The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 179

Chapter 179: Battle

The ice poison in the body of water demons looked very ferocious, as if no one would be able to deal with it. But no matter how awesome a water demon, there were still things that it feared, such as fire.

Naturally, normal fire would not be of much use to anyone, but it was not the same with divine fire. The temperature of divine level flames seemed like it would melt or evaporate anything, including the ice poison of water demons.

Many years ago, the first water demon died under a divine level flame.

And so, water demons were extremely sensitive to fire, especially divine flames. It was enough to wipe out a whole clan of water demons. Therefore, a water demon would not dare to get close, even a level nine one wouldn’t be able to do it.

The water demon could sense that if these flames were to wrap around its body, it would die.

The water demon finally felt fear, all thoughts of resistance disappeared. This time it really wanted to escape, but it already wanted to trick them. Ling Xiao would not let him off again. He was not a benevolent person and yet he gave it a chance. Unfortunately, it didn’t appreciate it.

Very quickly the purple flames engulfed the body of the water demon. The unique divine level flames emitted a red-hot temperature as it slowly roasted the screaming water demon. Not long after, the water demon turned into a ball of ashes and was no more.

Just like that, the most powerful half demon beast of the Shallow Shores was gone. The remaining water demons no longer had something to bind them. Once the leader was dead, they scattered like sand.

After the death of the water demon, Ling Xiao went up to that huge piece of ice poison. He brought his hand down in one swing and that piece of ice poison split open instantly, breaking into two halves right down the middle.

You XiaoMo was speechless as he looked at him. This fellow was simply not afraid of ice poison, before, he was only playing with that water demon. Obviously, his despicable nature could never be changed. However, his attention was very quickly diverted to the split in the ice poison.

A burst of magical blue light radiated from the split surface of the ice poison. The blue light shone at the bottom, turning the water a deep blue. Magical and beautiful.

This burst of blue light was coming from a ball of blue liquid under the ice poison. Very quickly, You XiaoMo sensed a concentrated burst of ultimate spiritual energy. Taking in a breath, his whole body felt lighter instantly, filled with energy.

“This is the spirit gem?” You XiaoMo stretched his head out to look at the ice blue liquid covered by the ice poison. If examined closely, one would discover that under this ice blue liquid, the glimmering rays of the crystal were faintly visible.

Ling Xiao simply got rid of the ice poison surrounding it and finally revealed the true face of the spirit gem.

A spirit gem was the epitome of all crystals. Its value defied the heavens.

No matter if it were a practitioner or a mage, especially one of imperial level and above, if they held a small piece of spirit gem in their hand as they cultivated, the results would be twice as good with half the effort. Rather than slowly taking in the spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it was many times more effective, because a spirit gem of the size of a small child’s fist held an incredible amount of spiritual power.

Right now, this piece of spirit gem in the depths of the Shallow Shores was the size of a soccer ball. It looked small, but the amount of power was already considered not little. For a ten-thousand-year-old abyss to have a spirit gem was already considered a good thing.

Ling Xiao fished out a complete piece of spirit gem from the ice blue liquid.

Careful examination revealed that the liquid was milky white. It was just that the spirit gem appeared blue, so the light which was shining on the liquid turned it ice blue.

You XiaoMo couldn’t wait to pick up the spirit gem from Ling Xiao’s hand.

Although the water demon depended on this piece of spirit gem to breakthrough to level nine successfully, because it didn’t absorb the power of the spirit gem directly, this piece of spirit gem did not lose much of its power. Otherwise, that water demon would not be of only level nine cultivation.

After obtaining the spirit gem, the two of them left the Shallow Shores.

Due to the death of their leader, the remaining water demons didn’t dare to stop them and so, the most precious treasure under the Shallow Shores was easily taken away by them just like that.

After coming out of the water, the Shallow Shore regained its clear and calm appearance once again. You XiaoMo lowered his head to look. There was no trace of that group as they probably realized how powerful Ling Xiao was, so they dared not appear again.

