Chapter 460: Giving Away Made-to-Order Clothes

Wu Manyue looked up at the sound. Only then did she notice three figures, covered in blood, pursuing the remaining few Beast Kings. She immediately understood why the Beast Kings had gone mad. She couldn't help but ask angrily, "Was this your doing?"

Jiang Fan had just finished slaying the last demon beast. Suddenly hearing a human voice, he cautiously looked over and discovered a massive patterned python with dull eyes. A masked figure in a black robe, with a very alluring figure, was perched on its back. After a brief thought, he understood, saying, "No wonder the demon beasts resorted to continuous attacks. So, you were the one behind this." He had noticed something strange much earlier. Since when did demon beasts become skilled in military tactics? Now, seeing this mysterious human and the Beast King clearly under their control, he immediately realized what was happening.

Wu Manyue retorted angrily, "I haven't even blamed you yet! This group of demon beasts could have been completely wiped out, but because of you, over twenty of them escaped!" Hearing this, Jiang Fan felt a pang of regret. Over twenty beasts meant four hundred merit points! He couldn't help but say, annoyed, "Aren't you incredibly useless? You control a Core Formation Layer 5 Beast King leader, yet you let all of them escape?"

Wu Manyue, furious, stood up, slapping the snake's head, her chest heaving violently. "I'm useless? Do you know how fierce those Beast Kings' desperate counterattacks are when you slaughter them? Let alone a mere Core Formation Layer 5 demon beast leader, even a Core Formation Layer 6 would be unable to stop them!"

Jiang Fan said with a cold face, "Don't you have a brain? Who told you to confront them head-on? Couldn't you have just had this python collapse the canyon and block the exit?"

Wu Manyue was momentarily stunned. That... seemed... quite logical. "I... you..." Wu Manyue's face turned red, and she immediately changed the subject in embarrassment and frustration: "Mind your own business! We spent days and countless efforts to lure these demon beasts into the canyon! Leave immediately! And leave all the demon cores you've dug up. They're all ours; you're not allowed to take a single one!" He had almost killed Xia Chaoge, and she hadn't even settled scores with him yet. Yet he had the audacity to demand the demon cores.

"Or else?" Jiang Fan asked coldly.

Wu Manyue narrowed her eyes. "Otherwise, I'll let you experience what it's like to be hunted by a Core Formation Layer 5 demon beast!" As she pointed a finger at the small black flag in her hand, the sluggish giant python suddenly reared its head high, flicking its scarlet tongue, and radiating the terrifying aura of a Core Formation Layer 5 beast. Xia Chaoge and Liang Feiyan both became serious. A Core Formation Layer 5 Beast King was extraordinarily powerful. Moreover, there was Wu Manyue and three other mysterious humans. With only the three of them... Just as they thought this...

Jiang Fan suddenly let out a low cry: "Soul Stirring Stab!"

Awooo—

Along with a solidified soul thorn, it fiercely pierced the patterned python's soul. It immediately screamed in agony. Its massive body crashed to the ground with a thud! Wu Manyue, who was on its head, was violently flung off. Using her last bit of spiritual energy, she stumbled and managed to regain her balance.

"Patterned Python? What's wrong? Get up!" Watching the patterned python writhe on the ground, rapidly losing its struggles, Wu Manyue was greatly alarmed and hastily cast a spell on the small black flag. However, with a sudden *bang*, the small black flag exploded. Exploding fragments struck her forcefully. This time, she was not spared and was sent flying by the residual power of the explosion. Large holes were blasted into the robes on her chest, revealing dazzling streaks of white skin.

When the patterned python was controlled, its soul had already been damaged. How could it withstand another Soul Stirring Stab? Its soul was killed on the spot. And with the death of the patterned python, the formation flag controlling it self-destructed.

Jiang Fan held his sword to Wu Manyue's pale neck; she was out of spiritual energy and injured. "I won't get to experience what it's like to be hunted by a Core Formation Layer 5 demon beast," he said. "But you, on the other hand, can try what it's like to be hunted by me."

The three figures perched on the cliff were startled. They quickly jumped down and cupped their hands in a plea for mercy: "Senior... please be lenient. We don't want any of the demon beasts here; they are all yours, Senior." The three were extremely anxious. Someone who could kill a Core Formation Layer 5 demon beast so easily from a distance, without them knowing how, who wouldn't be shocked?

Jiang Fan withdrew his sword and coldly snorted, "Don't let me run into you again! Get out!" The three immediately helped Wu Manyue up and left towards the canyon entrance, looking somewhat disheveled. Wu Manyue bit her luscious red lips tightly. Her apricot-shaped eyes were filled with humiliation. Her painstakingly crafted plan, the merit from over a hundred Beast Kings, had all become a gift for someone else. Since she began cultivating puppet arts, when had she ever suffered such a devastating loss? "Bastard! Don't let me find out who you are! Otherwise... I'm not done with you!"

Her three companions exchanged bitter smiles. Wu Manyue had always been the one to toy with others. But today, she had suffered an enormous loss. Given her personality, she would certainly not let this go. It was just unknown who would suffer more in their next encounter.

Inside the canyon. Jiang Fan and the others quickly extracted the demon cores. Jiang Fan directly absorbed the patterned python's corpse into the Heavenly Thunder Stone. This sight startled Liang Feiyan: "A... spatial storage artifact!" How many spatial storage artifacts were there in the entire land of the Nine Sects? Anyone capable of wielding such an item was undoubtedly a peerless formidable being, standing at the pinnacle. He couldn't help but look at Xia Chaoge. He saw that she also looked surprised. Clearly, Xia Chaoge also realized that this senior's status was far higher than they had imagined.

"Senior, the demon cores are collected." Xia Chaoge brought the extracted demon cores to Jiang Fan. Jiang Fan waved his hand, saying, "Take as many as you killed." How could that be? She and Liang Feiyan had merely followed behind Jiang Fan. How could that be counted as their contribution? "Chaoge wouldn't dare," Xia Chaoge offered with a hint of reverence. Jiang Fan patted her shoulder: "There's no need to be so formal between us." Uh— Liang Feiyan looked at the two with a strange expression. From the sound of it, the relationship between this senior and Xia Chaoge seemed unusual. Xia Chaoge recoiled as if shocked. A hint of wariness and indignation appeared in her eyes, and she said seriously, "Senior, please mind your manners." Jiang Fan looked embarrassed. Had this girl misunderstood something?

Just then, Little White and the Spirit Horse ran up, each carrying a heavy bundle and trotting with cheerful steps. Seeing this, Xia Chaoge was delighted: "It's good that you're alright." She had been worried that the Spirit Horse would be pursued by the Beast Kings after breaking through. She was genuinely happy to see it run towards her unharmed. But, the Spirit Horse ignored her. It ran directly to Jiang Fan and wagged its tail obsequiously. Xia Chaoge was a bit confused. Her own mount was ignoring its master. And instead, it was trying to curry favor with a stranger? Immediately after, the Spirit Horse spoke in human language, uttering a sentence that made her delicate body tremble. "Brother Jiang Fan, I dug up more than Little White did!" The Spirit Horse tilted its bundle down, its face full of pride. Xia Chaoge's pupils widened gradually. Liang Feiyan also murmured as if struck by lightning: "What did you just call him?"