Dried into Beef Jerky

The Dragon Horn Golden Ox was surprised. "Thunder Kirin Horses?"

Thunder Kirin Horses were also a type of primordial exotic beast.

"Let's go take a look." Hearing the Thunder Kirin Horses' cries, Lu Yiping spoke.

The group flew in the direction of the beast roars and soon arrived at the scene.

Four black-robed men were besieging two Thunder Kirin Horses, while another two stood guard nearby to prevent the Thunder Kirin Horses from escaping.

Seeing the black-robed men, a smile tugged at Lu Yiping's lips. They were unmistakably from the Dark Demon Sect.

The black-robed men also noticed the War Chariot and were all taken aback.

One Dark Demon Sect expert standing guard nearby walked over to the War Chariot.

He arrived before it and looked at Lu Yiping's group with suspicion in his eyes. He could not see through the strength of Zhang Jin and the other three.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "We are Grand Elders of the Dark Demon Sect. These two Thunder Kirin Horses belong to our Dark Demon Sect. Please leave." His words were already considered polite. By the Dark Demon Sect's usual conduct, they would have simply killed the other party outright.

"Leave?" The Dragon Horn Golden Ox glanced at him sideways. "What if we don't?"

The Dark Demon Sect expert froze.

At that moment, another Dark Demon Sect expert who had been standing guard walked over. Hearing this, he sneered, "If you don't leave, we'll slaughter you and dry you into beef jerky. It should taste pretty good!"

But the instant he finished speaking, his vision blurred, and the Dragon Horn Golden Ox's leg sent him flying with a kick.

The Dark Demon Sect expert crashed through an unknown number of towering ancient trees. By the time he slammed into the ground, his entire face had been twisted out of shape, a bloody mess of mangled flesh.

"What?!" The remaining Dark Demon Sect experts were stunned.

Of the four who had been besieging the Thunder Kirin Horses, two stopped and walked over.

Their expressions were grave.

"Dry me into beef jerky?" The Dragon Horn Golden Ox swayed his head as he looked at the Dark Demon Sect men, then gave a sinister chuckle. "This old ox is too old. My beef is coarse and thick all over, so even dried into jerky, it wouldn't taste good. But I wonder how you'd taste if dried into human jerky."

As he spoke, he licked his thick, enormous golden tongue.

The Dark Demon Sect men's faces sank.

In recent years, the Dark Demon Sect had developed at a breakneck pace, its influence spreading across dozens of continents in the Hengyuan Plane. Every continent in the Hengyuan Plane had a Dark Demon Sect branch. Even the Great Emperors of many empires and the ancestors of imperial dynasties would turn pale upon seeing them. When had they ever been mocked and threatened like this?

One of them stared at Lu Yiping with cold eyes. "Young man, which lineage are you from? Do you know that what you're doing will bring calamity upon your entire lineage?"

"Calamity upon my lineage?" Lu Yiping smiled faintly. "Then I truly want to give it a try."

The three Dark Demon Sect men exchanged glances.

The three suddenly leaped into the air, the demonic swords in their hands striking out at the same time.

One stabbed at Lu Yiping, while the other two attacked the Dragon Horn Golden Ox.

Sword light blazed brilliantly.

Demonic qi surged into the heavens.

The black mist around the forest was swept completely away by the three men's Sword Qi.

The three men's Sword Qi was actually a fraction stronger than Sword Demon Xi Lai's had been.

Sword Demon Xi Lai had, after all, only just entered the Deity Realm.

The three of them, however, had entered the Deity Realm several centuries ago.

Yet just as the demonic swords in their hands swung out, three figures suddenly appeared before them.

They were Zhao Wen, Wei Bing, and Chen Yongyuan, three of Zhang Jin's four guards.

Zhang Jin, the strongest among them, did not make a move.

Zhao Wen, Wei Bing, and Chen Yongyuan did not use weapons either. Facing the other side's astonishing Sword Qi, they simply threw punches.

Three men, three punches, blasted out.

As their three punches flew forth, space let out a buzzing hum, as though it were about to split apart.

Three terrifying fist forces tore through the air. With the force of smashing through dry weeds and rotten wood, they instantly shattered the Dark Demon Sect trio's Sword Qi before striking the three men.

All three were sent flying at once.

Like the Dark Demon Sect Grand Elder before them, they crashed viciously into the ground, crushing an unknown number of ancient trees.

The three stared at Zhao Wen's group in terror. "True God experts?!"

Although Zhao Wen, Wei Bing, and Chen Yongyuan had not recovered their Divine Sparks, they were still not opponents these three early-stage Deity Realm members of the Dark Demon Sect could contend with.

The other two Dark Demon Hall Grand Elders, who had still been attacking the Thunder Kirin Horses and had been unwilling to give them up, finally abandoned the two Thunder Kirin Horses and flew over.

The two Thunder Kirin Horses fled in panic.

Lu Yiping did not stop them. Though Thunder Kirin Horses were primordial exotic beasts, they were far inferior to the Dragon Horn Golden Ox.

"Who are you?!" The two Dark Demon Sect Grand Elders who had abandoned the Thunder Kirin Horses stared at Lu Yiping in terror.

Even this young man's guards were True God experts!

Lu Yiping said calmly, "The one injured a few days ago was your sect master, wasn't he?"

The Dark Demon Sect Grand Elders were shaken.

Their Dark Demon Sect Master's severe injuries were known only to the Grand Elders and ancestors. The news had been completely sealed away. How did this young man know?

Suddenly, they thought of a possibility.

"Could it have been you?!" Their expressions changed drastically.

Lu Yiping did not explain further. With a flick of his finger, several bolts of thunderfire shot out. Sensing the destructive power within the thunderfire, the men fled in terror. Yet the instant they rose to flee, the thunderfire struck them, reducing them to ashes.

"My lord, those two Thunder Kirin Horses haven't gone far. Shall we follow them and take a look?" the Dragon Horn Golden Ox asked Lu Yiping with a smile.

Lu Yiping smiled. "All right. Let's follow them and have a look."

Zhang Jin and the other three still had no mounts, and those two Thunder Kirin Horses were suitable enough.

Thus, the group followed after them.

Before long, they caught sight of the two Thunder Kirin Horses.

The two Thunder Kirin Horses were strong enough to make several Dark Demon Sect Deity Realm Grand Elders join forces to besiege them. They were both in the Deity Realm as well. Seeing Lu Yiping's group catch up, lightning flashed across their bodies as countless divine thunderbolts blasted toward Lu Yiping's group.

(Thanks to the brothers for the rewards. First update.)