An Ruhui and her companions.
The two men looked strikingly similar, as if cast from the same mold, their faces bearing a similar haughtiness.
The only difference was the weapons in their hands: one wielded a thick Wolf Fang Club, and the other wielded two Shaking Mountain Maces, both employing heavy weapons that carried the distinctive aura of the Giant Spirit Sect Body Refining Cultivators.
They were extremely powerful, and each movement they made was immensely forceful, pushing back several Spiritual Beasts before them and forcing An Ruhui and the others to keep their distance, only able to harass from afar with spells.
However, their spells were hardly a threat to the two men; especially for Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er, their magical attacks were like nothing more than tickles unless they targeted their vitals directly.
The two men wouldn’t even dodge.
Clearly, these two had succeeded in Body Refinement and feared no common magical attacks.
The only person who posed some threat to them was An Ruhui, but unfortunately, she only had mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation, while both adversaries were at the Peak of Foundation Establishment.
Even though An Ruhui could cast spells very quickly, normal attacks, even if they hit, only left white marks on their robust bodies.
If she used more powerful spells, the two men could easily block them with a simple raise of their weapons.
Fortunately, she had a swift Spiritual Monkey to assist her; it scampered around the two men, occasionally scratching at their vital parts.
Although their physical bodies were robust, their movements were slightly slow, unable to catch the incredibly agile Spiritual Monkey, providing them with a brief respite.
As for the Spiritual Beasts of Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er, both had Qi Refinement mid to late-stage War Power, which was too weak compared to these physically strong opponents; they couldn’t break through their defenses and could only assist the Spiritual Monkey by continuously distracting them with various spells.
But these two were ferociously fierce; if any Spiritual Beast dared to approach them, they were swiftly killed with a strike.
In fact, two Spiritual Beasts had already been killed by them earlier.
An Ruhui was intent on fleeing with her two junior sisters, but those two firmly locked onto their figures.
Unless she could somehow instantly transport her junior sisters out of the Divine Sense range of the two, retreating would definitely expose them to a powerful and forceful attack due to their aura connection.
But continuing this way was not a solution either; to maintain their spell attacks and prevent the two men from getting too close, she was losing True Yuan rapidly.
In a short while, once her Mana was depleted, all three of them would have a hard time escaping death.
Suddenly, An Ruhui’s expression changed because the two Giant Spirit Sect Disciples swung their weapons together, cornering her Spiritual Monkey where it could no longer escape.
If her Spiritual Monkey were killed, the remaining Spiritual Beasts would not be able to restrain those two, and they would then be in great trouble.
“Squeak…”
Just as An Ruhui was frantically worrying, suddenly Qin Xi controlled her own Spiritual Vulture to swoop down sharply, its sharp claws aiming directly for the eyes of the cultivator wielding double maces, and its beak pecked fiercely at the opponent’s forehead.
“Damn feathered beast.”
The cultivator cursed, and having no choice, he tilted his head to dodge, avoiding his eyes.
There was a grating sound as the skin on his face was scratched, leaving several white marks, and his head was harshly pecked by the Spiritual Vulture.
Although it didn’t break his defense, it was painfully hurt.
This action immediately infuriated the cultivator, who raised his double maces abruptly and smashed them down fiercely on the body of the Spiritual Vulture.
With a loud bang, blood mist sprayed, feathers flew, and the Spiritual Vulture’s body burst open, its flesh and bones scattering everywhere.
Qin Xi’s face turned pale, and a piercing pain shot through her mind.
This was the pain caused by the damage to the Divine Sense she had extended to her Spiritual Beast upon its death.
She felt a pang of regret; this Spiritual Vulture was a gift from her Clan Uncle Qin Ying and was her first Spiritual Beast.
Now it had been killed like this.
But there was no time to dwell on that loss.
The death of the Spiritual Vulture was much better than if An Ruhui’s Spiritual Monkey were killed; otherwise, if these two killed the monkey, they would be the next targets.
Even so, they wouldn’t last much longer.
Qin Xi inwardly prayed, hoping Qin Feng wouldn’t return at this time.
If he joined the battle, not only would he be of no use, but he might also get himself killed.
