CHAPTER 868: CHAPTER 646: QIU NIU

Li Yi watched the Fire Beast wreaking havoc in the marketplace and didn’t take action, because he knew that in a place like Beihuai City, this Fire Beast, with its strength at the Earth Demon level, wouldn’t be able to wreak havoc for long. It was only a matter of time before it was subdued and slaughtered by someone.

The sudden outbreak of the Fire Beast required even experts to react before they could intervene.

Moreover, there were others like Li Yi who felt this matter had nothing to do with them. Unwilling to get involved, they pretended not to see and quickly left the marketplace.

After all, it was uncertain how much property damage the Fire Beast had caused to the Merchant Masters. Even if it was slaughtered, it wouldn’t be enough to compensate. If they inadvertently affected other Merchant Masters while taking action, it would be disastrous.

After repelling a group of warriors, the Fire Beast, driven by a strong survival instinct, abandoned the idea of fighting to the death. Instead, it roared once before choosing a direction to escape.

Along its path, fierce flames erupted, and a burnt stench filled the air.

Some Merchant Masters, unwilling to see their goods destroyed, shouted loudly, "Whoever can stop this Fire Beast, I am willing to offer a hundred gold."

As soon as these words were spoken, a warrior rushed out from the crowd the next moment, intending to use his sturdy body to halt the Fire Beast’s progress. But these warriors were clearly lacking in strength and were knocked aside by the Fire Beast, disappearing to who knows where.

"I am also willing to offer a hundred gold." Other Merchant Masters, unwilling for their goods to be affected, began placing bids.

In just a moment, over ten Merchant Masters offered a hundred gold each, and the bounty had already risen to over a thousand gold.

This amount of money was enough to tempt some powerful warriors.

In the next moment, a young warrior stood in front of the Fire Beast to block its path. Although this warrior appeared to be only around twenty, his body bore black marks that resembled some kind of totem, but in fact were the manifestation of bloodline power.

"A Divine Blood Warrior." Li Yi noticed the young warrior.

Undoubtedly, the opponent also possessed Divine Blood, but in terms of strength and concentration of Divine Blood, he couldn’t compare to the previous Dong Chong.

The young Divine Blood Warrior let out a loud roar and actually collided directly with the Fire Beast using his body.

The terrifying power was unleashed, like an iron hammer striking red-hot iron, sparking countless embers. Fierce flames spread with the shock wave, blowing away those nearby.

In that instant, the young Divine Blood Warrior displayed unparalleled strength, forcibly halting the rampaging Fire Beast with only his physical body.

Li Yi’s eyelids couldn’t help but twitch.

Such brute force. With that kind of power, wielding a weapon, he could have killed the Fire Beast with a single strike, yet he chose to wrestle with it instead.

But this young Divine Blood Warrior indeed overpowered the Fire Beast in strength. He raised his fist, wrapped in black light, and with the power of Divine Blood unleashed, shattered the Fire Beast’s scale armor with a punch, forcing it to retreat.

"A Divine Blood Warrior has made a move, finally someone can subdue the Fire Beast."

"Kill this Fire Beast, don’t let it cause any more trouble."

"Damn it, whose Fire Beast is this? Come out now, I want compensation for my losses, or I’ll chop off his head and hang it on the street."

However, at that moment, the injured Fire Beast suddenly erupted with formidable strength again, charging forward with its massive body, aiming its hooves at the young Divine Blood Warrior.

The young Divine Blood Warrior raised both hands, planning to withstand the Fire Beast’s strike.

Rumble!

In an instant, wind and fire raged, terrifying power was unleashed, causing the entire marketplace to tremble. The ground instantly turned into molten lava, and the young Divine Blood Warrior lost his balance and was directly stomped into the lava.

The searing lava was insufficient to scald the skin of this Divine Blood Warrior.

But the humiliation of defeat reddened the young man’s face with shame. Lost for a moment, he struggled to get up and forgot to counterattack.

The Fire Beast, seasoned in wilderness survival and combat, seized the opportunity to trample repeatedly, attempting to stomp him to death.

This young Divine Blood Warrior held out against several direct stomps, but even with his powerful physique, he couldn’t endure it, immediately coughing up blood. The black lines representing Divine Blood power on his body dimmed.

Clearly stronger than the Fire Beast, yet chose such a manner of combat, losing was indeed unjust.

Li Yi shook his head.

The warriors here had great strength but couldn’t unleash it. Even learning the Martial Arts of the Four Seas and Eight Continents would be impressive.

Seeing the Divine Blood Warrior in dire straits, no one stepped forward to help.

"Why aren’t the other warriors taking action?" Li Yi asked at that moment.

Beside him, E Ji said, "Da Yi, in battles between Divine Blood Warriors, ordinary warriors cannot intervene. It’s an insult to the Divine Blood Warriors. Even if others defeat the Fire Beast and save the Divine Blood Warrior, they will incur hostility from the Divine Blood Warrior."

Su Ji added, "Unless those who step in are other powerful Divine Blood Warriors like Da Yi."

Li Yi was slightly moved.

He didn’t expect such rules to exist.

But seeing the young warrior in the lava, severely wounded and coughing blood, Li Yi knew that if no action was taken, this person would die under the Fire Beast, and there was no sign of a third Divine Blood Warrior appearing in the marketplace.

