Chapter 514: Chapter 503: The Sword Cultivator Father
"No need for pleasantries, try my sword move first." Ye Qiu’s expression became serious, and the complex swordsmanship turned into an extremely ordinary move, with fierce Sword Qi and an overwhelming momentum.
Elder Shigu’s heart tightened, his expression darkening as if water could drip from it. He knew he had underestimated his opponent, unfortunately, even though the Unihorn Dragon had powerful defensive capabilities, its movements were relatively clumsy, and it was too late to dodge now.
"Roar..." After having a piece of its spiky flesh shaved off, the Unihorn Dragon roared angrily and in pain. Being an Earth Element spiritual beast, sharp earth spikes suddenly rose from underneath where Ye Qiu was standing.
His movements were exceptionally swift; the earth spikes missed their target, but Elder Shigu’s attack had already arrived.
When a Cultivator chooses to be an Artifact Refiner, Pill Refiner, or Beast Master, it doesn’t mean they stop cultivating their own offensive capabilities, it’s just that they have fewer moves compared to Sword Cultivators, Body Cultivators, and Magic Practitioners. But as a Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, even though Elder Shigu had fewer offensive methods, he was still a realm higher than Ye Qiu. With stronger momentum and more stored Spiritual Power, if he wanted to win, it had to be a swift battle.
Meanwhile, the Mutant Blazing Fire Ant also confronted the Poisonous Crocodile and the Poison Bee. Although both Beast Pets had higher cultivation than the Blazing Fire Ant, this was the Endless Desert— the Biome of the Blazing Fire Ant, so the two Beast Pets were temporarily at no advantage. However, like Ye Qiu, it was lower leveled, and it definitely couldn’t afford a prolonged battle.
Thus, both the man and the ant increased their attack speed, aiming to quickly resolve the battle. Little Golden Crow was watching from above, observing the situation to extend help if any danger arose.
But some people just have a penchant for courting death. Seeing themselves unoccupied, the man in green and the man in grey robes set their sights on Little Golden Crow, thinking that although this Little Red Bird wasn’t a ranked spiritual beast, it was, after all, the pet of Lonely Swallow Sword Lord. If captured, it would make a splendid boast once they got out.
And perhaps because these two had often engaged in stealthy deeds, even facing what they thought was an unranked Spiritual Pet, they still chose a sneaky back attack. Holding a Beast Capturing Net, they cooperated closely and threw it over Little Golden Crow.
"Chirp..." Little Golden Crow let out a mocking cry, spitting out a fine flame from its small beak, burning the Beast Capturing Net to ashes in an instant.
The two men were dumbfounded, thinking their Beast Capturing Net was some shoddy counterfeit.
"Chirp chirp..." Little Golden Crow knew that these two were the bane of the Mutant Blazing Fire Ant, deciding to spare them momentarily and leave them to the Blazing Fire Ant for later handling. However, daring to try to capture it, it wasn’t going to let them off easily.
"Ah!" Not knowing what Little Golden Crow did, the two men cried out in pain, showing scorched marks on their exposed skin. They writhed in agony on the ground, but their master, Elder Shigu, only glanced at them before ignoring them further.
A spiritual beast is a spiritual beast, especially an Unihorn Dragon, a defense-oriented but not very bright creature. Ye Qiu’s agile Sword Qi had already left many wounds on its body, and the spiky flesh on its surface was nearly sheared flat, but it still couldn’t be killed immediately.
Seeing his favored beast wounded, Elder Shigu felt extremely distressed, wishing he could flay Ye Qiu alive.
"You must die!" He spoke ominously, and by his tone, it was apparent that disciples and Beast Pets were not treated on the same level; no wonder so many of his previous disciples had died. In critical moments, it seemed the disciples could be sacrificed.
"Master, save me... save me..." the man in green wailed in agony.
"Master, this Little Red Bird is strange, kill it quickly." The man in the grey robe thought more than his fellow disciple, his inner fear even greater.
However, Elder Shigu did not respond to them, continuing his moves one after another against Ye Qiu.
As time ticked by, the tide of battle at the Mutant Blazing Fire Ant’s side gradually began to wane. Seeing this, Elder Shigu laughed excitedly: "Become my spiritual beast, Blazing Fire Ant. No one can save you."
The Blazing Fire Ant did not respond, but soon, rustling crawling sounds could be heard from afar—it turned out to be a group of low-level Blazing Fire Ants.
These Blazing Fire Ants seemed to feel no pain at all, climbing onto the Poisonous Crocodile’s body regardless of life or death, even if they were poisoned to death they did not retreat.
Elder Shigu saw this and became even more interested, generally speaking, even if Blazing Fire Ants reach Nascent Soul, they can only command a small group of low-level Blazing Fire Ants, and those low-level Blazing Fire Ants have their own thoughts and would never easily rush to their deaths. However, this one was clearly different, its level was obviously higher, and the low-level Blazing Fire Ants obeyed its commands more.
If it became his spiritual pet, what position of Sect Leader couldn’t he obtain?
However, all of this was nothing but a dream. After fighting for half a day, Ye Qiu finally set up the Sword Array, and Elder Shigu had never noticed it from start to finish, even thinking that Ye Qiu’s title of Lonely Swallow Sword Lord was just for show.
But he didn’t consider that being hailed as the number one Sword Dao person in the Xuanyuan Realm at the early stage of Nascent Soul wasn’t without reason, how could he have won against those who challenged him without some real skills?
From the beginning, although Ye Qiu’s sword moves seemed chaotic, they actually had a pattern, because he was setting up the formation.
The Unihorn Dragon was tough and resilient, and Elder Shigu’s moves were cunning; without some strategizing, it was really difficult to win for a while.
"It’s over." Ye Qiu said with a light smile, and in an instant, multiple swords were launched, trapping both the Unihorn Dragon and Elder Shigu within the array. The fierce Sword Qi swept towards them in an attack.
"Roar..." The Sword Qi pierced through the chest and abdomen of the Unihorn Dragon, which let out its final roar.
Elder Shigu was in a panic, but there was nowhere to hide, and streaks of Sword Qi pierced through his Dantian.
"Uh..." Elder Shigu died with his eyes wide open, his small eyes opened to their fullest in the moment of death.
"Master..." Upon seeing Elder Shigu fall, his two disciples cried out in mourning, not for him, but for themselves, because with Elder Shigu’s death, there was no one left to save them.
After setting up that Sword Array, Ye Qiu experienced symptoms of Spiritual Power exhaustion in his body. He walked over, took the Shariputra, and then sat on a cushion to heal.
Hm?
Ye Qiu’s eyes widened in delight; sitting on this cushion seemed to clear his mind a bit and the Spiritual Energy felt purer.
What a great item!
However, just as he was feeling joyful, a burst of bright light rushed out from Elder Shigu’s body toward him.
Ye Qiu reacted swiftly, covering himself with the Merfolk Silk, then gave a profound and unfathomable smile: "I’ve been on guard, just waiting for you to come out."
It turns out that although the sword had pierced his Dantian, for some reason the Nascent Soul did not die. Ye Qiu had already sensed the anomaly, thinking that if Elder Shigu was just going to let it go, he wouldn’t mind sparing his life, but since he was so greedy and vengeful even in death?
Then he might as well completely disappear from this world.
Ye Qiu took drastic action, and Elder Shigu’s Nascent Soul let out a shrill cry, then completely vanished into ashes.