Section 3: Exploding Pills
Author: Gu Zhenren
Date: 2014-06-18
As Chu Yun chatted and laughed with the Blissful Immortal Consorts, the battle in the distance also changed.
Although the Grassland Mountain Bear Beast was of Supreme grade and its cultivation had reached the Peak Spirit Monster level, it was ultimately just a wild demonic beast. Without the command of a Beast Tamer, the group of Beast Tamers quickly gained the upper hand.
It was only a matter of time before the Grassland Mountain Bear Beast was defeated, but unexpectedly, two green grass hills suddenly rolled from the ground.
“Moving hills?” Chu Yun was surprised.
“Grass Evasion Technique! Oh no, two more Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts! Quickly, prepare to fight!” Before the yellow-clothed woman could finish speaking, two loud explosions were heard, and dirt flew everywhere. The two hills rose from the ground, like curled-up humans suddenly stretching out.
Roar!
With synchronized roars, two Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts stood up and pounced towards the yellow-clothed woman’s group.
Excluding the one who had been hit by Grass Fire and died, there were thirteen people left in the yellow-clothed woman’s group present.
Among these thirteen people, almost all were elite Beast Tamers. Each Beast Tamer could only bring out one Great Demon as their formidable combat power. Besides that, there was a middle-aged man who acted as the main attacker. He should be at the Adept level, and he had three Spirit Monsters in his possession, all of which were demonic creatures unfamiliar to Chu Yun’s group, clearly specialties of Danzhou.
The three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts, all at the Peak Spirit Monster level, joined forces and immediately turned the tide, pushing the Beast Tamer side into a disadvantage. Although the only Adept-level Beast Tamer had three Spirit Monsters, they were all at the early to middle stages of the Spirit Monster level, barely holding their ground.
Seeing that the Beast Tamer side was in imminent danger, Hongshang Fairy chuckled and said, “Young Master, this is the perfect time. We can go up and capture these three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts, and you can be the hero who saves the beauties.”
“Hongshang, you’re becoming more playful,” Chu Yun shook his head and smiled. “That yellow-clothed woman and the young man in green beside her haven’t made a move yet. These people are still holding back. If we go up now, I’m afraid it will be counterproductive. It might be better to wait and observe further. The combat level of Beast Tamers in Danzhou seems to be even worse than those in Xingzhou.”
Oracle Immortal, however, chuckled, “Young Master, your standards are too high. In my travels in Xingzhou, this level of combat is already considered upper-middle tier, very good. Young Master, you are exceptionally gifted and have been invincible since your debut. Everyone you fought was a hero in their respective levels. Moreover, the Archipelago where Young Master is located is the center of Xingzhou’s longest-standing conflict. The people of the Archipel are all seasoned warriors, naturally possessing combat tacit understanding, fierceness, and ruthlessness, with killing intent filling their battles.”
“Oracle Immortal speaks with reason,” Chu Yun nodded. “However, Danzhou, as its name suggests, is indeed renowned for its pills. In this short time, I’ve seen them strategically withdraw and replace their demonic creatures, using various pills to heal injuries. Each person has a large reserve of pills. The effects of these pills are truly remarkable.”
“Although these three wild Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts are Peak Spirit Monsters, if this battle continues, they will eventually be killed,” Xia Fan Immortal stated, seeing through the battle situation.
This kind of attrition warfare indeed comes down to recovery ability. With various pills for healing, the Beast Tamers held a firm advantage in this regard. Therefore, as time passed, the Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts would weaken, and the scales of victory would gradually tip towards the Beast Tamers.
Roar!
At this moment, another unforeseen event occurred.
The three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts simultaneously opened their massive mouths and spewed out three dazzling green Grass Fires.
The flames merged, forming a thick pillar of jade-green fire more than three times its original size. It fiercely pierced through the demonic creatures’ defensive line. Along the way, one Spirit Monster and four Great Demons screamed in agony amid the flames. Grass rapidly grew on their bodies, and they were ultimately transformed into five Plant Sculptures of various shapes.
“Damn it!” The young man in green who was directing the battle immediately changed his expression. After a moment of panic, he became furious and cursed, “You damned servants, what have you done? That fire almost burned me!”
The girl in yellow hurriedly said, “Quick, quickly stop these three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts! They’re trying to break through.”
However, the balance of power had already shifted.
The Beast Tamer side was already struggling to maintain the situation. Now, with nearly half of their demonic creatures dead, how could they stop the Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts from breaking through?
“I request Young Master Sima and Miss Gongsun to act! We are unable to hold them back!” After a moment of stalemate, the middle-aged man with the highest cultivation, seeing that his remaining two Spirit Monsters were in grave danger, shouted.
“Young Miss and Young Master are both experts at the Adept level. If either of them acts, they can kill these three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts. If both act together, there’s a possibility of capturing them alive!” someone else shouted.
“How dare you! You low-class servants, you dare to order me around?!” Young Master Sima’s face immediately darkened, and he reprimanded coldly.
“Simply preposterous,” the woman in yellow snorted. “The Hundred Families Pill Conference is imminent. If our Spirit Monsters are lost here, can you bear the responsibility? Explode your pills, all of you! It is time for you to contribute your lives to the main family.”
