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Since he managed to secure the job to guard this wall, he had naturally made preparations in advance.
The man was a distant disciple in the Ye family and had been sent to Changlong County’s prefecture as an informant long ago. When Ye Xifang finally entered the city, he made the move to contact him.
He immediately understood what He Xinfang meant, so he backed away and soon disappeared in the dark.
He Xinfang was secretly elated. Although it was embarrassing to seek help from a comrade, all Supreme Great Ancestors who came to Changlong County’s prefecture knew it was extremely important to work together before the disaster happened.
As compared to rogue cultivators, the Supreme Great Ancestors from aristocratic families knew better the meaning and the importance of cooperation.
Ou Yangming smiled strangely. “Brother Ye, let’s go together.”
He Xinfang was stunned for a while, and he even turned a little pale. He felt his head shake like a rattle drum when he responded without any hesitation, “Master Ou, you mustn’t.”
He was aware of how powerful Ou Yangming was. After all, the three Earthly Dragon Beasts, who everyone else was helpless against, killed themselves because of the young fellow’s Simulated Spiritual Fist.
Even so, He Xinfang dared not agree to let Ou Yangming help. If-even if it was a one-in-10,000 chance-Ou Yangming came to a bad end, He Xinfang would end tragically.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming waved his hand and jumped down from the top of the wall. While the other people shrieked with fear, he landed softly as though a pair of invisible hands supported him at the bottom.
Ou Yangming adopted the body technique that he secretly learned but combined it with his comprehension. It made him look elegant and graceful as if he was indeed a deity.
He Xinfang experienced a sudden blackout, but he quickly ordered in a hoarse voice, “Quickly sound the horn again to call for help!” Before his voice died away, he jumped off the wall. Nevertheless, the great ancestor dared not learn from Ou Yangming. He gently tapped the tip of his toes on the wall while he was in mid-air, to slowly disintegrate the strong falling force. As such, he seemed inferior to the young fellow be it in terms of speed or the visual impact.
Despite that, the soldiers at the top could not be bothered to admire them at all. They took the horn and sounded it as hard as they could.
The thunderous sound spread far and wide in a split second, where it alarmed numerous Supreme Great Ancestors.
On the other hand, Ni Yinghong was dumbfounded as she watched. Everything happened so quickly that she could not stop them in time. Seeing as how the others were panicking like ants on fire, she could not help but smile bitterly. ‘It’s such a huge misunderstanding! ‘Ah, Lil’ Ming, why didn’t you explain just now…
He Xinfang dashed forward regardless of the situation as soon as he landed. He was determined to catch up to Ou Yangming, but deep down he thought, ‘Little devil, even if you’re courting your death, please don’t do it in front of me! If you do, not only me but the whole He family will be affected too!’
Ou Yangming was more than just an ordinary blacksmith. His strength and hidden potential were remarkable and unimaginable. The young fellow guided 100 powerhouses to become Supreme Great Ancestors and was going to customize a weapon each for them. Most important, it was evident from his status as the consort that the imperial family and Her Royal Highness approved of him. Therefore, even if Ou Yangming wanted to die, he could only die after He Xinfang!
Having said that, He Xinfang suddenly realized that Ou Yangming was much faster than he imagined.
Moreover, the unknown, terrifying half-spirit beast seemed to have noticed Ou Yangming and He Xinfang too. It widened its large mouth and roared as it ran in their direction.
This time, He Xinfang was truly frightened out of his wits because he could see that the half-spirit beast’s target was Ou Yangming.
He Xinfang would not have been as horrified if he was the beast’s target instead!
With that, the Supreme Great Ancestor roared and reached for a thin urumi. Countless sparks filled the air when he wielded it.
The news spread swiftly at the top of the city wall. Almost within three breaths after the horn was sounded, several figures arrived.
They were Elder Universe, the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors, Fang Zhaoyang, and some other Supreme Great Ancestors from the prefecture. Of course, Li Xinfan and Deng Xiyuan were present too.
