Chapter 74: Fierce Battle

"I know there is another road ahead, let's go around it, don't cause extra trouble."

Seeing this black-clothed woman wanting to pay attention to this demonic beast, Shi Chun immediately spoke to stop her.

Song Qingming was carrying quite a few spirit items, and he did not want to delay time here. As soon as Shi Chun finished speaking, he also immediately nodded and agreed with Shi Chun's choice.

Seeing that the other two did not want to take action against this demonic beast, the black-clothed woman sighed, and then had to put away her little thoughts. After all, the strength of that Rending Bear was not weak, and with only her alone, it was impossible to have any ideas about this mid-tier demonic beast.

Under Shi Chun's leadership, the three soon changed their direction of travel and wanted to bypass the direction the demonic beast was coming from another angle.

The three walked for only a moment, unexpectedly the black-clothed woman anxiously spoke to the two again: "Two fellow daoists, that demonic beast is chasing toward us."

Song Qingming looked back and found that the pair of pitch-black eyeballs of this black-clothed woman had now turned into an enchanting light blue, paired with the veil covering her face, making Song Qingming feel a kind of indescribable weirdness. It seemed that this should be her spiritual eye divine ability, which was indeed somewhat strange.

"That's not right, we are so far away from this demonic beast, how could it track us?" Shi Chun's face revealed a trace of doubt.

The three stopped their steps one after another and began to observe the surroundings.

Song Qingming looked at a small forest with green leaves not far away at the foot of the mountain in front, suddenly noticed a trace of something wrong from the trees swaying with the wind, and hurriedly said softly to Shi Chun.

"I'm afraid there is a formation ambush in the forest. Brother Shi, we can't go forward anymore."

Hearing Song Qingming's words, Shi Chun immediately remembered that Song Qingming was also a formation master. When they first met, he had also seen the formation arranged by Song Qingming.

After Shi Chun and the two exchanged glances, he said seriously: "Two fellow daoists, perhaps we have already been targeted. Let's retreat together, don't get entangled with that demonic beast, and go back the original way."

On a small mountain a few li away from the few people, three cultivators with half their faces covered were staring at Song Qingming and the three who were getting closer and closer under the mountain with smiles.

"Not good, Boss, those people are running."

Seeing Song Qingming and the three suddenly stop their steps and turn back the original way, a square-faced big man shouted loudly at a black-faced fat man with a somewhat wretched appearance in the middle.

"It's really not smooth, they actually noticed the trap we set. No matter, send a signal to Tie Pao, let him drag them, we haven't opened for business for several months, this ticket, no matter what, I have to eat it."

The black-faced fat man also saw Song Qingming and the three wanting to escape, released a harsh word, and then took the two people beside him to chase toward Song Qingming and the three.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Qingming and the three accelerated their return under Shi Chun's command, wanting to leave here quickly. The three had just run out a few li, unexpectedly a person and a beast blocked their way in front.

Looking at the Rending Bear that started to chase the few people closely behind a cultivator, it seemed that this bear was a spirit beast controlled by a cultivator. Unexpectedly encountering a beast master, the three frowned one after another.

Spirit beasts were demonic beasts that had been tamed by cultivators. Because these types of demonic beasts grew up by the side of cultivators since childhood and were controlled by the cultivator's beast-mastering means, they could only obey the master's orders. However, these spirit beasts that had been kept in captivity by cultivators for many years were generally slightly weaker in ability than demonic beasts that had been fighting in the wild for many years.

Cultivating spirit beasts not only required a large amount of resources but also time. A spirit beast often had to be tamed by a cultivator from the juvenile stage to be more likely to recognize its master. Cultivating a spirit beast to adulthood generally took twenty or thirty years to see results.

Beast masters were not considered rare professions in the cultivation world. However, cultivating spirit beasts, like learning alchemy, was a project that required consuming a large amount of resources. Generally, only those high-tier cultivators above Foundation Establishment would be willing to spend more time and resources to cultivate their own spirit beasts. Low-tier cultivators would prioritize improving their own cultivation, and few people would choose to spend a large amount of resources to cultivate spirit beasts.

But as long as they successfully cultivated a spirit beast whose strength was not much different from their own, relying on the help of the spirit beast, the overall strength of a beast master was often three points stronger than an opponent of the same level. This was also the reason why this person was also just a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, but dared to block Song Qingming and the three alone.

The Rending Bear looked at Song Qingming and the three fiercely, not only making a burst of hissing sounds from time to time, but the master beside it was not so anxious. This black-clothed man with half his face covered just blocked the only way for the three, and did not command the Rending Bear to launch an attack, but looked at the few of them with a light smile.

"This guy wants to drag time, there must be people surrounded behind. We have to solve the battle quickly and rush over."

Shi Chun soon saw the calculation in this person's heart. As soon as the words fell, a white feather fan appeared in his hand. He exerted force and swung it toward the master of the spirit beast in front, taking the lead in launching an attack. White light appeared on the feather fan, emitting a gust of wind toward the master in front.

Seeing that Shi Chun's attack had already arrived in front of him, the black-clothed masked man did not have the calm appearance just now, hurriedly released a protective spiritual shield to block the wind, and then released a flying sword to fight with Shi Chun.

This black-clothed man's cultivation was about the same as Shi Chun's, also a sixth-layer Qi Refining cultivator. After a few rounds, the two were evenly matched for a time.

On Song Qingming's side, the two of them were relatively relaxed against this Rending Bear. This Rending Bear's offensive ability was average, relying entirely on brute force, and did not pose much threat to people like them who often fought with demonic beasts. The two of them joined forces, as long as they could quickly solve this spirit beast, they could join forces to help Shi Chun get rid of that person's entanglement and escape here quickly.

It was just that this Rending Bear was also very thick-skinned. Although it had been suppressed by Song Qingming and the two, and had suffered quite a few injuries, under the order of its master, it still fought to the death and blocked in front of the two of them.

After fighting for less than half a cup of tea, a noisy sound suddenly came from behind. Song Qingming looked behind him, and not far away, three masked cultivators killed their way over.

Seeing that the opponent's reinforcements came so quickly, Song Qingming suddenly felt that it was not good. He fully urged the flying sword in his hand and struck a few sword qi toward the Rending Bear, wanting to beat back this demonic beast first and support Shi Chun.

Unexpectedly, the sword light he emitted had not yet reached the Rending Bear, a loud bang suddenly came from the Rending Bear. After the blue thunder light flashed a few times, this demonic beast let out a scream, and after its huge body swayed a few times, it suddenly fell backward.

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