Mortal Alchemy

“This Crimson-Eyed Tiger King should be a half-step into the Third Order, inherently possessing some of the innate divine abilities and capabilities of the Third Order.”

“Its healing speed is faster than mine. It seems I can't drag this out; I need to fight quickly and decisively!”

As Chen Ping's thoughts turned, the Aurora Sword in his hand shot out a thin line of azure light, slashing towards the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's neck.

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King saw this sword strike during its pounce, and its tail, as sharp as steel, immediately swept horizontally forward.

“Bang—”

Chen Ping's sword energy was immediately deflected by the tiger's tail, failing to strike its neck.

Then, Qinglian flowers flew out from the sword's body.

“咻咻咻——”

A full twenty-six Qinglian flowers manifested, and then they erupted simultaneously.

Hundreds of sword energies burst forth in all directions.

“Bang bang bang—”

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King used its tail, claws, and crimson eyes together, sweeping away, deflecting, or obliterating many of Chen Ping's sword energies.

“Roar~” However, after the sword energy was deflected, tiger demons not far away let out mournful roars, having been attacked and killed by the deflected sword energy.

In just two or three breaths, another twenty or so tiger demons were killed by Chen Ping!

This made the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King even more furious. It opened its bloody maw and spat out dozens of blood blades, pouncing towards Chen Ping as if to retaliate in kind.

“嗖——”

Chen Ping used Qinglian Flying Shadow, transforming into a shadow of azure light to avoid this attack.

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's massive body was not slow at all, its figure pulling out afterimages as it engaged Chen Ping in close combat.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Chen Ping was unscathed, while the tiger king had dozens of hideous wounds on its body.

“Roar!” The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King roared in anger. This human's movement technique was too nimble; it hadn't landed a single blow on Chen Ping, and instead, it had dozens of wounds on its own body, leaving it with strength it couldn't use. "Despicable human!"

In the space between words, the hideous wounds on its body immediately began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King sprayed out several rays of blood, from which flew out hundreds of Chang Gui, instantly enveloping Chen Ping within them.

Chen Ping struck one of these blood-light Chang Gui with his sword, tearing it open, but then another Chang Gui filled the gap, instantly surrounding him again.

Chen Ping wanted to force his way out, but he was forced back by the resentful voices of the Chang Gui.

Chen Ping's divine soul had not yet fully recovered, so he had no choice but to retreat with a solemn expression and a furrowed brow.

“This is the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's awakened divine ability.”

From the hundreds of exchanges he had with the Tiger King, this Tiger King's strength was not at all inferior to that of Luo Daoliu, who possessed the Saber Spirit Root.

Moreover, in terms of strength, this Tiger King seemed to be even better than him at fighting a war of attrition.

He wanted a quick battle, but this Tiger King wanted to wear him down.

Thinking of this, Chen Ping's expression darkened, and the spiritual power within his body surged wildly, pouring into the Aurora Sword: “Drifting Flowing World!”

Within a hundred zhang, everything was transformed into sword-energy scales, the sword connecting heaven and earth!

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King sensed the threat this sword posed to it and immediately roared, charging towards Chen Ping regardless of everything.

“Zzzzzz——”

As it charged towards Chen Ping, sparks flew all over the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's body, and thousands of fine sword-mark wounds instantly appeared on its massive demon body!

“Roar!”

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King rushed in front of Chen Ping, its sharp tiger claws sweeping towards Chen Ping.

And in that instant, Chen Ping also brought his sword down!

“Rumble!!!!”

This sword was unstoppable, directly cutting away all the fur, flesh, and blood of the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King, revealing its snow-white tiger bones and internal organs. Even so, the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King was still not dead!.

Such vitality shocked Chen Ping. Caught off guard, the terrifying tiger claws pierced through Chen Ping's chest.

Chen Ping gritted his teeth, and the Sword Aspect of his Dharma Body flew out from the top of his head, directly severing its bones. Chen Ping pulled the tiger claws out of his chest with his left hand, and he hurriedly activated his essence blood to heal his wounds.

