A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 22 The Fisherman Reaps the Benefit

"Awooo—!" "Screech!"

The balance was instantly shattered. The three peak-level level one demonic beasts could no longer restrain themselves. Their deep roars and sharp bird cries rang out simultaneously, breaking the tranquility of the valley.

The flames on the Flame Wolf's neck suddenly shone like a burning candle, and flames rose several feet high around its body. Its four sharp claws stomped on the ground, scattering pebbles and carrying a rolling heat wave as it rushed towards the fruit tree. The Ironhorn Lizard, on the other hand, curled into a black ball, and its single horn on its head grew several feet long, gleaming with a cold metallic light like a battering ram, as it rammed into the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree, looking as if it wanted to knock it down.

However, the two were much slower than the Fat Sun Bird on the stone pillar. Its glassy eyes narrowed slightly, and a flash of spiritual light appeared on its red jade-like feathers, which directly transformed into a series of feather blades that shot towards the two. Then it opened its mouth and spat out a fireball, which grew to a size of ten feet in the wind and followed closely behind. It was clear that it was thinking of dealing with the two demons first and then taking the spiritual fruit for itself.

The fireball was incredibly powerful, startling the two demonic beasts below, who quickly dodged. They had already experienced this move before and knew how to deal with it, so they used their best skills to counterattack. The three of them immediately engaged in a fierce battle. Although the Zhiyang Bird was only slightly stronger than the two demonic beasts below, it had the advantage of being in the air, and for a while, the battle was evenly matched.

The valley, which was originally somewhat cold and damp, gradually warmed up, physically.

"Now!"

The disciple surnamed Yang gave a low shout and, controlling the Wind Spirit Veil, led the disciple surnamed Li out of the shadows like ghosts, heading straight for the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree. The two had a clear objective: each would pick two fruits and run.

Seeing the spiritual energy fluctuations beside the fruit tree, and then the four Blood Spirit Fruits disappearing without a trace, the Fat Sun Bird suddenly raised its head, its glassy eyes flashing with furious red light. At first, it was somewhat puzzled, then it flapped its wings and conjured a large sea of ​​fire that enveloped the fruit tree.

"Oh no, we've been discovered."

The two people under the Wind Spirit Veil were dumbfounded. Although the Wind Spirit Veil had a strong ability to conceal itself, it could not withstand any attack, and it was a fire-attribute attack. Under the cover of a large sea of ​​fire, the two had not gone far before they were exposed.

There was no other way; if this silk wasn't collected soon, it would be burned by the flames, since spider silk is inherently countered by fire.

Someone actually dared to steal something right under its nose? The sharp bird cry rang out again, and with a flap of its wings, it ignored the two demons below and pounced on the two reckless human cultivators.

Left with no other choice, the two summoned their respective magical artifacts to deal with the situation. The cultivator surnamed Yang summoned a water bottle-shaped artifact, from which several ten-foot-long water snakes emerged and ferociously pounced on the firebird. The other cultivator summoned a blue flying sword, which, when activated by his magic, transformed into several sword lights that followed closely behind, blocking the other two demonic beasts.

These three are no ordinary demonic beasts. Without powerful methods, it would be difficult to deal with even one, let alone three together.

The water snakes looked formidable, but within ten breaths they were reduced to white mist by the scorching flames. The blue sword light struck the unicorn lizard, producing only a metallic clanging sound, clearly unable to break through its defenses in the short term.

The two were suddenly in a precarious situation. Their defensive shields were being attacked by the three demonic beasts, causing their spiritual energy to become unstable. They had no choice but to increase their magical energy input, but they were afraid that their magical energy would be exhausted in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. At that time, they would be unable to withstand the opponent's attack. For a moment, the two regretted that they should not have been greedy for the spiritual fruit.

"We can't just sit here and wait to die! We have to fight!" The cultivator surnamed Yang gritted his teeth, a fierce glint in his eyes. He knew that if this continued, both of them would perish here. He suddenly pulled out a palm-sized yellow talisman from his storage bag. The talisman was covered with intricate lightning patterns, and its spiritual energy fluctuations far exceeded those of ordinary talismans. It was actually a mid-grade lightning and fire talisman.

"Brother Li, retreat quickly!" the cultivator surnamed Yang roared, frantically pouring all his magical power into the talisman. The yellow talisman instantly swelled, transforming into a ten-foot-long phantom of thunder and fire. The crackling thunder and roaring flames intertwined, carrying a world-destroying power as it hurtled straight towards the three demonic beasts!

Seeing this power, the Zhiyang Bird tried to flee with a flash of fire on its wings, but the power of the Thunderfire Talisman was so great that even a beast known for its speed could not completely dodge it.

With a loud "BOOM!", the previously lively scene instantly fell silent.

"This power is probably no less than the legendary Heavenly Thunder." Luo Ming could clearly feel its explosive power even from a hundred feet away. If the power hadn't been directed entirely at the three demonic beasts, his Wind Fox Beast would probably have been affected as well.

"Cough cough! Brother Yang actually has a deadly weapon like the Thunderfire Talisman. Luckily, we were able to control the direction of its release, otherwise we would both be doomed here."

"Fortunately, the ancestor was worried about me and gave me this talisman to save my life. I never expected to use it here today, but it was worth it."

"Who doesn't know that Elder Brother Yang is a renowned talisman-making master of our Qingxu Sect?"

Although the two were not directly affected by the Thunderfire Talisman, they were still seriously injured due to being so close to it, and their auras were somewhat unstable. But it was all worth it. The corpses of the Flame Wolf and the Unicorn Lizard were blown into countless pieces of flesh. Although the Fat Sun Bird escaped some distance, it was also affected by the strong shockwave and is now lying on the open ground dozens of feet away, its life or death unknown.

Seeing the Blood Spirit Fruit tree, which was spared from damage because it was behind the two, the cultivator surnamed Yang became excited. Although he had used up his life-saving trump card, the harvest of the Blood Spirit Fruit was much more valuable than the Thunderfire Talisman. Just as he was about to step forward to pick it, he suddenly felt as if he was flying. After his vision spun around, he landed on the ground and saw his own body lying down, with blood splattered everywhere.

A beam of light flew out from the head on the ground, trying to leave, but was directly grabbed by a large hand of spiritual energy.

"Li Ji, you actually betrayed me! Aren't you afraid my ancestor will extract your soul and refine it?"

The ghostly light turned out to be a tiny, ethereal being, staring at Li Ji with a look of terror on its face. It couldn't understand why its best brother had betrayed it.

"Hmph, your ancestor? That old bastard will be dealt with by someone."

At this moment, the little soul seemed to have thought of something, his face full of resentment, wanting to beg the other party to spare his life, but he knew that this was impossible.

As the powerful spiritual hand exerted its force, the small figure of the spirit instantly turned into specks of spiritual light and dissipated. Perhaps not long after, in some corner of the world, this person's reincarnation will be born, but he will have completely forgotten everything from his previous life.

Li Ji dispersed the other party's soul, slowly exhaled, and then looked around with a face full of surprise. Everything here belonged to him, and no one would suspect anything if he died here. He was not worried at all about being troubled by the other party's ancestor after he went out.

"Tsk tsk, to be so ruthless as to turn against one's own brother, I've learned something new today."

"Who?" Li Ji was startled. His initial excitement was overwhelmed by fear. There was actually a third person here.

Just as he was staring intently at Luo Ming, who was slowly walking out of the valley, a green shadow suddenly shot up from his back. The speed was as fast as a ghost, and it did not bring any spiritual energy fluctuations.