Chapter Fifty: Beast Token

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  Wu Qianqiu may be considered relatively mature among his peers. However, in Lei Dong's eyes, his deliberate attempt to provoke him with a smiling face was really too childish.

  As expected, his temperament was not calm enough. After hearing Leidong's sarcastic words, he couldn't help but have his face turn pale with rage, and his vicious and jealous expression was revealed: "Leidong, you're indeed eloquent, you don't deserve to be in the position of a direct disciple, today let me, Wuqian..."

  His opening remarks had not yet been finished, when Lei Dong's bloodthirsty ghost soldier appeared, wielding a long knife and killing with a ferocious expression. His figure was swift and overbearing, and after using the Bloodthirsty Technique, he formed a crimson streak in the air.

  Wu Qianqiu hastily unfolded his body technique and leaped backward, quickly casting a Xuan Yin shield on himself. Almost simultaneously, the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier took advantage of its momentum to strike the Xuan Yin shield with its long blade, exerting immense force that caused the newly formed shield to ripple repeatedly, twisting and nearly collapsing.

  Wu Qianqiu's complexion changed slightly, and he didn't even have time to scold the despicable timing. He hastily manipulated his true energy and threw out a jade token.

  Yu Fu burst into four pieces when shot, a semi-transparent leopard tiger suddenly appeared in front of people. The moment the tiger appeared, it let out a loud roar, making people's ears numb and their minds dazed. Immediately afterwards, the tiger opened its big mouth, and with a roar, a white-light-emitting ball flew towards the bloodthirsty ghost soldier.

  The Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier's reaction was extremely sensitive, and with a single raise of his shield, he blocked the attack. The loud crash sent shockwaves flying in all directions, making people's faces sting. What was shocking was that the Bloodthirsty Ghost Soldier was actually knocked back several meters, his shield deeply dented.

  "What kind of magic is this?" The majestic and transparent tiger's ferocity was so astonishing that it left the surrounding disciples in awe for a moment.

  This life-and-death duel method requires risking one's life to fight, even if it is an evil sect, it can't be performed every day. In fact, the frequency of life-and-death duels is not high. As a result, this time, not only the same generation but also the previous generation, already mature disciples, all gathered to watch.

  "It's a Beast Symbol, one of the Spirit Symbol Sect's signature symbols." A young man who was a former generation but only had a cultivation level of six layers in the Refining Qi period exclaimed: "Looking at this beast soul's combat power, it's at least equivalent to the eighth layer of the Refining Qi period. This spirit symbol won't be worth less than 300 spiritual coins."

  Three hundred spirit stones? For the vast majority of ordinary disciples, three hundred spirit stones was a staggering figure, enough to buy an excellent mid-grade artifact. The crowd erupted into a chorus of gasps and exclamations. Wu Qianqiu heard it all with a hint of pride in his heart, directing the fierce tiger to pounce towards Lei Dong.

  Lei Dong's face also changed slightly, the beast symbol was something he had never heard of. The power of the eighth layer of Qi refining was indeed somewhat headache-inducing, a nouveau riche, and indeed had the demeanor of a nouveau riche. Lei Dong calmed his mind, activated the technique to put on a mysterious yin shield for himself, and at the same time, he lightly tapped his foot, and a layer of faint black mist appeared outside his body, like a ghostly apparition, quickly drifting away backwards, in the blink of an eye, several residual shadows seemed real and illusory, making it difficult for people to capture the direction of his actions.

  But the fierce tiger was not weak after all, and with a loud roar, its body slightly paused, it seized this opportunity and slapped its paws fiercely.

  Boom! The dark shield was blown up, and the energy shot out at the same time. Lei Dong flew backward while tumbling. Just as the fierce tiger was about to pursue, the bloodthirsty ghost suddenly flashed in front of it, blocking its path. Amidst the flashing of knives and shields, a fierce battle with the tiger began.

  "With 300 spirit stones, you can buy such a ferocious beast soul. It's worth selling all your pots and pans for! The tiger's power is dazzling, making one's eyes widen in shock: 'Just look at who it doesn't like and it'll pounce on them, how intimidating!' This beast soul is more valuable than buying a top-grade artifact!"

