Chapter 285: The Fox Borrowing the Tiger's Might

On the vast wilderness, a river snaked along, its shimmering waves resembling a white python coiled in place.

Yet the silence of many years was broken today.

At the river's end, a human figure had the power of water flowing around the soles of his feet. Borrowing the current, he skimmed across the water. His build was tall and straight, his grey-white hair fluttered lightly in the wind, and paired with that handsome, easy-on-the-eyes face, he gave off a rather striking impression.

However, the youth kept glancing back, and the disheveled look that flashed across his face ruined quite a bit of that mood.

But one really couldn't blame Li Luo, because anyone being chased desperately by a peak Heavenly General rank spirit beast would probably find it hard to maintain a calm, transcendent air.

Roar!

Suddenly, an ear-splitting beast roar rang out across the heavens and earth, and the gale sweeping in from behind seemed to carry a faint stench of blood.

In the distance behind, a three-tailed giant beast came hurtling through, kicking up billowing clouds of dust. Its crimson beast pupils were filled with fury, locked onto Li Luo's figure.

It had originally thought that once it burst out of the restricted mountain range, it would be able to easily catch and devour this little mouse. But it hadn't expected this little mouse to be so cunning—clearly very weak, yet somehow using the flowing water to accelerate, making it impossible for the beast to deal with him for the moment.

The three-tailed giant beast suddenly opened its maw, and several energy light orbs tore through the air with scorching heat, blasting straight toward Li Luo's distant figure.

However, with a certain distance between them, those energy light orbs ultimately lost their aim and splashed into the river behind Li Luo.

Boom boom!

The wind kicked up by the exploding energy orbs still jolted Li Luo until his qi and blood churned within him, but he quickly circulated the healing power of his water aspect and wood aspect, soothing the turmoil inside his body.

Then he ran for his life without looking back.

Although he had dodged the three-tailed giant beast's wild bombardment, Li Luo's heart grew heavier and heavier, because he could sense that the distance between the three-tailed giant beast and himself was gradually shrinking.

In the end, he had still underestimated a peak Heavenly General rank spirit beast.

Even though he cleverly borrowed the speed of the flowing water, maintaining an absolutely safe distance was still not as easy as he had imagined.

"At this speed, reaching the outpost will probably still take quite a while."

Li Luo raised his head and glanced toward the outpost, his brows tightly furrowed. Did this heart-pounding situation really have to last that long? What a thrill.

After all, facing the three-tailed giant beast's pursuit, the slightest mistake on his part would likely mean a hair's-breadth from death.

And Most Important... right now the three-tailed giant beast truly hadn't caught up, but Li Luo felt that if he really thought a Heavenly General rank spirit beast only had this much up its sleeve, he would be far too naive.

But thinking about this was useless now. The current Li Luo was walking a tightrope, so he had to stay absolutely calm, prepare for the worst, and play it by ear.

Thoughts swirling in his mind, Li Luo paid no more attention to the three-tailed giant beast chasing from behind. The power of water flowed within his body, then resonated with the river water beneath his feet, and his figure seemed to merge into the current at that very moment.

This frantic chase lasted, in the blink of an eye, a full hour.

During that hour, the three-tailed giant beast behind no longer roared in fury, but pushed its speed to the limit, tightly latching onto Li Luo's figure.

The two sides seemed to have fallen into a peaceful race.

However, the three-tailed giant beast's calm instead made Li Luo uneasy. When things are out of the ordinary, there's something fishy. The three-tailed giant beast at this moment must be brewing a killing blow.

Li Luo's whole body tensed up, and the two phase palaces within him were primed for an explosive burst at any moment.

Whine!

And it was at this moment that Li Luo suddenly heard a long howl from behind. A sweep of his peripheral vision instantly made every hair on his body stand on end.

Because he saw that the three-tailed giant beast had suddenly stopped. Its three giant tails rose high behind it, and the originally black tails rapidly turned blood-red.

The space around it seemed to ripple slowly at this moment.

