Chapter 482
"I said it, I only give you one chance."
Yunhe watched the rolling snake head fall, and said lightly.
Afterwards he raised his head to look upward; that great demonic qi was exceptionally fierce, descending from above while accompanied by the peacock's long cry.
"Is this that five-colored peacock? Indeed its strength is not ordinary."
While he secretly sighed, he also felt somewhat regretful.
"Too bad it's not a 'Five Elements Peacock'."
If it were a Five Elements Peacock rather than a Five-Colored Peacock, then this demon beast's potential would truly be high.
Don't think it's just a one-character difference; the difference is actually enormous, like a heavenly chasm.
The Five-Colored Peacock is a powerful demon beast; compared to other demon beasts, its potential is indeed not ordinary, and among demon beasts of the same realm, it can indeed be called an "aberration".
However.
The corpse-killer qi instantly fell into an absolute disadvantage.
The Demon Beast Body's held this beast soul banner is merely a Fourth Level mid-grade treasure; even though it contains countless beast souls and the corpse-killer qi is extremely thick, when facing a strong Fourth Level late-stage demon beast, it still appears somewhat insufficient.
Yunhe, seeing this, couldn't help but sigh softly.
Stepping on a large boulder tens of zhang away from Yunhe, its gaze swept back and forth over his body.
Her eyes flashed with killing intent as she glared fiercely at Yunhe.
He knew that once he caused a disturbance in Yun Chou Mountain, there would inevitably be a time to clash with this Fourth Level late-stage Five-Colored Peacock.
But Yunhe remained unmoved by this.
For the current Yunhe, not encountering a True Spirit is naturally much better than encountering one.
Without any hesitation, he spread his palms before him, and a great banner appeared in his hand, accompanied by the rustling of flags, thick corpse-killer qi spreading out.
After all, it is the corpse of a Fourth Level mid-stage demon beast; even if its surface was battered by him, its whole body is still treasure.
A True Spirit, if it grows smoothly, upon reaching full adulthood can naturally attain the Return to Void realm!
Even this does not require the True Spirit to undergo arduous cultivation; even just sleeping, as long as nutrients are supplied, it will do.
"Still possible."
Upon hearing this, the woman blinked slightly, then burst out laughing.
Screech!!
Amidst the fierce long cry, a peacock clad in five-colored feathers fell from the sky.
Plop.
Her brows furrowed, "Not bad, you have some strength; no wonder you could kill that Lie Feng guy."
"Courting death!"
After doing that, he then looked at the woman transformed from the Five-Colored Peacock, speaking calmly.
"Beast soul?"
A light snort.
Just consider it a test of my current strength.
The Five-Colored Peacock, seeing this, showed a hint of disdain.
That appearance, looking somewhat divine and mysterious, the colored peacock's form briefly blurred, then transformed into a young woman with a shapely figure, wearing a five-colored skirt.
At the instant the five-colored rosy light touched the corpse-killer qi, it immediately emitted a sound like fire being extinguished by water.
The laughter ceased abruptly.
"Huh?"
Even in front of her, he waved his hand and stored the corpse of the Lie Feng Three-Headed Python beneath him into his storage bag.
The accompanying five-colored rosy light looked beautiful, but actually brimmed with intense killing intent; the trees, broken stones, and rubble around Yunhe were all ground to powder and scattered under this light.
Next second.
The light in his hand burst forth.
The demonic energy swirling around Yunhe also swayed incessantly under this light.
The five-colored light flowing over its body actually gave Yunhe a sense of familiarity.
Yunhe shook his head.
Of course.
Lightly landed.
Sizzle—
The words fell.
His gaze swept the surroundings; the crimson left on the ground by the Lie Feng Three-Headed Python was strikingly conspicuous.
The Five Elements Peacock is truly a genuine "True Spirit"!
True Spirit is a collective term for a certain kind of existence among demon beasts; to say True Spirit is a demon beast is not as accurate as saying it transcends demon beasts.
According to Yunhe's understanding.
This is also the most obvious shortcoming of the Demon Beast Body at present.
His cultivation base has risen, but his treasure remains where it was.
Of course.
The Fourth Level mid-grade beast soul banner is actually not weak either; moreover, a Fourth Level mid-grade treasure corresponds to a Fourth Level mid-stage demon beast.
It's just that the opponent Yunhe faced this time was too strong.
"If we incorporate the beast soul of the Lie Feng Three-Headed Python into it, this banner's power should be able to increase by another level."
