Nine Transformations of the True Spirit

Two days later, the convoy arrived at the trading location. There were no dangers along the way, except for two small groups of bandits blocking the road.

But when they saw the Fuhu Gang's flag, they didn't dare to act rashly and obediently let him go.

In this area, the name Fuhu Gang is still very useful.

The object of the transaction this time was a large village, and they were familiar with the business with the Fuhu Gang. They behaved in a very orderly manner, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.

Even due to the lack of carts and livestock, they paid a high price to buy 20 carts and mules to transport weapons and iron tools back to the village.

In these large villages in the Chimang Mountains, there are not only bandits, but also old and weak women and children. The population is so large that they have even opened up fields, which requires a large number of farm tools and iron tools, as well as mules, horses, and cattle.

After the transaction was completed, the convoy was more alert than before. Wei Wuding inspected it personally, and the escort did not dare to slack off at all.

The village that did the deal with the Fuhu Gang this time didn't have many silver notes. They mainly traded in cash and copper plates. Three large carts were filled with them, which was the best target for the bandits.

As the commander of the escort team, Chen Yuan patrolled day and night constantly. Yu Zhenchuan was even more nervous than him, and his nerves were tense. He often yelled at his guards loudly, but Chen Yuan was the one who comforted him.

This has been the case for the past year. Yu Zhenchuan acted white and Chen Yuan acted red, winning the hearts of the people.

At noon on the third day, the team stopped in a valley to bury pots and make rice.

Yu Zhenchuan took this opportunity to catch another person and reprimanded him while eating:

"I asked you to go explore the mountains and forests, but you still dare to be lazy. If bandits are ambushing you and suddenly attack, we will all be killed..."

Chen Yuan squatted beside him, took two white flour pancakes, broke them into pieces, soaked them in a bowl of freshly cooked broth, used two peeled branches as chopsticks, and started to eat happily.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, flying sand and rocks, swaying trees, and falling grass.

Wow!

Someone didn't hold the pottery bowl firmly, it was blown to the ground, broke into several pieces, and the broth spilled all over the floor.

"Oh, my food!"

He complained loudly, but was immediately covered up by a tiger's roar.

"Ouch!"

Then, a beautiful tiger jumped out of the forest and landed in front of the convoy.

The giant tiger was two feet long, taller than a horse, and about three times larger than an ordinary tiger. It blocked most of the mountain road.

The giant tiger's eyes were as big as copper bells. It moved left and right, scanning the crowd, revealing the same ferocity and cunning as humans. It stretched out its scarlet tongue, licked its lips, and saliva dripped, exuding bursts of fishy smell. The wind blows, making it sickening.

There were several deep wounds on its back. It was injured by something unknown. Blood flowed out and dyed its fur red, making it look extremely ferocious.

Suddenly such a giant tiger appeared, and the convoy suddenly became chaotic. Someone shouted:

"Tiger! This is Grandpa Tiger!"

When Wei Wuding saw such a giant tiger, his expression changed drastically. He drew out his long sword, suddenly chopped off an iron pot in front of him, and shouted:

"Don't panic! It's just a big insect. What are you afraid of? Kill this big insect and give each person a pound of tiger meat as a tooth sacrifice!"

Everyone finally calmed down and drew their swords, but their eyes were still filled with fear.

Yu Zhenchuan held the Huanshou knife tightly with both hands and said in a trembling voice:

"Monster...monster! This must be a man-eating tiger monster. Those missing caravans were all eaten by it!"

Chen Yuan slowly raised the long knife with both hands and stared at the giant tiger with extremely solemn eyes.

Suddenly, the giant tiger's eyes stopped on Chen Yuan, with a look of surprise on his face, he jumped up and pounced towards him.

A chill suddenly rose in Chen Yuan's heart. This was a warning sign that only appeared when facing a life or death crisis.

This damn beast, instead of looking for someone else, chose to focus on him!

But others didn't know that the giant tiger's target was Chen Yuan. Five brave guards rushed forward and slashed at the giant tiger with their swords.

The giant tiger roared impatiently, stretched out its palm, and swiped violently.

The four people had broken muscles and bones, flew out upside down, and landed on the ground, wailing incessantly.

The giant tiger took another bite, bit the last person from the waist, chewed twice, raised his head and swallowed it into his belly.

"Ah! Help! Help..."

This man's screams were so pitiful and desperate that they stopped suddenly, and everyone was horrified when they heard it.

The giant tiger devours a person, shakes its head, leaps towards the crowd.

Wei Wuding was furious, raised his sword to meet the attack, and shouted:

"Let me take action and kill this big insect!"

Another escort leader Luo Hai turned around and greeted:

"The big insect is ferocious, let's all come together to avenge our dead brothers!"

After saying that, he rushed forward with Wei Wuding.

When more than twenty warriors saw Wei Wuding and Luo Hai taking the lead, they took heart and rushed forward with them.

But instead of taking action, Chen Yuan took two steps back and grabbed Yu Zhenchuan's wrist.

Yu Zhenchuan was inspired by Luo Hai's words and was about to rush to kill the tiger, but he couldn't help but look over in surprise when he saw this.

Chen Yuan slowly shook his head and said:

"This big insect is difficult to deal with. Let's take a look first and then talk about it."

Yu Zhenchuan was extremely surprised. Whenever he encountered bandits and beasts in the past, Chen Yuan always fought bravely. Why was he so timid today?

But before he could ask a question, a tiger's roar was heard that penetrated the clouds and cracked the rocks. It was so shocking that Yu Zhenchuan's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

The twenty or so warriors were the first to bear the brunt, and they were frightened and stayed there.

The giant tiger rushed into the crowd, opened its bloody mouth, swept its tail, and slapped its palms. In an instant, all twenty warriors were killed or injured.