“Miss…”
“What? Why are you dawdling? Sacrificing for the main family is your honor. Your families will be well taken care of,” the yellow-clothed woman shrieked.
The expressions of the others flickered. Finally, someone sighed, gritted his teeth, and performed a hand seal. His face immediately turned flushed, and his eyes glowed with intense light. Simultaneously, the Great Demon he controlled let out a roar, its beastly eyes filled with blood-red color, its body suddenly swelling by a third, and its speed also increasing by a third.
The others followed suit. In an instant, the elite Beast Tamers displayed the demeanor of Adept-level cultivators. At the same time, the combat power of their Great Demons actually surged to the quasi-Spirit Monster level.
Immediately, the battle situation underwent a drastic change. The three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts failed to break through, were surrounded, and were beaten down, unable to lift their heads.
“Hmm? What kind of technique is this? So powerful!”
“Exploding Pills? It seems to require sacrificing one’s life. This is unheard of…”
“But we didn’t see them consuming any pills. They just performed some hand seals. Strange, very strange.”
Witnessing this scene, the Blissful Immortal Consorts couldn’t help but whisper amongst themselves.
“Capture them alive! Capture them alive! We need to extract the Grassland Heart Grass. Dead Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts won’t do. We need them alive,” the young man in green shouted ecstatically, seeing the dramatic shift in the situation.
“Yes, Young Master Sima!” The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and responded.
Killing was easy, but capturing alive was difficult. The attacking Beast Tamers, with their suddenly boosted cultivation, couldn’t adapt to this rapid increase in strength in time, making their coordination even more flawed.
A moment later, two Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts were heavily wounded and captured. The remaining one, however, managed to break free and fled wildly.
“Quickly, pursue it! We need it alive!” the yellow-clothed woman shouted.
As the servants were about to give chase, they suddenly collapsed, bleeding from all seven orifices and dying. Their demonic creatures also became weak and scattered like wild beasts.
Only the middle-aged man remained, his face extremely pale. He was the only Beast Tamer, apart from Young Master Sima and Miss Gongsun, who had not exploded his pills.
“Quickly, chase! What are you dawdling for? If you don’t catch it, I’ll hold you responsible!” Young Master Sima shouted sternly.
The middle-aged man could only grit his teeth, his steps unsteady, and with his two heavily wounded Spirit Monsters, he chased in the direction the Grassland Mountain Bear Beast had fled.
“Young Master Chu Yun, that Grassland Mountain Bear Beast is actually running towards us!” Xia Fan Immortal exclaimed in surprise.
The fleeing Grassland Mountain Bear Beast, desperate for its life, charged headlong towards Chu Yun and his group in its panic.
“I’ll handle it.” Chu Yun took a few steps forward, stepping out from the group. He secretly mobilized his Spirit, condensing it into a beam, targeting only the charging Grassland Mountain Bear Beast, and unleashed it with a mighty burst.
The Grassland Mountain Bear Beast was now heavily injured. Even a Peak Spirit Monster in perfect condition would be like a mouse encountering a cat under Chu Yun’s King-level spiritual pressure, unable to resist.
Aow… The Grassland Mountain Bear Beast let out a mournful cry. Sensing the sudden King-level spiritual pressure, it abruptly stumbled, fell to the ground with a thud, its limbs turning weak, and slumped onto the ground.
“Someone’s coming. We should enter the Immortal Pouch first.” Seeing the middle-aged man approaching, the Blissful Immortal Consorts activated their Joyful Boat, packed up Oracle Immortal, and hid within the Immortal Pouch World.
After all, a group of beautiful women, plus an ordinary person with one arm, would be too conspicuous in an environment teeming with wild demonic creatures.
Qiao Mao was a middle-grade servant of the Gongsun Family. He had been raised and trained by the Gongsun Family since childhood. He was now a forty-eight-year-old Adept-level Beast Tamer, but his cultivation had been stuck at this level for over a decade. Perhaps he would never advance further in his life.
“I must capture this Grassland Mountain Bear Beast alive!” He was extremely anxious, and the thought of his subordinates’ pyrrhic victory through exploding pills pained him greatly. These brothers, who used to laugh and share hardships with him daily, had all died today with not a single one left.
“Hmm? Is it dead?” Seeing the Grassland Mountain Bear Beast suddenly stop moving and lie motionless on the ground, Qiao Mao’s heart sank.
Miss Gongsun wanted to collect Grassland Heart Grass. This precious medicinal ingredient had to be extracted from a living Grassland Mountain Bear Beast. If the beast died, what would he use to report back?
“These three Grassland Mountain Bear Beasts were earned with the lives of more than ten brothers. No, it absolutely cannot die like this,” Qiao Mao cried inwardly. His face was deathly pale, and his eyes were bloodshot, filled with a fanatical glint.
“This is…” He suddenly stopped in his tracks, a look of shock on his face.
He saw Chu Yun.
Chu Yun, dressed in white, was elegant and graceful, standing out from the crowd. He stood before the Grassland Mountain Bear Beast, looking coldly at the ferocious beast.
The savage beast, originally driven to frenzy by the imminent threat of death, was now trembling on the ground. Its lantern-sized eyes held infinite fear. It looked at Chu Yun pleadingly, whimpering. It was like a cat or dog begging its owner for mercy.
Qiao Mao stood dumbfounded.
(To be continued)
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