Chapter 70: The Five-Headed Fierce Flame Beast

  The further down they went, the less blood there was, until all traces had disappeared, and even Warlight couldn't find Ximen Yurou and the others. Hopefully they were all okay, since they had scattered, she would go collect herbs and crystal nuclei on her own!

  Let's take a look at the sky, and decide to set off again early tomorrow morning. This is still the outskirts of Death Valley, relatively speaking it's not that dangerous, let's just rest here for tonight!

  "Mom... aren't you leaving?" The little one looked at her.

  "Not leaving for now, is Hui'er hungry?" The baby boy followed her around every day, never complaining. Such a well-behaved son made her want to give him the best things in the world.

  "Hungry"

  "Wait a minute, Mother will find something for you to eat." She had brought enough food for the past ten days. As these things were gradually consumed, there would also be more space in the storage room to store more herbs.

  Just as she and her son were thinking of having a nice meal, the voice of Gluttony suddenly echoed in her mind: "Master, master, let me out..."

  Her hands paused in their motion as she suddenly remembered that she still had a foodie at home!

  This time, the glutton who came out of the monster domain looked bigger, and his previous chubby appearance disappeared with the lengthening of his body. It seems that if you want to raise him back, it will take some days.

  "Master, master, you're so bad, you have delicious food and don't give me any~" Hmph! Last time he was scared by that man and didn't dare to move a muscle, it was too humiliating for the divine beast. So he made up his mind, resolutely resisted the temptation of good food, and devoted himself to hard training, thus making a comeback.

  "Huh? Gluttony, you can talk?" This time it wasn't just communicating with her in her mind.

  "Of course, Xiao Jue must progress too! A long time ago, Xiao Jue said that he was very powerful ~" The little paw waved, proving that what he said was true.

  Look at his proud little face, he stretched out his hand and pinched it on his face, deforming that small face before letting go.

  Gluttony's little nose sniffed, eyes shining brightly as she looked at the food she took out, it had been a long time since she last tasted something delicious! Just looking at it made her drool.

  "Master, can you give me some food? Please?" He trotted up to her side on his short legs, his big round eyes looking up at her with a pitiful expression.

  She only brought two portions, if there was a glutton, it would be ten portions, and even one hundred portions wouldn't be enough for him to eat!

  "The master didn't bring that many this time, so I can only give you a little bit. Why don't you go catch some demon beasts? When we get back, you can eat as much as you want." Giving him a little bit to satisfy his cravings is fine, but the main course still has to rely on demon beasts!

  "Alright then~" He's easy to get along with and isn't picky about food.

  A black shadow disappeared in an instant, and Qing Kuang and Xuan Xi ate while waiting. Gradually, the sound of fighting came from not far away, Zhan Qing Kuang quickly stood up, his whole body tense, carefully protecting his precious son behind him.

  "You despicable people, how much effort did we put in to kill the beast and get this fire crystal core? What right do you have to snatch it away from us as soon as you arrive? You bandits! Robbers!" Several seriously injured people chased after the six who were fleeing at full speed ahead.

  The six fleeing people rushed forward and suddenly stopped in their tracks, cautiously looking at the girl in front of them.

  Just as Qing Kuang and the six people were confronting each other, those who were injured also caught up with them panting, and upon seeing the girl in front of them, they all froze. It was that dual-system genius!

  "A good dog doesn't block the road, are you also here for the crystal core?" This girl was previously incredibly talented and powerful, he had to be on guard!

  Upon hearing this, a sharp and fierce gaze shot towards him, a whip made of wooden spiritual energy suddenly lashed out at his face.

  "Slap!" The man who was shouting just now suddenly had a wound on his face, and the blood beads burst.

  "Looking for death!" Wiping the blood from his face, the man's furious breath directly enveloped Zhan Qingcang, and with a wave of his hand, he summoned his subordinates to attack together, clearly enraged.

  "Xiao'er, be good and protect yourself." Looking at the people rushing over, Liang Ke didn't mince words, daring to call her a dog? Wait till she beats these few people into submission, then see who's the dog!

  Six people surrounded her, their movements swift and ruthless, clearly intent on killing her. The fire-elemental spiritual power in her right hand swept towards them mercilessly, while the wood-elemental spiritual power in her left hand transformed into a conical spear, reminiscent of medieval European knights' weapons, except its surface was not smooth, but covered with sharp, inverted spikes that would turn anyone who was pierced by it into a human sieve.

