Young Noble Be Monster Slaying

Chapter 297: Kill Taowu

At Guardian Peak, the residence of Mount Shu’s celestial beast, Baize...

The Mount Shu Sect had been a leader of the righteous path for many years, leaving behind a deep legacy. Even though the sect was lacking in legendary artifacts now, it still had many things that were considered the best in the world of immortality cultivators. Its guardian celestial beast was one of them.

Most immortal sects did not even have the patronage of a celestial beast. All the sects in the Divine Nine had guardian celestial beasts, but the Mount Shu Sect's Baize was definitely among the top celestial beasts and was previously as famous as the Azure Dragon of the Penglai Supreme Sect.

However, ever since the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda went missing, the celestial beast Baize had never appeared again. The Baize youngling was left behind like an orphan.

There was even some speculation in the world of immortality cultivators about whether Baize had disappeared along with the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.

At this moment, Lu Chengchou redirected a sword strike that he’d initially aimed at Venerable Wen Yuan toward Guardian Peak instead, taking everyone by surprise.

Upon seeing that multicolored swordlight flying toward Guardian Peak, Venerable Wen Yuan showed a worried expression for the first time. It seemed that this was an even graver matter than if he had been struck!

Venerable Wen Yuan even wanted to use Dimension Compression to get over there and block the strike!

But the True Form of Ksitigarbha did not give him the chance to do that. It swung its giant hand down and sealed off the area, just like Venerable Wen Yuan had done earlier when he feared the True Form of Ksitigarbha would escape.

Now the tables had turned.

Boom.

The elderly monk on the Dharma Lotus Platform ordered the rainbow light to attack the black sun. The True Form of Ksitigarbha suffered a heavy blow, but it maintained its seal on the area, keeping Venerable Wen Yuan in place.

Thus, with the True Form of Ksitigarbha fighting two opponents simultaneously, the seven-colored swordlight was left unhindered. It struck Guardian Peak, instantly splitting the massive peak in half!

The split revealed a scene that made everyone's eyes widen in shock!

Guardian Peak’s interior was completely hollow. All it contained was a five-colored translucent irregular spheroid object. It looked like a giant egg!

The egg took up all of the space in the mountain, and curled up inside it was a white beast, peacefully asleep. Who else could it be but Baize?

It turned out that the Mount Shu Sect had never lost Baize. Baize had been hiding in this form inside Guardian Peak this whole time!

What was this? Some special cultivation method?

The sword strike had split the mountain effortlessly, yet when it struck the egg, it only created ripples on the egg’s surface! A hairline crack eventually appeared on the exterior of the egg, but the egg did not crack open.

Baize seemed to frown as if it had been disturbed from a deep sleep. It was about to wake up.

"Shatter that egg!" Lu Chengchou yelled.

His voice was filled with a sense of elation as if he was about to destroy Mount Shu's hope!

A group of the Dark King Sect’s members that had the combat ability of seventh-realm cultivators flew swiftly toward the egg!

"Don't let anyone near Guardian Peak!" Venerable Wen Yuan commanded from midair.

The Mount Shu Sect's powerful seventh-realm cultivators rose in succession, bravely intercepting the Dark King Sect’s members!

Meanwhile, Venerable Wen Yuan finally broke free from the True Form of Ksitigarbha's seal. He slammed Lu Chengchou into the ground with one hand.

Boom.

This was the wrath of an eighth-realm cultivator. Like Venerable Wen Yuan, Lu Chengchou wielded tremendous spiritual energy, yet he had almost no strength to fight back!

In a maddening rage, Venerable Wen Yuan pinned Lu Chengchou against the ground!

Boom, boom, boom—

Venerable Wen Yuan raised a finger and fiercely pressed it onto Lu Chengchou. Explosions rang out continuously from his glowing body! It was clear that once his armor, which had been formed using Mount Shu's spiritual veins, dispersed, Lu Chengchou's death would be imminent!

Nevertheless, Lu Chengchou didn’t care about that and shouted furiously, "Taowu!!!"

He didn't even need to do that though. Taowu’s eyes turned red the moment it saw Baize!

As an ancient giant vicious beast, it had a very long life, but it hadn’t experienced many critical crises. In fact, there had only been one—when it was almost killed by Baize!

Taowu had never forgotten that!

Seeing the slumbering Baize now, Taowu let out a deep, enraged roar, "RAAAAR!!!"

The massive Taowu charged forward!

"You evil creature, don’t you dare!" the Discipline Master yelled.

With her right hand, she swung a long, snake-like thorny black whip. It whizzed as it wrapped around Taowu several times, trying to bind it.

However, Taowu unleashed power that was far greater than before. Instead of getting held back, Taowu dragged the Discipline Master along with it as it charged forward!

"Damned beast..." the Discipline Master cursed angrily.

She swung out an identical thorny black whip with her left hand. Seemingly alive, the whip coiled toward Taowu’s head, bent its tip inward, and stabbed fiercely!

Taowu’s skin was tough, and its flesh was dense, but its eyes were vulnerable! The whip pierced through one of the eyes in a split second!

Simultaneously, Daoist Yan's swordlight arrived in a flash, along with the Conservation Master's divine light, the Alchemy Master's divine fire, and more. All the seventh-realm experts who could spare a hand unleashed their strongest attacks on Taowu, covering it in wounds in an instant!

