The Consequences of One's Own Actions! I'll Make the Spirit Road Run Red with Blood!

"Me?"

Even Luo Li began to doubt her own existence.

After all, she was only at the late Spirit Wheel Stage.

She was far too weak compared to the Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast, the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast.

If she dared step even half a foot into its territory, the consequences would be worse than Yang Hong sending people to hunt her down.

"The Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast comparable to the Three Heavens Realm is an adult Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast. I'm talking about its child."

The corner of Zhao Chen's mouth twitched. Anyone else would not have assumed he meant for her to hunt an adult Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast. What difference would that have made from sending her to her death?

"A Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub."

Even as a cub, it was still a high-level spirit beast capable of rivaling the Divine Soul Stage.

Without question, even ordinary Divine Soul Stage cultivators would not want to encounter one.

Moreover, there was another point: the activity range of a Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub was usually not far from that of an adult Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast.

If they were not ruthless and swift enough, Zhao Chen and Luo Li would personally experience just how ruthless and swift the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast could be!

"A Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub... that risk is worth attempting."

Luo Li breathed a sigh of relief. A high-level spirit beast like this was indeed more suitable for her.

As long as she refined its beast soul, she would certainly be able to enter the Divine Soul Stage with ease.

Furthermore, she could reach the middle Divine Soul Stage, placing her in an absolute lead among the current Spirit Road trial participants!

The Spirit Crown was hers for the taking!

"But that alone isn't enough."

Under Luo Li's astonished gaze, Zhao Chen smiled faintly and added,

"The people chasing you have probably reached the end of the Spirit Road. Why not use this opportunity to wipe them all out?"

Those people were all among the most outstanding geniuses. They had made it from the beginning of the Spirit Road to near its end and reached the Spirit Wheel Stage.

Even if they were not King-Sealing, they were not far from it.

Yet geniuses like them had joined forces to hunt down a single girl.

Bullying the few with the many was beneath them.

Since that was the case, Zhao Chen would not blame them for what came next.

"Y-you want to use the cub's death to lure the Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast into a slaughter!?"

Luo Li was stunned. She had never expected the Nine-leaf Sword Grass to be so intelligent that it even understood how to kill with a borrowed blade.

Of course, what surprised her more was his ruthlessness.

Once an Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast became enraged, blood would surely flow like a river.

Whether they were at the Spirit Wheel Stage or Divine Soul Stage, there would be only one path: death!

Strength in numbers?

It would be a slaughter—an utterly one-sided slaughter!

But...

That would make them extremely dangerous as well.

One wrong move, and they would bring disaster upon themselves!

"Those who bring evil upon themselves cannot live."

Zhao Chen merely replied calmly.

The Spirit Road had originally been a trial ground arranged by the Five Great Academies.

Killing was normal, and death was normal too.

Even prodigies could fall.

Not to mention being slaughtered by spirit beasts recorded within the Spirit Road. That was far too common.

Who knew how many had entered the Spirit Road only to encounter spirit beasts they could not possibly handle and become their food?

Like Luo Li, who had just been hunted down. Without Zhao Chen stepping forward, she would have suffered grave injuries.

Even if she dealt with those people, she would still find it difficult to escape the pursuit of King-Sealing Prodigy Yang Hong and the others.

Kill them. That was all there was to it!

"Alright."

Luo Li regained her composure and nodded in agreement.

Would she refuse to go simply because there was danger?

What she needed was to grow stronger as quickly as possible.

She had to seize the Spirit Crown and receive the finest spiritual energy empowerment.

Then she would enter the best of the Five Great Academies and reach the Supreme Realm as soon as possible.

Only then could she return to the Luo God Clan, receive the Luo God Inheritance, and shoulder the burden of life and death for countless millions of her people!

She deliberately left traces behind.

When they arrived at the end of the Spirit Road, Luo Li looked at the endless mountain range stretching for thousands of miles, unable to keep herself from feeling nervous.

She was about to hunt a high-level spirit beast and face an Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast head-on!

"Don't worry. I can smell the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub."

Zhao Chen was calm inside. He knew the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub's temperament well. It was currently in its rebellious phase, extremely curious about the outside world, and some distance away from the adult Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast.