As that thought flashed through his mind, Yunhe turned his wrist and put the beast soul banner away.
Boom!!
Golden lightning suddenly appeared in its place, colliding with the five-colored rosy light.
"Heavenly thunder? Just that."
The Five-Colored Peacock that had witnessed Yunhe's heavenly thunder again sneered contemptuously.
To other demonic beasts, heavenly thunder is indeed quite a restraining presence, but as a Five-Colored Peacock, and moreover a Fourth Level late-stage Five-Colored Peacock, it has experienced plenty of heavenly thunder and fears it little more.
Which powerful demonic beast, when facing heavenly thunder, lacks some means to deal with it?
Moreover,
Heavenly thunder also comes in grades.
The heavenly thunder unleashed by Yunhe, although not weak, still has a considerable gap from the true heavenly tribulation.
Cry!!
The Five-Colored Peacock let out a long cry, and the scattered rosy light instantly condensed into countless variegated feathers, tight as arrows, tearing through the void, shooting from all directions toward Yunhe.
Seeing this, Yunhe's expression sank.
"Roar——!!"
A lofty, long cry rang out suddenly; after his figure blurred for a moment, he transformed into a massive black tortoise with a rugged shell and draped in black scales, murky black demonic power surging forth, and he himself without hesitation shrank into its shell.
Bang! Bang bang bang——!!
Arrow-like feathers poured down, continually striking the shell, producing muffled thuds while also causing the demonic power it released to surge unevenly.
However.
Yunhe lying on the ground stood unmoving like a mountain, and the feathers could not inflict any damage on its shell.
This caused the Five-Colored Peacock to frown involuntarily.
In Cloud Sorrow Mountain there is also a black tortoise, although only Fourth Level early-stage, yet its defense is likewise strong.
But that black tortoise, the Five-Colored Peacock knows well; its defense is strong, yet even if it broke through to Fourth Level mid-stage, its shell could not withstand its own five-colored feathers.
Furthermore.
This black tortoise with a fearsome shell before our eyes is vastly different from the black tortoise of Cloud Sorrow Mountain in every way.
Were it not for its black hue, could it truly be called a black tortoise?
A mountain-like tortoise shell, clad in black dragon scales, with claws like dragon talons
Plus a black horn protruding from its head.
All this bears more resemblance to a flood dragon than the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python!
"If that is the case."
The Five-Colored Peacock's eyes glimmered with cold light.
Cry——
With a long, phoenix-like cry, its figure flickered and it resumed its true form.
Previously obscured by mist and not clearly seen, now its appearance was revealed without doubt.
It bore a five-colored crown on its head, its body draped in five-colored feathers, its tail flowing with variegated rosy light, a red beak and golden eyes, and long hook-like claws.
If one said that when it first appeared, the Five-Colored Peacock gave the impression of a divine bird subtly bearing a holy aura, then now what it presented was a ferocious beast wielding instruments of vicious slaughter, as if it sought to devour and rend everything before it.
Whoosh!
Long wings vibrated.
Its figure flashed, and it arrived above Yunhe.
The five-colored colors on its body flowed and finally clung entirely to its twin claws, gleaming with golden light.
It reached for Yunhe's shell.
It merely wanted to see.
Just how hard can this shell be?
But before its claw could fall, Yunhe's figure also flashed, and it suddenly vanished from the Five-Colored Peacock's sight.
Huh?
This caused the Five-Colored Peacock to instinctively stare.
Tortoise. Can it have such speed?
Although demonic beasts at the Fourth Level cannot be too slow, demonic beasts tend to hold back.
Like the Five-Colored Peacock, as an avian, flight and speed are naturally its strengths.
The Five-Colored Peacock cannot be considered top-tier among flying avians, but it is still outstanding among demonic beasts; plus its Fourth Level late-stage cultivation base, its speed among Fourth Level late-stage demonic beasts is absolutely top-tier.
As Yunhe, a tortoise-type demonic beast, facing the Five-Colored Peacock, speed ought to be its weakness, defense its strength; passively enduring blows then seizing opportunity is the typical fighting method for tortoise-type demonic beasts.
More importantly.
The Five-Colored Peacock had hardly seen how Yunhe disappeared before.
But not giving it much time to be stunned, it immediately felt a chill from behind.
Suddenly turned around.
Then saw a huge tortoise claw swinging at it.
