The Kill

At the sight of that three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle, Dai Yao relaxed.

"As long as those two start fighting, I can escape in the chaos."

Dai Yao's figure shot past the Mystic Water Turtle at high speed.

But then something happened that he never expected. After the three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle ran into the seven-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle, it also caught the scent of the Beast Heart Powder and went berserk.

The two Mystic Water Turtles chased Dai Yao in a frenzy together.

"Fuck! Haven't I just trapped myself?" His heart sank at once.

One Mystic Water Turtle had already forced him to flee for his life in a sorry state. With another added to the mix, his chances of escape had become extremely slim.

Now he could only risk everything and use all his strength to kill it.

"The Mystic Water Turtle is huge and has the advantage in close combat. Once I get bogged down in melee, I'll never have another chance to break free."

"In other words, I only have one chance to strike."

Dai Yao took a deep breath and did his best to calm himself. In a crisis, only a calm mind could let you look at the problem from every angle and find the chance to turn things around from a dead end.

"The problem now is that the Mystic Water Turtle's weakness is in the center of its plastron. How do I make the Mystic Water Turtle flip over? It's not like I can just slide under it."

A slide tackle would be delivering breakfast to a tiger, and the Mystic Water Turtle's body was too low to the ground for him to slide under it anyway.

As the chase dragged on, the Qi inside Dai Yao was consumed more and more. By now, forty percent had already been used up.

"Damn it. I only have sixty percent Qi left in my body. The strongest Eight Extremes Collapse my body can withstand needs forty percent of my Qi. The longer this goes on, the slimmer my chances of survival become."

He looked back and found that the distance between the seven-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle and himself had not changed, while the three-hundred-year one was falling farther and farther behind.

A plan gradually took shape in his mind.

He began adjusting his direction. Seen from the sky, the path of his escape was a circle.

In the end, the two soul beasts and one person were all on the same straight line. He had successfully run into the space between the two soul beasts, with the three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle ahead of him and the seven-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle behind him. But the price was that the original distance of over ten meters had been shortened to just a few.

He could already feel the hot breath sprayed out by the Mystic Water Turtle behind him as it breathed.

"Whether I live or die depends on this!"

Dai Yao circulated the Qi in his Dantian and, facing the three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle charging toward him, stomped hard and leapt into the air, jumping higher than he ever had before.

When he landed on the Mystic Water Turtle's carapace, he kicked off again.

The Mystic Water Turtle's body sank downward, like a balloon in water that had been pressed down hard, sinking beneath the surface before being pushed back up by buoyancy.

One had to understand that Dai Yao and the Mystic Water Turtle were both moving at high speed. To land on the Mystic Water Turtle required precise calculation; the slightest mistake could lead to failure.

Although this move was somewhat dangerous, under the circumstances, it was also a choice Dai Yao had no choice but to make.

At the same time, he had also considered the possibility of failure. When he leapt, he used slightly more force. Even if he failed to land on the carapace, he could still leap over the Mystic Water Turtle. That way, the two Mystic Water Turtles would collide, and once they started fighting, he could escape.

When the seven-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle saw the prey before it leap up, it also kicked off hard without hesitation.

After the three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle had been stepped over by Dai Yao, it saw the massive creature in front of it also flying up, and the madness in its eyes cleared considerably from fright. Its four limbs immediately shrank into its shell.

With a bang, the enormous Mystic Water Turtle vaulted off the other Mystic Water Turtle, leaving four deep hoofprints in the carapace beneath its feet.

"Now!" In that split second, Dai Yao seized the opportunity.

He landed on one foot, used the momentum to turn, and drew an arc across the ground with his other foot. Both feet exerted force at the same time as he charged straight toward the Mystic Water Turtle overhead.

Seeing Dai Yao's move, the Mystic Water Turtle sobered up quite a bit at once. It knew that once its weakness was hit, death was certain. It hurriedly circulated the power inside its body, and an emerald green circular barrier appeared.

"Eight Extremes—Collapse!"

Forty percent of his Dantian Qi poured into his right hand. When his right claw touched that emerald green barrier, a deafening boom rang out.

Powerful sound waves spread in every direction. The trees shook endlessly, and the accumulated snow was blasted down by the sound waves. With Dai Yao at the center, a huge circular area appeared, completely free of snow.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The barrier was pierced through in a single blow, and Dai Yao's body had also reached the end of its strength. However, he still could not relax. He raised his uninjured left claw and poured the final twenty percent of his Qi into it.

"It's over." Dai Yao seemed unable to feel the pain in his body as he swung his final strike toward the center of the Mystic Water Turtle's plastron.

Another shattering sound rang out. His small fist punched through the Mystic Water Turtle's plastron, and his entire body sank into the Mystic Water Turtle.

It crashed heavily to the ground. The Mystic Water Turtle twitched a few times, then finally stopped moving. As for the three-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle, it had just poked its head out of its shell when it saw the miserable state of the other Mystic Water Turtle.

It immediately ran off at top speed. That speed was much faster than when it had been chasing Dai Yao.

"Hah—" Dai Yao crawled out of the Mystic Water Turtle's body, and the state of Martial Soul Possession also ended. He lay on the ground completely exhausted, greedily breathing in the air. Only after a long time did he think, I really survived by the skin of my teeth.

A yellow Spirit Ring appeared above the Mystic Water Turtle's corpse, and within that yellow, there were even faint traces of purple.

"A seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring. What a pity I can't absorb it."

But after all, he was still in the danger-filled Soul Beast Forest. He immediately sat down cross-legged, visualized the Green Lotus in his spiritual world, and began cultivating.

Behind a bare tree, the Guard was watching this scene in shock.

"What kind of monster is this?!" Although he was not a soul master, he knew very well what it meant for a six-year-old child to kill a seven-hundred-year Mystic Water Turtle.

In particular, the techniques Dai Yao had used while fleeing and during his final counterattack were probably the legendary Self-Created Soul Skills.

"A genius blessed by the heavens! If he continues living, sooner or later he'll discover something was wrong with the Mystic Water Turtle today. Once he investigates it, the lives and fortunes of my entire clan will be lost." He thought in terror.

Looking at the utterly exhausted Dai Yao, a terrifying thought surfaced in his mind.

"As things stand, my only option is to kill him!"

Hearing movement nearby, Dai Yao opened his eyes as well. In just that short span of time, he had already recovered half a tenth of his Qi. Green Lotus's effect was just that absurd.

The instant he saw the guard, he understood. That enraged Mystic Water Turtle must have been his handiwork. Dai Yao had no grudge against this man; the only person he had enmity with was the Empress, so this man was probably one of hers.

He did not sense any Soul Power from the guard. He was just an ordinary person.

"Half a tenth of my Qi is enough to kill him," he thought.

Dai Yao looked blankly at the man approaching and asked, "How did a guard like you end up here?"

Before the guard could answer, Dai Yao looked behind him and said in surprise, "Guard Captain?"

Thank you to the two reader friends for your suggestions. In yesterday's updated plot, there really was a logical issue, and it has now been corrected.

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