parentshiftbook Chapter 159 Flower Bamboo VS Black Tiger King
Chapter 159 Flower Bamboo VS Black Tiger King
Xu Rulin and his men quickly sped up and fled towards the edge of the mountain range.
Upon reaching the mountain's exit, he turned to look in the direction of the battle and said to the others, "You guys go first, I'll deal with those demons!"
"Lord Xu!" A middle-aged martial artist hesitated for a moment, then pulled away from his wife's hand and said, "I'll go with you!"
If Xu Rulin hadn't insisted on leading them, they would have escaped long ago and wouldn't have been relentlessly pursued by the demons. Now that Xu Rulin was leaving alone to cover their retreat, they couldn't bear to abandon him. One by one, people spoke up, wanting to stay and fight the demons in the sky.
Xu Rulin was filled with mixed emotions. It seemed that his efforts had not been in vain after all. But he still refused, saying, "Your strength is useless here. Go first and go to the Taiwu Prefecture front to get reinforcements. I will stay behind to cover the rear. Even if more demons come after us, we can still find a way to escape."
Upon hearing this, the others thought it made sense, so after giving a few words of advice, they clasped their hands in greeting and turned to leave.
Watching everyone depart, Xu Rulin glanced at the broken sword in his hand, then leaped up and burst out of the red maple tree canopy. His vision suddenly opened up, and he immediately spotted the white-clad girl fighting a giant demonic bird on the other side of the mountain range.
The girl, wielding only her twin swords, forced the giant bird to stay away.
Seeing this, Xu Rulin shouted, "Fellow Daoist! I'm here to help you!"
Having said that, he sped away.
Hua Zhu, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the demons, was slightly surprised to hear the commotion.
The commotion caused by Xu Rulin and his group's retreat was quite significant. She had already noticed them and guessed that the demons might have been attracted by them, but she did not expect that someone would stay behind to help kill the demons.
"Alright!" Hua Zhu glanced at the broken knife in Xu Rulin's hand and said nothing more.
With their combined efforts, the two quickly killed most of the demons, leaving only a few that flew extremely high and escaped their attack range.
"Phew, fellow Daoist's cultivation is only at the Refining Realm?" Xu Rulin only noticed Hua Zhu's cultivation level after the battle ended, and was filled with surprise.
Among the flock of giant birds that had just been chased was a demon at the Bone Forging Realm, plus about ten demons at the Dirty Refining Realm. He subconsciously assumed that Hua Zhu's cultivation must be above the Bone Forging Realm, but he never expected that she was only at the Dirty Refining Realm.
Hua Zhu nodded, then looked Xu Rulin up and down curiously: "Are you fleeing?"
Xu Rulin replied, "I am a guardian warrior from Jushi City on the Lanjiang Prefecture front. The demons besieged Jushi City for half a month, leaving us no choice but to retreat. Those demons just now were chasing after my team."
Upon hearing this, Hua Zhu finally understood.
The Lanjiang Prefecture front is under heavy attack by demons, yet not a single piece of news has come out? She has been slaying demons in the Taiwu Prefecture area for so long, and has never heard any related news.
"My name is Xu Rulin. Fellow Daoist, may I leave my name? I will definitely repay your life-saving grace in the future!" Xu Rulin clasped his hands in greeting while looking Hua Zhu up and down.
Such a powerful girl, skilled in wielding dual swords, how come I've never heard of her before?
"No need for repayment. I happen to need to hone my swordsmanship. I am Hua Zhu." Hua Zhu clasped his hands in a fist salute, mimicking his gesture, and sheathed his twin swords behind him, preparing to leave.
Xu Rulin nodded after hearing this, but secretly made a mental note of the name.
The two were about to part ways,
Suddenly, the clouds in the western sky were torn apart by a gale, and a huge, terrifying figure burst through the clouds and charged in!
"roar--"
The roar of a tiger echoed through the heavens!
The two praying mantises on Hua Zhu's shoulders immediately straightened up and shouted urgently, "Oh no! This demon is powerful, disciple, run!"
"Black Tiger King?!" Xu Rulin's face turned deathly pale instantly.
