Then Let's Fight!

"They're really dead this time!" Shi Lin said.

The wind howled. A flash of green scales appeared among the clouds. How could this intelligent creature not know what had happened? Even so, it remained cautious, circling for a while before diving down.

The mountainside was scarlet. There were many puddles, all of them blood. Chunks of flesh and shards of white bone were scattered everywhere, and the stench of blood filled the air.

"Ah, it's really dead." Little One came closer and poked Suanni. Its body was slowly cooling; its life force had already been extinguished.

The Green-Scaled Eagle was exhilarated. It beat its iron wings with all its strength, kicking up sand and stones. Soon, it found the Demon Ape's arm from farther away. It, too, was a Primordial Remnant, containing rare true blood.

With a series of grunts, Little One carried back the several-meter-long broken horn of the Li Fire Bull Demon. He grinned carefree, his big eyes nearly narrowing into crescents. This was a priceless beast treasure, too.

"Let's tidy up and get out of here quickly," Shi Lin said.

"Mm-hmm!" Shi Hao replied.

Just then, the Green-Scaled Eagle grabbed Suanni's corpse and tried to beat its wings. Unexpectedly, it staggered and nearly toppled to the ground.

"The poison's still there. The medicine didn't work?!" Shi Lin exclaimed, glancing at the Green-Scaled Eagle.

"The medicine must have worn off during the fight!" Shi Hao said anxiously.

"Auntie, let's hurry back to Stone Village. We'll have Grandpa the clan chief help you remove the poison!" Little Shi Hao shouted urgently.

The Green-Scaled Eagle beat its wings and tried to take off again. This time, it finally managed to lift the enormous Suanni and fly toward Stone Village.

Along the way, it swayed several times, nearly plummeting. Its body grew weaker and weaker, and it was almost out of strength. On an ordinary day, it could have easily carried prey twice as heavy.

Shi Hao looked worried, and Shi Lin urged the Green-Scaled Eagle to put down some of its prey. But the eagle sternly refused.

At last, Stone Village was near. Little One held the scarlet horn and the Demon Ape's arm, his heart brimming with happiness as he grinned from ear to ear.

This time had been dangerous. They had nearly lost their lives several times, but they had truly brought back Suanni's precious body. They had also gained the Li Fire Bull's horn and the Ape King's arm. Their harvest was abundant.

Yet just then, the Green-Scaled Eagle began to descend. Its wings snapped several towering trees as it gradually ran out of strength. Black Blood flowed constantly from its wounds; it couldn't hold on any longer.

"Auntie, hang in there! We're almost home!" Little One, Shi Hao, encouraged it.

"Auntie, hang in there!" Shi Lin tried to send the Green-Scaled Eagle the power of his runes.

With a long cry, the Green-Scaled Eagle finally ran out of strength. Its massive body sank, scattering leaves everywhere. It smashed through numerous ancient trees, bringing down many of them.

Fortunately, it glided down rather than falling straight from the sky. Otherwise, it would surely have broken its bones and torn its tendons.

With a crash, the Suanni Precious Body the Green-Scaled Eagle had been carrying hit the ground first, cracking the boulders in the forest. Then the eagle's enormous body landed among the plants and trees.

Shi Hao and Shi Lin nimbly rolled to the ground.

"Auntie, are you all right?" Little Shi Hao hurried over to the Green-Scaled Eagle. Shi Lin followed.

The Primordial Demonic Bird's descendant was in terrible shape. The blood seeping from its wounds was like ink and gave off a foul stench. Its whole body was weak, and it could barely stand.

The Green-Scaled Eagle cried out toward the sky. Its voice rang high and clear, piercing metal and shattering stone. The sound made Little One, Shi Hao, wince with pain in his eardrums. He quickly covered his ears as leaves whirled all around them.

"Auntie, hang in there! Grandpa the clan chief and the others will be here soon."

Suddenly, a streak of cold light shot toward Little One.

"Little One, dodge!" Shi Lin shouted.

There was no time to think. Shi Hao swiftly turned aside as a cold iron arrow grazed his throat. With a bang, it buried itself in the mountain rock, ringing like metal.

A terrifying whistle tore through the air. The arrow was so fast it far exceeded the speed of sound, and its force was astonishing. If Shi Hao had reacted even a little more slowly, it would have pierced his throat.

Another streak of cold light flashed. A second iron arrow shot toward them.

