Chapter 110: I Still Have a Chance (Large Chapter)

Yuntai Mountain Valley, within the Yunwu Mountain Range, is shrouded in mist year-round; only at noon does it scatter somewhat, revealing the entrance inside — otherwise, entering at other times easily leads to losing one's direction, circling outside without ever being able to enter the valley.

There are sixty-nine Beast Tamers participating in the Spirit Beast Competition in total; among them, several are at Qi Refining Peak, half are at Qi Refining Late Stage, and the rest are Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivators with meager strength, planning to rely on their spirit beasts to try their luck.

Because the Spirit Beast Competition mainly compares spirit beast strength, plus Beast Taming Peak has few disciples, this kind of competition generally does not endanger cultivators' lives; the several Elders supporting the competition also keep watch.

"Alright, time's up, the First Round competition begins, you all go in." The white-bearded old man half-opened his eyes and spoke calmly.

"Hahaha, I'm starting to look forward to this!" Seeing the Beast Tamers ahead entering one after another, Fang Caifeng excitedly rubbed his palms and said: "Yu Xiong, want to walk together after going in? With me here, I can protect you for a stretch."

Yu Changsheng smiled and said: "No need, you'd better take care of yourself."

"There are quite a few Spirit Fruits in Yuntai Mountain Valley that only grow in special environments; with good luck you can even pick some." Fang Caifeng asked Mu Zeyu beside him.

"Junior Brother Mu, from what you say, you have a conflict with Lei Kai; what's your plan after entering?"

"He's at Qi Refining Eighth Layer, with a First Rank Peak spirit beast under him; if caught, it'll likely be bad."

"Although the Spirit Beast Competition stipulates no killing, combat mishaps happen every year — a few cases of severe injury near death, shattered dantian, ruined cultivation base — you might as well come with me, two people can watch each other's backs."

Hearing this, Mu Zeyu was moved for a moment, but still shook his head and said: "Many thanks, Senior Brother Fang; staying by your side would be a burden, I'll go alone — with the Heart-Hiding Fox, I won't be caught that easily."

Fang Caifeng thought for a bit, and agreed — the Heart-Hiding Fox has a knack for concealing aura, and its talent skill can also help the cultivator hide together; unless Divine Sense is too strong and directly breaks its concealment, finding it is truly not easy.

"Fine, then be careful!" Fang Caifeng said, then laughed loudly at Yu Changsheng.

"Yu Xiong, I'm going in first — watch how I snatch Yuntai!"

Finished speaking, Fang Caifeng's figure vanished into the mist ahead.

The mist in Yuntai Mountain Valley has lessened considerably, but after entering, both vision and Divine Sense are still affected; everyone can also take this chance to avoid strong enemies and go to other edge areas.

"I'm off too." Mu Zeyu bid farewell and also went in.

Yu Changsheng glanced behind — only to see Lei Kai staring at him with a mocking look, as if waiting for him to enter first, then follow in together.

"Has the hatred shifted onto me?" Yu Changsheng chuckled, then stepped into the mist.

Mist that restricts others greatly is, under Yu Changsheng's Divine Sense, just as if it didn't exist.

"That guy Fang Caifeng went the wrong way — this'll take a long detour."

"Forget it, let him wander more — saves him from being eliminated soon after entering."

"Mu Zeyu is a bit interesting — is it the Heart-Hiding Fox's talent spell? Aura's a bit weak; a Qi Refining Peak cultivator in the mist would truly have a hard time finding his location."

"Everyone else scattered; Miao Wenlun — this guy gives me a dangerous feeling, better avoid him."

Yu Changsheng used Divine Sense to gaze at distant Miao Wenlun, then turned head toward a direction with the fewest Qi Refining Peak cultivators.

And behind him, he also saw Lei Kai's figure; the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl into a faint smile, and he slowed his pace a little.

"I'll wait for you — lest you get lost."

Yu Changsheng was like fishing — releasing his aura bit by bit, tugging Lei Kai to walk toward him.

A mere Qi Refining Eighth Layer, same realm as him — truly don't know what confidence he has to come find trouble; since that's the case, I'll eliminate you first! Yu Changsheng silently said in his heart, then walked out of the mist.

Yuntai Mountain Valley has many environments — forests, swamps, wetlands, hot rock zones, Ice Glaciers, etc.; the Demonic Beasts living inside are relatively few, not gathered together like the Ten Thousand Beasts Secret Realm — mostly one beast per territory.

And the place Yu Changsheng walked out into is near an Ice Glacier; surrounding plants are hung with frost, the air very cold — standing here, white frost forms on his feet.

Fortunately, cultivators have magic power to ward off cold, unlike ordinary mortals who shiver from cold.

"This area's temperature is really low — wonder what Demonic Beasts live here." Yu Changsheng was waiting for someone, not rushing to travel, carefully sensing the surrounding environment.

After waiting roughly a few minutes, Yu Changsheng withdrew his gaze and looked toward the mist behind — a human figure was walking this way from inside.

