73 The Fight In The Forest 1

Along the outskirts of the Shadow Grove Forest, Jiang Rou Xuan sat around a fireplace. She had left into the forest with the team that was consisted on her two brothers, Jiang Rou Meng and Jiang Rou Lang, Lan Meng Meng and Jiang Rou Lang's two lackeys.

Currently, Jiang Rou Meng is deemed as the number one outer disciple in Southern Wind Academy. He was a strong contender in winning this times competition once again. He was close to breaking through, sitting at the half-step Core Establishment Stage. It was only because his two siblings had just entered the academy, did he exit out of cultivation for the competition.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Rou Meng who had a charming look asked his sister. He had a similar face shape to Jiang Rou Xuan, except that he had male features.

"Nothing, big brother." Rou Xuan smiled it off. She wasn't one to tell others about what she was thinking in her head. Currently, she was worrying about the well-being of her little brother Li Tian. Are you doing fine in the competition?

At the start, she wanted to wait for Wang Li Tian along the entrance into the forest. However, her brother had approached her and she obligingly followed along.

"You should get some rest. We will be travelling the whole of tomorrow. By then, we will be able to make it out of the forest." Jiang Rou Meng briefed her.

"Understood."

Closing her eyes, she remained awake throughout the night, worrying about the boy who was not with her in the forest.

Dawn came. Wang Li Tian awoke to a deep roar that reverberated in the forest. It gave off a pulsing aura that permeated the cultivator's body. Adrenaline kicked in as he felt the rush of blood throughout his body.

"That is a grade 3 demonic beast." Wang Li Tian estimated using his experience in the wild.

Usually, the roar of this magnitude meant one thing and one thing only. A fight. There was a fight being undertaken by the demonic beast.

Curious, Wang Li Tian leaped from tree to tree, heading towards the noise. Typically, if a body enhancement stage cultivator knows that a grade 3 demonic beast was in a general direction, they would immediately sprint in the opposite direction. For Wang Li Tian, so long as he was careful, he enjoyed getting a closer look into Demonic Beasts. It started before the time he met Mr. Dragon and had begun from the time he read a picture book describing the different demonic beasts as a child.

Attuned to scaling trees, Wang Li Tian hopped across the canopy, controlling his spiritual aura to prevent himself from being spotted by the powerful demonic beast. Below him, stood two large sized demonic beasts. On the left, was a bear-like demonic beast that had patches of blue over his white fur. On the right, was a beetle demonic beast that had a jet black carapace protecting its back.

The two demonic beasts were in a stand off. Seemingly from the situation, the bear-like demonic beast was badly injured from its right shoulder down. There was blue blood flowing down incessantly to the ground. It stood beside a cavern, attempting to block the entrance from the Beetle demonic beast.

"Roarrrrrrrr!!!" The bear-like beast attempted to intimidate the beetle once more. As Wang Li Tian was trying to hide his presence, he circulated the braveheart aura which did not make use of spiritual energy. The bear's aura was not able to inflict any spiritual damage to his body.

"Kakakaka!" The beetle clamped his pincers, looking as if it were not scared of the bear. A light glow enveloped the beetle. It dashed forward, its pincers pierced through the stomach of the bear beast. It groaned in pain.

In a last ditch effort, the bear demonic beast grabbed onto both pincers and regulated it's spiritual energy to the arms. Pulling outwards, the beetle beast was ripped in half crudely. Its legs wriggled continuously even after it had died. Only after several seconds did the bear beast let down its guard. It sat on the ground, looking back into the cave, disregarding its wounds.

As the fight finally died down, Wang Li Tian was able to hear light cries coming from the cave that the bear beast had protected. It seemed that the bear beast was a mother and was protecting her child from the watchful eyes of the beetle beast. The bear picked up her kin using her blood soaked paws. She licked the baby, in attempts to calm the child down. Anyone present would be able to tell that she was grasping on straws in that moment.

Unable to take it anymore, Wang Li Tian hopped down from the trees. The presence of the young cultivator once again made the mother bear extra weary. Even as she was about to die, she roared in displeasure, in attempts to strike fear into Li Tian. The boy, however, did something that was totally unexpected by the mother bear. He placed his sling bag and sword on the ground. Raising his hands, Wang Li Tian tried to show the mother bear that he came in peace.

From that gesture, the bear was shocked momentarily and as a result, there was a backlash on her body from exerting her spiritual aura again. This time, no matter what Wang Li Tian does, she would definitely not be able to defend her child. The boy swiftly approached the mother and child demonic beast.