Chen Xiao was already frightened by the sudden appearance of the giant beast.

The huge beast was as big as a bus. On its huge head, there was a pair of eyes as big as wheels, and the ferocious and violent beast eyes flashed with cold light. At first glance, it looked like an enlarged version of a tiger, but it didn't look like one. There was not a single hair on its body, only a thin layer of scales. The top of its head and back were dark blue, its abdomen was white, its limbs were dark blue, and its claws were so dark black. Only a few claws were deeply sunken into the ground, emitting a cold black light.

Seeing two people in front of it, the monstrous beast suddenly became ferocious, opened its huge mouth, and let out a roar that shook the sky and the earth.

“Ahhh——”

As the monster roared, a strange smell instantly hit Chen Xiao's face. The sharp teeth in its mouth suddenly reminded Chen Xiao of the giant man-eating monster insects with sharp teeth in horror movies. The equally terrifying mouth was like the monster's throat, and it was like a dark tunnel that made people unable to see the bottom.

The reason why Chen Xiao made such a confusing and illogical association was that he was completely unable to think at this moment.

The huge and terrifying appearance of the beast made the fear factor rooted in Chen Xiao's genes tremble. Sometimes fear is not a bad thing. Only when you feel fear will you urge people to escape. But sometimes fear can be a bad thing. A huge gap will make the weaker party realize that there is no hope of escape and directly succumb to a desperate fate.

Fortunately, when Chen Xiao's mind was in a mess, Du Rong was able to react correctly. He threw down the package and drew out the rune knife from his waist. At the same time, he pushed Chen Xiao and yelled, "Run! Don't look back--" After saying this, Du Rong rushed forward holding the rune knife.

Chen Xiao didn't know what kind of monster it was, and Du Rong couldn't recognize it either, but they knew it was a fierce beast. At this moment, facing the fierce beast, what he should do is to turn around and run away regardless of everything, so that there might be a glimmer of hope. Even if there is a contract between him and Chen Xiao, in such a hopeless situation, the monk can abandon his employer and run away by himself. Because the monk absolutely cannot beat it, and staying behind will only mean that both of them will die together.

However, Du Rong did not do so. Although he knew that there was little hope, he still wanted to help Chen Xiao delay time so that he could escape. It was not because of any great reason, but Du Rong felt that he had to live up to this expensive equipment.

"Come on, you beast! Come at me!" Du Rong roared, rushed down the hillside at an extremely fast speed, and ran towards the opposite hillside.

As he ran, he waved the rune knife in his hand to attract the ferocious beast to attack him.

In fact, he didn't need to shout. Seeing such a tiny person rushing towards him, the beast felt provoked. The irritable beast was immediately enraged. It kicked its feet and pounced down from the mountainside, biting Du Rong with its big mouth.

Facing the beast's huge mouth, Du Rong didn't have time to think about anything and rolled to the side. The two sides crossed each other, and the beast paused rapidly, digging a deep pit on the ground with its four claws. It roared, turned its body, squatted on its hind legs, and suddenly jumped. At the same time, it stretched out a front paw and slapped Du Rong.

Du Rong completely abandoned the idea of ​​life and death, and only focused on fighting the beast in front of him. He did not avoid or give way, and swung the rune knife in his hand, slashing at the beast's eyes. If the beast's front paws did not change their momentum, then before being hit, the rune knife in Du Rong's hand would have slashed the murderer's eyes. Although Du Rong died, the beast's eyes would also be blinded. This was a posture of exchanging life for injury.

The beast was very intelligent and obviously didn't want to lose an eye. It dodged Du Rong's blade in time, raised its front paw, and rested its other front paw on the ground, tilting its head. Du Rong was ecstatic. At this time, he still had some strength left in his body, and if he moved forward, he would reach the beast's neck. As long as he could insert the knife into the gap between the neck and shoulder, the beast would be injured if not killed!

This was the only thing Du Rong was thinking about. He had never thought about what would happen if the rune knife in his hand could not break through the thin scales of the beast. The situation was changing rapidly, and Du Rong could not afford to think too much.

