33: Chapter 33 Crisis

"Damn, it's actually drooling over my body!"

Looking at the greedy appearance of the Star Beast, Xing Yaoyan felt a sense of revulsion rise from the depths of her soul.

"Disgusting, truly disgusting, base creature."

The Star Beast seemed to understand her words; its hideous body twisted rapidly, and it lunged at her in a bizarre posture.

Perhaps because it had suffered once before, the Star Beast fought very cautiously this time, leaving room in every attack to quickly dodge Xing Yaoyan's strikes.

"Damn it, why is this guy like a loach, so hard to hit."

Xing Yaoyan muttered silently in her heart, her golden fists already striking out in afterimages.

She had tried to absorb the opponent's power, but for some reason, the Star Swallowing Art, which had always been effective against spirit energy or Demonic Power that did not exceed her rank by much, had actually failed against this Spirit Beast.

Actually, it wasn't completely ineffective; it was just that the absorption speed was very slow, and the digestion speed was so slow it could be ignored.

Furthermore, this thing seemed to have completely locked onto her; even if she tried to use her old method of hiding her aura to sneak away, it would immediately discover her.

This Star Beast had been stalemating with her for over ten minutes. If she kept fighting like this, the Power Of Will in her body would definitely run out. Once she exited her current "Golden Flash" form, she would definitely be killed by this guy in seconds.

I must find an opportunity to learn combat techniques in the future. Right now, I have all this power but can't use it; it's too frustrating...

After another collision, Xing Yaoyan pulled back a distance.

If she ran out to call for help now, she would be exposed, which was definitely not an option. But now, she didn't have much time left. What to do...

Her brain raced, thinking of that sliver of hope in this desperate situation.

Wait! Wait! Why do I have to fight it head-on with Power Of Will?

She glanced at the colorful clusters of spirit energy in her spirit sea, and a brilliant idea instantly sprang to mind.

She beckoned with her hand, and an ice wall instantly rose in front of her, blocking the Star Beast's line of sight.

"Roar!"

The Star Beast let out a low growl, its body slamming toward Xing Yaoyan's direction like a cannonball, instantly smashing the not-so-sturdy ice wall into pieces and sending up a large cloud of ice mist.

Its body told it that the prey it had been longing for was hiding behind the ice wall. Therefore, it ignored the scattering ice shards and just blindly charged forward.

A golden fist passed through the ice mist, striking toward its ugly face.

It had anticipated this and lowered its body to dodge, then canceled the backswing, gathered power the moment it crouched, and finally sprang up from the ground to lunge forward.

It had been holding back this strike for a long time; it was only after realizing that the girl's punch speed had dropped significantly that it had suddenly launched its attack.

"Snap!"

Its large mouth slammed shut, and the loud sound of teeth crushing an object echoed throughout the alley.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Suddenly, this Spirit Beast opened its mouth, and a clump of crushed ice was spat out, with some residual golden Power Of Will on it.

Just as it realized something was wrong.

"Snap!" A finger snap.

The air was compressed and generated heat, melting the ice beneath the Spirit Beast into water.

And as everyone knows, if an ice surface is slippery, then an ice surface with a layer of water on it is even slipperier.

The Spirit Beast just wanted to dodge to one side when it felt its center of gravity suddenly shift in the opposite direction, and it fell flat on its back.

Although it adjusted its posture in time and tried to roll away from this place of trouble, Xing Yaoyan's plan had succeeded, and she had seized its few seconds of vulnerability well.

Her golden hand turned into a blade, slashing fiercely at the squirming Star Beast on the ground.

Xing Yaoyan had staked all her hopes on this strike, driving her Power Of Will to the limit; the speed of the attack was even a fraction faster than the Star Beast at its Peak.

"Splat!"

The hand blade passed through the Star Beast's neck without resistance, and dark green blood sprayed out, but not a drop landed on the girl's fair arms, as it was all blocked by the golden light on her body.

The three clusters of spirit energy in her spirit sea representing "Freezing", "Enchanting", and "Air Manipulation" completely dissipated.

Xing Yaoyan looked triumphantly at the Star Beast still struggling on the ground. Although she felt a pity that she hadn't analyzed these three types of spirit energy in advance, fortunately, they had fulfilled their mission well.

Actually, if one were to pick out a single Superpower, the effect on this Star Beast would be negligible, but when she combined them, it exerted an unexpectedly good effect.

First, she used "Freezing" to create an ice wall to briefly block its vision. Then, through "Enchanting", she attached her own Power Of Will to the ice, keeping her main body hidden, allowing the ice attached with her Power Of Will to mislead the Star Beast's judgment to the greatest extent. Then, she used "Air Manipulation" to make the ground beneath it slippery, and finally, she finished with a full-force strike from her main body.

This set of smooth combo moves not only allowed her to solve the opponent that had been entangled with her for a long time in a few seconds, but also made her realize her own terrifying potential.

Suddenly, she remembered the strange Superpower Qian Mo had used when fighting the third-rank snake demon. At that time, she had secretly tasted his spirit energy, but it seemed she hadn't discovered any Superpower characteristics contained within it...

Just as she thought things were over and was lost in thought, the Star Beast, whose head was almost hanging by its skin, slowly crawled in one direction...

"Crunch! Crunch!"

The teeth-aching sound instantly pulled the girl's thoughts back.

When she saw the Star Beast's actions, alarm bells rang in her mind.

It was lying on top of Liu Yan and his group, whom Xing Yaoyan had knocked unconscious, and was frantically devouring them.

The wound on its neck kept bleeding as it moved, and the aura emanating from its body grew stronger with every chew.

"No! Must stop it!"

Xing Yaoyan used all her strength to drive her Power Of Will and rushed toward it.

The Star Beast seemed to realize that it didn't have much time left. It stopped chewing, its claws dancing rapidly, and in less than two seconds, it blew up the heads of all the Liu family bodyguards.

Several colorful stones appeared in its claws.

This is... Spirit Core...

She had only recently learned that demons have demon pills, and Espers have Spirit Cores; they are the essence of a Cultivator's life, and can be considered a great tonic for both sides. At the time, after seeing this information, she had secretly regretted not digging out the big man's Spirit Core; it was such a waste...

And now, this Spirit Beast must have known the value of this Spirit Core long ago.

"Could it be... the other missing people brought by Liu Yan, haven't they already been eaten by it..."

Xing Yaoyan felt a tingling sensation on her scalp. As a person who underwent Transmigration, she really couldn't accept the act of eating people.

"Damn! Too late!"

She watched helplessly as the Star Beast stuffed the Spirit Cores in its claws into its mouth, feeling that something was very wrong.

The next moment, a tyrannical aura, far stronger than before, erupted from the dying Star Beast, causing Xing Yaoyan to stumble back several meters.

"It... leveled up? Are you kidding me..."

Suddenly, a familiar wave of dizziness hit her.

"Haha... it really rains when it pours..."

The golden light on her body flickered like a TV screen with a bad signal, and finally disappeared completely.

"Could it be... am I really going to fall here this time... Tsk... so unlucky."