Chapter 464: Slashing Down the Gargoyle
After briefly observing a second of silence for his sparring partner, Qi Han grinned and stepped forward to begin dissecting the Golden Silk Demonic Ape's corpse.
A ten-thousand-year Golden Silk Demonic Ape undergoes a qualitative transformation in its golden heart's blood. It nearly fills the entire heart, which was why, during battle, the golden glow in its chest had faintly shimmered outward.
Without a doubt, such heart's blood was far more precious.
"Meow~!"
With the battle between man and ape concluded, Pururu eagerly scampered over. Behind it followed Zhui Yun, carrying several thousand-year Golden Silk Demonic Ape corpses slung across its back.
During the three days Qi Han had sparred with the ten-thousand-year ape, he hadn't neglected his duties as a trainer.
Well… he wasn't actually a trainer.
Never mind.
After several days of coordinated fighting, Pururu and Zhui Yun—both thousand-year spirit beasts—had developed remarkable teamwork. Their combat experience had improved greatly. Now, each could independently handle spirit beasts around two to three thousand years in cultivation. Together, they could even briefly contend with those above five thousand years.
Their progress could only be described as astonishing.
"Pururu, Zhui Yun, we've struck it rich!" Qi Han carefully collected the ten-thousand-year ape's golden heart's blood, a smile spreading across his face.
This single portion alone would likely sell for ten thousand gold coins.
Add in the various spirit beast materials gathered over the past five days, and he was close to one hundred thousand gold coins.
Prices on the Sun Moon Continent were similar to those on the Douluo Continent. That meant with one hundred thousand gold coins, Qi Han could already purchase a storefront and begin operating.
It might not be enough for a venue like Moonlight Pavilion, but a shop comparable to his original Shrek Han Shi would be entirely feasible.
Qi Han intended to keep a low profile—lie low for a month, earn one million gold coins, and then make a clean getaway. So there was no need for anything too extravagant.
Modest would do just fine.
After storing away the golden heart's blood, Qi Han glanced toward the treetops, where the remaining Golden Silk Demonic Apes hid, casting fearful glances his way. He grinned.
"Relax. I won't bully you anymore."
In just five short days, he and his spirit beast companions had reduced their population by nearly ten percent. Any further and it might seriously impact the local breeding balance.
After extracting the heart's blood from the several thousand-year apes Zhui Yun carried, Qi Han leapt lightly onto Zhui Yun's back, cradled Pururu in his arms, and headed back the way he had come.
Next, he would find a nearby place to sell these materials, then head straight for Mingdu City to open his shop.
…
"ROAR!"
A savage beastly howl echoed across the barren ridgeline as a young man and woman fled desperately.
They were Qi Sen and Meng Yun, students from the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Engineer Academy, who had come to the Jing Yang Mountain Range to hunt for a spirit ring.
Behind them pursued a massive spirit beast, its entire body the pale gray-white of marble. Its broad wings stretched six or seven meters across. Within its muscular frame lurked immense strength. Fragments of broken armor clung to its body, and a thick, powerful tail lashed behind it as it chased them relentlessly.
The beast looked like a stone statue brought to life—
A gargoyle.
This was a spirit beast unique to the Sun Moon Continent, known as a Gargoyle. Normally, it lay dormant like a stone statue. But once awakened, it would savagely hunt down every living creature in sight.
Behind Qi Sen and Meng Yun, mechanical wing-like flight spirit tools were fully deployed. With jets of compressed air blasting from their thrusters, the two sped low across the ground at tremendous speed. Yet the distance between them and the Gargoyle did not widen, instead, it was steadily shrinking.
Meng Yun's face was pale, tinged with despair.
The Gargoyle was precisely the spirit beast she had intended to hunt this time for her fourth spirit ring.
But the one she wanted was only around three thousand years in cultivation, not the ten-thousand-year Gargoyle now relentlessly chasing them!
Although a three-thousand-year spirit ring was somewhat modest for a fourth ring, within the Sun Moon Empire it was already considered quite decent. Meng Yun herself was not weak; with sufficient preparation, defeating such a Gargoyle would not have been difficult. And she had indeed prepared thoroughly.
However, just as they were about to finish off the three-thousand-year Gargoyle, the senior beside her insisted on showing off a Level 6 spirit tool his teacher had asked him to test. Unfortunately, the spirit tool malfunctioned. Its power output was scattered rather than focused, producing an enormous burst of noise.
That deafening noise awakened the Gargoyle now pursuing them.
And it was no ordinary ten-thousand-year Gargoyle. Judging by its massive size and the fragmented armor covering its body, its cultivation was likely close to twenty thousand years.
Although Meng Yun had managed, amid the chaos, to store the fallen three-thousand-year Gargoyle's spirit ring using a spirit ring collection device—preserving it for several days so her fourth ring was not immediately at risk—the immediate problem was surviving this two-ten-thousand-year Gargoyle's pursuit.
They had no way to escape it.
"Junior Meng, doesn't your teacher have any life-saving spirit tools for you?" Qi Sen's expression was grim as he spoke.
"No." Meng Yun shook her head faintly.
"…I see."
A flicker of struggle passed through Qi Sen's eyes. He glanced back at the Gargoyle, which had already drawn dangerously close and was opening its hideous maw toward them. Finally, a ruthless gleam surfaced in his gaze.
As a Fifth-Level Spirit Engineer, his speed was actually greater than Meng Yun's. If he flew at full power, he could roughly match the Gargoyle's speed. The reason it had nearly caught them was largely because Meng Yun was slowing him down.
But even if he flew at full speed, the Gargoyle would likely pursue him relentlessly. If he exhausted himself first, he would still face mortal danger, unless…
"Junior Meng, forgive me!"
He suddenly grabbed Meng Yun's arm and yanked her backward. Mid-flight, she lost her balance. Her speed faltered, and in that instant, the distance between her and the Gargoyle shrank to less than ten meters.
"Qi Sen!"
Disbelief and despair flooded Meng Yun's face.
She had known Qi Sen wasn't a good person, but she had still underestimated the depth of his malice.
Watching his figure accelerate away without hesitation, she instantly understood his plan. Her despair deepened.
So… this is where I die?
With a savage roar, the Gargoyle lunged, foul wind tearing toward her.
As the monstrous jaws grew larger before her eyes, Meng Yun felt despair mixed with unwillingness.
So ugly…
Am I really going to be eaten by something this hideous?
She slowly closed her eyes, waiting for death.
But just as her eyelids were about to shut completely, a streak of crimson light suddenly flashed before her.
A wave of terrifying heat swept past, forcing her eyes open again.
A blazing red blade arc—stretching forty to fifty meters—slashed sideways across her vision.
In an instant, the Gargoyle was cleaved cleanly in two.
Its grotesque expression froze forever as the shockwave from the blade finally arrived, whipping Meng Yun's short hair wildly around her face.
What… was that?
Meng Yun turned sharply.
Not far away, a handsome young man sat astride a horse-like spirit beast. In his hand he held a long blade. In his arms rested a cat.
He gave her a slight nod.
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