As the King of Qin and his entourage descended the mountain, they passed through a dense pine forest. Suddenly, they heard a rustling sound in the forest, and in the next instant, accompanied by a gust of wind, a striped tiger leaped out of the forest.
"Protect the prince!"
Upon seeing this, a group of guards stepped forward and blocked King Zhao Xi of Qin's path.
"What a magnificent tiger! Its fur is glossy! Be careful when you slaughter it, lest you damage its fur."
Zhao Xi shouted loudly.
In his view, his guards were all elite soldiers, and their leader was a martial arts master. Killing a tiger would be an easy task for them.
"Your Highness, rest assured!"
The guard leader agreed and immediately leaped up to meet the tiger.
"Haha... There are actually people who come to their doom!"
Facing the pouncing guard leader, the tiger suddenly sneered.
It turned out that he was actually a tiger demon. Although he had not yet taken human form, he had already refined the horizontal bone in his mouth and possessed three hundred years of cultivation.
"What!"
Upon hearing the tiger demon speak, everyone's expression changed drastically, especially the guard leader, who was terrified and immediately struck out with all his might.
Even from a distance of about ten feet, the sharp palm force had already erupted forth.
Suddenly, the tiger demon spat out a beam of white light, instantly shattering the palm strike. Then, in a flash, it pounced in front of him, opened its blood-red maw, and bit him.
The guard leader hurriedly used his lightness skill to move to the side, but the tiger demon suddenly roared. The sound shook the guard leader, who froze and his expression instantly became fixed.
His soul was shattered by the roar.
His superb martial arts skills had no room to be used.
The next instant, the tiger demon turned its head and swallowed him whole.
"Oh no! It's a monster! Your Highness, let's go!"
A group of guards left more than ten men behind to cover their retreat, while the rest protected the Qin Dynasty as they fled into the distance.
The group leaped up and flew down the mountain where the horses were tethered.
The King of Qin was at the forefront, his movements light and agile, covering several feet in a single leap, demonstrating his high level of martial arts skill.
Putting everything else aside, his lightness skill alone is something that even some sect leaders in the martial arts world might not be able to match.
Unfortunately, this is the primordial world, a world where the Dao manifests its power. No matter how high one's martial arts skills are in the mortal realm, how can they compare to the immortal techniques and supernatural powers that can shift stars and manipulate creation?
As Zhao Xi and the others flew away, they heard screams coming from behind them.
In his haste to look back, he discovered that all the guards who had covered the rear had already been swallowed by the tiger demon.
Immediately, a dozen more guards stopped and continued to cover the rear, thinking that even if they couldn't kill the tiger demon, they should at least try to hold it off for a while to buy time for the King of Qin to escape...
Zhao Xi flew forward without looking back, his speed like a shooting star, the scenery on both sides flashing by rapidly.
But before he could get very far, the screams behind him quickly disappeared.
"They can't all be dead by the tigers so soon, can they?!"
Zhao Xi felt a chill run down his spine and glanced back as he sped forward.
But that one glance made his face change drastically, and his legs went weak.
It turned out that all the guards behind him were indeed dead, and the tiger demon had caught up to within three zhang of him.
He couldn't help but regret that he should have brought his two cultivator guests from his royal palace with him when he came.
If they were here, how could they allow this tiger demon to be so arrogant?
Just as endless frustration rose in his heart, the tiger demon had already caught up behind him, and he could faintly feel the foul wind exhaled from the tiger's mouth and nose slapping against the back of his neck.
"Let's give it our all!"
Knowing there was no way to escape, Zhao Xi hardened his heart, immediately turned around, drew his sword from his waist, and unleashed a sweeping attack on the tiger demon.
The tiger demon suddenly stopped, and facing the sword, a look of disdain flashed in its eyes. It merely raised its claws.
Clang!
The tiger's claws collided with the sword, like metal striking metal, and sparks flew everywhere.
The next moment, the exquisitely crafted sword in Zhao Xi's hand suddenly broke apart.
Zhao Xi's expression changed as he saw the tiger claw, after severing the sword, swing towards him again.
He didn't think his flesh and blood body could compare to that steel sword, so he quickly leaped back, and at the same time, a jade talisman suddenly appeared in his hand, which he gripped tightly.
The jade talisman shattered instantly, transforming into a ball of celestial light that enveloped him.
The next moment, his figure transformed into a streak of light and flew down the mountain.
The jade talisman he just saw was a magical artifact crafted by a guest of his household. It contained a secret escape technique, specifically designed for his use in escaping.
The tiger demon was furious when it saw its prey fly away. It immediately set off with a whirlwind to chase after it.
Enveloped by the escape light, Zhao Xi had already traveled a hundred miles in just a few breaths and arrived at the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, the power of that divine ability had been exhausted, and the immortal light surrounding him quickly dissipated.
His figure immediately stopped.
He finally regained his balance and looked back to see a gust of demonic wind rapidly chasing after him through the mountains.
Damn it!
Zhao Xi cursed under his breath and immediately used his lightness skill to fly away from the outside of the mountain.
However, before he could escape far, the tiger demon arrived above him in a whirlwind of foul odor.
"You fatso, you think you can escape the palm of this great king!"
The tiger demon let out a triumphant roar and immediately pounced down from mid-air.
"Alas! My life is over!"
As the tiger demon pounced down, its massive form engulfing him, Zhao Xi felt an overwhelming sense of despair.
"ah!"
However, when the time came, he still made that desperate strike.
Just as he was about to throw a punch in a desperate attempt to fight back, someone in the distance suddenly shouted, "You beast! Stop hurting people!"
The next instant, a dazzling sword light rose from the horizon, like a bolt of lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it shot to the sky above Zhao Xi's head.
"Roar! This hurts so much!"
With the tiger demon's cry of pain, a flash of sword light swept past, instantly cleaving it in two.
Blood rained down, instantly soaking Zhao Xi.
Zhao Xi quickly leaped backward.
The tiger demon's corpse crashed to the ground, causing the earth to tremble and kicking up a cloud of dust.
At the same time, a little girl flew slowly from a distance, stopped above Zhao Xi's head, and with a wave of her hand, a willow-leaf-sized flying sword flew from the opposite side and landed in her hand.
"Are you the Prince of Qin of the Great Song Dynasty?!"
The boy stood in mid-air and asked Zhao Xi.
"It is indeed I, Xiao Wang. Thank you for saving my life, young sir."
Zhao Xi wiped the blood that smelled somewhat foul from his face and replied.
“It’s you, that’s good…” The boy immediately descended slowly from the sky and came to Zhao Xi’s side. “The Empress wants to see you, so please come with me.”
"May I ask, young lad, who is the lady you speak of...?" Zhao Xi asked in confusion.
"Naturally, I am the acting leader of my Taoist sect, the Eastern Azure Flower Emperor, the Goddess of Contemplation..." the girl replied with a smile.
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