Chapter 29: Three-Tailed Scorpion

After issuing the battle order, Cang Feng immediately activated his body technique and sprinted beyond the three-tailed scorpion's attack range, then casually scooped up a handful of dirt and hurled it at the scorpion's six eyes.

No matter how powerful a creature may be, if it has eyes, those eyes are always among its most vulnerable parts—and the three-tailed scorpion was no exception.

The dirt caused it great distress; it frantically swept the soil from its eyes with a pair of auxiliary feeding limbs, snapping its two massive claws shut with a loud "click-clack."

Enraged, the three-tailed scorpion scrambled swiftly toward Cang Feng, its four pairs of walking legs kicking up clouds of dust and leaving two deep grooves three inches wide in the ground, revealing the immense strength of its limbs.

Seeing the three-tailed scorpion charging at him, Cang Feng remained unfazed, calmly retreating toward the giant cedar behind him.

As the scorpion drew near, Cang Feng rolled sideways, narrowly avoiding its collision attack.

"Bang!"

The three-tailed scorpion missed Cang Feng and slammed into the giant cedar with a heavy thud, momentarily dazed.

Due to its excessive speed and massive body weight, it couldn't stop in time; its front limbs plunged into the earth and became stuck.

Cang Luo, watching through his satellite feed, couldn't help but break into a cold sweat, silently admiring Cang Feng.

"He actually dared to risk his life luring the three-tailed scorpion into crashing into the giant cedar—wow! That sidestep just now skimmed past its claw by a hair's breadth!"

While Cang Luo was still admiring Cang Feng, Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing suddenly dashed out.

Both activated their body techniques, gripped their iron swords tightly, and unleashed all their strength to stab at the scorpion's anal opening.

They knew this was the perfect opening Cang Senior Brother had created—they couldn't let his effort go to waste.

Since joining the outer sect six months ago, Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing had cooperated with Cang Feng multiple times and developed a certain rapport; they knew exactly what to do now.

Meanwhile, Cang Luo, seeing this, naturally wouldn't stand idle—his Wind Rush Step was already primed; he lunged forward with his iron sword, following closely behind Li Zhanxing.

"Hah!" Liu Xuande shouted.

"Ah!" Li Zhanxing yelled.

"Chrysanthemum's End!!!" Cang Luo declared loudly.

The three of them, three iron swords aimed at the black "chrysanthemum" of the still-dazed three-tailed scorpion.

Watching the three-tailed scorpion about to be anally violated, Cang Luo thought this first-rank beast wasn't so formidable—perhaps its hook strike could kill him if it landed.

But only if it hit; unfortunately, this thing had abysmal intelligence—humans could outwit it.

Like now: the fearsome-looking three-tailed scorpion was being toyed with by four Wu Shi.

But was defeating it this easily really right?

Cang Luo recalled his purpose for coming to the Beast Forest: to fight in life-or-death situations, to unearth his potential in desperation, to improve through real combat.

Yet now, they were defeating the beast through tactics and numerical superiority—Cang Luo felt this betrayed his original intent.

As he pondered, Cang Luo, still monitoring via satellite, suddenly spotted another shadow darting from a nearby thicket toward the three men.

Cang Luo was stunned—there was another three-tailed scorpion!

And it was a third larger than the first.

"Watch out!"

"Get out of the way!"

Cang Luo and Cang Feng shouted simultaneously; Cang Luo, having spotted it seconds earlier, immediately twisted left and backward to dodge.

But Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing, directly in front of him, couldn't react in time—they could only hastily raise their iron swords to block.

After dodging the three-tailed scorpion's attack, Cang Luo didn't pause—he dashed behind the nearest giant cedar, gripping his iron sword tightly, heart pounding.

Just now, without the satellite, he—the last one in line—would have been the scorpion's first target.

Cang Luo sucked in a sharp breath, watching through the satellite feed as Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing struggled desperately against the second scorpion.

The scorpion's two massive claws had clamped down on their iron swords; they strained with all their might to pull free, but the swords wouldn't budge.

A stalemate formed—the two men and the beast locked in place, Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing relentlessly trying to reclaim their swords.

Cang Luo knew: without their weapons, Wu Shi's bare fists and feet could inflict no meaningful damage on the three-tailed scorpion.

But the three-tailed scorpion's weapons weren't just its two claws—it had three hooked tails!

If they didn't abandon their swords, they'd be struck by the tail hooks at any moment.

Worse still, the first three-tailed scorpion had finally regained its senses; it pulled its front limbs from the earth, let out two shrill cries, and charged toward Liu and Li.

"Damn it, still holding on? You waiting to be sandwiched?"

Cang Luo cursed under his breath, immediately leaping from behind the giant cedar and sprinting after the first scorpion.

