I Am Overlord c1-962
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Inwardly, Elder Zhen Peng was yelling miserably, Young master, if you don't want the Demon King, you can still subdue it and make it my mount, right? I will absolutely welcome him to my side!
Zi Changhe also shared Elder Zhen Peng's thoughts. Although he already had the elder wolf as a mount, the lightning condor king was much more powerful.
"Where is Little White?" asked Xiang Shaoyun when he did not see Little White around.
"He was still by my side when you went to gather the lightning, but shortly after, he went missing and still hasn't returned," Zi Changhe said guiltily.
"What an unruly kid. Looks like he is unwilling to stay idle and must have gone to grow strong himself as well," Xiang Shaoyun said nonchalantly, not putting any blame on Zi Changhe at all.
Little White had swallowed a demonic core and a tiger tooth, and he had also been fed a large number of old medicines and spirit medicines. He was already an Intermediate Demon, and he would be safe so long as he remained careful in the forest. More importantly, Little White had an extraordinary bloodline. Even if he encountered a demonic beast stronger than him, it was likely that the beast would not easily attack him.
"Should we wait for him, then?" Elder Zhen Peng asked.
Xiang Shaoyun said, "Since I have grown somewhat stronger, I will wait here. Both of you can return first." He paused and gave Zi Changhe a stalk of lightning transformation grass before saying, "Senior brother, take this. It might be helpful for you."
This was the low-grade lightning transformation grass Xiang Shaoyun had gotten from the lightning condor king. Zi Changhe cultivated the power of lightning. The lightning transformation grass would help weaken the destructiveness of lightning so as to help him better absorb lightning energy when cultivating.
"Ok. I have been searching for one of these for a long time, but in the end, you are the one to have found it for me," Zi Changhe said in excitement.
"Wait, young master, you have grown that much? You're now at the seventh stage!" Elder Zhen Peng cried out in alarm when he finally noticed the change.
Apart from the growth in Xiang Shaoyun's cultivation, Elder Zhen Peng also noticed the transformation of Xiang Shaoyun's body. He seemed like a completely new person, his skin sleek and tender yet robust. Even his presence felt much stronger.
Hearing his exclamation, Zi Changhe also studied Xiang Shaoyun. Shock filled his eyes. It had only been half a month since they last saw him. Increasing three stages in half a month was a speed so fast it was unimaginable.
"It's nothing worth mentioning. I am still stuck in the Astral Realm. Some powerful organizations have geniuses capable of reaching the King Realm at my age," Xiang Shaoyun said grimly. He was not lying. There were indeed King Realm cultivators his age.
Elder Zhen Peng and Zi Changhe were once again shocked speechless. It was also now that they finally had an inkling that Xiang Shaoyun was one who viewed the world from a completely different height from them.
Soon, both Elder Zhen Peng and Zi Changhe left.
"Well, since there is still a little bit of time, I'll properly temper my new strength," Xiang Shaoyun muttered. His cultivation level had increased, but he also needed to have a combat prowess matching his cultivation level.
He started striding toward a certain direction, his target the exit of the Hundred Beast Mountain Range. He wanted to leave this place relying on his own strength. When he came, Elder Zhen Pen had escorted him. Now, he wanted to rely on his own strength and fight his way out.
The moment he left the lightning condor's territory, demonic beasts attacked him. The demonic beasts in this part of the mountain range were not weak at all. They were at least Intermediate Demons, and Great Demons were aplenty as well.
Xiang Shaoyun did not dare to be careless as he advanced cautiously and quickly killed each demonic beast he encountered. Before long, a Great Demon blocked his path.
"Roar! Roar!"
It was a two-headed black canine, and it was a second-stage Great Demon. The two pairs of sinister canine eyes were glaring at Xiang Shaoyun as the beast bared its fangs. Its body, as sturdy as a cow's, was currently charging straight at Xiang Shaoyun.
A second-stage Great Demon was equivalent to a second-stage Transformation Realm human. And in terms of actual combat prowess, a second-stage Great Demon was comparable to a third-stage Transformation Realm human.
