56: Fierce Battle with Blood Demon Mongoose

The group pushed forward at full speed. Yao Delong's Divine Sense, which far exceeded those of the same rank, was like a precise spider web.

It spread through the heavy layers of mist and miasma, vigilantly scanning every inch of the surrounding space.

Meng Hu and his companion were anxious, but they lacked a suitable opportunity to break away.

After traveling for less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the sounds of intense fighting, accompanied by shrill beast roars and human shouts of anger,

suddenly drifted from deep within the miasma ahead!

"Up ahead!"

Liu Bai's spirits rose. His sword light surged, and his speed increased by another thirty percent as he instantly charged out of the thick fog!

In a relatively open clearing, a battle was raging!

A male Disciple from Pill Cloud Peak had disheveled hair, his left arm hanging limply, and blood soaking through half of his robes.

He was waving a whisk with dim spiritual light, struggling to manifest a fragile defensive light barrier.

Beside him, a female Disciple also wearing Pill Cloud Peak attire was in even worse shape, with a claw mark on her abdomen deep enough to see bone.

Blood gurgled out, and her face was as pale as paper, supported only by a shred of willpower.

She continuously crushed Medicinal Pills to release healing spiritual light, barely keeping herself and her Senior Brother alive.

Their opponent was actually a Vicious Beast that looked like a giant mongoose!

Its size was comparable to a charging bull, and its body was covered in dark red, coarse, short fur, with a green face and sharp fangs.

Foul-smelling green gas spewed from its nose and mouth, and a pair of blood-red eyes flickered with cruelty and tyranny! It was a Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile!

At this moment, it also bore several scars, which only made it more ferocious. Its sharp claws whistled as they tore through the air.

It continuously struck the crumbling defensive light barrier of the two from Pill Cloud Peak.

"It's Senior Sister Chen and Senior Brother Li!" Luo Miaomiao instantly recognized the two.

"Vile beast, die!" Meng Hu saw it was only a "juvenile beast," and since their side was numerous,

the courage that had been scared away by Tang San's corpse was instantly drowned out by his eagerness to gain merit and his desire to show off in front of Liu Rumei!

He let out a strange cry, and his fire-attribute spiritual power at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage erupted violently. Both fists were wrapped in flames as he lunged forward.

A powerful "Blazing Tiger Roar Punch" slammed hard toward the Blood Demon Mongoose's flank!

Bang!

A dull thud sounded. The Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's body only swayed slightly.

A small scorched mark was left on its dark red fur, but the skin wasn't even broken!

On the contrary, Meng Hu's arm went numb from the counter-shock, and his blood and Qi churned.

"Roar!" The Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile, provoked by an ant, was completely enraged, and its blood-red gaze instantly locked onto Meng Hu!

Its hind legs kicked off the ground, and its body turned into a blood-colored shadow as a sharp claw covered in an eerie light slashed upward with lightning speed!

The target was aimed straight at Meng Hu's throat!

"Brother Tiger, watch out!" Meng Lang was pale with fright. He reacted extremely quickly, and his earth-attribute spiritual power at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage surged wildly.

A massive yellowish-brown hammer the size of a door, carrying the heavy weight of a mountain, accurately smashed toward the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's soft underbelly!

Thump!

This hammer strike was incredibly heavy. Even though the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile had thick skin and tough flesh, it was smashed into letting out a pained roar, and its attack was interrupted.

Meng Hu, still shaken, scrambled backward with a deathly pale face.

"Water Bind: Soft Entanglement!" Luo Miaomiao reacted quickly, raising her delicate hand.

Several blue water ribbons, as flexible as silk yet containing abundant water spiritual power, appeared out of thin air.

They wrapped around the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's hind leg joints like lightning! The Yao Beast's movements instantly stalled!

"Slash!" Liu Bai's voice sounded like the clashing of metal!

He moved with his sword, his entire being turning into an incomparable sharp grey shadow, and the long sword in his hand erupted with a blinding cold light!

The Profound Rank Medium Grade sword technique "Wind-Splitting Slash" was fully unleashed!

An extremely concentrated Sword Qi that tore through the air accurately slashed onto the old wound on the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's belly that had been previously hit by Meng Lang's heavy hammer!

Puchi!

Blood splattered! A huge wound deep enough to see bone appeared!

