120: Chapter 118 Battle with the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master 120: Chapter 118 Battle with the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master Even though the breakthrough in cultivation had considerably boosted Ye Zhen’s confidence, his scalp still tingled incessantly when he saw the dozen or so demon beasts gathered outside the cave, especially the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger beneath the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master.

Just half a month ago, a mid-grade Earth Rank Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger had killed three mid-stage Spirit Summoning practitioners and two early-stage Spirit Summoning existences before it was eliminated.

That was after those mid-stage Spirit Summoning existences, having been driven into a corner, fought desperately, mortally wounding the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger in the process.

And under the command of a Southern Barbarian Spirit Master, the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger would only be stronger.

“It’s the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog…”

Luluo pointed out a beast that looked like a dog with an incredibly large nose, her face pale.

Ye Zhen was also wondering, they had been so careful, how could they have been cornered by the Southern Barbarians?

Seeing the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog, he understood.

The Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog, a mid-grade Human Level demon beast, may not be strong in attack, but its nose is a thousand times more sensitive than that of an ordinary domestic dog, capable of tracking a scent for thousands of miles, making it an excellent aid in hunting and fighting for the Southern Barbarians.

In the team of Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners blocking their way, one of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner’s demon servants was a Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog!

A quick glance by Ye Zhen revealed four Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners and one Southern Barbarian Spirit Master.

The Southern Barbarians have a strict social hierarchy, and their strong members have distinctive marks that are easy to recognize.

The most common adornment among average Southern Barbarians is the bone hairpin they erect on their heads, which also distinguishes their status.

For example, Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners wear brilliant jade hairpins on their heads.

One jade hairpin signifies a Junior Spirit Master, equivalent to the early-stage Spirit Summoning Realm, two hairpins indicate an Intermediate Spirit Practitioner, on par with the mid-stage Spirit Summoning, and three represent an Advanced Spirit Master, with cultivation at the mid-stage or peak of Spirit Summoning.

Four jade hairpins signify a Junior Spirit Master; if someone has seven hairpins, that is an extremely terrifying Spirit Sovereign, and the more jade hairpins a Southern Barbarian has on their head, the higher their status and the stronger their strength.

Among the five Southern Barbarians present, the Spirit Master had four jade hairpins in his hair, and of the four Spirit Practitioners, two had one hairpin each, while the other two had two and three hairpins, respectively.

In other words, Ye Zhen and his companions were up against an existence from the Spirit Transformation Realm, one late-stage Spirit Summoning, one mid-stage Spirit Summoning, and two early-stage Spirit Summoning existences.

However, in most cases, a late-stage Spirit Summoning martial artist would not be able to defeat a Southern Barbarian Advanced Spirit Master.

Because a Southern Barbarian Advanced Spirit Master has at least three demon servants!

Like the current Southern Barbarian Spirit Master, he terrifyingly possessed four demon servants, and besides that mid-grade Earth Rank Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, the other three demon servants were all low-grade Earth Rank demon beasts.

A quick count revealed that the five Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators had brought with them thirteen demon beasts, with seven of them being Earth Rank, and the lowest-grade among the remaining six was that mid-grade Human Level Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog.

Luluo’s lips were dry, and she too was out of ideas at this point, her gaze turning to Ye Zhen, “Do you have any good plans?”

“No….”

“No?” Luluo’s face turned a shade paler.

At this point, the Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner riding on the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger started jabbering away.

At first listen, it was somewhat incomprehensible, but with careful attention, one could understand.

The languages of the various races on the True Profound Continent are roughly the same, though some regional slang is unavoidable.

“Those two women, I want them alive; the man, kill him…”

At the command of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master, the herd of beasts driven by these Southern Barbarians immediately became restless.

Hearing this, Luluo’s face trembled, and she abruptly turned her head to firmly say to Ye Zhen, “If we can’t fight our way out, use these two jade talismans to blast me and Little Yue to death.

We won’t put up any resistance.”

“Okay!”

Ye Zhen agreed thoroughly; he was from the Thirteen Counties of Northern Land, so he knew all too well how miserable a woman’s fate could be in the hands of the Southern Barbarians.

Being taken to feed their demon servants would be considered a merciful death.

Almost simultaneously, under the urging of five Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators, all the demon beasts except for the Ten Thousand Miles Wind Chasing Dog and the Protective Giant Python left by the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master, charged toward the cave entrance.

The Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger leapt high, and a meter-long Green Spirit Wind Blade bombarded Ye Zhen.

