Chapter 409 - Plunder. Hunted

“Spiritual sword fragment! This guy actually has a spiritual sword fragment, too!” Zhang Che’s eyes nearly fell out of their sockets at the sight of this. He truly didn’t expect to find another spiritual sword fragment on another beastmaster so soon.

Although he knew there’d surely be other beastmasters with spiritual sword fragments given how many secret planes had opened over the years, he never expected this high-tier beastmaster the Zhen family had sent to assassinate him would possess something that great.

This forced Zhang Che to feel suspicious.

During the arena deathmatch, the Zhen family had wagered almost all their fortune! Since they had a spiritual sword fragment, why didn’t they let Zhen Liu use it back then?

After all, it was something that could turn the tide of battle. There was no reason for the Zhen family not to use it!

Then, the only possibility was that this middle-aged high-tier beastmaster before his eyes wasn’t sent by the Zhen family!

When he thought of that, Zhang Che’s eyes widened even more.

-Freaking hell, I don’t think I offended any factions other than the Zhen family, did I?- Zhang Che thought hard, but he couldn’t figure out which faction sent this middle-aged high-tier beastmaster to kill him.

Not only that, they spent much effort simply to catch up to him! If they didn’t have a deep hatred for him, who would spend this much effort to track him all the way here?

“Since you want to kill me, you’d better be prepared to get reverse-killed by me! I, Fisherman Zhang, might not be very strong, but these exotic beasts are my friends. Try winning against them first!”

Zhang Che didn’t think this high-tier beastmaster could easily take down a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast, despite having a spiritual sword fragment. At the very least, both sides would be beaten half-dead before they scored a victory.

At that time, no matter which side had emerged victorious, Zhang Che could clean up and pick up the scraps from there.

Done thinking, Zhang Che’s frog mouth drew back in joy. He accidentally loosened his grip on the tree branch and scrambled for a bit to prevent himself from falling.

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Miyazaki Musashi knew that he had no way to quickly slay the exotic beast by just relying on his subdued beasts. As such, he directly brought out his final hidden ace.

An extremely sharp sword aura was faintly revealed in the white ray of light. It directly streaked through the qilin-like exotic beast’s False Domain, unaffected by its power as it crossed the hundred-some meters, and slashed at its neck.

The qilin-like exotic beast roared out in anger and surprise. It suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a little whirlwind.

The whirlwind instantly expanded after coming in contact with other winds, turning into a terrifying tornado that connected the heavens and earth, hiding the qilin-like exotic beast behind it.

Even so, Miyazaki Musashi revealed a faint smile in contempt. “It’s useless. Do you think you can defend against a spiritual sword fragment’s attack with that?”

Indeed, in the next moment, the white light silently penetrated the terrifying tornado, slashing at the qilin-like exotic beast’s neck, instantly cutting through its scales and producing a long, narrow wound. Fresh blood spurted out like a high-pressure fountain, gushing out from the wound.

“Hmm? That guy’s use of the spiritual sword fragment is pretty good.” Zhang Che watched Miyazaki Musashi’s attack intently, not blinking his headlight-like eyes at all.

He truly didn’t expect the middle-aged man to actually control the spiritual sword fragment enough to attack a target from over a hundred meters away. Before his golden vortex powered up recently, he could only attack about that far, too…

-Could it be that he has something similar to the golden vortex, too?

-Impossible! The golden vortex was formed with the help of the rainbow crystal by converting large amounts of mysterious energy. Other people wouldn’t have such a profound object!

-Then, it should be that the high-tier beastmaster’s spiritual strength has undergone a qualitative change, which explains why he has such a strong ability to control the sword fragment.-

-I wonder if the golden vortex will power up once more after I advance to Tier Seven beastmaster and my spiritual strength undergoes a qualitative change, too? If so, wouldn’t that mean my control of the scarlet sword would allow me to strike a target several hundred meters away?-

The more Zhang Che thought about it, the more he felt that was the reason. His heart was fired up instantly.

It seemed like he should continue working hard to achieve Tier Seven beastmaster as soon as possible!

Of course, what was important now was to resolve the trouble in front of him. Running was definitely not an option for him.

A high-grade spiritual herb was somewhere in the mountains waiting for him, and this high-tier beastmaster was a ticking time bomb. Unless Zhang Che got rid of him, given the man’s terrifying tracking abilities, he could forget about hunting exotic beasts to level up in peace.

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After receiving an injury all of a sudden, the qilin-like exotic beast let out another furious roar.

It knew that it had to close the distance and aim for close-quarters combat if it wanted to win against this two-legged creatures who had come to snatch its spiritual herb. It had no way to attack him from so far away, but that man’s mysterious weapon was a huge threat to it!

It was a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast with the power to control the wind Element, after all. In the next moment, the air flow shifted strangely, and it was like the qilin-like exotic beast had teleported, moving over a hundred meters in an instant, appearing directly in front of Miyazaki Musashi. It raised its front claws, swiping down ferociously at him.

