Devour

Walking out of the Watch Forest, there are rolling mountains. Asking the giant tree spirit nearby, I learned that this mountain is called Lion Mountain, and the monster beasts are mainly scorpion lions, which are very powerful.

Cheng Bai noticed the details. The monsters in the edge areas of the Faceless Rift were all quite powerful, and their density was not much different from that in the secret realm.

Compared with this, the wilderness outside the cities where so-called monsters were rampant was so gentle and considerate, and its danger level was not worth mentioning at all.

Now if Cheng Bai takes the same route to and from the city, he might feel that there aren't many monsters worth attacking.

“Am I improving too fast, or are others too weak?”

Cheng Bai couldn't help feeling a little proud, and rode Xiaobai into Shishan.

Scorpion lions are huge in size, usually more than ten meters long, with multiple scorpion-like poisonous tails and broad fleshy wings on their backs. Their strength ranks among the best among the monsters in the Qiongqi Continent, and each of them is an excellent hunter.

Their wings are not for flying and cannot support their heavy bodies, so they can only be used for gliding. They usually swoop down from a cliff, crush their prey directly, and bite off its neck in one bite, which is almost certain. Occasionally, they can dodge the attack of stronger targets, but they cannot escape the sting of the scorpion's tail with paralyzing poison.

Cheng Bai watched as a three-tailed scorpion lion pounced on a golden moonlight deer from a thousand meters in the air, bringing a bloody wind to its face. The nimble prey dodged the fatal attack but was stung by the scorpion's tail.

He rushed forward, cut off the three scorpion tails with his knife, and chopped off the scorpion lion's huge head. He once again became the prey, and obtained the crystal core and the delicious and refreshing meat.

The Golden Moonlight Deer recovered a little, struggled to get up, looked back at Cheng Bai and Xiao Bai who were busy dismembering the prey, and limped away.

Cheng Bai ignored it and fed the fresh lion heart to the giant white wolf. The hunter's principle is that one should not waste his prey. Recently, he and Xiaobai have eaten a lot more, so the more meat they store, the better.

After packing up, we continued walking up Lion Mountain and found traces of human picnics and camping along the way.

"There are other people coming to Lion Mountain to explore. They must be a team of high-level hunters."

Cheng Bai became more cautious when he saw human traces. The number of scorpion lion nests in the high places of Lion Mountain gradually increased, and there were more and more bones of various animals along the way. The territory and activity range of the scorpion lion were much larger than those of ordinary beasts.

Halfway up the mountain, a strong six-tailed scorpion lion was standing with a huge body and a shoulder height of more than ten meters. The six scorpion tails behind it, which were waiting to devour its prey, swayed unsteadily as it looked down at the four tiny hunters in front of it.

The leader was Xing Jue, and following him were the three hunters who survived the last attack on Shell Mountain, forming a new team.

"This scorpion lion is as powerful as the Shadow Sparrow King. When I entangle it, cut off its tail first and guard against the beast's claw wave. Then you can win for sure."

Xing Jue gave orders, and the other three obeyed obediently and cooperated in the siege.

The six-tailed scorpion lion growled and swung its claws towards Xing Jue who was closest to it.

Xing Jue quickly dodged, and four claw marks swept the tree behind him, instantly breaking the wood into several pieces. The scorpion lion's beast claw wave secret technique could be sent and received freely, and its range was a great threat to the besieging hunters.

The other hunters took the opportunity to rush towards the scorpion tail. The beautiful hunter waved her spear to resist, while the dual-blade hunter and the swordsman hunter swung their blades to chop.

The scorpion lion's six tails swept across, and the swords and knives slashed on it, making a sound of metal clashing and sparks flying.

Xing Jue secretly said, "Their weapons are not good enough, they are just ordinary black iron." He shouted, "We must cut at the gap between the scorpion's tail bones, otherwise the blade will be damaged."

The three hunters agreed and dealt with it hastily.

The moves of the Chi Jue sword in Xing Jue's hand were varied, and the sword shadow was blurry and hazy. He left a wound on the scorpion lion, dodged the lion's mouth and bit it, and then looked for another opportunity to attack.

While the four people and the beast were fighting, another six-tailed scorpion lion strode over from the distance, stared at the hunters, and let out a threatening growl.

"Oh no, we've attracted other scorpion lions. Kill it quickly." Xing Jue urged.

The double-blade hunter suddenly suggested: "Brother Xing, these two scorpion lions are also very strong. Why not use the beast taming treasure on them?"

Xing Jue hesitated and said, "The Beast Taming Treasure is not easy to come by. Our target is the Scorpion Lion King."

The swordsman hunter also shouted: "But we can't handle both of them."

As they were talking, they dodged the beast claw waves one after another. The six-tailed scorpion lion in the distance sped up and pounced on them, also sending out beast claw waves to attack the four of them, and they were suddenly in danger.

Xing Jue shouted loudly, and his power surged. The sword energy stretched to ten feet, and he used the "Clouds Surge and Wind Fly" move of the Gale Breaking Flow sword technique. A strong wind blew, and the rapidly dancing sword blade was like a rotating storm of sword blades, sweeping towards the scorpion lion and forcing the monster to be overwhelmed.

