Mortal Bones

Seven days.

Xu Taiping chased the demon tiger for seven days and seven nights.

During these seven days, he did not drink a drop of water or eat a grain of rice. During this period, he fought with the dying demon tiger several times, and finally forced the demon tiger into this valley with no exit.

At this time, most of his leather armor was damaged, and his boots were gone. His bare feet were torn and his fists were also bloody.

In addition to the flesh wounds, his internal organs were also impacted when he fought with the demon tiger, and the blood in his body was uncontrollably colliding with the meridians.

But even so, even though he looked bruised and battered, his eyes staring at the tiger demon in front of him were still shining, and there was no sign of fatigue and fear.

"Boy... do you really want to fight with me to the death...?"

The tiger demon leaned against a large rock, and a pair of fist-sized tiger eyes also stared at Xu Taiping.

"You won't stop until I die, and I won't stop until you die. We both know this."

Xu Taiping said as he wrapped his palm with a piece of cloth torn from his body, his eyes still fixed on the tiger demon.

He knew very well that if he wanted to kill the tiger demon, he only had this chance now. Once it recovered and replenished its blood and energy, he would be the one to die.

"I have seen cultivators with superior talents, and I haven't met anyone with a heart as firm as a rock for many years. It wouldn't be a shame if I really died in your hands."

The tiger demon moved away from the stone and stood firmly.

"If it was you who died, I wouldn't make things difficult for you. I would just eat you and refine you into a ghost, and you would be my slave forever."

As it spoke, it sank down and made a posture to pounce on its prey.

Xu Taiping responded to the tiger demon with a vigorous leap, and with a "bang", he hit the mountain with his horns with all his strength.

"Bang!"

Facing Xu Taiping's punch, the tiger demon did not dodge, but took it sideways, and then slapped Xu Taiping's waist with one claw, ready to exchange injuries with Xu Taiping.

"Pah!"

But what the tiger demon did not expect was that Xu Taiping's fist suddenly changed into a claw when it was about to hit its shoulder and elbow, and grabbed its fur with force, and used the force to flip onto its back.

This time, the tiger demon's slap missed.

In the past seven days, Xu Taiping was not numbly chasing the tiger demon, but clearly engraved the gains and losses of each battle with the tiger demon in his mind, so he saw through the tiger demon's intention at a glance.

After the tiger demon's grab missed, Xu Taiping, who was sitting on its back, still punched it.

"Bang!"

The sound shook the mountains and forests.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Taiping grabbed the tiger skin with one hand and raised his fist with the other, punching one after another, and the sound of "bang bang bang" kept echoing in the valley.

From a distance, Xu Taiping, who was surrounded by the remnant of the true energy, really looked like a running bull, constantly trampling and colliding with the tiger under him.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a sound like a timpani, Xu Taiping's last punch of the bulls' charge was smashed, and the body of the demon tiger was smashed into the ground.

But at this moment, the demon tiger, which seemed to be dying, suddenly turned its head and bit Xu Taiping behind him.

Just as Xu Taiping had calculated the tiger demon's intention, the tiger demon also saw through the weakness of the Green Ox Fist, and endured it until all 108 punches were completed, and then he attacked Xu Taiping violently.

"Hmph!"

Facing the sudden attack of the demon tiger, Xu Taiping was not panicked at all. Instead, he grinned and rammed his head against the demon tiger's head with his head.

"This is the last punch."

"Bang!"

The demon tiger's head, which was already seriously injured, was suddenly hit again. The wounds on its neck were all torn open at once, and its head fell to one side.

"Clang!"

Xu Taiping did not intend to give the demon tiger a chance to breathe. He suddenly pulled out the fine steel long knife from his waist, poured the last part of the true essence in his dantian into it, and then chopped the demon tiger's head with a knife.

"Shua!"

The knife light with a chill swept past, and the huge head of the tiger demon fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Hua La La!..."

After the tiger's head was cut off, a large pile of gold, silver, jewelry and various swords and weapons came out of its mouth. At first glance, it was taken from the people killed by the tiger demon.

But Xu Taiping was not in the mood to care about these treasures for the time being.

At this time, his Dantian was empty, his blood and qi were weak, and his muscles and bones were extremely tired.

"Huh..."

Xu Taiping let out a long breath, and then slid down from the tiger's back, half leaning on the headless body of the demon tiger, and began to work hard to operate the Canxia Gong.

Just when Xu Taiping's true qi was slightly restored, a white-headed eagle flew to the tree branch in front of him.

"You... actually... actually killed this demon tiger!"

The white-headed eagle exclaimed in shock.

It was almost evening at this time, and the reddish glow shone into the forest through the gaps between the branches and leaves, falling on Xu Taiping, making this skinny and blood-stained boy look full of sacred majesty.

Especially in contrast to the huge body of the demon tiger, it gave people an extremely strong visual impact, so it was no wonder that Bai Yu was so out of control.

"You're here."

Xu Taiping looked up at Bai Yu, and a tired smile appeared on his face.

Xu Taiping was not surprised at Bai Yu's appearance, because this was an agreement he and Bai Yu had made in advance.

"The tiger head and the things in its mouth belong to me, and the tiger body belongs to you. You take me back to Qingzhuju."

Xu Taiping pointed at the tiger head and then the tiger body behind him.

At this time, he still looked very weak, but Bai Yu looked at him without any contempt or neglect, as if he was facing a strong man like his father.

So much so that it, which has the blood of a spiritual bird, couldn't help but feel fear.

"Yeah."

After pondering for a long time, Bai Yu nodded solemnly this time.

"No wonder Daddy asked me to get closer to him."

Bai Yu, who flew into the clouds with Xu Taiping on his back, finally understood why Daddy asked him to get close to a young man with nothing but bones before leaving.

...

One night a few days later.

"Sister Lingyue, look, I killed that tiger monster!"

"Sister, you don't know, the situation was extremely dangerous at that time, I didn't have time to think, I jumped up from the height of more than a hundred feet, and took advantage of the momentum of falling, punched the tiger monster and caught it off guard!"

As soon as Fairy Lingyue woke up, Xu Taiping led her to the firewood room in the backyard, lifted the linen covering the tiger monster's head, and introduced the situation of the day to her with a little youthful spirit.