Chapter 9 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Not many star beasts had escaped that time, but most of them were above the extraordinary level. Therefore, the impact they brought was akin to large-scale star beasts.

It was especially bad in the center of Jianghai city.

A three-meter-tall muscular humanoid beast that looked like a beetle sat quietly by the fountain in the center square of Jianghai city. It was holding a slender arm and eating it as if it was a chicken wing.

Screams kept coming from the buildings around the square.

It was an extraordinary-level star beast that was capturing and devouring human martial artists.

According to legend, if humans wanted to defeat star beasts, they had to use star cores, flesh, and blood. If they refined those materials into pills and swallowed them, they will evolve into tiger demons and eventually become star beasts themselves.

As for star beasts, they could directly devour humans to increase their strength.

That was also the reason why both parties targeted each other.

To put it bluntly, both entities treated each other as their own resources.

However, at that moment, a sword ray suddenly shot over from afar. It sliced the head of an extraordinary-level star beast, and it did not stop there.

Boom!

Accompanied by an explosion, the sword ray finally landed ten meters in front of the beetle monster. It exploded the ground, causing a cloud of smoke to rise.

The beetle-esque star beast threw the half-bitten arm on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. Surprisingly, it spoke in human language.

“How disappointing. I can’t even have a peaceful meal.”

After reaching the grandmaster level, the strength, size, and intelligence of the star beast would gradually increase. In fact, it would even develop the speech of humans.

As the dust settled, an old man wearing a tang suit and carrying a long sword slowly walked over.

Although his hair and beard were all white, he was full of energy. His face was ruddy, and his eyes were bright. He looked like a sage.

In the surrounding buildings, someone recognized him and shouted loudly,

“That’s principal Qin of Jianghai Martial Arts Academy, Qin Shenglong!”

“It’s a grandmaster! A grandmaster is here!”

“We’re saved!”

The crowd shouted excitedly, and that grandmaster-rank star beast also stood up from the fountain, excitement dancing in his eyes.

“Qin Shenglong! 30 years! A whole 30 years! We meet again!”

“Do you know how I’ve lived in those 30 years?”

Qin Shenglong clasped his hands behind his back as he walked forward. His gaze was fixated on the star beast.

“You shouldn’t have come out. If you had stayed in prison obediently, you might have been able to live for a few more years.”

“Hahahaha…”

After laughing maniacally at the sky, the star beast’s gaze turned cold.

He stomped his foot and suddenly amassed strength. Like a cannonball, he instantly appeared in front of Qin Shenglong.

Qin Shenglong shook his head.

“You overestimate yourself.”

After saying that, he pulled out his sword at lightning speed.

As he pulled out his sword, the powerful strength of his Xiantian realm poured into his sword like a wave.

The instant the grandmaster star beast arrived before him, his sword struck the top of his head.

In an instant, a blinding light filled the entire square, causing countless humans and star beast to shut their eyes against the flash.

Boom!

In the next second, a loud explosion and a powerful tremor shook the ground. The tall buildings around the square also trembled slightly.

The powerful force made the humans in the surrounding buildings even more excited.

This was the power of a martial artist in the Xiantian realm!

With that small human body, he was able to unleash an earth-shattering divine power!