RPAGF Chapter 9 Devouring the Nether Dragon
Chapter 9 Devouring the Nether Dragon
But Liu Jun is both a sword cultivator and a pill cultivator, so contracting another spirit beast shouldn't be a problem, right?
After all, no one would complain about having too much wealth, and the more good things one has, the better. Besides, the novel doesn't describe the beast tide incident yet; the story should still be focusing on the new female lead's life in the Xuanshan Sect.
Then you won't have to worry about stealing the protagonist's opportunities or anything like that.
Liu Xingxing admitted that she was envious; a monster that could command all beasts would definitely be very cool.
With a goal in mind, Liu Xingxing no longer felt any backache or leg pain. She fought her way through, carving out a main road straight towards the center of the monsters.
The commotion here also attracted the attention of those on the outskirts of the city. The three elders were quite surprised when they saw the commotion.
"Young friend, you mustn't! That's over there..."
Feng Gu shouted loudly, but the next second he was dumbfounded when he saw his "little friend" kill a demon beast with the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator with a single slash.
Feng Gu stammered, "Yuan Yuan Yuan Hong, what did I just see?"
Yuan Hong, standing beside him, also looked incredulous: "Who exactly is this person?"
Could it be that some powerful figure in disguise has emerged from seclusion?
Liu Xingxing fought her way to the center of the monster. The thing seemed to have sensed something and spread its wings to soar into the sky, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.
"Cough cough, ptooey, ptooey!"
With the flying sand covering everything, Liu Xingxing couldn't see anything clearly. She swallowed a few mouthfuls of ash, waved her hands vigorously, and squinted at the thing in the sky.
Liu Xingxing liked it even more because it was a flying monster!
"Why are you flying so fast? Do you think you can get away with what I've set my sights on! Windrunner!"
Liu Xingxing immediately cast a spell and flew off on her sword to catch up.
A wisp of flying sand and a beam of sword light instantly intertwined and fought their way for dozens of miles until the flying sand was forced to stop by the sword light. People outside Sunset City watched this scene from afar, marveling at it.
"Show yourself, you cowards!"
Liu Xingxing shouted with great momentum.
The aura within the flying sand stirred for a moment, but in an instant, a pair of wings large enough to blot out the sky stretched out from it, accompanied by a deafening roar.
Liu Xingxing exclaimed "Wow!" as if she had never seen anything like it before, before finally seeing the true face of the monster.
It turned out to be a large winged snake, and it even seemed to have horns on its head.
Liu Xingxing had previously learned about this monster in "Monster Talk". It resembled a snake with wings and was covered in dragon scales, but it was not a dragon. Its size was as large as a mountain and it was called the Cold Pool Devouring Shark.
But these things live around the Cold Pool, so why are they appearing on the plains? And there's no Cold Pool around Sunset City or in the surrounding forests.
Look at this monster, it's almost growing dragon horns, its rank must be very high. Why isn't it staying in its lair and going out to cause trouble? Well, it's run into someone like Liu Xingxing.
Liu Xingxing didn't care about any of that. This monster looked exactly to her liking, and it would definitely be very cool and stylish to take out.
The Gluttonous Shark glared fiercely at the human cultivator blocking its path, and spoke in human language: "You insignificant ant, how dare you block my way! Get out of my way!"
Compared to its size, Liu Xingxing was indeed as small as an ant, but Liu Xingxing was not shaken at all, and even smiled calmly: "Eh? It can even talk, that's great."
When there's nothing to do, you can chat with them to relieve boredom.
The Devouring Shark roared again, "Can't you, a mere cultivator, understand my words?!"
The scorching aura belonging to the demonic beasts continued to approach Liu Xingxing.
But Liu Xingxing remained unmoved: "Hey, let's make a deal, how about you become my subordinate? The benefits are very good."
"Step aside!"
"Tsk, why are you in such a hurry to leave? What, are you afraid you can't beat me?" Liu Xingxing said in a low voice.
Indeed, the Gluttonous Shark sensed a very bad aura from this human cultivator, an aura that filled it with fear and reminded it of something else. It concluded that it could not defeat her.
It was in the process of metamorphosis and needed a lot of demonic energy to replenish itself. There were no immortal herbs that could help it metamorphose. The thing in the forest did not allow demonic beasts to eat their own kind of low-level creatures, so it took the risk of setting its sights on human cultivators. It never expected that its first trip out would be so unlucky.
The Devouring Flood Dragon forced itself to say, "I'll say it one last time, get out of my way!"
Liu Xingxing was already tired of hearing the same two sentences over and over: "Stop talking nonsense, either admit defeat yourself, or I'll beat you until you do!"
"Roar!!!"