  While watching them fight together, those who were previously injured chose to hold back and not act.

  "Boss, we..." while making a slashing motion with his hand.

  "Don't make any rash moves, let's just wait for them to fight each other, haha." As the saying goes, a dog that bites doesn't bark, because it will secretly observe you and suddenly attack when you're not prepared. Once it strikes, it's either death or injury. Now it seems, they got hurt like this and it serves them right.

  "What the boss said makes sense, heh heh." Several people exchanged a smile, all looking sinisterly at the people fighting together.

  A knife brushed past her ear, and with a swift movement, she dodged the attack. The fireball hit the person in front of her directly on the chest, sending him flying several meters away.

  The few people who were fighting exchanged glances, nodded slightly, and seemed to have targeted the little girl. They thought that if they could capture this child, they could use her as a threat. Little did they know, this foolish move would cost them their lives. Who knew that Xuan Xi's iron kick was not so easy to provoke?

  "Hmph! You insignificant humans, do you dare to fight him? A red glow flashed in his eyes as the three people who were charging at Xuán Xī suddenly froze, losing all sense of self. The killing moves they had been preparing landed on their own companions instead, one after another, without even realizing what was happening. With a 'plop', one man used his hand like a blade and ripped out the heart of the man next to him, crushing it in his grasp. His face and eyes were covered in blood. The onlookers who had gathered to watch the commotion couldn't help but shiver at the sight, cautiously retreating several steps back."

  Wielding that wooden spear, she specifically targeted the weakest points of humans, and with only two people left, she still didn't take them seriously.

  "Ah..."

  "Hmm"

  The man clutched his abdomen, backing away to the tree before he could prevent himself from falling to the ground. Fresh blood stained his shirt and covered his fingers, but no matter what he did, it wouldn't stop. Gradually, he began to feel a chill.

  "Oh, right, who was it that you said was a dog just now?" Lightly arrogant with his hands behind his back, he overbearingly asked.

  "It's our fault, cough... You let bygones be bygones, huff... Let me go, let me go..." The man finally managed to get the words out, his teeth chattering nonstop.

  "Spare your life... You said I didn't invite you, and I didn't provoke you, but you still want my life. How embarrassing! I'm a person who holds grudges!" As soon as the playful words left her mouth, she had sentenced the man to death. Suddenly, the man's face turned pale, and he glared at her ferociously.

  "I'd rather die than let you be the one to take the fall!" As he spoke, the golden knife came slashing down vertically, clearly intent on a mutual demise.

  "Haha, I'm waiting!" Without even furrowing his brow, War Light stood there waiting for the man to strike.

  "Ah~" The intense exercise had apparently accelerated the bleeding in the man's abdomen, but now he couldn't care about anything.

  It's not her style to look down on people, but with this wretched appearance, it's not worth wasting spiritual power for him. She dodged the incoming knife with a flash of movement, grabbed the man's hand and twisted it, a cracking sound followed by the man's pained cry, his arm was now useless!

  Like releasing trash, the man instantly fell to the ground, twitching in pain. Since it was a crystal core that brought her trouble, she didn't hesitate to take it for herself.

  "Bring me the crystal nucleus!"

  "Huff... huff... Is it not, not crystal core? Give it to you, cough... you will, will let me go..."

  "Bring me the crystal nucleus!"

  The man apparently thought there would be a glimmer of hope, and with trembling hands, he took out the fire crystal core from the space ring and handed it over to Qing Kuang.

  "Hmph, she thought it was something high-level! It's just a low-grade magic beast crystal core, not even a king-level magic beast. Is it worth these two groups of people fighting over it like this?"

  "Spare me, spare me..."

  "Hey, that crystal core is ours!" At this critical moment, there would always be one or two silly young people who couldn't tell the situation and say something they shouldn't.

  "Haha, yours? This crystal core doesn't have your name on it, and what's in my hands is mine. Letting you watch this excitement for half a day is already a bargain for you, now get out of here quickly!" He put away the crystal core, his powerful aura directly pressing down on those few rodents.