"Good swordsmanship, good skills." While praising, the swordsman hunter did not forget to swing his sword at the scorpion's tail, successfully cutting into the gap between the bone shell.

The scorpion lion felt pain and its tail curled back, actually catching the blade, and the swordsman hunter couldn't pull it out for a while.

The other six-tailed scorpion lion seized the opportunity, pounced forward quickly, opened its bloody mouth and bit directly into the upper body of the swordsman hunter, killing him on the spot.

"Brother Han."

The dual-blade hunter screamed with all his might, swung his swords continuously, and finally cut off one of the scorpion lion's tails.

The beautiful hunter waved her spear in the wind and rain, helped to fend off other scorpion tails, and shouted, "Retreat quickly."

Seeing that he was about to chop off the scorpion lion's head, Xing Jue was unwilling to give up. Instead, he put more strength into his hands, using the Gale-breaking Flow sword technique to its fullest, and unleashing a more powerful move called "Storm", with an endless stream of murderous sword energy.

The scorpion lion was hit by several more sword attacks, and the monster became increasingly ferocious and went crazy. Regardless of the pain, it swung its two front paws fiercely, sending out waves of beast claws in succession, colliding with the sword energy, and gradually exhausted Xing Jue's continuous sword energy.

On the other side, the dual-blade hunter and the beautiful hunter teamed up to barely fend off the six-tailed scorpion lion that came later, but they were defeated again and again and were in a panic.

Xing Jue tried all his moves but only had a slight advantage. Feeling anxious, he quickly changed to the Xuantian Zhengjian set.

The sword techniques are open and closed, moving like a fight between dragons and tigers, as fast as chasing the wind and chasing shadows, chopping, piercing, lifting, twisting and plucking, which are even more mysterious and changeable.

Xing Jue said confidently in his heart: "This scorpion lion is already at the end of its strength. If we hold on for a while longer, we will be able to win."

However, his pupils then contracted nervously as a third six-tailed scorpion lion approached from the other side and looked at the two hunters who were retreating.

The beautiful hunter exclaimed, "We can't hold back so many."

"I will die here today." The double-blade hunter looked as pale as death.

But they didn't deserve to die.

Cheng Bai followed closely behind the third scorpion lion in stealth. Seeing from afar that the three were in urgent situation, he had to take action in advance. He swung the black pot with a knife and cut off six tails, then jumped onto the back of the scorpion lion that had just turned its head and beheaded it with another knife.

Xing Jue was overjoyed upon seeing this, and finally drew out the Huanying Sword, and attacked with all his might, using the Xuantian Zhengjian's strongest move "Nine Days Grasping the Moon", with a much stronger killing power than before. The sword flew away from his hand, and the sword spun nine times, flying back and forth across the scorpion lion's neck. The sword brought up a circle of black air, and the huge lion head fell off.

On the other side, Cheng Bai had already split the scorpion lion that was chasing the two hunters in half, and the outcome was decided.

"This one belongs to me, you guys share the others." Cheng Bai greeted him and jumped directly onto the six-tailed scorpion lion that was chopped down first. He called Xiaobai to reward the lion's heart for food, take out the crystal core, and cut the meat into pieces. The food obtained from this huge monster was enough for several days.

Xing Jue put away his two swords, and together with the two hunters, put the other two six-tailed scorpion lions into the treasure bag, buried the body of the swordsman hunter, and used the sword he left behind as a tombstone.

The double-blade hunter watched Cheng Bai busy and couldn't help but step forward and say, "My name is Fu Ying, nicknamed Mantis Blade Master."

Cheng Bai said casually: "I am Cheng Bai."

Fu Ying watched him take away the good stuff with his knife and discard nearly half of the rest. He couldn't help but remind him, "The scorpion lion is full of treasures. Not only can the crystal core be used to refine weapons, the meat is edible, the fur is high-quality, the scorpion tail bone shell can be used as protective gear, and the poison sac can be used as medicine. Even a tooth is worth a lot of money."

"Oh?"

Cheng Bai thought he was not wasting his prey, but it turned out that he had been squandering it for a long time.

He looked at the messy scorpion lion on the ground and thought for a while. His treasure bag was already full. If he took away all the prey, he might not be able to put it all in. So he said, "My pocket is not big enough. Why not sell it to you at a lower price?"

Xing Jue and the other three looked at each other and actually agreed. They took out 50 taels of gold and took away the remaining scorpion-lion corpse.

After the transaction, both parties became more enthusiastic and went down the mountain to find a safe and sheltered place to rest, lit a campfire, cooked the prey, introduced themselves to each other, and started chatting.

Xing Jue was somewhat envious of Xiao Bai's handsome appearance, and praised, "Brother Cheng Xian's demon beast mount is truly rare, it is a purebred giant white wolf."

Cheng Bai asked: "Where are your mounts?"

The beautiful hunter's name was Lu Miaoting. Upon hearing this, she laughed and said, "We rode on purebred horses. Although we can't say that we can travel a thousand miles a day, we can still travel eight hundred miles a day. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the foot of Lion Mountain, we all became food for the monsters."

Fu Ying chatted, "The best mounts in Qiongqi Continent are still monster beasts. Many can travel thousands or even tens of thousands of miles a day. Unfortunately, it's not easy to get one. You need the help of the treasure 'Beast Taming Treasure' to tame monster beasts."