Chapter 412: A Great Show (III)

These people might actually kill the big snake if the other three monster spirits don’t make a move...

A headache throbbed at Li Hao’s temples. He didn’t care about the big snake dying, but what if these people didn’t go after the other three afterward and continued to come for him instead?

With these people working in tandem, even peak Novas would find it difficult to escape. Just look at that large net immobilizing a premier powerhouse!

But... this snake was also the weakest among the four, wasn’t it? Li Hao could clearly see the snake’s light—it stabbed into the eye, but it wasn’t as piercing as Hou Xiaochen’s or the others’. The young man’s eyes hadn’t teared up because of this big snake. The other three were probably stronger than it.

It’s pretty much one against four...

Seventeen Solars were absolutely on par with two Novas—the big snake was fighting the equivalent of four Novas. How terrifying! So this was how strong Hou Xiaochen was. No wonder Blue Moon and the others hadn’t dared make a move. It would require four or five Novas to be reasonably guaranteed of taking down the man.

......

At the same time, inside the valley.

The other three monster spirits stirred restlessly. The little snake seemed to be trapped. As they thought, it was useless. A unique ripple reverberated around the valley—it came from the tiger. More ripples floated over the other two’s heads.

“Snakey is so trash that it’s trapped. The Golden Lotus... seems to need a while longer to mature.”

“So you’re going?” came a ripple from the golden eagle. The tiger looked at the bird, the bird looked back at the tiger.

“Stop it with the ‘you go, no you go’,” rumbled the ape. “Snakey is crap and caused too much of a disturbance. There seems to be martial masters around apart from these supernaturals. Martial masters... they’re very strong and I seem to have seen the fool from before. I’m talking about the one who beat you guys... I mean those of your race!”

“Nonsense!” yowled the tiger in a weak voice.

The ape didn’t care, its nose twitched. “I’m just saying that there’s a very strong martial master similar to him. His blood qi is exuberant, so I’ll take on that guy!”

The golden eagle mantled with a burst of lazy ripples. “I’ll help Snakey!”

The tiger twisted its tail around. “There seems to be another human apart from the one with strong blood qi... I’ll take care of him!”

The three monster spirits had decided to make a move. The golden eagle spread its wings wide and disappeared without a trace. A powerful bound sent the ape out of sight. After a final look at the lotus, the tiger also dashed away. Its speed knew no comparison as it vanished from the valley.

......

Seventeen Solars and two Novas furiously pummeled the giant snake. Some of its sturdy scales had crumbled; it rasped with fury. One drop of blood fell to the ground, shaking the earth when it landed. It continued to hover protectively over a small snake. A new ripple washed over the scene at this time—everyone knew instantly what contained.

“So weak and so stupid, Snakey. You really don’t have much ability to your name...”

Anger, as well as a certain degree of insecurity, appeared in the snake’s eyes. Was that true?

A smear of gold burst onto the scene, stunning the humans when a hell master was ripped apart by a pair of golden claws that tore through the void. A Solar was shredded to pieces in the blink of an eye!

Bam!

The snake erupted in a frenzy of activity and rammed through the net. Caught in a fit of wrath, it lashed out with its tail and smacked the little shield away. The next flick of its tail smashed one of the hell masters into meat paste!

The golden eagle was much faster than it. Aureate light sparkled as—

pfft pfft pfft!

A series of popping sounds traveled through the air; eight of the cocky hell masters were promptly mauled out of their lives!

The abrupt development stunned everyone present. Half Mountain spun on his heel and ran off without a word. This was insanity! There was another major monster spirit here!

A loud collision sounded as a new figure flew out of the void. Southern Fist shot back in the air with a bellowed complaint, “I haven’t done anything bad...”

Bam!

The enormous ape almost shattered the sky when it punched out! Southern Fist was so despondent that he nearly spat blood.

How... damned unlucky am I?? I’m just here for a peek, how was I supposed to know that all of you are here? I didn’t do nothing, but the ape found me through smell alone and it’s damned fast!

Southern Fist also punched out!

BAM!!

The skies and earth roared; He Yong flew backward with a mouthful of blood.

Fucking hell, it’s strong! Peak Nova? No!! Probably stronger!

“Hmm? That’s strong... Are you the Crippled Fist King of the Thirty-Five Rookies?” An astonished voice traveled into Southern Fist’s ears. Immensely taken aback, his eyes snapped to the giant ape when he realized something between mouthfuls of blood. As expected, there was a puzzled look in the monster spirit’s eyes.

Crippled Fist King?? The hell is that??

It went without saying where the monster spirit had heard the nickname from—

Yuan Shuo! It must be him! This ape must be one of the ones that he learned the five auras from.

The massive ape was very curious and punched again!

Boom!

Heaven and earth shattered once more; Southern First broke through the void and fled for his life.

