Volume 3: Qiongzhou ? Wu Xing Volume Chapter 24: Mutual Generation and Conquest, No Square Mysteries

  Wu Gou laughed and said, "What are you talking about?"

  "But I hope I'm not mistaken!"

  "But it's really strange; on the ninth day, we saw that it didn't pay attention to us, and it went up the cliff by itself. Why should we care about it?" Wu Gou said, still facing the Fire Beast, his eyes fixed on it, vigilant and defensive, but his body slowly retreated to the rope beside the cliff behind him, his hand grasping the rope with a reverse grip, testing its sturdiness. He whispered again: "It must have been awakened by our excavation, as long as we don't attack it, there shouldn't be any problem!"

  Who would have thought that the fat fire beast, seeing Wu Gou retreat to the wall, would raise its head again, open its mouth and make a "hiss... hiss" sound. At first glance, it was clear that it was about to attack, its hind legs were taut, its front legs were arched, its body was shrunk into a ball, and its scales were trembling slightly.

  "Not good, quick flash!" On the ninth day of the first month, it was seen that things were not auspicious, and they hurriedly shouted loudly.

  Wu Gou's eyes widened in surprise as the Fire Beast suddenly let out a loud roar and charged towards him. The beast's speed was incredibly fast, catching Wu Gou off guard. However, he didn't panic and instead pushed off the mountain wall with one foot, jumping two zhang high to avoid the beast's attack. He then flipped his body in mid-air and landed lightly beside Chu Jiu.

  It was just an ember, but it had already fallen to the ground, fortunately, it was still shining and had not gone out!

  On the ninth day, he was also frightened and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Wu Gou, more than a decade ago, when you were burying the black sandalwood box in the ground seam, did you see this strange beast?"

  Wu Gou shook his head and said, "Where have you seen it? If we knew there was such a monster here, how dare we come down to bury it? Moreover, if we had known about this beast back then, we would have joined forces to eliminate it!"

  He didn't say that because the night before was the ninth day of recovery from injury, his internal strength had been severely depleted and now he only had 70% of his usual power. Although Chiu Chow was considered a prodigy among the younger generation, today he had just recovered to 70%. The gap in their abilities was naturally too great compared to when they buried the treasure together with others back then.

  Moreover, even if the two of them are currently unscathed, they might still not be a match for this Fatty Fire Beast!

  On the ninth day, he suddenly realized: "That's it! Wu Gou Shu, you must have buried this black sandalwood box here after all these years, which led to the appearance of this monster!"

  Wu Gou thought for a moment, and should have said so, but instead said: "But I don't know how it got into the ground crack. If it fell from the sky trench, I should know. It didn't come in from the top of the sky trench, so how did it get in?"

  Before he could finish speaking, the two of them heard the sound of running water from the dark river on that side and suddenly understood. He and Chu Jiu exclaimed in unison: "It must be the dark river! This strange beast came from the dark river!"

  The two of them finished speaking, but they didn't believe it themselves. Chu Jiu shook his head and said: "That dark river's water is yin, water overcomes fire, it should be the natural enemy of the Huo Zhi beast which belongs to the fire system, so how did it get in?"

  He couldn't figure it out, but Wu Gou suddenly remembered and said: "I know! Nine years ago, that year was extremely dry, the Dark River had no sound, it must have dried up, and this Fire Beast came in!"

  At first, Jiǔ nodded and inferred: "I think that later the Dark River's water rose, it was trapped here, so it couldn't get out!"

  "But what does it come in for when the weather is dry?" Chu Jiu couldn't understand this point, and as soon as he thought about it, he naturally thought of the things hidden in that hundred-year-old black sandalwood box.

  The two of them actually only guessed half of it, in the five elements' inter-generation relationship, wood generates fire, and that hundred-year-old ebony is top-quality wood. Therefore, the fat fire beast came searching for flavor, on one hand due to its curious nature, on the other hand because it was drooling with desire. What it likes best is to have top-quality wood as its companion and food.