"Really slow." Yu Changsheng murmured.

"Hahaha, brat, caught by me now!"

Lei Kai, riding a giant wolf with blue patterns, seeing lone Yu Changsheng, excitedly shouted: "Today I'll let you know the consequence of offending me — Silver Howl Wolf, kill him!"

Under Lei Kai, the First Rank Peak Silver Howl Wolf let out a deep roar; immediately surrounding trees trembled and snapped, a sound wave rolling toward Yu Changsheng.

"Sound wave attack, huh."

Yu Changsheng's expression calm — when the Silver Howl Wolf opened its mouth, gathering power to unleash its talent spell, he had already prepared; figure rapidly flickering, he vanished from the spot.

Shadow Flash!

Seeing Yu Changsheng suddenly disappear before his eyes, Lei Kai froze for a moment, then the next breath discovered the other's tracks — appearing twenty meters to the left.

He immediately reacted, coldly hummed

"Thought having a body technique to dodge is enough?"

"My Silver Howl Wolf's talent spell has even faster aura-locking sound attack — you can't run!"

"Silver Howl Wolf, Yin Sheng!"

Lei Kai stomped both legs hard, leaping off the Silver Howl Wolf.

The Silver Howl Wolf low-roared from its mouth; a thick sound pillar sprayed out like an inverted Tornado, rushing straight at Yu Changsheng's position.

"Boom—!"

This Yin Sheng's power is extremely fierce; wherever it passed, trees toppled one after another, ground ice instantly shattered, stirred-up white frost and snow reaching several zhang high.

"A First Rank Peak Demonic Beast's talent spell is indeed formidable — not inferior to a First Rank Peak cultivator in the slightest."

Yu Changsheng secretly sighed, then formed hand seals, summoned.

"Red Tempered Snake!"

Next second, the Red Tempered Snake's massive body surged out from white light, roared, body scales rippling with blue light.

Water Illusion Spirit Armor!

"Bang!"

Water Illusion Spirit Armor mainly grants immunity to physical damage, but makes the Red Tempered Snake's body incomparably smooth; other spells might deal more damage, but sound wave damage is relatively reduced.

Only saw the Red Tempered Snake's snake body bend half a circle upon being hit, like a drawn bowstring, rebounding back, vibration scattering the sound wave.

"Sss-ha!"

The Red Tempered Snake, having endured all kinds of beatings, was full of bravado — this bit of sound wave attack was nothing, not terrifying at all compared to Big Sis's Treading Soul.

"A Complete Body Red Tempered Snake?" Lei Kai was somewhat surprised. He knew the Chi She; it was very common, but a Complete Body Red Tempered Snake was not common at all. To cultivate one like this would take at least ten or twenty years! Even the Silver Howling Wolf under him had only transformed once and was merely a mature body.

Lei Kai watched with a bit of envy and shouted.

"The corpse of a Red Tempered Snake can sell for quite a few spirit stones. Kill it, and even if we don't place in the top few of the Spirit Beast Competition, we won't lose out!"

"Silver Howling Wolf, use Moon Howl!"

The sound waves of Moon Howl could penetrate scales and spread inside, directly attacking the spirit soul or the internal flesh and blood.

Moreover, the attack range of Moon Howl was extremely wide. That way, neither Yu Zhangsheng nor the Red Tempered Snake could dodge easily! Only to see pale blue spiritual light rise from the Silver Howling Wolf's body. Under the stimulation of demonic power, the fur on its body stood on end, and with a ferocious expression, it opened its mouth and let out a sharp howl.

"Awoo!"

With one howl of Moon Howl, the surrounding ice surface shattered, and chunks of hard ice stone turned into powder under the sound waves.

Separated by a hundred meters, just as the Silver Howling Wolf launched its attack, the Red Tempered Snake had already sensed something was wrong, because this kind of attack targeting the soul was too familiar to it! After being beaten by Cai Xing for so long, it had experience in this aspect! So while the sound waves were coming, the Red Tempered Snake immediately flicked its tail, wrapping itself in the center, like curling into a ball, with the outermost layer being a smooth Water Illusion Spirit Armor.

"Boom—!"

The sound waves of Moon Howl struck the Red Tempered Snake's scales, denting a small piece, while simultaneously passing through layers of flesh and blood toward the interior.

But unfortunately, the Red Tempered Snake was a snake; these layers wrapped together, penetrating toward the center required passing through several layers!

When the sound waves reached the center of the snake ball, their power had already weakened considerably. The Red Tempered Snake immediately released its defensive state and excitedly shouted at Yu Zhangsheng.

"Si Ha!"

Master, did you see my move?

This is a method I came up with after thinking for several days, specifically to deal with Cai Xing's Treading Soul!

Although I haven't tried how effective this defensive state is under Treading Soul, under the Silver Howling Wolf's current attack, it's not bad! The Silver Howling Wolf was also a bit stunned; it was the first time it had seen its attack neutralized like this.

