Chapter 258: The Arrogant Xing Jiangyi

Everyone knows that it is one thing to stay inside, but once you go out, you will become a target for the numerous beasts.

Besides, there are over a dozen half-beasts in there; they possess intelligence, so one should be cautious and even more cautious when going out.

But this fellow refuses to listen to advice and still wants to show off at a time like this, so we can only let him go out.

If he dies, he brought it upon himself; he cannot blame anyone else.

Xing Jiangyi gave a cold snort: "It's simpler than you imagine!"

Shangguan Yu'er had no choice but to manipulate the formation disk to open a gap.

Whoosh!

Xing Jiangyi rushed out impatiently, raising his sword to strike at the head of a bear-like beast that was attacking him.

Before coming out, he had already activated his Spirit Sword and infused it with Spiritual Power, waiting only to exit the formation to slay one beast, then quickly slay another, and he could return.

In fact, that was the case; the bear did not expect someone to suddenly rush out and was caught off guard, its head severed by a single sword strike.

Xing Jiangyi was overjoyed at the sight; he shouted, hopped on one leg, and turned to strike at another petite, marmot-like beast rushing toward him.

In his view, slaying this beast would be effortless.

A beast locked onto by his Spirit Sword cannot escape.

In fact, that was the case; the marmot beast sensed danger, and the sword Qi had already struck its head.

"Mission accomplished!"

Xing Jiangyi shouted, and with a thought, he collected the marmot into a prepared Storage Bag.

He prepared to collect the bear beast and return; this would take less than ten breaths of time.

But his expression changed drastically the next moment.

Five half-beasts suddenly appeared all around, surrounding him tightly, and launched an attack on him without a word.

He felt himself locked onto by five fierce auras, with nowhere to escape.

And the path he wanted to retreat through had been sealed off!

Dealing with one or two beasts alone was no problem for him, but facing so many beasts at once was not possible.

It was even more impossible to deal with five half-beasts simultaneously.

At this moment, it was too late to call for help, and it was too late for others to come out and assist.

Xing Jiangyi sensed a crisis of death and, without hesitation, directly activated his only life-saving talisman, a Sword Talisman equivalent to a strike from an Integration Stage cultivator!

Clang!

A clear and resonant sword chime rang out, and a white sword light shot into the sky, as if shattering this entire space.

Swish!

The bodies of the five half-beasts stiffened simultaneously.

Subsequently, a line of blood appeared at their necks, and blood sprayed out wildly.

Xing Jiangyi's reaction was also extremely fast; he raised his hand to collect all five corpses and flashed back into the formation.

He suppressed the regret in his heart and managed to squeeze a smile onto his face: "I used ten breaths of time, slew seven beasts, and brought back six; mission over-fulfilled!"

Yet his heart was bleeding.

He only had one Sword Talisman in his possession; after using it, if he encountered fatal danger again, he would have no power to protect himself.

But he felt he could not lose face.

Ben Jieming shook his head helplessly.

The others also shook their heads.

Lu Tianyu shook his head and said: "The five half-beasts you killed don't count; they are people from the Academy, not pure beasts from the Yaoshou Senlin."

"Please go out again and kill one more beast!"

This was because the bear beast previously killed by Xing Jiangyi had already been eaten by the numerous beasts.

The nature of beasts is just like that.

When a companion is killed, or even when the children or elders of their own kind die, they will eat them.

They would not be like humans, who dig a grave to bury them and then hold a memorial.

It is mainly because the levels of these beasts are not high, being only Level 5 or weaker; they have not yet opened their intelligence and maintain the nature of beasts.

There are Level 6 beasts, but they are rare; they will also put the corpses of their clansmen in their homes like humans.

There are a total of thirteen levels for beasts, corresponding to each level of a cultivator.

Upon hearing this, Xing Jiangyi was immediately displeased: "Sophistry!"

"Although these half-beasts are not beasts from here, they opened their intelligence early, and their blood is even purer than the beasts here; how can you say it doesn't count?"

"Didn't you see that these half-beasts are not attacked by them at all, and they mingle with them without any exclusion?"

"You asked me to kill two beasts, and I killed seven; I see you are deliberately finding fault!"

He is an extremely arrogant person and simply unwilling to admit his failure.

Furthermore, having lost an arm and a leg, he did not let go of his arrogance but instead became even more so.

Lu Tianyu shook his head slightly: "One of you go out and hunt another one."

He did not want to entangle himself with Xing Jiangyi; it was meaningless.

At this moment, he actually felt that Xing Jiangyi was pathetic.

The Sword Talisman was used up, the operation failed, and living proudly on the last bit of dignity made everyone feel hateful.

But that did not matter anymore.

If Xing Jiangyi does not let go of his pride later, he will certainly suffer serious consequences, and death is the inevitable outcome.

It is like a doctor who has cancer, proudly believing that he is fine, that he can cure his own illness, firmly stating that it is impossible for him to have cancer, and refusing to let go of his pride.

The result of that is self-destruction, delaying treatment time, and making himself die faster.

Xing Jiangyi was also somewhat surprised.

Lu Tianyu, who never yielded to anyone, was actually not arguing with him at this moment.

At this instant, he opened his mouth, wanting to say a few more words, but nothing came out.

A thick sense of crisis rose in his heart at this moment.

The Sword Talisman had already been used, and if he were not careful, he would lose his life; he struggled to think of a way to maintain his pride while also saving his life.

Ben Jieming immediately said, "I'll go!"

"Everyone, form a sword array with me and go out to kill one!"

"Remember, once we rush out, the sword array must be formed; if we are late, we will lose men. You all saw the situation just now—these demonic beasts have gone mad, and the half-beasts are even more formidable."

"I will go out first, you all follow quickly; remember, you must be fast!"

His expression was incomparably grave.

At this moment, it had reached a life-or-death juncture, and one careless move would result in death.

The reason he made this decision was, firstly, to see if the sword array of the six of them could both attack and defend.

The main reason was that Lu Tianyu had saved their lives, yet they had not repaid him, and Xing Jiangyi's arrogance had pushed them into a dangerous situation.

The people of the Heaven Secret Sect had all given their full effort, and doing nothing at this moment seemed very dishonorable.

Although doing this was dangerous, it could win them a sliver of goodwill from Lu Tianyu; otherwise, if they encountered danger later, they would have no way out if Lu Tianyu ignored them.

In fact, Ben Jieming's actions won Lu Tianyu's goodwill.

He nodded slightly: "Go, be careful!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er immediately opened a gap.

Ben Jieming's expression became grave, and he shouted: "Go!"

Taking the lead, he was the first to rush out.

Unexpectedly, before he had even steadied his footing, a sudden change occurred!