Chapter 19: Ji Zidian: Junior Brother Sacrificed Himself to Save Me, Waaah
On a barren mountain, a green Xuanwu shell hung from the withered branches of an old tree. Purple electric light occasionally sparked from within, crackling softly.
Inside the shell, Ji Zidian was streaming with tears. She swung her sword wildly, desperately trying to break free.
She had originally thought that Junior Brother Wang Xiu had escaped to fetch reinforcements. She never expected that her junior brother, who had broken through the encirclement, would actually return at this life-or-death moment.
He had chosen to sacrifice himself, leaving the only chance of escape for her.
You must know that their Lightning Branch had always looked unfavorably upon the Divination Branch. Although they hadn't bullied the Divination Branch, they had never given them good faces for many years.
At their first meeting, Ji Zidian had even blatantly shown her rejection of the Divination Branch.
Yet even so, Junior Brother Wang Xiu remained as gentle as jade, treating her with courtesy and yielding to her at every turn.
Originally, Ji Zidian had really believed that Junior Brother Wang Xiu had insisted on teaming up with her in order to introduce Jiang Ling'er to the Lightning Branch. But now, a guess gradually emerged in her heart.
Could it be that Junior Brother Wang Xiu had seen that her forehead was dark, indicating great misfortune, and therefore actively proposed teaming up with her?
This way, he could accompany her to resolve the misfortune and save her life!
As for praising her as blessed by heaven, with fortune extending far, and being a person of great destiny when they first met, those words were clearly just to get close to her.
After all, if he had said she was surrounded by misfortune right from the start, she would have certainly stormed off at that time. She might have even attacked him, and she definitely wouldn't have believed him.
At the very least, when Lu Binglan was young, most of her fights with others were caused by saying their foreheads were dark.
Her junior brother must have learned from his master's lesson. He only acted without speaking, wanting to silently save her life!
At this moment, her junior brother must be fighting bloody battles with that demon. He might even be on the verge of death under the tiger demon's attacks!
"No!"
"Even if I die, I must fight side by side with my junior brother until the end!"
Boom!
The dragon's roar sounded again. Ji Zidian finally split open the Xuanwu Mirror's confinement and rushed out.
After sending a distress signal to the Maple City Taoist temple, Ji Zidian held the Heart of Heaven Sword and once again shot toward Mingyue Mountain.
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Meanwhile, at Mingyue Mountain, within the Four Symbols Guardian Evil-Slaying Great Formation.
"Great Heavenly Dragon!"
"World Honored Ksitigarbha!"
"Prajna Buddhas!"
"Prajna Paramita!"
Buddhist chants rang out. The Emperor of the Underworld phenomenon behind Wang Xiu dissipated, replaced by endless Buddhist light.
His inner shirt exploded with a bang. His exposed skin seemed cast from gold, and the golden dragon tattoo bared its fangs and brandished its claws, looking vividly lifelike.
Suppress!
The earth beneath his feet suddenly collapsed, creating a pit several meters wide and deep. Wang Xiu charged fiercely toward the tiger demon. The golden dragon on his shoulder pounced out, carrying immeasurable Buddhist light to suppress the tiger demon.
"Buddhist protector divine ability!"
The tiger demon's face was extremely ugly. What kind of background did this guy have?
Daoist formations!
Buddhist divine abilities!
Ghost cultivation secret arts!
Any one of these taken out was a top-tier inheritance, enough to make a cultivator invincible in the same realm and sweep across a region.
Yet this guy had cultivated every single one to the highest realm, able to manifest phenomena to empower himself. Just what kind of freak was he!
Roar!
The white tiger roared to the sky, fighting with that golden dragon. In an instant, dragon and tiger battled, Buddhist light shattered, and demon blood splashed in a miserable scene.
After all, it was a Core Formation Middle Stage tiger demon, its cultivation having reached the Fifth Layer.
Even though it had been pierced through the chest by the spiritual artifact Purple Cloud Blade and was heavily injured, it was still ferocious and mighty. In a few breaths, it tore the Buddhist golden dragon to pieces.
But this short time of a few breaths was already enough.
"Azure Dragon power, array in the East!"
"White Tiger power, array in the West!"
"Vermilion Bird power, array in the South!"
"Xuanwu power, array in the North!"
"Suppress the demon!!!"
Wang Xiu shouted explosively. Majestic phenomena appeared in the four directions of heaven and earth.
