Chapter 498 - A Prince Of Devils (1/2)

The scholar reached out his hand with bright eyes. He was extremely confident that he could capture the little girl in front of him.

‘She’s a caster—one that independently grew in the lower realm. What will she achieve if I bring her to the upper realm?’ At this point, Ni Yinghong was a huge treasure to the scholar, and she was even more valuable than interspatial bags and magic tools.

Nonetheless, just as the scholar was about to grab Ni Yinghong, he heard a furious roar.

“Woof!”

Following that, a strong wind went after his neck.

It was so intense that his neck could probably be snapped by it. The scholar was appalled, hence he forgot about Ni Yinghong and flew backward because his life was at stake.

Nevertheless, he spotted through the corners of his eyes a yellow figure, which was thrice as fast as him.

‘A spirit beast!

‘This must be a powerful spirit beast!

‘Given its momentum, its speed, and its power… Only a spirit beast can be so unstoppable.’

The scholar turned his wrist to wield his folding fan, causing a fan shadow to appear. He was making every effort to block the fearsome spirit beast’s attack. Even so, he suddenly felt his body stiffen as a chillness gushed up his body.

‘A magic art attack—this is an ice-mastery magic art. That female caster used this skill with her Skill Equipment earlier, but this can’t be compared to hers.’

The scholar felt a penetrating chill as soon as the chillness struck his body, and he slowly lost control over his limbs.

He tensed up and knew he was in a bad spot because the power was definitely possessed by an equal-ranked caster. The scholar would most likely be defeated even if he openly fought a caster like that, but he was being sneakily attacked, which was simply… He did not know how to describe such a shameless being.

All of a sudden, the scholar widened his eyes as the power in his dantian burst out like a volcano.

Although this would cause certain damage to his body, given that he was attacked by a spirit beast and a caster in the dark, he could not be bothered anymore.

With that, mighty power spread all over the scholar’s body in an instant, and his face reddened as he forcefully drove the chillness away. He previously got rid of the chillness with ease when he incited his dantian’s power but this time, blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and he paid a heavy price.

As the scholar lifted his folding fan during the crucial moment, he managed to block Big Yellow’s sharp teeth. Despite that, Big Yellow could not be fooled so easily. It bit the folding fan hard and attacked with its front paws. On top of that, sharp nails were seen at the tip of its paws, and it looked like it was going to rip the scholar’s chest and belly apart.

The scholar was appalled. He exerted force through his wrist, but how could he s.n.a.t.c.h Big Yellow’s food from it? Feeling helpless, he flashed and twisted his body in an incredibly narrow s.p.a.ce, and he succeeded in evading the big yellow dog’s claws at the very last second. In spite of that, the scholar noticed a scornful look in the dog’s eyes.

It was then when the scholar realized that he was facing a formidable spirit beast, but also an even more dangerous equal-ranked caster in the dark.

He was a decisive person, thus he roared and gave up s.n.a.t.c.hing the folding fan from Big Yellow. However, an intense chillness gushed toward him and almost enveloped him from head to toe. This time, the chillness was released without reservations, so much so that the air around him was affected and turned cold.

Having said that, Big Yellow’s movements were not affected by the intense chill. It was as though it could not feel the chillness at all.

The scholar was determined, but he also had the urge to cry out loud because of everything that was happening.

He finally realized that he seemed to have offended someone he could not afford to provoke.

Regardless of the situation, he could not be distracted if he wanted to survive. The scholar channeled the Qi in his dantian and was going to unleash his dantian power again, but he saw the big yellow dog widen its mouth in front of him.

Subsequently, a ma.s.sive stone awl emerged beneath him. It was evident from the intense momentum and the location of the stone awl’s tip that this was a merciless attack, which was intended to kill him.

The scholar’s eyes reddened, and he forcefully s.h.i.+fted his body while he could hardly move due to the severe chillness. As such, he went through a little gap.

Even though he avoided the stone awl’s fatal attack, he did not fully dodge the attack. The stone awl was so impetuous that it grew upward and knocked him halfway in the air.

Being crashed so hard in mid-air, the scholar felt unwell and wanted to vomit blood. That said, his body was still being filled with a harsh chillness, so he could not vomit blood at all.

Just as he was feeling dizzy, a red light suddenly appeared in front of him. It was a scorching fire, which seemed to have blotted out the sky and instantly wrapped him up.

The outside of his body was hot while the inside was cold because ice and fire appeared simultaneously.

This was the true portrayal of the scholar. His eyes bulged as his dantian power was finally unleashed, but his essential Qi could not hold on anymore due to the hot-and-cold attack. In fact, his body was attacked by the opposite yet connected powers.

Big Yellow flashed and kicked the scholar away. He rolled on the ground before the flames on his body distinguished, but his clothes were already covered in holes. Additionally, the exposed parts of this skin were burnt, and he looked miserable. Moreover, the scholar curled up his body and seemed to be trembling when he landed on the ground.

When Ni Yinghong opened her eyes, she realized that the scholar had not seized her. Instead, he was faced with a series of exceptionally strange counterattacks.

Almost at the same time, she was caught by a pair of warm hands.