Cang Luo activated Wind Rush Step at full power, sliding sideways past the scorpion's rear, his horizontally held iron sword slicing through its hind leg at the joint as effortlessly as cutting bamboo.

"Sssss!"

The scorpion, having lost one hind leg, instantly lost balance, crashed to the ground, spun several times, shrieked in agony, and writhed desperately to rise.

Meanwhile, Cang Feng appeared beside the second scorpion locked in combat with Liu and Li.

Cang Feng sprinted a few steps, leapt three meters high, and precisely kicked the scorpion's tail hook away, sending it reeling several meters back as it struck.

Forced to release its grip, the scorpion let go of the swords—Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing reclaimed their weapons, and the four regrouped, retreating behind a giant cedar three meters thick.

Once temporarily safe, Cang Feng praised Cang Luo: "Well done."

"Just luck," Cang Luo replied, still shaken by the memory of what had just happened.

Why had he acted so recklessly? But… this beast didn't seem that hard to deal with, did it?

Li Zhanxing patted his chest and nodded: "If Cang Senior Brother hadn't warned us earlier that the three-tailed scorpion can't attack behind it, Cang Senior Brother wouldn't have dared to strike, right?"

"Hmm," Cang Luo murmured noncommittally.

In truth, he hadn't thought much at all when he acted—he'd only wanted to stop the scorpion, and done whatever came to mind.

The four huddled behind the giant cedar, whispering strategies for what came next.

The two three-tailed scorpions, not far off, emitted a chilling "hiss-hiss" sound—as if deliberating how to deal with these humans disturbing their meal.

Liu Xuande, tense, said: "Senior Brother Cang, what do we do now? There are two—and the second one seems stronger."

Cang Feng quickly peered out from behind the giant cedar, studying the two scorpions, then said calmly: "The one with the severed leg is crippled—you two handle it."

"I'll hold off the other one; you three quickly kill it, then come help me. With the four of us working together, we can definitely kill it."

Liu Xuande and Li Zhanxing naturally had no objections to Cang Feng's arrangement; in past training sessions in the Beast Mountain Forest, he had always been the commander, and they had always reaped great rewards, so the two trusted him immensely.

However, Cang Luo began to have a different thought. He called out to Liu and Li, who were preparing to go out and fight the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, and hesitated, saying, "Wait..."

"What's wrong?" Liu Xuande looked at Cang Luo in confusion.

Seeing Cang Luo's hesitant appearance, Li Zhanxing thought he was still afraid and comforted him, "Senior Brother Cang, don't be afraid. In a moment, you can just assist; I and Old Liu will take the main attack."

Cang Luo shook his head and said, "I am not afraid; I want to deal with that injured Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion by myself."

As soon as Cang Luo finished speaking, Li Zhanxing immediately showed a surprised expression, then said discontentedly, "What? Senior Brother Cang, don't push yourself too hard. Listen to Senior Brother Cang Feng."

Li Zhanxing was surprised because of Cang Luo's overestimation of his own abilities, and discontented because Cang Luo was not following Senior Brother Cang Feng's arrangement.

Liu Xuande and Cang Feng frowned slightly; they felt that Cang Luo was indeed pushing himself too hard. Could it be that he had become arrogant after successfully ambushing just now?

Cang Luo said with a determined face, "I am not pushing myself too hard. Senior Brother, rest assured; I can handle it."

Having said that, Cang Luo saw through the satellite that two giant scorpions were crawling towards them, so disregarding their protests, he directly left the cover of the giant fir and ran towards another giant fir more than ten meters away.

"Senior Brother Cang..." Li Zhanxing wanted to stop him but was too late, and frowned, saying, "Senior Brother Cang Feng, what do we do now?"

Cang Feng took a deep breath and said calmly, "Let it be for now. Give me the iron sword."

"You two are responsible for luring it; I will take the main attack. We will quickly kill this big one, then go help Junior Brother Cang."

"We can only do this. I hope Cang Luo can hold on for a while longer."

Speaking thus, Li Zhanxing handed the iron sword to Cang Feng and picked up a convenient wooden stick from the side himself.

More than ten meters away, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion with one hind leg severed saw Cang Luo appear and immediately chased after him like a madman, though its speed was somewhat slowed due to the missing hind leg.

The other, stronger Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion seemed to know its companion was going to deal with Cang Luo alone, so it did not chase up to help.

It charged towards Cang Feng, who had just jumped out from behind the giant fir; it remembered this human who had attacked it just now.

"Hehe! It even holds a grudge."

Seeing that the other Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion was not chasing him, Cang Luo was delighted in his heart and immediately hid behind the giant fir.

Cang Luo's choice to deal with a Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion alone was not overestimating his own abilities, but rather finding a safe method to kill it.

This method was suitable only for himself; others could not use it because they did not have the satellite's god's-eye view.