  It's just that the fat fire beast, although it's a beast, seems to be spiritual and knows that the treasure in the black sandalwood is not trivial. Once the box is opened, it's afraid of being harmed itself, so for these few years, it only dares to wander around, not daring to eat, day and night guarding, and also not daring to dig out the black sandalwood box. However, now that someone has come to excavate, it doesn't know if it's the owner of the black sandalwood box who has arrived, so it appears to block the way, driving people away.

  The two of them were talking, but still closely watching the movements of the Fire Beast. The Fire Beast was already getting impatient, its head raised, mouth open, and let out a low growl, revealing rows of sharp teeth that seemed to be several inches long, emitting a cold white glow. Then, with a sudden burst of energy, it shot forward, its body propelled by its hind legs.

  Wu Gou and Chang Lao couldn't find a way to deal with it, so if they were bitten by the sharp-toothed Fei Gui beast or scratched by its sharp claws, they would either die or be injured. The two of them had no choice but to dodge separately to the left and right.

  The fat fire beast pounced forward, its two front legs suddenly stretching out, over a meter long, swift and unmatched, grabbing at the two people separately, yet as accurate, ruthless and fast as a high-ranking martial artist.

  Both were shocked, Wu Gou's old strength was exhausted, and he had no choice but to move the iron shovel forward one step, turning defense into offense, slapping the fatty fire beast's paw with it, hoping to make it retreat in pain. Who knew that the fatty fire beast's front paws would grasp the head of the iron shovel tightly.

  Wu Gou's elderly busy inner strength, just want to take down the iron shovel, but did not know that behind the beast on the left side there were two more feet, also suddenly stretched out, towards Wu Gou's chest while coming, hind legs even longer than front foot, power is greater, once Wu Gou was hooked by him, the consequences will be severe.

  Wu Gou couldn't help it and absolutely didn't think that it would be so agile, he could only let go and drop the iron shovel.

  On the right side of the Fiery Beast, at the beginning of the ninth hour, it saw its front paws stretching out, but to no avail. It retreated to the middle and could only draw the Tianxuan Fragmented Wooden Sword from his waist, swing a sword flower, and then stab forward.

  The scales on the forefoot of the Fire Beast were incredibly hard, not even sharp blades could scratch it. So with just a slight movement of its forefoot, it landed on the Tianxuan Fragmented Wooden Sword in Chuyi's hand, and the cloth strips wrapped around the sword shattered into pieces with a "sizzling" sound. The two hind feet of the Fire Beast suddenly moved towards Chuyi, trying to snatch the sword away, knowing that this was a wooden sword, it liked it even more, all three feet rushed forward, eager to devour it as a delicacy.

  On the ninth day, I was extremely frightened and hastily retreated. This fat fire beast had three legs on each side, with scales on its feet. Knives and swords couldn't harm it, and it stood in an unbeatable position. Its crazy attacks were even more difficult to deal with than a top master of the martial arts world!

  However, in his heart, Chu Jiu was calm. The "Xuan Qing Liu Yang Huan" on his chest had long been burning with a fierce flame. If he hadn't held back because Wu Gou was the elder of the demonic sect, he would have already activated the "Xuan Qing Liu Yang Huan". He remembered the words of She Tian Lao Ren: even if he didn't use any Daoist techniques, as long as he had the protection of the "Xuan Qing Liu Yang Huan", all five-elemental beasts would automatically retreat within three feet.

  He was already tense, with the mountain wall behind him and no way to avoid it. In an instant, he was drenched in sweat. He had the "Xuan Qing Liu Yang Huan" protecting his body, so he wasn't afraid of being harmed by the fierce fire beast, but he was worried about the Tian Xuan Suo Mu sword. He had already developed a deep bond with the sword!

  But unexpectedly, just as the three-legged beast was about to climb onto the Tianxuan Fragmented Wood Sword, it suddenly trembled all over, its front leg shaking, and its three legs flashed back like lightning. Without stopping, it turned around and went back.

  The two of them stood together again, both having broken out in a cold sweat. The Fire Beast in front of them had also stopped and turned around, staring at the two of them once more as it prepared to attack again! Its left forefoot had already sent the iron shovel handle into its mouth, swallowed it, and then spat it back out, but the entire head of the iron shovel was spat out instead!

  It has no interest in the golden attribute of the iron spade head at all!