The Five-Colored Peacock did not dodge, but likewise swung its claw to meet it.
However.
Hum——
Suddenly a powerful demonic sense surged, piercing its sea of consciousness; the overbearing demonic sense like a hammer heavily struck its sea of consciousness.
In an instant, its sea of consciousness was like an overturned river and sea, its thoughts fell into chaos.
Bang!!
The turtle's claw seized the moment and slammed heavily onto it.
Turtle claw? Actually "turtle claw" is the claw of the turtle. It's a body part, not a name. Probably not a name. "It" refers to the peacock. Not a name.
Directly slapped it onto the ground.
Directly slapped it onto the ground.
The whole ground trembled because of it.
The whole ground trembled.
The violent impact and pain brought the peacock back to its senses.
The violent collision plus pain caused the five-colored peacock to regain consciousness.
Lying in the depression, it looked in disbelief at the claw pressing down on its body.
Lying in the pit, it looked incredulously at the claw pressing down on itself.
What's going on?
What's going on?
It didn't understand what had happened.
As for what happened, it doesn't understand.
But there was one thing it could be sure of.
But there is one thing it can be certain of.
That it, it was truly angry.
That is, it is truly angry.
As a late-stage fourth-rank great demon, as a five-colored peacock, it was actually pressed straight to the ground upon colliding with a mid-stage fourth-rank black tortoise?
As a fourth-level late-stage great demon, as a five-colored peacock, it actually, when colliding with a fourth-level mid-stage cultivation base black tortoise, was directly pressed onto the ground?
That gaze looking down from above felt like a red-hot branding iron, causing it to feel a sharper pain than being slapped onto the ground.
That gaze looking down from above felt like a red-hot branding iron, making it feel a sharper pain than being slapped onto the ground.
A piercing cry!!!
Cry! (the peacock's cry)
"You're asking for death!!"
"You're courting death!!"
The five-colored peacock flapped its wings, mobilizing its terrifying demonic power, and stubbornly resisted Yunhe's turtle claw pressing down, slowly rising to its feet.
The five-colored peacock flapped its wings, mobilizing its extremely terrifying demonic power, forcefully resisting Yunhe's turtle claw suppression, and actually slowly stood up.
As it unleashed its demonic power without reservation, Yunhe felt that no matter how much strength he used, he could not hold down the peacock.
As it unleashed its demonic power without reservation, Yunhe felt as if no matter how much strength he used, he could not suppress the five-colored peacock.
But at this moment, Yunhe was unwilling to let go.
But at this moment, Yunhe also did not want to let go.
He narrowed his eyes.
He narrowed his eyes.
His body emitted a dull thud, as if his whole form had swollen a bit, and the force suppressing the peacock increased slightly.
His body emitted a dull thud, his whole body seemed to swell a circle, and the force suppressing the five-colored peacock also increased a bit.
He wanted to see just how great the peacock's power could be.
He actually wanted to see just how great the five-colored peacock's power could be.
The battle between the two had essentially turned into a contest of strength.
The battle between the two sides had actually turned into a contest of strength.
However, such changes in force were barely noticeable in the struggle between them.
However, such a change in strength, regarding the changes brought to the contest of strength between the two sides, was minuscule.
Especially after the peacock stopped holding back.
Especially after the five-colored peacock stopped holding back.
Its size also began to expand at a visible rate.
Its body also swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hmm?
Huh?
Yunhe secretly bared his teeth.
Yunhe silently bared his teeth.
Indeed, as a late-stage fourth-rank five-colored peacock, even if strength isn't its forte, it still surpasses the three-headed wind serpent.
Indeed, as a fourth-level late-stage five-colored peacock, even if strength is not its forte, it is not comparable to the Fury Wind Three-Headed Python.
If that's the case
Since that's the case
Hum!!
Hum!!
That black tortoise, resembling a small mountain, shuddered.
That black tortoise, whose form was like a small mountain, trembled.
A huge silhouette emerged behind it.
A huge silhouette appeared behind it.
That phantom rose at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
That phantom rose at a speed impossible to catch with the naked eye.
In just a few breaths, it reached a thousand zhang in height!
In just a few breaths, it reached a thousand zhang!
Although it was merely an illusion, to the peacock it felt substantive, and the original pressure weighing on its body surged at this moment.
Although it was merely a phantom, to the five-colored peacock it was as substantial, and the original pressure on its body surged at this moment.