  While Xuan Xi was lightly and crazily resolving the trouble, he also lifted the ban on those three people. In an instant, the three corpses fell to the ground, one by one, their flesh and blood blurred together.

  The ground shook violently, leaves fell from the trees, sand and rocks rolled, several injured people looked ahead in terror, unable to stand firm due to the earthquake, what was that rolling yellow smoke?

  "Help... Master... Help... There's a beast going to eat me..."

  A dark shadow suddenly drilled into her arms, with blood still on its mouth. Qingkuang looked in the direction it came from and saw a huge group of red-eyed mad cows! These demonic beasts usually wouldn't attack humans or other beasts unless provoked, but when their eyes turned red, they had lost all reason and gone completely mad. What exactly did this glutton do?!

  She couldn't help but scold, and with one swift motion, she pulled her precious son into her arms, using the surrounding trees to stage a Tarzan-like escape, hoping to evade the attack of these red-eyed mad cows. A hard collision? She didn't want to become human filling!

  Watching the dual-system girl jump away quickly, the injured few hadn't come back to their senses yet, and were scared silly by this large group of magical beasts in front of them. No wonder they ran so fast, they also wanted to run! But their legs didn't listen to their commands at all, what to do? What to do?

  Hearing the roar behind, the cry for help, the rescue voice, the movement in Xiao Kuang's hand became even faster. The gluttons around him also followed closely. Originally, they were people who didn't matter, and they were still thinking of taking advantage of her, being unfavorable to her. Xiao Kuang didn't have a good heart to save them, everyone was busy with their own affairs, where did they have the time to rescue them?

  "Xiao'er, got it." One big tree swayed after another, the little meatball tightly wrapped around her neck, and his legs also wrapped around her waist.

  Until the voices behind him disappeared, Liang Kuang jumped down from the tree and grabbed Bao Yu beside him, loudly demanding, "Bao Yu, you'd better explain to me what you've done to attract such a large group of magical beasts!"

  The glutton was suddenly wronged, and the host scolded him!

  "Don't cry, swallow it back! Tell me, what's going on!"

  "Gluttonous belly is hungry, saw a little cow, want to eat barbecue, fragrant and savory..."

  After listening to the explanation, Leng Kuang immediately understood. This guy wanted to eat barbecue, but his eyes were high and his mouth was picky. The beef of the small cattle was naturally tender and delicious! So this guy took a bite, and he didn't know how many he had bitten to death. So many small cattle died, no wonder that group of magic cows rushed to kill him with red eyes. But looking at his wronged appearance, I softened my heart, and it was also my own fault for not controlling this big glutton for a long time.

  "Alright, alright, Master knows, don't be sad anymore, you're a dignified divine beast, can't cry like that." She poked his little head, teasing him lightly.

  "Woe is me, Master! Even a divine beast can't withstand 'the many bullying the few'! It's the same principle that allows many ants to kill an elephant!"

  "Alright alright, is Gluttony hungry now?"

  As soon as he heard the word "hunger", the glutton became even more pitiful. He had been hungry for a long time and just came out, but things didn't go well. The calf escaped and ran wildly, his master scolded him, and tears rolled down his big eyes, saying "I'm hungry~"

  Look at that poor little thing, even I feel heartbroken. After all, it's my own pet, and we've had feelings for each other for so long. Just now she was too anxious and spoke too harshly. "Don't cry, don't cry, aren't you hungry? Master will give you delicious food."

  Sniffing his little nose, Tuo raised his head and looked at her foolishly, "Can I only eat a little bit?"

  "It's all yours to eat, and if it's not enough, the master will think of a way." As soon as he heard this, the little guy's eyes lit up instantly.

  "Really? Master, you're really great." The grievances instantly dissipated like clouds and smoke. She threw her arms around his leg, her little tail wagging back and forth.

  Helplessly watching him act cute, Lightly Crazy contributed all the food, a certain foodie's eyes sparkled, and drool was left behind. Xuan Xi disdainfully glanced at him, then turned to play with Lightly Crazy's hair.

  Gluttons will eat everything in front of them, grinning foolishly, putting things into their mouths faster and faster, their eyes curved with laughter. Suddenly, the chewing motion in their mouths stops, and they move their small ears.

  "What's wrong?" Ling Xiao noticed his unusual behavior and asked.

