Chapter 68: Demon Cultivator!

Upon hearing Lu Li's words, Zhou Tai's face turned deathly pale with anger.

"Detestable Lu Li, who would want to be your lackey!"

Three years ago, it was because he admired Lu Li that Zhou Tai followed him to practice Basic Sword Techniques.

Now, he wished he could completely erase that dark history; how could he possibly change his mind just because Lu Li killed a Demon Beast? Although he did not know what means Lu Li used to slay the Demon Beast, Zhou Tai swore to himself in his heart: wanting me, Zhou Tai, to be his lackey is absolutely impossible!

"Do not get carried away just because you killed one Demon Beast."

Zhou Tai raised his long sword and said, "I was being besieged by two Demon Beasts earlier, which is why I was defeated."

"Do not make a move on the remaining Demon Beast."

Having said that, Zhou Tai took a step forward, his body slamming toward the other Demon Beast like a cannonball.

Flames surged on his sword; he had already pushed the Blazing Sun Sword Technique to its limit.

"Junior Brother Zhou, I have come to assist you."

The Zhuque Flying Sword in Jiang Yinuo's palm shot out suddenly, catching up to Zhou Tai at an extremely fast speed.

Although Jiang Yinuo did not want to discourage Zhou Tai, she really wanted to say: Junior Brother Zhou, you are no match for the Demon Beast.

But with the words on the tip of her tongue, she changed them to "I have come to assist you" instead.

As for Lu Li, he even sheathed his long sword and began to watch the show.

When there were two Demon Beasts earlier, Jiang Yinuo and Zhou Tai were held back by their concerns, but now that only one remained, Jiang Yinuo alone could slay it, and Lu Li was happy to be idle.

After all, he was only at the Initial Realm right now, and the Sword Intent he had unleashed earlier consumed quite a bit of energy.

The remaining Demon Beast, facing the joint attack of Zhou Tai and Jiang Yinuo, was clearly no match and was already retreating steadily.

However, after more than a dozen rounds, this Scorpion Tiger still had not been killed.

Because Zhou Tai's heart was not calm, he not only failed to provide assistance to Jiang Yinuo but instead hindered the performance of her flying sword.

"Dammit!"

"Lu Li killed the Scorpion Tiger with a single sword strike, yet after so many strikes, I still haven't killed this Demon Beast."

"Dead tiger, stop hiding!"

Zhou Tai was roaring in his heart.

"How on earth did he do it? If I had followed him to practice Basic Sword Techniques back then, would I be as strong as him?"

"He said if I became his lackey, he could teach me sword techniques... No way."

Seeing that the sword cultivator fighting him at close range was somewhat distracted, the Scorpion Tiger lunged forward, directly knocking Zhou Tai away.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yinuo's flying sword blocked this strike for Zhou Tai.

"Junior Brother Zhou, you were injured by the combined attack of the two Demon Beasts earlier, and your combat strength cannot be fully utilized."

"Let me handle this Demon Beast."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tai suppressed the urge to continue charging and retreated backward.

Who would have thought that as he passed by Lu Li, he heard Lu Li muttering to himself: "Already at the First Realm and still can't beat a Demon Beast; this lackey is probably a lost cause..."

Hearing this, Zhou Tai stumbled, quickly gathering Spirit Qi to steady himself.

Just as he stood firm, he heard a shrill roar from behind.

Looking back, he saw that after losing the 'help' of Zhou Tai, Jiang Yinuo's flying sword suddenly became brilliant, tracing a beautiful red trajectory in the air and directly severing the Scorpion Tiger's tail.

Zhou Tai felt his vision go black; are you two teaming up to humiliate me? Roar!

The Scorpion Tiger suddenly let out a painful roar, then lunged toward the corpse of the already dead Demon Beast on the ground.

It wanted to devour its own kind!

"Back down!"

Jiang Yinuo shouted sharply, and her flying sword descended from the sky, trailing a beautiful flame tail, and nailed straight down.

Clang!

A crisp sound rang out as a staff blocked the Zhuque Sword.

A violent impact surged forth; Strange Beasts in the forest fled, and the ground seemed to tremble.

At the other end of the staff was a man completely shrouded in a black cloak.

