Chapter 134: Confusion
Mingyan also couldn’t use Dao techniques. He relied entirely on his own strength, plus the power of the Netherworld Dragon Tendon Bow itself, and the special arrows made for him by the Huang family, which were specifically used for consumption and had a practical combat power far exceeding that of arrows formed by spiritual energy, to be able to kill a Divine Gate Realm ferocious beast with one arrow.
In the process of rapidly approaching, Mingyan shot arrow after arrow. His hand was very steady. The number of ferocious beasts chasing Ning Feixuan became fewer and fewer, but the situation did not ease at all, because Ning Feixuan’s speed slowed down again, and the number of spirit beasts threatening her life did not decrease at all.
Mingyan didn’t know how they had provoked the spirit beasts. Shouldn’t they have gone around them in a normal situation? But at this point, he couldn’t think so much. Mingyan was a little anxious, quickened his pace, and got closer and closer to Ning Feixuan.
Mingyan could see that Ning Feixuan was already at the end of her rope. If this continued, she would be trampled to death by these spirit beasts. They obviously didn’t want to let her go. They wouldn’t rest until Ning Feixuan was trampled to death.
Mingyan finally got close to Ning Feixuan, but she, whose speed had slowed down again, was finally caught up. One of the spirit beasts looked like a giant elephant, at least five or six zhang tall. When it ran on the ground, the whole ground was shaking. It raised its front hoof, wanting to trample Ning Feixuan into meat paste with one foot.
Seeing this, Mingyan drew his bow again, aimed at the spirit beast’s hind leg, and drew it with all his might. The arrow flew out of the string, turned into a ray of light, and shot at its left hind leg with the speed of lightning. It pierced deep into it, but it was only that. It failed to pierce through. But that giant elephant lost its balance, let out a painful roar, and could only stabilize its posture first. That foot failed to step down.
This bought both Ning Feixuan and Mingyan a certain amount of time. But before Ning Feixuan could pull away, a strange creature that looked like a monkey but not a dog jumped out from behind the giant elephant. It had a hairy face and a thunder god’s mouth. Its whole body was covered with hair except for its face and buttocks, very much like the Monkey King Sun Wukong Mingyan had read about in the novel “Journey to the West.”
The muscles on its arms were knotted together. It was also three or four zhang tall. Standing there, it was like a wall that could not be crossed, with a suffocating sense of oppression. It held a long stick in its hand. One blow came, with a whistling sound. Ning Feixuan quickly dodged. This blow directly smashed the ground to pieces, and rubble flew everywhere. If Ning Feixuan had been hit by one blow, she would probably have been half-dead even if she wasn’t dead.
Before Ning Feixuan could adjust her posture, another blow came. Ning Feixuan couldn’t dodge in time and could only take this blow head-on. A small bottle rushed out of her Qi Sea, flowing with various colored lights, emitting an auspicious aura. This was a replica of the Yaochi Emperor-level artifact, the Eight Treasures Glazed Vase. In a sense, this was also a symbol of her identity as the Yaochi Holy Maiden.
That blow was blocked by the replica of the Emperor-level artifact. The replica was sent flying by one blow. Although it did not shatter, its brilliance dimmed a lot. And Ning Feixuan was sent flying by the powerful impact, falling not far away, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Because she couldn’t use Dao techniques, Ning Feixuan couldn’t even take the replica back. But fortunately, Mingyan had just come from that direction. He picked up the glazed bottle and found that the beast herd had split. Some of the Tai Yi Realm spirit beasts were rushing at him.
With Ning Feixuan’s current state, she couldn’t deal with the remaining spirit beasts at all. Mingyan was burning with anxiety. He jumped up, wanting to jump over the beast herd rushing at him. But a spirit beast in the herd opened its bloody mouth and jumped up, wanting to swallow Mingyan!
The foul smell in its mouth was as if it had eaten a great many corpses, with a strong smell of rot. Mingyan’s face did not change. With his powerful physical body, this jump was extremely high. In the short time he was in the air, he drew his bow and shot an arrow into the spirit beast’s mouth.
At such a close distance, the power of the Netherworld Dragon Tendon Bow was fully displayed. The special arrow made for Mingyan by the Huang family was unstoppable! The arrow shot into its mouth and came out from the back of its neck! It directly pierced its neck!
Mingyan turned in the air, stepped on the spirit beast’s face, and used the force to jump up again. He saw that Ning Feixuan was struggling to deal with the monkey-shaped spirit beast holding a wooden stick. A green fragment was floating above her head, emitting a faint light, dropping layers of light shields, protecting Ning Feixuan. Mingyan raised an eyebrow. What was this?! It could actually protect Ning Feixuan here?
One must know that after entering the central abyss, whether it was the human race or the demon race, including these spirit beasts, they would all be affected and unable to use Dao techniques. These weapons were naturally the same.
Not affected by the central abyss, could it be… an Emperor-level artifact? A broken Emperor-level artifact?
Mingyan immediately thought of the broken small pagoda he had also obtained in the world outside the Southern Continent sea area. That thing was very likely an Emperor-level artifact, because when it floated in Mingyan’s Qi Sea, it could be on par with the * and # and the Yin-Yang Concentric Pendant. Thinking of this, Mingyan also sacrificed it. Sure enough, that broken pagoda floated above Mingyan’s head. Without him driving it, it automatically dropped a light shield to protect Mingyan.
