Chapter 48: Slaying the Iron Lion

  When more than twenty majestic iron lions appeared before Su Ming, he took in a deep breath of cold air. The body of any one of the iron lions was several times bigger than his own, and their dark grey fur was like iron needles attached to their bodies. Su Ming seriously doubted whether his Dark Iron Arrow could pierce through their defenses.

  After observing for half an hour, Su Ming finally discovered some good news. This iron lion group seemed to have just gone through a big battle, and many of the majestic lions were injured. Several lions had already lost their combat effectiveness. Upon discovering this, Su Ming took out his bow and arrow and aimed at the injured lions.

  "Whoosh"

  Whoosh

  "Whoosh"

  "Whoosh"

  Four consecutive Xuan Tie arrows, with the assistance of the wind element, broke through the air and cut off the golden light on their heads, proclaiming their extraordinary nature.

  This time the arrow attack on Su Ming did not use ice properties, because the attack with ice properties would help Tie Shizi, and the freezing effect could stop the wound from bleeding and slow down the deterioration of the injury.

  "Hmm..."

  After Su Ming's sneak attack, the Iron Lion gang fell into a state of panic. The four seriously injured iron lions slowly fell to the ground, closing their large beastly eyes.

  "The task has begun, and the countdown is two days." The little elf's voice was like a stick hitting Su Ming, reminding him to speed up.

  "What's the big deal? It's just a few broken iron lions!" Su Ming gritted his teeth and transformed into a gust of wind, charging towards the iron lion group.

  Just now, because they couldn't find a target to attack, the entire iron lion group fell into chaos. When Su Ming appeared in front of them, several male lions rushed towards Su Ming at the first moment, scaring Su Ming to hurry up and jump up. If he was attacked by these few male lions, he would either die or be crippled.

  Dodging the attacks of several male lions, Su Ming directly attacked an injured iron lion, and with a palm strike, the light golden spiritual energy accurately hit the wound of that iron lion, heavily knocking it to the ground. Just as Su Ming was about to continue attacking with his silver snake sword, two iron lions pounced on him from front and back.

  Feeling his life threatened, Su Ming had no choice but to abandon his attack. His body flashed and he dodged the two male lions' attacks, but this flash brought him disaster. When he landed on the ground, he fell right into the midst of over twenty iron lions, surrounded by them.

  He looked around and smiled wryly, thinking to himself: "This is going to be the death of me. Little elf, think of a solution quickly."

  "Master, the only way is to kill them all."

  "My grass, can't we change?" Su Ming saw the iron lions gradually walking towards him and anxiously said.

  "Master, you can use speed to make them kill each other."

  "I understand." Su Ming nodded slightly, then focused his mind. When he felt the three iron lions charging towards him, Su Ming stood still on the spot, unmoving. If there was someone beside him, they would definitely curse him as a madman - who would face a lion's attack without dodging or blocking? Was he looking to die?

  Just as the three male lions were about to pounce on Su Ming, a gust of wind blew by, and Su Ming's body became illusory. The three male lions suddenly lost their target, and their pouncing bodies could not stop, they could only watch in dismay as they collided with each other.

  Boom

  Three male lions collided fiercely, dazing them. At this moment, Su Ming appeared above their heads, and a fist containing the gold element heavily struck one of the male lion's skulls, directly blasting its beast head into a skull, and in an instant, it was accompanied by a burst of fresh blood.

  After landing a hit, Su Ming didn't dodge in the slightest and flashed past again, avoiding the two male lions that were charging towards him. At the same time, he swung his Silver Snake Sword, unleashing a sword aura that struck one of the male lions in front of him. As frost formed on the lion's body, its speed rapidly decreased. Su Ming took advantage of the opportunity and with a swift swing of his Silver Snake Sword, directly pierced through the lion's neck.

  He killed two male lions in a row, Su Ming's strength was halved, and he hastily swallowed a Lingdan. Su Ming stepped on the cloud and rushed towards the male lion that had not moved. He wasn't trying to provoke all the iron lions to attack him, but rather to lure the several male lions behind him into the iron lion group, causing the entire iron lion group to fall into chaos. Only then could he take advantage of the situation to strike or escape.

  He did so at great peril; had he dodged too slowly, the lions would have torn him apart and made a meal of him.

  "Your target is not Ben Shao, Ben Shao has escaped." When Su Ming was still two meters away from the iron lion in front of him, he suddenly stopped and fell straight down. The several male iron lions that were pouncing on him turned to attack the female iron lion instead. In an instant, the iron lion group was in great chaos. Su Ming took advantage of the opportunity to dodge a few iron lions and head towards the outer circle.

  Although he dodged most of the iron lions' siege, he was still pounced on by a male lion. It turned out that this male lion had been slightly injured and its speed and attack speed were much slower than the other male lions. Just as Su Ming was about to dodge the attacks of two male lions, it pounced towards him.

  Su Ming dodged two male lions with a flash of his body, and the silver snake sword in his hand swung out an ice attribute spiritual power. He punched towards the abdomen of the lion, but before he could land the blow, the other lion arrived behind Su Ming, its sharp claws swiping across his back like a sharp sword, leaving several deep scars.

  "I'm going home."

  Su Ming's body rushed forward with a loud crash, one fist striking the air. He rolled on the ground twice before stabilizing his figure. At that moment, another male lion pounced towards him from the front. Su Ming, who was lying on the ground, knew he couldn't dodge anymore because there were two other male lions staring at him fiercely beside him.

  In the air, the majestic lion opened its huge beast mouth, and the ferocious fangs made Su Ming's heart tremble. When there were still ten meters between them, Su Ming grasped the Silver Snake Sword with both hands and raised it forward. This movement frightened the lion in the air, wanting to stop its body, but it was too late. The Silver Snake Sword pierced its abdomen and entered its body.

  He thought he could kill the lion with one sword, but unexpectedly the lion resisted the sharp blade and bit towards Su Ming, as if to exchange lives. Unfortunately, a layer of frost covered its body, accelerating the loss of vitality. Its huge mouth stopped three centimeters in front of Su Ming's face, causing Su Ming to break out in a cold sweat.

  Pushing aside the already dead male lion in front of him, Su Ming's left hand slapped the ground fiercely, and his body borrowed momentum to dodge the two male lions that pounced on him. At the cost of having three deep gashes torn open on his chest, he escaped the encirclement of the Iron Lion gang and shook off the male lions behind him at the fastest speed possible.

  Hiding in a tree, Su Ming swallowed a Huachun Dan, the scorching wound slowly recovering. He wiped his forehead and let out a breath. If he hadn't had an astonishing speed just now, perhaps his life would have been forfeited. This task was not something that could be completed by an initial-stage cultivator. It's likely that even mid-to-late stage cultivators wouldn't dare to directly kill a group of twenty fourth-order demonic beasts.