Not catching sight of water demons, You XiaoMo couldn’t help letting out a sigh of relief. If not, every time he saw one, he would inevitably think of their former selves. The road of cultivation was incomparably ruthless.

“Roar!!!” Right at this moment, the earth and heavens shook suddenly.

A few seconds later another angry roar rang out, followed by another, just as sudden one. The roars were mixed with faint spiritual assaults. Wave after wave was coming from deep inside the thick forest surrounding the Shallow Shores.

Before You XiaoMo could settle his nerves, another angry roar came from deep inside the thick forest. Except this time, it was from a different demon beast.

Rays of glee shot out from Ling Xiao’s eyes as he said in utter delight, “There are actually two level nine demon beasts fighting. Looks like our luck is not too bad.”

Just as Ling Xiao said, there really were two level nine demon beasts battling. By the time they got there, the two demon beasts had already fought until there were rivers of blood, their blood and the blood of the small and weak animals that they affected. The scene was too horrible to look at. If it continued, they would probably destroy the whole forest.

“Huh? It’s a Six-Winged Divine Tiger and a Dead Soul Beast. High level demon beasts,” Ling Xiao said rather thoughtfully.

Hearing these names, You XiaoMo felt they were very unfamiliar. Only after thinking it over for a while did he remember that these two types of demon beasts were demon beasts of ancient times of rather high strength and potential. Demon beasts from ancient times seemed to have disappeared from Long Xiang Continent. It was unclear if they were extinct or they just left. How unexpected for them to appear in the Paradise Realm.

It’s unclear why these two demon beasts came to blows. Furthermore, they seemed to be determined to battle to the end.

But from the situation on the battlefield, it looked like the Six-Winged Divine Tiger was at a disadvantage. She received a very heavy injury especially in the abdomen. The blood seemed to flow non-stop. The spot where she was standing looked like it would soon turn into a pond of blood.

In front of her, that Dead Soul Beast did not have as serious an injury. His pair of green eyes were fixed on the Six-Winged Divine Tiger, looking extremely greedy.

The Six-Winged Divine Tiger roared at him furiously. Her eyes were firm and tenacious as if she wouldn’t give up no matter the circumstances. She seemed to be guarding something.

Very quickly, You XiaoMo caught sight of what the Six-Winged Divine Tiger was guarding. It was a newly born baby Six-Winged Divine Tiger. Even its eyes have yet to open and it looked like the Dead Soul Beast was aiming for this baby divine tiger. No wonder the Six-Winged Divine Tiger was so furious. If someone targeted his child, he also would not let the other party go.

However, the Six-Winged Divine Tiger was clearly not a match for the Dead Soul Beast. Although both were level nine, the level was not the same. The Six-Winged Divine Tiger was three-star level nine while the Dead Soul Beast was five stars. A difference of almost two stars.

“That Six-Winged Divine Tiger won’t be able to hold on much longer,” Ling Xiao said suddenly.

After his words, that Dead Soul Beast launched another sneak attack. The soul beast was cunning. Even though he was stronger, he still wouldn’t engage in a just and honorable battle in the open. This was also the reason why he received less serious injuries.

Although the Six-Winged Divine Tiger had the heart, she was powerless. After the successful sneak attack, her body crashed to the ground. Although she was already out of energy, her eyes still carried a look of extreme unwillingness.

The greediness was apparent on the Dead Soul Beast as he slowly walked towards the baby Six-Winged Divine Tiger. He then opened its wide bloody mouth. Just as he was about to eat up the baby Six-Winged Divine Tiger, a joking voice suddenly reached it from above its head.

“Are Six-Winged Divine Tigers so delicious?” The Dead Soul Beast was stunned. This person could appear near him without warning. Furthermore, he did not detect him at all. There could only be one reason for this. This person must be stronger. Was it a high-level demon beast?

Not caring if that was the case, the Dead Soul Beast lifted its legs and ran. It was not that he was a good-for-nothing coward. The other party was stronger, and he also just fought with the Six-Winged Divine Tiger. If he had to continue fighting, the one to die would be himself.