Even though the great ancestors from the prefecture managed to secure the tasks to guard the walls, the prefecture was home to Changlong County’s powerhouses, who could not be fully at ease. Hence, they were the first to arrive when there was a sign of trouble.
When the powerhouses looked in the distance, without needing to be briefed, they instantly noticed the shocking scene. Far away, a fearsome giant half-spirit beast was charging toward the city. Ou Yangming and He Xinfang braved themselves to confront the beast. It was clear from the reflections from the latter’s magic tools that the opponent was unfriendly.
“Oh no!”
Without further ado, Elder Universe and the powerhouses jumped off the wall.
They would not have acted so recklessly if someone else was involved in the fight, but they did not think twice because Ou Yangming was the one who would be in danger.
After all, Ou Yangming was one of the most important people in the prefecture.
If anything happened to him, their morale would be greatly affected, and the Supreme Great Ancestors from the capital might not help Changlong County anymore. “Grandfathers!” Ni Yinghong screamed, but the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors only turned to glance at her for a second before they left.
The young lady stomped her foot and put her hand on her forehead because she was completely speechless.
At the spur of the moment, she was moved because she sensed something.
When she turned to look, she noticed a lady, whose face was covered with a scarf, staring at her from a distance away. Ni Yinghong could see her face, but she had a feeling that the lady was an unusual beauty. Furthermore, the lady carried a noble yet indescribable bearing, and Ni Yinghong could not help but feel ashamed of her inferiority.
‘Who’s that?’ Ni Yinghong tensed up a little.
She was considered a God-favored daughter because she received a great education from a young age. Due to her aristocratic family’s 1,000-year inheritance, she was naturally noble, but the lady was superior to her.
The lady walked gracefully toward her and asked, “You’re Ni Yinghong?”
“Yes. You’re…” Ni Yinghong responded.
“He’s in danger, so why aren’t you going to save him?” The lady asked.
Ni Yinghong was slightly startled. When she turned to look at Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog, who were getting closer to each other, she curled her lips into a smile. “He’s not in danger at all, so why should I go?”
For some reason, she could tell who the lady was referring to.
The lady came to a sudden realization and remarked, “I see. You’re quite capable to be able to keep such a powerful half-spirit beast.”
Ni Yinghong furrowed her eyebrows and asked, “Who are you, miss?”
“I’m Wu Hanning.”
“Wu… Her Royal Highness?” Ni Yinghong was surprised. She was not as ill-informed as Ou Yangming, who was an orphan. She had never been to the capital, but she knew the famous figures over there. Besides, Wu Hanning was the most formidable God-favored daughter from the imperial family in the generation and was an outstanding figure who could protect the Humans. Ni Yinghong had heard so much about her that her ears were beginning to have calluses.
“That’s right.” Wu Hanning’s eyes were bright, and she had a strong fighting will. “Don’t you know who I am?”
“Of course I know who you are.” Ni Yinghong lowered her head. She did not doubt the lady’s identity because she could sense arrogance from her. A p
erson as arrogant as her would not be bothered to impersonate someone else no matter how noble the status was.
Wu Hanning fell silent for some time before she sighed. “You don’t know…”
Countless thoughts crossed Ni Yinghong’s head at that moment, and she found the princess strange. ‘Is something wrong with Her Highness? Is she trying to get me to solve a riddle?’
When Ni Yinghong looked up, she noticed that Wu Hanning had looked away. She quivered when she looked where the princess was looking
This was because she noticed that Wu Hanning was staring at Ou Yangming.
Ni Yinghong had an upsurge of emotions at that moment, and her feelings were so complicated that they were indescribable.
Below the city’s wall, Ou Yangming stopped abruptly. A roughly 10-meters long giant beast pounced on him with unparalleled momentum, which could shatter the Earth.
He Xinfang’s furious roar was heard before a sword-light passed by Ou Yangming and went for the big yellow dog.
