249 Bragging about Losing (1/2)

Xue Wei snickered when he heard Bai Tianyi refer to a Nightmare Stallion as a pony. He was not worried. He had complete faith in Hei Gou's abilities, and the fact that he had not fully transformed meant that he did not feel a need to do so yet.

The wings gave him a speed that even Xue Wei could not rival, and he was able to quickly catch up with the fleeing Nightmare Stallion. The moment he did, he landed on the back of the horse, with the claws of both his front and hind legs digging into the stallion's hide.

One front paw dragged down the claws, all the way from the neck and down the back, leaving deep, brutal gashes down the stallion's rear. Blood flowed unhindered and patches of mangled fur and flesh grotesquely stuck in Hei Gou's claws.

Hei Gou's eyes were serious, but he was also slightly disappointed when he saw that the stallion did not stop to fight. Instead, it just bucked wildly and tried to throw him off his back while continuing to flee as fast as it could.

They had already gotten rather far, and Hei Gou understood that his test of his strength was now over. He sliced the throat of the Nightmare Stallion, killing it instantly as it began to crash to the floor. Blood spurted out from its throat and coated the black fur on his paws.

As the massive stallion-beast collapsed, Hei Gou leapt off and had already begun changing back to his human shape. The blood which previously had been hidden by the black fur could now be seen.

HIs clothes, which had been intact when the battle began, were now in tatters and wounds of varying degrees were riddled all over his body.

Of the four of them, Hei Gou seemed as if he had had the hardest battle. He was the one with the most apparent injuries, at least.

Lin Xiao was also rather injured, but what he had injured was not the body but the soul. His face was pale and his eyes slightly dim.

Bai Tianyi was not much better. He had used too much sword energy so he was feeling incredibly feeble. While medicinal pills could heal Lin Xiao and Hei Gou, Bai Tianyi would not be able to participate in a fight until he had restored enough sword energy.

Xue Wei was the one in the best shape. Although his hand had been seriously wounded, it was already healing at a rapid speed, and his exhaustion from using the Sacrificial Stab was also being dealt with by the Azure Dragon Spirit.

Xue Wei looked at his bracelet now that the three bandits were dead, and his eyes widened in surprise.

”When we killed the other seven, we got seventeen merit points, but by killing this group our score has climbed all the way to eighty-nine.”

The others looked at their bracelets, but their results were not as exaggerated as Xue Wei's.

”Yours skyrocketed because you dealt with the four-eyed woman and gave her the killing blow,” Bai Tianyi was the first to realize why his merits had jumped as much as they had.

”Oh, so the rest of you have not gotten as many points as I have?” Xue Wei asked dejectedly. The others shook their heads.

”I am at eighteen merits,” Bai Tianyi said casually. He did not care too much about merits. He was a sword spirit. He could always give up his physical body and return to the body of a sword, although if he did so he would have to recreate his body from spiritual energy, which would take him quite a long time.

But this ability made sure that he could follow Xue Wei anywhere. Hei Gou and Lin Xiao did not have the same possibility, but Xue Wei was certain that they could gain enough merits for all four of them to be allowed to go aboard with the ambassador that was going to the Demon Phoenix Continent.

”For now, let us retreat to one of the more outer areas of the grasslands,” Xue Wei decided. ”We need to heal our bodies and souls completely before we engage in more combat. The ones in this area are rather strong. One mistake and we will end up dead instead of the opponent. Risking our lives is one thing, but suicidal behavior is another.”

Bai Tianyi, Hei Gou, and Lin Xiao looked at one another. Although they had just ended a battle, they were not too tired. If they were really pushed, then they would be capable of fighting back, but they prefered fighting when they were at peak condition to take as few risks as possible.

Since this was the case, they nodded their heads and moved back the way they had come. Xue Wei administered some pills he had in his storage treasure, pills he had created previously.

All the pill recipes that Xue Wei had were the most common pills that were all over the market. He did not have any pill recipes that were rare, as they had all been prepared by Bai Tianyi, and he did not have the finances to invest in some rare recipes.

Therefore, all the pills that Xue Wei took out were the most ordinary kind, but even so, they were of high purity and their effect was better than nothing.

He gave four Blood Coagulating pills to Hei Gou and took four himself. Although pills could not be taken as candy, the high purity combined with the low medicinal strength of these pills enabled them to take this many.

Hei Gou saw that Xue Wei put all four pills into his mouth and chewed lightly. If he could handle it, then Hei Gou obviously could too, as his physical body was many times stronger than Xue Wei's.

Xue Wei also handed another set of pills to Lin Xiao. These pills healed the soul. Although they took a longer time to work, they were able to draw soul power into the soul and help it mend and nurture the soul back to its original state.

The only one he could not help with pills was Bai Tianyi, and he looked apologetically at his friend, but Bai Tianyi just waved his hand with a carefree expression on his face.