Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

Chapter 100: Chapter 99: It’s time to show the real ultimate skill.

Ma Jiu’s expression grew somewhat unsightly.

He had just boasted about not letting Qin Feng envy the number of his Spiritual Beasts, when in the blink of an eye, this kid released even more Spiritual Beasts than him, all of which also possessed Qi Refinement late-stage Cultivation.

Besides a Spiritual Snake, there was also a Giant Crocodile, a Green Fox, a Ghost-Faced Spider, and a fist-sized Little Toad.

Ma Jiu’s lips twitched, and he kind of wanted to swear.

Were youngsters so formidable these days?

Back when he was a new disciple undergoing trials, he had taken great pains to subdue just one Spiritual Beast. How could this junior sect brother be so formidable, having obtained several late-stage Qi Refinement Spiritual Beasts within a year of joining? Wasn’t he afraid of hindering his Cultivation journey?

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However, Ma Jiu was an old hand at this and quickly came to his senses, clearing his throat, “Since Junior Brother has so many Spiritual Beasts to protect you, I can rest easy. Night brings many dreams, let’s split up and take action now.”

“Senior Brother is right.”

Qin Feng nodded, instructing the Spiritual Snake and Giant Crocodile to silently slip into the water, one in front and one behind, swimming toward the pond in the valley. Then, with a wave of his hand, he signaled the Green Fox and Ghost-Faced Spider to hide in the jungle, keeping only the Swallowing Sky Toad close for protection.

Afterward, he circled around the mountain peak and climbed up the slope from the back of the valley, settling down to wait with ease.

In the valley, raucous noises continuously spilled from the largest cave in the center, evidently the bandit Cultivators were indulging in drink and merriment.

Qin Feng’s eyes darted around, ordering the Ghost-Faced Spider to lay down a web of poison in the woods to prevent the bandits from escaping.

Near the entrance of the valley, Ma Jiu wore a strange expression. The basin-sized Ghost-Faced Spider was diligently spinning its toxic web not far from him, blocking off every possible escape route except for the path in front of him. Given enough time, it could even seal off the entire valley.

A sudden, uneasy premonition rose in Ma Jiu’s heart that this mission might not be as beneficial as previous ones.

After all, with Qin Feng also in possession of so many Spiritual Beasts, he was bound to reap a considerable harvest. It seemed he had to move quickly, getting the jump on this younger disciple, and ransack the bandit lair first. Otherwise, he might not be able to gather the resources he wanted from this outing.

Time ticked away, and soon, the moon reached its zenith, roughly the second watch of the night.

Finally, from that mountain cave in the center of the valley, a group of bandit Cultivators emerged, laughing and joking as they walked out.

Although Ninth Master had died, few truly cared; the extended time spent inside was nothing more than a bout of revelry.

Just as the bandits were joking and about to scatter, suddenly, a flash-like shadow darted through the void, landing instantly on one of them. With a whoosh, sharp claws drew a bloody mark across the bandit Cultivator’s neck.

Before that bandit could react, the ground where they stood suddenly quivered and collapsed violently. Several unprepared bandits fell straight down as a Pangolin, flickering with yellow light, burst out with scales sharp as blades, lunging directly at them.

“Who’s there?”

“How audacious!”

“Demons Beasts have infiltrated! Everyone be careful…” @@novelbin@@

“First Gu, we’ve been invaded.”

The bandits scattered in all directions, avoiding the Pangolin’s spell radius.

However, a few bandits had just retreated to the edge of a nearby pond, still not having a clear view of the attacking Demon Beasts, when suddenly, they heard splashing from the water behind them. Splash! Then they saw two slender figures leap from the water, biting towards them.

One was a slender Spiritual Snake, the other a ferocious Giant Crocodile.

The Giant Crocodile opened its jaws wide and, with a crunch, bit a late-stage Qi Refinement Cultivator clean in half.

That fellow was really out of luck, preoccupied with avoiding the sudden ground sinking spell launched by the Pangolin, he had not been on guard for Spiritual Beasts in the pond.

On another side, the Spiritual Snake did not bite directly but instead sprayed out a large cloud of poison mist.

In an instant, the poison engulfed several nearby bandits, and then, with a flash of movement, the snake ascended from below, climbing up the legs of one of the bandits poised to resist. With a bite on the arm, the potent venom entered the bandit’s body, swiftly sapping his strength and leaving him twisted and broken, his body contorting into a twisted shape.

“Not good, it’s poisonous.”

Surprised by the poison mist, several Cultivators were struck, finding no need to inhale as the mere touch of the mist brought a numbing itch, compelling them to scratch incessantly.

Once their skin was broken, more of the poison mist adhered instantly, numbing the afflicted flesh.

At this time, the other Spiritual Beasts also seized the opportunity to launch their attacks, catching the bandits completely off guard and scoring successes beyond what Ma Jiu had previously anticipated.