  "You fool." The young man scolded in a bad tone: "This beast symbol can only be used once, and at most it can last for a quarter of an hour. Otherwise, do you think 300 spirit coins can buy such a powerful pet that can go into battle at any time? Moreover, the spiritual intelligence of this beast soul is not high, and it's not as smart as our Yin Ye Sect's ghost servant."

  For a moment? Lei Dong had already commanded three ghostly soldiers to surround the fierce tiger, just as he was about to use his Netherworld Ghost Claw. However, he suddenly heard that the beast soul could only last for a minute, and also introduced its weakness. A cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately ordered the dark shadow ghost soldier to launch a sneak attack from behind, trying to see if it could provoke the beast soul tiger.

  The two ghostly soldiers, Xiě Hū and Lì Shào, turned in mid-air and charged straight at Wu Qiāo. At this time, Wu Qiāo was still reveling in the ferocity of his beast soul, but he didn't expect to have his weakness exposed, and he shot a resentful glance at the young man who had revealed it. However, facing the two ghostly soldiers closing in for the kill, he had no choice but to summon a fiery shield surrounded by swirling red light, and simultaneously, a flying sword with the same style and color scheme rose up, shooting directly at Léi Dòng.

  A deafening metallic collision rang out, and a shield appeared in front of Lei Dong, shrouded in a misty aura, as if it didn't have a physical form. It forcibly blocked the ferocious strike of the crimson flying sword, sending ripples through the air that blew Lei Dong's black robe sleeves back, yet his face remained extremely calm.

  Time seemed to have stopped. Even the disciples of the previous generation were stunned. The top-grade artifacts, one by one, were all top-grade artifacts.

  The scarlet flying sword and the spiritual mist shield collided, both seemingly suffering some damage, their respective glows dimming. However, the scarlet flying sword continued to hover around Lei Dong, searching for an opening to attack. The spiritual mist shield, also a high-quality artifact, was manipulated by Lei Dong to seal off the flying sword's attacking path at all times, as if only by breaking through it could the sword harm its master.

  On the other side, Wu Qianqiu was also in a similar situation. Two ghostly soldiers who were close to reaching the sixth level of cultivation were continuously attacking him with their long knives and bows. Wu Qianqiu dodged as much as he could, and when he couldn't dodge, his Flame Red High-Grade Shield would block the attacks for him. After all, a high-grade shield's defensive power was quite astonishing, and it wasn't something that the two ghostly soldiers could break through in just one or two hits.

  Wu Qianqiu no longer had the spare mental energy to make fine adjustments to the beast soul, and could only occasionally give it orders to attack Lei Dong. However, every time the fierce tiger pounced on Lei Dong, it would be enraged by the Dark Shadow Ghosts and turn its attack target back to them.

  As the young man said, the spiritual intelligence of the beast soul is far less agile and intelligent than that of the ghost servant. In a sense, what the beast soul can retain is only a thread of its original instinct driving it to act.

  Lei Dong was secretly thinking that Wu Qianqiu dared to use a life-and-death duel to challenge himself, and he would not have only these means. On the surface, he seemed relaxed, but in his heart, he became even more cautious. He also set off the Ghost Shadow Shift, making his body shape vague and fleeting, trying his best to avoid the flying sword attacks, rather than relying solely on the Lingwu Shield for defense. With the help of the Cloud Climbing Boots, the Ghost Shadow Shift was exceptionally swift.

  At the same time, his hand rose. A deep green color, as if mixed with a hint of dark green that made one's soul tremble, pierced through the air and shot towards Wu Qianqiu.

  "Another top-grade artifact?!" The young man from the previous session couldn't help but groan, what kind of freaks are these?! Everyone is at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, why do they all have top-grade artifacts one after another? While he himself has been struggling for seventeen or eighteen years and only managed to produce two mid-grade artifacts. However, he did have an extraordinary eye, able to tell the quality of an artifact at a glance.

  Of course, with the top-grade artifact shield protecting him, Wu Qianqiu was not likely to be killed by the Ghost Fire Sword. However, that Ghost Fire Sword's powerful strike also managed to slash a crack in his top-grade artifact shield. Scaring Wu Qianqiu half to death at the same time, his face turned even uglier, originally thinking of bullying Lei Dong, thinking that he would only have one top-grade artifact and two ghostly minions at most. Because during the small competition a year ago, Lei Dong had used nothing but mid-grade artifacts, not even having a single top-grade one.

  But Wu Qianqiu now knew that this kick had hit a thick iron plate.