Although Ning Feixuan could barely protect herself, she had no ability to fight back and could only be beaten. And, every time she was attacked, the light would dim a little, and her face would become a little paler. This pagoda probably had some special connection with Ning Feixuan. It was her life-bound object!
Another stick! But this time, Mingyan arrived in time. He raised his Netherworld Dragon Tendon Bow and blocked this stick. The huge force made Mingyan’s arm numb and made his blood surge. He raised the bow high, blocked it, and with extremely fast speed, nocked an arrow and drew the bow, shooting at the spirit beast’s eyes. That spirit beast quickly dodged. Taking this time, Mingyan quickly picked Ning Feixuan up on his back and quickly fled this place.
Even Mingyan did not dare to fight the beast herd head-on, let alone with Ning Feixuan, an injured person.
So, carrying Ning Feixuan on his back, Mingyan rushed towards the canyon at the fastest speed. He could only give up on looking for his master. After all, his master was much stronger than him. If this continued, it would not be him looking for his master, but his master looking for him.
Mingyan’s speed was not something Ning Feixuan could compare to. Even though the spirit beasts behind them became more violent after being injured, they were gradually pulled away by Mingyan. Just as he was sighing in relief, his heart tightened. He subconsciously turned his head to look behind and saw a green-faced, tusked spirit beast had appeared behind the beast herd at some point. It looked very fierce, and its body was not very large, but Mingyan felt a threat to his life!
It quickly passed the beast herd and chased after Mingyan and Ning Feixuan!
Mingyan had not seen this spirit beast before! This spirit beast was probably stronger than those Tai Yi Realm spirit beasts just now! Mingyan’s scalp was numb. What cultivation level was this spirit beast?! He felt a fatal threat. This spirit beast’s strength was probably much higher than his. It could probably easily kill him!
This was beyond Mingyan’s plan. He had not thought of dealing with such an existence! Mingyan’s heart sank. He knew things were bad.
Ning Feixuan naturally also saw that spirit beast. Her heart was dark, a little desperate. “I still got you involved… you shouldn’t have come to save me… perhaps I should have died here…”
Its speed was too fast, beyond Mingyan’s understanding. It was almost catching up to Mingyan and Ning Feixuan. It raised its claws and grabbed at them. Mingyan ignored Ning Feixuan’s words and subconsciously took out the crystal that the old Holy Emperor had given him in the Sheng Yuan Dynasty, which was said to be able to block a blow from a Human Gateway Realm cultivator, and sacrificed it!
When the spirit beast’s claws touched Mingyan, he turned sideways, preventing the already seriously injured Ning Feixuan from being attacked again. Otherwise, she would probably be in a bad situation.
Mingyan sacrificed the crystal and blocked this blow. After the claws hit the crystal, it only held on for a while before shattering. In the end, it even failed to stop the spirit beast’s claws. But fortunately, both Mingyan and Ning Feixuan had the light from the Emperor-level artifact fragments falling from above their heads, which finally blocked the other party’s sharp claws!
Although the two of them were not injured, the powerful impact sent Mingyan and Ning Feixuan flying. Both of them had their blood surge. Ning Feixuan even fainted directly. Mingyan quickly adjusted his posture and continued to run.
Mingyan was very shocked. The crystal that could block a blow from a Human Gateway Realm was gone just like that? Was this a Human Gateway Realm spirit beast?!
No, what did Bei Ming Ni and Ning Feixuan do? Why did the beast herd go to such great lengths to hunt them down?
After entering this area, Mingyan had been observing the surrounding situation. Although there were always a few ferocious beasts left here, he basically couldn’t see any spirit beasts with too much strength. It could basically be concluded that those Tai Yi, Divine Seal, Rotating Core, and Human Gateway spirit beasts should all be in the core area, guarding something. So, no powerful spirit beasts could be seen on the periphery, only some ferocious beasts.
And now that a Human Gateway Realm spirit beast had been alarmed, it was probably because Ning Feixuan and Bei Ming Ni had obtained something or discovered something…
Mingyan immediately realized that the problem was probably not that simple. He was about to ask Ning Feixuan, but found that Ning Feixuan had already fainted. He was silent. Should he leave Ning Feixuan behind? This Ning Feixuan or Bei Ming Ni had probably taken away something extremely important to the beast tide. Otherwise, the Human Gateway Realm spirit beasts should all be in the deeper parts now and would not come to this shallow area!
What to do…
Mingyan turned his head to look behind… frowned, and found an abnormality. That spirit beast that was suspected to be at the Human Gateway Realm did not chase after them. It looked at them coldly, and in the end, it actually turned and left…
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Mingyan was at a loss for a moment. He saw that after the Human Gateway Realm spirit beast turned and left, the beast herd also followed and turned to leave, seeming to have given up on chasing them…
What was going on?! Was my previous speculation wrong? But no matter what, Mingyan and Ning Feixuan were just fish on the chopping block, easily crushed. Why did it suddenly let them go?
Mingyan was a little confused. All this happened too suddenly, making it impossible for Mingyan to figure it out.
But… Mingyan came back to his senses. It was better to take Ning Feixuan out first…
Mingyan carried the unconscious Ning Feixuan on his back and rushed towards the outside with a heart full of doubt.