Any other Astral Realm cultivator meeting a Great Demon like this would have no choice but to flee. But Xiang Shaoyun did not do so. Rather, he strode forth to meet the beast. If others saw, they would think this young man had gone crazy. A seventh-stage Astral Realm cultivator battling a second-stage Great Demon was no different than suicide.
"Kill!" Xiang Shaoyun's battle intent surged as he advanced with his Lightning Spear.
Lightning Spear Technique!
Like a bolt of lightning, he dashed forward and stabbed forth with his spear. Strains of lightning immediately surfaced on his spear, flowed to the tip, then shot out in the form of a lightning bolt.
This was an attack far beyond what a seventh-stage Astral Realm cultivator should be able to unleash. In fact, this was an attack one normally needed to reach peak Astral Realm before they could unleash.
The two-headed black canine was much stronger than Xiang Shaoyun. It spat out a clump of black energy that transformed into a black ball. The black ball smashed down upon Xiang Shaoyun's lightning attack, completely shattering it.
The black ball continued rushing forward and arrived before Xiang Shaoyun in the blink of an eye. Xiang Shaoyun moved to the side, dodged the attack, and leaned against a tree. He then kicked the tree and darted toward the two-headed black canine.
But the two-headed black canine also reacted quickly. It roared before leaping, and it dodged Xiang Shaoyun's approaching spear before pouncing at Xiang Shaoyun. It clawed at Xiang Shaoyun with incredibly sharp claws. The claws were filled with an overbearing power capable of tearing even stones apart.
As of this moment, Xiang Shaoyun was still midair. It would thus be hard for him to dodge the attack. With no other option, he shielded his chest with the Lightning Spear to defend against the attack.
Clang!
The attack landed, creating a large amount of sparks, and it actually broke the Lightning spear in half! Part of the attack also reached Xiang Shaoyun, but fortunately, only his cloth was torn and he himself was uninjured.
With his cloth torn, the inner armor he was wearing was revealed. This was no regular inner armor. Rather, it was a king-grade inner armor. This was something he had received from the old drunkard, but he had never used it before now.
But after the lightning gathering incident, he had no choice but to be even more careful. Thus, he decided to put the armor to use. After all, nothing was more important than protecting his life.
Because of that, he was completely unhurt by the two-headed black canine's attack. In fact, after the attack landed, an opening appeared for him to attack.
Star Destroying Finger!
Before Xiang Shaoyun landed on the ground, his finger shot forward toward the two-headed black canine.
Bang!
The Star Destroying Finger launched a beam of purple lightning energy that arrived before one of the two-headed black canine's heads in the blink of an eye. The two-headed black canine was unable to react in time, and thus the attack struck it, causing it to yell in pain.
It was only now that Xiang Shaoyun finally landed on the ground. But as soon as his foot touched the ground, he dashed forward. At the same time, he pulled back his clenched fist. Purple electrical currents danced all over his body, and as he punched out, all the lightning energy shot out together.
Lightning Bolt Fist!
Chapter 106: This Little Fellow Holds a Grudge as Well
Xiang Shaoyun was not holding anything back in that punch of his, drawing power from both the lightning energy in his first star and the innate purple lightning from his lightning bone. The two sources of lightning
energy stacked up, and they coursed through the meridians in his arm before shooting out from his fist. The lightning bolt rumbled out like a roaring dragon, carrying with it a boundless might.
Rumble!
The two-headed black canine was first hit by the Star Destroying Finger, and before it could recover from the pain, the punch arrived and caught it by surprise. The terrifying power of lightning was extremely destructive, turning all the plants into charcoal. The prowess of this fist had absolutely surpassed the limits of an Astral Realm cultivator.
There were three stages in the Lightning Bolt Fist. At the first stage, one would blend one's energy into one's fist. At the second stage, one would blend lightning into one's fist, and at the third stage, one would start drawing lightning into one's body.