Hiding behind the giant fir, Cang Luo used the satellite to monitor the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion; he didn't even need to poke his head out to clearly see every move it made.

I can see you, but you cannot see me.

This was Cang Luo's way to victory: utilizing the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion's blind spots and the giant fir as cover to exhaust it to death, one sword strike at a time.

I am someone who possesses infinite Yuan Power!

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion saw Cang Luo hide behind the giant fir again; unable to see him, it could only go around the giant fir.

It wanted revenge; it wanted to tear this tiny human into a million pieces to mourn its severed leg.

Its three hooked tails, shimmering with a metallic luster, were ready; as soon as it arrived behind the giant fir, it launched an attack without waiting.

The three tails stabbed out simultaneously, their speed like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The three hooks did not pierce Cang Luo as it had expected; instead, they missed completely, stabbing hard into the ground and emitting three continuous dull sounds.

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion hissed strangely; the entire hooks were buried in the earth, unable to be pulled out.

Where is that human?

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion's six eyes, as big as fists, rotated quickly, emitting confused hissing sounds as it searched for Cang Luo.

At the same time, Cang Luo, who had been continuously executing the Gale Step, suddenly appeared behind the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion.

Cang Luo was extremely calm at this moment, his eyes filled with cold light; he raised the iron sword in his hand and aimed at the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion's other hind leg.

"Crack!"

The sword passed without a trace; the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion had its other hind leg severed again by Cang Luo. Its body lost balance and crashed into the giant fir, and dark green liquid gushed out from the severed cross-section.

Before the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion could react, Cang Luo immediately moved away from danger and hid behind another giant fir.

Cang Luo laughed, "Hehe! Besides the abdomen and the anus, these two weak points, all reptiles share another common fatal weakness."

That is the inability to turn around quickly. As long as there is a giant fir for cover, killing it is just a matter of minutes."

Just now, in the instant Cang Luo went around to the rear, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion had noticed, but it could not turn around quickly enough to attack, which allowed Cang Luo to succeed.

Cang Luo proudly poked his head out and taunted the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, "Come, come, you scum. Grandpa is right here."

Hearing Cang Luo's taunt, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion violently pulled its tail out of the ground and crawled towards him.

However, because it had lost another hind leg, its body lacked support, and it was almost dragging its rear end as it crawled.

Cang Luo smiled confidently and prepared to attack.

Just as before, facing the giant fir with a diameter of over two meters, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion could only choose to go around one side, and as a result, Cang Luo went around to the rear and ambushed it, chopping off another walking leg.

By now, the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, which originally had four pairs of walking legs, was left with only two and a half pairs: three on the left and two on the right.

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion lost its balance and collapsed on the ground. After struggling for quite a while, it stood up again, tilting its body and hissing in pain as it slowly crawled towards Cang Luo.

Unknowingly, Cang Luo, who was engaging in a battle of wits with the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, had gradually faded from the sight of Cang Feng and the other two...

Half an hour later, under a giant fir.

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, with only one pair of walking legs remaining, angrily waved its two giant pincers at Cang Luo; dark green, disgusting liquid continuously oozed from the joints where the walking legs had been severed.

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion had completely lost its ability to attack proactively and was doomed to die, but Cang Luo did not intend to kill it right now; it was an excellent sparring partner.

Cang Luo went around to the back of the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion and, with immense effort, severed its three tails, then carefully cut off the tail hooks and stored them.

Cang Luo felt these tail hooks could be made into grappling hooks, so they naturally could not be wasted.

After dealing with the greatest threat on the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion's body, Cang Luo came before it. Looking at its mouthparts emitting hissing cries of sorrow and its six eyes filled with despair, he thought of the phrase, "Man is the chopping block, I am the fish and meat."

Cang Luo would absolutely not be the fish and meat; for this, he was willing to risk his life!

The Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion wished to tear the human before it into a million pieces, but unfortunately, it could no longer do so.

Four pairs of walking legs were nearly severed, leaving it unable to move.

Three tails were also chopped off, stripping away its deadly weapons; only two claws remained, flailing wildly in the air as it tried to attack Cang Luo.

Cang Luo let out a cold snort, set the iron sword aside, then channeled the Thunder-Running Palm and slammed it fiercely against the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion's massive pincers.

One man and one beast, two hands versus two pincers, locked in a desperate struggle.

Though this move was dangerous—a single lapse could snap an arm in two—this was exactly what Cang Luo wanted.

Cang Luo sought to temper himself in life and death, thereby raising his strength.

Yet, Cang Luo, immersed in sparring with the Three-Tailed Giant Scorpion, failed to notice another battlefield over two hundred meters away.

Cang Feng and the two Li men had fallen into crisis...