Bao Gu quickly poured the healing elixir and the Fifth-Grade Monkey Wine into Yu Mi’s mouth.
She didn’t dare drink the Fifth-Grade Monkey Wine herself, fearing that one sip would make her pass out drunk. Instead, she took out some Second-Grade Monkey Wine, drank a few sips to restore the true energy in her dantian, and adjusted her state to the best condition.
Suddenly, the crisp voice of the little celestial fox rang out, “Step back! Leave them to me.”
Roars of beasts echoed one after another, with the cries of tigers, wolves, leopards, and other fierce beasts resounding in unison. A thick demonic aura surged from the passage where the people from the Beast Taming Valley were located.
Bao Gu didn’t need to think to know that the people from the Beast Taming Valley had released their demonic beasts. She turned her head to look at Yu Mi, who was lying on the ground, her spiritual power circulating as she mobilized her energy to heal her severe injuries. A wave of anger, irritation, and fear surged in her heart.
Did these cultivators think she, Bao Gu, was easy to bully, so they all targeted them? If she hadn’t unleashed a Nascent Soul talisman just now, her senior sister might not have survived.
The voice of the young master from the Beast Taming Valley rang out, “Bao Gu, you killed my Golden Mouse first and then attacked me. Do you think the Beast Taming Valley is easy to bully?”
Bao Gu’s face was tense, her expression full of anger as she coldly replied, “You make it sound like we bullied you first! Who released the Golden Mouse to cause trouble? If my senior sister wanted to kill you, you wouldn’t be alive. But you… hmph… if she had just taken your head, she wouldn’t be so gravely injured!” Her eyes were filled with a cold, murderous intent.
Bao Gu had always believed that even in the world of cultivation, filled with slaughter, one should maintain a peaceful heart. However, she realized she was wrong. She wanted peace, but others might not! Her desire for peace should not be extended to those who harbored killing intent towards her and her senior sister.
She sensed a horde of beasts rushing from the direction of the Beast Taming Valley, dozens of demonic birds and beasts, both flying and running, charging towards her like an army. Each of them was formidable, with even the weakest being equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the leading ones possessing the strength of a Golden Core cultivator.
The little celestial fox’s voice rang out again, “Quickly retreat, leave them to me.”
Bao Gu picked up the injured Yu Mi and disappeared into the void with a spatial evasion technique. As she entered the void, she placed the injured Yu Mi into her oversized storage bag, then gripped her Golden Core sword and emerged from the void, ready to fight the demonic beasts and birds. However, she found them tearing each other apart with blood-red eyes.
In the blink of an eye, some demonic beasts were already dead or injured.
A sharp beast-taming flute sounded, seemingly summoning the demonic beasts and birds, but they seemed oblivious, with some even turning to charge towards the people from the Beast Taming Valley.
Bao Gu’s heart tightened, thinking, “Could it be Ling’er?” The fox clan was skilled in enchantment and illusion. Could these demonic beasts have fallen under the little celestial fox’s spell?
A giant gourd appeared in the air, collecting all the out-of-control demonic beasts and birds before flying into the cave where the people from the Beast Taming Valley were.
The young master of the Beast Taming Valley emerged from the passage with the treasure gourd that had just collected the demonic beasts floating above his head, emitting strands of blue light that protected him.
A group of robust young men riding demonic beasts followed behind the young master, each displaying a formidable presence. Some stared at Bao Gu, while others activated their magical treasures to search the surroundings.
The young master of the Beast Taming Valley smirked slightly and said, “I didn’t expect you to have such a powerful fox clan demonic beast. Could it be a Seventh-Grade Enchanting Fox?”
Ling’er’s childish yet disdainful voice rang out, “Holding a broken gourd like it’s a treasure, what a disgrace!”
