studiobondurri Chapter 947 is up to me.
Chapter 947 is up to me.
Nanzhou Holy Flame Island, in the Holy Flame Realm.
On Burial Soul Mountain, in a huge rocky cave, lay a ferocious beast whose entire body was emitting black mist.
This beast has a black back and white belly, six thick limbs, and four fangs that are interlocked, each fang being a size thicker than Pan Chengfeng's thigh.
Not far from the cave, three heads peeked out from behind a rock.
The three were Pan Chengfeng and his group, who had been lingering in the vicinity for several days.
Over the past few days, the group observed the terrain nearby and familiarized themselves with the daily routines of the Emperor Soul Beasts before arriving here.
Pan Chengfeng gestured with his chin and said, "Brother Nangong will lure it out in a bit, and Fairy Xueyou, you can prepare to meet it outside."
Xue You, who was looking at the gray light screen around her, was secretly surprised and said, "Just as he said, we are already close to the Emperor Soul Beast by 10,000 meters and we have not been detected!"
Xueyou had hunted this magical beast before. Not to mention 10,000 meters, even within 100,000 meters, the slightest fluctuation of magical power could not escape the perception of this magical beast.
Nangong Tian, who always thought highly of himself, felt like dying. How could he be asked to lure the Emperor Soul Beast!
Xueyou regained her composure and nodded slightly, saying, "I understand. Nangong Tian, you can go with peace of mind. I will take good care of you."
Nangong Tian's eye twitched, and he cursed inwardly, "What do you mean 'go ahead and relax'?! I get the feeling you all wish I were dead in there!"
Nangong Tian wanted to buy himself a chance, so he whispered, "Can't we just lure it out? Do I have to go in and deal with it?!"
Pan Chengfeng chuckled and said, "If we don't do it this way, how can we draw aggro? You have to make it chase after you and beat you up so that Fairy Xueyou has enough time to gather her magic power and unleash her ultimate move!"
"Why aren't you going!" Nangong Tian roared, "I seriously suspect you're using this as a pretext for personal revenge!"
Pan Chengfeng smirked and said, "Alright, I'll draw its fire, and the final blow is up to you!"
As he spoke, Pan Chengfeng pretended to get up to provoke others, but Nangong Tian grabbed Pan Chengfeng's wrist and said, "Forget it, forget it, I'll go. You'll have to deliver the final blow!"
Pan Chengfeng scoffed, "Enough with the nonsense. I'm warning you, if we don't handle this properly, we'll all be dead here, not to mention the Demon-Companion Grass!"
Nangong Tian gritted his teeth, steeled his resolve, and got up to go and provoke hatred.
Pan Chengfeng raised his hand to stop Nangong Tian, and presented him with a palm-sized, gleaming black armor, saying, "Put it on."
Nangong Tian immediately recognized that this treasure was extraordinary. He looked at Pan Chengfeng with suspicion and asked, "What are you doing? I have a protective robe. You should keep this top-grade spiritual treasure for yourself."
"You've been so kind, yet you've been so ungrateful!" Pan Chengfeng said reluctantly, "This is a damage reduction item! If it weren't for... never mind, I'd be reluctant to part with it even if you didn't want it!"
"Damage reduction?!" Nangong Tian exclaimed in shock, "This is Master Feng's work?!"
Pan Chengfeng said smugly, "It was my teacher who saved my life. Do you want it or not? It's settled then, you're only borrowing it temporarily. You have to return it to me immediately after this is over!"
Nangong Tian snatched the armor from him and chuckled, "You've got some conscience after all~"
It took Nangong Tian an hour to refine the armor slightly before he could put it on.
Touching the armor on his body, Nangong Tianxin was overjoyed and said, "With this, my chances of survival have increased by at least 30%! It truly is worthy of Master Feng's work!"
With everything prepared, Nangong Tian knew he couldn't avoid it, so he didn't hesitate any longer. Carrying a magical longsword, he quietly sneaked into the cave.
Inside the cave, a five-zhang-tall Emperor Soul Beast was sleeping, its snoring so loud it shook the entire cave.
Nangong Tian is no longer wrapped in his spiritual sense garment, since Pan Chengfeng's spiritual sense garment has a range limitation.
So he didn't dare make a sound, bending over and stooping, slowly approaching the Emperor Soul Beast step by step.
A distance of several hundred meters would normally be covered in an instant, but it took Nangong Tian half an hour to reach the Emperor Soul Beast's rear end.
Looking at the Emperor Soul Beast snoring on the ground, Nangong Tian swallowed hard and thought to himself, "Pan Chengfeng, if I die here, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!!"
"I'm going all out!" Nangong Tian gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, raised his longsword, and with a 'whoosh', stabbed it towards the Emperor Soul Beast's rear end!
With a 'plop!', the longsword sank halfway into the ground. Nangong Tian didn't bother to pull it out and ran away.
But after running for several dozen meters, they realized something was wrong; nothing had happened in the cave except for snoring.
Nangong Tian scratched his head, went back behind the Emperor Soul Beast, and muttered as he looked at the longsword that was halfway in, "Could it be that it wasn't inserted deep enough?"
This top-grade magic weapon, the Qingfeng Sword, is three feet and three inches long (about 1.1 meters). Inserting it halfway in, that is, to a depth of fifty centimeters, is acceptable.
