Fierce Beast

Liang Zhaohuang tore a slit through the "restriction" on the cave wall. The two of them each brought out a Five-Colored Light Shield Talisman to protect themselves, then entered the cave abode.

The situation inside the cave abode had long since been scouted out: a pool, withered lotuses filling it, and the only threat was that enormous Five-Colored Koi.

The moment they entered the pool, clan head Liang Xuelin immediately brought out a talisman, raising waves across the entire pool and churning all its waters.

Liang Zhaohuang, meanwhile, directly activated the Five Lights Bracelet on his wrist. Golden light flared, and the Golden Blade Technique was poised to strike.

The waves swept through the whole pool, destroying large swaths of withered lotus. Sure enough, they startled the Five-Colored Koi Demon.

Ahead, the waves parted, and a gigantic figure lunged out in an instant, its huge mouth gaping as it pounced straight at the two of them.

Liang Zhaohuang instantly drove the Five Lights Bracelet to its limit. Golden light gathered, and three "golden blades" cleaved out in succession, slashing into the charging Koi Demon.

Five-colored flowing light flickered over the Koi Demon's body, its scales tough and solid, but under three consecutive strikes of the Golden Blade Technique, the scales were still cut open, and blood burst out.

But this fish demon was ferocious beyond reason. It had not the slightest intention of retreating. The sharp pain and fresh blood instead seemed to inflame its savagery even more. Its hideous maw opened wider and wider, and it let out a chaotic roar as it came to devour them.

Liang Zhaohuang could see that the fish demon's mouth was packed with sharp, jumbled bone spurs and fangs. If they fell inside, they would surely be torn to shreds.

"Whoosh!"

Boom!

At that moment, clan head Liang Xuelin launched a talisman. It turned into an enormous fireball and blasted straight into the fish demon's mouth. The fireball exploded instantly, blasting the fish demon away and sending it crashing back into the pool.

"This isn't a demon beast. It's a fierce beast."

Clan head Liang Xuelin made the judgment at once.

The greatest difference between fierce beasts and demon beasts was that they had no intelligence, only ferocity.

The spiritual energy of this world was filled with violent turbulence. Directly absorbing and refining it would have no small effect on either humans or demons.

If human cultivators absorbed and refined violent spiritual energy directly over a long period, they would gradually be affected and become demonic cultivators; demon beasts, meanwhile, would gradually have their intelligence destroyed and turn into fierce beasts.

The Koi Demon in this pool had clearly been trapped in this cave abode for years. It had no inheritance, and could only absorb and refine violent spiritual energy, so it had turned into a fierce beast.

"Splash..."

Ahead, waves churned. The Koi Fierce Beast, though heavily wounded by the fireball, showed not the slightest intention of backing down. It pounced again, filled with ferocity and utterly devoid of reason.

This further proved clan head Liang Xuelin's judgment.

"Split up and attack!"

Having judged that it was a fierce beast, clan head Liang Xuelin immediately changed their predetermined battle method.

To a certain extent, a fierce beast without intelligence was actually easier to deal with than a cunning demon beast.

"Good!"

Liang Zhaohuang instantly understood the clan head's meaning. The two of them rushed to either side separately, to see which one the fierce beast would chase. When the time came, one would draw it away while the other attacked.

Perhaps because the fireball just now had caused it tremendous damage, the Koi Fierce Beast went straight after clan head Liang Xuelin.

Seeing this, clan head Liang Xuelin immediately flew backward. Each of his hands brought out a talisman; the talisman in his right hand turned into several Water Arrows that shot straight at the charging Koi Fierce Beast, while the talisman in his left hand turned into a Water Shield, guarding in front of him.

On the other side, Liang Zhaohuang followed closely after it, continuously urging the Five Lights Bracelet on his wrist. Golden light, azure light, black light, crimson light, and yellow light emerged in rapid succession.

Golden Blade, Thorn, Water Arrow, fireball, Stone Cone!

Five Elements spells blasted out one after another, hammering into the huge-bodied fierce beast koi.

The Golden Blade cut through its scales, Thorn pierced its flesh, the Water Arrow punched through its body, the fireball blew apart flesh and sent blood flying, and the Stone Cone struck straight into fishbone!

A succession of bombardments instantly dealt the Koi Fierce Beast heavy injuries.

"Awooo! Roar!"

