122: Roasting the Pig King, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs!

“However, although the treasure has surfaced, now is not the time to seize it.”

“Let the others scout ahead first!”

Xia Fan merely stared at the anomaly for a moment before looking away, no longer dwelling on it.

He remembered that the Diamond Cutter was not like the eastern emperor bell, which only required waiting for time to pass to claim it.

Instead, it possessed a strong active offensive will.

To retrieve the Diamond Cutter, one must first be prepared for a head-on confrontation and pay a certain price.

Therefore, the best time to act would be after others had 'touched porcelain' and exhausted the Diamond Cutter's power.

“Tiger Brother, another treasure has appeared, aren't we going?”

Having followed Xia Fan for so long, Magic Cat knew his desire for treasures. Seeing that Xia Fan had no intention of pursuing the anomaly, she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

She felt she couldn't understand him anymore.

“Going now would only result in a beating. Do you want to be beaten?”

Seeing Magic Cat shake her head vigorously, Xia Fan burst out laughing and continued to track the Pig King. “Come on, let's go get a whole roasted pig feast first. We'll have the energy to search for treasures after we're full!”

At the same time, ahead of Xia Fan, the Pig King had already rushed into Kunlun Mountain and was now emerging from underground.

At a glance, the Pig King's fur was completely charred black, and from the marks on it, he had clearly been struck by lightning. There was also a shocking tiger claw mark on his back, making him grimace in pain for a while.

However, at this moment, the Pig King paid no attention to his injuries.

He stared intently in the direction of the erupting green light and laughed heartily, “Hahaha, old pig finally made it!”

“Tiger King, oh Tiger King, you chased old pig this far, how can old pig not seek revenge?”

“Hmph!”

“Once old pig subdues this treasure, then I'll settle the score with you!”

After a cold snort, the Pig King continued to rampage, and soon arrived near the source emitting the green light.

Looking around, what was emitting the green light was a stone ox sculpture.

This ox was several zhang tall and massive, and on its horns hung a bone-white ring.

The moment the Pig King saw the ring, he was overjoyed. He rushed over, extended his pig's trotters, and prepared to claim the treasure. “Come into my embrace, old pig won't treat you badly.”

“Whoosh—”

But just then, a white beam of light suddenly erupted from the ring. The Pig King had not anticipated this and was unable to dodge, his body instantly flung far away.

“Ptooey, ptooey!”

“Damn it!”

The Pig King crashed into the ground far away, creating a large crater. He lay still for a long time as if flattened before crawling out.

He spat several times until he coughed up a mouthful of black blood, then stared at the ring with a horrified expression. “It's a good treasure, but we'll see if you can remain so arrogant.”

“Today, no matter what, old pig will take you!”

“Whoosh!”

As if understanding his words, a sound of rushing air instantly rang out.

The Pig King's hair stood on end in an instant, and he retreated frantically, for he could feel an extremely dangerous sensation accompanying the sound of rushing air. “Cannot resist it head-on!”

The next moment, with a faint sound, the Pig King was struck by a purple ray. To his surprise, he was unharmed.

“What's going on?”

The Pig King's mind was in turmoil. He vaguely felt this experience was familiar but couldn't quite recall it.

He stopped pondering and lunged at the ring again, but this time he was horrified to discover that he could no longer use his spiritual energy. His expression changed drastically, and he began to look around. “Who is ambushing this king?”

“Pig King, thank you for leading the way. This king will slowly send you on your way!”

As the words fell, a massive figure appeared.

The Pig King had just raised his head and recognized the Tiger King who had been chasing him for a long time, and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed drastically.

Boom, boom, boom!

Xia Fan directly opened his mouth and spat out a ball of flames. The terrifying, scorching aura forced the Pig King to run wildly with his head down, utterly unable to resist.

“Tiger King, you are despicable!”

“First, you hunted this king, and now you've sealed this king's abilities with a sneak attack. Do you really want to annihilate me?”

The Pig King's furious curses received no response.

In mid-air, Xia Fan continued to open his large mouth, spewing out flames. Soon, crackling sounds of boiling oil emanated from the flames.

“Roar!”

The Pig King roared in pain and anger within the flames, enduring the intense agony to rush out of the sea of fire. He was about to forcefully dig an earthen hole to extinguish the flames on his body.

He was indeed thick-skinned, but he couldn't withstand such roasting and burning, especially when he had lost his spiritual energy!

“Tiger King, if you have the guts, fight old pig fair and square. What's with these tricks?”

“I can fight fair and square, but can you defeat this king?”

Facing the Pig King's unwillingness, Xia Fan's face was full of mockery.

Although the Pig King was originally only at the mid-third stage, he had quite a few tricks up his sleeve, otherwise he wouldn't have escaped from Xia Fan so many times.

But even so, he was still no match for Xia Fan.

Moreover, the Pig King was now covered in injuries, and his spiritual energy was temporarily sealed by the Amethyst Seal, directly turning him into a wild boar with strong, large physical body.

At this moment, in front of the Tiger King, he was like a toy, only to be manipulated at will.

“Tiger King, I surrender! I will never oppose you again!”

After being roasted for a while, the Pig King could no longer endure the pain and quickly begged Xia Fan for mercy.

However, Xia Fan had already decided to kill him. Upon hearing this, he sneered disdainfully, “This king has never tasted a whole roasted suckling pig. Would you like to help this king fulfill his wish?”

“You... you are too much of a bully!”

The Pig King was furious, but upon hearing Xia Fan's response of 'bullying the pig too much', he was so enraged that he spat out blood.

Boom—

After some playful torment, the Pig King finally died violently, his corpse heavily smashing onto the ground. Nearly a tenth of his flesh was now cooked, a truly miserable sight.

At this point, Xia Fan walked over to the Pig King's corpse, extracted and refined his crystal, and then learned of his newly acquired abilities.

“Heh heh, the Pig King had quite a few tricks up his sleeve.”

He looked at these new abilities, slightly surprised—

[S-rank: Fearless of Water, Qi Devouring Mountains and Rivers.]

[SS-rank: Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Arts, currently activated: Fetal Transformation and Easy Travel, Five Elements Escape Technique, Size as Desired, Scattering Beans into Soldiers, Riding the Clouds and Mists.]

However, Xia Fan's gaze was drawn to the Qi Devouring Mountains and Rivers ability—

[Qi Devouring Mountains and Rivers: S-rank, can increase appetite and accelerate the digestion of food in the stomach.]

So, after Xia Fan activated this ability and began to devour the Pig King's flesh and blood, he found that the speed of absorbing its energy increased by five or six times.

Seeing this, he sighed with emotion, “No wonder the Pig King was so weak. It turns out that all the abilities he awakened at this stage were flashy and had no practical combat power.”

“Otherwise, solely relying on Qi Devouring Mountains and Rivers, the Pig King's strength could have reached the peak of the third stage, if not the fourth stage...”