As the qilin-like exotic beast suddenly pounced, countless tiny air currents turned into sharp wind blades, sweeping towards Miyazaki Musashi.

Miyazaki Musashi remained unmoved. The flying mount underneath him quickly retreated. A fraction of those wind blades struck his armor, producing a wave of crisp clanking noises, but were unable to penetrate the armor’s defense.The most threatening attack, the qilin-like exotic beast’s claw swipe, hit nothing but air, completely missing him.

The qilin-like exotic beast wanted to continue attacking, but it sensed a sharp sword aura slashing at the back of its head.

The qilin-like beast was extremely apprehensive of the spiritual sword fragment after being injured by it. It could only roar furiously and move to the side to dodge the attack.

However, Miyazaki Musashi’s control of the spiritual sword fragment had reached a brilliant level. Even though the qilin-like exotic beast moved away very quickly, it failed to dodge the attack completely. The spiritual sword fragment struck the side of its head and cut off one of its ears at the root.

The qilin-like exotic beast was enraged. It had tried everything it could, wanting to pounce at Miyazaki Musashi and continue attacking him, but was stopped by the white sword time and time again. At the same time, countless wounds, big and small, began to appear on its body.

Although none of those wounds were fatal given how tough the defenses of its scales were, fresh blood poured out from them as if it was free. If this situation dragged on, it would probably die from severe blood loss.

Finally, the qilin-like exotic beast felt fear.

After another attempt at pouncing at Miyazaki Musashi’s direction, the surrounding air flow quickly shifted to envelop its body, and it ran off to the small mountain behind it.

“You won’t get away,” Miyazaki Musashi smiled, shaking his head. His mount quickly gave chase. The white sword was like a shadow, sticking close to the qilin-like beast’s vitals, forcing the exotic beast to keep roaring furiously, but the creature remained helpless against it.

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Several hundred meters away, Zhang Che was watching all this closely.

“This guy’s control of the spiritual sword fragment is passable. It looks like his spiritual strength is very high. But, why do I feel like that white sword’s sharpness is higher than mine?

“That shouldn’t be… Both my spiritual sword fragments have the essence of that ferocious beast’s skeleton. Logically, they should be sharper than his spiritual sword fragment…

“Could it be because of their attributes?”

That’s right; Zhang Che finally realized that when that spiritual sword fragment attacked, it was accompanied by an extremely sharp aura. Putting it together with the sword’s color, perhaps it was a metal-attributed spiritual sword fragment?

Well, that should be close to the truth!

The metal attribute focused on offensive ability. So, it was nothing strange that the spiritual sword fragment was especially good for attacking.

-It’d be great if I can get my hands on that spiritual sword fragment!- Zhang Che’s eyes were shining with a resplendent glint, feeling moved inside.

However, he wasn’t confident he could win against the man. From the look of things at the moment, it was very unrealistic for Zhang Che to snatch the spiritual sword fragment for himself.

While he was thinking about all this, the qilin-like exotic beast was quickly retreating in his direction.

Realizing this, Zhang Che hurriedly jumped off from the tree and reverted his transformation, putting on the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor.

The green frog’s level and quality was too garbage. Zhang Che didn’t dare to guarantee he would still be alive if the exotic beast’s False Domain swept over him in that form.

At that moment, a blinding white sword light quickly flashed by. The white sword directly penetrated the qilin-like exotic beast’s head, heavily injuring it.

The qilin-like exotic beast’s False Domain vanished. It directly fell from the sky, falling towards the mountain forest area Zhang Che was at.

“It actually didn’t die right away from that? A chance!” Zhang Che was wild with joy inside. A five-colored ray shot out from his brow. The Mutated Giant Ape jumped up directly towards the falling qilin-like exotic beast and activated his skill, unleashing a flurry of punches madly at it, every punch striking the wound on its head.

The Mutated Giant Ape’s skill would double in power with every punch. Although the initial few punches didn’t do much damage to the exotic beast, after the last few punches, the heavily injured exotic beast cried out miserably and lost all signs of life.

“Nice! The Umbra Wind God Leopard can have another good meal!” Zhang Che narrowed his eyes excitedly. He immediately summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise and sucked in the qilin-like exotic beast’s corpse into its spatial dimension. Afterwards, he quickly recalled the two babies and summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, directly running deeper into the mountain forest.

“Damn it!” The Mutated Giant Ape killing the qilin-like exotic beast was simply too fast and too sudden. Miyazaki Musashi couldn’t react to it in time and saw the exotic beast had disappeared before he realized it.

Due to his field of vision being obstructed, he didn’t see the process of Zhang Che stowing the qilin-like exotic beast’s corpse away. He thought the kid had killed the exotic beast he had heavily injured and taken the beast card away.

This was too much! He couldn’t tolerate it!

Let alone the fact he had failed to kill the kid, he even let him snatch the kill he had whittled down so painstakingly! Miyazaki Musashi’s anger shot through the roof. Spurring his flying mount, he continued pursuing Zhang Che!