LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 558 - 550: Elite Hunter
Chapter 558: Chapter 550: Elite Hunter
The two injured individuals, one was in the latter stages of the Spirit Qi Realm, while the other had even reached the level of an Immortal Master.
Qin Niu’s target was that middle-aged man in the latter stages of the Spirit Qi Realm.
This person was short in stature with a sleazy face.
Earlier, during the scuffle between Qin Niu and Mazzi, if either Qin Niu or Mazzi were injured, or if a flaw was exposed during the fight, this person might have suddenly struck with a deadly blow.
However, man’s plans are inferior to those of heaven; he didn’t find an opportunity to capitalize on the situation but instead got injured by the explosion.
Pick the soft persimmons to pinch.
This person’s cultivation level was a full major realm weaker than Qin Niu’s, and now he was also seriously injured – if not him, then who else would Qin Niu kill?
Qin Niu immediately turned around and approached this person.
At the same time, Green Demon Bees and Shadow Fire Bees were mobilized.
Mazzi’s self-destruction had just killed several of Qin Niu’s Shadow Fire Bees. However, this loss was negligible for Qin Niu.
Originally, his plan was to feed Mazzi’s corpse to the Green Demon Bees if he could kill Mazzi, in hopes of helping the Green Demon Bees advance to level ten quickly. But since his opponent had self-destructed, Qin Niu had to think of another way.
First, gather the three Immortal Ribbons and get through this challenge.
What Qin Niu did not expect was that the heavily injured Immortal Master actually made the first move.
With a single sword strike, he killed the man in the latter stages of the Spirit Qi Realm and snatched away the Immortal Ribbon.
Seeing how fierce this person was, Qin Niu immediately stopped in his tracks and recalled the poison bees that he had released. Despite being seriously injured in Mazzi’s self-destruction, this person’s combat strength was profoundly formidable.
Qin Niu was not sure he would come out on top if he approached now.
After the Immortal Master killed the short man with a sword, it seemed that he had expended a great deal of energy; his body kept swaying, looking like he might collapse at any moment.
It seemed as if he was at the end of his strength.
Qin Niu had been ready to give up on this target, but seeing the Immortal Master’s weakness, he immediately contemplated killing the man and seizing the Immortal Ribbons. However, after just a few steps forward and a careful observation, he still noticed something amiss.
The Immortal Master appeared to be an old man in his fifties, with grey hair and a lean figure.
Logically, with such severe injuries, even if he did not fall, he should at least be sitting on the ground to rest.
Yet, the old man leaned on his sword, his body continuously shaking, but he never sat down.
Moreover, Qin Niu had a strong intuition of extreme danger emanating from this person.
He had always trusted his intuitions.
An Immortal Master, despite being gravely injured, still posed an extreme danger to him. Either the man possessed a powerful trump card, or his injuries were feigned.
The most elite hunters often appeared in the guise of prey.
The sword strike that killed the short man earlier was quite decisive.
With these premonitions, Qin Niu decisively chose to wait and see, not rushing to take action.
If the risk was too high, he would give up decisively.
He could control his greed, but that did not mean others could as well.
The Immortal Master who had suffered minor injuries unexpectedly returned, this time with a clear target – the heavily injured old man.
Because the old man already possessed two Immortal Ribbons. If he was killed, one could immediately pass through the Second Immortal Gate.
This temptation was too much for most to resist.
The lightly injured Immortal Master possessed profound Step-Method Martial Skills. Earlier, it was by relying on this set of skills that he sped away from the center of the explosion, thus avoiding a worse fate.
In the blink of an eye, he was already behind the old man.
The old man appeared grievously injured and tottering on the brink of collapse, seemingly unaware even when someone approached him from behind.
“Die!”
The lightly injured Immortal Master, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, very young, struck with extreme ruthlessness.
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He kept silent, gripping a short sword, preparing for a stealth attack.
This was also to prevent the old man from detecting him.
He even refrained from channeling his cultivation power to activate the short sword in advance.
Just then, an unexpected change occurred.
The severely injured old man, who seemed on the verge of collapse at any moment, incredibly dodged the sword strike and, with extreme ferocity, counterattacked the assailant. His return blow was just as clean and decisive, beheading with a single stroke, without any fanciful maneuvers.
Qin Niu could clearly see that when the old man swung his sword, it was as though he could control the entire area.
The Immortal Master, who had only suffered minor injuries, tried to block and dodge the old man’s sword strike, but his body seemed to be bound by an invisible force, unable to move. Even the expressions of terror and panic on his face did not fully appear until after his head had fallen to the ground.
It appeared that in the face of the old man’s sword technique, his reactions were incredibly sluggish.
Such a bizarre situation caused Qin Niu to break out in a cold sweat.
If he had made his move just now, he most likely would have become the prey.
After the old man seized another Immortal Badge, his body was enveloped in a white light, and then he disappeared without a trace.
If Qin Niu wasn’t mistaken, the old man had passed the second trial.
After collecting three Immortal Badges, one would automatically be transported out by the Immortal Gate.
“I need to figure out a way to obtain another Immortal Badge.”
After witnessing the bloody struggle, Qin Niu couldn’t help but worry about Xiao Qing.
She was only at the Spirit Qi Realm and cultivated a technique that was not proficient in combat, which was far too dangerous in this place.
He hoped that she would give up directly and not enter the Second Immortal Gate.
Qin Niu remembered seeing a rainbow light up ahead. Instinctively, he looked up in that direction, only to find that the light had disappeared. It seemed that the strand of Immortal Qi there had already been successfully refined by someone else.
He had no choice but to change direction and search elsewhere for targets.
Whether he encountered Immortal Qi or other challengers weaker than himself, he would attack without hesitation.
Now he just hoped to break through as quickly as possible.
The longer he stayed inside, the more dangerous his situation became.
Both the Nine Insects Gang Leader and the Immortal Master surnamed Mo from the Fire Cloud Tunnel wished to kill Qin Niu. If he ran into these people, he couldn’t avoid a fierce battle.
The Fire Cloud Tunnel was incredibly powerful, and Qin Niu had no desire to face them head-on.
As he pressed on, he spotted a faint rainbow light not far ahead to the right, and his heart leaped with joy. Good fortune was on his side; it was very likely another strand of Immortal Qi.
Its rainbow light was weak, and it was very close to Qin Niu, suggesting that it might be an undiscovered strand of Immortal Qi.
Qin Niu sped up towards that direction.
In the blink of an eye, he reached the source of the light. There, a hair-thin wisp of five-colored Qi floated quietly three feet above the ground, exuding liveliness and emitting faint rainbow light.
“So this is Immortal Qi, it looks quite advanced. I wonder how to refine it?”
Qin Niu took precaution as he reached out for the Immortal Qi.
The moment his hand touched the Immortal Qi, it reacted like a startled wild ox, struggling to fly away, bursting with intense multicolored light.
Instinctively, Qin Niu caught it firmly in his hand, then channeled the cultivation power within his body towards the Immortal Qi, enveloping and rapidly refining it.
Since the Immortal Qi was disturbed, it emitted an extremely intense rainbow light.
This would allow challengers far away to see it.
Soon there would be a large number of challengers rushing over.
Though the strand of Immortal Qi was as thin as a strand of hair, when refining it, his cultivation power felt like it encountered an invisible barrier, making it very difficult to advance.
Qin Niu couldn’t help but feel anxious.
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