Chapter 258 - 258 255 Lion Scorpion Beast
Chapter 258: Chapter 255 Lion Scorpion Beast Chapter 258: Chapter 255 Lion Scorpion Beast Qin Feng’s heart jumped, and his entire body stiffened in place, unable to move as those eyes locked onto him.
Was he being targeted by that Demon God?
For a moment, he was so captivated by those angry eyes that he forgot where he was.
“Senior brother, senior brother?”
Suddenly, he felt someone pushing his body, snapping him out of his daze.
Only then did he realize that the anticipated attack had not happened; the Demon God had not killed him.
Since he was still alive, Qin Feng quickly became alert again.
He quickly guessed the truth.
…
It wasn’t that the Demon God didn’t want to kill him.
With his insignificant Dao cultivation, he could be effortlessly killed by such a being.
But it appeared that the Demon God was currently battling with a Supreme Elder and was heavily entangled, unable to spare the effort to kill a small cultivator like himself, allowing him to escape the disaster.
Yet what puzzled him was that he had left the Cave Heaven World quite a while ago.
Why hadn’t the Demon God noticed him earlier and only found him when he was entering the city to prepare for battle?
If the Demon God had discovered him earlier, when he was still by his master’s side, Ning Wuxu would have been able to provide temporary protection and send him back to the Heavenly Pool Cave Heaven.
But there had been no sign of it earlier, and only when he summoned his Spiritual Beast did the Demon God cast his gaze down.
Hmm?
Spiritual Beast?!
He abruptly turned his head and saw the Ghost-Faced Spider trembling beside him.
At that moment, the Ghost-Faced Spider lay on the ground, its soft abdomen tightly pressed against the floor, its eight long legs pulled in close to its body, not daring to move.
Instantly, Qin Feng knew where the problem lay.
Initially, the Demon God had not noticed him.
It was only after he released the Ghost-Faced Spider that the Demon God sensed the power within the spider belonging to him.
That was when he looked down and happened to see Qin Feng, hence the angry look in his eyes.
“Damn it, I completely forgot about that.”
Qin Feng cursed under his breath and quickly stowed the Ghost-Faced Spider back into the Demon Refining Pot.
The Demon Refining Pot contained an independent space.
Since the Demon God had not sensed the spider before, it suggested that the Demon God lacked the ability to sense it through the space.
If he put the spider away, he could avoid detection.
Unless the Demon God broke through the Supreme Elders’ blockade and descended from the skies, for now, he didn’t need to worry about that Demon God.
For the future, he would need simply to be more cautious and not stray far from the main troop.
He believed that the Sect’s Supreme Elders would never allow any Demon God to randomly strike at their low-powered disciples.
Hmm, after this battle, he would have to discuss the Ghost-Faced Spider matter again with his master, and ask for his assistance in investigating.
If that Demon God had not perished in the great war, he would offer the Ghost-Faced Spider to one of the Supreme Elders to keep by their side, which might even lure the Demon God out and offer a chance to kill him.
“Senior brother, what’s wrong with you?”
Beside him, Liu Wuxiang was guarding him carefully and had already blocked two fireballs and a thick Crossbow Arrow for him.
He was somewhat anxious, fearing that Qin Feng had been ambushed and was already considering calling the elders over to have a look.
“Oh, I’m fine.”
Qin Feng quickly regained his composure.
Just as he was about to explain, he suddenly saw a Demon Clan Warrior swinging a War Hammer in the distance, emitting a flame Qi Force that charged toward the two of them.
Therefore, he had no time to explain.
He pulled Liu Wuxiang to dodge the attack and then ordered the Fire Ape to advance and resist the Demon Clan Warrior’s offensive.
Once he found an opportunity, he executed Azure Dragon Emerges from the Sea, producing an Azure Dragon Energy that pierced directly through the body of the Demon Clan Warrior.
However, the life force of the Demon Clan was formidable; even with a bowl-sized bloody hole pierced through its belly, it didn’t die immediately.
Instead, it was provoked into a frenzied state and unleashed an even more ferocious war power.
Its body became engulfed in flames, and sparks flew from its War Hammer, intending to crush the large ape in front of it and smash Qin Feng, who had pierced through its body, into mush.
Unfortunately, the Fire Ape was even more ferocious in temperament and stronger in strength, unafraid of the Demon Clan Warrior’s dying counterattack.