Are you kidding me?? The monster spirit’s too strong! I’m bloody strong too, but I need to stay away from this one!

A tiger roar shook the skies the second he escaped.

Bam!

Sword light illuminated the land while the skies churned and earth overturned. The ground split and the firmament was torn asunder!

“I’m just passing through!” A resigned voice protested in the distance.

Truly!

“ROAR!!” snarled the tiger, shaking the mountain and decimating countless trees to dust. They revealed a large clearing where the earth had been shaken apart.

“I really... don’t mean to cause any trouble...” A man with a longsword looked around helplessly.

Keen light shone out of the tiger’s eyes! “One of the thirty-five trash?”

“......”

The heck??

Hong Yitang asked wearily, “Are you the tiger that Yuan Shuo once beat up?”

“ROAR!!”

“Ahem, sorry! My apologies!” Hong Yitang swiftly retreated, longsword in hand. “This is a misunderstanding! I’ll be on my way, you guys continue doing whatever you were doing. I’m only here to look for my daughter, so let’s not engage in anything. If we really fight to the death... This isn’t the only place of treasure in the nine mountains and eighteen layers of Ash Mountain. We might lure stronger existences to us...”

The tiger glared coldly at Hong Yitang. “One of the Seven Trash Swords?”

“......”

Oh fuck you!

Why was even a tiger that Yuan Shuo had beaten up so irritating?

Off in the distance, Half Mountain was dumbfounded by the giant ape and Southern Fist that showed up in the first direction that he ran in. When he changed tack, he stumbled across a ferocious tiger and... Hong Yitang?

This was unbelievable!

He didn’t dare contemplate anything and quickly ran in the only direction that didn’t contain anyone. Half Mountain didn’t have the courage to linger. Agonized shrieks rose and fell behind him as the golden eagle and gigantic snake quickly ripped all of the sixteen hell masters to pieces. The Parity King’s strongest troops were eviscerated in the blink of an eye!

The golden eagle was much stronger than the snake; Half Mountain’s scalp went numb as he ran. Aureate light flashed overhead and the void broke thunderously. Golden claws materialized over his head. Half Mountain’s face slackened with dismay even though he vanished into the darkness!

An invisibility method!

And yet, light filled the eagle’s eyes. It broke the darkness! When Half Mountain reappeared, a claw descended to crush one of his arms with a sickening crunch. The man used the opportunity to escape again.

A stern look entered the eagle’s eyes. One sharp cry later, it broke through the air and vanished on the spot. When it came back into sight, it plucked Half Mountain out of the darkness!

Horrified, the man spun and ran for Tidal Wave.

The woman had suffered a blow from the snake’s tail and flew out from the loud collision. She didn’t dare remain on the scene and used the momentum to flee. There was no time to pay attention to her severe injuries. The sixteen hell masters had been eliminated in the blink of an eye and their joint offensive instantly smashed to smithereens.

Whether it was the snake or eagle, both were unparalleled existences—and there were two more! Thankfully, those two were preoccupied by Southern Fist and Earthturner Sword. No, it would be more accurate to say that the two monster spirits were obstructing them.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

No one had the mind to spare for why these two were so strong and why they were following the bigger group. There was no need to think about anything other than how to escape and survive!

Who would’ve thought that four major monster spirits would be living in Ash Mountain? And the key thing was, rather than attack each other, they helped each other in times of distress! That was the most frightening!

Earthturner Sword looked over at the one-armed Half Mountain, the gravely injured Tidal Wave flying backward, then at the Revolution King madly running for his life with a wind chime over his head... He dearly wished for all of them to live. They needed to be hale and hearty so they could buy him some time! Sadly, all of them were trash and about to die.

Hong Yitang then looked at the suppressed Southern Fist—the ape kept beating mouthfuls of blood out of the man. As he thought, Southern Fist was trash too. He was slightly stronger than anticipated, possibly mid Nova. But still, he couldn’t stand up to the ape!

Of these four monster spirits, one was a peak Nova and the other three were at critical moments of metamorphosis. They would be greater than Nova when they completed the change—they could be hailed peak perfection Novas or a half step beyond.

The tiger in front of him was one of them.

“Brother Tiger, why run down a bystander?” Earthturner Sword continuously retreated with a smile on his face. “My sword isn’t weak. You guys seem to be protecting something and awaiting the chance for transformation. You might be injured if you fight me, which might delay your change. Wouldn’t that be a great loss? I haven’t done anything against you, have I?”

The fearsome tiger stared coldly at him, its limbs trembling. It wasn’t afraid, but ready to pounce at any time. The human was very strong! But, so what? Humans were all wicked! This person reminded it of that evil guy many years ago. The tiger didn’t want to listen to anything, it just wanted to kill the human!