Even at such a depth, the beast's hide hadn't been broken; one can imagine just how thick its fur must be.
Nangong Tian went to great lengths to sneak in and launch a sneak attack, all to attract hatred. What's going on now?
"There's no other way but to use more force and insert it a little deeper."
Nangong Tian gripped the longsword again and pushed it in with all his might, but even with all his strength, he couldn't push it in any further.
Nangong Tian also lost his temper. Since it couldn't be inserted, he would pull it out and try inserting it again!
"Let's do it!" Nangong Tian gripped the hilt of his sword and began to pull it outwards with all his might.
"Ugh... ugh... ugh... whoa... I refuse to believe it! If it can't go in, it can't be pulled out?!"
Nangong Tian was enraged. He kicked the Emperor Soul Beast in the rear, gripped his sword hilt with both hands, and hissed, "Come out here, you little brat!!"
Outside the cave, Xue You frowned and muttered softly, "What is Nangong Tian up to? Why has he been silent for so long?"
Hiding elsewhere, Pan Chengfeng scratched his head and muttered, "It's just going in to poke the Emperor Soul Beast's butt, right? How long has it been? Why is there still no movement?"
They never imagined that Nangong Tian, the number one genius of the Southern Continent, would have such weak physical strength, unable to even move the person lying down so they could stab him.
Inside the cave.
"Ugh...come out here!~~~"
Nangong Tianshuai's face was flushed red, showing that he had used all his strength, but the long sword was still stuck in the Emperor Soul Beast's butt without moving.
"Huff... huff... huff... I'm out of options. It's not that I don't want to stab it, it's just that I can't..."
Panting heavily, Nangong Tian muttered, "My physical strength is so weak. I really overlooked it before. After I get out, I need to find some precious medicines and cultivation techniques to strengthen my body."
Just as Nangong Tian was thinking about improving his physical strength, he suddenly sensed something... no, something very bad.
The snoring that had been shaking the entire cave had stopped sometime ago, and a pair of large, lantern-like eyes were staring intently at him.
Nangong Tian was sweating profusely, his legs trembling. At this moment, he didn't know whether he should continue to draw his sword or run away as soon as possible.
Being stared at like this by an eighth-tier magical beast, the pressure was something Nangong Tian had never felt before.
The Emperor Soul Beast was also puzzled. It was sleeping soundly when it suddenly felt something strange coming from its rear end, so it opened its eyes and turned its head to look behind it.
To my surprise, I saw a small insect sticking a toothpick in and out of its own rear end.
With a hiss, like the exhaust pipe of a race car, two plumes of white smoke shot out from the nostrils of the Emperor Soul Beast.
The Emperor Soul Beast was about to adjust its posture to see what this little bug was up to.
Unexpectedly, the moment it moved, the little insect unleashed a powerful surge of magical energy.
The Emperor Soul Beast sensed the cultivator's magical power fluctuations and immediately became enraged. It opened its huge mouth and let out a roar, raising its four arms to attack Nangong Tian.
"Karma Sky-Piercing Hand!!"
A gigantic lava hand struck the Emperor Soul Beast's chin from below.
With a loud 'bang!', the Emperor Soul Beast was staggered by Nangong Tian's sudden attack, taking a few steps back shakily before 'thumping' and sitting down hard on its backside.
"Awooo!" A shrill scream echoed through the cave, sending rocks flying everywhere.
Nangong Tian exclaimed in shock, "Could it be such a coincidence?!"
This enraged the Emperor Soul Beast. The stinging sensation in its rear reminded it of an experience from a few years ago.
It was also a human cultivator who attacked its rear end, causing it pain for several days.
Today, another human cultivator came to provoke it, attacking its rear end once again. This made the Emperor Soul Beast feel an unprecedented provocation!
With a loud 'bang!', the Emperor Soul Beast shattered the earth with its foot and stood up with a whoosh, its big eyes looking around.
Nangong Tian had already started running when the Emperor Soul Beast let out a wail, but he only ran to the cave entrance.
The Emperor Soul Beast spotted the fleeing little one at a glance, pushed off with its legs, and appeared in front of Nangong Tian in the blink of an eye.
The speed of the Emperor Soul Beast was beyond Nangong Tian's comprehension.
It can't even be described as fast; it's like it appeared out of thin air.
The Emperor Soul Beast's eyes were bloodshot as it raised its four limbs and arms, forcefully swinging them at Nangong Tian, who was fleeing.
Before the punch even landed, the force of the punch had already rendered Nangong Tian unable to move.
Nangong Tianhun flew away, secretly anxiously thinking, "Is this the oppressive feeling brought by absolute power?"
"I can't dodge it! If I get hit, I'm dead for sure!"
At the critical moment, a light and melodious voice rang out: "Frostbite - Freeze!!"
With a snap, the Emperor Soul Beast, which was throwing a punch, stopped in mid-air, and a layer of white frost formed on all four arms at the same time.
Nangong Tian was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Fairy Xueyou!"
"What are you standing there for? Run!"
Nangong Tian quickly flashed behind Xue You, cupped his hands, and said, "Thank you for saving my life, Fairy!"
"If you want to thank me, wait until this beast is killed. I'll take my leave now; the rest is up to you!"
Nangong Tian took a deep breath and said, "Alright, Fairy, please go ahead. Leave the rest to me!"