As soon as his aura stabilized, the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King had already regrown its flesh, fur, and severed claws, and once again pounced towards Chen Ping:

“Roar!”

This time, the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King underwent another transformation, its entire body burning with blood-colored flames, and its aura was about to reach the Third Order realm. It was clear that Chen Ping had forced out its trump card.

The terrifying pressure of a Third Order demon beast was almost suffocating.

Faced with this move, the Aurora Sword in Chen Ping's hand suddenly flew out: “Sword Lotus Formation!”

A huge phantom of a Qinglian lotus erupted from the Aurora Sword's body, trapping the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's massive demon beast within it. Thus, it could be said that there was a formation within a formation!

“Roar!” The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King let out an angry roar, the blood-colored flames on its body constantly eroding Chen Ping's sword lotus, the light and colors flowing incessantly.

Chen Ping maintained the posture of holding a sword in the void with one hand, while the other hand hurriedly took out healing pills from his spatial ring, hastily swallowing and refining them.

At the same time, the movements in his hands were not slow. Qinglian flowers began to constantly grow within the Sword Lotus Formation, and then Qinglian sword energy erupted, bombarding the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King!

“Roar! Roar! Roar!” The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King constantly let out painful roars of anger.

This move was useless against Luo Daoliu, but it was extremely effective against demon beasts like the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King.

Chen Ping's eyes were icy cold: “Let's see how many times you can quickly heal?!”

After another three or four cups of tea's time, the blood-light Chang Gui that had been restraining Chen Ping began to slowly dissipate. It was clear that the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King could not hold on any longer.

Although Chen Ping's spiritual power was also running out, in the end: “It seems, you still can't outlast me.”

Chen Ping dispersed the Sword Lotus Formation, and the Aurora Sword immediately flew back into his hand. Chen Ping used the last of his spiritual power to activate Sword Energy Body Protection, protecting himself well.

His eyes looked at the massive Crimson-Eyed Tiger King.

This Tiger King could not stand up. Its body was covered in countless dense sword-mark wounds, and demon blood flowed out like a stream, trickling out. So many wounds were no longer healing.

Although it was not dead, it was also in a state of exhaustion, clearly having no more strength to fight and kill Chen Ping.

Chen Ping walked forward with the sharp Aurora Sword in hand, raised the long sword, and prepared to swing it down to kill this Crimson-Eyed Tiger King.

Who would have expected that the Crimson-Eyed Tiger King would let out a mournful wail, and then, in a weak voice, speak in human language:

“Human cultivator, you have won. According to the rules, from now on, this king will listen to your commands!”

Chen Ping's expression froze slightly, and his heart was shocked.

This Crimson-Eyed Tiger King's intelligence was truly high. After losing the fight with him and nearing death, in order to survive, it was actually willing to lower its head to Chen Ping, this human cultivator, and obey his every command.

However, the expression on Chen Ping's face was without any emotion: “What benefits would I get from sparing your life? If I kill you tiger demons, I can get a lot of points, and I can exchange them for many good things.”

His eyes were even more vigilant, afraid that this Crimson-Eyed Tiger King still had hidden trump cards and wanted to take advantage of his unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack!

The Crimson-Eyed Tiger King opened its mouth and said: “Human cultivator, you will have many benefits.”

“My race has lived in this small world for thousands of years, and I am very familiar with the rules of your human sects.”

“Demon beasts and spiritual herbs are counted as points.”

“Killing me is worth points, and taking me as a spirit pet is also worth points.”

“Secondly, what your human race values most are spiritual herbs. To advance their realms, we demon races must protect our own spiritual herbs, killing demon beasts is secondary.”

“How long have you been in this small world? How can you harvest a large number of natural spiritual herbs?”

“My race is not weak in strength here, and we know very well where there are spiritual herbs.”

“I can take you to quickly search for many spiritual herbs!”