Borrowing the innate purple lightning in his body, Xiang Shaoyun was able to unleash the effect only available during the second stage—blending lightning into one's fist. This was a punch only those at the second stage of Lightning Bolt Fist could unleash, and it technically had the destructiveness surpassing even the attacks of King Realm cultivators.
After all, only King Realm cultivators would be able to borrow the power of nature to unleash destructive attacks. The two-headed black canine had a resilient body, but even so, its body immediately exploded upon being hit by Xiang Shaoyun's fully powered punch.
Its body was reduced into a pile of mincemeat. Xiang Shaoyun stared at his own fist in astonishment, his face covered with disbelief. He did have a feeling he could now fight ordinary Great Demons, but never had he expected that he was actually strong enough to kill a Great Demon with one punch now.
"So is this the power of a lightning bolt? No, this is the power of the innate purple lightning, or perhaps the combination of both." Xiang Shaoyun took a deep breath before revealing an excited expression.
After discovering the might of his punch, Xiang Shaoyun's confidence grew. With this, leaving the Hundred Beast Mountain Range would no longer be as difficult. He resumed his journey with renewed confidence. But unbeknown to him, up in the air, someone was observing his every action.
"So the young master is actually so powerful. No wonder he refuses my protection. Looks like I need to work harder as well so that I won't stop being useful to the young master. Otherwise, I will only end up pushed away in the future." This person was none other than Elder Zhen Peng. He was worried about Xiang Shaoyun, so after bringing Zi Changhe to somewhere safe, he had turned back to tail Xiang Shaoyun in the dark.
Now that he had witnessed the astonishing might of Xiang Shaoyun, he finally believed that Xiang Shaoyun was capable of leaving this place himself. He also realized that Xiang Shaoyun was trying to temper himself here and must not be disturbed by others.
It was also at this moment that the final bit of hesitation he still had toward becoming Xiang Shaoyun's follower vanished. It would never be wrong to follow a young master with boundless prospects like this.
After Elder Zhen Peng left, Xiang Shaoyun looked up at where Elder Zhen Peng had been, and he muttered, "Is Elder Zhen Peng still around? Why do I feel like someone is watching me?"
He then shook his head and continued traveling amid dense forest. He had already arrived at the intersection between the outer and inner fringe of the Hundred Beast Mountain Range, and this was a place filled with numerous demonic beasts.
As he traveled, various demonic beasts attacked him, and there were a few times where he was nearly defeated. If it wasn't for the inner armor he was wearing, he would have either been killed or seriously injured by now.
After three days, Xiang Shaoyun had killed 5 Great Demons and 15 Intermediate Demons and had fled from numerous late-stage Great Demons. Without the Overlord's Nine Nether Steps and the comprehension of the wind he had gained not long ago, he would have ended up as beast fodder by now.
The three days worth of bloody tempering allowed Xiang Shaoyun to understand that his current combat prowess was comparable to an early-stage Transformation Realm cultivator. Being able to battle someone a realm higher than him, he was an absolute cultivation freak.
But Xiang Shaoyun did not see himself as a freak. He knew that during the ancient times, there existed early-stage Astral Realm cultivators capable of killing Great Demons with a single punch. There had also existed many Transformation Realm cultivators capable of stepping Demon Kings to death with a stomp of their feet.
Even though those were legends, Xiang Shaoyun believed that those freaks truly existed. A good example would be the place he had grown up. There, geniuses capable of fighting people several realms above them could be found. Of course, some of those people were also included in his list of people he would trample upon in the future. Thus, he had to become even stronger.
Xiang Shaoyun was currently harvesting an old herb. He had just kept the herb away when he suddenly heard something. His vigilance immediately went up.
"Boss, it's me," Little White's voice rang out.
Then, a snow-white tiger appeared and rushed toward him. The newcomer was none other than Little White who had enlarged his body. If it wasn't for the slight variation of his fur’s color, he would have looked exactly like a white tiger.
Xiang Shaoyun hugged Little White's neck and said, "Haha, I knew you would be fine."
Little White rubbed his head against Xiang Shaoyun's body before saying, "Boss, do we leave now?"