"Hehehehehehe."

From within the black cloak came the signature laughter of a villainous character.

This sound was so unique that people of the righteous path could never produce such laughter.

"So it was you few who killed one of my Demon Beasts?"

The cloaked man stood beside the Scorpion Tiger, stroking the feeding Scorpion Tiger as he said: "Eat, even if it is dead, it has not left you."

"After you finish eating, we will kill this group of sword cultivators to avenge it."

It's a Demon Cultivator!

It is common knowledge that Demon Cultivators are very strong.

At the same realm, usually, Strange Beasts are weaker than practitioners, who are weaker than Demon Beasts, who are weaker than Demon Cultivators.

This Demon Cultivator being able to control two Demon Beasts likely meant he already had the cultivation of the Second Realm!

And in fact, this Demon Cultivator was named Qu Ji, and he was indeed at the Second Realm First Grade.

Jiang Yinuo and Zhou Tai immediately became tense.

And the moment Lu Li saw this Demon Cultivator, his gaze turned icy.

Ever since his parents passed away, Lu Li had sworn that whenever he encountered a Demon Cultivator wreaking havoc on the world, he would kill every one he saw!

And the Demon Cultivator before him was clearly no good.

Since that was the case, he deserved to die!

Without the slightest hesitation, and without any extra conversation, Lu Li's figure had already vanished from where he stood.

The sword light was like an epiphyllum suddenly blooming, carrying a unique beauty.

And with the appearance of the sword light, the Strange Beasts fleeing through this secluded forest suddenly stopped.

They trembled and prostrated on the ground, as if a mountain were pressing down upon them, pinning them so they could not move.

Violent Sword Qi poured out from Lu Li's longsword; he had already poured all the strength in his body into this one strike.

The flowing light cascaded, transforming into an incomparably stunning long rainbow, instantly piercing through space and distance.

In front of Qu Ji, a Sword Mountain suddenly appeared.

This sword strike was incredibly perilous, and what was even more terrifying was that this Sword Mountain was even more perilous.

In an instant, he actually felt that it was impossible to defend against.

But the next moment, he realized the opponent's Spirit Qi was so little... it seemed to be only at the level of the Initial Realm.

Qu Ji raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Ridiculous!

With your Initial Realm cultivation, you dare to act presumptuously before me?"

This sword strike from Lu Li had almost enraged him.

He had actually been frightened by a sword strike from the Initial Realm? Qu Ji roared, and the Demon Qi on his body surged out, instantly forming an Air Shield on his staff to block in front of him.

Lu Li's sword light crashed into the Air Shield with a boom, sending out a violent ripple.

Bang!

The Sword Mountain within the sword light suddenly collapsed.

The next moment, Qu Ji swung his staff horizontally, the immense force transferring to Lu Li's longsword, bending his sword and then blasting his body away.

"A strange sword technique, a mountain I've never seen..."

Qu Ji sneered: "However, you are still just Initial Realm trash!

To dare to attack me, you are truly a mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating your own strength."

"Senior Brother Lu!"

"Lu!"

The crowd looked at Lu Li anxiously.

Some were truly worried about Lu Li, but others were beginning to worry about their own situation.

After all, Lu Li had just killed a Demon Beast with one strike, and his combat power had already been acknowledged by everyone as strong, yet he had been defeated by the demon cultivator before them.

Then how were they to deal with this demon cultivator? Jiang Yinuo said anxiously: "I will provide cover, Zhou Tai take them and go, save as many as you can."

A crimson Flying Sword suddenly flew out, Spirit Qi gathering on the blade, faintly revealing the form of a Vermilion Bird.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, the red bird soared, and the red Flying Sword had already collided with the man and the beast.

Zhou Tai gritted his teeth and shouted: "Everyone, retreat!"

Having said that, he instantly arrived at Lu Li's side: "Lu, are you dead?"

Lu Li pressed down on Zhou Tai's shoulder and stood up, holding that stalk of Spirit Cleansing Grass in his hand.

"I was impulsive; this isn't the Proud Wanderer."

He stuffed the Spirit Cleansing Grass into his mouth, and at the same time, the Experience Gourd in his sea of consciousness was opened by him.

"Level up."