Chapter 282: The Death Gaze of the Dragon‑blooded Savage Bull

After sweeping Ten Thousand Insect Valley with a raging Sha wind, Mu Yi obtained an achievement title.

Zongwang Prompt: You have earned the achievement title: Insect Destroyer!

Achievement title: Insect Destroyer

Description: Kill more than one hundred thousand insects to earn this achievement.

Effect: Insect creatures will fear you and actively flee from your location.

For Mu Yi this is of little use, but since it's a free title, he has no extra thoughts about it.

After leveling up, slaughtering these low‑level creatures yields no benefit for Mu Yi at all.

The insects his Sha wind crushed in Ten Thousand Insect Valley certainly exceed one hundred thousand, yet the killing experience it grants him is less than a thousand points.

The power gap is too great; for Mu Yi, the reward for killing these insects may be limited to their souls.

However, without wanting to clash with the local nether system, he cannot pocket money and flee from this world so deeply integrated into the Zongwang.

When he was teleported here, he was forced to sign the relevant contract he must obey.

If he breaches the contract, the most basic punishment is to be kicked out of this world and permanently blacklisted.

He gave Akoxi a glance; the boy had lost his composure and showed pure panic.

Akoxi felt as if he were a chick being swept away by Mu Yi's Sha wind; watching the ground rise beneath him, his throat felt a bit dry.

A howling wind and a rapid airflow rang in his ears, and an indescribable surge filled his chest:

"I… am I flying?"

Flight is a dream revered by every land‑dwelling creature.

Akoxi widened his eyes, watching the valley shrink in his view; what should have been a sliver of sky above now resembled a fissure on the ground.

When Mu Yi set him down, Akoxi still hadn't come to his senses.

"Where to go next?" Mu Yi glanced back at Ten Thousand Insect Valley.

He vaguely sensed something watching him, but it quickly retreated—probably a Legend‑level insect.

Mu Yi had no intention of casually eliminating pests; he now wanted to see his target as soon as possible.

Seeing Akoxi still dazed, Mu Yi reached for a Qingxin talisman and tossed it onto Akoxi.

"Fly continuously toward the southeast, near a great river!"

With a clear mind, Akoxi snapped out of his reverie and hurriedly answered Mu Yi's question.

He seemed to realize Mu Yi's immense strength, so Akoxi used a simpler method to indicate the direction.

Mu Yi nodded, then once again wielded the Sha wind to sweep Akoxi toward the direction he mentioned.

The flight distance was farther than Mu Yi imagined; by Akoxi's pace, it would take at least three days and three nights.

The beasts near the great river that Akoxi mentioned were extremely numerous, tacitly observing a cease‑fire during watering periods, allowing even the fiercest predators to coexist with herbivores.

"Just keep going this way, and you'll arrive!"

In the direction Akoxi pointed, Mu Yi arrived at a small valley; this time the resident creatures had changed from insects to cattle.

"Treasure here too?" Mu Yi looked at the valley oddly, wondering why anyone would come to such a place.

"I don't know; I followed the treasure map all the way!" Akoxi said, glancing resentfully at the herd of cattle in the valley.

"At the treasure's entrance stands a massive bull monster—that's the target you seek!"

"Let's go!" Mu Yi nodded and stepped into the valley.

"Be careful; these monster bulls possess a spell that makes their eyes blaze red when activated. I once saw a griffin lose its life instantly from a bull's use of that spell!"

"Bull? Death Gaze?" Mu Yi's ancient memory was awakened.

He smiled, thinking that instant‑death damage was the least of his worries.

"Wait here for me!" Mu Yi nodded and entered the valley, feeling a familiar oppressive pressure envelop him.

For Mu Yi, that pressure was like a gentle breeze, merely reminding him of a familiar aura.

The monster bull, previously grazing leisurely, instantly became excited upon sensing Mu Yi, its eyes turning blood‑red before it charged at him.

Facing a savage bull weighing over two tons, Mu Yi met the charge without much awe; the massive impact manifested directly on the ground beneath his feet.

Yet it was useless; raw force without technique could easily cripple a Transcendent practitioner, even be lethal, but against Mu Yi it fell short.

