Chapter 471: Qiongqi Bloodline, Mysterious Jade Ginseng (Two-in-One Chapter, Requesting Votes)

"Li Zhangsheng, you are a dead man; this day next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

As the distance closed, Xiao Chi revealed an increasingly frantic smile.

The Venom Dragon flapped its wings desperately, but given the gap in cultivation realms, no matter how hard it struggled, it could not avoid the trend of being pulled in by the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow.

The Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow was Xiao Chi's Life-Bound Demon Pet; it possessed Superior Quality and also carried a Concentrated Grade Vermilion Bird Bloodline, so its speed was naturally far superior to the Venom Dragon.

Within the span of a few breaths, the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow entered the hundred-meter range. Like a cat playing with a mouse, Xiao Chi did not immediately launch an offensive, continuing to close the distance, wanting to capture Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng continued to act, feigning panic as he opened his Monster Pet Bag and summoned the Light Blessing Bird and the young Red Dragon.

In the sky, the Leopard-Lin Beast and the Treasure-Seeking Mouse naturally had no use.

"Eh, this is too extravagant; to actually use a Red Dragon as a Temporary Spirit Pet!"

Upon seeing the young Red Dragon, especially the Temporary Contract Imprint on the young Red Dragon's head, Xiao Chi could not help but reveal a shocked expression.

It was the first time he had ever heard of someone using a Quasi-God Red Dragon as a Temporary Spirit Pet.

"Very good, this Red Dragon is also mine now. That Light Blessing Bird and Venom Dragon likely aren't ordinary items either; I didn't expect such an unexpected windfall!"

Xiao Chi's mind spun, revealing a look of wild joy. The higher the quality of Li Zhangsheng's Temporary Spirit Pets, the happier he was.

As the Light Blessing Bird and the young Red Dragon lunged over, Xiao Chi also summoned two Flying Demon Pets; they were the Azure Li Bird and the Azure-Haired Hou, respectively.

Among them, the Azure-Haired Hou was the only Demon Pet in Xiao Chi's possession that had reached the Leader level.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Azure-Haired Hou (Mature Stage)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Lord 3rd Tier

【Spirit Beast Race】: Medium Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Qiongqi (Concentrated)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Wind Element

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Thunder

Qiongqi, one of the Four Perils, has a rank equivalent to the Four Spirits of Heaven. Its appearance is like a tiger, it possesses a pair of wings, and it likes to eat people, specifically starting from the head; it is a fierce beast.

It is said that Qiongqi often flies to the scene of a fight, eats the party that is in the right, and bites off the noses of loyal people; if someone commits an evil act, Qiongqi will capture wild beasts to send to them and encourage them to do more evil. It is a fierce beast that punishes the good and encourages the wicked.

"Quick battle, quick decision, but don't harm their lives!"

Xiao Chi revealed a cruel smile. Under his command, the Azure-Haired Hou lunged toward the Light Blessing Bird, while the Azure Li Bird's target was the young Red Dragon.

No matter how one looked at it, they would achieve final victory.

It was also at this moment that less than fifty meters remained between Xiao Chi and Li Zhangsheng.

"3, 2, 1, now!"

Li Zhangsheng counted silently in his heart. Suddenly, several hexagrams appeared in the sky.

"Nani, how is this possible!"

The instant the several hexagrams appeared, Xiao Chi widened his eyes, revealing an expression of disbelief.

What the hell is this!

In his original expectation, even if Li Zhangsheng could still use his Mental Power, he could at most summon them one by one, and his Consciousness Sea would likely fall into shock.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Chi chose to pursue Li Zhangsheng; who would have thought such a result would occur.

The next moment, the hairs on Xiao Chi's body stood up, and he felt an extreme sense of foreboding. He was not Li Zhangsheng's match to begin with, and now he had approached him as if courting death—what else could this be but seeking his own demise?

The most critical point was that Li Zhangsheng possessed multiple Flying Demon Pets, while he had only these three, counting them all.

No matter how one looked at it, it was a result of throwing meat buns at a dog—never to return.

Dimensional Anchor!

The moment Xiao Chi reacted, Li Zhangsheng waved his hand and cast a Dimensional Anchor, freezing the surrounding space and giving Xiao Chi no chance to perform Instant Movement.

At the same time, the Venom Dragon turned rapidly, actively lunging toward the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow.

At this moment, Li Zhangsheng tore off his Pseudo-disguise, and the positions of offense and defense shifted.

"This is my only chance!" Seeing Li Zhangsheng actively lunging over, Xiao Chi was not alarmed but delighted, immediately discarding his unrealistic thoughts of fleeing.

Only by killing Li Zhangsheng was his only hope.

At this time, Aixi, Kailan, Baitian, Heiye, Adai, and the Crown Blazing Bird appeared in the sky.

Among them, Aixi and Kailan's target was the Azure-Haired Hou, Baitian and Heiye lunged toward the Azure Li Bird, while Adai and the Crown Blazing Bird assisted Li Zhangsheng.

In the blink of an eye, just as the Venom Dragon and the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow were about to collide, the Taiyin Token flew out from the Consciousness Sea and hung above Li Zhangsheng's head.