Dealing with the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub required a single lethal strike, not three hundred rounds of battle.

And he had an opportunity to kill it in one strike.

Unconsciously, he looked toward Luo Li and the black longsword on her back.

That was the Luo God Clan's treasured artifact—the Luo God Sword!

Its divine might had been sealed, but its formidable strength remained unchanged.

Using the Luo God Sword to bear the terrifying sword qi of his Nine-leaf Sword Grass's Slay All Sun, Moon, and Stars was feasible.

"I see it. Over there."

Luo Li quickly noticed movement beneath a distant tree. A small, glittering golden spirit beast was gnawing on fresh flesh.

The spirit beast was covered in palm-sized golden scales, with two dragon horns that had not yet fully grown atop its head.

Its head resembled a dragon's, with two slender dragon whiskers hanging from it. Its body resembled a tiger's, dragging behind it a thick tiger tail.

Its limbs were thick and long, and its tiger paws enormous.

Every movement seemed to make the ground tremble.

Although this Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast was still in its youth,

its size was already no weaker than those of high-level spirit beasts.

Combined with the terrifying power contained within its body, it was undoubtedly the undisputed tyrant of this region.

"Place me on that sharp sword of yours."

The corners of Zhao Chen's lips curled upward. At last, he had seen this little fiend again.

Back then, he had nearly been tormented by it.

Now that he had a chance for revenge, he naturally could not be soft-hearted.

"Then unleash your deadliest strike."

"Once you succeed, immediately collect its beast soul and essence blood, then leave."

Although the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast was valuable from head to toe, this place was far too dangerous.

Once the cub died, the Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast would certainly sense it.

If they were locked onto, there would be nowhere for them to take refuge at the end of the Spirit Road.

They had to strike ruthlessly and swiftly. Once they succeeded, they had to retreat immediately!

"Alright."

Having witnessed the Nine-leaf Sword Grass's power, Luo Li did not hesitate in the slightest. She believed that with Zhao Chen's support, she would surely be able to kill it in one strike!

She took a deep breath and maintained absolute focus.

Then, in a flicker, she arrived near the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast.

The silver Nine-leaf Sword Grass rooted itself upon the Luo God Sword, causing the restrained sharpness within it to barely contain its frenzied and terrifying sword qi.

Countless tiny, invisible strands of sword qi effortlessly sliced through all the surrounding trees.

Leaves drifted down in great numbers, making the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast cub, which had been gnawing at flesh, immediately raise its head.

However, all it could see was the ultimate sword strike tearing through the sky like a lotus flower!

"Roar!"

The Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast instinctively unleashed its special technique. Golden light burst from its entire body, making it impossible to see clearly.

Then it suddenly raised its tiger paw, actually intending to shatter that sword strike!

Screech!

When the Luo God Sword's peerless blade effortlessly pierced through the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's proud defense of golden light and dragon scales, this high-level spirit beast comparable to the Divine Soul Stage perished just like that!

"So sharp!"

Though Luo Li was astonished, she immediately sliced open the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's head and took out the essence soul within, which pulsed with dense spiritual energy.

At the same time, she decisively collected the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence blood.

"Collect some ordinary blood too."

Seeing that she had finished collecting the essence blood, Zhao Chen added deliberately.

He had no other intention. When their enemies were covered in the cub's blood, how would the Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast slaughter them?

"Hand over the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence soul, Luo Li, and I can spare your life!"

However, just as Luo Li was preparing to leave, an incomparably arrogant sneer rang out.

Looking closely, it came from a thin young man dressed in green robes, his face filled with arrogance.

His eyes were fixed tightly on the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence soul in Luo Li's hand.

The spiritual energy contained within was enough for someone at the Spirit Wheel Stage to easily break into the Divine Soul Stage!

"Yang Hong, you really are impossible to get rid of."

Luo Li fell silent for a moment. He had arrived so quickly.

Where, then, was Ji Xuan, the King-Sealing Prodigy reserved by the Holy Spiritual Academy?

It seemed that blood truly was going to flow like a river here!