Chapter 6: Valkyrie in the Mountains
The third eye on Li Boyang’s forehead possessed the combined effects of the Thousand-Mile Eye and X-ray Vision.
Thus, despite the speed at which the civet cat ran, Li Boyang’s gaze could always remain focused on it.
During this process, the civet cat seemed to have noticed Li Boyang’s spying, but it had no intention of looking back.
Leaping over eaves, vaulting over fences, trudging through muddy roads, and entering the woodland...
The civet cat quickly reached the depths of the forest.
It was a steep mountain peak shrouded in mist, its height piercing straight into the sky.
Along the cliff walls of that mountain, statues of terrifying and grotesque Ghost Gods were clearly visible, almost covering the entire cliff.
However, what really drew attention was the majestic Mountain God Temple halfway up the mountain.
Even though it was already in ruins, even though it had been neglected for years...
The Mountain God Temple still exuded a grand sense, not hard to imagine how magnificent it was at its peak.
[Is there such a place around here?]
While Li Boyang was puzzled, the civet cat had already climbed up the ancient stone steps and arrived at the entrance of the main hall of the Mountain God Temple.
"Sister, I’ve come to see you again."
Its body rapidly expanded, and claws and fangs emerged.
In an instant, the civet cat transformed into an adult Red Leopard, with faint hints of Fire Cloud emerging under its feet.
Creak...
Pushing open the temple door, the first thing that came into view was the tall deity statue.
Unlike this dilapidated and old Mountain God Temple.
The huge deity statue was as clean as new, clearly maintained by someone over the years.
Moreover, the appearance of this deity statue was different from the usual Mountain God, not displaying any ferocious or awe-inspiring form.
It was a goddess whose expression exuded a sense of compassion.
In her right hand, she held a sword, and in her left, a book, a long dress covering her armor.
From a distance, this goddess enshrined on the altar possessed both the gentleness of a Civil God and the dominance of a Martial God.
At her feet lay a snarling Red Leopard clay sculpture.
The clay sculpture depicted Mountain Ghost Xiluo, the Mountain God overseeing this forest.
"Mountain Ghost!"
"You finally show yourself!"
At this moment, an angry roar suddenly came from the forest below the Mountain God Temple.
In the next second, a large and bizarre two-headed Dragon Bird flew out from the forest.
It was a bird-like creature with two dragon heads and a pair of white fleshy wings.
The two dragon heads intertwined, one breathing fire, the other ice, exuding a mysterious and eerie aura of death.
"I’ve been looking for you for a long time!"
"As long as you hand over that woman’s corpse, I might spare your life!"
The two dragon heads spoke in turn, yet showed great coordination.
For they were one being, a pair of sibling Gods capable of bringing calamity and bad omens to the mortal world.
"Nai Fu, you are despicable!"
"If you hadn’t knelt and begged back then, how could my sister have spared you?"
"Now that my sister has fallen, you still wish to desecrate her corpse, it’s simply intolerable by heaven!"
Rushing out from the Mountain God Temple on Fire Clouds, Xiluo in her Red Leopard form appeared exceptionally furious.
"Fear of death and the desire to live is but the instinct of all beings!"
"But you, you disgrace, would rather become someone else’s pet than be a proper Mountain God!"
Nai Fu’s words carried a thick scorn, truly looking down on Xiluo.
Gods are existences above all life, naturally arrogant and unyielding by nature.
Even after being suppressed and sealed for a thousand years by that woman, with their power weakened to the extreme, Nai Fu believed they never truly capitulated.
In contrast, that civet cat took over their position as Mountain God, then willingly became that woman’s pet, utterly disgraceful to the Gods.
"Enough with the nonsense!"
"I want to see if you still have the right to boast after being sealed for a thousand years."
Riding on Fire Clouds towards Nai Fu, Xiluo at this moment displayed her ferocious side as a Mountain Ghost.
Claws and fangs bared, flames shooting to the sky...
In the cover of Fire Clouds, Xiluo’s form approached Nai Fu like a phantom.
Seeing this, Nai Fu similarly retaliated with flames and ice, not forgetting to mock their opponent with words.
"I may have been sealed for a thousand years, but what about you?"
𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"Since that woman’s death, no one has visited the Mountain God Temple for hundreds of years, and you’ve been wasting away for the same time, how much strength could you have left now?"
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Red Leopard soared on Fire Clouds, and the Dragon Bird engulfed in ice and fire.
The battle between them was grand and perilous.
Even as a mere spectator, Li Boyang felt a thrilling sense of dread.
Since his transmigration and rebirth, this was the first time Li Boyang witnessed such a battle of divine creatures.
Without a specific reference standard, Li Boyang could only compare using modern weapons from his previous life.
The Dragon Bird, spewing ice and fire, was evidently a strategic-level weapon of mass destruction.
Every spew of flame and ice caused devastating damage to the surrounding forest within several miles.
The dense smoke and fierce fire, even ordinary villagers could see clearly.
In comparison, the Red Leopard on Fire Clouds seemed to follow the path of an "assassin."
Much like a special forces soldier in modern warfare.
While she caused less environmental damage than the Dragon Bird, every strike she made was inevitably a deadly blow.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In just a few exchanges, several visible wounds appeared on the Dragon Bird.
At this moment, the advantage of the Dragon Bird’s size became apparent.
Though the wounds appeared terrifying, they posed no real fatal threat to it.
In contrast, the Red Leopard dared not let any of the Dragon Bird’s attacks hit her.
With her current build, a direct hit from the Dragon Bird would likely leave no corpse at all.
[Her margin for error is too low...]
This thought flashed through his mind, and Li Boyang suddenly understood.
The Dragon Bird could endure countless failures without any impact on the overall battle outcome.
But the Red Leopard had only to fail once, and the fight would be over.
Li Boyang, of course, didn’t want to see Xiluo perish like this, so he had to find a way to give her a helping hand.
[So what should I do?]
While pondering this, Li Boyang’s red hair unknowingly burst into real flames.
Red hair transforming into fire, the fragmented memories of the past surged back to his mind.
Had he too fought desperately before, after being forged into a Sword Pill by that eccentric old man?
Though those memories of the fight were long fragmented, the experience was deeply etched into the Sword Pill.
——An innate holiness, an inherently clear Sword Heart.
In a trance, a pale Body-Protecting Sword Qi emerged on the surface of Li Boyang’s body.
The sharp sword light became restless, just like the Sword Qi when he slew the Earth Ant.
[No, this is far from enough...]
At this moment, Li Boyang was too far from the battlefield.
To have those Sword Qi strike enemies several kilometers away was simply a fantastical notion.
[If Sword Qi isn’t enough, what about the Sword Pill?]
Sinking his consciousness into his body, Li Boyang’s gaze lingered over the Golden Sword Pill in his Dantian.
Li Boyang’s intuition told him, he didn’t lack the means to influence that battle miles away.
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