Chapter 32: Encountering Pursuers

  What the heck!

  The yellow poisonous fog completely overturned Hu Gao's understanding of the snake, with a mouth so big and a lower jaw that could even hide poison, it was truly unbelievable. Fortunately, he was still at a considerable distance from it, and after a few quick flips, he immediately retreated several steps back, avoiding the shroud of the poisonous fog.

  Hugao didn't dare to be used as a guinea pig, although the jade pendant was there and could quickly restore his injuries, but it was uncertain whether the jade pendant had the effect of detoxification. If it couldn't be detoxified, hanging in this place would truly make him lose all means of rescue.

  Just as Hu Gao was in a state of shock and uncertainty, a golden figure suddenly shot out from between his sleeves and darted directly into the yellow poisonous fog in front of him.

  "Little Five, be careful..." Hu Gao exclaimed, he really didn't expect Little Five to burst out and directly engage in battle after breaking through.

  Before his voice had even faded away, the sound of a sharp object piercing flesh quickly followed, and he worried about Xiao Wu's safety, hastily making his way around the toxic fog to see what was happening.

  The scene in front of him made Hu Gao's eyes stare, and he saw the giant snake's huge body curled up together, motionless on the ground, its head still raised, but at the neck, a hole the size of a fist was seen, with skin and flesh turned inside out, and black blood flowing out continuously.

  Xiao Wu was standing on the snake's head with his five claws tightly grasped, under the moonlight, he was radiating a golden glow, and indeed had an intimidating aura. However, in the next moment when he saw Hu Gao coming over, he immediately let out a joyful whoop and jumped up excitedly.

  "Boss, quickly take out the snake gall and demon pellet, we'll head to deal with the next target immediately. Many demon beasts are rushing towards us now, I've already discovered that there's another demon beast with a demon pellet 400 meters in front of us on the left."

  "Damn it!" Hu Gao couldn't help but curse, Xiao Wu's combat power was simply too overwhelming. The thick-skinned giant snake couldn't even withstand a single blow from him and was directly killed in an instant. To think that Xiao Wu had just broken through to the early stage of first-order, indeed, a divine beast that could level up was a treasure! It seemed that this heaven had given itself quite a few benefits after all.

  Although his heart was shocked, Hu Gao's movements didn't slow down at all. He hastily went forward to dig out the snake gallbladder of the venomous snake, then cracked open its forehead, and indeed saw a black, shiny demon core.

  "Xiao Wu, let's hunt and kill the demon beast first. We can slowly absorb the demonic energy after we return." He looked up at the sky, which was already approaching dawn, and Hu Gao made a decision, quickly going to find their next target.

  ……

  Another time has passed, and the sky has already revealed a pale white color.

  "Xuete, hurry up, Xiao Wu!" Hu Gao ran ahead, his speed reaching its peak as he darted back and forth.

  "Whoa, mistake! I was so excited that I didn't notice a late-stage first-tier demonic beast approaching. Boss, hurry up, it's catching up!" Xiao Wu transformed into a yellow light and jumped onto Hu Ge's body before drilling into his sleeve.

  "How unlucky, encountering a late-stage first-class demon beast for the first time and getting hunted down!" Hu Gao turned his head to look back, discovering that the giant cow with enormous green horns was now less than fifty meters away from him. His heart sank instantly as he realized he wasn't a match for this demon beast at all, not even close.

  Hu Gao initially still had a glimmer of hope, but when he found that his fist hit the body of the green cow without even making a sound, he knew it was over. The key was that this green cow, despite its massive size, was extremely agile and fast, not slower than the leopard-type demon beast he encountered before, and could also spit fire and water at the same time, completely an abnormal existence.

  Hu Gao's entire body was almost completely battered, and even Xiao Wu had been trampled by Qing Niu's iron hooves once. It could be seen how fast the demon beast was. Fortunately, Xiao Wu's physique was sturdy enough that nothing happened to him, which made Hu Gao feel much more at ease.

  "There's only 20 meters left, Xiao Wu, you'd better think of a way to shake him off quickly." In less than half a minute, the distance had shortened by another 30 meters. At this rate, it wouldn't take two minutes for himself to become minced meat under Qing Niu's iron hooves.

  "Big brother, if I had a way, I would have told you long ago." Xiao Wu was very helpless, and the later demonic beasts were completely beyond his ability.

  "Roar!" The green bull suddenly let out a loud roar, and its two front hooves rose sharply, stomping on the ground, instantly opening up a not-too-big-or-small crack in the earth that rapidly spread forward.

  "Wo Zifa, this green cow still has many tricks up its sleeve. First it was fire and then water, now it seems to be earth without a doubt. Is this really his grandmother's first-class demon beast?"

  Hu Gao took a step forward, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly split open with a crack. One foot stepped into the gap just in time, scaring him so much that he quickly kicked off with the other foot, sending his body flying upwards. Just at this moment, the green bull had already arrived, its sharp horns thrusting straight towards Hu Gao.

  Hu Gao was completely unable to dodge in mid-air and was hit right on, flying far away.

  "Chrysanthemum cow, if I don't kill you today, I'll never be at peace!" Hu Gao touched his buttocks that were torn and bruised, and for the first time since coming to this strange world, he was truly enraged. He charged towards the green cow like a madman.