The Devouring Shark still had backbone; with a roar, it charged forward.
Liu Xingxing easily dodged the attack of the Devouring Shark, then took out all sorts of talismans and high-grade magic artifacts and threw them out as if they were free, while also using various Heaven-rank cultivation techniques and spells to attack it in turn.
The people in Sunset City, who were still fighting a bitter battle with low-level demonic beasts, could only see various sword lights and magical lights flashing in the distance, and had no chance to see who was fighting with which great demonic beast.
Feng Gu and Yuan Hong watched in alarm. The flying sand made it impossible to see what was happening inside, but judging from the situation, it didn't look too easy.
The Gluttonous Shark was blasted to pieces by these flashy things, with wounds in many places. Its anger flared up even more, and it attacked Liu Xingxing like a madman. Liu Xingxing, on the other hand, was very relaxed and did not look embarrassed at all.
After dozens of rounds, the Devouring Shark had been injured in every possible place on its body, but no vital parts had been damaged.
The Ghost Shark gradually realized something was wrong and stopped its attack: "What exactly are you trying to do!"
"Hey? Didn't I already tell you I'd make you my subordinate?" Liu Xingxing said in a very irritating way.
"Impossible! How could I possibly be with a mere..."
Before the Gluttonous Shark could finish speaking, the person in front of it flashed and a sword was pointed at its vital point.
Liu Xingxing tilted her head and looked at it with a smile. The wind made her clothes flutter, but her ordinary face exuded an amazing aura.
It was certain that this human cultivator was in disguise, yet it still couldn't see through her true appearance.
"I'm tired of playing with you. Tell me, do you want to die with regrets in this body that's about to degenerate, or live humbly? Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll help you really degenerate into a celestial beast."
Unlike demonic beasts, demonic cultivators are actually various animals and can transform into human form at any time. Their cultivation methods are also similar to those of humans.
After reaching the sixth rank, demonic beasts can choose to transform into human form or continue to molt. Only after molting a sufficient number of times or having a fortuitous opportunity can they molt into immortal beasts.
There are very few immortal beasts on the Yuanzhou Continent, but very few people can possess them. The strength of demon beasts and immortal beasts is not on the same level. Ten ninth-order demon beasts may not be able to compare to one first-order immortal beast. It's somewhat like bloodline suppression. Moreover, the strength of a ninth-order demon beast is about the same as that of a human cultivator in the late stage of Nascent Soul.
Therefore, the combat power of a mythical beast is not something that anyone can match. Those who are fortunate enough to form a contract with one are basically the result of countless people working together to capture just one.
However, few people have the ability to sacrifice several or even a dozen Nascent Soul stage experts for a single celestial beast.
Judging from the appearance of this ghost-eating shark, it must have only molted two or three times. Look at the horn on its head, it has only grown into a small tuft, it is still far from molting.
Now their lifeline is in their hands, and the conditions they've offered are quite tempting. Most importantly, the Devouring Shark is simply too weak to fight back. It's already suffered enough during its first molt, so how could it easily give up its body that has already molted three times?
Although it was very unwilling, it had no other choice but to compromise.
"I accept it!"
Liu Xingxing nodded in satisfaction: "That makes things much easier."
Liu Xingxing flew to the center of the monstrous head of the Shark, between its eyebrows, and dripped a drop of her heart's blood onto it: "A thousand mountains bear witness, the spirit of all things, heaven and earth as witness, this is the covenant!"
A beam of light from the sky struck down, and the contract was thus established.
Bound by the contract, the aura surrounding the Devouring Shark instantly weakened by more than half.
Liu Xingxing seemed to just remember something and said to it, "Oh right, I forgot to tell you, with this contract, if you attack your master, you will suffer a thousand times the damage as a backlash. If you disobey your master's orders, you will also suffer a backlash~"
"You!" The Ghoul-Eating Shark was shocked.
Because of the contract, Liu Xingxing and the Devouring Shark could communicate telepathically, and she knew all of its innermost thoughts, so she casually reminded it of them.
The Devouring Shark instantly wilted, losing even the last bit of its spirit. Human cultivators are truly wicked; it only then realized that it had been tricked out of even its underwear.
Someone stole a snake here, and nobody cares!
Having taken on a subordinate, Liu Xingxing was now facing a dilemma. She didn't seem to have anything on her to store her contracted beast, and storage bags couldn't hold living creatures.
Liu Xingxing glanced at the ring on her hand. She had just taken it out of her consciousness space to store spirit stones. She wondered if it could hold a contracted beast. After all, how could the things around a big shot like Liu Jun be ordinary?
"Do you think we can stay here? If not, I'll think of something else."
Liu Xingxing raised her hand and showed off her ring, seemingly unsure.