Without waiting for Du Rong to verify whether it was the sharpness of the rune knife in his hand or the toughness of the beast's fine scales, the beast tilted its head with a cruel and cunning cold light in its eyes. It twisted its body directly, and swung its tail that had been hidden behind it, making a sharp whistle in the air, and whipped towards Du Rong!

Du Rong's eyes were filled with shock and despair. He only had time to pull back his hand and raise the rune knife to his chest. The thick tail chopped over, and the rune knife instantly broke into pieces. A huge force hit his chest. Du Rong spit out a mouthful of blood, and was pulled into the air by the powerful force of the tail and thrown to the ground. It seemed that if he was not killed by the beast, he would be smashed into a pool of flesh.

At the critical moment, a figure arrived in time and caught Du Rong.

Xi Yunting felt both annoyed and guilty.

He had originally followed the two men out of the canyon in secret. When he saw that they had reached an area where the road was easier to walk on, he walked for a while without incident and then turned around and returned to the wooden house in the valley.

Just as he was meditating, he suddenly heard a beast roar, and immediately had a bad feeling in his heart. This beast roar was very penetrating, and it spread far beyond several hills, which showed how powerful it was. It was very likely to be a ferocious beast.

Thinking that Chen Xiao and the other man were still nearby, Xi Yunting hurried over, but he was still a step too late. Du Rong was seriously injured and dying, and Chen Xiao's life or death was unknown.

Xi Yunting quickly stuffed a pill into Du Rong's mouth to keep him alive. Thinking that the two of them had encountered this beast that shouldn't have appeared, all because of the bad luck he brought, Xi Yunting was extremely angry.

The beast was already furious when it saw a figure catching its prey and bringing it aside. It leaped forward, with a gust of fishy wind, and attacked Xi Yunting from behind.

Xi Yunting turned around at this moment, with anger and hatred in his heart. He turned around and shouted at the ferocious beast with an extremely cold expression: "Evil beast, die!" He raised his hand, and a heavy sword appeared in his hand, sweeping towards the ferocious beast.

The heavy sword was more than three feet long, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The blade was black and the blade was white. The handle had a two-finger-wide middle line that was purple in gold as the blade narrowed from wide to narrow. There were spiral threads on the hilt and a dark brown bridle wrapped around the end.

The heavy sword swept across the beast's shoulders and chest. The beast looked down at Xi Yunting with contempt, and raised its claws to scratch him, intending to use its sharp claws to fight the heavy sword. No matter how smart the beast was, it had its limits. It didn't understand that there were differences between practitioners, and there were also big differences between weapons.

The rough and sharp claws on the front paws hit the heavy sword, making a dull sound of impact. First there was a dull pain, followed by a sharp burning sensation. The sharp nails were not to be feared, but there was no protection in the gap between the nails and the claws. The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and the ferocious beast is no exception. Immediately, he screamed and bounced back violently.

One of the beast's four claws was injured, and it was not very flexible when running. The pain made the beast even more frantic and furious. With a roar, the beast bit and pounced, and its tail suddenly attacked from the unprepared direction. It was not at all inferior to Xi Yunting in the battle.

Xi Yunting has both gold and fire spiritual roots, and his heavy sword is a magic weapon with runes, which can be attached with gold and fire essence, and has a powerful attack ability far greater than its own. The sword is extremely sharp, and the fine scales of the beast cannot resist it. Not to mention that the sword is extremely hot, and you will get burned if you touch it.

The beast had learned its lesson after suffering a loss, and would not let Xi Yunting get close to it again. The beast's strength was comparable to that of a Jindan-stage cultivator, and coupled with its tough skin protection and a tail that was more terrifying than a steel whip as a surprise attack, ordinary Jindan-stage cultivators were no match for it.