“Luluo, help me hold off the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger for a hundred breaths!”

Ye Zhen roared at almost the same time.

The instant he roared, whirlwinds of Heaven and Earth Primordial Power suddenly rose from nowhere.

Wind Cloud Sword Technique, first move, Wind Sweeps Away Clouds!

Boom!

A terrifying swirl of sword light, like lightning, charged at the high-level Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner.

Wherever the sword light passed, a Human-Level top-grade Demon Beast was immediately sliced into chunks.

It seemed like the advanced Spirit Practitioner was about to be killed by a single sword strike from Ye Zhen.

Just as the sword light was released, the face of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master changed drastically.

With an angry roar, without any visible movement, the Protective Giant Python, over thirty meters long, flicked its tail like lightning, blocking it in front of the advanced Spirit Practitioner.

Crack, crack, crack!

The five-meter-long tail of the Giant Python was instantly shredded by the sword light, causing immense pain that made the Giant Python roll on the ground and wail in agony.

And right when Ye Zhen’s sword light was cleaved, a Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beast pounced towards Ye Zhen, who had exhausted his energy and was supporting himself with his sword.

Even though his Cultivation had broken through to the True Essence Fifth Realm, using Wind Sweeps Away Clouds would drain all the True Yuan in Ye Zhen’s body.

Ignoring the approaching Demon Beast, Ye Zhen quickly consumed a drop of Primordial Spirit Jade Liquid.

The moment his depleted True Yuan began to recover, the Demon Beast’s claw, glinting with Spirit Light, viciously tore towards Ye Zhen’s neck.

Bang!

A burst of Spirit Light suddenly erupted around Ye Zhen, blocking the gaping maw of the Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beast.

That was the Protective Spirit Talisman Luluo had given Ye Zhen, capable of blocking a full-force blow from a Human-Level Peak Demon Beast, but not the attack of a Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beast.

It shattered instantaneously!

But it was enough.

The Protective Spirit Talisman had bought Ye Zhen a moment’s time, and that was all he needed.

Whoosh!

The Winter Plum Snowbreaker thrust out like lightning, from bottom to top, slicing the Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beast in half.

“Roar!”

The Southern Barbarian Spirit Master bellowed in rage as the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, which had been attacking Luluo, let out a fierce roar, leapt into the air, and turned to strike at Ye Zhen.

Almost simultaneously, Luluo’s dark green whip wrapped around the tiger’s paw like lightning, and with a tug amidst the flash of Spirit Light, she pulled the leaping Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger back to the ground.

Meanwhile, Luluo’s Spirit Talismans were thrown one after another without concern for cost, bombarding the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger.

It was thanks to the unreserved use of Spirit Talismans that Luluo was able to keep the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger at bay.

Otherwise, even with Luluo’s cultivation at the Peak of Spirit Summoning, she would not be a match for the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger.

At the same moment, Ye Zhen stepped out with the Chasing Star Step, and as he leaped high into the air, he executed the Bone-Piercing Winter Plum.

His powerful Divine Sense drove his Dantian madly, forcing out all the Spiritual Power transformed from the Primordial Spirit Jade Liquid he had just ingested, and together with the Low Grade Artifact, the Sky Crystal Sword, a sword Gang eight zhang long and cold as ice smashed down from the sky.

The Winter Plum Intent spread out at the same moment, the suddenly lowered temperature made all the Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators shiver.

The eight zhang long Sword Gang instantly transfixed the eyes of the five Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators, especially the one targeted, who was struck with absolute horror!

A Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beast and a Mid-level Spirit Practitioner who followed it, were both cleaved in half by Ye Zhen’s Sword Gang.

Almost at the same time, Ye Zhen’s figure leaped again, and the Bone-Piercing Winter Plum was executed once more.

The Southern Barbarian Spirit Master screamed in dismay, and not just the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, which was entangled with Luluo, but also his Protective Giant Python and two other demon servants, all converged to attack Ye Zhen.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Three flashes of Talisman Light exploded in front of the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, forcing it to change its trajectory and abandon its attack on Ye Zhen.

In the moment it changed direction, Luluo’s whip wrapped around it again.

Facing the combined assault of three Lower-grade Earth Level Demon Beasts, Ye Zhen’s sword momentum didn’t waver, and the eight zhang long Sword Gang from the Bone-Piercing Winter Plum struck squarely on the head of a Southern Barbarian Advanced Spirit Master.