Li Luo didn't know what the three-tailed giant beast was about to do, but he had a sense of impending doom. He immediately dared not look any longer, pushed his speed to the limit, and fled frantically.

Hum!

But he had only fled a short while when he seemed to hear a strange humming sound ring out across the heavens and earth.

Li Luo's rapidly-forward-dashing figure suddenly stiffened at this moment. The blood in his entire body seemed to stop flowing, because in the reflection of his pupils, the void ahead twisted, and a giant beast appeared directly in front of him, as if by teleportation.

It stood on the broad river surface, its crimson beast pupils fixed on Li Luo, who was rapidly skimming toward it, with cruelty and mockery.

It had clearly used some unknown secret technique to directly cross such a great distance and arrive in an instant.

That kind of speed seemed to surpass light.

At this moment, Li Luo understood that he had, after all, still underestimated these high-level spirit beasts.

Boom!

And as Li Luo's body turned icy cold, the three-tailed giant beast had already struck directly. Its giant palm slammed down heavily, and violent, unmatched heaven and earth energy gathered beneath its palm, forming a massive black palm shadow that then slammed down toward where Li Luo was.

That kind of force actually tore apart this fairly wide river surface.

Such a heavy strike was almost enough to instantly kill Li Luo.

The giant beast palm shadow rapidly expanded in Li Luo's pupils, and a towering killing intent came rushing at him. An attack with such might was still the first Li Luo had encountered in all these years.

Beneath that palm, he almost felt a sense of despair.

Too strong.

That pressure made it impossible for him even to gasp for breath.

As if all he could do was wait for death.

But Li Luo ultimately did not let his spirit be crushed by the might of that palm. His gaze flickered rapidly, then turned into a flash of ruthless resolve.

Facing that terrifying palm, he not only did not dodge, but suddenly stomped down with one foot, his figure shooting straight forward.

He was actually charging straight at it!

Li Luo's choice also surprised the three-tailed giant beast somewhat, but the cruelty and mockery in those crimson beast pupils did not lessen.

Whoosh!

Li Luo's figure shot straight out, and just as he was about to collide with the three-tailed giant beast's palm, he suddenly bellowed: "Evil beast, this place today shall be your seal!"

He stretched out his palm, and the ancient sealing character on his palm suddenly burst with light.

At this moment, the three-tailed giant beast also saw the ancient sealing character on Li Luo's palm, and at the same time sensed that energy fluctuation it was extremely familiar with.

That power indeed came from the seal that had bound it for many years!

So that was why the seal had disappeared—it had ended up in the hands of this human boy!

But why would this happen?!

Every hair on its body stood on end at this moment.

Within the crimson beast pupils of the three-tailed giant beast, horror and fear surfaced. Years of binding had left it with immense dread of that sealing power—of course, what it feared even more was the master of that sealing power.

That kind of existence made it feel a trembling that came from the depths of its soul.

Now that sealing power had appeared in the hands of such a feeble human—was there some other scheme at play?

Could it be deliberately luring it out of the mountain range, waiting to suppress it?!

Could this be a trap?!

The three-tailed giant beast stared at Li Luo, who was charging toward it with wild laughter on his face. Not a trace of fear could be seen on the latter's features; instead, there was a kind of triumphant delight.

This kid wants to borrow the power of the seal to slay it?

In the span of a single breath, ten thousand thoughts flashed through the three-tailed giant beast's mind. In the end, its cautious nature made it suddenly retract that giant palm, then it hurriedly leapt out of the river, its massive figure retreating violently.

No matter what, dodge first!

The three-tailed giant beast's form retreated rapidly, but its beast pupils were fixed dead on Li Luo's figure. Then it saw that, as it dodged aside, Li Luo's figure charged straight past, and then...

Ran away without even looking back.

The three-tailed giant beast hesitated on the spot, watching Li Luo's frantically retreating figure. The so-called sealing power vanished along with him, and everything seemed as if it had never appeared at all.

The wind whistled past, and the three-tailed giant beast fell into a stretch of silence.

It felt as though it had been toyed with?