One man and one beast, both equally strong, and each with their own unique moves. It was impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time. Under normal circumstances, when encountering such a difficult beast, practitioners would first choose to drive it away, but Xi Yunting didn't have time to fight it at this moment. He was concerned about Chen Xiao's safety, and Du Rong needed to be treated for his injuries as soon as possible.

So, Xi Yunting swung the heavy sword in his hand, and a flame fanned out towards the beast. The beast had just figured out Xi Yunting's skills and felt that it could fight him on equal terms. At this moment, it was feeling confident and complacent, but the opponent suddenly changed his moves and was burned by the flames.

The fire spells of immortal cultivators are not ordinary. The beast's head, face and chest were burned and the skin and flesh were torn apart. The smell of burning was everywhere. The beast reacted very quickly. Although the pain was unbearable and it wanted to roll on the ground, its feet were not slow. It quickly distanced itself and made another plan. This beast was extremely irritable and vengeful. After being injured by Xi Yunting repeatedly, it hated him very much.

This beast itself also has spiritual roots, and the three spiritual roots are not bad. However, the beast relies on innate abilities and rarely cultivates acquired abilities. Therefore, this beast is reluctant to use its innate abilities. After using them, it takes a long time to accumulate them back. Now that it has suffered a great loss, it no longer cares, and the true energy in its body surges.

The murderer was secretly plotting, Xi Yunting held up his heavy sword and watched with a serious expression. He did not take the initiative to attack, but wandered around the beast, waiting for the opportunity.

The fire spell just now was just a cover. Xi Yunting released his control over the bad luck. As the fire spell fell on the beast, the invisible and boundless bad luck was also attached to it. Xi Yunting was not willing to use this bad luck spell in battle unless it was absolutely necessary. Because he always felt that the bad luck spell was an ominous method and it was too insidious to use it in battle. Therefore, whether it was used intentionally or unintentionally, it made Xi Yunting feel gloomy.

However, this innate ability is part of him and can be considered his skill. Xi Yunting will use it when necessary and will not waste the opportunity because of hesitation.

The ferocious beast originally had the spiritual roots of the three attributes of water, earth, and gold. At this time, it was ready to call upon the water-attributed true essence to ease the pain of the wound, disperse the earth-attributed true essence to the skin to strengthen the defense, and use the gold-attributed true essence on its claws to enhance the sharpness.

Perhaps it had never mobilized three kinds of true energy to run simultaneously in a battle, and was glaring at Xi Yunting angrily to guard against his sneak attack. As a result of the distraction, the routes of the three kinds of true energy became messed up.

The water attribute was removed from the skin, but it did not provide any protection except making the skin more elastic; the earth attribute was removed from the claws, but not only did it not make them sharper, but they became blunt due to their thickness; the wound that should have been healed the most was flooded with gold attribute true energy, which stimulated the wound to make it even more painful.

The beast couldn't help but let out a cry of pain, and its four claws twitched in extreme annoyance. With just this gap, it was difficult for it to defend, escape, or attack in time.

Xi Yunting immediately seized the opportunity, shouted softly, stepped lightly, flew into the air, and slashed the beast's forehead with his heavy sword.

The ferocious beast had no chance to retreat or defend at this point, as Xi Yunting ended the battle with a single sword.

After making sure the beast was dead, Xi Yunting hurried back to Du Rong's side. Du Rong was unconscious at this time, and his chest was hit hard by the beast, with multiple broken ribs and damaged internal organs. Fortunately, the breastplate he was wearing blocked most of the impact. Otherwise, Du Rong's entire upper body would have been beaten into a pulp.

Du Rong's injuries looked very serious, but Xi Yunting had already given him a life-saving pill. As long as he used more nourishing pills afterwards, there would be no problem.

Xi Yunting called Du Rong: "Master Du, where is Chen Xiao?" He knew it was impossible to wake Du Rong, but he still tried unwillingly. Du Rong was no longer in danger, but what about Chen Xiao?

Although he rushed here in a hurry, he scanned the nearby area and found no trace of Chen Xiao. If he was alive, he had to find the body. How could Xi Yunting not be worried?