Under Li Zhangsheng's control, the Taiyin Token emitted bright silver moonlight, encompassing Li Zhangsheng and the Venom Dragon beneath him.

In an instant, the two large Flying Demon Pets collided.

Pop~

The Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow slammed heavily into the moonlight barrier, but it could only stir up layers of ripples, unable to shatter it for a time.

Even if it was not a complete World Wonder, the defense of the Taiyin Token remained extremely high; even a Leader-level Demon Pet could not necessarily break the defense in one go.

Under the protection of the Taiyin Token, the Venom Dragon not only did not retreat in the slightest, but instead knocked the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow back a short distance.

Suddenly, Li Zhangsheng jumped up from the back of the Venom Dragon and lunged straight toward Xiao Chi.

Looking at the Taiyin Token above Li Zhangsheng's head, Xiao Chi cursed inwardly, but felt a surge of fear, hurriedly jumping off the back of the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow.

Unfortunately, Xiao Chi was still a step too late; his arm was grabbed by Li Zhangsheng, who pulled him directly over.

Hmph~

The moment the two approached, Li Zhangsheng ignored Xiao Chi's struggle, let out a violent shout, gathered all his strength, and slammed a fist heavily into Xiao Chi's stomach.

Li Zhangsheng's physical body was comparable to a Leader-level Demon Pet; his strength was immense. Under this punch, Xiao Chi's stomach caved in severely, while a large bulge protruded from his lower back; he was nearly pierced through by this punch.

Pfft~

A heart-wrenching, excruciating pain surged forth; Xiao Chi's eyes bulged, giving the impression they were about to burst from their sockets, and a sweetness rose in his throat, forcing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood.

Crack!

Before Xiao Chi could be liberated from the pain, Li Zhangsheng grabbed Xiao Chi's neck with both hands and twisted with force, like wringing a towel, executing a direct 360-degree rotation.

In a mere one or two breaths, it ended in a total victory for Li Zhangsheng.

Poor Xiao Chi, a dignified Fifth-tier Beastmaster, was actually beaten to death by Li Zhangsheng, who was playing the role of a "melee mage."

In terms of physical strength, Li Zhangsheng, who practiced the Four Symbols Star Monster Taming Art and tempered his body with Basalt Essence Blood, was clearly stronger; especially since he was still wearing his turtle shell, he could completely ignore Xiao Chi's attacks.

Such a battle felt like a "pay-to-win" tycoon dueling a free-to-play player; even if the free-to-play player gave it their all, the result was not only failing to break the defense, but being killed in one hit by the opponent instead.

The moment Xiao Chi died, his Demon Pets all suffered a violent backlash.

Chirp—

As Xiao Chi's Life-Bound Demon Pet, the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow suffered the greatest backlash, emitting a mournful cry like a cuckoo spitting blood; blood flowed from its seven orifices, and its face was ferocious, bearing no resemblance to its former elegance and beauty.

The Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow plummeted straight down, losing its breath before it even hit the ground; its corpse was snatched up by the Venomous Flying Dragon, preventing it from being crushed into pulp.

On the other side, the Azure Li Bird and the Azure-Maned Roar also endured a strong backlash, though they did not die instantly like the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow.

Even so, they were in extreme pain, their eyes bloodshot, emitting weak, listless sounds.

Before the backlash could fade, they were met with a powerful offensive from Aixi and the other Demon Pets.

Crack!

Aixi bit down on the Azure-Maned Roar's neck, and with astonishing bite force, snapped its neck clean through.

Baitian condensed a Light Flame Giant Sword several feet long and slashed it across the neck of the unresisting Azure Li Bird, directly decapitating it.

The corpses of the Azure Li Bird and the Azure-Maned Roar were caught by Aixi and Adai respectively; Li Zhangsheng did not waste their dissipating blood and collected it all.

The dust settled, ending in a total victory for Li Zhangsheng!

In a mere half-minute, Li Zhangsheng had finished off a Fifth-tier Beastmaster; it was not that Xiao Chi's strength was too poor, but rather that he had been caught off guard.

Otherwise, if they had fought head-on, even if Li Zhangsheng had won in the end, it would have inevitably cost him some effort, and there would even have been a possibility of the opponent escaping.

The reason Li Zhangsheng did not want to leave Xiao Chi alive was mainly to avoid any accidents; furthermore, he did not have a Cold Jade Rabbit and could not verify the content of what Xiao Chi said. If the opponent had mixed one or two lies into a large amount of truth, Li Zhangsheng could have fallen into a trap.

Rather than that, it was more convenient to simply loot the corpse; as a Clan Elder of the Famous Clan Xiao Clan, his net worth must be substantial.

After rummaging through Xiao Chi's corpse, the Crowned Blazing Bird nearby spat out a fireball to destroy the evidence.

Since the battle took place in the air, the effort of covering up tracks was naturally saved.

Among the spoils of this harvest, the corpses of the three flying Demon Pets went without saying; the most precious among them were naturally the corpses of the Purple Flame Li Fire Sparrow and the Azure-Maned Roar, the former having a Concentrated Grade Vermilion Bird Bloodline, and the latter a Concentrated Grade Qiongqi Bloodline.

