Tiger Hunting

Upon hearing the other party's words, Lord Huangshan panicked and instinctively let out a low growl.

What's going on? Who is this person? How could they know my plans with just one glance?!

He had been secretly plotting this for ten years, and had gone to great lengths to establish a connection with Guangyang City. It just so happened that the other party needed the support of the Mountain God to construct a great formation, and finally relented and gave him this method.

But to everyone's surprise, they came knocking on the door so soon after it was set up!

After a brief moment of panic, a murderous intent rose in his heart!

As a fierce tiger guarding the mountain, Lord Huangshan has always been the undisputed ruler of this area. With just a glance, countless lesser demons tremble in fear. He has never been approached and interrogated like this before.

Besides, the one who came knocking on our door was only a ninth-rank official, wasn't he?

As a fierce tiger in the mountains, I was taught the art of witchcraft by Guangyang Situ and combined it with the Divine Path Method to form my own unique style. I am considered a strong person among the ninth rank. What is there to be afraid of when facing someone who doesn't even know how to control the wind!

With this thought in mind, Lord Huangshan calmed himself and bared his teeth at Li Qi: "Who are you? What business is it of yours? Get out of Tiger Roar Cliff, and I might spare your life!"

Seeing Lord Huangshan's fierce but cowardly appearance, Li Qi shook his head. Then, he mobilized the Five Peaks Qi within his body, as if he wanted to do something.

However, upon seeing this, Lord Huangshan thought he was about to make a move, and immediately roared, causing waves of sound to surge out in the air!

As the sound waves rippled out, the tiger pounced, its blood-red maw wide open, trying to bite Li Qi.

Seeing this, Li Qi frowned slightly, then lowered his body and threw a punch.

The fist technique embodies the spirit of the Five Sacred Mountains, which is precisely what restrains the Mountain God.

The mountain is the tallest and most majestic mountain, capable of suppressing the mountain god in terms of rank.

After being suppressed, Lord Huangshan's momentum weakened by three points, but he still fiercely pounced forward.

In Lord Huangshan's view, humans, especially Shaman, are definitely at a disadvantage in close combat, and their bodies are certainly weak, no match for him, a ferocious beast in the mountains.

Therefore, if someone pounces on you like a tiger descending a mountain, even if they have some hidden tricks up their sleeve, they will have to be forced back before they can use them. Once they are forced back, that will be their opportunity!

But to his surprise, the human showed no fear whatsoever and charged forward with both fists raised.

Moreover, instead of being crushed by the tiger's immense strength, it directly suppressed the tiger head-on!

Even if one were to fight a fierce tiger with all one's might, the tiger's strength would be insufficient to overcome the opponent!

The doubled power unleashed by the Carp Flowing Intent Will briefly suppressed Lord Huangshan!

With that brief moment of suppression, Li Qi launched another attack.

Two more punches landed.

One punch landed squarely on the tiger's nose, while the other went straight into its throat. The tiger, descending the mountain, was instantly rendered dumbfounded by its own attack.

The fist pierced deep into his throat, grabbed his throat and pulled it out, and his nose was hit hard again. Lord Huangshan howled and tried to close his sharp teeth and bite off the man's hand!

But when he bit down hard, there was a clang, and before he knew it, two golden energies had protected his hand. The bite broke his two molars instead!

The two bursts of golden energy didn't stop there; with two quick swipes, they also repaired Lord Huangshan's sharp tiger claws.

The tiger is feared by all beasts because of its claws and teeth.

If the claws and teeth are destroyed, even a lone pig or a special dog can become an enemy.

Li Qi caught Lord Huangshan off guard, snatching his teeth from the tiger's mouth and breaking his claws. Huang Shan Jun lost eighty percent of his skills, and his nose was bleeding. He howled in pain, and even his roar sounded like a sob.

Li Qi, however, did not let go. He pulled his hand out of the tiger's mouth, grabbed Lord Huangshan's two ears, flipped him over onto his back, and punched the tiger on the head.

With Li Qi's strength, even a skull made of bronze or iron would be dented by a single punch. But this tiger demon's skull was harder than bronze or iron. The punch not only had no effect, but also made his hand ache, causing his hand to split open and blood to flow.

So Li Qi ruthless and changed direction, not hitting the skull, but specifically the back of the neck, the connection between the skull and cervical spine.

The tiger demon knew that was its weakness, so it pounced, roared, and tried to seize it.

The tiger leaped through the mountains and forests, rolling and tumbling everywhere, howling and roaring, desperately trying to throw Li Qi off. Its roars were like thunder, causing countless lesser demons outside the mountains to tremble with fear and their souls to scatter, wondering which ruthless person dared to provoke Lord Huangshan.

Especially Li Zhufang above, who was so frightened that she reverted to her original form, a butterfly hiding in the bushes, trembling.

