Chapter 419

Stop!!

「I admit defeat, I, the king, admit defeat! 」

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast's loud pleas for mercy took effect, causing Yunhe's sword qi wood jiao to hover in midair above it, the lifelike jiao eyes fixed tightly on it, making the Gold-devouring Armored Beast instantly break out in a sweat.

「Human, no, Dao friend, Yunhe Dao friend, I, the king, admit defeat, willing to offer my essence blood。」

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast said through gritted teeth.

Although offering essence blood may harm one's foundation, at least it greatly damages one's vitality, but it can at least preserve one's life.

「Oh? 」

Yunhe's hand hung in midair, revealing a half-smile.

Click-click-click—

One could see in Yunhe's palm a strand of extremely sharp sword qi, circulating within his palm.

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast followed his gaze, its pupils suddenly contracting.

Before he finished speaking, Yunhe appeared thoughtful, lowering his head to look at something.

Whether to say it or not.

The Demon Beast Body had also previously contemplated and felt the sword qi on that metal fragment.

Most importantly, this strand of sword qi is extremely sharp, as if bearing the intent to cut through everything.

This move consumes a lot of his mana and spiritual sense, not insignificant in either aspect.

「Cough, cough-cough。」

On the originally solid sandy ground appeared a huge pit, and along its edges one could still see the traces left by those strands of sharp sword qi.

If not cultivated to the extreme, it cannot be used as a regular means in battle.

Even looking at it, it seems that if given a little time to catch its breath, it could gradually recover its movement.

Upon hearing that, the Gold-devouring Armored Beast's heart tightened suddenly.

And at the center of the pit lay a Gold-devouring Armored Beast, its body utterly ruined, its golden armor shattered in countless places.

If not for its chest still rising and falling, and breath still coming from its mouth, one might think it had died.

Upon seeing this sword qi, the Gold-devouring Armored Beast shrank its neck, feeling that if the earlier attack had been driven by this sword qi, with the power of refining swords into silk and the sword formation, it would surely not have survived.

Yunhe slowly descended from the air, stepping onto the belly of the prone Gold-devouring Armored Beast, looking down at it.

「Tsk, still alive, it seems your grasp of 'Refining Sword into Silk' and the sword formation is not sufficient。」

How unreasonable this person is!

It almost immediately curled up into a ball again.

However, through actual combat, he instantly discovered the shortcomings in his cultivation of this sword technique and formation, and already had ideas for improvement.

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast showed great alarm.

Yunhe shook his head and muttered to himself.

「Kill you, your essence blood, demon core, flesh, and beast soul are all mine. 」 Yunhe said lightly.

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast's heart was already filled with fear.

Moreover,

The Gold-devouring Armored Beast coughed violently a few times, then said:

「I, the king, am willing to offer my essence blood. 」

「If you can withstand this move of mine, then we'll talk about surviving. 」

Moreover, this sword qi is stronger than the one he previously employed by more than a notch.

He moved his mouth, about to say something, but then heard Yunhe speak again.

Actually, this sword qi also came from Yunhe's sudden inspiration; tracing back to its source, it is the sword qi remaining on a broken metal fragment that the Demon Beast Body found in the Yao Shou Shijie from the "Three Lives Three Deaths Bitter Essence Milk."

This sword qi differs from the ones Yunhe previously used and employed.

Its body was covered in blood, no longer showing the previous golden radiance.

At the same moment, Yunhe's sword qi wood jiao came crashing down.

Boom!!

Countless strands of sword qi raged wildly, crushing everything around them into powder.

More importantly,

Upon hearing that, the Gold-devouring Armored Beast exhaled a mouthful of dark, scorched qi, and a deep fear appeared in its eyes as it looked at Yunhe.

This Gold-devouring Armored Beast's defensive power is indeed outstanding; even a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator would likely struggle to block Yunhe's earlier strike head-on, yet this creature endured the blow and still lives.

I never thought I'd get a chance to use this, but after this sword test, Yunhe gained some insight.

After executing that move, he appears so calm and relaxed—could he possibly be a mid- to late-Nascent Soul cultivator in disguise?!

【Still want to fight？！】

「Howl!! 」

With the sound of armor clashing and rubbing, the Gold-devouring Armored Beast slowly uncurled, glanced warily at Yunhe, and sighed:

「I, the king, have been defeated, willing to offer my essence blood; I hope Dao friend will show mercy. 」

「Um. 」 the Gold-devouring Armored Beast opened its mouth, trying to say something.

Pfft!

Suddenly a column of blood shot up from its body, and it couldn't even react in time to when that sword qi had fallen!

Now the Gold-devouring Armored Beast had learned its lesson, keeping its mouth shut and not speaking again.

It realized that Yunhe had entered a special state of insight at this moment; if it caused this insight to be interrupted, it already knew what the outcome would be.

So the Gold-devouring Armored Beast lay honestly on the ground, daring not to move a muscle, even actively driving the surrounding wind and sand to avoid affecting Yunhe in the slightest.

