Yellow Great Immortal's Death

Li Jie controlled the shield. The three of them emerged from behind trees or out of the grass, joining Gao Fei and Magistrate Xue to form an encirclement around the Fox Demon.

The Fox Demon ignored them, her heart aching as she tried to pick up the longsword from the ground.

Yet when she picked it up, only the hilt remained.

The Fox Demon had completely lost her initial nonchalance. Her gaze turned grave.

"I thought you were bold, but it seems reinforcements have arrived. Commander Li, come out as well! I haven't broken my promise, yet you humans attacked me first. Shouldn't you give me and the Shangqiu Fox Clan an explanation?"

Her words were arrogant, but everyone around her could see the trace of tension in her.

After waiting a while and seeing no movement around her, she revealed another faint smile.

"I didn't expect your courage to be this great. Weasels, if you still won't come out, must I personally invite you?"

As she spoke, two longswords flew out from her body. They were identical to the one that had just been shattered, hovering at her side.

Beside a massive tree that took two people to wrap their arms around, two figures appeared: a one-meter-tall Yellow Great Immortal at the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected, holding a short blade, and a tabby cat as large as a black panther.

The great number of monsters originally hidden in the valley also charged out at this moment.

Li Jie drew his longsword, and the shield flew back into his hand.

"Junior Sister, you and Magistrate Xue handle the two Spirit-Absorption Realm monsters. Leave her to me. You two deal with the remaining Minor Monsters!"

Gao Fei had no objection to the arrangement. Killing Minor Monsters was a quick way to earn Merit Points.

He could not even be bothered to listen to the rest. Raising his spear, he charged straight toward the incoming horde of monsters.

This left Lin Ye dumbfounded. Spiritual power would eventually run dry. Once it was exhausted, one would be nothing more than a slightly stronger Body Tempering Realm, Perfected cultivator.

Under everyone else's gaze, he could only advance slowly and unwillingly.

Before there was even much distance left between them, Gao Fei could no longer wait. He hurled his spear at the gorilla charging at the very front.

Without using any spiritual power at all, the spear pierced straight through its body.

He rushed forward at once, passed the spear, yanked it free in one fluid motion, then smashed it down viciously with Mount Tai Crashes Down.

A gorilla was struck, its long legs driven straight into the earth. Its skull cracked, though it did not burst open like a flower.

Dragging his spear in a sweeping arc, he sent another large group flying.

The last time he had experienced something like this—having someone cover for him while he farmed Merit Points—was when he played games in his previous life.

Now, all he had to do was farm Merit Points like mad.

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, no monsters could be seen within three zhang of the battle-crazed Gao Fei. They all stood encircling him from afar, not daring to approach.

They had been killed into terror.

Only then did Gao Fei have time to check on the others.

The magistrate and the Cat Demon were both extremely fast. The Minor Monsters could not keep up, and the two were evenly matched.

Li Qingyao and Yellow Great Immortal were both at the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected, and their original strength had been roughly equal. But three Spirit-Absorption Realm weasels and two Spirit-Absorption Realm tabby Cat Demons were harassing her from around the edges. She was completely at a disadvantage, nearly falling into danger several times.

The way Li Jie and the Fox Demon fought had changed. They controlled flying artifact swords from afar, maneuvering to evade attacks, and the distance between them never dropped below three zhang.

Lin Ye stood ten zhang behind Gao Fei, darting left and right to keep himself from being surrounded.

Gao Fei began moving, intentionally or otherwise, toward Li Qingyao's battle.

Both sides were fighting fiercely and noticed none of his small movements.

At ten zhang, his right hand began gathering Transforming Force. He held the spear in his left hand, using it for defense while his feet harvested enemies.

After closing to five zhang, he waited until Yellow Great Immortal exchanged a blow with Li Qingyao, then activated Shrinking Earth to Inches and shot straight behind the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected Yellow Great Immortal.

After ten seconds of charging Transforming Force, he thrust out his palm.

