Ruler of Demon Tiger Mountain (1)

"Single Thrust!" Tian Peng took advantage of this situation and fired an accurate shot on Yuan Yao's right shoulder.

"Aargh!" injuries piling up one by one forced Yuan Yao to vomit another mouthful of blood. Based on his situation now, one more attack is enough to take away his life.

"Brother Yang! Keep it up!" Tian Peng howled.

With sufficient experience placed in the thin line during a battle, Yang Guang's follow-up attack can be said to be perfectly aligned with Tian Peng. The moment that arrow struck Yuan Yao, Yang Guang is just two steps away from sending his palm forward.

"Water Body Pellet!" Yuan Yao slapped the pill on himself. Facing against Yang Guang's attack, he's out of choice.

That pellet allowed Yuan Yao to turned into a body of water and gave him the chance to escape. What Yang Guang end up slapping is just the leftover body formed by water.

"Chase! Using a Water Body Pellet cost him three-quarters of his remaining Soul Qi!" As one of the top opponents to Tian Peng, he's naturally studied about his opponent and most of his tricks.

But they were too late. Yuan Yao is no longer seen anywhere.

"Damn! We were so close to killing him!" Tian Peng roared out of anger.

In this realm where survival is for the fittest, killing off those competent peers is often used to preserve self-benefit. One opponent lesser is less, one opponent more spells trouble.

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"Tian Peng... Yang Guang... I'll remember both of you..." by using the Water Body Pellet, Yuan Yao managed to escape about a kilometer away from the save-zone between Inner and Outer Region.

"Senior Yuan!" a group of five pill-servants came to him after they spotted Yuan Yao from afar.

"En!" Yuan Yao gave them a light hum as a reply. But his expression is far different from the sound he made. Yuan Yao's pairs of eyes stared at them as if he's warning them to stop getting closer to him.

His expression caused the group of five a little nervous. Seeming to wait for somebody to reply, the two sides remain silent until one of the fellows in that group of five spokes.

"Senior Yuan, let us help you. You're heavily injured and bleeding," he added. That expression is so friendly it seems fake to everyone present.

"Then... What about the dagger you guys hide at your back? Don't tell me you're using the dagger to scratch your back?" Yuan Yao prepared five pills in his left palm and get ready to attack.

Looking at each other, the group of five knows that their intention to kill and rob Yuan Yao quietly is no longer possible.

"How about this, senior Yuan. Give us three-quarters of what you got there. In return, we'll leave you safe and sound back to the Ten Thousand Pills Sect. I'm sure Elder Yuan Xie will be happy." the guy added. His tone is just right in the middle of making it sound polite or irritated.

"How kind of you. But I have some other ideas for you all." Yuan Yao chuckled at them as he ends their discussion here. Betting all his Soul Qi into the five pellets, Yuan Yao tossed them on the group of five.

The five pills behave like five flying bugs. Each has its own line of flight and attached to the neck of the five in a flash, giving them no chance to retaliates.

"Shit! Shit! It's Bloodsucking Pellet!"

"Senior Yuan, please forgive me!"

"Aargh!"

Once the Bloodsucking Pellet attached to a target, it would refine their body at a ridiculous speed. They struggled with no mean to remove the Bloodsucking Pellet. After four minutes, their body shriveled like a dried mummy.

"Return!" Yuan Yao flicked his finger and summoned the five Bloodsucking Pellet back to his side. He swallowed the pill without feeling disgusted by them. By refining them inside his body, the Bloodsucking Pellet can be treated like an Inner Blood Pill.

Although there's no limitation on how many of them can be consumed per day, refining the Bloodsucking Pellet comes with a side effect. The user may suffer cramp on his four limbs, with a poisoned side effect on loss of appetite and blood poisoning.

If he was not forced to this situation, Yuan Yao would prefer refining the Inner Blood Pill daily until he recovers. At this moment, he regrets not buying one or two Small Huang Pellet as his life-saving measure.

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"Take this." Tian Peng took a greenish sweet-smelling pellet out for Yang Guang's consumption.

"Is there anything wrong with my body?" Yang Guang might trust Tian Peng a lot, and asking about the pill and him is normal.

"You're poisoned by Yuan Yao's Poison Pellet. That damn poison from their Ten Thousand Pills Sect is capable of entering our body through pores and reacts if we force ourselves to use Soul Qi. The poison will obstruct our meridians if we attend them too late."

Tian Peng also took the greenish pellet. They waited for the medicine pellet to take effect and nullify the poison within their body.

"Shall we return to the group now? Let's hunt a few more before we return to Qi-Zhen Manor. I'm sure Elder Xiao Yi is worried about us." Tian Peng turned his view towards the Inner Region. Five days already passed from the day they entered the forest.

"Sure!" Yang Guang stands up an agreed. Patting away the dust and dirt from his clothing, Yang Guang lends Tian Peng his palm to pull him up from his seat.

"Let's Go!" the duo continued with their mission. No matter what happened at the end of the day, they still need to keep hunting and bring them back to be exchanged into Polished Jade Coin.

By following the sign left on purpose by other book-servants, getting back to the group is easier than ever. All Tian Peng and Yang Guang need are to look for where the tip of the tower pointed and follow the direction.

And the sign leads them to a spot covered by tall bushes over three meters. The foliage has no poisonous thorn or anything, making it easy for the duo to step through the gap and reach the other side.

Unfortunately, what greets them weren't a group of living book-servants, but dead. Incomplete corpses littered around this area, with lines of blood telling them that the body was dragged around before separated into few parts.

There was a small pond nearby, with some green grasses. But what was waiting for them wasn't human, but Cultivation Beast.

"AOOOOOUU!!!" the loud roar causes wild birds to fly away, Thorn Beetles burrowing into the ground, Stone Rabbits returning to their burrow, and Scarlet Eye Boars quickly reproduce to extend their members.

That appearance of this Cultivation Beast brings the smell of death to Tian Peng and Yang Guang. Four meters in height, seven meters in length. This Cultivation had two pairs of eyes with a single horn on the forehead.

Silver-bluish fur, sharp claws, and having a cultivation twenty-one layers more than them... This is...

Moonlight Demon Tiger!