【Sharpness. This sharp intent formed sword qi that is pure enough, compatible with sword qi, showing they complement each other.】

I don't know how much time had passed, Yunhe slowly came to his senses.

In his palm, a sword qi as if substantive had condensed; its flowing sharpness seemed as if even the air near it would be cut.

【Let's just call it "Sharpness Sword Qi".】

He casually gave this sword qi a name.

To be honest, he had only grasped a part of the sharp intent on that metal iron sheet, but judging by his current feeling, that metal sheet and its artistic conception should not appear in the Yao Shou Shijie.

Temporarily suppressing the thought in his heart, he once again looked at the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast.

This guy is actually behaving very honestly right now.

"I"

Without waiting for it to speak, Yunhe turned his wrist, and that sword qi hovered at its neck.

Then he threw out a ring beside it.

Seeing that ring, the remaining demonic aura on the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast surged suddenly, and its face showed a resolute expression.

Beast‑Taming Ring!

As a former beast of the Fan family, it knew all too well what the Beast‑Taming Ring was; once put on, it would lose its freedom again.

But when its gaze met Yunhe's emotionless stare, its tough attitude instantly faltered.

"It seems you're not very willing, then I won't make things difficult for you either; considering your recent honesty, I'll give you a quick end." Yunhe said in a flat tone.

If this guy's golden armor were refined into the Yao‑Resisting Armor, it should be able to boost the Yao‑Resisting Armor's power again.

That sword qi suddenly became active.

"No! I am willing to submit, willing to submit! Fellow Daoist, no, Master, I have use, I have use; I, the little one, can refine metal, can smelt and blend metal! The little one also hoards vast treasures, ores, gold and iron, all of which can be offered to the master."

Originally, Yunhe had prepared to slaughter it.

After all, it is extremely difficult for human cultivators to tame demonic beasts; when he initially tamed the two poisonous flood dragons, had he not promised to help them rescue their children, taming would have been impossible, and even with absolute power to suppress, taming could not be achieved.

Demonic beasts possess an instinctive repulsion toward human cultivators.

But I never expected this Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast to "give in" so quickly.

"Have demonic beasts that have been tamed before a stronger ability to accept this?"

Yunhe formed a certain speculation about this in his mind.

At the same time he said, "Open your Demon Sense."

He is very familiar with how to tame demonic beasts.

To be honest.

A demonic beast that had once betrayed and slaughtered an entire cultivation family, and whose appearance also resembled the Lu Shan Turtle, so Yunhe was not particularly inclined to tame it.

But after all, this is a Fourth Level early‑stage demonic beast, and it also possesses a decent defensive ability; if used well, it would be a good helper.

Fourth Level demonic beasts are the sole reason Yunhe considered taming.

Seeing that Yunhe no longer wanted to kill it, the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast let out a long sigh of relief.

But a deep bitterness welled up in its heart.

After great difficulty it had enjoyed a few years of freedom, and now it was about to lose that freedom again.

However, it indeed differs from many wild‑grown demonic beasts in its thinking; it is like many human cultivators.

To live is what matters most; everything else is secondary.

Even if one is a human Yuan Ying Cultivator, how many more years can they live?

A thousand years is nothing; with its demonic beast lifespan, it can wait!

Faithfully opening his Demon Sense, Yunhe also unhesitatingly left his own divine sense imprint deep in its sea of consciousness.

To guard against this guy, the divine sense imprint Yunhe left this time employed the Abyss Clan's divine sense secret technique, and he also left one bright and one dark divine sense imprint as a precaution; even if the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast had many ulterior motives, betrayal would be utterly impossible, otherwise a single thought from Yunhe could cause it to vanish body and soul.

Finally, putting on the Beast‑Taming Ring signifies that this Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast has completely become Yunhe's spirit beast.

From its chest it flew down; the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast immediately flipped over, prostrating itself before Yunhe and honestly shouting, "Master."

Yunhe flicked his finger, sending a few elixirs into its mouth.

Through the act of just now injecting divine sense into the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast's Demon Sense sea of consciousness, he 'saw' many unexpected things.

"Thank you, Master." After swallowing the restorative elixir, the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast hurriedly said.

But Yunhe furrowed his brow, thought a little, and then asked:

"Fan family, wasn't it you who destroyed them?"

"Fan family?"

Hearing this, the Gold‑Devouring Armored Beast stared, seeming quite surprised by Yunhe's words, but at this point it already felt an inner submission and reverence toward Yunhe, so it immediately explained:

"That was done by the Wind‑Swallowing Beast."

"Wind‑Swallowing Beast?"

Yunhe furrowed his brow.

"Then what about the person in charge of the Fan family back then, who was originally your 'master'?"

"He is not worthy to be my master."

Mid‑sentence, seeing Yunhe's solemn expression, he immediately said: "He was killed by the Blazing Flame Crimson Jackal."

How come another Blazing Flame Crimson Jackal appeared?

Looking at it this way, the Fan family's downfall back then really had something fishy about it.

(End of chapter)