Without surprise, the latter was split in half!

The Protective Gang Qi of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners, mostly being of the most primitive form, could not compare at all to the Martial Skills of a Martial Artist.

The moment the latter was cleaved in two by the sword, the attacks from the three demon servants of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Masters landed on Ye Zhen simultaneously.

The Southern Barbarian Spirit Master’s face lit up with joy, only to change drastically once more.

His body twisted strangely like a snake, and Ye Zhen dodged the critical points of the three demon servants’ attacks.

At the same time, his body shook as if struck by lightning.

The attacks from the three demon servants successively hit Ye Zhen.

First, Luluo’s Protective Spirit Talisman exploded, and then Ye Zhen’s Hundred Stacked True Qi fluctuated violently, especially with the giant python’s strike, which smashed the leaping Ye Zhen directly to the ground.

Ye Zhen’s Hundred Stacked True Qi was directly blasted open, and the residual force of the Spiritual Power surged into Ye Zhen’s body.

Pfft!

A sweetness filled his chest, and with a fierce spurt of fresh blood, Ye Zhen rolled with the momentum, his figure ghost-like as it flashed, and using the Chasing Star Step repeatedly, the heads of the remaining two Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners flew into the sky.

The combat power of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators was very strong, but their personal strength was relatively weak, especially without the protection of the Demon Beasts.

Moreover, Southern Barbarian Spirit Cultivators had a fatal weakness: if they were killed, the Divine Senses of the demon servants they controlled would also suffer heavy damage.

The Divine Senses of Demon Beasts were inherently weak, and when seriously injured, they would fall into a degree of confusion, turning their attacks very disorderly and even indiscriminate, greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.

Following the death of the four Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioners, the pressure on Ye Zhen’s side greatly diminished, especially with the death of their masters, several Demon Beasts became indistinguishable between friend and foe.

One of the Demon Beasts, a lower-grade Earth Level creature, even attacked the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, and the tiger tore it to shreds with a few swipes, giving Luluo a chance to catch her breath.

Hiss!

In shock, the remaining Southern Barbarian Spirit Master waved his wooden staff and emitted an extremely piercing screeching sound.

The next instant, deafening roars echoed, as the four demon servants of the Southern Barbarian Spirit Master became incredibly frenzied, their bodies exuding energy that began to rise wildly.

In the blink of an eye, the originally mid-grade Earth Rank Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger began to emit power fluctuations of an upper-grade Earth Level Demon Beast, and the other three lower-grade Earth Rank demon servants’ power surged steeply to mid-grade Earth Rank.

“Dare to kill my tribespeople, I swear I will throw you into the Ten Thousand Demon Cave to endure eternal torment!”

With a roar, the three demon servants, whose power surged to mid-grade Earth Rank, carrying terrifying surges of Spiritual Power, surrounded and attacked Ye Zhen from three directions.

At the same moment, that Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner also rippled with rings of blood-colored Spiritual Power, and the staff in his hand surged with Spirit Light, coordinating with the three demon servants to strike at Ye Zhen.

Even though a Southern Barbarian Spirit Master’s combat strength might not be strong, they were still beings of the Spirit Transformation Realm, definitely not to be underestimated.

Seeing this scene, Luluo’s complexion changed drastically, “Ye Zhen, be careful!”

In her urgent call, Luluo wanted to spring forward to help Ye Zhen, but she was tightly entangled by the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger.

Luluo, tightly bound by the Green Origin Purple Eyed Tiger, even had tears in her eyes.

She dared not imagine how Ye Zhen, who had just broken through to the True Essence Fifth Realm, could carve out a path to survive under the siege of three mid-grade Earth Rank Demon Beasts.

Even if she were to be in Ye Zhen’s place, it would be a certain death situation!

“Brother Ye Zhen, be careful!” Meng Xiaoyue, who had been protected by Luluo’s talisman formation, became so anxious that her True Essence started to burst out.

“Damn it, die!” The approaching Southern Barbarian Spirit Master roared furiously.

Surrounded by three beasts and one person, with life and death hanging by a thread, Ye Zhen, facing the attacking Southern Barbarian Spirit Master, actually smiled.

Baring a flash of cold, glinting teeth, a Profound Ice Sword Light Talisman suddenly appeared in his hand, and with a push of True Essence, a Profound Ice Sword Light of several dozen meters in length slashed down upon the head of the onrushing Southern Barbarian Spirit Master.

(To be continued.

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