Only Wei Wuding, who was at the peak of his inner strength, managed to break free, used Qing Gong, and retreated three feet to avoid the giant tiger's bloody mouth.

The giant tiger swallowed a warrior, licked its lips, and continued to pounce on Chen Yuan.

Wei Wuding stood between it and Chen Yuan, thinking that the giant tiger was going to pounce on him, so he mustered up his courage and stabbed the giant tiger with his sword.

The giant tiger did not dodge, and the long sword stabbed into its body without any damage. It raised its palm impatiently and slapped Wei Wuding on the shoulder.

Crack!

Wei Wuding's shoulder collapsed, and he flew out like a rag doll and fell to the ground.

The giant tiger came to Chen Yuan in three or two steps and bit him with a fierce force.

Chen Yuan felt a chill in his bones, pushed Yu Zhenchuan aside, stepped back, and narrowly avoided the tiger's mouth.

Although the giant tiger was large in size, it had a very agile agility. Chen Yuan almost got bitten by it when he used his full strength to run the Shadow Step.

Whoosh!

The giant tiger bit in vain, raised its tiger paw again, and slapped Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan's tiger paw slammed heavily on the ground at the side of his body, creating a big pit and splashing gravel.

The giant tiger was coming fiercely, but Chen Yuan would not sit still and wait for death. He used the move of White Tiger Jumping over the ravine and slashed at the top of the giant tiger's head.

Chen Yuan used all his strength in this knife, and the huge force of two thousand pounds gathered on the blade, and the sound of breaking the wind was loud.

At the same time, a layer of white Gangjin about an inch long wrapped around the blade, reflecting the sunlight, which was extremely dazzling.

Wei Wuding lay on the ground, watching Chen Yuan and the giant tiger fighting in one place, and exclaimed:

"Gangjin!"

The giant tiger jumped to the side to avoid the knife.

Chen Yuan was relentless, and used the Shadow Step, leaving an afterimage on the spot, and still slashed at the giant tiger.

But this leap allowed the giant tiger to pull away, and the tiger's body was horizontal, and the tiger's tail was swung, like a steel whip, to meet it.

Clang!

The long knife chopped on the tiger's tail, like chopping on a piece of hard stone. The power that was said to be able to cut metal and iron only cut a wound as thick as a finger.

But the knife power formed by the six yang true qi was extremely yang and strong, and it burned a section of the tiger's tail.

The giant tiger cried out in pain, and turned around in anger and pounced on Chen Yuan.

The speed of this pounce was extremely fast, and Chen Yuan could not dodge in time, so he had to hold the long knife horizontally in front of him.

The giant tiger was afraid of the power on the blade, and avoided Chen Yuan's heart. The tiger stretched out its palm and ejected five sharp claws, grabbing Chen Yuan's waist and abdomen, leaving five residual images in the air.

Chen Yuan turned his wrist, swung the long knife down, and chopped on the tiger's claws.

Crack!

The long knife broke into two pieces, but the tiger's claws were also blocked, and the momentum was stagnant.

Chen Yuan tapped his feet and retreated a foot, throwing the half-broken knife in his hand into the giant tiger's eyes.

The giant tiger raised its claws to push away the broken knife, and Chen Yuan took the opportunity to perform the Shadow Step and turned to escape.

Wei Wuding slapped the ground hard and shouted:

"Stupid!"

The giant tiger was extremely fast and agile, so Chen Yuan had no chance of escaping. He had to stay and fight to the death to have a chance of survival.

But Chen Yuan seemed to be frightened by the giant tiger, and ran to the valley mouth without looking back.

The giant tiger showed a mocking look in its eyes, and pounced suddenly. In a flash, it came behind Chen Yuan, opened its bloody mouth, and bit him!

At this moment, Chen Yuan suddenly turned around, swung his right hand, and a silver thread shot out from the ring on his ring finger, wrapped around the giant tiger's right front leg, and quickly wrapped his palm twice, grabbed the silver thread, and pulled it down suddenly!

Bang!

The silver thread collapsed straight, and the giant tiger was caught off guard, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang.

Chen Yuan threw off the ring, stepped forward, put his hands together to form a sword finger, and poked the giant tiger's eyes!

This move was extremely cruel. If it hit, the giant tiger's eyes would be disabled and it would be at the mercy of others.

In a hurry, the giant tiger only had time to turn its head to the right, and its right eye dodged, but its left eye was poked.

Puff!

Chen Yuan poked his finger down, like poking an egg, and a stream of blood spurted out of the giant tiger's eye socket.

The giant tiger roared in pain, and its ferocity was great. It suddenly raised its tiger paw and slapped Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan felt a warning in his heart and raised his hand to block the vitals. Five deep bloody marks were left on his left arm by the giant tiger.

He hurriedly used the Shadow Step and retreated.

But the giant tiger was blinded by Chen Yuan's eye, and it was already in a frenzy. Regardless of the injury, it let out a tiger roar that pierced the clouds and cracked the rocks.

Awooo!

Although Chen Yuan's mind was clear and sharp after being infused with starlight, he was still affected by the tiger's roar at such a close distance, and his mind was shocked and his feet staggered.

When Chen Yuan stabilized his body, the giant tiger had already opened its bloody mouth and pounced on him. Even the blood and flesh between its teeth were clearly visible.

Chen Yuan had no way to avoid it. He only had time to raise his right arm and block it in front of him, falling into despair.

If he was bitten by the giant tiger, he would definitely die.

The spectators were horrified. If Chen Yuan was bitten to death by the giant tiger, it would be their turn.

At this moment, a clear shout came from the cliff:

"Evil beast, you are looking for death!"

Zheng!

Everyone looked up and saw a flying sword about a foot long falling from the sky, piercing the giant tiger's head, deep into the handle!