Chapter 91: Light Spirit Holy Beast

Beneath a century-old giant tree, Qian Renxue slept peacefully, while Nan Feihuang sat with his eyes closed, resting.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, stirring the leaves and causing a "rustling" sound.

This was originally a very normal phenomenon, yet it caused Nan Feihuang, who was resting with his eyes closed, and Qian Renxue, who was in her dreams, to open their eyes at the same time.

"Killing intent!"

One of the two was a high-level Spirit Master, the other a Battle General; they were both very sensitive to things like killing intent.

Under the cover of night, a shadow darted out from directly above the trees. Nan Feihuang swung his Fangtian Halberd and threw it straight upward, while simultaneously scooping up Qian Renxue beside him and leaping repeatedly to put some distance between them and that thing.

He was very cautious and did not for a moment believe that his Fangtian Halberd could repel the intruder in one strike; after all, even though they had left the very center of the forest, they were still deep within the forest zone, and what they encountered would most likely be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Nan Feihuang's soul power was only at the Soul Elder level; no matter how confident he was, he did not believe he could currently contend with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Sure enough, even though the attack power of the Fangtian Halberd was astonishing, it only managed to block the thing for a moment. With a "clink" sound, the next moment, the Fangtian Halberd spun and fell, embedding itself into the mud.

Nan Feihuang used his intent to retract his martial soul, then summoned it again, looking around guardedly. "Xue Jie, be careful. That thing just now was fast; I don't know what it is."

"Over there!" Qian Renxue felt it with her eyes closed, then opened her palm, and a golden light bloomed from it, illuminating the place she pointed to.

After two days of recuperation, although her cultivation had not fully recovered, she could still exert one or two tenths of it.

Looking in the direction of the light, it was a golden wolf-type Spirit Beast. Its appearance was somewhat similar to a common snow wolf, yet it lacked any sense of icy coldness; instead, it shimmered with radiance.

"Fire Spirit Holy Beast!!!" Qian Renxue said in shock. "Damn it, how could we encounter this guy at a time like this."

"Xue Jie, do you know this kind of Spirit Beast? Judging by the name, it seems to be a holy-attribute Spirit Beast?" Nan Feihuang asked. He remembered that in the anime, Qin Ming's Eighth Spirit Ring came from a Fire Spirit Holy Beast, which possessed both fire and holy attributes.

This Fire Spirit Holy Beast sounded like a variant of the Fire Spirit Holy Beast.

Qian Renxue nodded. "Yes, this is a Spirit Beast with both light and holy attributes. This one looks to have reached a cultivation of twenty thousand years. Feihuang, you must be careful. Spirit Beasts that can be crowned with the name of 'Holy Beast' are all top-tier existences among their own level."

Nan Feihuang was a bit puzzled. "Xue Jie, I remember reading in the Spirit Beast records that holy-attribute Spirit Beasts are all very kind. Why is this guy in front of us so ferocious?"

"There are exceptions to everything. There are kind existences among dark-attribute Spirit Beasts, and by the same token, there is no lack of evil ones among light and holy ones. Feihuang, you cannot let appearances deceive your perception. The Fire Spirit Holy Beast looks holy, but in reality, it is extremely greedy and overbearing. It also likes to devour Spirit Beasts of the same attribute or humans to nourish itself. It appearing now must mean it has set its sights on me and wants to devour me." Qian Renxue was very certain; after all, looking across the Douluo Continent, when it came to the holy attribute, what could surpass her family's Six-Winged Angel?

No sooner had she finished speaking than the Fire Spirit Holy Beast charged toward them fiercely, its speed incredibly fast.

Nan Feihuang raised his Halberd to block in front of Qian Renxue. Just one encounter, and he was sent flying by the impact of the Fire Spirit Holy Beast. While flying backward, Nan Feihuang thrust his Halberd into the ground, forcibly stabilizing his figure.

A twenty-thousand-year Spirit Beast's cultivation already surpassed a Soul Emperor, and at the same cultivation level, general Spirit Beasts were usually a notch stronger than Spirit Masters. Unless one possessed a god-level martial soul like Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel, it was very difficult to fight across ranks.

Although Nan Feihuang's Fangtian Halberd could do it, it was impossible to cross so many major stages from Soul Elder to Soul Emperor.

As he was now, he had the confidence to fight a seven or eight-thousand-year Spirit Beast, but once it passed ten thousand years, he had to weigh things carefully—let alone this guy in front of him, which had passed twenty thousand years.

Nan Feihuang was already mentally prepared; if it really came to it later, he would have no choice but to call out Red Hare to finish off this Fire Spirit Holy Beast.

Seeing that the Fire Spirit Holy Beast's claws were about to kill Qian Renxue, Feihuang's second spirit ring lit up immediately.

"Second Soul Skill, Eight Gates Golden Lock!"

At this moment, Nan Feihuang could no longer worry about Lan Xue's previous instructions; he opened all eight gates directly to restrict the Fire Spirit Holy Beast.

Rest, Life, Injury, View, Death, Surprise, Open!

Eight large characters appeared in the air, forming the Eight Gates Golden Lock array. Because the Fire Spirit Holy Beast's cultivation was much higher than Nan Feihuang's, the Eight Gates Golden Lock could not freeze it, only slow its speed.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue forcibly performed her martial soul avatar, spread her Angel Wings, and flew to Nan Feihuang's side.

She tried to condense an Angel Light Blade, but her soul power could not be used much at all; the light sword she condensed was also indistinct and illusory.

Nan Feihuang said worriedly, "Xue Jie, your body..."

"Feihuang, you are absolutely no match for this Fire Spirit Holy Beast alone. We can't worry about so much now. Thanks to your care these past two days, my cultivation has basically recovered to nearly two tenths. If I disregard everything, I can forcibly raise it to three or four tenths, but I cannot fight for long. I only have one chance, so you must buy me time to unleash my strongest sword and cut off this thing's head; only then can we win." Qian Renxue commanded calmly.

She hadn't been a Crown Prince for all these years for nothing; no matter how critical the situation was, she remained as calm as if Mount Tai were collapsing before her.

"Alright, I understand. Third Soul Skill, Berserk Golden Body; First Soul Skill, Half-Moon Slash!" Nan Feihuang's other two spirit rings lit up simultaneously.

Using his three soul skills at the same time consumed a massive amount of soul power, but the increase in combat power in the short term was also enormous.

The actively activated state of Berserk Golden Body increased all his attributes by one hundred and twenty percent.

The Eight Gates Golden Lock greatly restricted the Fire Spirit Holy Beast's movements.

And as for the Half-Moon Slash, as long as he didn't swing it and kept the power on the Halberd, then for a short time, the Fangtian Halberd's normal attacks would also become True Damage, capable of ignoring the tough physique of a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

Nan Feihuang then stepped with North Star Immortal Trace, wielding the long Halberd with one hand, using Single-Handed Eighteen Picks to clash head-on with the Fire Spirit Holy Beast.

The Halberd and claws intersected incessantly, sparks splashing in the forest. The Ghost God Body allowed Nan Feihuang to trade injury for injury, becoming braver the more he fought, and for a time, he actually blocked the Fire Spirit Holy Beast's offensive.

"Well fought!" Qian Renxue praised while condensing her power. She hadn't expected Nan Feihuang's practical combat ability to be so outstanding; he wasn't just high in cultivation.

The actual combat power under the simultaneous use of three soul skills was enough to rival a Soul King.

(End of chapter)