However, her prayers seemed ineffective as she had already spotted the familiar golden light rapidly approaching from afar.
Qin Xi became anxious and was about to tell him to leave.
But before she could speak, a violent tiger’s roar suddenly erupted near her ear, causing her to tremble and forget her original words as she looked towards the direction of the roar in horror.
Even if she had managed to speak, her voice would have been drowned out by the powerful roar.
It was a white tiger, over three zhang long and looking mighty and dominant.
Perched atop its massive head was a dashing woman.
Most people, upon their first sight of Li Miaozhen, would think of the phrase “dashing figure.” Her expression and demeanor were so unique that it was easy to overlook her originally beautiful face.
Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er were no exceptions, just that their curiosity wondered which fellow disciple she could be.
With such a unique aura, she must be an Inner Sect Disciple; otherwise, there was no way they wouldn’t have heard of such a distinctive and powerful female disciple in the Outer Sect.
Before they could think much further, they saw the woman lightly tap her foot, and with a swift, fierce motion, she surged forward, reaching out to grab at the two Giant Spirit Sect Body Refining Cultivators from afar.
She actually planned to fight barehanded against the weapons of those two body cultivators!
This action shocked Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er greatly.
However, they didn’t notice that upon seeing Li Miaozhen, the faces of the two men changed drastically.
They recognized Li Miaozhen, but they hadn’t expected this woman to also have entered the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm.
The men inwardly cursed their luck.
When they had entered, they hadn’t seen Li Miaozhen at all.
Otherwise, many from their sects would have preferred to withdraw from this expedition than to enter with her.
It wasn’t that her murderous intent was as severe as her master’s, but in the few years since she had become famous, many disciples from various sects had fallen at her hands.
“Kill!”
Both men roared, raising their weapons and striking at Li Miaozhen.
At this point, only by repelling Li Miaozhen could they have a chance to escape.
Fortune is such a curious thing; just moments ago, they were dominating and proudly prepared to kill these female cultivators.
But now, with unexpected reinforcements, they were immediately thinking of fleeing.
Bang!
Bang!
Two soft sounds emerged as Li Miaozhen’s palms collided with their weapons.
The two Giant Spirit Sect cultivators staggered backward three steps.
But Li Miaozhen was sent flying backward directly by them.
Though her strength was formidable, she couldn’t overpower these two Giant Spirit Sect disciples in strength.
Both were at the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm of Body Refinement, and without merging with her Lifebound Spiritual Beast, she couldn’t possibly have the upper hand.
Li Miaozhen flew over twenty zhang backward, then landed squarely on the arriving White Tiger’s head.
“Li Miaozhen, how are you here?”
The cultivator wielding the Wolf Fang Club demanded, “We didn’t see you among the Beast Taming Sect disciples earlier.”
“Heh, do I need to inform you when I come in?”
Li Miaozhen would never tell them that she had changed her appearance before entering to avoid Taiyi Sect cultivators from easily revealing their plots.
She laughed coldly, “But as for you, Zheng Family’s twin heroes, you barely escaped with your lives back then.
You entered the Secret Realm but rather than seeking opportunities honestly, you dared to ambush our Beast Taming Sect disciples.
Today, it seems I must eliminate you to prevent future troubles.”
Meanwhile, Qin Feng had already flown ahead of Qin Xi and An Ruhui, just about to ask if they were injured when he suddenly heard Li Miaozhen’s assertion.
He was stunned.
He seemed to have heard the term ‘old man’ from Li Miaozhen more than once now.
He hadn’t noticed it in their previous cliff-side encounter with Taiyi Mountain Sword Cultivators, but this time he heard it loud and clear.
Although Li Miaozhen was more boisterous than most men, considering her even more expansive spirit, Qin Feng could be sure that she was definitely a woman.
Thus, Qin Feng was somewhat puzzled, not knowing why she liked referring to herself in that manner.
The Zheng brothers didn’t plead for mercy since they knew that with Li Miaozhen’s character, having said those words, she would not let them go easily.
If they wanted to live, they had to rely on their own abilities.
The brothers exchanged a glance, each seeing determination in the other’s eyes.
If it had come to this, they would stake everything on their weapons to carve a path to survival.