Chapter 14: Kill with One Sword

“Hm?”

The moment Bai Ling turned her head, she came face to face with the blue demonic beast.

“Boss!”

The chased demonic beast, as if seeing its savior, quickly hid behind the blue demonic beast.

“Miss, we did indeed offend you before, and I apologize for that. But—isn’t killing so many of my brothers enough for you? Must you drive us to extinction?”

The blue demonic beast’s eyes were filled with sorrow.

It knew it was no match for Bai Ling.

Therefore, before rushing here, it had already prepared to die.

“No, no, no, you’ve misunderstood!”

Bai Ling quickly waved her hands.

“I came to apologize to you all!”

“Apologize?”

The blue demonic beast looked at Bai Ling, its eyes full of suspicion.

“Apologize for what?”

“Um…”

Bai Ling rubbed her small hands, looking a bit embarrassed.

“I’m sorry, last time I was just a little scared, so I… In short, please accept my apology!”

After speaking, Bai Ling bowed deeply to the blue demonic beast.

???

What was this situation?

Evidently, Bai Ling’s actions had instantly dumbfounded the two demonic beasts.
The two of them stood there blankly, neither one speaking.

“You… are unwilling to accept my apology?”
Bai Ling bit her vermilion lips, her voice trembling slightly.

“Ah… ah?”

The two demonic beasts finally reacted and quickly spoke, “No, no, no! We accept, we accept!”

‘Are you kidding me? Who would dare not to accept?!’

“Really?”

Hearing this, Bai Ling jumped up from the ground in excitement.

“That’s great, the misunderstanding is resolved, that’s great…”

“But… miss,” the blue demonic beast asked curiously, “since you didn’t come to hunt us down, what are you all here for?”

“We’re here to…”

“Roar!”

Before she could finish, a low beastly roar came from the depths of the forest.

Following that, a yellow demonic beast came running towards Bai Ling in a panic.

“Boss, it’s bad! In the forest, there’s… there’s…”

“Speak slowly! What’s in the forest?!”

The blue demonic beast shook the yellow demonic beast’s body and asked anxiously.

“In the forest, there’s… a Nine-Winged Golden Lion King!”

The yellow demonic beast said with a trembling voice.

“What did you say?!”

Hearing this, the blue demonic beast’s face changed drastically.

“No wonder this forest is so rich in spirit herbs, yet there isn’t a single demonic beast. So they’ve all been eaten by this Nine-Winged Golden Lion King!”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King, a seventh-tier demonic beast.

It had an extremely strong sense of territory and an exceptionally brutal nature.

Among seventh-tier demonic beasts, the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King could be said to be nearly invincible.

Especially an adult Nine-Winged Golden Lion King, whose combat power could even be compared to a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator.

“Quick! You two take the brothers and leave immediately!”

The blue demonic beast pushed the demonic beast beside it and commanded anxiously.

“But… Boss, what about you?”

The yellow demonic beast asked hesitantly.

“Don’t worry about me! You guys go first!”
The blue demonic beast roared like a madman.

“I never thought this blue demonic beast would be such a man of character…”

Above the Star-Moon Forest, Lin Fan and Ye Qinghong were carefully observing Bai Ling’s every move.

“Master, the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King is no ordinary demonic beast. Are we really not going to go down and help?”

Ye Qinghong’s face was full of worry.

“No need,”

Lin Fan waved his hand dismissively.

“To deal with the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King, Ling’er alone is more than enough.”

“What?!”

Ye Qinghong was taken aback by Lin Fan’s words.

“Master, that’s a demonic beast comparable to the Heavenly Immortal Realm. Senior Sister Bai, she…”

‘Even if this Nine-Winged Golden Lion King isn’t an adult, it would still be a being comparable to the peak of the Earthly Immortal Realm. A Nascent Soul against an Earthly Immortal, no matter how you look at it, there’s no chance of winning, right?’

“Just watch.”

Lin Fan smiled faintly.

“Roar!”

Suddenly, accompanied by a deafening beastly roar, a massive body appeared before everyone.

“Trespassers on my territory, die!”

Appearing along with the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King were several disheveled figures.

“Boss, save us, Boss…”

“Let them go!”

Seeing his good brothers being stepped on by the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King, the blue demonic beast flew into a rage.

“Let them go?”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King snorted coldly, its eyes full of contempt.

“What do you think you are, to be worthy of telling this king what to do?”

With that, the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King picked up a demonic beast on the spot and viciously choked its neck.

Faced with this terrifying brute force, the poor demonic beast didn’t even make a sound before its breath was gone.

“Fourth Brother!”

Seeing this, the blue demonic beast trembled with anger.

“Why? Why?!”

“If we offended your territory, you could have just said so. Why resort to such a cruel hand?”

“You ask me why?”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King sounded as if it had heard something hilarious.

“I’ll tell you—there is no why!”

“In the Xianling Continent, strength is paramount. Here, the strong can do whatever they want, and the words of the strong are absolute truth!”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King said with great emotion.

“Indeed…”

Perhaps the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King’s words had struck a chord with Lin Fan, as he couldn’t help but agree.

“Hm? Master, what did you just say?”

Ye Qinghong frowned and asked with a suspicious tone.

Cough cough—

Only then did Lin Fan remember Ye Qinghong’s presence and immediately let out a dry cough.

