Chapter 25: The Ninth-Order Demon Beast

  The withered wood dragon's legs were incredibly powerful, and in an instant it dashed down Wutou Ridge, charging out several miles, and bursting into the territory of Hei Zuoling.

  As he entered the Black Hawk Ridge, Ye Xuan looked around and saw that the mountain road was getting narrower and more complicated. It would be easy to get lost in this forest, and the trees on both sides were becoming increasingly ancient and towering, with some being over a thousand years old.

  Deep mountains and ancient forests have many demons and monsters.

  Hei Wu Ling's trees are dense and the sunlight is scarce, making it look quite gloomy.

  There were many tree branches cut off by swords and knives along the road, with fresh cuts.

  Ye Xue jumped off his horse, bent down to take a look, and saw that there were many faint footprints on the mountain road. He thought to himself: "Could it be that someone else has entered Black Eagle Ridge? Judging from the broken marks, it's not the knife technique of the Zhou family, nor is it the sword technique of the Fang family."

  Ye Xuan carefully examined the broken branch, pondered for a moment, and thought to himself: "It should be the young masters of other families in Liu Zhou City."

  Liuzhou City has other big and small witch families besides the Ye, Zhou, and Fang three major witch families. The Hunting Festival is not exclusive to the three major families.

  However, the powers of other families are far inferior to those of the three major families, and the family's traditional martial arts are also far inferior to the three major families' martial arts. As a result, these families often unite their children together to participate in the Hunting Festival and hunt down demonic beasts.

  Ye Xu urged Gan Chai Jiao to move forward, and after a while, he saw two young men, one fat and one thin, riding horses standing by the side of the road not far ahead.

  That fatty is extremely fat, like a horizontally growing short melon. The skinny one is extremely thin, as if a long bamboo pole.

  "Qin family's Dragon Elephant Skill?"

  Ye Xu slightly stunned, the Qin family in Liu Zhou is also a not small Wu Huang family, but does not have the three big families such strong strength, Wu Shi is not much.

  Their family's traditional martial art is called Dragon Elephant Skill, which is quite extraordinary. People who practice this martial art are either extremely fat or extremely thin, like an elephant or a snake, hence the name Dragon Elephant Skill.

  Ye Xue raised his spirits and walked past the two men, ready to strike at any moment in case of an emergency.

  The two Qin brothers didn't say a word, only the fat one stared at him for a few moments. After Ye Xu walked far away, he sneered: "Ye Shao Bao of the Ye family! Isn't he crippled? How dare he enter Black Hawk Ridge? He's asking to die!"

  Ye Xiu turned his head to look, and saw that the two were still standing by the side of the road. After a moment, another two young men, one tall and one short, came riding horses in haste. The fat man was overjoyed and hurriedly called out: "Qin Hong, Qin Liang, you've finally arrived! Just now more than ten people have rushed ahead to lure that thing out. If you don't come, it will be killed by them, and we won't get a share!"

  "Come on, come on! Hurry up!" Qin Hong and Qin Liang brothers urged hastily.

  The Qin family's four people rode their horses like flying, and soon caught up with Ye Xu, rushing past him from his side.

  One of the horse-faced youths turned around, snickering and saying: "Isn't this Ye family's genius, Ye Shaobao? Could it be that he also wants to hunt down that thing? He's really reckless, does he even know how to write the word 'death'? Do you want big brothers to teach him a lesson?" After speaking, the four of them burst into loud laughter.

  Ye Xue snorted coldly and thought to himself: "I wonder what kind of demon these young masters from small families plan to deal with?"

  He walked forward for a while and suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from ahead, explosions unceasing, presumably the young masters of other families in Liu Zhou City had already encountered the demon beast.

  The fierce fighting sounds continued for a moment, and suddenly a scream was heard, apparently someone had fallen victim to the monster's poisonous hand. Then another scream came, one after another, extremely short intervals!

  The withered grass snake rushed forward for more than ten steps, and then came more than a dozen miserable cries. In this short moment, there were more than a dozen people who lost their lives!

  "What kind of monster is this? How can it be so fierce?" Ye Xuan's heart was shocked.

  The demon beast in the mountain forest must be extremely powerful, and it can kill more than a dozen people in an instant.

  Although the martial arts of other families in Liuzhou are not as good as those of the three major families, they are not to be underestimated either. They can kill a dozen or so masters in one breath and will not be ordinary monsters!

  Ye Xuzhe urged his horse forward, and finally arrived at the location where the young men from other families and the demon's hand were. The first thing that caught his eye was the corpses of several youths, tall and short, fat and thin, lying on the ground. One corpse had been smashed to pieces by something, while another had its neck twisted and broken, with its head tilted to one side.

