I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 261 - 159: Gilded Earthwyrm (Part 3)
Chapter 261: Chapter 159: Gilded Earthwyrm (Part 3)
Let’s give up today.
Once we return to the city, our Liu family will certainly compensate Master Huang,” finally, Liu Zhengfeng spoke first.
“Big brother, this… after three years of effort… why don’t we let Master Huang try? If by any chance this beast has just advanced to the mid stage, perhaps it might not be very powerful,” another elder of the Liu family spoke reluctantly.
“Yes, Master Huang, why don’t you give it a try? What if…”
“Shut up! Master Huang promised us a Tier Three Junior Level demon beast. It’s our fault for not investigating thoroughly, and it has nothing to do with Master Huang,” Liu Zhengfeng declared righteously.
Li Jizhou did not react to their words, only sensing Liu Hongling’s aura.
What everyone failed to notice was that ever since Liu Hongling sensed the Gilded Earth Dragon Beast’s aura, her whole body had been trembling slightly.
Her eyes almost ignited with flames.
Looking at Li Jizhou’s back, her mouth opened and closed several times, but in the end, she bit her lip firmly.
“Thud!” Finally, she could no longer hold back.
“I beg Master Huang to take action. No matter the outcome, Hong Ling will serve as a slave and maid, and I will have no complaints!”
“Hong Ling!” An elder of the Liu family exclaimed in surprise.
Although Liu Hongling was not yet a Tier Three Earth Spirit Master, being a Tier Two Earth Spirit Master still granted her some status—how could she become a slave or maid?
Moreover, the Liu family was destined to be handed over to her.
But Liu Hongling, looking at the Gilded Earth Dragon Beast, was overwhelmed with guilt for failing her family through the years. She could no longer hold back.
“Patriarch, uncles, brothers, Hong Ling can wait no longer, nor can I bear to see you sacrificing for me. Just in this search for the beast, seven clan members have fallen. I can’t watch more clansmen die for me.” Liu Hongling knelt to the Liu family members.
Without waiting for a response, she knelt again in front of Li Jizhou.
She pulled out a small knife and cut her palm, pressing her bloody hand to her forehead: “I, Liu Hongling, hereby swear…”
She actually directly swore a blood oath to the heavens and earth.
“All of you, step back!”
Li Jizhou spoke no further.
The Liu family paused instantly.
Witnessing his calm demeanor, as if he had everything under control, a sliver of hope arose in their hearts.
“The Liu family thanks Master Huang!” Liu Zhengfeng immediately expressed his gratitude.
Liu Hongling also had a glimmer of light in her eyes.
After one last glance at the Gilded Earth Dragon Beast, now completely within the Imprisonment Array, the five Liu family members resolutely turned and retreated.
A moment later, Li Jizhou extended his spiritual sense, confirming that the Liu family had retreated a hundred miles away. He took a chessboard array from his storage bag and flew towards the Gilded Earth Dragon Beast.
Upon reaching a hundred-zhang distance, the chessboard array in his hand activated instantly.
A Tier Three Shielding Array instantly enveloped the area.
The Gilded Earth Dragon Beast sensing Li Jizhou’s aura turned to dive into the swamp but was blocked by the Imprisonment Array.
“Boom~” Facing the Tier Three Imprisonment Array set by the Liu family, the mid-Tier Three Gilded Earth Dragon Beast couldn’t escape without ten full efforts.
Li Jizhou leisurely released Ghost Shadow.
As Ghost Shadow appeared, the full force of its quasi-Fourth Tier aura erupted.
The Earth Dragon Beast, frantically attacking the Imprisonment Array, suddenly paused, its entire body trembling slightly.
The Half-Step Dragon Transformation Giant Snake Demon Core’s aura evidently had a strong bloodline suppression on the Earth Dragon Beast.
“Whoosh~” Ghost Shadow, wielding a spiritual artifact, dashed into the Imprisonment Array.
Compared to a swift puppet, Ghost Shadow wasn’t as fast, but it still moved rapidly for an early Tier Three mid-stage Earth Dragon Beast.
As it was just reacting, instinctively preparing to scare with a self-detonation of its Demon Core, an obscure aura circulated in Ghost Shadow’s eyes.
Suddenly, the Earth Dragon Beast felt as though the whole world around it came to a standstill.
Even its own flesh, blood meridians, magical power, and divine soul were all restrained, as if the whole world had paused at that moment.
Yet, to its horror, Ghost Shadow was already approaching step by step, and the spiritual artifact in its hand was slowly piercing the side of its Demon Core.
It could even feel the bone-eroding pain.
But it couldn’t move at all.
This despair, stemming from the soul…
———-
A hundred miles away,
“Ah, Hongling, how could you be so foolish? Too impulsive,” Liu Zhengfeng sighed heavily.
“Yes, Hongling, didn’t the Patriarch say enough just now? Couldn’t you understand?
It was a tactical retreat, to have Master Huang take action on his own. Although it was a bit different from the initially expected Tier Three Early Stage demon beast,
with Master Huang’s strength, even if unsuccessful in capturing, he wouldn’t be in danger. At worst, we try and, if unsuccessful, we leave, since we’re already here.
Yet, you… why the rush?
You are still too young!”
“And how could you make such a serious vow so casually? You are asking Master Huang to try, regardless of the outcome. What if he isn’t sincere and just puts on a show, how would we know?
Would you become his servant under such circumstances?”
“We understand your intentions and the pressure you are under, but you were too impulsive. Perhaps if you’d waited a moment, Master Huang would have tried himself, without needing such a vow.”
“In the most improbable case, if Master Huang indeed helps you advance to a Tier Three Earth Spirit Master, our Liu family agrees with your decision and will eternally remember Master Huang’s grace. But… how do we handle the current situation?”
The Liu family members all sighed over Liu Hongling’s earlier action.
“Perhaps Master Huang can truly capture that Earth Dragon Beast. Didn’t the Patriarch say earlier that Master Huang must be hiding his strength?” Liu Hongling took a deep breath and said.
Liu Zhengfeng’s face turned solemn, nodding, then shaking his head: “It is true that Master Huang is definitely hiding his strength, and that Earth Dragon Beast poses no threat to him. However, capturing alive and killing are two different matters… capturing a mid-Tier Three demon beast alive is too…”
“Too what?”
At that moment, Liu Zhengfeng was interrupted by a calm laughter.
“Bang!”
Immediately after, a five-zhang long Gilded Earth Dragon Beast was thrown before the Liu family members, still writhing in agony.
What else could it be if not the mid-Tier Three Earth Dragon Beast?
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