Of course, there were also their accompanying Treasures; each one carried an Advanced Treasure.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng impatiently took out the items from the Space Ring, which almost piled up into a small hill.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng sorted these items into categories.

The most numerous were Soul Crystals, Demon Cores, and materials, with a total value of approximately 50,000 Soul Crystals.

"Huh, a Xiao Clan Treasure Pavilion token!"

Li Zhangsheng gave a soft exclamation; he held two tokens in his hand, one was an Identity Token, and the other was a Xiao Clan Treasure Pavilion token, so their significance was self-evident.

If there were no surprises, this Treasure Pavilion token could open the Restriction in the Xiao Clan Treasure Pavilion.

The prerequisite was not to delay for too long; otherwise, once time passed and the Xiao Clan confirmed Xiao Chi's death, they would definitely change the Treasure Pavilion's Restriction immediately.

After solemnly putting away the Treasure Pavilion token, Li Zhangsheng looked at the three precious items: they were a piece of treasure armor, a black crystal, and a long, strip-shaped Jade Box.

The treasure armor had been stripped from Xiao Chi's body, and it had a clear fist mark on it; if not for this treasure armor, Xiao Chi would likely have been pierced through by Li Zhangsheng's punch at that time.

Li Zhangsheng tested it, and the armor's defensive power was quite good, but it could not be mentioned in the same breath as the Ancestral Dragon Scale Armor, and it couldn't even compare to Ning Bizhen's Rainbow Garment Treasure Armor.

After putting away the treasure armor, Li Zhangsheng carefully examined the black crystal, which was slightly larger than a baby's fist; the fluctuations on it made him feel familiar.

"Dark Element Crystal!"

After just two glances, Li Zhangsheng confirmed that this was an Elemental Crystal; unfortunately, it was of the Darkness attribute and could only be used by Dark Elves.

Speaking of Dark Elves, Li Zhangsheng couldn't help but think of Tian Jingling's Dark Elf, and wondered how many Moon Elf corpses the other party would provide him next time they met.

This Dark Element Crystal was of great significance to Tian Jingling, and he wondered what price the other party would be willing to pay to exchange for it; Li Zhangsheng expressed that he was quite looking forward to it.

Tian Jingling was Dou Yuansheng's fiancée; even if Tian Jingling didn't have good bargaining chips, Li Zhangsheng could always go find Dou Yuansheng.

The final long, strip-shaped Jade Box had a large number of runes on it and appeared to have been well-preserved.

Li Zhangsheng carefully opened the Jade Box; inside was a ginseng that looked like jade, appearing just like a jade craft.

However, Li Zhangsheng could sense the life force within the jade ginseng; this naturally could not be a jade craft, but rather a precious Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.

"Mysterious Jade Ginseng!"

With such obvious characteristics, Li Zhangsheng recognized it at a glance; apart from a very small number of items, he could recognize the vast majority of treasures at a glance, including this exceptionally rare Mysterious Jade Ginseng.

Mysterious Jade Ginseng: Heaven and Earth Essence, can eliminate one attribute weakness of a Demon Pet. Note: Ineffective against Demon Pets with no attribute weaknesses.

The Mysterious Jade Ginseng's effects were peculiar and powerful; this was also the first time Li Zhangsheng had seen a treasure that could eliminate a Demon Pet's attribute weakness.

Its effects were so broad that it was applicable to almost all Demon Pets. For example, if given to Kailan, Kailan would no longer be restrained by the Fire Element, and Fire Element damage would no longer be as massive to her as it was before.

Well, it would just be ineffective against Demon Pets like Round-Round that had no attribute weaknesses.

The Mysterious Jade Ginseng was not a Dark Element Crystal; the latter had too many restrictions, so logically speaking, a normal person would have used it themselves long ago. He didn't know what Xiao Chi was thinking, keeping a Mysterious Jade Ginseng with such a wide range of applications.

If it were Li Zhangsheng, he would have used it the moment he obtained it.

According to Li Zhangsheng's deduction, this Mysterious Jade Ginseng was either a treasure Xiao Chi had just obtained, perhaps exchanged for with Merit from the Li City Fortress, or it was meant to be given to someone or traded.

"Give it to Heiye, the effect can also be maximized!"

Li Zhangsheng thought for a moment, and finally threw the Mysterious Jade Ginseng to Heiye.

Heiye excitedly clamped the Mysterious Jade Ginseng in its mouth, but after taking a bite, its expression immediately turned bitter, revealing a look of disgust; clearly, the taste of the Mysterious Jade Ginseng was inversely proportional to its appearance.

"Why are you looking at me? Eat it quickly; at most, I'll save the tasty things for you next time!"

Li Zhangsheng helplessly waved his hand, thinking to himself whether he should raise Heiye strictly in the future to prevent it from being so picky like it was now.

Hei Ye naturally could not refuse; he had no choice but to swallow the entire Mysterious Jade Ginseng whole, eyes closed, enduring the grievance.

Deep throat!

Li Zhangsheng watched, dumbfounded; he had not expected Hei Ye to possess such a unique skill.

(End of chapter)