Despite that, all the attacks did was make Taowu angrier. They could not stop its advance!

Taowu was determined to kill its old enemy! It was uncontrollable, fierce, and ruthless!

This was the main reason Lu Chengchou plotted to summon Taowu to Mount Shu; it was all for this moment!

Armed with countless divine abilities, Taowu was poised to pounce on the cracking egg!

Inside the egg, the eyelids of the beautiful divine being Baize twitched. It seemed like it would wake with just a little more disturbance!

Venerable Wen Yuan's eyes showed the despair he felt.

It has been the Mount Shu Sect’s source of hope for the past five hundred years...

Could it be destroyed in an instant?

...

The events occurring on Mount Shu were beyond what ordinary disciples could have ever imagined. Even Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai were unable to intervene. Genius disciples represented potential—the future of the sect.

However, they were still too young and underdeveloped to contribute in terms of combat power. All they could do was watch everything unfold with shocked expressions.

When the swordlight cut through Guardian Peak, Jiang Yuebai's shocked expression turned into one of concern.

She exclaimed with alarm, "Little Baize!"

"Ah," Chu Liang uttered, realizing Jiang Yuebai’s concern.

The Baize youngling might still be on Guardian Peak! Did the sword strike injure it?

"I'll go check!" Jiang Yuebai said, immediately setting off.

She bypassed the chaotic battlefield to check on the situation at Guardian Peak.

"Senior Sister Jiang..." Chu Liang muttered worriedly.

A moment later, he decided to follow her to Guardian Peak.

However, after flying for just a few zhang, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a feeling of heaviness.

As Chu Liang fell into a daze, he heard a voice in his ear.

"Kid, don't make a sound. I'm the Whale Rider Immortal. We’ve met once before."

Startled, Chu Liang blurted, "Esteemed senior?"

"Don't speak out loud. Speak in your mind," the mysterious voice said quickly. "I can't show myself in public, so I need you to help with something."

"Eh?" Chu Liang then responded in his mind. What kind of help do you need from me, esteemed senior?

"It won't work with anyone else. But you’ve linked up with the Violet and Azure Twin Swords, right? Heheh..."

...

Taowu was drenched in blood, and one of its eyes had been gouged out from its massive head. It was unrecognizable, looking like a mountain of flesh after being pelted by blood rain.

Yet, Taowu still flew toward the giant egg containing Baize.

Born from the world’s Great Dao of Evil, Taowu had been endowed with extraordinary talents. Even with such grave injuries, it would be able to recover from them with some time. That was why none of its enemies had ever been able to push him into dire straits.

But this Baize had done just that. Baize had nearly killed Taowu. That left a mark on Taowu that it would never forget! Taowu regarded Baize as its mortal enemy!

Now, that mortal enemy was sleeping right in front of it. Taowu was about to get its revenge!

Despite being in immense pain, Taowu ignored it. After all, it knew that all of its injuries would be healed once it devoured its enemy. Taowu’s mind was filled only with the excitement of revenge!

Taowu opened its mouth wide, baring its fangs!

Its mouth was its most powerful weapon, capable of crushing mountains in one bite. Taowu could definitely bite off the head of the sleeping Baize!

Everyone else simply watched from behind.

Without the ability to stop Taowu, the Mount Shu Sect’s Eminent Ones stood by helplessly, and Venerable Wen Yuan’s eyes filled with despair. Despite being on the verge of death, Lu Chengchou was elated. Meanwhile, the countless disciples of the Mount Shu Sect and the Dark King Sect disciples were left confused...

Some of the people present might not know why this battle had occurred, but at this moment, everyone could tell that the outcome of this battle would likely be decided in the next instant.

The scene seemed to freeze.

The Mount Shu Sect's defeat appeared inevitable.

"Ahhh..."

There were already people letting out sorrowful gasps.

It was right at this moment that someone appeared before Taowu. He looked so tiny in comparison like a mosquito before a person.

It was a disciple of the Mount Shu Sect—Chu Liang!

Many of those present recognized him. It seemed quite absurd that Chu Liang was attempting to stop Taowu.

Yet, at the next second, that tiny figure unleashed a terrifyingly immense force.

Two vibrant beams of light, one violet and the other azure, flew over from afar and converged above Chu Liang’s head like yin and yang flowing together in the primordial chaos before the world was created[1] They lit up with a burst of divine radiance that belonged to the deities.

Just a while ago, Chu Liang had attempted the dual sword combination beneath the sea of clouds. At that time, he’d used the meager amount of power he had left and almost killed a cultivator at the pinnacle of the sixth realm, two realms higher than him.

Now, boundless power flowed within him. It seemed to be borrowed from the heavens and the earth, inexhaustible and endless.

With the experience of his first attempt, Chu Liang would not fail this time!

The violet and azure swordlights scattered, instantly forming countless interconnected threads like an ocean of sword qi. This ocean ultimately converged in one place, creating towering waves of sword qi!

The glorious display of sword qi shook the heavens!

"Evil entity, how dare you attack Mount Shu! Violet and Azure Twin Swords, slay this monster and defend our Dao with me!" Chu Liang yelled. "Dual sword combination!"

1. In one of the more popular Chinese creation myths, the world was created from a formless mass. ☜