"Good chance!" Liu Rumei also gave a delicate shout, waving the long sword in her hand to send out waves of flame Sword Qi.

They struck the Yao Beast's body; although the damage was limited, the harassment effect was excellent.

Awoo—!

The Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile let out a shrill howl of pain that echoed through the poison miasma forest.

Its massive body staggered backward due to the intense pain.

The group's spirits were greatly lifted, and various attacks poured down like a violent storm!

Meng Lang's dual hammers struck repeatedly, specifically targeting soft spots; Luo Miaomiao's water-based binding and interference Spells continuously weakened its movements;

Liu Bai's sword light was like a maggot on a bone, every move aimed at its wounds and vital points!

Even though the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile was fierce, being besieged by everyone—especially with Liu Bai, a Sword Cultivator, seizing its vital points for fierce attacks—it gradually became unable to hold on.

Its body was covered in wounds, and its aura began to wither.

"Die!" The cold light in Liu Bai's eyes surged. Finding an opening, his figure lunged upward,

and the long sword in his hand turned into a streak of light, carrying an indomitable sword intent.

It pierced straight into the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's throat, which was slightly open due to its agony!

This sword strike was fast! Precise! Ruthless!

Chila!

The long sword went through the throat!

The Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile let out a dying hiss like a broken bellows, and its massive body twitched violently!

"Haha! Vile beast! Die!" Seeing the Yao Beast on the verge of death, Meng Hu's previous fear was replaced by wild joy, as he was eager to snatch the credit!

He laughed wildly as he urged all his spiritual power, his hands forming seals.

A ferocious tiger head condensed from blazing flames roared as it blasted toward the throat wound on the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's head that Liu Bai had opened!

Boom!

The tiger-head fire punch exploded violently inside the wound!

Searing flames mixed with shattered bone, flesh, and boiling Yao blood splattered out!

"Well done, Brother Tiger!" Meng Lang also shouted in excitement, while stepping forward, his heavy hammer infused with all his earth spiritual power.

Carrying the power to split mountains and crack stones, it smashed hard onto the already mangled head of the Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile!

Bang!!

It was like smashing a giant watermelon!

The Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile's final wail stopped abruptly. Its massive body crashed to the ground, twitched a few times, and completely lost all signs of life.

"Huff... huff..." Meng Hu and Meng Lang stood atop the bloody beast corpse, panting heavily.

Their faces were full of the excitement of a post-battle triumph and a self-righteous smugness.

Meng Hu immediately looked toward Liu Rumei with a burning gaze, as if silently declaring his own "valor."

The two Pill Cloud Peak Disciples, Chen Lin and Li Mo, supported each other, their faces showing the relief of surviving a disaster and gratitude toward the group.

"Thank... thank you, Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters..." Chen Lin thanked them weakly.

However, just as this moment of relaxation and the joy of "victory" had just arisen—

A sudden change occurred!

"Watch out!!" Yao Delong suddenly barked out a warning, while simultaneously shoving Liu Rumei beside him hard!

A blood-colored shadow, several times faster than the previous Blood Demon Mongoose juvenile, shot down without warning from beside the clearing.

It burst down from the dense canopy of a giant tree! Its speed was so fast it exceeded the reaction limits of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

A violent Demonic Qi, so thick it was suffocating, instantly swept across the field like a giant wave!

The target of this blood shadow was not Liu Rumei, who had just been pushed away.

It was—Meng Hu, who was standing on the corpse, completely defenseless, and closest to death!

"Brother Tiger!!" Meng Lang's eyes nearly split from their sockets, and he only had time to let out a desperate roar.

Puchi!

A soft sound, like cloth being torn.

The blood shadow swept past Meng Hu's side, bringing with it a tragic rain of blood.

Time seemed to freeze.

The smugness and excitement on Meng Hu's face instantly froze. He subconsciously reached out to cover his own throat.

There, a thin line of blood rapidly expanded, and blood gushed out from between his fingers like a fountain!

"Heh... heh..." A strange sound like a leaking bellows came from his throat.

His eyes were filled with extreme fear, confusion, and disbelief.

He wanted to say something, but only large gulps of bloody foam surged out.

His body swayed and fell straight down from the beast's corpse.

He slammed heavily onto the muddy ground, twitching violently.