Ou Yangming hesitated for a while, but he did not stop it. The big yellow dog sensed his thought right away. It squinted its eyes and lifted its paw to swing it at He Xinfang. “Pow…”
After a deafening sound was heard, He Xinfang flew backward, and the hand he used to hold his urumi trembled slightly.
This half-spirit beast was mighty.
However, the big yellow dog withdrew its paw as well and looked at the red trace of blood on it. After some time, it turned to roar furiously at Ou Yangming. ‘Magic tool-it’s a magic tool!’
Chapter 385 - Big Yellow’s Origin
Ou Yangming rubbed his ear and smiled bitterly. “Okay, okay, stop barking. I’ll make you one after we return to the city.”
The big yellow dog instantly showed its teeth happily. Nonetheless, apart from Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong, nobody could associate its smile with the word adorable.
He Xinfang landed with both legs and was about to attack again even though his essential Qi was billowing inside; he wanted to buy Ou Yangming time to perform the Simulated Spiritual Fist. Who knew, the great ancestor witnessed the fearsome giant beast and the young fellow communicating with each other, so he was baffled.
Ou Yangming cleared his throat and introduced, “Brother He, let me introduce you to my good brother, Big Yellow.”
The corner of He Xinfang’s mouth twitched.
Brother? Big Yellow?
‘I can’t believe Master Ou is brothers with such a frightening giant beast. He has a weird taste.’
Nevertheless, he later wondered, ‘How will I choose if I have such a powerful half-spirit beast by my side too?’
Several wind-piercing sounds were heard coming from behind as the Supreme Great Ancestors from the wall hurried over as fast as they could.
The big yellow dog recognized the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors right away, hence it barked with joy and wagged its tail to welcome them.
Ou Yangming watched with a smile at first, but he quickly noticed the killing intent from Ni Xuetian and the two other great ancestors. Seeing as the situation was unfavorable, the young fellow shouted, “Show mercy!” He knew the giant beast was the big yellow dog, but it was only because he devoured energies from the Earthly Dragon Beast’s flesh and blood with the dog and witnessed it grow twice as big as it used to be.
The Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors could definitely recognize the big yellow dog, but it would be too difficult for them to tell that the gigantic creature was the familiar dog.
Despite having yelled, Ou Yangming was a bit too late.
Sword-light, saber-light, and spear shadow!
The Supreme Great Ancestors wielded their weapons at the big yellow dog without mercy.
Big Yellow had just lunged at them excitedly, but it was immediately faced with many divine weapons and sharp tools.
Although there were not many magic tools, the attacks from the other Supreme Great Ancestors were not insignificant at all.
In its past state, even if the big yellow dog could survive the attacks, it would take a long time to recover from the severe injuries.
At this moment, the big yellow dog stopped in mid-air and dropped to the ground. A visible layer of yellow light was seen shining on its body.
“Bam!”
Once it landed on the ground, a thunderous sound was heard as though it was not a half-spirit beast but a giant rock similar to an Earthly Dragon Beast’s weight that had landed.
Following that, the weapons attacked it.
Even so, the crowd was appalled that the ordinary weapons and magic tools were blocked by the big yellow dog’s skin, which was covered in yellow light. In fact, the unstoppable magic tools could not penetrate its skin at all.
The people were shocked. The magic tools could harm Earthly Dragon Beasts, after all, but the strange creature managed to hinder them.
Big Yellow was certainly not one who would not fight back, but its attack was extremely simple. It avoided the direction where the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestor and Ou Yangming were at, then it crashed three great ancestors on the other side with his massive body. Putting aside everything else, if the big yellow dog crashed the Three Great Ancestors, they would be fraught with grim possibilities.
The three great ancestors were terrified, so they flashed and escaped backward as fast as they could. That said, the big yellow dog managed to whip its tail on one of them, by which the enormous power sent the great ancestor flying about 36 meters away.
When the elder fell hard to the ground, he spat out blood.
Ou Yangming’s face changed, and he yelled fiercely, “Big Yellow, stop!”
