Chapter 144: The Beast Tide [9]

*WOOOSSSH** However, at this time, a massive energy suddenly began to swirl around the heron's body pushing away dust and debris in all directions.

Huh? Feeling the pressure radiating from the beast's body, Jin Wei was taken aback and a mutter escaped her lips.

"It is.. ascending?"

The cultivators and the guards in the vicinity raised their arms to shield their faces from the debris and squinted their eyes to look at the man standing in front of the heron.

Seeing that Zhang Yuan is going to fight it, Chen Zin hurriedly took a high grade healing pill from her storage ring and opened Jin Wei's lips tossing it in.

"Master..."

As Jin Wei gulped down the healing pill, her eyes were fixated on the back of Zhang Yuan 'he just used... sword energy?'

'He has learned sword intent....'

Chen Zin turned her gaze to the heron, which was quickly regenerating its lost wing and one of its head.

"Master... what is happening?"

Taking a deep breath, Jin Wei stood up and looked at the bright light covering the Heron's body "It is ascending right now... from the 9th level of the Venerate Profound stage."

"To the King Profound stage..."

Chen Zin was taken aback to hear this and mumbled "King Profound stage?"

"T-Then.. why is he not killing that beast immediately and letting it evolve."

Jin Wei's eyes condensed and looked at his white hair fluttering amongst the debris.

"I wonder why..."

"GUUUAAARGHHHHHH!!!"

Now that it has evolved to the 1st level of King Profound Stage, its blood curling scream reverberated through the air making the people tremble in horror.

"It's head.. regenerated?"

"WHY?"

"Urgh.. my heart aches."

Its three heads gazed down at the man standing in front of it and swung its right wing, its sharp feathers hurling towards him.

Jin Wei's eyes narrowed to see his next movement and Zhang Yuan raised his hand, slashing the wing.

*sleesh* Blood splurted from its body as its wing was cut off flying in the air.

"RRAAARGHH!"

The heron was taken aback and stumbled back, its cold eyes gazing into Zhang Yuan and it could feel the death looming over its head.

*woosh* Its three heads swiveled toward Zhang Yuan, as it lunged forward, its claws tearing the air.

As Zhang Yuan raised his sword, it twisted its two heads to the side, and with another slash, one of its heads was sliced off from the body and fell to the ground with a loud thud. *thud*

Enraged by this, the heron opened its beaks to spit out purplish flames as it barged its talons towards him.

Zhang Yuan easily cut off its talon and thrust his sword in the air, as a white slash materialized in the air hurling towards its head.

*sleesh* Another one of its heads was torn away from its body.

"GUAARGH!!!" As the heron struggled to stay on its feet, its last head snapped at Zhang Yuan in a final attempt to kill him.

But Zhang Yuan with a single, downward strike, cut through the heron's final head, severing it cleanly from its body.

For a moment, the battlefield was silent, as the heron's massive dead body fell to the ground.

Everyone's heads turned in unison as five figures descended from the sky, three men, and two women, a powerful aura swirling around them.

"Ahhh?"

Everyone panicked seeing the sudden entry of some people and backed away.

"Who are they?"

The bulky man took two steps forward and glanced around at the silent battlefield "We are the reinforcements from the capital."

"We heard that there is a Beast tide happening here, so we came for help."

-_-

Everyone stared at them blankly and at this time, the bulky man glanced around at the beasts' corpses that were sprawled around the battlefield and the destruction.

"Huh? It is over?"

The captain of the guard stepped and gave a faint bow "It has already been cleared..."

Ohhh. The bulky man was amused to hear this "That was unexpected... but looking at the beast corpses, it is certain that the Beast wave is large."

"How did you manage to defeat it?"

The captain of the guard pointed toward Zhang Yuan and Jin Wei "The Taosit over there and the Sword Saint helped us to clear this."

Sword Saint?

The five of them cast curious glances at Jin Wei and she returned with a slight smile on her face.

At this time, the bulky man's eyes fell on the beast core in Ming Yuelin's hand and raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"There was even a King Profound stage beast? Was that the scream we heard.. when we came here?"

Muttering, he walked towards Ming Yuelin and seeing his imposing figure, Ming Yuelin was scared shitless and hurriedly hid behind Zhang Yuan, clutching his robes.

"M-Master..."

The bulky man cupped his hands, showing his respect for Zhang Yuan "Senior Taoist, can you give me the beast core?"

"If you are willing, I can offer a generous amount of coins for it."

Zhang Yuan, with his usual calm smile, shook his head gently. "It's not for sale."

Hearing this, the bulky man let out a disappointed sigh "I see... Senior Taoist, if you ever changed your mind... please come to the capital."

"I am Wang Mun, current Sect master of the Wang Sect."

Zhang Yuan gave a nod "En."

The bulky man then glanced at everyone and spoke in a loud voice "Everyone, thank you for your hard work in protecting Pearl City."

"Your efforts won't go wasted..."

"Our emperor has already decreed that rewards will be given to all those who aided in defending the city during the beast tide."

Upon hearing this, everyone cheered in unison and Jin Wei's eyes flickered to Zhang Yuan.

With a smile, she walked towards him and Chen Zin followed her.

"Um, Taoist..."

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