The young master’s mouth twitched again, and he couldn’t help but laugh, “What? Little demonic beast, are you still a suckling cub?” His eyes gleamed with a bright light. Demonic beast cubs were much more valuable than adults, as raising them from a young age allowed one to train their temperament and loyalty according to one’s preferences, making them far more reliable than tamed adult demonic beasts.
Bao Gu saw his relaxed demeanor and playful words, but his eyes flickered with cunning, revealing his deceitful nature. She knew he was not to be underestimated.
Previously, when facing enemies, she only wanted to intimidate them into retreating. But now, she didn’t want the people from the Beast Taming Valley to leave. Not for the sake of monopolizing the treasures here, but because they had ruthlessly tried to take her senior sister’s life. Moreover, the young master was not a good person. If she spared him, it would be her own downfall. She made up her mind to eliminate them all here.
She gently closed her eyes to calm herself, using the Battle Technique to comprehend the sword intent.
Her mood gradually calmed, and the surroundings fell into silence. In her mind, she mapped out the positions and figures of the people from the Beast Taming Valley, using her divine sense to keep an eye on each of them.
She held her sword in a defensive stance, mobilizing the true energy in her dantian to activate her sword intent. A cold voice escaped her lips, “Today, you all will die!”
A young man behind the young master laughed loudly, “With your Foundation Establish First Stage strength?”
Bao Gu suddenly opened her eyes, a cold gleam in them. Her figure moved instantly, raising her sword to stab at the young man.
The young man’s expression darkened, and he squeezed his demonic beast’s sides with his legs, charging towards Bao Gu. The wolf demon he rode leaped into the air, raising its claws to swipe at Bao Gu, while the young man’s whip lashed out at her.
As the wolf demon pounced, its eyes suddenly widened in terror, and its menacing aura vanished. It tucked its tail, retracted its limbs, and its charging momentum turned into a hasty retreat.
The young man sensed something was wrong with his mount and shouted, “Steady!” as he leaped into the air, swinging his whip at Bao Gu while throwing a beast ring at her.
Bao Gu deflected the incoming beast ring with her sword, then followed up by pressing her sword against the whip, her sword tip spiraling up the whip like a snake.
The young man had just swung his whip when Bao Gu, sticking close to the whip, reached him. He couldn’t retract his whip in time and had to kick at Bao Gu, who had already closed in. As his foot was about to touch Bao Gu, she deftly twisted her body to avoid it, simultaneously piercing his throat with her sword.
Bao Gu’s sword sliced through the young man’s throat and continued upward, splitting his chin and nose, emerging from the top of his head.
The young man didn’t even have time to scream before a thin crack appeared down the center of his face. By the time he fell to the ground, he was already a corpse.
Bao Gu, who had been fighting him, used a spatial evasion technique to retreat, startling the people from the Beast Taming Valley into activating their defensive true energy and unleashing their magical treasures around them to prevent Bao Gu from decapitating them from the void.
Bao Gu reappeared outside the range of their magical treasure attacks.
As soon as she appeared, she was spotted. Someone pointed at Bao Gu and shouted, “There she is!” and a demonic beast lunged at her.
The demonic beast leaped over two meters but immediately stopped abruptly, tucking its tail and lying on the ground like the previous wolf demon.
The young master shouted, “Don’t act rashly!” He coldly glanced at Bao Gu, then at the demonic beast lying on the ground, and ordered, “Everyone, attack together and kill her!”
Bao Gu pointed her sword at the young master and charged at him on her top-grade flying sword.
The young master took off a bracelet and hurled it at Bao Gu.
The ten young men beside him all leaped into the air, charging at Bao Gu, forcing her to defend herself with her sword.
The young master grabbed the gourd hanging from his hand, turned around, and pulled out the gourd’s stopper. Instantly, a beam of light shot out from the gourd, covering a range of over ten meters in front of him. At the same time, a snow-white fox appeared in his sight. He snarled, “Little demonic beast, let’s see where you can run!” and activated the gourd’s power to try to suck the little celestial fox into it.