  The green bull didn't care about all that and still charged towards Hu Gao, its massive green horns radiating a dazzling light, clearly infused with yuan energy.

  Although Hu Gao was furious, he hadn't lost his mind yet. Just as the two were about to collide, he slid down to the ground and narrowly avoided a fatal blow. From under Qing Niu's abdomen, he suddenly punched upwards with all his might, using every last bit of strength in his body, sending Qing Niu flying into the air.

  What a great opportunity! Seize the moment when the opponent is off guard, and unleash a flurry of punches and kicks in a continuous super-high-level display, combining all the moves you've practiced today into a frenzied assault!

  After finishing, Hu Gao didn't even look back, raised his head to confirm the direction, and without any dignity, continued to run wildly towards Ning City at a rapid pace.

  That last blow looked fierce, but Hu Gao knew that Qing Niu hadn't suffered any injuries. Before he could even run far, the Qing Niu on the ground suddenly flipped over and stood up, its nose making a rumbling sound like thunder, and with one open mouth, a flame shot out directly.

  Fortunately, Hu Gao had been burned by the fireball twice before and this time he ran in a zigzag pattern, completely avoiding it. He exclaimed "What a close call!"

  However, this time the green cow seemed to be enraged as well, continuously spewing flames three times in a row, towards three different directions, completely sealing off Hu Gao's escape route.

  "Don't panic, master!" Little Five rushed out again, and with a spit of his small mouth, a white icy flame shot out, just in time to meet the flames that Qing Niu had spewed forth. The ice was just enough to counteract the fire, barely blocking this attack.

  "Good job, Xiaowu!" Hu Gao didn't say another word and continued running quickly.

  Just then, a figure shot out from in front of him, the speed compared to his was like a tortoise and a sports car, in the blink of an eye it traversed hundreds of meters, and then with one sword strike, countless sword energies instantly wove together into a storm of sword energy, in an instant surrounding Qing Niu.

  Blood rain splashing everywhere, spectacular scene.

  Hú Gāo stopped in his tracks and turned around, "Did you kill Qing Niu? No way, who's that capable?"

  "You don't know your own limitations, yet you dare to come to Mount Tu!"

  The figure turned around, and it was Hu Yin Xue in a colorful dress. Unexpectedly, under the hazy moonlight, this guy looked even more handsome.

  Hu Gaoman couldn't help but glance at Hu Yinxue, who was as cold as frost, without even greeting her. He immediately ran to the corpse of Qing Niu and picked up the demon pill that was rolling around on the ground, putting it into his pocket.

  "You!"

  Hu Yin Xue saw Hu Gao's posture and felt both amused and angry. Just now, she was being chased by Qing Niu until she fled in disarray, but now he didn't even greet her, instead going to pick up the demon pill first. What a shameless person!

  "How did you get here? Have you been following me all along?" Hu Gao asked, while quietly recalling Xiao Wu back into his body, before walking forward to talk to Hu Yingxue.

  "Hmph, it's not that I'm following you, this time you've already become a meat pie." Hu Yin Xue heard the meaning behind Hu Gao's words and coldly said.

  "What's that in your hand?"

  "Oh, you're talking about this? Geez, I found it next to the corpse of a demon beast I killed earlier. Never thought that as soon as I picked it up, this green cow would go crazy and start chasing me!"

  "This... This is almost mature Black Leaf Grass, how did you manage to get your hands on Black Leaf Grass? No wonder you provoked the Green Winged Bull." Hu Yin Xue took it over and exclaimed in surprise.

  "What's the use of black leaf grass?" Hu Gao asked.

  "Hu Yin Xue said: 'Of course, the Black Leaf Grass is a priceless spiritual medicine. If it's refined into a Black Body Pill, even an initial-stage True Body Realm warrior would want to get their hands on it. However, your Black Leaf Grass hasn't matured yet. Even if it's refined into a pill, at most it can only be refined into a slightly inferior Green Body Pill. Although the Green Body Pill is not as good as the Black Body Pill, it's just suitable for warriors in the Condensing Shadow Realm to use. I think this one stalk of Black Leaf Grass can refine at least five or six Green Body Pills.'"

  "Will swallowing the Green Body Pill be of any help to me?" Hu Gao knew he would definitely benefit from it, and his heart finally calmed down a bit. If he had suffered through such a perilous pursuit without gaining anything, he would have been quite uncomfortable.

  "It will definitely be helpful. You have yet to break through to the High-Order Condensed Shadow Realm, and taking a Green Body Pellet will at least double your physical strength."

  "Physical strength doubled?! My goodness, you're already sturdy enough, if you get even stronger, wouldn't that be defying the heavens?! What a blessing in disguise!" Hu Gao couldn't help but secretly praise. This Black Leaf Grass was indeed a big gain for tonight, at least he didn't get beaten up for nothing.

  "This Hei Ye Cao I'll help you keep for now, our Hu family still has an alchemist, tomorrow I'll go find him to help refine the Green Body Pill."

  "Alright, I'll let you go then." Hu Gao was very trusting of Hu Yin Xue and agreed directly.

  Under Hu Yin Xue's lead, Hu Gao returned safely to his residence in Ning City. Although tonight's cultivation was slightly fraught with danger, the gains were also enormous. At this rate, the possibility of defeating Hu Wu Shuang three months later has also increased.