"Looking to die?" Shi Lin shouted angrily. He swept both arms out, tracing a golden moon that dazzled with brilliance and shimmering radiance, as though a divine moon from the highest heavens had truly descended.

"Ha!" The golden moon swiftly cleaved through the iron arrow, then flew toward the tree behind which the archer was hiding.

After a scream, a group of people emerged from behind the tree.

"It's you!" Little One exclaimed furiously when he saw the people from Bei Village. The archer was the leader of their hunting party, a hulking man over two meters tall with sturdy muscles and cords of sinew like snakes.

Shadowy figures surrounded them. More than twenty people appeared, each holding a hard bow and aiming iron arrows at Shi Hao and Shi Lin.

"Brats, you dared to kill someone from Bei Village. Today, you'll leave your worthless lives here, along with the treasures behind you!" A middle-aged man from Bei Village sneered.

"Whoosh! Whoosh..."

Iron arrows rained down in a dense barrage. Each one carried a force of at least a thousand catties—terrifying enough to kill even a giant beast!

"Clang!"

The golden moon spun, knocking down a row of iron arrows with a series of snapping sounds. Even the iron shafts couldn't withstand it and broke apart completely.

"Don't hold back! They may be children, but they're powerful. First, combine your strength and kill the older one!" a burly man roared.

Dozens of heavy arrows shot at Shi Lin all at once.

"You want to die? Then I'll grant your wish!" Shi Lin began to unleash his power.

"Clang! Clang..."

Dozens of streaks of cold light howled toward him. Shi Lin used the golden moon to block them, cutting through one iron spear after another. The clangs rang in their ears as sparks flew.

"Die!" Shi Lin shouted furiously.

Runes danced in Shi Lin's hands. In an instant, he summoned several golden moons. With a sweeping motion of both arms, he sent them glimmering through the air toward the people of Bei Village.

"Not good! Dodge!" But it was already too late. Several people in front of the Bei Village hunting party's leader were sliced in half. Most of the people from Bei Village were badly wounded, and the attack had also slashed open their leader's abdomen. His intestines had nearly spilled out.

"Go!"

The leader shouted the order, his face pale and his forehead drenched in sweat. The group cried out as they hauled away their wounded and quickly retreated, scattering into the forest.

"Don't chase fleeing enemies!" Shi Lin stopped Shi Hao from pursuing them.

More than ten miles away, the people of Bei Village quickly regrouped and charged in this direction. A youth lay half-reclined on a stretcher among them, his face somewhat pale and his gaze icy as he toyed with a Beast Tooth String in his hand.

An old man murmured, "He's that powerful? He's injured more than ten of our clansmen. But don't worry. This time, our Sacrificial Spirit bestowed a treasure. Let's see how he manages to stir things up now!"

"Suanni's Precious Body is right there. The Sacrificial Spirit will come in person," another old man said.

Several miles away, the people of Stone Village surged toward the forest where Little One was, like a pack of fierce tigers. The entire village had come out. At the very front were the three young birds Ziyun, Dapeng, and Xiao Qing, flapping their wings anxiously.

By now, Shi Hao and Shi Lin had already killed six or seven monsters. They stayed close together, guarding the Green-Scaled Eagle, but if things continued like this, they would surely draw the ferocious beasts from deeper in the mountains.

Suddenly, a sheet of cold iron arrows poured down like a torrential rain, all aimed at Shi Hao and Shi Lin.

Killing intent filled the air. Even the forest leaves were shredded. The dense mass of iron arrows could have turned even a gigantic Dragon-Horned Elephant in their path into a pincushion.

Little One took a deep breath and let out a shout. A stream of vital essence surged from his mouth and nose. His whole body glowed, runes intertwined, and the golden moon stood before him like a blade, clanging as it blocked the arrows.

Shi Lin stood to one side, helping the Green-Scaled Eagle knock away the incoming arrows.

Iron arrows continued to fall, their tips all broken. In the blink of an eye, a heap had accumulated on the ground, their metallic sheen cold and striking.

The torrential barrage of arrows finally stopped. More than a hundred people appeared from every direction, surrounding them from afar and staring at Suanni and the crimson precious horn, their breathing quickening.

Even those who had never seen one knew that anyone who lived in the Great Wilderness understood how precious the true blood of a Primordial Remnant was. It was worth a fortune.

"Little one, this Suanni's remains are a supreme treasure. You can't protect them. If you're sensible, just leave, and we won't make things difficult for you," an old man said amiably.

