Chapter 712: Extracting Wood Power (1/2)

As far as Qiao Yunxi saw it, Nie Tian was only bluffing and trying to enrage Hong Xian and Yin Yanan from the Beast-controlling Sect.

She hadn’t thought much of Nie Tian since she had learned that the most powerful experts in the Domain of the Falling Stars were only at the Soul realm.

Nie Tian’s weak cultivation base and background made her assume he was only a lucky guy who had somehow won Yue Yanxi’s favor.

Besides, her group had suffered great losses because they had to wait for him.

For these reasons, she found Nie Tian’s imposing manner laughable.

Nie Tian let out a cold snort. “Even if you didn’t help me just now, that Frost Blood Python wouldn’t have been able to hurt me.” Then, eyes narrowed, he looked over his shoulder at Yin Yanan from afar. “It’s just a seventh grade beast. If it truly angers me, it’s hard to say which one of us will become food!”

Even from afar, he could still see the disdainful look in Yin Yanan’s eyes.

Qiao Yunxi turned to stare at him and said with a rhetorical tone, “What? It’s JUST a seventh grade beast?! Do you know how powerful that seventh grade beast is?”

“A regular seventh grade spirit beast is as strong as a Soul realm human expert, but that one back there is a hybrid of a Frost Python and a Blood Stripe Python, which means its battle prowess at least equals that of a middle Soul realm expert!

“What makes you think that you can survive its deadly fangs?”

Qiao Yunxi was well-aware that she had suffered a great deal to ward off the Frost Blood Python’s frosty mist for Nie Tian.

If Yin Yanan hadn’t come over to restrain it, the only thing she could have done to save him would have been to take him as far away as possible with the help of her Flame Bird.

It would have been wishful thinking to fight it head-on.

Facing her taunting query, Nie Tian only curled his lips, not saying a word.

Of course Nie Tian had been confident enough to stand up to Yin Yanan and say those words to Hong Xian for a reason.

After all, the Frost Blood Python was no match for the Bone Blood Demon in his ring of holding.

He believed that the Frost Blood Python would become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered once he unleashed the Bone Blood Demon.

The Bone Blood Demon had already absorbed and refined the blood of many seventh grade outsider experts. Nie Tian was confident that its battle prowess would prove far higher than that of the Frost Blood Python.

Even though Hong Xian From the Beast-controlling Sect, Wei Yu from the Trisword Sect, and Chu Xuanji from the Chu Clan were all at the late Soul realm, Nie Tian reckoned the Bone Blood Demon would still win as long as they didn’t team up on it.

The reason why Nie Tian hadn’t summoned the Bone Blood Demon was only because he was worried that it would put him in danger.

After all, the Bone Blood Demon could only be used as a means to fight his enemies. It wouldn’t be able to protect him the same way Zhao Shanling had, with his profound spatial magics that could protect his soul from soul attacks.

Hong Xian and the other two were all at the late Soul realm. He would be in huge trouble if they were to unleash soul magics on him.

Seeing that Nie Tian didn’t say anything, Qiao Yunxi snorted. “I knew you were only bluffing.”

Then, with the help of her Flame Bird, the two of them flew farther and farther away from those from the Beast-controlling Sect.

Apparently, she had taken Hong Xian’s words to heart, fearing that the recently-tamed Frost Blood Python would attack Nie Tian again.

With Hong Xian’s permission, she landed the Flame Bird in a remote area and started picking spirit plants.

…

After the Flame Bird flew away, the Qi warriors that had gathered to this location out of curiosity gradually left to pick high grade spirit plants again.

Hong Xian and Yin Yanan were the only ones who remained in place.

Eyebrows furrowed, Hong Xian asked in a low voice, “Yanan, you’ve fully tamed that Frost Blood Python, right?”

“Yeah,” Yin Yanan answered quietly. “There’s something strange about that man, Senior Hong. As you know, even though the Frost Blood Python feasts on flesh, it’s been extremely picky about its prey. It won’t even look at spirit beasts of low grades. Also, it carries the Blood Stripe Pythons’ bloodline, so its perception of flesh aura is incomparably shrewd.

“Since humans don’t have vigorous flesh power, it has never shown any interest in anyone.