201 Sovereign Beas (1/2)

The other people who were chasing Xue Wei stopped dead in their tracks and looked at the corpse on the ground.

They had never expected that Xue Wei would erupt with such power and execute one of their members so cleanly.

But there were still nine experts on his trail, and it would not take too long before the ten others caught inside the Blazing Light Formations broke out.

”Stop holding back!” Xue Wei yelled out. His entire body started transforming into that of a dragon.

He was no longer a dragonkin but a real dragon that soared through the heavens. He had grown to a size so massive that the humans in front of him looked like ants.

The dragon-form Xue Wei lifted his long, beastly head and let out a deafening roar that shook the very sky.

Hei Gou felt his blood run cold, and the roar seemed to call out to him, beckoning him. It was a rallying power that beckoned every Fierce Beast in the area. All of them, even the weakest, charged with frenzy toward Xue Wei. Their screams were like a battle cry, and their eyes glistened with veneration and madness.

The experts from the royal palace were frightened out of their minds. And yet while they were fearful, they could not hide the greed that appeared in the depths of their eyes.

”He is a Primordial Beast!” one of them exclaimed. ”Kill him and we shall have done a great favor to humanity! Kill him and we can sell his corpse for a fortune! He is a dragon type of beast – they are the rarest!”

Hei Gou did not hold back either. The blood in his body was boiling with excitement. He could not even understand the beckoning he had received, but it had actually intoxicated him.

Hei Gou's figure morphed and expanded, turning into a massive winged dog. Although he was massive, he was dwarfed by Xue Wei in his dragon shape.

Seeing what they thought were two Primordial Beasts appearing in front of them, these experts were both excited and worried. Could they defeat them?

The fight exploded. Xue Wei used his massive body and overwhelming and seemingly endless stores of Qi to chain down ten Heavenly Warriors by himself.

Despite giving off an indomitable air and injuring multiple Heavenly Warriors, Xue Wei's draconic body was being riddled with wounds. Blood flowed from the numerous broken scales on his large body.

The consequences of the blood loss kicked in at some point, causing him to feel light headed, but he kept clawing, biting, and tearing anyone near him to pieces.

The fighting scene was incomparably chaotic. Random fierce beasts had appeared from the nearby area, but they were not the only ones – human cultivators were also attracted to the sound of the fighting.

When the humans saw that the battle was between beasts and humans, they all threw their caution to the wind and joined the fray.

Xue Wei was exhausted, but he noticed that maintaining his form as an azure dragon did not cost him any energy. Rather, it was as if he was as familiar with the dragon shape as he was with his human shape.

But he was, after all, fundamentally a Sky Warrior cultivator. Although he fought back relentlessly and used his overwhelming physical strength to his advantage, he was wounded in each exchange.

Hei Gou's physical strength was at the Heavenly Warrior level so he was not at a big disadvantage, but he too had suffered some grievous wounds over the course of the fight.

Blood flowed down his black fur, but it was difficult to see due to the color of his fur.

The one who was doing the best was Wang Xiaoyun. She had refused to kill any of their enemies, as she did not want to have human blood on her hands.

Bai Tianyi was fighting elegantly. It looked like he was dancing from enemy to enemy, fluttering about like a blur of white and gold.

Despite outwardly bearing the appearance of a child, he was able to send out unceasing waves of sword energy unbecoming his age.

He headed straight for their weaknesses, killing people as though he were chopping weeds. In fact, he was the one who had the easiest time taking down their enemies.

After consuming the soul power of the Moon Prince, his strength had risen to the Heavenly Warrior realm, and it showed when he fought. He also had the advantage of being small and agile, so none of the enemies could land a hit on him.

The Fierce Beasts fought with complete, mindless disregard for their own lives. Many of them had already succumbed to death, but some of the stronger ones continued to fight recklessly.

Of the original twenty-five members of the royal families, only seven remained.

Of the many experts that had appeared, three were still standing.

Of the fierce beasts, a hundred had appeared and eleven were still alive.

Xue Wei was nearing his limits. The world started to turn dark around him. He knew that he was grasping at straws. When he looked around him, he saw that Hei Gou was in a perilous situation, and even Bai Tianyi was sweating while his clothes had begun being marred with cuts and holes.

Heart of Fire!

Xue Wei did not hesitate and used the Heart of Fire. This was an ability that he had learned from the Heritage Ring, a last-resort skill that he had never used before.

The Heart of Fire was a profound martial art technique. It allowed the user to burn one drop of heart-blood essence.

In return for burning the blood of the heart, it raised the user's strength by three times for thirty breaths of time. Not too much but not too little either.

However, this was a drop of heart-blood essence. It was not like the ordinary blood essence, and the loss of a single drop of it would result in Xue Wei being extremely fatigued and injured once it ends.

Restoring the heart-blood essence was not easy. It required outside factors like herbs, pills or spirit fruits.