Chapter 467: Saving Shou Xie
Shou Xie had just reached 30 years old and did not want to die so young. He did come to the Devil Domain for Yu Caidie, but he also had a more important goal—to cultivate a devil taming technique. If he was successful, he would be able to control both devils and demons at the same time.
At that time, with a large number of demons and devils around him, not only would he be much stronger, he would also be able to start building the foundation for the Myriad Beast Sect to become a tier-7 organization.
This was Shou Xie"s ambition, a great ambition. Before even achieving his dream, he was going to be killed by these people. He grew distressed the more he thought about it. At his peak strength, few would want to provoke him. But since a few of his demonic beasts had been killed by the devil wind beasts, he only had a single four-winged mantis left.
To add salt to the wound, while fleeing the devil wind beasts with his last demonic beast, Yu Ziyi"s group had found him and started hunting him. In his moment of desperation, he begged for help instinctively upon seeing Xiang Shaoyun.
Of course, even if he did not beg, Xiang Shaoyun was still going to help him. After all, Xiang Shaoyun did not have a good opinion of the people in Yu Ziyi"s group. For him, killing more of them was equivalent to reducing Yu Caidie"s compet.i.tion. Before he could say anything, the pursuers had already sent a ma.s.sive bombardment toward both him and Shou Xie. Those people were actually trying to kill both of them.
"Very well," Xiang Shaoyun sneered and used his footwork technique to drift to the side with Shou Xie.
His footwork intent had improved recently, granting him a speed few in the King Realm could match. Thus, he was able to cleanly avoid the incoming attacks and save Shou Xie. After missing the first round of attacks, their opponents did not give up. They quickly changed their attack trajectory and sent even more attacks over.
Xiang Shaoyun kept dodging the attacks, and both him and Shou Xie remained untouched.
"Ghostrune kings, come out." Xiang Shaoyun no longer bothered hiding the ghostrunes and directly summoned several ghostrune kings out.
Shou Xie was given a fright when he saw the ghostrunes. He had no idea where they had come from, and he inwardly exclaimed, Does Xiang Shaoyun have a storage device capable of storing life?
Storage devices capable of storing life were not unheard of, but they were extremely rare and were something most people had only heard of in legends. The moment the ghostrune kings appeared, they started attacking with their soul attacks.
"Ahhhh!"
Before their opponents even knew what was happening, they felt an intense pain coming from their souls, causing them to wail in pain.
"Die!" Xiang Shaoyun tossed Shou Xie to the side and dashed forward like the wind. He formed a saber energy with his hand and chopped at his opponents" necks.
Instantly, three heads were sent flying. As for the final opponent, just as Xiang Shaoyun"s attack was about to arrive, he suddenly reacted and swung his weapon at Xiang Shaoyun. Fortunately, Xiang Shaoyun was able to activate his Six Goldplate Manual in time. Two layers of defensive barrier appeared and blocked the attack. But the impact of the attack still sent Xiang Shaoyun flying, giving the opponent a chance to slip away.
"Where do you think you are going?" Xiang Shaoyun started giving chase, his murderous intent thick.
He was sure that this person had an item capable of defending against soul injuries. Otherwise, he wouldn"t have been able to recover so quickly. That person got lucky as some devil wind beasts suddenly arrived and got in Xiang Shaoyun"s way. With the interruption, Xiang Shaoyun was forced to watch on as his opponent escaped.
Xiang Shaoyun summoned dozens of ghostrune kings and set them loose on the devil wind beasts. Although ghostrune kings mostly attacked through incorporeal soul attacks, one should never forget that they were also capable of bedazzlement attacks with their wings. The devil wind beasts sank into confusion, giving the ghostrune kings a chance to finish them off.
Xiang Shaoyun then ignored the devil wind beasts and returned to Shou Xie"s side. He asked, "Are you fine?"
Shou Xie offered no reply. Instead, he stared blankly at the ghostrune kings, disbelief in his eyes.
Xiang Shaoyun frowned and increased his voice, "If you are fine, I"m leaving."
Shou Xie grabbed Xiang Shaoyun"s hand and asked expectantly, "Wait, brother, wait, how have you subdued these ghostrunes? Do you possess a high-level devil taming technique?"
Xiang Shaoyun pulled his hand away and said, "What does that have anything to do with you?"
That was a sensitive question. After all, everyone had their own secrets, and Shou Xie"s question was too direct and improper since the two weren"t even close.
When Shou Xie saw Xiang Shaoyun"s displeased expression, he realized his slip of tongue. He laughed awkwardly and said, "Haha, my apologies, Young Master Xiang. I was too impatient. But I really didn"t mean any malice. In fact, I still need to thank you for saving my life!"
"There"s no need for that. Just leave. I am going to keep moving ahead," said Xiang Shaoyun with a wave of his hand.
Prior to this, the two had not spoken much to each other. Xiang Shaoyun had initially a.s.sumed that Shou Xie was someone of few words, but it would seem like that was not the case.
"Young Master Xiang, allow me to accompany you," offered Shou Xie.
"Can you even keep going in your current condition?" Xiang Shaoyun questioned.
"No worries! It"s just some light injuries! My mantis had blocked most of the attacks for me," said Shou Xie.
"With your current strength, you won"t be of much help if you come with me. It"s better if you just leave," said Xiang Shaoyun after a slight hesitation.
Shou Xie was also a genius among the young generation. However, his combat prowess was quite lacking, and that was the reason for Xiang Shaoyun to reach the conclusion that he should leave.
"No, Young Master Xiang, you can"t abandon me! I am following you for sure!" Shou Xie started acting like a shameless rogue.
He had to find out how Xiang Shaoyun was able to have those ghostrune kings under his control. Since Xiang Shaoyun was stronger than him, he couldn"t use force, and he could only hope that Xiang Shaoyun would voluntarily offer the information. And for that to happen, he had to earn Xiang Shaoyun"s trust, becoming his friend or even brother.
Shou Xie was a beast tamer capable of taming demonic beasts, but he had never tamed any devilish beasts before. He wished to learn more about that from Xiang Shaoyun.
Xiang Shaoyun could see that, and his heart turned cold as he thought, He is the same as the likes of Huo Xudong.
He then ignored Shou Xie and started heading deeper into the devil wind beast territory with the ghostrune kings. The number of devil wind beasts were supposed to increase the deeper he went, but he found that their numbers were actually reducing. Apart from the whistling sounds of wind, nothing else could be found when he went deeper.
"What is going on here?" Xiang Shaoyun could not understand what was happening. He further increased his speed and continued ahead. Meanwhile, at the depths of the valley, Yu Caidie and the others had already discovered the yin devil wind"s location.