Chapter 560: Guardian Demon Beast
Hiding himself further away from the demonic cultivator currently in the process of absorbing the yin qi inside the now dead demonic cultivator, Xuan Hao silently waited for the other party to finish, as he really didn't want to fight the other party. Especially knowing what would happen to him in case he lost…
Even if the chance of it happening with his current strength was close to none, he didn't want to risk a fight when he didn't need to. Hiding at the side until the other party left was a way better option!
Not to mention, his ice domains hiding ability inside the frozen wasteland was far above that of other domains at the same level. Making it far easier for him to hide inside the thick layer of snow beneath him.
"Haha! After absorbing that fool, I no longer have anything stopping me from reaching the True Demon Realm! Just a few months of closed-door meditation and I should be able to finish the demonic transformation and officially step into the True Demon Realm!"
Oblivious to the fact that someone was hiding nearby, the demonic cultivator half a step into the True Demon Realm let out a loud laugh. Not able to contain his happiness after sensing the fact that the bottleneck to the True Demon Realm had almost completely disappeared after having absorbed the yin qi of the Third Demonic Transformation Realm demonic cultivator.
Even from afar, Xuan Hao could sense that the demonic cultivator's aura had very clearly changed and become far stronger than it was before. If before Xuan Hao thought he should be around the same level as the demonic cultivator half a step into the True Demon Realm, he no longer thought so, as the demonic cultivator seemed to have undergone a complete transformation after absorbing the yin qi inside the Third Demonic Transformation Realm demonic cultivator.
A few seconds later, the demonic cultivator retracted the tentacles before landing at the ground next to the dried-up body of his opponent.
"P-please, k-kill me-"
Hearing the voice from his hiding spot, Xuan Hao could not help shivering as he realized that the demonic cultivator who had all his yin qi sucked out of him was still alive.
Given what he had gone though, it was easy to imagine just how much pain he was in as he only barely managed to get out a few words before gasping for breath in the cold environment, his body slowly starting to freeze up without the yin qi protecting it from the biting cold of the Frozen Wasteland.
"Hmph! Given how much you helped me, I guess I should send you off properly…"
Ptch!
Frowning slightly upon hearing the words of what was left of his opponent, the demonic cultivator conjured a simple spear with his yin qi before stabbing into the dried-up body. Killing his opponent and erasing his soul instantly.
"Now, let's see if you have anything good~"
Not affected by his opponent's death, the demonic cultivator happily picked up his interspatial ring before going over the things inside of it. Taking all of them out to get a good look before putting them into his own interspatial ring
"…"
Watching this from the side, Xuan Hao could not help cursing to himself as he watched the other party take out several precious spiritual herbs and artifacts from the interspatial ring before slowly putting them back into his own interspatial ring.
The demonic cultivator at the Third Demonic Transformation Realm was clearly someone very rich. Not to mention, it looked like he had just gotten back from robbing the treasure vault of a sect with all the spiritual herbs and artifacts he had on him.
Even Xuan Hao felt tempted to fight for the resources that the demonic cultivator showed to him before slowly putting it all away in his interspatial ring.
The main reason for this was not because the artifacts and spiritual herbs shown were high level, but simply because of the sheer quantity of them.
If he could get his hands on so many resources, the Flying Sword Sect would definitely be able to have an easier time when moving the main sect in the future… The only problem was that the demonic cultivator in front of him was far stronger than any opponent he had faced in the past. Making Xuan Hao hesitate to attack the other party, as he should be stronger than him.
In such a situation, let alone killing the other party and taking away the interspatial ring, he might very well end up getting sucked all the qi out of him by the tentacles…
Crack~
"Hm?"
BOOOOOM!
Just at this moment, the ground beneath the demonic cultivator cracked apart as a violent explosion occurred the next moment. Instantly melting any nearby ice and snow before vaporizing it.
Whoosh!
The demonic cultivator had barely managed to react in time, as he had used his large demonic bat wings to escape into the sky.
"WHO IS IT!?" Clearly not having expected to be attacked all of a sudden while going over the treasures he had just gotten his hands on, the demonic cultivator yelled loudly towards the massive hole that had appeared where he had been standing just a moment ago.
The hole in the ground was the location where the explosion had occurred and also seemed to be the place where his opponent was hiding!
"You don't want to come out? Then I will just have to force you out!" Along with these words, the demonic cultivator eyes filled with killing intent before a massive ball of eerie looking blue fire appeared above him.
Having been formed by yin qi, the fire did not give off any heat, but instead carried a terrifying cold that seemed to freeze the world around it.
"Hmph!"
Swsih~!
Not waiting for even a second after the massive ball of blue fire had formed above him, the demonic cultivator threw it into the massive hole beneath him before getting ready to fight.
Even if he acted confident and fearless filled with killing intent, the demonic cultivator still understood that his opponent would not be weak given that the other party could hide from him and even launch a sneak attack from beneath without him noticing!
Whoosh~
As the massive ball of blue fire entered the hole in the ground, it did not cause any wild explosion. Instead, it caused everything it came into contact with to freeze!
ROOOOAR!
Not even a second later, a terrifying roar erupted from the hole in the ground as the blue fire reached the bottom.
"A demon beast…?" Not having expected that his opponent was a demon beast, the demonic cultivator was slightly surprised before quickly calming himself down. In the end, it didn't matter whether the other party was a demonic cultivator or a demon beast!
"Wait… If I absorb this beast… Won't I be able to directly break through to the True Demon Realm!?" As he felt the aura of the demon beast coming up from the hole in the ground, the demonic cultivator could not help feeling excited as he realized this.
Even if he had said he would be able to break through to the True Demon Realm after a few months of meditation earlier due to feeling his strength grow. The demonic cultivator still understood that it was not a guarantee that he would break through during his closed-door meditation.
After all, breaking through to the True Demon Realm was a life and death situation!
However, absorbing more yin qi and strengthening himself would increase his chances of surviving and reaching the True Demon Realm…
For this reason, the demonic cultivator was not at all afraid when he sensed the powerful aura of the demon beast approaching from beneath him. Instead, he felt excited at the prospect of absorbing the demon beast to increase his chances of reaching the True Demon Realm!
BANG!
ROOOOOAR!
Jumping up from the hole in the ground before landing on the ground beneath the demonic cultivator, the demon beast roared loudly filled with killing intent.
Swish~!
The demon beast itself looked like a massive version of the snow-white rabbits scattered all across the Frozen Wasteland, as it jumped into the air towards the demonic cultivator.
"HAHA! Little rabbit, watch how I devour your blood and essence!" Seeing the appearance of the demon beast, the demonic cultivator laughed loudly filled with confidence as blue fire manifested around him. Ready to fend off the massive snow-white rabbit rushing towards him from below.
…
Boom-boom-boom!
"Looks like this should be the guardian demon beast… That would mean inside the hole is the Transcendent Grade Spiritual Herb…" Muttering this to himself as he watched how the two clashed with each other in the air above the snow-covered mountain range, Xuan Hao slowly began approaching the hole in the ground that the demon beast had appeared from.
While the rabbit demon beast and the demonic cultivator were busy fighting each other, Xuan Hao planned to sneak in and take the spiritual herb away without any of them noticing…