How could this be? How could the Black Tiger King have followed us? Could it be that Master has already...? Thinking of Wen Gaoyang, who stayed behind to cover the retreat, Xu Rulin's heart sank again.
But he moved quickly, turning to dash into the maple forest. Although he didn't know if the maple forest could hinder the Black Tiger King's pursuit, it was still better than fleeing through the bare treetops.
He had only run a few steps when a powerful force suddenly pressed down on him. Xu Rulin's expression changed, and he quickly shifted his stance, stepping onto the main branch of the tree canopy, but he still couldn't withstand the oppressive force.
With a crisp "crunch," he crashed heavily to the ground, creating a large crater in the soft, leaf-strewn earth.
"Roar! You little brat under Wen Gaoyang! You think you can just leave?" A gust of wind carrying a foul stench swept through the entire maple forest, causing the leaves to rustle.
The Black Tiger King's massive body hovered in mid-air, looking down below.
"There's also a little girl, perfect for a treat together." Its amethyst wings fluttered slowly in the air, and its beastly eyes caught sight of Hua Zhu, who remained motionless, before it grinned maliciously.
"It's all your fault, you old woman! I was supposed to be sleeping today, but you didn't take the responsibility of keeping watch, and now look what happened..." Grandpa Green's voice rang in Hua Zhu's mind, mixed with Grandma Red's voice of defense.
Xu Rulin climbed out of the pit, coughing up blood as he rushed to Hua Zhu's side. A strong demonic aura enveloped the entire mountain range, causing the sky to darken. The previous sweltering heat quickly dissipated, replaced by a chill that made Xu Rulin shiver involuntarily.
He looked apologetic at Hua Zhu: "Fellow Daoist, I have implicated you."
If he hadn't led the demons here, Hua Zhu wouldn't have encountered the Black Tiger King, and now neither of them could escape.
The Black Tiger King didn't seem to be in a hurry to make a move. He looked at the two humans in front of him, who looked like grasshoppers, with a mocking gaze.
.....
On the other side, a hundred miles away.
As Zhang Ping was traveling, he suddenly sensed a powerful demonic aura flashing by in the distance.
"This aura feels so familiar, it's like..." He pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered...
"Isn't this the Black Tiger King's aura? How did it get here?"
A hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and Zhang Ping chuckled, "Perfect timing to test my current strength with an old friend."
The thought had barely formed in his mind when he immediately followed the trail left by the Black Tiger King.
In the Mandala Mountains, the red leaves covering the mountains were shrouded in black mist, and the weak and strange beasts living in the forest all cowered in tree holes or burrows, not daring to show their faces; some birds and beasts were even so frightened that they fainted on the ground.
The Black Tiger King's hundred-meter-tall demonic body and portal-sized pupils, along with the foul stench emanating from its breath, made Xu Rulin gasp for breath. Life and death became exceptionally blurred at that moment.
Just then, he suddenly noticed that the girl's eyes beside him were beginning to change.
Originally, his eyes were clearly black and white, but now his left eye had become a clear, dark black, while his right eye was covered with blue lines.
"Fellow Daoist...?" Xu Rulin was shocked and subconsciously put some distance between them.
Suddenly, a wind blade slashed towards him from the sky! Xu Rulin had no time to react, and his left arm was instantly severed.
"Roar! Let's pick our teeth first!" The Black Tiger King sneered, stirring up the air to suck the severed arm into its mouth. Instead of crushing the severed arm, it manipulated it to swing back and forth between its huge teeth, using the blood and qi escaping from the severed arm to wash away the remaining bits of flesh between its teeth.
Xu Rulin pressed his bleeding left shoulder against the pain, watching the scene with a mixture of shock and anger.
After toying with it for a while, the Black Tiger King swallowed the severed arm, and then slashed at Hua Zhu with another wind blade!
"Fellow Daoist, be careful!" Xu Rulin wanted to warn him, but it was too late. Before he could finish speaking, the wind blade was already in front of Hua Zhu.
Click!
Hua Zhu suddenly drew his sword and shattered the wind blade with a single strike!
The sudden shockwave snapped a cluster of maple trees in half, and Xu Rulin was also thrown away by the aftershock.
"This is……?"
Xu Rulin got up from the ground and stared in shock at the girl's figure slowly floating upwards.