AST 2387 Transforming Ox-Headed Beas (1/2)

AST 2387 – Transforming Ox-Headed Beast

Although Qing Shui had claimed that he wanted to attack the Demon Gate, he wouldn’t just charge towards them straightaway. Nuo Lan sought out information regarding the depth of the Demon Gate. Besides, he knew that the Exploding Arrow Battle God didn’t trust Qing Shui that much.

Qing Shui understood the Divine Palace’s behavior completely. This was good too. If it hadn’t been this way, Qing Shui might have had doubts about their survival instead.

“Are you thinking of your Miss Tang Xi again?” Qing Shui approached after seeing how dispirited Hao Tian was.

“Let’s attack the Demon Gate slowly. Otherwise, I won’t be able to see Tang Xi once we leave.” Hao Tian’s eyes lit up as he turned to Qing Shui.

“You should hasten your progress. Perhaps Tang Xi will follow us when it’s time to leave.” Qing Shui smiled.

“Will she?” Hao Tian eyes brightened even more.

“It’s possible. The Divine Palace has limited area for growth. Tang Xi is the Heavenly Dance Battle God; her potential is the greatest in this city’s Divine Palace.” Qing Shui knew that the Heavenly Dance Battle God was extremely strong in ancient times, and so he thought Tang Xi would likely leave one day. He just wasn’t sure if they would be the reason for it.

Three days passed quickly. Nuo Lan received much information about the Demon Gate as well and reported to Qing Shui.

“You’re saying that the Demon Gate has an even more powerful Guardian Beast, and one that has been constantly improving? In that case, it will be able to destroy Divine Palace in eighty years or perhaps a century’s time.” Qing Shui frowned at that.

He knew that the Divine Palace had a Guardian Beast as well with nearly 10 trillion Dao of might. If the Guardian Beast at the Demon Gate was stronger, then what was it? Just how strong was it?

At that moment, Nuo Lan continued. “The Demon Gate’s Guardian Beast is a Transforming Ox-Headed Beast.”

Qing Shui froze at the words. The Ancient Ox-Headed Beast was already an unfamiliar creature on its own, much less a transforming one. There were things which transformed in the Nine Continents and they were usually even stronger after this process. Their aptitude, innate skills and battle techniques would all increase significantly, surpassing the other creatures of the same type.

The Ancient Ox-Headed Beast had weaker and stronger variations as well, just like humans. Those which could transform were definitely skillful among them. Their innate abilities were already the cream of the crop and with the transformation skills, they could fling any ordinary Ancient Ox-Headed Beast down ten streets.

The Transforming Ox-Headed Beast’s abilities should be stronger than those of the Guardian Beast at the Divine Palace by a little. If not, the Divine Palace wouldn’t have been able to counter it.

Qing Shui still hadn’t made a move on the Demon Gate. Nuo Lan found Qing Shui in the morning and smiled. “The Demon Gate has arrived at the Divine Palace. Seems like a battle is about to begin.”

Qing Shui couldn’t help asking, “Could it be about the Black Diamond Demon King?”

Qing Shui could only correlate those two incidents. Even if there were other reasons, he wouldn’t be able to guess it.

“Hm. The Divine Palace killed the Black Diamond Demon King. He deserved it though, there’s no grievance even if a degenerate like him was killed a hundred times over. Killing him is letting him off easy,” Nuo Lan said.

“Let’s take a look. Since we’ve already declared our motives for attacking the Demon Gate, then let us go now. I was going to wait a few days, but it seems that’s not needed now. We can leave after we deal with this.” Qing Shui stood up with a smile.

……

“Ignorant old man, hand over Da Hei and we’ll pretend nothing happened,” A tall and well-built elder stood at the entrance of Divine Palace and shouted.

The elder was dressed in a black robe, his eyes being the most striking feature. He seemed as ruthless as wolves and tigers, apart from his nose which tipped towards the sky like a pig’s snout.

“I say, you seem like a tiger yet not, like a wolf yet not, but you’re really a pig. Scram. Don’t embarrass yourself here.” the Exploding Arrow Battle God laughed.

“Come, come. Don’t cause disputes through gossip. If you don’t hand him over, I’ll destroy the Divine Palace,” The Elderly roared.

“I’m more afraid you wouldn’t. What’s Da Hei? A big black dog?” the Exploding Arrow Battle God feigned ignorance.

“Since you have a death wish, then I—the Three Perfections Demon King—shall grant it to you,” The Elderly said coldly.