Xu Qingxiao had not expected these creatures to know how to take shortcuts.
They blocked his path outright.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Qingxiao raised his hand and unleashed the Martial Emperor Seal, empowered in that instant by the Central Continent Dragon Cauldron.
The Nine-Headed Fiend Beasts were shattered outright, reduced to pulverized flesh and blood.
Xu Qingxiao carved a bloody path through them by sheer force.
But before Xu Qingxiao could react, the fiend beasts instantly revived.
And they were somewhat stronger than before.
"They can still revive after being smashed into powder?"
Xu Qingxiao could not help asking.
He knew the Nine-Headed Fiend Beasts could revive at will, but he had never expected anything this absurd.
Wasn't cutting off all nine heads supposed to kill them? They had been minced into pulp and still weren't dead. This was ridiculous.
"You have to sever their nine heads. You merely mashed them into pulp. Cut the heads off one by one."
The Pill Deity Ancient Scripture spoke.
Xu Qingxiao found that utterly absurd.
A streak of sword qi slashed past. Extreme martial power transformed into incomparably keen sword qi, cleaving straight toward their heads.
In an instant, heads fell to the ground, while the Nine-Headed Fiend Beasts whose heads had been severed immediately retreated and refused to show themselves again.
They really knew how to stay alive.
"How am I supposed to fight this?"
Somewhat dumbfounded, Xu Qingxiao questioned the Pill Deity Ancient Scripture.
"Run! Why are you still fighting? These things grow fiercer the more you fight them. Once you provoke them, you're on a road to certain death. Running is your only way out."
That was what the Pill Deity Ancient Scripture told him.
Xu Qingxiao, too, realized just how terrifying these Nine-Headed Fiend Beasts were.
Leaving their