"Little One, there's no need to waste words on them. Let's fight!" Runes covered Shi Lin's hands, and divine radiance blazed around him. Dozens of golden moons swiftly took shape.

"Fine!" Shi Hao replied.

"Brat, you're asking for death, are you? Then you'll die here today!"

As he spoke, his gaze turned cold. He waved a hand and said, "Loose!"

At once, arrows rained down with a constant whooshing. Shi Lin sent the golden moons he had already formed flying. They spun rapidly, blazing with golden light, and collided with the arrow storm in a perfect arc.

Ordinary arrows had no power to fight back against a runic attack. The arrow storm immediately lost its earlier momentum, and all the arrows fell to the ground.

The golden moons remained powerful, still spinning rapidly as they slashed toward the people of Bei Village.

"Not good! Loose more arrows!" Bei Liqing, the village chief of Bei Village, hurriedly shouted.

The people of Bei Village hurriedly nocked their arrows, but just as they set them to their bows, a crash rang out and they were struck.

The people of Bei Village, who had numbered more than a hundred, were cut down by more than half.

"Damn brat! We let our guard down!" Bei Liqing cursed viciously.

Suddenly, a dazzling cluster of lights appeared from a thicket and shot toward the two of them, enveloping them.

"I expected that!" Purple runes flashed in Shi Lin's hand, and the lights vanished at once.

"Bei Feng, face your death! Little One, strike over there!" Wang Quan pointed toward the bushes.

A pale-faced youth was hiding in the vegetation, crouched like a wolf.

"Good!" Shi Hao answered without hesitation, forming a golden moon and slashing toward the bushes.

"Not good!" Bei Liqing hurriedly rushed over.

Brilliant light filled the bushes. Bei Feng crawled out, a Beast Tooth String on his wrist, each tooth snow-white and lustrous, exceptionally beautiful.

"Surprised? I've got a treasure, too," Bei Feng sneered.

"It's you!" Shi Hao exclaimed in surprise.

"Whoosh!"

Bei Feng flicked his wrist, sending a shower of light flying out like a streak of meteors across the sky. It was dazzling and beautiful, yet terrifyingly lethal.

"Die!" Bei Feng shouted.

Shi Lin threw a golden moon at him, directly knocking down his attack.

"That's it?" Shi Lin scoffed.

"Damn it!" Bei Feng's face was cold.

Bei Feng offered the Beast Tooth String again. Its gleaming white teeth turned into points of light, spilling divine radiance as they shot toward his foe like falling stars streaking across the firmament. They were dazzling and beautiful, yet radiated a terrifying aura. A golden moon rose, hanging above the rippling sea in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility. But then a deafening "clang" shattered the calm.

"It's useless!" Shi Lin said.

"Damn it!" Bei Feng was seething with fury.

"This ends now!" Shi Lin formed purple runes with his hands. Vast divine radiance made the surroundings blaze with color, while rosy clouds spread everywhere and auspicious energy surged forth in streams.

Purple Emperor Immortal Eagle Art! A purple immortal bird appeared behind Shi Lin, flapping its wings as divine radiance poured from it.

"Go!" Shi Lin waved a hand, and the purple immortal bird soared out with a high cry, charging straight at Bei Feng.

"What? A precious art!" Everyone was shocked.

There was no time to think. Bei Feng hurriedly offered his treasure, murmuring the secret spell taught to him by the Sacrificial Spirit. The Beast Tooth String transformed into several weapons, including lifelike claws and a beast's head.

With a crash, the immortal bird collided with the treasure, erupting in a blinding silver light. Faintly, the long cry of a Demonic Bird rang out, like waves crashing against the shore and boulders surging through the clouds—heart-stopping and soul-shaking.

"Stop!"

"Hurry and take back the treasure!"

Bei Liqing, the chief of Bei Village, and Bei Shan, the leader of the hunting party, shouted together.

Bei Feng let out a scream, and the dust settled.

Bei Feng was dead.

"Ah, Feng'er!" Bei Liqing cried out. Clutching his chest, he coughed up a mouthful of blood in agony. Bei Feng was his own grandson, and he had just been cut down right before his eyes.

Shi Lin beckoned. The golden moon spun, lifted the Beast Tooth String, and carried it back to him.

Shi Lin played with the teeth in his hand for a while, then gave them to Shi Hao.

"Here, it's yours, Little One!"

"All right! Thanks, Brother Lin!"

They were family, so Little One didn't stand on ceremony.