The Fire Ape howled as one of its massive claws grabbed the Demon Clan Warrior’s War Hammer while the other claw tore into the wound on the warrior’s abdomen, gruesomely shredding the internal organs into a pulp.
The Fire Ape wasn’t without injury; its claws became bloodied and flesh-torn when they grabbed the War Hammer.
But this minor injury only enraged the Fire Ape further, causing it to howl as it pounced toward another Demon Clan Warrior not far ahead.
Qin Feng and Liu Wuxiang followed behind the Fire Ape, using it as a shield, whether for sneak attacks or frontal cuts.
After successively slaying seventeen or eighteen Demon Clan Warriors, they finally took a brief pause.
The strength of these Demon Clan Warriors was not weak; those clad in War Armor could generally match a late-stage Qi Refinement Cultivator, the slightly stronger ones had the martial power of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the commanders even possessed the war power of Golden Core Cultivators.
Of course, that was only in terms of competing in war power.
In terms of tactics, the Demon Clan Warriors were quite inferior.
Both Qin Feng and Liu Wuxiang could eliminate them without exerting too much effort.
Qin Feng’s combat strength was among the best of his peers, and his Ruyi Golden Light constantly shifted unpredictably.
With the extremely sharp Sky Battle Halberd in his hands, slaughtering these bloodthirsty and ferocious, but brute force-favoring Demon Clan posed no problem.
Although Liu Wuxiang’s entry into Poison Skill was fairly recent, the Bone-Eroding Soul-Destroying Heavenly Evil Technique was exceedingly sinister.
Once his poison arts landed on an enemy, they would immediately be greatly affected.
Despite the Demon Clan Warriors’ tenacious life force and strong combat abilities, even when severely injured, they would immediately become weakened under Liu Wuxiang’s extreme poison.
Moreover, the Poison Thorn in his hand, which was refined from the stinger of a Demon Late Stage poison bee combined with multiple Poison Thorns, was incredibly sharp.
In close combat, it easily pierced through the Armor of the Demon Clan Warriors.
Even when facing multiple Demon Clan Warriors, he would directly use the Poison Thorn, dividing it into hundreds, and those who failed to promptly deploy a Demon Shield to block would suffer dozens to hundreds of wounds from his Poison Thorn.
The real trouble for them were those Demon Clan Mages wielding Magic Wands.
Protected by some Demon Clan Warriors, those mages repeatedly cast spells of considerable power.
Any disciple or Spiritual Beast that failed to dodge and was struck would either be injured or perish.
Beast Taming Sect disciples were a little better off.
They were wrapped in Magic Robes or Armor, and some wealthier ones had even purchased additional Protective Treasures.
There were not many casualties yet, but the Spiritual Beasts didn’t have such treasures for protection, and quite a few had been killed by the mages’ spells.
Seeing this, some sect disciples either confronted the mages directly or commanded their Spiritual Beasts to attack, intending to kill these Demon Clan Mages with powerful Attack Power.
The warriors guarding the Demon Clan Mages were exceptionally fierce, fighting fearlessly and bringing substantial losses to the Spiritual Beasts.
However, that was about it.
When the Beast Taming Sect’s disciples commanded the Spiritual Beasts in battle, they would never stand idly by in the back.
They took the opportunity to cast various Spells, working with the close-combat Spiritual Beasts to slay the Demon Clan Warriors.
Surprisingly, the Demon Clan Mages also possessed notable close-combat abilities.
Although their melee capabilities were much inferior to those of the Demon Clan Warriors, when they swung their large Magic Wands at the Spiritual Beasts, they could even crush the skulls of one or two beasts before being overwhelmed and bitten to death on the spot by more Spiritual Beasts.
At this point on the battlefield, the Beast Taming Sect had already gained a significant advantage.
From the moment they descended from the sky, their victory had been destined.
It wasn’t that the Demon Clan didn’t have flying races; it’s just that there weren’t many under the command of the Dark Flame Demon God, save for a small number of the Winged Demon Clan and some Flying Magical Beasts that had been subdued.
Qin Feng was extremely interested in those Demon Beasts tamed by the Demon Clan.
He wanted to closely observe them to see what differences there were between them and Spiritual Beasts.
So, he looked around and quickly fixed his attention on a Demon Beast that was frantically trying to escape.
It was a weird beast with the body of a lion, a scorpion tail, and a pair of wings on its back—as if several types of creatures had been mashed into one freak of nature.
Honestly, he had never seen such a strange kind of beast.