The martial mastery granted by his commander's divine art let Mu Yi effortlessly perform a primary and secondary force release, channeling the bull's charge into the earth; the ground beneath him fractured in layers, absorbing the terrifying impact.

Then Mu Yi thrust both hands and hurled the bull away.

In mid‑air, the bull's eyes emitted a massive red glow that enveloped Mu Yi's body, yet nothing happened.

When the bull crashed to the ground, carving a huge crater and ending its life, the red light finally ceased.

Zongwang Prompt: You have been hit by an instant‑death spell, conducting a check…

Check failed, instant‑death effect activates; you will suffer the full instant‑death damage.

You are immune to this type of damage!

Seeing the refreshed message on his retina, Mu Yi curled his lip, thinking his luck was rather poor to get caught right away.

Having witnessed the so‑called instant‑death spell, Mu Yi lost interest in these ordinary bulls and spread his wings, charging into the valley.

Along the way, he noticed countless bulls, many of which sprouted red light.

Mu Yi clicked his tongue in amazement; given the sheer number of bulls, any creature without instant‑death resistance—be it a Legendary practitioner, even a Legendary Dragon or Legendary Behemoth—would be knocked out here.

After enduring dozens of instant‑death hits, Mu Yi finally reached the valley's depths and saw his target.

I wondered why the valley feels cloaked in a familiar pressure; turns out it's Dragon Might!

Seeing his target, Mu Yi felt a surge of emotion.

The king of the bull herd was a savage bull with a Dragon's head.

No wonder Akoxi could instantly identify this bull as the one he needed and pass the Zongwang test; he had thought even a bull king might not meet his criteria.

Unexpectedly, it was a savage bull infused with Dragon blood.

In Jiuzhou, this hybrid dragon-ox should be called a Prison Ox, though it is actually a hybrid of a god dragon and a god ox.

From the fine black dragon scales on this dragon-blood barbarian ox before us, we can tell it's probably the offspring of a black dragon and a barbarian ox.

Most importantly, this dragon-blood barbarian ox before us is a legendary creature.

Upon sensing Mu Yi's presence, Pan Lidusi's vertical pupil blazed with tangible anger-fire; though merely a hybrid, the barbarian ox is inherently ill-tempered.

In its view, any foreign creature that dares to enter its territory is an insult to its strength, as if it considers them weaklings.

Moo!!!

And with that roar, a powerful aura filled with intimidation instantly burst forth, pressing down on Mu Yi.

Reincarnation Barrier!

Mu Yi directly deployed the barrier, dragging the dragon-blood barbarian ox into it.

"Huff~" The dragon-blood barbarian ox, panting heavily, paid no heed to the change in surroundings and instead launched a death charge.

"Fall!" Mu Yi, holding the Judge's Brush, wrote a large 'Fall' character on the Register of Life and Death.

The ox that had been charging instantly collapsed to the ground.

The ox, having gotten up from the ground, shook its head, somewhat confused as to why it had fallen for no reason.

However, a series of spirit words then left it dazed and disoriented.

"Blind," "Foolish," "Deaf"...

A series of spirit words, combined with the judgment of the Judge's Brush, swiftly sealed the dragon-blood barbarian ox's five senses, depriving it of perception of its surroundings.

"Death!"

However, Mu Yi felt his inner qi draining like a burst dam, ended the test, and wrote a large 'Death' character on the Register of Life and Death.

The 'Death' character appeared out of thin air on the ox's body, a flash of red light passed over it, and then the character dissipated into the void.

"It failed..."

Mu Yi shook his head.

I don't know whether it's due to the excellent magic resistance of the dragon scales on the dragon-blood barbarian ox, or because the ox has mastered instant-death techniques giving it some resistance, or simply because of the difference in power levels between the two beings.

Mu Yi's plan to directly pronounce death using the Register of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush came to nothing.

Just as Mu Yi lamented, the dragon-blood barbarian ox had already freed itself from the influence of the spirit words.

In its anger-filled vertical pupil, a glint of cruelty flashed, and scorching dragon breath quickly gathered from the air sacs in its mouth.

Sizzle~~~

The scorching dragon breath was completely neutralized by a stream of water that appeared out of nowhere, and Mu Yi promptly slammed the Mountain Water Seal onto the dragon-blood barbarian ox.