After all, the addition of Qin Feng’s several Qi Refining late stage Spiritual Beasts greatly increased their side’s war power, otherwise they wouldn’t have so easily killed so many bandit cultivators.

Amidst the chaos outside, a tall and thin silhouette quickly floated out from the largest cave.

It was a young man with a sinister gaze, the leader of this group of bandit cultivators, Gu Cheng.

He was the son of the previous leader, and after his father was ambushed and killed by the Zhang Family’s conspiracy, he had deterred the remaining bandit cultivators with extremely ruthless methods, then personally led people to follow the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Zhang Family into the Ancient Battlefield. They risked triggering some dangerous prohibitions there, killing the two Foundation Establishment members of the Zhang Family, and then looted the Zhang Family clean. Only then did he truly secure his position as the head.

He just didn’t expect that it wouldn’t be long before someone would strike at their hideout.

Although it was the Spiritual Beasts that were currently killing, he knew for sure that these were beasts manipulated by people; otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a variety of different types of Spiritual Beasts gathered here assaulting them.

“Beast Taming Sect’s disciples?!”

He quickly guessed the origin of these Spiritual Beasts, after all, the Zhang Family was also a vassal force of the Beast Taming Sect.

He was secretly shocked at how quickly the disciples from the Beast Taming Sect had found their doorstep, somewhat disrupting his plans.

However, when he discovered that there were only a few Qi Refining Realm Spiritual Beasts, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that the Beast Taming Sect didn’t take them seriously and hadn’t sent any Foundation Establishment Cultivators over; otherwise, there would have been several Foundation Establishment Spirit Beasts appearing.

“What is there to fear, they’re just some Qi Refining Realm Spiritual Beasts, kill them for me.”

Gu Cheng bellowed, ready to gather his men and encircle those Spiritual Beasts.

But he somewhat underestimated the strength of these Spiritual Beasts, especially the Green Fox with its Illusion Technique. Under the interference of its illusions, the other Spiritual Beasts could easily kill the bandit cultivators who failed to break free from the illusions.

Consequently, quite a few bandit cultivators couldn’t help but scream out, scattering and fleeing.

However, before they could get far, they were stopped by spider webs blocking their path. A few unlucky ones didn’t see the webs and crashed into them, immediately having their bodies corroded by the deadly poison of the webs, leaving black lines across their bodies.

And one ran straight into the Ghost-Faced Spider itself, which spat out its web to firmly trap them and then bit them to death.

Although this Ghost-Faced Spider’s frontal combat ability wasn’t as fierce as the other Spiritual Beasts’, its early setup of spider webs to intercept those that attempted to flee proved extremely effective.

Seeing that many places in the mountains and forests were entwined with spider silk, the bandit cultivators immediately changed their color. Had they been trapped like dumplings?

A few cultivators suddenly released several Paper Kites.

These were one-time use Flying Artifacts capable of carrying cultivators for hundreds of miles.

Just as they had risen dozens of feet high, two bird cries suddenly came from above, and a great eagle and an Iron Feathered Eagle circled a few times, destroying the Paper Kites below them. Suspended in midair with no way to exert force, they were killed one by one by the two Spiritual Birds.

“Idiots!”

Ma Jiu snorted coldly.

Daring to fly with such low-level artifacts in front of Beast Taming Sect disciples, weren’t they asking for death?

Gu Cheng’s face became ugly.

The severity of these Spiritual Beasts exceeded his imagination; after that round of slaughter, there were only about a dozen or so of his men left alive, some of which were wounded.

Seeing as the Spiritual Beasts around them continued to launch attacks, apart from the Green Fox that constantly cast Illusion Techniques to disturb their spirit and prevent them from wholeheartedly defending against the Spiritual Beasts’ assault, there was also a Spiritual Snake capable of spewing poison mist, shrouding a radius of more than a dozen zhang in a haze of venom.

Even though they had taken Detoxification Pills, they dared not continue to remain within the poison fog, as these ordinary Detoxification Pills were not specific antidotes, and they would be unable to endure if they stayed longer.

“Follow me, and let’s break out!”

Gu Cheng yelled, leading the remnants of his men towards the valley exit.

At the mouth of the valley, Ma Jiu narrowed his eyes, eyeing the bandit cultivators who were both entangled with the Spiritual Beasts and retreating towards his direction. He suddenly regretted tricking Qin Feng into leaving.

Among these bandit cultivators, there were three from the late stage of Qi Refining. If he wished to stop all the bandit cultivators, relying on just one Silver Wolf was not enough.

Moreover, this Silver Wolf was his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, and he couldn’t bear to let the Silver Wolf face so many bandit cultivators alone and risk being killed by some fatal tactic; he would be devastated.

It seemed, it was time to unveil his true trump card.