Four formation flags fluttered in the wind, and images of the four divine beasts rose above the flags, shooting toward Wang Xiu at the center of the formation.
In an instant, four layers of majestic divine power stacked onto Wang Xiu's body, transforming into mysterious Daoist divine patterns.
He leaped up, riding on the huge white tiger's neck. His legs clamped down fiercely, actually forcing the tiger demon to prostrate on the ground, kicking up countless clouds of dust.
Boom!
A fist carrying the power of the four divine beasts heavily struck the tiger demon's head. The entire mountain forest shook, and the ground cracked open in all directions.
The earth collapsed and mountains crumbled!
"Did I tell you to block the road and eat people?"
"Did I tell you to refine chang ghosts?"
"Did I tell you to injure my fellow sect member?"
"Did I tell you to test me with beauties?"
At this moment, Wang Xiu was like the tiger-fighting hero Wu Erlang. He raised his fists again and again, striking the white tiger, beating it until it had no power to fight back.
There was no other way.
After knowing a great demon was lurking in the shadows, Wang Xiu had put great effort into setting up this Four Symbols Formation this time. It was even more powerful than the one at Spirit Tortoise Peak.
Not only did he have the four soul pets as formation spirits borrowing divine beast power, but he had also inserted the formation flags into the Mingyue Mountain earth vein hub, borrowing the power of the four directions' earth veins, making it as stable as Mount Tai.
If the white tiger demon had fought desperately from the beginning, relying on its Core Formation Middle Stage cultivation, it would have had a chance to fight Wang Xiu to the death.
This was also the reason Wang Xiu chose to send Ji Zidian away first. After all, without one hundred percent certainty, keeping that girl might have become a burden.
But this tiger demon was too cowardly. After seeing Wang Xiu annihilate the ghosts, it directly lost its will to fight and fled.
As a result, it was sneak-attacked and heavily injured by the Purple Cloud Blade, losing much of its combat power.
It no longer had any hope of turning the tables and killing him!
One punch!
Two punches!
Three punches!
Four punches!
Every punch Wang Xiu struck on the tiger's head dealt critical damage, making tiger blood splash.
Of course, the tiger demon was also fighting back. Waves of demon power transformed into weapons slashing toward Wang Xiu, leaving terrifying wounds on his body and cracking his golden light.
Fortunately, he had the Great Heavenly Dragon Demon Subduing Golden Body protecting him. They were only superficial wounds, nothing serious.
Bang!
Another punch fell, and white mist suddenly burst from the white tiger's body.
Amidst the smoke, the white tiger actually transformed back into that beautiful noblewoman. This time, she wore no clothes on her body.
She looked at Wang Xiu with resentment and pleaded for mercy. "Little brother, stop hitting. I admit defeat. From now on, I am willing to acknowledge you as my master."
"As long as, as long as little brother doesn't kill me, you can train me however you like."
"Meow~"
Having said that, the white tiger noblewoman looked up at Wang Xiu charmingly. Her alluring body twisted slightly, and her white ears and tail swayed gently.
Good heavens. A beast-eared girl? Where did this tiger learn this from!
"You want to acknowledge me as master? I can do whatever I want to you?"
Looking at the tiger who had transformed into a beast-eared girl, Wang Xiu couldn't help but show a thick smile on his face.
Mm~ The white tiger noblewoman nodded gently, full of grace and charm, pitiful to behold.
Boom!
Her beautiful head was directly punched into the dirt. Wang Xiu grinned and said, "If you want to acknowledge me as master, you must first be able to take a beating!"
"White Tiger!"
Boom!
"Human Form!"
Boom!
"Noblewoman!"
Boom!
"Playing training games with me?"
Boom!
"This form makes me even more excited to hit you."
Boom!
When the dust settled, the enchanting woman lay in the deep pit, on the verge of death.
She looked at Wang Xiu pleadingly, squeezing out a smile on her face. She seemed to be expecting Wang Xiu to soften his heart and spare her life after venting his anger.
As long as, as long as he softened his heart for a moment and spared her, she would definitely find an opportunity in the future to repay today's humiliation a hundredfold!
...
Clang!
Wang Xiu pulled out the Purple Cloud Blade from the tiger demon's body and swung it violently.
The beautiful noblewoman's head flew into the sky, transforming back into a huge tiger head in mid-air. It landed heavily on the ground, kicking up countless clouds of dust.
And that alluring naked body also instantly transformed into a huge headless tiger corpse, falling to the ground.
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