No choice.

He felt he should be a good person this once.

"You all stay here, I’ll go rescue that young man." After Li Yi said this, he immediately rushed out from Xiangyun, merely unleashing his power, silver lightning intertwining around him, causing thunder to echo in the sky.

Such a commotion quickly attracted the attention of many.

"Silver lightning? Another Divine Blood Warrior."

"This Divine Blood Warrior’s aura is terrifying, and the Divine Blood is very concentrated. Could he be from the Divine Blood Lineage?"

"Finally, a powerful warrior has stepped forward to stop this turmoil. Too many have already died because of the Fire Beast; this cannot continue."

Amidst the discussions, Li Yi had already reached the top of the Fire Beast’s head.

The Dragon and Tiger Power erupted.

Li Yi stomped down on the head of the Fire Beast.

A terrifying force emerged instantly.

In the moment before, the rampaging Fire Beast let out a wail and slammed fiercely onto the ground, immediately suppressed, unable to move. The dreadful shockwaves swept out, causing the surrounding ground to tremble, and cracks constantly spread like fierce scars.

With just one blow.

The Fire Beast could no longer rise, and even the flames on its body were rapidly diminishing.

Without the Fire Beast’s attack, the young warrior in the magma finally rushed out. He was blood-stained, his body injured, with a hint of panic on his face, but more so with shame and anger.

He glanced around and finally his gaze fell on Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi with the Fire Beast underfoot, surrounded by intertwining silver lightning, he was momentarily stunned.

Clearly, he recognized too that Li Yi was also a Divine Blood Warrior, and far more powerful than himself.

"My name is Lian Zhen, thank you for your assistance," the young man said loudly.

"I am Da Yi. Your fighting is too immature. You were stronger than the Fire Beast, yet you failed to subdue it and were defeated instead. You should refine your skills well and not overly rely on the power of Divine Blood," Li Yi instructed, like a senior advising his junior.

"You are right. I will learn from this lesson and will not make such a mistake again," Lian Zhen replied respectfully without any trace of defiance.

Because from his perspective, Li Yi, also a Divine Blood Warrior, was much stronger and had saved his life; he should remember this debt of gratitude.

Seeing the other’s sincere attitude, Li Yi nodded slightly: "Go heal your wounds, I will handle this Fire Beast."

Lian Zhen said no more, remembering Da Yi’s name and appearance, then turned away in shame.

Failing in front of so many people as a Divine Blood Warrior was truly humiliating.

Li Yi then looked down at the Fire Beast beneath his feet, and as the flames on its body began to extinguish, he finally saw its appearance clearly.

Dragon head, ox body?

This wasn’t a Fire Beast, but the offspring of a True Dragon, with True Dragon blood in its veins.

He recalled records of mythical creatures on Earth.

This creature should be called: Qiu Niu.

"One of the Dragon Seeds?" Li Yi pondered internally, "On Earth, this would certainly be a mythical creature, but here, it’s merely seen as an unknown Fire Beast. It seems hybrids don’t fare well in this world."

Thinking of this, he did not hurry to kill the Qiu Niu but considered if he could tame it.

After all, the Niu Niu he had raised before, according to Zheng Lan, had gone to study, pursuing graduate studies. It was said that online it was called Professor Niu and had become utterly obsessed with learning.

Living in this Barbaric World for a while, raising another Niu Niu as a mount seemed like a good idea.

But first, he needed to find the Merchant Master behind this Qiu Niu.

This was someone else’s property, so he couldn’t just take it. It would be best to spend some gold to buy the Qiu Niu. If he could tame it, great; if not, he could kill it for meat.

Soon.

Seeing things had calmed down, a merchant covered in soot was brought over by other merchants.

"Merchant Chuan, is this Fire Beast your cargo?" the other merchants asked, leading him to identify the Fire Beast.

"Yes, it’s my cargo." Merchant Chuan, looking distressed, had no choice but to admit.

He knew that causing such a big disturbance would lead to untold compensation in gold.

"Are you willing to compensate for our losses in gold?" the other merchants asked again.

"Willing to compensate," Merchant Chuan conceded reluctantly.

If he didn’t, his head might be forfeit today.

The other merchants, seeing his willingness to compensate, calmed down quite a bit and then expressed their gratitude to Li Yi.

"Thank you, Divine Blood Warrior, for subduing the Fire Beast. We are willing to honor our promise and all the merchants together will give the warrior fifteen hundred gold." Then, one merchant, holding fifteen pieces of Red Gold, respectfully handed them to Li Yi.

Li Yi did not stand on ceremony, grabbing the gold through the air, then said, "Merchant Chuan, are you willing to sell your Fire Beast to me? How much gold?"

"No gold needed, I am willing to gift it to you," replied the sooty Merchant Chuan hastily.

"Alright, thank you for your generosity." Li Yi accepted without hesitation, and then placed the Fire Beast into his Five Elements Bracelet.

He would attempt taming it later.

Seeing the large Fire Beast disappear into thin air, the other merchants were taken aback.

But soon realized that the Divine Blood Warrior before them had a treasure that could store things within it, making items vanish into thin air.