White Tiger Roars Westward!
"Where's the little leopard?"
The White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger asked casually, but its eyes narrowed.
The Leopard Demon didn't come, but two Demon Suppression General did manage to find their way to him. One of them was an unfamiliar face, but as long as it wasn't Pei Xuance, it was fine.
Without the two exchanging a word, it gleaned the answer from their expressions.
His large hand was already gripping the Azure Dragon Saber, but his expression showed no anger, only mockery.
"Hmm, looks like he's dead."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young Tiger Demon hunched over and walked to the side.
It circled in an arc, attempting to move to the side of the two, its shoulders and back lowered, its sharp claws protruding from between its fingers, poised to pounce.
Almost at the same instant the Tiger Demon moved, Yang Xiao placed his hand on it.
Mysterious Spiritual Power surged from his palm, instantly condensing into a ten-foot-long Spiritual Power spear, its blade gleaming and its sharpness dazzling.
The Sky-Rending Wind Pattern enveloped the spear, and a cluster of compressed flames ignited at its tip.
Whoosh--!
The spear swept across the mountain ridge, so fast that it left only a beam of light, and in the blink of an eye it was in front of the White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger.
A flame suddenly ignited on the tip of the spear.
Boom--!
A crimson flame exploded in front of his chest, with the force of a crossbow bolt striking down, sending boulders flying across the slope and raising dust.
The White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger reacted very quickly.
It crossed its arms, raised them to protect its head and face, and Demon Power surged up its skin.
The flames burned against his skin and flesh, tearing his clothes, causing his flesh to roll back, and the crimson spear exploded. A tearing pain swept over his body, and spear fragments embedded themselves in his shoulder blades and chest. Before the blood could even flow out, it was charred by the afterglow of the flames.
It grunted and took half a step back.
On the other side, the Earth Pill Pattern on Lu Zhengyi's body lit up. He drew his sword and faced the Tiger Demon that was moving to the side. The sword light was heavy, and he forcefully blocked the attacking arc.
The two figures collided, producing a series of metallic clanging sounds, before gradually disappearing into the distance.
Before the flames from the exploding spear had even dissipated, Yang Xiao had already moved.
The Sky-Rending Wind Pattern rushed into his legs, the force of the wind exploding beneath his feet. His figure swept out from the side of the flames, so fast that only a blur remained.
The Army-Breaking Spear thrust out from behind the embers of the fire, aiming straight for his chest!
The White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger sidestepped to avoid a fatal blow, and spun the Azure Dragon Saber horizontally, using the blade to block the spear.
Clang--!
The two weapons collided, scattering sparks everywhere.
Its arm sank, intending to use brute force to deflect the spear, but it found that the spear was surprisingly heavy.
The dark, heavy spear pressed down on the hilt of the sword, like a mountain bearing down.
Its arms were taut, and the rocks beneath its feet could not withstand the pressure, cracking and splintering one after another, with rubble falling down the cracks.
The White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon felt a chill run down its spine.
It wanted to create distance.
Yang Xiao, however, did not give it that chance.
He closed in with his gun, the gun flashing continuously, one shot after another forcing it to parry. The gun barrel and the tip of the gun came down in turn, each move aimed at its knife, leaving it with nowhere to retreat and nowhere to defend.
Crystallized fragments were still embedded in its flesh, and the embers of the Fire Pattern burned the wounds, which were slow to heal.
Every time I turn and twist my waist, the injured area on my shoulder blade gets stretched and stiff, making my movements a little slower.
Taking advantage of this moment of hesitation, Yang Xiao swung his spear horizontally, forcefully breaking the blade.
The Azure Dragon Saber was knocked off course by half a foot.
The Army-Breaking Spear spun smoothly, its tip sinking and piercing the enemy's ribs.
Puff--!
Blood splattered.
The White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon's face was grim; he had never imagined that anyone could be as ferocious as Demon in terms of physique.
The spearhead advanced another half inch into his ribcage, about to pierce through.
Ignoring its injuries, it twisted its body violently.
The wound on the side of the ribs was torn open even wider by this twist, and blood rained down.
Using the intense pain, it broke free from the spear and staggered back several feet. Its body suddenly swelled up, every hair on its body stood on end, and a dense Demon Power gathered in its mouth.