“Running away?” Ling Xiao snorted lightly and reached his hand out and seized. It looked as if an invisible hand very quickly grabbed hold of the Dead Soul Beast and pulled it back.

When the Dead Soul Beast fell to ground, he immediately adopted a defensive pose and looked warily at Ling Xiao, “Who are you?”

The Dead Soul Beast stared at Ling Xiao in surprise and bewilderment, while calculating in his heart. He really hadn’t seen this person before in Demon Peak. Could it be that he was not a demon beast from Demon Peak? Even if he wasn’t, it was impossible for someone as amazing as himself to not have heard of him.

Ling Xiao stroked his chin, pondering for a bit before saying, “Who I am is not important. What is important is that I will give you one chance to save your life. In a while, there should be group of people coming up the mountain. When that time comes, go find the Tian Xin Sect’s Fu ZiLin. He is a mage. After bonding with him, I will leave you a horse, how about it?”

Since Fu ZiLin would soon breakthrough to level four, if this Dead Soul Beast was willing to cooperate, his soul force should be enough to conclude the bond.

He originally wanted You XiaoMo to bond with this soul beast. But he was too ruthless, too deceitful. Ling Xiao felt that the soul beast did not suit You XiaoMo, so he forced him to bond with Fu ZiLin. This way, they could avoid the danger of them getting found out.

“You want me to voluntarily bond with a mage?” said the stunned Dead Soul Beast.

Ling Xiao’s eyes narrow, “What is it? Are you not willing?” When he spoke, an immense pressure stemming from the bloodline crushed on the body of the soul beast like a huge mountain.

The expression of the soul beast changed abruptly as he said in terror, “An… an emperor demon beast?”

He finally understood why this man felt very dangerous right from the start. He was an emperor demon beast, and one that had matured for a very long time at that. His strength was probably higher than the master of the Paradise Realm. Someone this strong couldn’t possibly be trapped inside the Paradise Realm.

Knowing that he was possibly an emperor demon beast, the soul beast gave up all hope of resistance. Someone this strong could very easily track him down, so even if he didn’t want to accept the condition, it was all he could do.

“Enough. Your answer?” Ling Xiao didn’t give him time to think.

The soul beast smiled bitterly while saying, “Yes!”

How unexpected that one moment of greed would result in this kind of downfall. If he had known of this outcome earlier, he would not have, under any means, come to the territory of the Six-Winged Divine Tiger.

You XiaoMo looked at Ling Xiao in adoration, especially when he heard him let the soul beast go find Second Shixiong of his own accord. He could even think of such a good method. This fellow was so shameless!

Only after the soul beast left, did they go down to check on that level nine Six-Winged Divine Tiger. Unfortunately, the mother divine tiger was already dead.

Before leaving, Ling Xiao dug out the core of the mother divine tiger. He then put that baby divine tiger who had yet to open its eyes into his dimension. Demon beast cores were valuable things, especially to those of the same clan. If absorbed by the baby divine tiger, it would very quickly skip over its immature phase and enter straight into its mature stage.

After finishing all that, the two of them finally set off towards their final goal.

Not long after, an immense towering palace full of majestic splendor appeared in front of them.

The palace stood all alone at the apex of Demon peak. It was unclear what it was made of, but the whole palace would emit bursts of piercingly cold silver rays from time to time. Even though the master was no longer here, the imposing presence of the palace could still be felt.

However, the strangest thing was that the palace gates were wide open with only two guards standing outside.

The guards were obviously not real guards. Instead they were made from a silver-colored material. They looked like puppets, seven meters tall with an iron lance in their hands, standing with an awe-inspiring presence at the palace gate.

You XiaoMo stood in front of one of the guards and let out a heartfelt sigh in his heart. If not for the guard’s completely silver face, he would have thought that it was a real human, despite the extraordinary height.

Right at this moment, a red flash of light appeared in the wooden eyes of the guard.

Before he could react, the iron lance in the hand of the guard pointed straight at the spot where he was just standing. You XiaoMo’s jaws dropped open as he stared speechlessly at the guard as it turned its enormous body. A mechanical voice rang in his ear.

“Palace trespasser, die!”