Chapter 74 Fierce Battle

"I know there is another way ahead. Let's go around it and avoid unnecessary trouble."

Seeing that the woman in black wanted to attract the attention of the monster, Shi Chun immediately spoke to stop her.

Song Qingming had a lot of spiritual objects on him, and he didn't want to waste time here. As soon as Shi Chun finished speaking, he immediately nodded and agreed to Shi Chun's choice.

Seeing that the other two didn't want to attack the monster, the woman in black sighed and could only put away her thoughts. After all, the Earth-Splitting Bear was not weak, and she was alone, so it was impossible for her to have any ideas about this mid-level monster.

Under the leadership of Shi Chun, the three quickly changed the direction of travel and tried to bypass the direction of the monster from another angle.

The three of them had been gone for only a moment when the woman in black anxiously said to them, "My two Taoist friends, the monster is chasing us."

Song Qingming looked back and found that the black-clad woman's black eyes had turned into a charming light blue. With the veil covering her face, Song Qingming felt an indescribable strange feeling. It seemed that this should be her spiritual eye ability. It was indeed a bit strange.

"No, we are so far away from the monster, how did it track us?" Shi Chun showed a trace of doubt on his face.

The three of them stopped and began to observe the surroundings.

Song Qingming looked at a small forest of lush green leaves not far from the foot of the mountain in front of him. He suddenly noticed something wrong from the trees swaying in the wind and hurriedly whispered to Shi Chun.

"There may be an ambush in the woods, Brother Shi, we can't go any further."

Hearing Song Qingming's words, Shi Chun immediately remembered that Song Qingming was also a formation master. When they first met, he had also seen the formation arranged by Song Qingming.

After Shi Chun and the two looked at each other, he said seriously: "Two Taoist friends, maybe we have been targeted. Let's retreat together later. Don't get entangled with the monster. Go back the original way."

On a hill a few miles away from the few people, three monks with half of their faces covered were staring at Song Qingming and his three companions who were getting closer and closer to the bottom of the hill with a smile on their faces.

"Not good, boss, those people are trying to run."

Seeing that Song Qingming and his three companions suddenly stopped and turned back the way they came, a square-faced man shouted loudly to a black-faced fat man in the middle who looked a little wretched.

"It's really unlucky. They actually discovered the trap we set. No matter what, send a signal to Tiepao and ask him to hold them back. We haven't opened for business for a few months. I will take this profit no matter what."

The black-faced fat man also saw that Song Qingming and the other two wanted to escape. After saying a harsh word, he picked up a big iron stick in his hand and chased after Song Qingming and the other two with him.

After seeing that the situation was not good, Song Qingming and the other two accelerated their return route under the command of Shi Chun, wanting to leave here quickly. The three had just run a few miles when they didn't expect that a man and a beast in front had blocked their way.

Seeing that the Earth-Splitting Bear that started chasing the few people was closely following a cultivator, it seemed that the bear was a spiritual beast controlled by the cultivator. It actually encountered a beastmaster. The three frowned.

Spirit beasts are demon beasts that have been domesticated by monks. Because these demon beasts have grown up with monks and are controlled by monks with beast-taming methods, they can only obey the orders of their masters. However, these spirit beasts that have been kept in captivity by monks for many years are generally slightly weaker than demon beasts that have been fighting in the wild for many years.

Cultivating spirit beasts requires not only a lot of resources, but also time. A spirit beast often needs to be domesticated by monks from childhood so that it will be easier to identify with its owner. It usually takes 20 to 30 years to cultivate a spirit beast to adulthood before results can be seen.

Beastmasters are not a rare profession in the world of immortal cultivation. However, cultivating spirit beasts, like learning alchemy, is a project that consumes a lot of resources. Generally, only those high-level monks above the foundation building stage will be willing to spend more time and resources to cultivate their own spirit beasts. Low-level monks will give priority to improving their own cultivation. Few people will choose to spend a lot of resources to cultivate spirit beasts.

However, as long as a spirit beast with similar strength to his own is successfully cultivated, with the help of the spirit beast, the overall strength of a beastmaster is often three points stronger than that of his opponent of the same level. This is also the reason why this person, who is also only a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, dares to stop Song Qingming and the other two alone.

The Earth-Splitting Bear looked at Song Qingming and the other two fiercely with its eyes, and roared from time to time with its teeth and claws bared. However, the owner beside it was not so anxious. The black-clothed man with half of his face covered only blocked the three people's way. He did not command the Earth-Splitting Bear to attack, but looked at them with a smile on his face.

"This guy wants to delay time. There must be someone behind us. We must fight quickly and get through quickly."

Shi Chun quickly saw the calculation in this person's mind. As soon as he finished speaking, a white feather fan appeared in his hand. He swung it forward with force and launched an attack. White light flashed on the feather fan, and a gust of wind rushed towards the owner of the spirit beast in front.

Seeing that Shi Chun had already started to attack, Song Qingming and the woman in black did not hesitate, and rushed towards the Earth-Splitting Bear with a green flying sword and a silver jade pen.

Seeing that Shi Chun's attack was almost in front of him, the masked man in black no longer looked calm, and quickly released a protective spirit shield to block the strong wind, and then released a flying sword to fight with Shi Chun.

The black-clothed man's cultivation level was similar to Shi Chun's, and he was also a sixth-level Qi training cultivator. After a few rounds, the two of them fought evenly for a while.

On Song Qingming's side, the two of them were relatively easy to fight against the Earth-Splitting Bear. The Earth-Splitting Bear had average offensive ability and relied entirely on brute force. It was not a big threat to people like them who had been dealing with monsters for a long time. As long as the two of them could quickly get rid of this spirit beast, they could work together to help Shi Chun get rid of the man's entanglement and quickly escape from here.

However, this Earth-Splitting Bear was also very tough and thick-skinned. Although it had been suppressed by Song Qingming and the others and had suffered a lot of injuries, it still fought to the death and blocked the two of them under the order of its master.

After fighting for only half a cup of tea, a loud noise suddenly came from the back. Song Qingming looked behind him and saw three masked monks coming over not far away.

Seeing that the other side's reinforcements came so quickly, Song Qingming felt something was wrong. He used all his strength to drive the flying sword in his hand and shot several sword energies at the Earth-Splitting Bear, wanting to repel the monster first and support Shi Chun.

Unexpectedly, before the sword light he emitted reached the Earth-Splitting Bear, a loud noise suddenly came from the Earth-Splitting Bear. After a few flashes of blue lightning, the monster screamed, and after its huge body swayed a few times, it suddenly fell backwards.