Chapter 74: Fierce Battle

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

Seeing that this black-clad woman wanted to hit the idea of this demonic beast, Shi Chun immediately opened his mouth to stop her.

Song Qingming was carrying many spiritual items, and he didn't want to delay time here. As soon as Shi Chun finished speaking, he immediately nodded and agreed with Shi Chun's choice.

Seeing that the other two didn't want to do anything to this demonic beast, the black-clad woman sighed, and could only put away her little thoughts. After all, the strength of that Rift-Earth Bear was not weak. With only her alone, it was impossible to have any ideas about this mid-grade demonic beast.

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

The three walked for only a moment, unexpectedly the black-clad woman opened her mouth anxiously to the two again: "Two fellow daoists, that demonic beast is chasing us from this side."

Song Qingming looked back and found that the pair of black eyeballs of this black-clad woman had now turned into enchanting light blue, matched with the veil covering her face, making Song Qingming feel a kind of indescribable weirdness. It seems that this should be her spiritual eye supernatural ability, which is indeed a bit strange.

"That's not right, we are so far away from this demonic beast, how can it track us?" A look of doubt appeared on Shi Chun's face.

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 ahead, suddenly noticed 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 met back then, he had also seen the formation arranged by Song Qingming.

After Shi Chun and the two looked at each other's eyes, he said seriously: "Two fellow daoists, we may have been targeted by someone. Let's retreat together later, don't entangle 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 dead at Song Qingming and the three who were getting closer and closer down the mountain with a smile.

"Not good, Boss, those people are going to run."

Seeing Song Qingming and the three suddenly stop their steps and turn back the original way, a square-faced big man shouted loudly to 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 and let him hold them back. We haven't opened for business for a few 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 run away, released a harsh word, and then took the two people beside him and chased 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 of a few li, unexpectedly a person and a beast blocked their way ahead.

Looking at the Rift-Earth Bear that started chasing the few people closely following a cultivator, it seems that this bear is a spiritual beast controlled by a cultivator. Unexpectedly, they encountered a beast master. The three frowned one after another.

Spiritual beasts are demonic beasts that have been tamed by cultivators. Because this type of demonic beast grew up beside the cultivator since childhood and was controlled by the cultivator's beast-mastering means, it can only obey the master's orders. However, this type of spiritual beast that has been kept in captivity by cultivators for many years is generally slightly weaker in ability than demonic beasts that have been fighting in the wild for many years.

Cultivating spiritual beasts not only requires a lot of resources but also time. A spiritual beast often requires a cultivator to tame it from childhood to be more likely to recognize its master. Cultivating a spiritual beast to adulthood generally takes twenty or thirty years of effort to see results.

Beast masters are not considered rare professions in the immortal cultivation world. However, cultivating spiritual beasts, like learning alchemy, is a project that consumes a lot of resources. Generally, only high-level cultivators above Foundation Establishment will be willing to spend more time and resources to cultivate their own spiritual beasts. Low-level cultivators will prioritize improving their cultivation, and few people will choose to spend a lot of resources to cultivate spiritual beasts.

However, as long as you successfully cultivate a spiritual beast whose strength is not much different from your own, with the help of the spiritual beast, the overall strength of a beast master is often three points stronger than an opponent of the same level. This is also the reason why this person is also a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, but dares to block Song Qingming and the three alone.

The Rift-Earth Bear looked at Song Qingming and the three fiercely, and from time to time made a burst of roaring sounds. However, its master was not so anxious. This black-clad man with half his face covered just blocked the only way for the three, and had been not commanding the Rift-Earth Bear to launch an attack, but looked at them with a light smile.

"This guy wants to drag time. There must be someone else surrounding him behind. We have to fight 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 threw it forward forcefully and launched an attack first. White light appeared on the feather fan, and a gust of wind rushed toward the master of the spiritual beast ahead.

Seeing that Shi Chun had already started, Song Qingming and the black-clad woman did not hesitate too much. A green flying sword and a silver jade brush quickly killed toward the Rift-Earth Bear.

Seeing that Shi Chun's attack had reached his front, the black-clad masked man no longer had the calm look he had just now. He hurriedly released a protective spiritual shield to block the gust of wind, and then released a flying sword to fight with Shi Chun.

On Song Qingming's side, the two of them were relatively relaxed against this Rift-Earth Bear. This Rift-Earth Bear's offensive ability was average, relying entirely on brute force, and did not pose much threat to them who often dealt with demonic beasts. As long as the two of them joined forces to quickly solve this spiritual 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 Rift-Earth Bear was also very thick-skinned. Although it had been suppressed by Song Qingming and the two, and had suffered many injuries on its body, it still fought to the death to block in front of them under the master's command.

After fighting for less than half an incense stick of time, a burst of noisy sound suddenly came from behind. Song Qingming looked behind him, and three more masked cultivators were killing toward them not far away.

Seeing that the other party's reinforcements came so quickly, Song Qingming suddenly felt that it was not good. He fully urged the flying sword in his hand to strike several sword qi at the Rift-Earth Bear, wanting to beat back this demonic beast first, and then support Shi Chun.

Unexpectedly, the sword light he emitted had not yet reached the Rift-Earth Bear. A loud noise suddenly came from the Rift-Earth Bear. After the blue thunder light flashed a few times, the demonic beast screamed, and after its huge body swayed a few times, it suddenly fell backward.

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