In the corner of its eye, the peacock saw the enormous phantom looming above, and its eyes widened sharply.
The five-colored peacock, in the corner of its eye, saw that huge phantom looming in the air, and its eyes widened sharply.
"Heaven-earth manifestation?!"
"Law of Heaven and Earth?!"
As a late-stage fourth-rank demon beast with a respectable bloodline, it naturally possessed considerable inherited memories and recognized Yunhe's divine ability.
As a fourth-level late-stage demon beast with decent bloodline, the inherited memories it naturally obtained were not few, and it also recognized Yunhe's divine ability.
"Moving mountains!"
"Moving Mountains!"
Boom!!
Bang!!
After great effort, the peacock had managed to support its body, only to be pressed down heavily onto the ground once again.
After great effort, the five-colored peacock that had managed to support its body was once again heavily pressed onto the ground.
At the moment its cheek made close contact with the ground, the peacock felt a bit dazed.
At the moment its cheek made intimate contact with the ground, the five-colored peacock was a bit dazed.
No matter how highly it regarded Yunhe, it never expected to be outmatched in pure strength.
Even if it held Yunhe in high regard, it never imagined that in pure strength it would fall into such a disadvantaged position.
Little did it know.
Little did it know.
Its knowledge of the spirit tortoise clan extended only to that black tortoise on Yun Chou Mountain; it was unaware that among the spirit tortoices there exists a true spirit called the great ao, a terrifying entity capable of carrying an immortal mountain with ease.
Its knowledge of the spirit turtle clan only extended to that black tortoise on Yun Chou Mountain; it did not know that among the spirit turtle clan there exists a true spirit called the Great Ao, capable of carrying an immortal mountain and walking freely, a terrifying existence.
And Yunhe possesses the bloodline of the great ao.
And Yunhe possesses the bloodline of the Great Ao.
Furthermore, combined with the divine ability "As You Wish" evolved into "Heaven-Earth Manifestation."
Plus the divine ability "Ruyi" evolved into "Heaven-Earth Correspondence".
Purely in terms of strength, the five-colored peacock is certainly no match for him.
Purely in terms of strength, the five-colored peacock is indeed not his match.
Although this is hard for the peacock to accept.
Although this is hard for the five-colored peacock to accept.
Yet, under the heavy oppression and tremendous impact, it realized this fact.
But it still realized this under the heavy oppression and massive force impact.
By this point, the peacock had to admit that this mid-stage fourth-rank spirit tortoise of unknown species was indeed worthy of its attention and equal treatment.
By now, the five-colored peacock also had to admit that this fourth-level mid-stage spirit turtle of unknown species indeed deserved its respect and equal treatment.
Bearing the terrifying power, the peacock drew a deep breath.
Under the terrifying power, the five-colored peacock took a deep breath.
Hum—
Hum—
Suddenly.
Suddenly.
Its body once again burst forth with five-colored light, especially on its five-colored tail feathers, which shone brilliantly, even Yunhe's massive claw could not suppress it.
Its body again burst forth with five-colored light, especially on its five-colored tail feathers, splendid and radiant, even Yunhe's huge claw could not suppress it.
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
The next moment.
The next moment.
Yunhe's expression changed drastically, and he almost immediately withdrew his claw.
Yunhe's expression changed drastically, almost immediately withdrawing his claw.
Puff puff puff!!
Puff puff puff!!
However.
However.
Even though his reaction was swift, his claw still split open with ferocious gashes, from which blood gushed forth.
Even though its reaction speed was fast, on his claw still split open ferocious gashes, blood pouring out.
Seeing the appearance of his own claws, Yunhe's expression was somewhat unsightly.
If he hadn't noticed something was wrong just now and raised his claw immediately, even if his claw wouldn't have broken, he would at least have lost the ability to move again for a short time.
You should know, although the scales on his claw aren't as hard as his carapace, they are still extremely hard objects; even a fourth‑level low‑grade magical treasure cannot break them.
But just now, he even felt that his scales offered no resistance at all before being silently cut open.
What is this?
Yunhe warily looked toward the five‑colored peacock.
He saw that the tail feathers, which had been kept folded, were now unfurled, displaying an extremely splendid brilliance.
Logically, a female peacock shouldn't have such a large tail, but demonic beasts cannot be judged solely by their sex.
Among that five‑colored brilliance, the golden light was the most striking.
Yunhe's pupils contracted slightly.
"Geng Metal."
(End of chapter)
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