Even as Lord Huangshan struggled, Li Qi's feet gripped the tiger's waist like pincers, while veins bulged on his neck as he frantically pounded on its back.

Judging from their posture, it was truly a case of a fierce tiger encountering a vicious beast, unable to express its suffering.

Li Qi held on firmly, then unleashed both fists simultaneously. With his left hand gripping the mane, he struck with his right fist. After a flurry of punches and kicks, Lord Huangshan was soon coughing up blood from his mouth and nose, unable to move, and could only lie on the ground panting, too weak even to speak.

Li Qi grabbed the tiger's ears, panting heavily. "Huff... Mountain Lord, may I have a word to say?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Huangshan burst into tears.

Damn it, it was clearly you who came to our door and started a fight...

But after being beaten, Lord Huangshan was also afraid, so he dared not say anything and could only nod repeatedly.

When a fierce tiger dwells in the deep mountains, all beasts tremble in fear; but when it is trapped in a cage, it wags its tail and begs for food.

Being ridden by Li Qi at this moment is like being trapped in a cage.

Seeing Lord Huangshan nod, Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Look at you, if you had listened to advice earlier, you could have avoided this beating. Why did you have to suffer like this?"

Lord Huangshan felt a lump in his throat; the broken bridge of his nose throbbed with pain, and he felt deeply aggrieved.

Did you fucking try to persuade me?

But circumstances forced him to comply, and Lord Huangshan repeatedly said, "Sir, you are right. I was rude..."

Li Qi rolled off the tiger, which was bigger than a water buffalo, and said to it, "I'm sorry, Mountain Lord. However, I heard that someone on your side wants to build a mountain and water array, so I came to inquire whether this is true."

Lord Huangshan immediately lowered his head, transformed into human form, and became a burly man with a ferocious face, a round head, an ugly appearance, and a rough appearance. His body was covered in purple flesh, but his face was bruised and swollen, as if he had been severely beaten.

No, it's not just "seems," it's more like I got a beating from someone.

He hurriedly bowed to Li Qi: "Sir, you are wise. The Mountain and Water Formation is indeed real, but I don't know what you want?"

Li Qi also cupped his hands and said, "I would like to see your array plate. Please lead the way, Mountain Lord."

He spoke politely, but his words directly asked him to lead the way, leaving him no room to refuse.

Lord Huangshan naturally understood the implication. He said with a bitter face, "Please come with me, sir. But I must tell you first that this array was set up by an eighth-rank great shaman. It is not something that you or I can afford to offend. Please don't do anything rash, sir. Otherwise, not only will I suffer, but you will also be held accountable."

Li Qi smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about that. Now that I'm here, how could I not know the great name of the Guangyang Situ? Besides, didn't you see that I am also Shaman?"

"Ah, so it's a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple, and it's like family fighting family. Why didn't you say earlier that you were sent by Lord Situ?" Lord Huangshan suddenly realized.

No wonder this person immediately recognized the place where the Bone Demon was nurtured and inquired about the Mountain and Water Grand Array.

These things are extremely well hidden; ordinary people shouldn't be able to recognize them.

So he knew from the beginning!

Having figured this out, Lord Huangshan felt even more aggrieved.

Then all that beating I took was for nothing?

"Because I wasn't originally sent by him, it's just... we have some connection. Alright, enough chit-chat, take me to see the array plate," Li Qi urged.

"Yes, I will lead the way for you, sir!" Lord Huangshan quickly got up and led Li Qi towards the center of the mountain.

Li Qi followed.

Soon, the man and the tiger arrived at the bottom of Tiger Roar Cliff.

Upon arriving here, Lord Huangshan pointed to a large rock and said, "Sir, please look, this is the array plate here, which was personally set up by Lord Situ."

"I know, let me see." Li Qi stepped forward and touched the stone with his hand.

It was cold to the touch and looked like an ordinary stone; apart from that, you could hardly sense anything special about it.

However, Li Qi had his own methods.

He took out a 'thread'.

It was that thread that Li Qi had pulled from Li Zhufang's body that Li Qi had kept in his hand, instead of throwing it away.

At the location of the array plate, Li Qi gently tugged on the end of the thread.

Suddenly, those previously almost imperceptible lines were tugged and came to light.

The intricate network, though seemingly small, is interconnected; a single misstep can have far-reaching consequences, and the entire network was temporarily exposed because of Li Qi's action.

But what you see are countless fine threads, tens of thousands of them, spreading out from the stone as the center, like a spider web.

These fine threads, one by one, are woven into a network, constantly swaying. It is unknown where these threads connect, but tens of thousands of threads extend outward. Every second, every thread is vibrating at an extremely high frequency, with ripples spreading outward, and then transmitting its own fluctuations to the array plate, along with wisps of essence.

Countless dense, fine threads spread to different little demons or ley lines, and then continued to extend from these things until they were completely invisible.