The big yellow dog was reluctant, but it still pinned its leg to the ground and glared at the other people angrily.
“Big Yellow?” Ni Xuetian was stunned and in disbelief.
Ni Jingshen and Ni Jingtong were dumbfounded too. They vaguely recognized the dog after they stared at it carefully, but they gasped and wondered, ‘Why did it suddenly grow so big?’
A small dog was definitely adorable, and a middle-sized dog was quite cute too, but if it was a big-sized dog, people would more or less be wary of it.
As for a dog that was as huge as Big Yellow…
The Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors felt chills when they looked at their comrade, who was whipped by the big yellow dog and spat blood.
On the other hand, the other Supreme Great Ancestors stopped and looked at each other. They were anxious and doubtful.
Ou Yangming ordered at once, “Quickly save him first!”
Ni Xuetian flashed to that powerhouse and briefly inspected him, then he sighed and said, “He’s fine.”
The great ancestor sat up and looked at the big yellow dog with lingering fear, then he questioned softly, “Brother Ni, is this your clan’s great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast?”
Big Yellow’s achievement of becoming a great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast in the Chaos Cave was not kept a secret, where the upper levels in the prefecture knew about it. Having said that, not all of them had seen the big yellow dog even though they were envious of it.
In actuality, they could not have recognized it this time even if they had seen it before.
Ni Xuetian replied to the great ancestor with a bitter smile, “Yes…”
The great ancestor looked deeply at Ni Xuetian and thought, ‘The Ni family will be safe for many years if a giant beast like this guards the clan. At the very least, the Ni family won’t have to worry about declining as long as it’s alive.’
“Woof.” The big yellow dog looked up and barked. It was saying, ‘I showed mercy, or he would’ve ended up worse than this.’
Ou Yangming approached it to pat its thigh. “Take a break, take a break…”
He later took a step forward and cupped his hands at the powerhouses. “Gentlemen, I’m sorry. This is my good friend, whos’ also the Ni family’s half-spirit-beast elder. Please forgive its offenses earlier.”
The other people force
d smiles on their faces. They had different thoughts as they sensed the big yellow dog’s mighty power, but they all kept quiet.
Nonetheless, they looked at the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors with resentment and thought, ‘The three of you were so enthusiastic when we attacked earlier. Why didn’t you inform us about it? You were simply leading us to your trap…”
Ni Jingshen defended himself and the two other Ni family’s great ancestors. “We didn’t lie to you on purpose; Big Yellow changed so much that we couldn’t recognize it at one glance!”
“How did it change?” Fang Zhaoyang scoffed and thought, ‘Nobody can forget such a monstrous dog.’
“Big Yellow’s body has grown at least four times, so it’ll only be weird if we could recognize it!” Ni Jingshen spread out his hands and explained.
Ou Yangming recalled that Big Yellow had grown much bigger when he left the prefecture to head to the capital; it could be compared with a horse. The big yellow dog’s size doubled after the young fellow returned from the capital, thus he was rather confounded, and he dared not recognize it. However, the dog got twice as large again after it devoured the Earthly Dragon Beast…
Indeed, anyone would keep a good distance away from something that was the merging of four horses.
Fang Zhaoyang was startled for some time before he smiled bitterly too.
Elder Universe had been keeping silent for some time, but he suddenly remarked, “Brother Ni, your half-spirit-beast elder’s strength is unordinary indeed. I’m afraid that it’s superior to the Earthly Dragon Beasts.”
Ou Yangming secretly praised the elder for having such an extraordinary eye.
The big yellow dog underwent a deeper change after it devoured energies from the Earthly Dragon Beast’s flesh and blood. It was not as simple as an increase in its body size, but mainly, it reached a greater height in terms of energy application.
Earlier on, Big Yellow released earth series energy and merged with its body, allowing its physical defensive ability to increase by a huge margin. As such, even magic tools could not hurt it at all. The skill had never been performed before this.
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