It was already too late to dodge. The protective spiritual power had only just risen when it shattered upon contact, and the strike landed solidly on Yellow Great Immortal's back, over his heart.

Physical strength, a sneak attack, and charged power—none could be missing.

The force spread through Yellow Great Immortal's body. The short blade fell from his hand, and he slowly turned around, wanting to see who had ambushed him.

But Gao Fei pushed his head back with a hand. "What's there to look at?"

He died with eyes that would not close!

The system prompted: Yellow Great Immortal at the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected had been killed. Merit Points +235.

He ignored the other stunned Spirit-Absorption Realm monsters and directly poured spiritual power into the spear in his hand, stabbing through Yellow Great Immortal's head.

He flicked out the Beast Core, wiped it clean on the corpse, tucked it into his clothes, and looked around again.

The monsters that had just been enthusiastically joining the siege scattered and fled. Only after running back into the main monster force did they stop.

Li Qingyao had also been startled by the sudden ambush. An instant kill!

Even if she, someone at the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected, launched a sneak attack, she could not achieve such an effect.

How had he done it? Why had he never displayed such talent before, instead pretending to be a wastrel?

She had not been interested in him before. No matter how great his talent was, could it surpass Senior Brother's? But now, it seemed that was not the case.

After Gao Fei knocked out a Spirit-Absorption Realm, Early gorilla that had not fled with a strike of his spear, then sent it on its way with a punch of Dark Force, he saw the woman standing still with her mouth open as she stared at him. He said:

"Stop spacing out. Go help your Senior Brother!" As he spoke, he did not forget to collect the Beast Core.

"Alright!"

Just like that, she was inexplicably ordered to help her Senior Brother. When she was about to approach—

"Junior Sister, watch out!"

An artifact flying sword had already reached her. Only when Li Jie threw himself forward and knocked her aside did she come back to her senses.

"Senior Brother, I'll hold the perimeter. You'll have to be the main force."

Magistrate Xue and the Cat Demon at the Spirit-Absorption Realm, Perfected both saw what had happened here.

The Cat Demon frantically tried to break free from its opponent and flee toward the outskirts.

Magistrate Xue fought desperately to keep it pinned down.

This was an opportunity. If they could kill this Cat Demon, then as long as Yueyang County had its magistrate, it could remain peaceful for decades. If managed properly, even a hundred years would not be a problem.

Gao Fei understood what was happening. Carrying his spear, he caught up to the Cat Demon in two steps.

He thrust the spear straight at its head, forcing it back, then swept it sideways.

He smacked the Cat Demon back between Magistrate Xue and himself.

The Cat Demon was faster and reacted more quickly. On top of that, it was prepared and kept trying to flee, so there was no longer any chance for a sneak attack.

But for this sort of monster with a physical body that maintained its original form, relying solely on claws to attack, Gao Fei liked it very much.

He also found weapons somewhat cumbersome. He drove his spear into the ground with force and charged at the Cat Demon barehanded.

The path ahead was blocked, while retreating would leave its back to the human who could kill it in an instant, making that even more dangerous.

It might as well charge forward and have a real, solid fight.

Gao Fei watched as specks of golden spiritual power shimmered from the cat claws swiping toward him.

A right hook met its claw.

Bang!

A punch of Dark Force struck the cat claw, which had no spiritual power protecting it.

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking rang out. One leg was fractured.

His physical strength was at the peak of the early stage of the first turn of the Golden Body Art, while his martial cultivation was at the Middle Spirit-Absorption Realm.

When the two combined, his physical reactions and combat versatility were far greater than one plus one equaling two.

The Cat Demon sprang backward swiftly. Even Gao Fei could not catch up in time.

Fortunately, Magistrate Xue had been watching closely. His longsword, carrying streaks of faint azure spiritual light, blocked its path.

Looking at its broken forelimb, the Cat Demon missed Yellow Great Immortal's short blade more than ever.

It did not need a weapon. It merely wanted something to block with. This human's attacks were far too strange; even its hardest front claws had not held out for a moment.