  After listening for a while, he swallowed everything in his mouth and said: "There are magical beasts coming, sacred ones." Xiaozhang picked up a meat pie with one hand and stuffed it into his mouth, not paying much attention to the two magical beasts.

  It's indeed Death Valley! She just got out of the dragon's pool and into the tiger's den, looks like she won't have a peaceful night tonight.

  "Master, two, gluttony for you to solve, cough...". The little guy ate too quickly and choked.

  "You eat yours, master solve it yourself." The road under her feet had to be walked by herself, she couldn't rely on the protection of her contract beast every time she encountered danger. If so, she would only tread in place forever and wouldn't make any progress at all. Moreover, her self-esteem didn't allow it, nor did her pride. Two sacred beasts? Even if it was difficult, she had to solve everything with her own strength!

  "Xiao Er, stay here and don't run around, got it?"

  "Be careful, mom!" He will support whatever mom wants to do!

  The leaves rustled and the monster's low growl grew closer and closer...

  Two tall magical beasts caused a shock no less than that of a herd of cows. When the moon came out, Zhan Light Crazy carefully looked at these two magical beasts and found they were five-headed Flame Beasts!

  She had seen in the book that the five-headed Lianyan beast was a fire-type demon beast, with a fiery red body, scaly skin like a dragon, and five heads, resembling a lizard; adult Lianyan beasts were three meters high, female Lianyan beasts were slightly shorter, with a neck similar to a Qilin but more slender, with a violent temper and prone to anger, generally living alone; during the estrus period, they became even more violent, with extremely strong killing power; after the estrus period, the Lianyan beasts would separate, and the mother beast would raise the young beasts alone.

  Seeing these two, I suddenly felt a bad premonition, could it be that unlucky?

  Seeing this tiny human, the slightly shorter Lava Beast let out a loud roar towards the sky. Its five large heads and ten eyes all stared at her with malice, and it began to dig into the ground violently, its tongue still making hissing sounds that made one's skin crawl.

  This is its territory, how can it allow a small human being to enter? Is this challenging its authority?

  Roar!

  Upon hearing the sound, the two Blazing Beasts looked in that direction and cautiously retreated a few steps. It was a Divine Beast!

  "Gluttony, it's settled then. The master will come himself, you just eat yours." These two guys were not very friendly to her! Looking up at the huge body, she felt it was too much trouble, so she lightly jumped onto a tree and confronted them.

  What does that divine beast mean? Don't interfere with them, let them do what they want! But, that divine beast seems to listen to this human's words! Is it a contract beast of this human? No way, absolutely impossible, they will not yield to humans, and the dignity of the divine beast is even more unlikely!

  Never mind how the divine beasts are, is this human provoking them? They actually dare to meet them with such eyes, it's unforgivable!

  The slightly shorter Inferno Beast with five heads bellowed at her in unison, its breath mixed with a pungent bloody smell that made one feel nauseous. Its massive body charged over, the five heads attacking her like snakes, aiming straight for her throat.

  He dodged the five big heads, kicked his feet on the tree, borrowed force and strength, like an arrow off the string, aimed at one of the mother beast's heads, ignited the fire spirit, a huge fireball directly smashed towards it.

  "Ga ga ga ga……” The mother beast dodged and weaved, but the leftmost head was burned, and one of its eyes was destroyed. With a furious roar, the remaining nine eyes stared at her like they had been poisoned. At this time, the male beast beside it also moved, its five large heads moving nimbly and fiercely attacking. As the saying goes, "A husband and wife with the same heart can cut through gold," the two magical beasts with ten heads simultaneously attacked her, instantly sending Warlight into a desperate situation, utterly routed and at a loss.

  "Hmm"

  Ten mouths spew fire simultaneously, wanting to burn this insignificant human into ashes. Lightly and proudly, the Fire Spirit's power is activated to create a barrier for himself, deciding to use his Fire Spirit to have a fierce confrontation with them, seeing who will come out on top!

  On such a night, the entire Death Valley was destined to be unquiet, and danger could happen at any time. In a corner of this valley, a girl was desperately fighting against two fierce beasts.

  "It's raining fire from the sky!"

  "Penetrating to the very heart!"

