When Liu Changxu arrived, Xiao Qing immediately turned into a streak of azure light and hid behind its master.
Liu Changxu did not know whether to laugh or cry. Xiao Qing was rather timid and never performed particularly well when facing an enemy alone. It seemed he would have to give it more opportunities to temper itself in the future.
Upon seeing Liu Changxu arrive, the Fire Fox attacked first. A mass of golden-red flames swept toward him like a fire serpent.
Liu Changxu formed a hand seal, and a wall of water over a hundred feet tall appeared out of thin air, blocking the fiercely burning fire serpent. The collision of fire and water instantly produced vast clouds of white steam.
After blocking the Fire Fox's flame attack, Liu Changxu summoned his two Spirit Artifact Flying Swords. Two streaks of sword light, one azure and one golden, traced elegant arcs through the air and shot toward the Fire Fox from different directions.
The Fire Fox darted away as a fiery-red afterimage, easily evading the two flying swords' pincer attack.
Having missed their first strike, the two Spirit Artifact Flying Swords turned into golden and azure streaks once more under the guidance of Liu Changxu's divine sense and flew toward the Fire Fox.
The Fire Fox had no good way to deal with the incoming flying swords. It could only keep dodging and fleeing, occasionally retaliating with the Fire Serpent Technique.
Seeing that the Fire Fox was no match for its master, Xiao Qing grew bolder and joined the pursuit. Relying on its faster flying speed, it helped Liu Changxu cut off the Fire Fox's escape several times.
In the end, with Xiao Qing's help, this second-tier lower-grade Fire Fox fell beneath Liu Changxu's Golden Rainbow Sword.
After Liu Changxu