Severe wounds and sharp pain drove the Koi Fierce Beast into a frenzied roar. It abruptly lashed its tail, kicking up a great sheet of waves, then directly turned around, abandoning clan head Liang Xuelin and pouncing straight at Liang Zhaohuang.

Liang Zhaohuang immediately flew backward. At the same time, he turned the Five Lights Bracelet on his wrist, and five-colored light blossomed in sequence: Golden Shield, Wood Shield, Water Shield, Fire Shield, Stone Shield!

All manner of Five Elements defensive spells were immediately deployed.

The Koi Fierce Beast's ferocity erupted. It had no concept of dodging or circling around at all. It opened its mouth and spat out a great sheet of black water, which crashed into the Golden Shield.

The black water was violently corrosive. It directly corroded the Golden Shield until it shattered, then broke through the Wood Shield and Water Shield behind it before finally being exhausted.

By then, the fierce beast koi had already pounced close. Five-colored flowing light flickered over its body as it slammed into the Fire Shield without dodging in the slightest.

A thunderous explosion rang out. The Fire Shield instantly burst apart, and a large swath of scales on the fierce beast koi's body was likewise blown apart, its flesh burned scorched black.

But the heavier its injuries became, the more violently this fierce beast koi's ferocity seemed to erupt. It grew even more frenzied, still neither dodging nor avoiding as it charged straight on and directly smashed through the Stone Shield.

Of course, the Koi Fierce Beast's injuries also worsened once more, while the ferocity it unleashed became increasingly terrifying.

Liang Zhaohuang faced the charging fierce beast koi head-on. A terrifying savage aura rushed into his face, seizing the mind and making a person almost lose control of themselves.

In battles between cultivators and fierce beasts, they often benefited from fierce beasts' utter lack of reason, yet also suffered from the terrifying ferocity with which fierce beasts feared neither life nor death.

It could be said that the advantages and disadvantages were half and half.

Liang Zhaohuang had already circulated the Five-Colored Buddha Light by now. To him, the terrifying ferocity erupting from the fierce beast koi was no more than a breeze blowing in his face.

Five-Colored Buddha Light flickered in his eyes, allowing him to see the fierce beast koi's attack path with perfect clarity. He abruptly urged the Five Lights Bracelet on his wrist to reverse.

At once, five-colored spiritual light lit up in sequence, gathering together and transforming into a "light bracelet" flowing with Five Elements spiritual power. It flew out, rapidly expanded, and directly looped toward the charging Koi Fierce Beast.

This was the killing-spell that came with the supreme-grade ritual implement, the Five Lights Bracelet. Its name was simply "Five Lights Bracelet." It could gather the power of the Five Elements and turn it into a "bracelet of light" flowing with five-colored radiance, then send it flying out. It could bind enemies, and it could smash into them—its might was tremendous.

Liang Zhaohuang had only been able to activate this spell after his cultivation reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, advancing into the late stage of Qi Refining, and used it as his trump card.

The five-colored "bracelet of light" flew out, expanding rapidly as it dropped straight down. The Koi Fierce Beast had no reason at all and did not know to dodge; it even opened its huge maw and bit directly at the descending "bracelet of light," wanting to bite it to pieces.

But as the Koi Fierce Beast's sharp teeth clashed, sparks bursting out, they passed straight through the "bracelet of light," without causing the five-colored "bracelet of light" the slightest effect.

It was as if the five-colored "bracelet of light" were nothing more than an illusion.

However, when this five-colored "bracelet of light" slipped over the Koi Fierce Beast's body, it immediately turned from illusory to real, binding it tightly in midair. It struggled in vain, unable to break free.

And at this moment, the attack of the clan leader, Liang Xuelin, who had been pursuing close behind the fierce-beast koi, had also arrived.

The ritual implement he had summoned was a Ruler, with five lights flowing across it. As the clan leader lashed down with the ruler, an illusory boulder surfaced above it; in an instant, the Ruler seemed to carry a weight of a thousand catties as it smashed down onto the Koi Fierce Beast's head.

With a crack, the Koi Fierce Beast's skull was smashed open in an instant. Its five-colored fish scales shattered, blood and flesh burst apart, and fish bones split.

However, the fierce beast's powerful vitality meant it still had not died.

Clan leader Liang Xuelin brought the Ruler down three more times in succession. Each blow had an illusory boulder appearing, smashing down with the force of a thousand catties, finally breaking the Koi Fierce Beast's head completely apart and blasting it dead.

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