  The fire and wood spiritual powers burst out simultaneously, countless fireballs smashed onto their bodies. I suppose this is also the first time for these two fire-type magical beasts to taste the burn of fire! Closely following were the sturdy branches transformed from the wood spiritual power, sharp as a spearhead. If they got stabbed just once, it would definitely be a bloody hole.

  "Caw caw caw caw......"

  In an instant, the skin of both Lava Beasts was burned off in several places, scalding them and causing them to let out a cacophony of cries. The tender flesh exposed by their injuries trembled with pain, only to be deeply pierced by numerous thick wooden thorns. Fresh blood flowed down their abdomens as both magical beasts were enraged. Flames suddenly illuminated the sky, countless fire pillars shooting out from their mouths as they jumped about wildly, dodging and weaving. Their heads would occasionally lunge at her, trying to take a vicious bite, their sharp teeth gleaming with a white light that seemed to pierce through her very soul.

  Just dodged one head in front, and another one came chasing from behind. Warlight Crazy flashed to the left, just thinking of taking out the dagger to attack, but suddenly remembered that the dagger had been thrown away by her. In this moment of distraction, a big head aimed at her throat from the right rear and bit down fiercely. Just as she was about to retreat, five heads blocked her way again, leaving no choice but to try to minimize harm. With a flash of movement, she dodged the fatal blow, but still got bitten on the shoulder.

  "Uh..." Pain came, and half of her arm couldn't be lifted. She retreated in disarray, covering her injured right shoulder with her hand, and fresh blood instantly stained her white shirt red.

  "Mom..."

  "Master~"

  "I'm fine, don't come over!" she shouted loudly to stop them. Dare to hurt her? Are you all tired of living? Are you all out of your minds?!

  With a burst of strength, he leapt to his feet and fought alongside them. The sound of teeth chattering in the air sent shivers down one's spine, and the stench that filled the nostrils made it hard to breathe.

  Darting to the back of the mother beast, lightly and nimbly dodging, in the midst of chasing and being chased, the male beast looked very impatient, pecking at her again and again. Looking at the five big heads rushing over, with a sly and mysterious smile, it dodged from under the rightmost head of the mother beast and returned to its original position, continuing to harass them. One by one, they dodged, ten big heads flying about in disarray, completely lawless. The two demon beasts were at their wit's end, their ear-piercing roars shaking the sky.

  At this moment, Zhan Qingcang once again used his wood-type spiritual power: "Enter Wood Three Divisions!"

  A sharp wooden stake, three times stronger than before, fiercely pierced towards them. Seeing the approaching weapon, the two Lava Beasts panicked and scrambled to dodge, trying to withdraw their heads, only to discover that somehow their heads had become entangled together with a knot. Their feet retreated backwards non-stop, attempting to escape the predicament, but the more they struggled, the more chaotic it became. The ground beneath was scratched by their claws, leaving marks, yet they still couldn't untie the knot.

  A burst of panicked voices came, Light Crazy grasped the opportunity, aiming at their eight legs, one by one, with great force, all kicked and broken. Two three-meter-tall Flame Beasts collapsed with a loud crash, their sharp screams piercing through eardrums. The two frightened Magic Beasts sprayed fire in all directions without direction, hoping to slow down the arrival of the deadly attack, but would Light Crazy let them succeed?

  Another ten wooden stakes flew out, fast as shooting stars, with a few "poof" sounds, all of them pierced through their throats, nailing the heads that were still dancing wildly to the ground. The Lianyuan beast let out two mournful cries, its ten pairs of unwilling eyes wide open, before finally expiring.

  Seeing that they were really dead, Qing Kuang finally let out a breath, the pain in her right shoulder intensified, and she was so painful that her teeth were chattering.

  "Mom..."

  "Master~"

  Xuan Xi had been worried since she got injured, and the foodie also stopped talking, looking at her with the same concern. She hugged her precious son tightly in her left arm, constantly comforting him: "Xi'er, mother is fine, this place is not suitable for staying for a long time, the bloody smell will attract other magical beasts, let's leave quickly."

  "Alright, hurry up and leave, Mother is applying medicine."

  "Let's go."

  Looking back at the two corpses, I thought it was a waste not to make use of them, so I called out to the demon child to suck them dry. Holding my son's hand, we left the battlefield. If it weren't for the moonlight illuminating the shocking bloodstains, it would seem like nothing had happened here at all.