  The other two corpses had their chests ripped open and their hearts pulled out, the scene was too gruesome to behold!

  These four corpses were precisely those Qin family youngsters he had met just now!

  Ye Xu slightly furrowed his brow, looking forward, and in the thicket, a scene of carnage appeared, with more corpses emerging, their deaths bizarre and varied, all killed with a single blow.

  Even their mounts were torn apart, without a chance to escape!

  There was still a live horse, which had long been frightened out of its wits and stood stupidly in the same place, not knowing how to run away.

  In the middle of the corpse, a crimson-red creature like a large macaque crouched, with two black iron chains wrapped around its body. The ends of the chain were two yellow copper balls with diameters of several feet, weighing as much as a thousand kilograms!

  That monster was like a monkey but not a monkey, standing upright with a height of over one zhang. It bent down and grabbed the neck of a corpse, and with a crack, it beheaded the young man and drank his blood from the cavity!

  The monster drank its fill and then discarded the corpse, raising its fist to smash open the skull and sucking out the brain matter with extreme ferocity!

  Suddenly, the beast's ears moved slightly, hearing the unusual movement behind it. It turned its head abruptly, and a pair of blood-red small eyes stared fiercely at Ye Xu!

  All that can be seen is that this monster has a face full of red and green fluffy hair, like a clown in an opera, ferocious and ugly.

  Ye Xu's face changed slightly as he exclaimed in a low voice: "A 9th rank demonic beast, the Mountain Fire Scorpion!"

  It wasn't his first encounter with a mountain fire demon, he had met one during last year's hunting festival.

  This ninth-grade demon beast is very intelligent, proficient in forging, has a keen sense of smell, can smell the taste of metal, and can find ore veins in deep mountains and old forests. It uses the fierce fire of volcanoes to smelt metals and forge weapons for itself.

  Each of the mountain fire demons' crafted weapons was unique. The one Ye Xuan encountered last year had forged a three-meter-long chain saw, with iron chains covered in serrated teeth that could cut through gold and stone, razor-sharp beyond compare.

  At that time, Ye Xu had already cultivated the Cang Ming Lian Ti Jue to the eighth heavy peak, and after a lot of effort, he finally beheaded the demon beast.

  And the mountain fire demon in front of him had crafted two heavy yellow copper balls weighing over a thousand catties, with an unstoppable force and boundless power, taking the path of "one move to subdue ten wills"!

  Whether it's a brass ball or a chain saw, they are the most suitable weapons for the mountain fire demons, and their power is doubled in their hands!

  The metals used by Shan Huo are all top-grade and extremely valuable, some of which are even materials for forging magic treasures!

  Suddenly, the mountain fire wolf's four limbs were planted on the ground, and it let out a loud roar. The fur on its neck stood up, and its mouth was full of sharp steel-like teeth that shone with a cold light. With a swift movement, it jumped onto the back of the horse that had been frightened silly!

  The mountain fire demon's sharp claws swiped downwards, piercing into the horse's head, and with a loud crack, it twisted the horse's head right off its neck!

  "Guo Guo!"

  The mountain fire demon plucked off the horse's head, sucked a mouthful of horse blood, and let out a strange laugh, its face twisted in a fierce grimace. Iron chains bound its body, and with a slight movement, they clattered loudly!

  It's really a shocking and terrifying scene!

  Ye Xuh's heart sank, and he spat out a mouthful of turbid air. With his full attention focused, he stared intently at the Mountain Fire Demon, immediately entering a state of combat readiness. The profound true energy coursed through him like a galloping horse, and his palm suddenly turned purple!

  "Guo Guo!"

  The mountain fire demon licked its bloody big mouth, and a few drops of red liquid dripped from its sharp teeth. It was unclear whether it was human blood or horse blood. One of its paws still grasped a huge horse head, with its fingers deeply inserted into the skull!

  Bang!

  The horse's head was pinched into powder!

  That mountain fire demon suddenly smiled, its two arms shook violently, the black iron chain surrounding its body rattled loudly, and with a whooshing sound, two large brass balls flew out, striking Ye Yu in front and behind, the force of the wind blowing away all the wild grass on the ground, tearing it to shreds!

  Only behind the two large iron balls, the broken wild grass was rolled up by the airflow, tumbling and dancing, forming a green air column. This strike of Mountain Fire Fist almost had the momentum of a congenital master!

  This mountain fire spirit is even more ferocious than the one he encountered last year!

  Bang!

  The strong wind was like a knife, Ye Xuan's hair tie was torn to shreds, and his hair fluttered wildly!

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