Chapter 28:
Xiao Ren and Xiao Xing er didn't care about Xiao Tie's tone and followed as they didn't want a pointless conflict with Xiao Tie as he was still a member to their Xiao Clan. Xiao Ren and Xiao Xing er's group lead by Xiao Tie finally enter the outer perimeter of the Magic Beast Mountain Range after 15 minutes of running. In these 15 minutes the group already met two wild beast and it was dealt by Xiao Tie and the others while Xiao Xing er and Xiao Ren didn't have a chance to attack as the others already defeat it, and these made Xiao Tie more complacent but Xiao Ren and Xiao Xing er didn't care about him and treat him like an air.
Xiao Ren and the group once again continue walking as they find a wild beast in the outer perimeter on the mountain, "Sister Xing er there is something..." Xiao Ren said looked around their surroundings before he look at Xiao Xing er when he feels something in the surroundings, while Xiao Xing er also look at him as she also feel it and nodded her head to Xiao Ren as they continue to follow the group but the two of them was already preparing themselves in case they suddenly got attack.
Swish!
Xiao Ren, Xiao Xing er continued walking with the group for a while when they heard something in the bushes in their right, Xiao Ren and Xiao Xing er look at each other and was like communicating through their eyes, "wait, stop" Xiao Xing er said before her hands land on the whip on her right waist and take it out before slashing at the bush in their right, while Xiao Ren hold the hilt of his sword to ready himself.
plak! "Roar!"
A roar sounded after Xiao Xing er hit something in the bushes as she slash using her whip, before a wild beast jump in anger from it's hiding place, the beast was a black colored wild beast and after looking at it for a few more seconds Xiao Xing er said with a serious expression on her face "That's a Black Panther, it was known for it's speed and from the looks of it's size it was a Peak High level Black Panther" Xiao Ren's expression also change while staring at the Black Panther.
After hearing Xiao Xing er's voice the others has a scared look on their face aside from Xiao Tie but his expression also change gravely. "Xiao Ren, Xiao Tie and Me will face it, the others will guard the surroundings in case a new wild beast go near us" Xiao Xing er said while still looking at the angry Black Panther before she attack the Black Panther again.
Xiao Ren and the others aside from Xiao Tie nod their head after hearing her voice, and Xiao Ren immediately followed Xiao Xing er and attack the Black Panther with his Black Myrtle Sword while Xiao Tie continue to just stand and watch. The Black Panther got more angry as it was once again got attacked so it dodge the black panther let out a angry roar before jumping towards Xiao Xing er with it's mouth wide open with it's sharp teeth that can cut Xiao Xing er's half if she got bitten by it, but unfortunately for the Black Panther, Xiao Xing er dodge it's attack as she used her movement technique.
After Xiao Xing er dodge, Xiao Ren immediately got to the side of the black panther and slashed his sword towards the beast, but the black panther managed to block Xiao Ren's attack with it's claw.
Clang!!!
A metallic noise rang out as spark was seen when the sword and claw collided. "ROAR!" the Black Panther roared as it got wounded, while Xiao Ren got thrown out and collided to a tree trunk "ughh" Xiao Ren grunted and when he looked at his front the Black Panther was already charging at him with a fast speed so he immediately dodge to the side and the black panther swipe it's claw, the trunk he collide at earlier got cut in half.
"Xiao Ren are you alright?" Xiao Xing er asked before she sends another attack at the black panther again.
Xiao Ren nodded his head before saying "hmmm, I'm alright. Sister Xing er please divert it's attention for a moment" after saying this Xiao Ren once again jump back to dodge the black panther.
"Alright" Xiao Xing er answered and she also didn't ask why as she know that Xiao Ren has a plan before attacking the black panther to get it's attention from Xiao Ren.
Xiao Xing er continued attacking the panther that it started to ignore Xiao Ren and change it's target to Xiao Xing er, after Xiao Xing er succeed in getting it's attention Xiao Ren waited for a while before he sneak attack again but this time he used his the Tempest Lightning Movement Technique and he was as fast when Xiao Xing er use her first level of the Wyrm Python Movement Technique as Xiao Ren reach the initial level of the Tempest movement the first level of the Tempest Lightning Movement Technique.
When Xiao Ren arrived at the side of the panther Xiao Ren's Black Myrtle Sword was already high up before he slash it down to cut the neck of the black panther, the panther didn't manage to react as Xiao Ren was faster a bit to it and add the fact that it was also a surprise attack, the black panther's head got cut off and it's head roll to the ground before it's body fall down in the ground with a 'thud' sound.
"Haaa haaa Sister Xing er are we lucky that we met a high ranking wild beast that has a strength of a 9th layer body tempering human or our luck is bad because we met one? haha haaa" Xiao Ren asked with a awkward laugh while also panting as he sat on the ground and also put his sword down.
" I guess were lucky that we learned a movement technique or else we are just a prey for it" Xiao Xing er replied to Xiao Ren before continuing looking at the others before stopping her gaze at Xiao Tie "you guys collect the carcass of this black panther, also why didn't you help us earlier"
Xiao Tie's brows twitch as he was called and earlier he didn't help because he find out that the panther is wild beast that has the same strength as a 9th layer body tempering as in the past he once meet one and he feels that it's presence is the same from the black panther and got scared because he was only a 8th layer and adding the advantage of the body of the beast that were more stronger that human, he really just want to escape, but when he heard Xiao Xing er's question "Humph I just want to see your strength and will help you two if you are in danger, but I guess you're pretty good to defeat it" Xiao Tie replied and act strong in front of everyone as he feel everyone's gaze at him.
Everyone gaze at Xiao Tie and they heard his words and didn't know if what he said is real but they felt that he was lying and looked among themselves, while Xiao Xing er continued to stared at Xiao Tie and she knows that he was lying before shifting her gaze at Xiao Ren and walked towards him and ignored this big hypocrite in their group. "Xiao Ren are you alright?" Xiao Xing er ask with concern.
"Hmmm, I'm fine. It's just small scratches" Xiao Ren answered before looking around "Sister Xing er we need to leave here fast maybe we attract some beast here because of the fight, we are okay if it is 3 to 4 magic beast and as long as it was not at peak high level wild beast but more than that it can be a problem" Xiao Ren said and pick his sword on the ground before standing up.
"Hmmm, we will leave after the others finish getting the the carcass of the black panther" Xiao Xing er replied to Xiao Ren. after a while Xiao Jian, Xiao Zhan and Xiao Teng finish getting the carcass the group then started to move. Xiao Ren, Xiao Xing er and the others continued to explore the outer perimeter of the Magic Beast Mountain Range to hunt wild beast till night and in this time they meet about 10 mid level wild beast with the three of the beast being a peak mid level wild beast that was defeated by either Xiao Ren and Xiao Xing er as Xiao Tie seems to be having a hard time facing it.
When night came Xiao Ren and the others set up a camp while Xiao Xiu and Xia Ying cook food while also guarding their surroundings as a wild beast might come because of the fire, luckily no wild beast come and the group started to eat and after finishing eating they decided that Xiao Ren and Xiao Wei will stand as guard first while others sleep before they will shift to Xiao Xing er and and Xia Ying to let Xiao Ren and Xiao Wei rest.