"Ah, this—" Lord Huangshan seemed to be seeing such a scene for the first time, and was dumbfounded for a moment.

Li Qi silently memorized the various details of the array plate. Although he couldn't actually understand it, he could go back and look it up in a book.

"This is the array plate of the Mountain and Water Grand Array, so..." After witnessing this, Li Qi felt even more confident.

He always had a scale in his heart.

Regarding the overall situation in Guangyang City.

First and foremost was Wang Baiyan, who helped him.

Wang Baiyan is certainly not trustworthy. There are too many suspicious points about her, and most importantly, these suspicious points were clearly deliberately exposed to her by her.

Therefore, Li Qi did not make a fuss or make any statement.

Because the other party deliberately exposed suspicious points, who knows if it wasn't bait? What he needed to do was not to distinguish between these irrelevant things, but to save the people, so Li Qi did not dwell on those things.

Secondly, Li Qi had always had plans in mind regarding the Blood Sacrifice and the mountain and water formation.

To save those more than 100,000 people, simply providing food is definitely not enough. Food is the foundation and a necessity, but it is not everything.

Even if enough food is provided, if Guangyang City insists on Blood Sacrifice, the food will be useless. Food cannot help these people withstand the destructive force; they will still be killed as sacrifices.

Li Qi's idea was to use food to help them survive, and then help them migrate to that small world.

The Golden Wave Sect is planning to open an island there as a small world planting area, right? These 100,000-plus people should be just right. We can discuss it with Wang Baiyan and the Golden Wave Sect won't need to allocate additional manpower. They can directly use these people to farm there, which will solve both the Golden Wave Sect's manpower problem and their livelihood problem.

If Wang Baiyan doesn't agree, then Li Qi isn't going to reason with him.

That small world is unclaimed. Why not farm it yourself instead of helping Golden Wave Sect? You can just immigrate there.

Although there will be some troubles and side effects, moving from this world to another small world is like moving from a top-notch metropolis to a primeval forest in Africa. It will result in the loss of many opportunities and the future, and that small world may also bear an excessive burden.

But no matter what, it's better than waiting to die.

Having secretly memorized the characteristics of the mountain and water formation, Li Qi slapped it with his palm.

But then countless fine threads snapped, and the entire array plate was forcibly destroyed by him!

This has little impact on the overall formation. The Mountain and Water Formation is composed of countless mountains and rivers. Li Qi has only destroyed this small node at most, and it won't even be noticed.

But--

Countless lesser demons in the mountains felt their bodies lighten, as if they had suddenly become much more relaxed. Many of the demons didn't know what had happened, but they felt that their fatigue had been greatly relieved.

Lord Huangshan's eyes were bloodshot with rage as he glared at Li Qi: "Why, sir?! You destroyed this array plate, so what about my Bone Demon?! Didn't it also get destroyed?!"

If they weren't outmatched, Lord Huangshan would probably have pounced on him by now.

Li Qi immediately said, "Don't panic, Lord Shan. I will compensate you. How could I let you suffer losses for nothing?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Huangshan's anger turned to joy. "Ah, so that's how it is. I misunderstood you, sir."

"Come here and reveal your golden form," Li Qi said.

Upon hearing this, Lord Huangshan immediately became alert. "Why does the master want me to reveal my golden body?"

The golden body formed by the divine way is the core of cultivation and is not shown to others casually.

"I have something that can compensate for the Bone Demon you lost, but it requires divine blood dripping from your golden body to recognize you as its master," Li Qi said. "If you are worried that I might harm you, then I can harm you right now, and you are no match for me."

After thinking it over, Lord Huangshan realized that this was indeed the case; it seemed that the other party had nothing to covet from him.

If he wanted to fight, he couldn't beat him, and it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill him. Besides, they had no past grudges, so there was no point in him killing him.

Thinking this, he then revealed his golden body.

However, just as it revealed its weakness, two golden energies flashed by, like guillotines, directly shredding the golden body's head and soul.

Li Qi, standing to the side, remained completely unmoved.

He had no intention of keeping the tiger alive, but fighting it to the death might attract the attention of the other mountain gods around, so he used a little trick to make it reveal its weakness.

Lord Huangshan is a tiger that eats both people and beasts, but Li Qi doesn't think much of it; it's just how he was born.

However, this demon participated in the Blood Sacrifice of the mountain and water formation, and was also a henchman of Guangyang Situ. It even planned to absorb the essence of a mountain demon and use the life of a small demon to nurture a Bone Demon for itself.

Then we have no choice but to eradicate evil completely; keeping such a mountain god around is just a scourge.

Besides, if we let him live, what if he tells Guangyang Situ about the situation here? Wouldn't that expose the whole thing?

After killing Lord Huangshan, Li Qi walked out of the cave.

He also had an idea of what to do after silencing the witnesses.