XuanHuan 4
Mo Ruxi was taken aback as this marked the first time she had ever seen someone administer the herb orally and directly.
The herbs, like the spirit cores, were rife with violent powers. The oral administration posed risk of explosion to human bodies.
Similarly, Li Tie was frozen into an icy scripture after he swallowed one spirit core of the Icy Snake.
And the Seven-Leaf Vein-Cleaning Herb was a level-two one, with the drug effect multiple times that of of the level-one spirit core of the Icy Snake. How could he ignore the potential risk of explosion and death when he swallowed it down?
What had been done could not be undone. The violent drug effect lashed against his vital veins.
He was the Monarch of Pills at the ninth level in his previous life, who had an excellent mastery of the properties of all different herbs. He was very much aware of the contraindications of the Seven-Leaf Vein-Cleaning Herb. And his body had been further enhanced by the Star Power; hence the "reckless"act.
After a while, Nie Tian stood on his feet and his confident smile was seen again.
At this point, the poison of the Soul-Encroaching Flower had been detoxified.
"Are you, detoxified?" Mo Ruxi was more than shocked to see Nie Tian in pink again and feel the even greater pressure from him.
"That's not a big deal. Don't make a fuss over it. "Nie Tian put on his iconic smile.
There was brightness in Mo Ruxi's eyes. Nie Tian was a mysterious and unreadable presence.
"Alright, let's go back to the canyon and check those icy bugs."Nie Tian so turned around and headed towards the canyon.
Now that he had relieved the poison within his body, it would be an easy task to slay those Icy Snakes.
There was a high chance that the Queen of Icy Snakes resided in the den that possessed power way more than the regular ones and almost equal to that of a level-two spirit monster.
However, it was the spawning season for the Queen of Icy Snakes. Nie Tian would not fear of the feeble monster.
As Nie Tian and Mo Ruxi approached the canyon, there came a terrible growl.
"Roar!" The sound was so loud that the entire canyon was shaking.
"Nie Tian, what's that sound?" Paled Mo Ruxi asked in a trembling voice.
Nie Tian frowned a bit, sensing a violent and flaming blast of air as well as his sunk heart.
He came up and sprang to the entrance of the canyon, closely followed by Mo Ruxi who was too frightened to stay away from him.
The moment they arrived at the entrance, the bloody scene seized them tightly.
In the canyon, there lied hundreds of Icy Snakes, dead. Their rear skulls were emptied and the spirit cores were missing.
The entire canyon was reddened by the blood, with violence overwhelming the air.
And on the body of the Icy Snakes trampled a fiery gigantic monster, with a huge head and suffocating brutality.
The fiery monster was measured by 32 feet or so, fire red all over and dangling a giant head. The tusks, over half a meter, protruded from the mouth, dripping the bloods.
"That's level-two spirit monster, the Fiery Tiger." Nie Tian frowned at the sight of the monster.
A level-two spirit monster equaled to a Kung Fu learner at the level of Vital Spirits. And the Fiery Tiger was among the upper class for the level-two spirit monsters, or a Vital Spirits at the third or even the fourth level.
As the Icy Snake was a level-one spirit monster, it could never be a match to the Fiery Tiger.
Within half an hour of their absence, hundreds of Icy Snakes got killed by the Fiery Tiger, which was a fine display of the ferocity of it.
"Nie Tian, what we do now?" The bloody scene had totally held Mo Ruxi in the power and cast the deepest fear in her mind. She would have fled without Nie Tian by her side.
There was no fear but rage in Nie Tian in response to the whole canyons of the Icy Snakes' bodies and the large tract of trampled Icy Grasses. He said in a cold tone, "Nice work of you bastard. Those spirit cores belong to me and so do the Icy Grasses. I won't let you get away intact."
A hundred of the Icy Snakes stood for a hundred of spirit cores. It infuriated Nie Tian that they got into the stomach of the Fiery Tiger.
Of particular note, quite a lot of the Icy Grasses were trampled and destroyed by the bastard, only throttling the likelihood to awaken Mo Ruxi's vital spirits.
"Oh, right. There is Queen of the Icy Snakes. Under no circumstances shall I resign the Queen at the mercy of the Fiery Tiger." Nie Tian caught the glimpse of the den in the canyon and sensed the existence of the Queen.
The Queen of the Icy Snakes were similar to a level-two spirit monster, but it had more intimidating power, which made itself perfectly fit for Mo Ruxi to awaken the vital spirits.
"Roar!" At this moment, the Fiery Tiger raised its head and growled as if sensing something.
"Whoosh." The next moment saw a giant white figure springing out from the den. It was a white serpent, as long as twenty meters.
"The Queen of Icy Snakes." Nie Tian was delighted to see that. He knew the giant white snake that sprang out was the Queen of Icy Snakes who just finished spawning.
The Queen of Icy Snakes was snowy white all over, with crystal scales that reflected the sunset. A beautiful armor indeed.
"Roar!" The Fiery Tiger growled again, jumped high and landed in confrontation with the Queen of Icy Snakes. The red eyes were flashing with malice.
The Queen of Icy Snakes was guarding on the mouth of the den. Her giant body was very feeble now. There seemed to be great difficulty in her movement.
"The Queen was protecting her own eggs. I won't allow him to die on the Fiery Tiger." Nie Tian made up his mind and strode forward.
"Nie Tian, what you doing?" Mo Ruxi was shocked. Nie Tian had already entered the canyon before Mo Ruxi knew it.
"Mo Ruxi, you stay out of the canyon and wait for me. Never come in here." Nie Tian looked back and wore a confident smile. Then he jumped high on a giant stone.
"You dumb head. Aren't you gambling with death?" Mo Ruxi was almost reduced to tears by anxiety. She knew that Nie Tian only had the cultivation of the ninth level of Vital Veins, which disqualified him as a rival for the Fiery Tiger.
But Nie Tian showed no fear. He stood on the giant stone, shouting "Red-hair bastard. You are a piece of garbage bullying an Icy Snake that just spawned. Let me teach you a lesson."
"Roar!" The Fiery Tiger turned around with a start, located Nie Tian with two ferocious eyes and gave a thundering growl.
The level-two spirit monsters had a fairly clever mind, equal to a five-or-six years old kid in terms of intelligence. It could guess out part of Nie Tian's words.
The giant red head kept twisting, as if doubting whether the human before its presence had lost his mind to provoke the Fiery Tiger.
"That's good for you red-hair bastard to understand human language." Nie Tian laughed, without a trace of fear. He then taunted, "Now that you have eaten the spirit cores of the Icy Snakes which belong to me, you have to pay with your life."
"Roar!"Nie Tian got under the Fiery Tiger's skin who raised the head and released a growl. Stomping with its four feet, it sprang up to the air, reached out the two paws as sharp as steel-made blades and launched the scratch fiercely.
Generally speaking, a Kung Fu learner with the cultivation at the level of Vital Spirits would not dare to take the offense directly, given that the Fiery Tiger was a level-two spirit monster.
The attack of scratch on Nie Tian would mean an absolute death for him.