Lei Kai gritted his teeth and shouted: "I don't believe I can't do anything to you, this one Red Tempered Snake!"

"Come out, Fengyun Goose!"

Seeing that the Silver Howling Wolf's attack was being restrained a bit, Lei Kai immediately summoned his second spirit beast.

"Hahaha, two spirit beasts against your one, and we still can't take you down?"

Lei Kai laughed loudly, but before he could finish laughing, it froze on his face.

Because Yu Zhangsheng summoned two at once! "Golden Winged Great Eagle, Cai Xing, come out and play with him."

The Golden Winged Great Eagle entered the field, the crown on its head shining brightly, head held high and chest out, imposing and majestic, with full arrogance in its eyes.

But this arrogance didn't last a second before, under Cai Xing's gaze, it vanished completely cleanly, lowered its head to act like an eagle, and giggled foolishly.

"Yo yo!" Cai Xing glanced at the enemy—a First Rank Peak Silver Howling Wolf, a First Rank Eighth Layer Fengyun Goose—and immediately felt it was boring.

If it were before, when it was the Green Flower Deer, it might have felt pressure and might have lost to the Silver Howling Wolf or the Fengyun Goose.

But now, as long as it made a slight move, it could suppress the Fengyun Goose, so it lost interest, turned its head to appreciate the scenery, and shouted at the Golden Winged Great Eagle.

"Yo."

The meaning was: leave it to you.

The Golden Winged Great Eagle patted its chest, guaranteeing no problem.

It turned its head to stare at the Fengyun Goose, its gaze ferocious, and immediately flapped its wings and flew up.

The Fengyun Goose and the Golden Winged Great Eagle were both Second Rank Demon Beast bloodlines.

However, the Fengyun Goose only had the Wind Attribute, and its main Talent Spell was also wind-type, while the Golden Winged Great Eagle, besides the Wind Attribute, also had the Metal Attribute.

At the same time, this Fengyun Goose was undergoing its first transformation into a mature body, while the Golden Winged Great Eagle was a Complete Body of the second transformation! But the Fengyun Goose had one advantage: its realm was one layer higher than the Golden Winged Great Eagle's, as the Golden Winged Great Eagle only had First Rank Seventh Layer.

So who was stronger really had to be determined by a serious fight!

"You, why do you have so many spirit beasts?"

Seeing the Golden Winged Great Eagle facing off against the Fengyun Goose, and then seeing Cai Xing appreciating the scenery, Lei Kai suddenly couldn't accept this fact and began shouting loudly.

You must know that the Divine Sense of Qi Refining Cultivators is limited; cultivating the Beast Taming Art to two hundred meters is already strong, and contracted spirit beasts require Divine Sense as a soul mark, while the Inner Landscape also needs Divine Sense to expand its range as a cornerstone.

So a Qi Refining Period cultivator being able to contract two is already quite powerful; a Qi Refining Peak might be able to contract more, reaching three.

Of course, the contracted spirit beasts mentioned above are all extraordinary in ability, with normal bloodlines and quite powerful strength. If it's that kind of First Stage Middle Period spirit beast with trashy bloodline, then three or four would be fine.

But now, the three spirit beasts Lei Kai saw were definitely not trash.

Whether it was the Red Tempered Snake, the Golden Winged Great Eagle, or Cai Xing, placed among Qi Refining Beast Tamers, they were all explosive existences! "Three, why is that!" Lei Kai couldn't quite figure it out; with spirit beasts of this quality, how could the other party contract three.

Just how large was his Inner Landscape? Just how strong was his Divine Sense?

"Don't use your understanding to estimate my strength."

Yu Zhangsheng sighed. He himself hadn't even made a move yet; now facing Lei Kai, he mainly wanted to test the results of the training of the Red Tempered Snake and the Golden Winged Great Eagle.

Otherwise, once his Thousand Thoughts Slash came out, the battle would basically be over.

Qi Refining Peak might be able to apply some pressure, but Qi Refining Eighth Layer could only serve as a training target.

"Don't get distracted; quickly direct your Fengyun Goose, otherwise you might lose if you're not careful!" Yu Zhangsheng shouted at Lei Kai.

Hearing this, Lei Kai glanced at the battle and only felt a sense of humiliation! He actually needed the other party to give him battle pointers?

What was this!!! "I'm going to kill you, I must kill you!"

Lei Kai was somewhat annoyed and ashamed, entering a state of mindless furious rage, and shouted with his Divine Sense toward the Fengyun Goose and Silver Howling Wolf.

"Open the distance, find the right opportunity, and attack together to kill one!"

After seeing certain gaps between himself and Yu Zhangsheng, Lei Kai now only had anger in his heart.

The other party was so young and had already contracted three spirit beasts; such a genius made him unable to help but feel jealousy and hatred.

If he had known these things before taking action today, he might have lain low and not dared to rashly conflict with Yu Zhangsheng.

But now that he had already taken action, he could only fight to the end!

"I still have a chance!" Lei Kai shouted in his heart.

(Chapter End)