"Yeah. A while ago, I was still worried that you wouldn’t catch up to me in time." Xiang Shaoyun nodded.
"Boss, don't leave first. I found some humans over there. They seem to have discovered something nice and are currently fighting for it," Little White said while pointing in a certain direction.
"Oh, but since they found it first, forget it," Xiang Shaoyun said. He was not interested in robbing others. He was no bandit.
"I seem to have overheard that they are from the Mad Lion Hunting Group," Little White added. The Mad Lion Hunting Group had once hunted Xiang Shaoyun when he had first gotten his hands on the Earth Star Spring. At that time, Little White had been completely helpless.
"Mad Lion Hunting Group? Hehe, little fellow, so it turns out you hold a grudge as well. Fine, let's go take a look," Xiang Shaoyun said.
The Mad Lion Hunting Group had moved against him a few times already. Now would be the time for him to return the favor. Xiang Shaoyun hopped onto Little White and headed toward the Mad Lion Hunting Group.
After a while, they arrived at a different patch of woods in the mountain range. There, they heard the indistinct sounds of Mad Lion Hunting Group members battling demonic beasts.
There were quite a number of Mad Lion Hunting Group members here, 23 in total. Most of them were in the Astral Realm while five of them, who were also leaders, were at the Transformation Realm.
They were currently in a bitter battle against a group of silverscale elephants. The silverscale elephants were not good at offense, but they excelled at defense. Even so, one still couldn't afford to overlook the might of their tackle.
Bang! Bang!
The elephants stampeded everywhere, shaking the ground and destroying everything in their path. The hunters that couldn't escape in time were directly turned into mincemeat. Although the silverscale elephants looked powerful, under the attacks of the Transformation Realm experts, the hunters held the upper hand in this confrontation.
A certain late-stage Transformation Realm expert traveled forth by stepping on the stampeding elephants, and he shouted, "This silverhorn fruit shall belong to me, Dongfang Shuo!"
Chapter 107: Rapid Kill
Dongfang Shuo wielded a sword named Greenflame Sword, and he streaked straight toward a certain fruit the silverscale elephants were protecting. It was now a mid-grade spirit fruit, and one would benefit greatly from consuming it.
Beside the silverhorn fruit was an old silverscale elephant standing guard. Its nose was raised high in between its two tusks, and the moment Dongfang Shuo arrived, it would give him a fatal attack.
"Kill!" Dongfang Shuo was worthy of his cultivation level of late-stage Transformation Realm. His Greenflame Sword shone brightly, looking like a raging clump of flame emitting an astonishing power.
The old silverscale elephant stomped on the ground furiously, causing the ground to shake. A large piece of stone bounced off the ground from the impact and was sent flying toward Dongfang Shuo with a whip from the old silverscale elephant's nose.
The stone crushed forward with an enormous momentum, but the moment it came into contact with Dongfang Shuo's sword energy, it was crushed into smithereens. The old silverscale elephant then sprayed a silver beam from its nose at Dongfang Shuo.
Dongfang Shuo shouted, "I am definitely killing you today!"
He slashed his sword eight times, sending eight multicolored sword rays forth to crush the incoming attack. He then stabbed his sword at the old silverscale elephant.
Cling! Clank!
The silverscale elephant had a powerful defense as Dongfang Shuo's attack failed to penetrate its skin. The old silverscale elephant did not stop after blocking the attack. Instead, it counterattacked.
Dongfang Shuo was confident in his own combat power and was not willing to give up the silverhorn fruit. The human and beast battled on. As for the others, their battle was becoming heated as well.
At this moment, a small white figure darted amid the battlefield at a speed so fast it could be barely seen. This white figure was none other than Little White who had reduced in size. He was currently heading toward the silverhorn fruit. Making use of the terrain, he was able to move undetected and be the first to arrive at the silverhorn fruit. After plucking the fruit with his mouth, he turned and left.
Dongfang Shuo had just inflicted a heavy injury on the silverscale elephant when he noticed Little White stealing the fruit. He immediately yelled furiously, "Where did this wild cat come from? You dare to steal from me?"