Tiger-head Beast, Fourth Update

Luoshui City lay backed by mountains and bordered by water; the water was the Luoshui River, and the mountains were Xialuo Mountain.

The path Nie Yun was taking was not the one his mother had used to gather Pengxin Snow Lotus. Instead, he was gradually making his way deeper inside.

Xialuo Mountain was a mountain range. The farther one went, the more endlessly it stretched on. Within its vast mountains, demon beasts emerged in an endless stream. It had always been forbidden territory for humans.

Demon beasts were a special form of life, different from the Demon Race and far less intelligent. Every demon beast possessed its own territory, and once an outside creature entered, it would face a savage attack!

Though demon beasts were ferocious, their fur, claws, horns, and the like were prized materials for humans to forge weapons, refine pills, and even make clothing. Thus, powerful experts would also venture deep inside specifically to hunt demon beasts for money.

Nie Yun had possessed such ability in his previous life, but he was still far from it now. At the peak of the Mid Fourth Level Qi Sea, if he fell into a pack of demon beasts, let alone killing them, he probably would not last even three seconds before becoming a pile of white bones.

That was why he had planned to return only after becoming stronger!

Traveling at full speed, he covered more than three hundred li in less than four hours.

If I remembered correctly, the Life-Reviving Flower was up ahead. But this was the territory of a demon beast at the peak of the Gang Forming Realm. One careless move, and I'd become minced meat. I had to plan this carefully!

Arriving before a cliff, Nie Yun stopped to recover his strength.

The master of this territory was called a Tiger-head Beast. It possessed strength at the peak of the sixth level, the Gang Forming Realm. This demon beast came and went like the wind. Not only was it incredibly fast, but its defense was nearly invincible. Let alone him, even an expert of the seventh-level Weapon Armor Realm would find it no easy task to kill it!

Ordinary Tiger-head Beasts possessed strength at most at the fifth-level Body Egress Realm, and their defenses were nothing special. Yet this one was not only enormous, but freakishly powerful. When he had first seen it in his previous life, his lack of experience had kept him from noticing anything unusual. Now that he thought about it, it truly was strange!

The Life-Reviving Flower is in its cave. Last time, it happened to be away, so I got lucky. This time, I'm afraid I won't have such a good opportunity...

As he rested in a secluded spot and recovered his strength, he planned in his mind.

With his current strength, at the peak of the mid True Qi Realm, he could kill an ordinary peak Body Egress Realm cultivator in close combat. But if the opponent was put on guard from the start, he would not even get the chance to approach. The only one who would die would be himself!

In other words, although he had easily killed the demonized man who possessed peak Body Egress Realm strength and knocked Enforcement Team captain Nie Yuanqing into an unknown state of life or death with a single move, his true combat strength was actually only comparable to someone at the early Body Egress Realm. Anyone stronger than that was beyond him!

Therefore, if he wanted to snatch something from beneath the nose of this peak Gang Forming Realm demon beast, he had to think of a way. Otherwise, if he was trapped in its cave, he would certainly die!

Let's head over first. My strength may be lacking, but my speed is decent. And with the wisdom of two lifetimes, no matter how formidable this Tiger-head Beast is, there must be a way to deal with it!

After adjusting for a while, his body returned to peak condition. Only then did Nie Yun slowly proceed forward beneath the cover of darkness.

Hm? This valley looks like it could be used to set a trap...

After walking for some time, Nie Yun arrived at a gorge. He looked around, and his eyes lit up as a bold idea surfaced in his mind.

The rows of rocks on the cliff walls above the gorge had already begun to weather. It looked as though they would collapse with just a little force. He could lure the Tiger-head Beast here, then trigger a landslide. The Tiger-head Beast would be buried beneath the rocks. Even if it did not die, it certainly would not be able to escape for a while, and he could use that chance to take the Life-Reviving Flower!

The plan was good, but he first had to ensure his own safety. Otherwise, if the mountain collapsed and he could not escape either, they would all die together. What the hell would be the point then?

His own safety... As he pondered how to escape, his gaze suddenly fell upon a small pool within the gorge.

The pool was pale yellow. Under the starlight, wisps of white vapor rose from it like steaming mist, giving it an indescribably strange appearance.

Mountain springs were generally clear and transparent. At most, they might appear emerald green because of the weeds growing inside them. Yet this spring was actually pale yellow. Even with the experience of two lifetimes, Nie Yun had never seen anything like it.

Could there be some special mineral in this spring?

That was the only possibility Nie Yun could think of. Stepping lightly, he slowly approached the spring's source. But before he could get close, he suddenly sensed a foul-smelling gust rushing in from afar. Without hesitation, he lowered his body and lay hidden in the grass. Roar!

The instant he lay down, he saw a massive Tiger-head Beast dart into the gorge from the other direction. Its powerful body was seven or eight meters long, sleek and streamlined, its sharp claws like steel blades. With a light press, the rocks on the ground turned to powder!

A peak Weapon Armor Realm Tiger-head Beast? How is that possible? Did I remember wrong?

Seeing the Tiger-head Beast's strength, Nie Yun was shaken to the core.

According to his memories, this Tiger-head Beast should only have possessed strength at the peak of the Gang Forming Realm. And that had been after the Demon Race invasion, one year later. How had it suddenly become a peak Weapon Armor Realm beast?

Against a Tiger-head Beast of such strength, even with the speed he considered fairly impressive, he feared he would be caught and killed alive before running a hundred meters!

Could he have remembered wrong?

Impossible! If this creature had truly possessed such strength in his previous life, then let alone calmly escaping after secretly consuming the Life-Reviving Flower, he would probably have been torn to pieces before he could even grasp it!

Roar!

Just as Nie Yun was filled with doubt, another roar sounded. A second Tiger-head Beast leisurely walked over from afar.

This Tiger-head Beast was clearly a size smaller than the first, its muscles taut and brimming with power.

So that's it. This one was at the peak of the Gang Forming Realm. It seemed the Tiger-head Beast I saw in my previous life was not the first one, but this one!

Only upon seeing this Tiger-head Beast did Nie Yun finally understand.

Tiger-head Beasts all looked much the same. The moment Nie Yun saw the first one, he had mistaken it for the one he had seen in his previous life. He had never expected there to be two of them in such a small place!

Having realized this, Nie Yun's expression grew even uglier.

He could not defeat even one Tiger-head Beast, much less two. And if the two fought, one would surely hold the line while the other charged at him. Even a landslide would be useless! At most, it could trap one, while the other could still tear him to shreds!

What was he supposed to do now?

Huff! Huff!

Just as Nie Yun furrowed his brow, unable to think of a solution, the two Tiger-head Beasts strolled over. They took large strides to the spring, opened their huge mouths, and drank from it.

So these two came here to drink... Hm?

The two Tiger-head Beasts were only a dozen or so meters from Nie Yun as they drank. By the starlight, he could see them very clearly. One was male, and the other female...

Well, that made sense. One mountain could not accommodate two tigers—unless they were one male and one female. He should have thought of that long ago!

If they're male and female, the chance of making them kill each other is certainly low. Hm? That's right! I can make them do what they're supposed to do. Heh heh. Even humans lose themselves when doing that, let alone beasts. Gah gah, I can take the Life-Reviving Flower while they're at it...

Seeing that the Tiger-head Beasts were male and female, an idea stirred in Nie Yun's heart, and an evil plan suddenly emerged.

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