The little celestial fox’s body was uncontrollably drawn towards the gourd, but a crack suddenly appeared on its forehead, shooting a sharp beam of light that hit the young master’s forehead. The beam pierced through his head and out the back, scorching a deep hole in the rock wall behind him.
The young master’s head now had a thumb-sized hole running through it. His eyes widened in disbelief as he fell to the ground, dead.
The gourd lost its master’s control, and the suction force on the little celestial fox disappeared.
The little celestial fox, following its forward momentum, raised its front paws and grabbed the gourd, then transformed into a seven or eight-year-old girl, landing on the ground. In a childish yet pretentious tone, she snorted, “A bunch of brats dare to act wild in front of me!” She then transformed back into a snow-white fox and charged at the people from the Beast Taming Valley who were fighting Bao Gu.
The group had just reached Bao Gu when they realized their young master had been killed. Before they could react, they saw a fox that had already transformed.
A transformed demonic beast had at least the cultivation equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator. They instantly understood why their demonic beasts had been lying on the ground. Demonic beasts respected strength, and when faced with a stronger demonic beast, they often chose to submit. Facing a transformed demonic beast, even with Nascent Soul-level magical treasures, they had no chance of winning! Activating their magical treasures would quickly deplete their true energy, and without the ability to use their treasures, they wouldn’t last a single blow. Moreover, a demonic beast with Nascent Soul-level strength could easily destroy a Nascent Soul-level magical treasure!
In the moment of their shock, Bao Gu seized the opportunity to decapitate two more people.
A smart disciple from the Beast Taming Valley realized the situation was dire and turned to flee. Fearing his mount wouldn’t obey, he abandoned it and ran on foot.
But no matter how fast a person runs, they can’t outrun a four-legged fox.
The little celestial fox darted forward, catching up to him and swiping at him with its claws.
The man, hearing the wind behind him, threw a beast ring at the little celestial fox.
The little celestial fox deftly dodged around him, its claws constantly slashing through the air, leaving long bloody marks on the man’s body. Before long, he was covered in blood, his attacks weakening. He suddenly shuddered and shouted, “Everyone, don’t be afraid! This demonic beast might have eaten a Dragon Grass; it doesn’t have God Transformation Stage cultivation!” As soon as he finished speaking, the little celestial fox’s forehead cracked open again, revealing an eye that shot a scorching beam of light at his head. The man, realizing the little celestial fox’s true nature, was terrified. He tried to escape but couldn’t outrun the light. Before he could even scream, he fell dead.
Bao Gu, though skilled in swordsmanship, was still at a disadvantage against the combined attacks of the Beast Taming Valley disciples. She relied on her spatial evasion technique to escape deadly blows and the Monkey Wine to replenish her true energy, allowing her to barely hold her ground. Occasionally, she managed to strike her opponents, leaving them bloodied and wounded.
The little celestial fox, having opened its third eye twice, was exhausted and panting. It landed on the ground and shouted, “I want some wine too!”
Without even lifting her eyelids, Bao Gu tossed a gourd of Second-Grade Monkey Wine towards the little celestial fox.
Someone immediately lunged to snatch the Monkey Wine.
The little celestial fox darted forward like lightning, grabbing the Monkey Wine first and kicking the person in the face, its claws digging into his eyes.
The man screamed in agony, “Ah—” clutching his eye in pain.
The little celestial fox, holding the Monkey Wine, leaped away, snorting disdainfully at the man. It then gulped down the Monkey Wine, savoring the divine essence within.
Bao Gu, fueled by her anger and the Monkey Wine, gritted her teeth and fought fiercely against the Beast Taming Valley disciples.
Whenever a disciple tried to flee, the little celestial fox would intercept them.
After the little celestial fox killed another person, the remaining disciples realized they had no chance of survival unless they defeated Bao Gu and the strange white fox. They fought desperately, launching frenzied attacks at Bao Gu.
