Chapter 857 Encounter (Please Subscribe)_1

It's hard to tell how much time had passed...

Xu Sheng's consciousness gradually awoke, and he slowly opened his ink-colored eyes...

He rubbed his slightly muddled head and slowly got up from the ground...

Suddenly, he cast his gaze around...

He suddenly realized that he was now in the midst of a vast, gloomy, and eerie forest, so expansive that he couldn't see its edge at a glance!

However, the concentration of spiritual energy here was several levels higher than that of the Lower Realm!

It goes without saying that the cultivators of the Cultivation World would cultivate much faster than those of the Lower Realm!

Xu Sheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Is this the Cultivation World? As expected, it is incomparable to the Lower Realm!"

However, the most important thing at the moment was to figure out where he was...

And how the Cultivation World was laid out!

With that thought, he immediately erupted with a burst of spiritual power, attempting to soar into the air...

But, he failed!

Xu Sheng was initially stunned and exclaimed in astonishment, "??? Unable to fly?"

More accurately, his power was insufficient to fly, as the rules of the Cultivation World were different from those of the Lower Realm...

At that moment, a "roar~~~"

A harsh beast roar erupted not far in front of Xu Sheng...

Countless pitch-black birds hidden in the branches, as if frightened, started to desperately flee...

Just as Xu Sheng furrowed his brow, more intense footsteps and voices came from ahead...

"Elder Mu, Elder Ming, catch it quickly! This Ironblood Yuan Lion has reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage! It's faster than I expected!"

"Hmph! It's just a mere beast! If it escapes, where will my face be!"

"Watch me capture it and flay its skin and pull its bones!"

As these words fell, suddenly, in front of Xu Sheng, a huge monster beast, at least a dozen meters in size, charged towards him...

At first glance, it looked exactly like a lion, but its limbs and large head were covered in sturdy scales...

If one sensed carefully, they could feel the terrifying spirit force fluctuation coming from it, even surpassing Xu Sheng!

However, the Ironblood Yuan Lion also seemed to have noticed Xu Sheng, who was blocking its path. Its blood-red eyes decisively locked onto him, and a terrifying murderous intent burst forth...

This daunting might made unease flash across Xu Sheng's heart...

This lion! It was much stronger than him!!

Realizing this, his eyes suddenly tightened, and he immediately used the Devil Shadow Step, escaping at his fastest speed!

But unbelievably, the Ironblood Yuan Lion was not thrown off, and it rapidly closed the distance with Xu Sheng!!

Xu Sheng inwardly exclaimed in alarm, "Not good!!"

By the time he wanted to evade, it was already too late...

The massive body of the Ironblood Yuan Lion slammed into Xu Sheng, sending him flying dozens of meters away, crashing into a thick tree...

And feeling as if his internal organs were about to burst, Xu Sheng, with a "puh!" sound, continuously coughed up scarlet blood from the corner of his mouth...

The Ironblood Yuan Lion that had sent Xu Sheng flying blinked its blood-red eyes a few times...

It didn't choose to let Xu Sheng go but abruptly stopped its mad dash. It rushed to where Xu Sheng lay collapsed on the ground and cruelly opened its fang-filled, bloody maw...

The woman who arrived shortly after saw this and cried out in alarm, "Not good! Elder Ming, Elder Mu, stop her quickly!"

As she spoke, one of the elders by her side narrowed his eyes and coldly shouted, "Bloodthirsty Slash!!"

Immediately after, the space between his palms coalesced into a massive crimson blade, which he hurled towards the Ironblood Yuan Lion ahead...

With a thunderous "BOOM!!!" the unprepared Ironblood Yuan Lion was struck by the massive blade, sent flying for more than a dozen meters before it crashed to the ground...

The scales on the beast's body were shattered, leaving behind a ghastly crimson wound...

The Ironblood Yuan Lion, enduring its injuries, regarded the three people ahead with a wary gaze...

At that moment, another elder instantaneously appeared before Xu Sheng, promptly taking out an elixir and feeding it into his mouth, pressing down with spiritual power to force him to swallow...

The woman who had hurried over glanced at Xu Sheng with concern and asked, "Elder Mu, how is he?"

The elder shook his head and said, "He should be alright after taking the elixir, but considering that he's only at the Hollow Void Stage and survived a hit from the Ironblood Yuan Lion, it's quite remarkable!"

The woman's expression was rather displeased as she muttered, "Hmph... This fellow, only at the Hollow Void Stage, and he dared to venture into Mose Forest. He's really asking for death!"

But when she took another clear look at Xu Sheng's face, a bright light suddenly shone in her beautiful eyes...

Wait a minute...

This man...

He looks... rather handsome!!

Seeing the woman's gaze fixed on Xu Sheng, the elder coughed and said, "Ahem..."

These few gentle coughs brought the woman back to her senses, her cheeks flushing a shade of red...

Internally chiding herself with embarrassment, she thought, "I actually got lost staring at a Hollow Void Stage man, this is so embarrassing!"

Having taken the elixir, Xu Sheng felt some relief from his injuries and began to regain consciousness...

His dark eyes, upon clearly seeing the elder and the woman before him, realized that they must have saved him...

The woman was dressed in a light black, glazed, off-shoulder gown, her radiant turquoise eyes held a tranquil calm, not showing the slightest ripple. With a touch of faint white mist, they were all the more enchanting.

Especially her cherry lips, willowy eyebrows, fair skin, and delicate melon-seed shaped face, she seemed like a beauty who had stepped out of a painting...

Which also made him pause briefly in awe...

Regaining his composure, he said in an extremely weak voice, "Thank you both, you're the ones who saved me, right...?"

Elder Mu, with his turbid eyes, glanced at Xu Sheng and replied indifferently, "No need to thank us, if you want to thank anyone, thank our Miss..."

The woman crouched down, carefully helping Xu Sheng to his feet with eyes full of concern, and said, "No thanks needed. It was our fault for drawing the Ironblood Yuan Lion to you, causing your injury. Is your wound okay now?"

This man, he's more pleasing to the eye than any of the young men in our clan!

Xu Sheng, somewhat dazed by her unexpectedly tender words, nodded slightly and said, "Yes! The injury has mostly stabilized!"

Meanwhile, on the other side where Elder Ming was standing guard against the Ironblood Yuan Lion, he turned his head and said in a cold tone, "Miss, how should we deal with this Ironblood Yuan Lion?"

The woman, curiously fixated on Xu Sheng, waved her hand absently and said, "Slaughter it!"

Elder Ming's eyes widened as he exclaimed, "Slaughter... Slaughter it? Miss, are you sure? You previously said you wanted to make it your...

The woman grew increasingly impatient and said, "I'm not interested anymore! Kill that lion!"

What else could Elder Ming say? He could only let out a sigh and respond, "As you wish, Miss."

So he looked at the Ironblood Yuan Lion with an unfriendly gaze...

Thinking to himself, "If anyone's to blame, it's your own bad luck!"

Immediately afterward, the whole area exploded with a terrifying might, as he unleashed an attack on the Ironblood Yuan Lion in front of him...

In just a quarter of an hour, the Ironblood Yuan Lion, which had previously been full of life, was reduced to a bloody mess under the elder's assault...

In a moment, its crimson eyes dimmed, life fading away...

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