Mortal Mage

The dust slowly dissipated.

The huge body of the strange bull emerged.

The strange bull's eyes were tightly closed, and its skull seemed to be cracked, leaving a huge dent in the center of its brow, from which scarlet blood was slowly seeping out.

The temperature around gradually returned to normal.

Zhang Mingxuan's nostrils were filled with the fishy and bloody smell emanating from the strange cow. He held his breath, slowly climbed down the boulder, walked to the front of the strange cow, and carefully examined its body.

Perhaps he underestimated the power of the Tengyun Bracelet, or perhaps it was for other reasons. In short, he did not believe that with his own cultivation level, he could kill the strange bull with one punch. Even with the help of the Tengyun Bracelet, he could at most cripple the strange bull.

While wondering, he gradually walked to the back of the strange cow's butt, and his eyes were attracted by an abnormality at the base of the strange cow's tail.

Using the spirit spear to lift up the strange bull's tail, he saw a "Zhen" rune hidden under the tail.

He stroked his beard and looked lost in memories.

He had seen this rune before when he was in Feizhou Fairy City. It was said that it was a forbidden rune branded by Shouyun Villa in order to captive monster beasts. He also learned some information about this rune from Hao Fen.

This kind of rune can only be imprinted by a magic weapon called the Demon-Suppressing Talisman Stone. It is said that the Demon-Suppressing Talisman Stone can only be engraved with Red Flame Stone. By chance, Dingfang got a piece of it, and then made it into two Demon-Suppressing Talisman Stones. After that, they changed hands several times, one fell into the hands of Zhen Youde of Tianyi Sect, and the other was in the hands of Yu Qianshou of Shouyun Villa.

Could it be that it was caused by the surrender mark of the cultivator from Cuiyun? Or was it caused by other cultivators?

While thinking this in his mind, he took out the "General Classic of Mountains and Seas" from the ring and began to look up information about the monster.

After a while, he found a picture and finally figured out what this strange cow was.

"Bull"

"Fire type, with five elements and mixed spiritual roots, infinite power, double horns like blades, and the grade is often stuck at the fourth level."

"Its entire body is covered in red and white mottled fur. The red fur is fire-resistant, while the white fur is fragile, which is its weakness."

"I am violent and not very intelligent. I will fight anyone who invades my territory until they die."

"They often act on instinct and often fall into the chaos of blind loyalty."

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"Its demon pill... top-quality materials... red skin is made of top-quality fire armor, white skin is made of fine runes or array patterns."

"The blood can be used to temper magical instruments, and it is very effective in drawing fire arrays... Its horns and bristles are both precious. The horns can be used to make sharp magical instruments, and the bristles can be used to make fire talismans, which are extremely powerful..."

"Fear of water"

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After reading the contents of the jade slip, he moved his gaze to the corpse of the ox beast in front of him and whispered happily: "I have found a treasure, disciple." He raised the spiritual pattern spear and was about to knock out the demon pill, but the spiritual pattern spear in his hand was as heavy as a boulder and he had a lot of trouble holding it.

He had consumed too much spiritual energy just now, and it was now difficult for him to activate the Spirit Pattern Spear.

After putting the Spirit Pattern Spear into the ring, he instructed Ye Wu beside him:

"Take his demon pill and let's go back to the peak."

Ye Die nodded heavily, rushed to the head of the ox beast with the sword in hand, and stabbed the sword into its forehead.

A loud "bang" sound echoed in Zhang Mingxuan's ears, and at the same time he felt a powerful true energy passing through his face.

Looking sideways, Ye Die's true energy was shaken to a hundred steps away, and then he fell into the weeds, screamed "Ah", and rolled to the ground.

In doubt and surprise, Zhang Mingxuan looked in the direction where the true energy came from, only to see a man with a flying sword standing on the treetop.

The man had skin like bronze and eyes like a rat.

He was the former legal steward of Xianzhou City, Song Chengchen.

Zhang Mingxuan had seen this person before, but he couldn't remember his name. He could vaguely judge that the other party's cultivation level should be in the late foundation building stage or the early golden elixir stage.

The opponent's attack at this time was obviously aimed at the ox.

Zhang Mingxuan wanted to save Yu Yun, and although he wanted to fight for her, the gap in strength between him and the other party was too great. If he insisted on fighting, he would obviously be asking for trouble.

As long as he could get away and wait for Haofen to come back to help, he would be able to control the monsters in the mountains at will.

At this moment, he just wanted to get out of this situation, and he began to think about countermeasures.

"Blind? Can't you see this is my livestock?"

Song Chengchen glanced at Zhang Mingxuan and looked in the direction where Ye Die fell.

Ye Die stood up with the help of her sword, and without paying any attention to Song Chengchen, she slightly signaled to Zhang Mingxuan that she was fine.

"You're looking for death! How dare you not reply to my words?"

Song Chengchen slapped Ye Die in the air, and his Qi passed through the branches and hit Ye Die's face with a "snap":

"Little bitch, I'm talking to you, why are you looking at him?"

Ye Die's mouth was bleeding from the slap with true energy. She looked up at Song Chengchen in fear and saluted to the treetop with her tired hands:

"My humble lady, I have seen the Immortal."

She didn't say much. In her eyes, the monster was killed by her master and had nothing to do with the man on the treetop.

"My disciple and I were blind and did not recognize the Immortal. We hope the Immortal will let us go."

Zhang Mingxuan felt that the other party's spiritual consciousness was passing through his body. At such a close distance, his and Ye Die's cultivation had been leaked.

"Let it go? Haha," Song Chengchen laughed sinisterly, "I took great pains to seriously injure it, hoping to seize its soul and make it my demon slave. Where did you come from and what have you done?" He stared at Zhang Mingxuan coldly, put away his sword, stood on the huge body of the ox beast, and cried in a daze, "My good bull, you were captured and killed before you became my demon slave. Tell me, do you want to exchange one life for two lives... My poor bull..." His eyes showed obvious covetousness towards Ye Die.

The other party's words were full of murderous intent, but Zhang Mingxuan had not yet seen through his meaning.

If the bull beast had been fighting in the mountains for such a long time, but the opponent had not shown up for a long time, and only appeared after he was killed by a punch, it was obvious that he had other purposes.

Since the demon-suppressing talisman stone has been branded, the other party can seal the spiritual power of the bull beast.

If they had just surrendered, there would have been no need to allow them to cause chaos in the mountains.

The other party just wanted to use the ox beast to catch the "fish" nearby.

I'm afraid the essence is still to kill people and steal treasures.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingxuan's muscles tensed and he felt anxious.

It would be easier for the other party to kill him than to crush an ant.

"Get out of here!"

Song Chengchen suddenly looked cold and shouted angrily at Zhang Mingxuan.

But there seemed to be a hint of hoarseness in the last word "roll" from the other party.

Since his cultivation level is above the late stage of foundation building, if he is healthy and not injured, and he is so domineering, how could his voice be hoarse?

Based on this, he concluded that the other party was probably also seriously injured.

The cultivation level of this bull beast is probably above the fourth level. Considering the cultivation level of the man in front of him, it would probably take a lot of effort to brand the demon-suppressing rune on its body.

A stream of true energy only caused Ye Wu some minor injuries.

How can it be?

After thinking about it, Zhang Mingxuan sneered in his heart, looked at Ye Wu, and ordered in a cold voice: "Ye Wu, kill him!"