Chapter 181: Chapter 139: Battle of Life and Death (Part 2)

“Puff, puff…”

The golden sabers sank into the ground, and the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion had long since disappeared from its original place.

The Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion attacked Li Mu with a swipe of its claws.

Li Mu’s eyes took on a Yin-Yang state, activating the divine technique – Yin Yang Eyes, as the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s flight path and the changes in its Thunder Essence unfolded before his eyes.

Having captured the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s silhouette, the Perfection Sword Skill – Eighteen Swordsmanship Decisions: Broken Water Technique, struck straight down.

The Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion sensed the terrifying Sword Intent contained within the sword technique, aiming directly at the fatal part of its waist, and quickly changed its move, slipping away from the sword’s reach.

Li Mu would not let it escape; executing the Yin Yang Great Five Elements Divine Techniques, he locked onto the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s body, combining with the Five Elements Escape Technique, followed closely behind, and with one move, Cloud-Piercing Moon Chasing, directly targeted the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s head, his Sword Qi raging forth.

Li Mu unleashed his Sword Skill Divine Techniques, the Thousand Feet Sword Realm, as all the trees and dead branches along the path transformed into bursts of Sword Qi, dashing towards the fleeing Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

In the dense forest, the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion moved like lightning, surrounded by Thunder Serpents, sometimes fleeing and sometimes striking with thunder, swiftly counterattacking. Li Mu pursued using Earth Escape, dodged using Wood Escape, sometimes transformed into a Water Ball to temporarily avoid the Thunder Skill, engaging in a fierce close combat chase with the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

The two figures went back and forth, shattering trees and earth into the air.

Surrounding them, the Tier Five Green-eyed Golden Tiger, Tier Five Blood Crowned Demon Snake, the severely injured Tier Five White Feathered Demoness, the undamaged Three-headed Demon Wolf, and the Tier Five Golden-Winged Demon Roc circling in the sky, all watched the intense battle warily.

This battle was already beyond their ability to intervene.

Human Race Cultivators had mastered the Five Elements Escape Technique to the point of mastery, matching the speed of the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, not to mention Li Mu’s immensely strong swordsmanship, as powerful as a demon beast’s body.

With just a Golden Core Cultivation, he possessed incredibly strong True Essence, able to go back and forth with the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, equally matched.

No!

This was not a fair fight.

The Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion had just undergone the Thunder Tribulation, suffered from their siege, heavily wounded upon wounded, its injuries were dire.

In addition, the endless Sword Qi surrounding the human cultivator constantly suppressed the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion. As the fierce battle continued, the heavily injured Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

“Pshhh”— a sound erupted, blood light exploded.

The two clashing figures passed each other in an instant, as the Gold Element Spirit Sword sliced open the thick scale armor on the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s chest, revealing a sword mark five or six feet long, deeply cutting to the bone.

Li Mu was also kicked away by the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

However, in the next moment, “Boom!”— the figure of that human cultivator exploded into a puppet, shattering into pieces.

With a “Whoosh”, Li Mu’s figure flew out from a pile of pits.

Earlier, the Substitute Puppet Li Mu had released saved his life.

However, the Substitute Puppet, just refined with a Tier Four Soul Wood Heart, was now destroyed like this.

Li Mu glanced at the Substitute Puppet splintered into debris and focused his attention on the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion that staggered to the ground and quickly stood up.

At this moment, the momentum of the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion did not weaken; instead, it became even stronger. Despite having no unharmed part on its body, it didn’t appear heavily injured at all. The sword wound on its chest was locked by its own Thunder Essence, crackling, as the spurting blue blood stopped instantly.

The Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s body surged with thunder flames, as if making another breakthrough in a desperate situation.

Seeing this, Li Mu’s expression changed drastically, his mind raced.

Earlier, in the fierce battle with the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, Li Mu had already exhausted all kinds of divine techniques and spells. Now, if the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s combat power raised further, if it hit him, he wouldn’t die but would lose half a life.

Got it!

Li Mu glanced at the Tier Five Demon Beasts still observing the battle around him, and an idea immediately popped into his mind.

“Roar!”

The Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion roared angrily, its eyes filled with a murderous intent as it stared at Li Mu. Suddenly, blue thunder flames burst from its four feet, its speed increased again, transforming into a Thunder Shadow as it charged at him.

The speed more than doubled compared to before.

Li Mu had long anticipated this, his face turned cold, and he preemptively used the Five Elements Escape Technique, emerging from behind the Tier Five Green-eyed Golden Tiger.

The Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion was clearly enraged, charged headlong, determined not to rest until Li Mu was dead.

In the next moment, a blue thunderbolt arrived in a flash.

With a loud bang, the path-blocking Tier Five Green-eyed Golden Tiger was fiercely sent flying by the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

With a boom, the enormous body of the Tier Five Green-eyed Golden Tiger crashed heavily to the ground, spewing large mouthfuls of blood, unable to stand. The collision had taken half its life.

Li Mu’s figure again emerged from behind the Three-headed Demon Wolf using Earth Escape.

At this moment, the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion was in full rage, its momentum was fierce; Li Mu did not dare to confront it directly. However, evading was impossible, so he thought of a clever way, using these Tier Five Demon Beasts as meat shields,

The Tier Five Three-headed Demon Wolf was both shocked and furious, abandoning the close-at-hand Li Mu, turning to flee.

Li Mu casually swung his sword, a sharp Sword Qi burst forth, forcing the Tier Five Three-headed Demon Wolf back to its original position.

In the next moment, with a loud bang, the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion rushed again, stomping heavily on the spot where Li Mu had originally stood.

The Three-headed Demon Wolf was hit like thunder striking its body, being sent flying by the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, meeting the same fate as the Golden Tiger.

The Blood Crowned Black Snake and the White Feathered Demoness were both startled and fled in fear.

Li Mu chuckled, continuously using the Five Elements Escape Technique, chasing the two Tier Five Demon Beasts, giving them no chance to escape.

The Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion had already understood the scheme of the Human Race Cultivator, but it didn’t care; besides, these guys had previously been suspected of robbery.

The Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion continued to crash wildly, pursuing Li Mu relentlessly. From the dense forest, to the mountains, valleys, …, wherever the two figures passed, beasts overturned, trees toppled, thunder roared, and killing intent was abundant.

In a flash, two days and nights passed.

Within a valley, Li Mu’s figure emerged from the rock wall and flickered; in the next moment, a thunderbolt smashed down.

A blue thunder shadow revealed its form.

It was a lion-headed human figure, a robust man nine feet tall, its entire body wrapped in a blue thunder flame, the humanizing Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion.

After two days and nights of pursuit, the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s condition improved. Having passed through the Transformation Thunder Tribulation, its massive body gradually took human form, its speed, and spell power growing stronger.

However, that Human Race Cultivator was extremely skilled in the Five Elements Escape Technique, with an incredibly powerful Divine Soul, and profound True Essence, and after such a long chase, it still couldn’t be captured.

The Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s pair of blue vertical pupils were full of boundless rage; its figure flickered, transforming into a thunderbolt, continuing to hunt down the Human Race Cultivator.

Li Mu felt miserable deep inside! Even using the Earth Escape Skill, hiding ten zhang deep underground, that Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion still wouldn’t give up, drilling through the earth just to drag him out.

After two days and nights, Li Mu found himself with nowhere to hide in heaven or earth, no path in any direction.

The recovery ability of a Tier Six Demon Beast was astonishing; without a higher-tier Spiritual Artifact, it couldn’t be given a fatal blow. Even with more superficial damage to the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, it could recover in an extremely short time.

If he didn’t shake it off soon, if he encountered a Tier Seven Demon Beast, he wouldn’t know how he died!

Only by leveraging the treacherous terrain could he shake it off.

Celestial Phoenix Mountain had a giant abyss with erupting magma, which was also the territory of a Tier Six Demon Sparrow. Luring this Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion there might make them hostile to each other.

If this plan fails, then relying on the Spirit Void Earth Fire, using the Fire Escape Skill to avoid its pursuit could work as well.

If the Spirit Void Earth Fire was the lost Spiritual Fire of the Celestial Void Tripod, there might be a chance to use the Celestial Void Tripod for a counter-kill.

As for the risk of being hunted by the combined forces of two Tier Six Demon Beasts, that’s possible too, though the probability is low. If Qingyang True Monarch wasn’t lying, that Demon Sparrow should be in a nurturing period and shouldn’t join forces with the invading Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion to hunt him down.

However, recalling the scene where Tier Five Demon Beasts that previously besieged the Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion suddenly united to hunt him, Li Mu couldn’t help but feel a bit worried.

But the crackling thundering sound behind him followed closely, allowing Li Mu no more time to think.

Li Mu gritted his teeth, fully expanded his Divine Sense, and fled swiftly in the direction of Celestial Phoenix Mountain.

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