Because a relatively intact corpse was needed, Mu Yi tried to limit his own methods as much as possible, hoping the dragon-blood barbarian ox would leave a complete body.

Struck on the forehead by the Mountain Water Seal, the dragon-blood barbarian ox instantly ceased its dragon breath and collapsed to the ground.

The ox, dazed from the blow, staggered to its feet, but Mu Yi gave it no chance to recover.

Human Dao!

A vast army poured forth from the Human Dao, and the heavy cloud energy transformed into weighty shackles that enveloped the dragon-blood barbarian ox.

He leapt to the ox's side, grabbed its two horns, and began to wildly slam it.

The ox's massive frame, now imbued with epic strength and having expended all its inner qi to unleash a power burst, seemed like a toy before Mu Yi, leaving deep craters in the earth.

To make the ox's contact with the ground more intimate, Mu Yi also reinforced the earth beneath his feet with earth-vein power, amplifying the recoil force of the impact.

However, the ox's muscular build and skeletal structure give it excellent shock-absorption, allowing it to unleash power bursts while making it hard to kill by throwing.

However, as the ox became dazed, a spear appeared in Mu Yi's hand, whistling with wind and thunder, and he drove it deep into the ox's skull before it could react.

Moo!

The immense pain drove the dragon-blood barbarian ox into a frenzy, the red light blazing in its eyes nearly illuminating the whole valley, and under the threat of death, the power of its instant-death technique was maximized.

However, this attack meant nothing to Mu Yi.

In a sense, Mu Yi plus the Dragon-slaying Stone is the perfect natural counter to the dragon-blood barbarian ox, nullifying all its strengths.

All of its fearsome traits lost all meaning before Mu Yi.

Thus, Mu Yi's speed in slaying it exceeded that of his previous kill of the giant turtle by a margin.

The dragon-blood barbarian ox rolled wildly across the ground, its massive body smashing the rocks.

But soon after, its body collapsed with a crash, its pupils losing all color, and it lost all signs of life.

Mu Yi dared not delay; he quickly cut his wrist to let blood flow and began to draw the shape of an ox totem with his blood.

After some effort, Mu Yi finally completed the ox totem drawing.

"Zongwang Prompt: You have completed a weapon technique crafting, and are being granted a bonus for weapon technique crafting."

"Zongwang Prompt: You have obtained the 【Ox Totem】 (Epic)."

"Epic?"

Mu Yi furrowed his brow; this is a legendary creature, and even as a hybrid, its bloodline has absolutely reached an objective level of growth.

"Is my own bloodline limiting the totem's upper limit?" Mu Yi considered another possibility.

"Do I need to find some items that can elevate my bloodline?"

Mu Yi pondered, then placed the ox totem before himself.

"Zongwang Prompt: Should you spend 10,000 Zongwang Disaster Coins to complete the totem fusion?"

"Yes!"

"Fusion successful! You have obtained the Ox Totem, and the totem's power has been activated!"

When a faint prickling sensation appeared in his chest, Mu Yi felt power spreading through his body.

【Ox Totem】 (Epic):

Effect 1: Copper Head Iron Forehead:

Immune to decapitation damage; the head's vital spot is negated, and its innate defense effect is doubled, which can be regarded as an innate weapon, granting an attack bonus.

Effect 2: Blade and Spear Immunity:

Immune to ordinary weapon damage; using its own damage reduction ability, it increases reduction against spell damage (the reduction magnitude is determined by physique and totem quality).

(Under the influence of an epic totem, gain 15% damage reduction, and additionally gain 15% spell damage reduction)

Effect 3: Ox Totem Power: qi and blood recovery ability fully enhanced (recovery speed determined by physique and totem quality).

(Under the influence of an epic totem, qi and blood recovery enhancement is increased by an additional 35%)

At the moment the ox totem is activated, Mu Yi senses a resonance between the ox totem and the bird totem, but this resonance seems to be lacking something, preventing them from merging into one.

After realizing this, Mu Yi pondered for a moment; this should not be due to the totem's rank, but rather a further development of the ability known as 【Totem】.

Perhaps I need to meet Chi You once more in order to unravel this secret.