Driven by his curiosity, Qin Feng called out to Liu Wuxiang who wasn’t far away, then charged towards the Demon Beast.
“Roar…”
The Lion Scorpion Beast, with one of its wings drooping, had just jumped onto a building in the fortress, trying to flee from the castle that was about to be destroyed, when suddenly, it found a young man from the Human Clan in front of it.
Without thinking, the Lion Scorpion spewed out a jet of flame and then planned to flee the area.
It was already scared for its life.
Originally it was a mount for a Demon Clan Mage and should not have thought of escaping.
However, its master had died, smashed into a pancake by those from the Human Clan.
Literally a pancake.
It didn’t even know how to describe what it felt at that moment, only that it saw one of the humans throw an object the size of a fist.
Resultantly, that object, seemingly a small stone, suddenly grew huge, as big as a house, then from above it crushed its master and several followers into minced meat, their flesh and bones indistinguishably melded together.
If it hadn’t previously been farther away from its master while trying to drive away a fierce tiger that was attempting to sneak attack, it’s certain it would have become part of that mess of blood and flesh.
Enraged by its master’s gruesome death, it was prepared to avenge him, but as it charged toward the human, it was terrified to see the small statured human merge with the fierce tiger.
Then the body of the human grew larger and more muscular, looking very much like a Tigerman from the Beastman Clan.
Before it could react, the transformed Beastman slapped down with his paw, stunning it and nearly killing it on the spot.
It was this blow that snapped it back to its senses.
Fear filled its heart as it watched the ongoing slaughter of the Demon Clan all around.
Even those from the high and mighty Flame Demon race were now being massacred, which filled it with dread, prompting its urge to escape.
But it had barely taken flight when it was brought down to the ground by a bolt of thunder, even breaking one of its wings.
It realized then, flying away was simply not going to work.
So, having its courage shattered, the Lion Scorpion Beast gave up on flying and opted to use its agile limbs to leap away to freedom.
However, before it could get far, it was blocked by a figure standing in its path.
The Lion Scorpion didn’t dare to pause, fearing being trapped by those powerful beings behind it, and immediately spewed the strongest flame it was capable of summoning in an attempt to repel, or even kill, this young man from the Human Clan.
Unfortunately, it miscalculated.
This young man did not dodge or flinch, merely slashed down with his halberd, scattering its flame, then with another swing of the weapon.
With a thud, the Lion Scorpion Beast felt as if it had been viciously struck by the trunk of a gigantic Mammoth, sending its form flying far away and crashing into a wall across the street, only to then fall to the ground.
Looking at the young man who had gracefully jumped down from the roof, his eyes seemed to betray a dangerous desire to dissect it, nearly making the Beast faint.
Full of fear, the Lion Scorpion Beast scrabbled to its feet, intending to flee from this dangerous young man from the Human Clan.
But, its path of escape was now blocked.
To the left stood a massive Fire Ape, eyeing it hungrily.
To the right crouched a small but dangerous-seeming Little Toad.
Looking up at the young man who was stepping closer to it, the beast felt a sense of desperation.
Was it going to die here?
Just then, a Magic Rune lit up in front of it.
Following this, a voice that seemed like a heavenly melody to its current state echoed deep within its soul.
The owner of the voice wished to make a contract with it, summoning it to another plane of existence to aid in battle.
If this had been any other time, it would have surely refused.
Not to mention it had previously had a master, but even without one, it wouldn’t have wanted to enter into a contract and find itself a new master.
Isn’t freedom wonderful?
Besides, why should it waste its Magic Power to aid others in battle?
A slight mishap, and it could end up injured or even killed on another plane of existence—which was not an impossibility.
Such dangerous tasks were only agreed to by brainless Demon Beasts.
The more intelligent a Demon Beast was, the less willing they were to enter such contracts.
But now was different.
If it agreed to the contract, at least it had a hope of survival; if it refused, it felt it would be killed on the spot by this Human youth.
So, without a second thought, it absorbed the Magic Rune into its Divine Soul and then, to the amazement of all Mages attempting summonings from Otherworlds, rapidly responded to the summon, disappearing right in front of Qin Feng.
“This…”
Qin Feng was stunned.
What was this situation?
Why had it disappeared just like that?
But quickly, the Swallowing Sky Toad communicated to him via a mental connection, telling him that it had sensed a strong spatial fluctuation; the Demon Beast had left this space and gone to another location.
Qin Feng was incredibly shocked and didn’t know how to describe his feelings at the moment.