Chapter 52: Nine-Tailed Golden Fox
There were only about a hundred or so of these Mystic Iron Arrows in the entire Su family, and they were usually allocated to the top archers among the Innate Martial Artists. Each person was limited to no more than twenty arrows per year. The twenty Mystic Iron Arrows that Su Han had left for him had almost been used up.
"Young master, consider yourself lucky. If you were to engage in close combat, your chances of winning wouldn't exceed 40%, and you would also lose the Silver Snake Sword."
"You look down on me like that, Little Elf? Although he's a congenital late-stage martial artist, he's still injured. Can't I even beat him?"
"Master, although your combat strength is slightly stronger than his, he has a high-grade spiritual sword in his hand that can cut off any weapon on your body. As for your body, he can cut off any part of it with one sword."
"My grass, this high-ranking spirit soldier is so powerful."
"That's natural, reaching the spiritual soldier is already considered a first-class magic treasure. When you reach the Pre-Heavenly Round Perfection realm, you can use that spiritual soldier to fight against Heavenly Spirit realm warriors. Young master, you should know that weapons are also part of combat power, and sometimes they can produce unexpected effects."
At this time, Su Ming remembered the Dragon God Sword. If he had the Dragon God Sword in hand, wouldn't this Sealed Divine Continent be at his beck and call?
"Young master, your idea is wrong. With your current strength, you can't even protect the Dragon God Sword, and instead, you'll lose your life because of it. Once the Dragon God Sword appears, I estimate that some old monsters who don't usually show themselves will take action."
"It seems reasonable, I'd better seize the time to enhance my own strength." Su Ming said as he walked towards the congenital and acquired martial artists.
After taking away the wealth and elixir from his body, Su Ming picked up the treasure sword that was emitting a golden glow on the ground. At this time, the spiritual power in his body suddenly surged into the golden treasure sword uncontrollably, scaring him so much that he almost dropped the golden treasure sword.
"Congratulations, young master, you have earned the recognition of the Golden Fox."
"What's this about a Golden Fox's recognition?" Su Ming's face was filled with confusion, and at that moment, the spiritual energy that had been surging into the Golden Sword on its own stopped, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Young master, the Golden Fox tribe is an ancient sacred beast, they can reach a 9th rank existence, and their status is higher than ordinary demon beasts. This is also why the three-tailed Golden Fox was able to subdue the late-stage 4th rank Demon Winged Snake earlier."
"Isn't the fox only good at charming? Could it be that this golden fox is a mutant existence, capable of having attacking power? And how did I get its recognition? Could it be that this golden sword is its illusion?"
"Master, the Golden Fox is the highest level of existence among the Nine-Tailed Foxes and also belongs to the variant of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Because they exist in the golden attribute spiritual vein, they absorb the golden attribute all year round. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, they became the Nine-Tailed Golden Fox. They not only possess the charm of the nine-tailed fox but also have a golden attribute attack."
"I see, then what's with this golden sword?" Su Ming nodded and continued to ask.
"This golden sword is a damaged spiritual artifact, and this golden fox is the artifact's soul."
"Spiritual artifact? Is it even more powerful than a spiritual sword?" Su Ming continued to ask.
"Lingbing belongs to the entry-level magic treasure, while Lingqi is a high-level magic treasure. To reach Lingqi, one must possess a Qiling, and only fifth-stage or higher demonic beasts can serve as Qilings. If this Qiling can be upgraded, then the Lingqi will also upgrade with the Qiling's upgrade, and similarly, it will downgrade with the Qiling's downgrade."
"You mean that the three-tailed golden fox we just saw was once a fifth-grade demon beast? And this golden sword was also an existence of a spiritual instrument?" Su Ming exclaimed.
"According to the laws of the Continent of Sealing Gods, it should be like this. I don't know the specific situation very well, but I do know that this golden fox can evolve and at least reach the ninth rank of demonic beast. As for whether it can become a celestial beast, I'm not sure."
"Little elf, if this golden fox reaches the ninth rank of demonic beast, what level can this sword become?" Su Ming asked with a face full of expectation. All along, he had no good weapons, and every time he encountered strong opponents, he relied on Yunyun Palm and Tianfeng Fist, close combat was the easiest way to get injured in battle.
"The Xianbing grade is a top-level weapon on the Continent of Sealing Gods, but it's not easy for this Golden Fox to upgrade. At least, I don't know how to make it upgrade."
"What? You don't know?" The little elf's words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the flame of hope that had just risen.
"Young master, there is no such introduction in the game 'Gods and Demons Battle for Supremacy'. If you can obtain the Spirit Artifact Forging Book, I can help you upgrade the Golden Fox's level and also find out what material this golden sword is forged from and its perfection degree."
"I really thought you were all-knowing, but it turns out that's not the case. Looks like I still have to rely on myself after all, damn little elf."
"Young master, how can you say such things about others? It hurts people's hearts so much." The little spirit's voice was like that of a wronged young girl, and it was quite pitiful.
"Stop it, when I haven't said anything." Su Ming couldn't take it anymore and hastily stopped the little spirit, then headed towards the direction of the great lake. Earlier, he was busy chasing after that late-stage Heaven Immortal, and hadn't taken out the treasures from the two mid-stage Heaven Immortals' bodies yet. Although there weren't any precious items, for him right now, even a single gold coin would be good.
After the search, all the belongings of the two warriors were taken away. Just as he was about to find a place to take a look at what they were, the voice of the little spirit sounded again.
"Master, quickly find a place to hide. There are dozens of human auras heading in this direction, including warriors at the Tianling level."
"My goodness, a Tianling realm warrior, won't be robbing me of my stuff, will he?" Su Ming subconsciously stuffed the treasure he had just gathered into his bosom and fled in the direction indicated by the little spirit, carrying his golden sword.
"Young master, don't run away, their target is not you, but the Great Lake of the Wilderness, it seems they are going to hunt down the Great Lake Monster."
As soon as the little elf's voice fell, Su Ming's body stopped in its tracks. At this time, a bold idea emerged in his mind. He then buried all the treasures in his arms in a low-lying area, found a piece of animal hide to wrap the golden sword and carried it on his back. Then he quietly approached the great lake.
"Master, don't get any closer, be careful of being discovered by the Tianling Realm warriors." The little spirit reminded Su Ming.
Su Ming climbed up a big tree, and from the high vantage point, he finally saw the group of warriors that the little spirit had mentioned. At this time, he was grateful to have the little spirit. If he hadn't run away earlier, he would definitely have encountered these warriors. There were twenty-six people in total, all of whom were at least at the First Heaven level, with two at the Sky Spirit realm and one even at the late stage of the Sky Spirit realm.
This was the most powerful warrior he had ever seen since coming to the mainland of Fengshen, his grandfather was only a mid-term Tianling warrior, and he had never seen his grandfather take action before, so he didn't know how strong a Tianling realm warrior was.