The bracelet was truly beautiful. All forty-two Beast Teeth were as lustrous as mutton-fat jade, shining with a crystalline glow and containing a strange power.

Little One stroked them, then immediately put the bracelet on his wrist. Seeing this, the people of Bei Village were all shocked and furious. This was their clan's supreme treasure, and this little brat had just pocketed it!

"Sacrificial Spirit, why haven't you arrived yet? Please descend at once!" The chief of Bei Village looked utterly distressed.

A mournful sound came from the forest, as if some terrifying creature were drawing near. A cold murderous intent filled the entire world.

Night had already fallen. The forest was cold and gloomy, and the stench of blood filled the air.

"Sacrificial Spirit, descend quickly!" Bei Liqing's hair was disheveled. His face flushed red, then turned livid. His expression was terrifying, and he had lost all the composure he had shown earlier.

"Woo, woo..." Wild beasts howled on all sides. A cold aura spread, making their hair stand on end. It felt as though evil spirits were wailing, sending a shiver through them.

"Thump!"

Seeing the people of Bei Village about to charge over, Little One kicked Bei Feng into the air, sending him flying toward the people of Stone Village.

The trees were dense and the forest pitch-black. The roars of beasts rose and fell, and the sinister aura grew heavier, but no powerful creature ever charged at them.

A cold arrow shot in, precise and vicious, aimed straight at Shi Hao's eye. Its glint was chilling. Only a strong man who could muster five or six thousand catties of force with a single beat of both arms could have fired such an arrow. It was terrifying.

Shi Lin flicked a golden moon, knocking the arrow aside.

"You want to die?!" Shi Lin flicked out several golden moons, and Shi Hao threw out several as well.

They were like a river of stars in the highest heavens, or white waves on a vast sea, rumbling so fiercely that the whole mountainside roared!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!"...

Screams came from the other side. Four or five people staggered backward on the spot, blood spraying from their frightening wounds. Another three or four lost their arms, their faces pale and their heads drenched in cold sweat from the pain.

Little One moved like lightning, springing up like a little Pixiu. He rubbed the crystalline white Beast Tooth String on his wrist as runes flashed, then gave a soft shout.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

The Beast Tooth String blazed with light. Beautiful patterns appeared on every tooth, dazzling and brilliant. The teeth fell from the string, spread apart, and flew forward.

It was a brilliant shower of light, yet its power was astonishingly destructive. No one could react in time as the lustrous white teeth pierced through many people's bodies.

Blood blossoms bloomed one after another. Their bones snapped and their organs were torn apart. The people of Bei Village cried out in terror, completely unable to withstand the treasure's assault.

"What's going on? Sacrificial Spirit, you should have arrived by now! Why haven't you appeared? Hurry and save your clansmen!" Bei Liqing cried out in alarm, panic gripping his heart. At this rate, everyone from Bei Village would die here.

"Retreat!"

The dazzling treasure was countless times more powerful in Little One's hands than it had been in Bei Feng's. He understood Bone Text and knew how to wield it, so the treasure's power was on a completely different level.

The people of Bei Village had broken down. Even without their chief's order to retreat, they wouldn't have stayed there. They fled for their lives, every last one of them—and even then, the Sacrificial Spirit still didn't appear.

"Little One, don't chase them," Shi Lin said.

"Ah, this Beast Tooth String is so powerful." Shi Hao scratched his head, still a little dazed. He was amazed as the forty-two Beast Teeth flew back, turning into a lustrous white bracelet that wound itself around his wrist.

"They'll come back," Shi Lin said, his eyes shining brilliantly.

Knowing the story of Perfect World well, Shi Lin knew that Bei Village's Sacrificial Spirit was about to arrive. He wanted to make the Sacrificial Spirit of Bei Village his whetstone.

Suddenly, pairs of green eyes appeared in the dark forest all around them, like ghost fire. Giant wolves with green eyes ringed them on every side. White vapor billowed from their nostrils, their cavernous mouths bristling with savage fangs, and their fierce aura chilled everyone to the bone.

"You're all doomed. Today, your entire clan is destined to be wiped out!" Bei Liqing appeared again, his face cold and his eyes like a venomous snake. He was riding a giant wolf whose entire body was silvery white.

The people of Bei Village had returned. Many young men climbed onto the wolves' backs, each carrying a bow. Their eyes were cold with hatred as they stared at the people on this side.

"Our clan's Sacrificial Spirit has arrived. Not one of you will survive!" Bei Shan, the leader of Bei Village's hunting party, shouted.