“It’s… nothing, keep watching.”

“I say…”

Bai Ling, who was at the side, suddenly spoke up.

“How long has it been since you bathed, you thing? You stink of sour rot, it’s truly disgusting!”

After speaking, Bai Ling raised her hand to cover her nose, revealing an expression of extreme disgust.

“My dear great aunt!”

Bai Ling’s words had truly scared the blue demonic beast out of its wits.

“Don’t say it… don’t say it! If you keep talking, my brothers will all be dead!”

“Hm?”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King turned its head and glanced at Bai Ling in confusion.

“A lowly human ant at the Nascent Soul Realm dares to speak to this king like that? Interesting…”

“Since that’s the case—”

The Nine-Winged Golden Lion King licked its lips.

“Then I’ll send you on your way first!”

“Master, stop watching! If we keep watching, something is really going to happen to Senior Sister Bai!”

Feeling the terrifying pressure radiating from the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King, Ye Qinghong’s face changed drastically, and she shouted anxiously at Lin Fan.

“Something will indeed happen. But it won’t be Ling’er who’s in trouble, but rather…”

Boom!

Before Lin Fan could finish his sentence, the ground below suddenly shook.

Ye Qinghong looked down and saw the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King had completely collapsed onto the ground.

And its massive body had already been split in two.

Hiss—

Seeing such a shocking scene, Ye Qinghong couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.

“Th-th-this… Senior Sister Bai did this?!”

Lin Fan didn’t respond.

Although he had long guessed this would be the outcome, after witnessing the battle scene with his own eyes, Lin Fan’s body still couldn’t help but tremble.

“This demonic beast has no manners, spitting saliva everywhere and getting my clothes dirty…”

Bai Ling sheathed her sword and wiped the stains on her skirt.

The sudden turn of events had left all the demonic beasts present almost scared silly.
Especially the blue demonic beast next to Bai Ling, whose pupils were filled with deep shock.

“Um… sorry, I scared you…”

Bai Ling subconsciously scratched her head, revealing a shy expression.

“N-no problem, Lord Plague God…”

The blue demonic beast said, stammering.

“Hm? What did you call me?”

Bai Ling’s brow furrowed.

“Plague… ah, no, Senior… Boss!”

The blue demonic beast blurted out without thinking.

“Yes, Boss! From now on, you are my boss!”

“Boss, huh…”

Bai Ling held her chin, looking thoughtful.
“Well, it sounds alright. Then… would you be willing to do me a favor?”

“Boss, please speak! Through mountains of daggers and seas of fire, I will not hesitate!”
The blue demonic beast said with great emotion.

“It’s not that exaggerated…”

Bai Ling gently patted the blue demonic beast’s back.

“I’ve been learning alchemy recently and am in urgent need of a large amount of medicinal herbs, so…”

“Understood!”

Before Bai Ling could finish speaking, the blue demonic beast shouted, “You few, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and help Boss collect medicinal herbs!”

“Ah? Ah… yes!”

The group of demonic beasts finally reacted, quickly stood up, and rushed into the depths of the forest at an extremely fast speed.

“Let’s go down too.”

Lin Fan said, then led Ye Qinghong down to the ground.

“Master! Sister Qinghong!”

Bai Ling happily ran up to the two of them, joyfully showing off her achievement.

“Master, look! Ling’er took care of this big troublemaker all by herself. Isn’t that super awesome?”

“Ah… not bad, not bad…”

Lin Fan smiled a little awkwardly.

‘Master?!’

Hearing Bai Ling’s address to Lin Fan, the blue demonic beast’s heart was thrown into tumultuous waves.

‘Just Bai Ling’s strength alone is already terrifying enough. Her master… what kind of reclusive great power must he be?!’

“Master, why do I feel like… Senior Sister Bai’s realm has risen…”

Ye Qinghong asked Lin Fan, somewhat uncertainly.

“It’s normal,”

Lin Fan explained.

“The main way for top-tier demonic beasts to increase their cultivation is by absorbing the spiritual energy of other demonic beasts.”

“Therefore, the moment the Nine-Winged Golden Lion King was slain, the spiritual energy within its body was automatically absorbed by Ling’er.”

“So that’s how it is…”

Ye Qinghong clenched her fists.

“It seems I also need to hurry up and cultivate…”

Not long after, the few demonic beasts that went to look for medicinal herbs came running back.

“Boss, look! Is this enough!”

The few demonic beasts pushed a large pile of medicinal herbs in front of Bai Ling.

“Master, why don’t you… take a look?”

Although Bai Ling had eaten her fair share of wild medicinal herbs before transforming into a human, it was all just indiscriminate gluttony.

When it came to identifying medicinal herbs, Bai Ling was completely clueless.

“Alright, Master will take a look.”

With that, Lin Fan walked forward with his hands behind his back.

“Ice Cold Grass… Blazing Sun Flower… Seven-Colored Snow Lotus… not bad, truly not bad…”

Lin Fan silently inventoried them in his mind.

Suddenly, Lin Fan caught a glimpse of a particularly shaped medicinal herb out of the corner of his eye.

“This is?!”

Unable to restrain his curiosity, Lin Fan couldn’t help but step forward to inspect it.

After looking for about half a minute, the corner of Lin Fan’s mouth twitched, and his spirit instantly collapsed.

“Who did this? Who did this?!”