The next moment, a roar that shook the mountains and forests rolled out from the bottom of its throat.
The wind I felt was much stronger than the gale I had encountered in Baisha Commandery.
Trees rose abruptly from the ground in the mountains and forests, and countless boulders and turf flew about, as if the entire mountain range had been shaken.
Yang Xiao stepped forward, only to find that the Core Illumination Light that had been emanating and surrounding him began to tremble.
The Five-Colored Core Illumination Light silently spread along the rocks, illuminating an area of a hundred feet in the palm of one's hand.
As the roar landed, his original hundred-zhang Core Illumination area seemed to have been stirred up by an invisible giant hand, its edges trembling and showing a faint tendency to be shaken apart.
The Core Illumination Light that stretched along the mountain rocks was abruptly blown off, and in the blink of an eye, the distance of a hundred feet was reduced to only eighty feet.
As he gets closer to the White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger, this exploitation of the Core Illumination Domain tends to increase.
Yang Xiao made a decisive decision.
Instead of forcibly trying to stabilize the scattered Core Illumination in the distance, he immediately focused his mind, stabilized the Mystic Core within his body, and brought the Core Illumination Light back.
The hundred-zhang illumination domain contracted, shrinking back to twenty zhang beside him, becoming even more solid and unshakeable.
In the distance, the White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger had been waiting for this moment.
Disturbed by his own roar, an ordinary Core Illumination martial artist would need to catch his breath to regain control of his Core Illumination Light.
It gripped the Azure Dragon Saber tightly with both hands, pouring all its Demon Power into the blade, causing the azure light to surge.
The rocks beneath its feet were crushed with a crash as it stepped on them.
Its massive body, accompanied by a flash of blade light, leaped up and slashed down at Yang Xiao's head!
This strike was powerful and heavy; even before the blade arrived, the wind from it sliced through the ground, sending stones flying everywhere.
If this happened to an ordinary Core Illumination martial artist, it would be enough to take advantage of the moment when his Core Illumination was disturbed and break through his defenses in one fell swoop, cutting him in two!
Yang Xiao stepped forward to meet the force of the blade.
The Heaven-Melting Treasure Furnace within his body opened, and powerful Demon Power poured into his body. At the same time, the Army-Breaking Spear was raised, its tip passing over the blade and pointing directly at the Tiger Demon's already injured chest.
Mountain Suppression - Army-Breaker Style!
Clang--!
A loud bang rang out, and Yang Xiao's arms suddenly felt heavy.
The rocks beneath their feet gave way first, collapsing half a foot with a loud bang, cracks spreading outwards from the soles of their feet.
Upon seeing that it had failed to cleave its opponent, the White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon's pupils suddenly contracted.
The Azure Dragon Saber in its hand was a treasure bestowed upon it by the Yellow Wind Demon King, comparable to the weapons wielded by a Demon Suppression General in a prefecture.
With the power he had accumulated over thousands of years, how could a mere youth possibly withstand him?
An ordinary Core Illumination martial artist would first have his Core Illumination Light shaken by his own Tiger Roar, and before he could even maintain his Core Illumination Light, he would be cut in half by this slash.
But now the blade has been pressed down with all its might, and the guy behind the gun is still standing in the same spot, unharmed.
Yang Xiao was waiting for the White-Foreheaded Giant Tiger to approach.
With a twist of his wrist, the gun barrel spun using the momentum of the knife, and the blade slid off course along the gun barrel.
The Army-Breaking Spear slid like a serpent, tracing the previously ruptured wound and piercing through the chest with a soft thud, the tip protruding from behind.
Fresh blood gushed down the gun barrel.
The White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon let out a muffled groan, its massive body swaying as it withstood the blow of the spear.
Its sharp claws reached out and gripped the gun barrel tightly, trying to pull the gun out of its chest.
Yang Xiao took a step forward.
The rocks beneath his feet crumbled again, and the gun barrel went in another half inch.
The Army-Breaking Power surged in through the shaft of the spear, followed closely by the Demon-Slaying Soul-Extinction, transforming into an invisible shockwave that crashed into its Demon Soul.
The claws that had been gripping the gun barrel tightly finally loosened their grip.
The enormous demonic body drooped down, hanging from the spear shaft, and fell silent.