397: Have to

When the palm and the shadow sword collided, Lu Xingchen's Blade Edge directly broke through Bear Monarch's Demonic Power defense, piercing a bloody hole in his hand.

The Fused Spirit Fire surged in, destroying his body.

Bear Monarch's expression changed drastically, and he hastily retreated.

He used his Demonic Power to expel the Spirit Fire that had invaded his body.

Only then did he start taking Lu Xingchen seriously.

"What a formidable young brat, to actually possess such strength!"

Nine Nether secretly cursed in her heart: "This fellow is useless for success but more than adequate for failure! He let the opponent gain the upper hand the moment they clashed!"

But she did not voice this, instead saying in a deep voice: "This brat is not simple! Both of you, go all out! Don't let yourselves be defeated by a slip-up!"

"Alright!"

The two Yao Beasts said in unison.

Immediately, they also transformed into their true forms.

A giant brown bear and a white fierce tiger appeared before everyone.

Just as they transformed into their true forms, two black light waves flew into their bodies, and a sense of weakness immediately appeared.

That's right, Lu Xingchen's "Word Spirit, Curse Annihilation" had already begun to take effect.

Bear Monarch was greatly startled and said in a deep voice: "What an eerie ability! I feel like my combat strength is even weaker than before I transformed!"

Nine Nether also frowned tightly: "This brat is truly excessively powerful! Such a strong weakening ability can actually affect three people simultaneously!"

Tiger King also had a gloomy expression and shouted: "Delaying will only lead to trouble, let's attack!"

The three Yao Kings, three experts of the eighth rank, eighth star, jointly launched an attack against Lu Xingchen.

They originally thought that with the advantage in numbers, the three Yao Beasts would surely be able to subdue Lu Xingchen together.

But when the fighting actually started, it was not like that at all.

Lu Xingchen's shadow sword was truly too bizarre.

Although they could see through the movement pattern of the shadow sword, they had no way to counter it.

Because the number of shadow sword scabbards had reached five, he could instantly teleport to five different locations at any time.

The individual combat strength of the three Yao Kings was already inferior to his; if they dispersed their strength to use area-of-effect attacks, they wouldn't be able to break his defense at all.

If they concentrated their strength to attack one spot, he would simply evade using his displacement skill.

Lu Xingchen was also secretly rejoicing in his heart.

Senior Fu Xin truly is a genius, to be able to create such an interesting Martial Skill.

But he also knew clearly that the truly awesome thing was the System.

Senior Fu Xin only created the Profound Rank Advanced shadow sword and the Shadow Sword Art; the subsequent upgraded versions were all bestowed by the System.

Although this thing is quite sinister, it certainly feels great to use!

Nine Nether could rely on her high movement speed to dodge Lu Xingchen's attacks, but the other two Yao Kings were not so lucky.

Especially Bear Monarch, who had already taken a blow from Lu Xingchen earlier and was injured; all of Lu Xingchen's attacks were directed at him.

The wounds on his body grew more numerous, and he gradually turned into a blood-colored brown bear.

And all of this happened within just a few minutes.

Bear Monarch truly couldn't hold on any longer. He couldn't withstand Lu Xingchen's attacks, and even if he wanted to fight desperately, with Lu Xingchen possessing that bizarre black scabbard, he couldn't even touch Lu Xingchen.

Without hesitating for too long, he immediately shouted: "Lu Dazhuang, I surrender! I admit defeat! You can take all the Spirit Medicine on this mountain peak, I only beg you to spare my life!"

Having said that, he retreated regardless of everything, and then knelt down toward Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen raised an eyebrow and did not continue attacking, instead taking a few steps back.

Since Bear Monarch had surrendered, what could Nine Nether and Tiger King do?

They were simply no match for Lu Xingchen.

The two Yao Beasts also knelt down together and said in unison: "We surrender!"

Lu Xingchen retracted the shadow sword and chuckled: "The three of you are quite sensible. However, there are conditions for me to spare your lives."

"Bear Monarch, and Tiger King, you two should be the rulers of the other two peaks, correct? Within half a day, I want all the Spirit Medicine on the three core peaks, otherwise, I will kill you without fail!"

Hearing this, the three Yao Kings looked at each other in dismay.

Lu Dazhuang's appetite was too huge; he actually wanted all the Spirit Medicine.

One must know that the three core peaks have the densest spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the Spirit Medicine that grows there is the most precious.

All the Spirit Medicine piled together, even Medicine King Valley wouldn't be able to swallow it all in one go.

Nine Nether said with a wry smile: "Lord Lu, this Spirit Herb Space belongs to Medicine King Valley. If you take away so much Spirit Medicine at once, I'm afraid Medicine King Valley won't easily agree, will they?"

Lu Xingchen let out a cold snort.

"You previously said the Spirit Herb Space was a collaboration between the Yao Race and Medicine King Valley, and now you're changing your tune? Our Lingyun Sect might not necessarily fear Medicine King Valley. Miss Peng Yu cannot stop me now, and once we leave the Spirit Herb Space, it won't be for the three of you to manage."

"I only give you half a day. Now, the countdown begins!"

Seeing that the three Yao Kings had lost their Battle Intent, the other Eighth-rank monsters stopped their offensive and retreated together.

Once the Realm reaches Martial Venerable, the gap between each minor Realm is extremely vast.

Although there were over thirty low-star Eighth-rank monsters present, even if they attacked together, they wouldn't be a match for the three Yao Kings.

Since these three Big Strong Ones had surrendered, the remaining Yao Beasts also followed suit and knelt down toward Lu Dazhuang.

The surrounding young Alchemists were all stunned.

Just moments ago they were fighting desperately, with many even falling to the ground, yet the situation had already reversed?

"Holy cow, the three Yao Kings chickened out! They are all Yao Beasts of the eighth rank, eighth star, yet they couldn't defeat Lu Dazhuang alone!"

"Exactly, exactly! Lu Dazhuang is too fierce! Even if all of us, including Saintess Peng Yu, teamed up against him, we probably wouldn't be his match, right?"

"What else? What difference is there between this result and Lu Dazhuang single-handedly wiping out all the Yao Beasts?"

"Lu Dazhuang is truly terrifying. This man has the Potential of a Saint!"

Peng Yu walked up to Lu Xingchen, her face also full of shock.

"Big Strong One Brother, I really didn't expect you to have reached this kind of Realm! It's truly unbelievable!"

Lu Xingchen brushed his sleeve and chuckled: "It was just luck. Miss Peng Yu, can you give me the Pill Formula for the soul refining pill now?"

Peng Yu said softly: "Of course! I, Peng Yu, always keep my promises."

Having said that, she touched the Storage Ring on her finger, and a Pill Formula appeared in her palm, which she immediately handed to Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen took the Pill Formula, inspected it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, Miss Peng Yu!"

Just then, the three Yao Kings stood up from the ground and shouted in unison: "I give you three hours to hand over all the Spirit Medicine from the three peaks to me!"

Hearing this, Peng Yu was stunned, and the other young Alchemists were also stunned.

Peng Yu froze for a moment, then looked toward Nine Nether and said in a deep voice: "Senior Nine Nether, why are you collecting Spirit Medicine?"

Nine Nether said with a wry smile: "This is Lord Lu's command; we have no choice but to comply!"