Under their combined assault, Bao Gu was repeatedly struck, coughing up blood and retreating. She fought back fiercely, even at the cost of severe injuries, managing to decapitate one of her attackers. However, she was also sent flying, crashing into a rock wall and spitting blood, her bones broken. She held on with sheer willpower and the Monkey Wine’s support.
The Beast Taming Valley disciples were also in dire straits, covered in blood and wounds, their healing elixirs and wines exhausted.
In desperation, one disciple, heavily injured and out of elixirs, let out a desperate laugh, “Haha, to think that we, the elite of the Beast Taming Valley, would be driven to self-destruction by a mere Foundation Establishment First Stage cultivator—” With a crazed laugh, he charged at Bao Gu.
Another heavily wounded disciple also let out a bitter laugh, “Haha, to think that we, the elite of the Beast Taming Valley, would be driven to self-destruction by a mere Foundation Establishment First Stage cultivator—” With a crazed laugh, he charged at Bao Gu.
Self-destruction? Whether it was a dantian explosion or a Golden Core explosion, Bao Gu couldn’t withstand it. No wonder she had been blasted out of the void earlier!
Terrified, Bao Gu knew she had to fight for her life. She gritted her teeth, using her Mountain Moving and Sea Shifting technique to confine the space in front of her, intending to throw them elsewhere. However, her dantian was empty, and her weak cultivation made it difficult to execute. She could only use the brief moment of confinement to escape on her flying sword.
The little celestial fox, seeing the situation, quickly jumped onto Bao Gu’s flying sword.
The Beast Taming Valley disciples, realizing they were confined, saw Bao Gu escaping and detonated themselves in fury—
Bao Gu had just reached the cave entrance when she heard a massive explosion behind her, shaking the ground. She was nearly thrown off her flying sword. She felt fortunate for her speed; if she had been slower, she would have been caught in the explosion and killed!
She exclaimed, “Thank goodness this place is exceptionally sturdy!” She sent out her divine sense to check behind her, seeing only blood and flesh, with no living person in sight. She asked the little celestial fox, “Are they all dead?”
The little celestial fox nodded and jumped back to the ground.
Bao Gu let out a long sigh of relief. As she relaxed, her true energy dissipated, and she collapsed to the ground, unable to move, gasping for breath as the pain in her body intensified.
The little celestial fox walked over to Bao Gu and said, “You’re seriously injured. Give me the Monkey Wine, and I’ll feed it to you.”
Bao Gu didn’t even have the strength to lift her hand. Fortunately, retrieving items from her oversized storage bag only required a thought, not physical effort. She took out a gourd of Second-Grade Monkey Wine.
The little celestial fox grabbed the gourd, took a big gulp, then used its furry paws to lift Bao Gu’s head and pour the Monkey Wine into her mouth.
Bao Gu, lying on the ground, watched as the little celestial fox drank most of the Monkey Wine before giving her a few sips. She couldn’t help but laugh and curse, “This little drunkard!” But she wasn’t angry. After witnessing the little celestial fox’s abilities today, she knew it was worth having the fox with her. The little celestial fox’s skills had rendered the Beast Taming Valley’s greatest advantage, their beast-taming abilities, useless, helping her immensely. Without the fox, the demonic beasts alone would have torn her apart.
She took out a rare Seventh-Grade spiritual fruit that nourished the soul from her oversized storage bag and called, “Ling’er.” She guessed that the little celestial fox, who loved Monkey Wine, needed spiritual treasures to nourish its soul.
The little celestial fox, hearing the call and smelling the fruit, quickly turned its head, its eyes fixed on Bao Gu, unable to look away from the fruit.
Bao Gu, unable to move her hand, said, “It’s for you.”
The little celestial fox unceremoniously grabbed the fruit and ate it, then licked its lips, wanting more.
Bao Gu remembered the little celestial fox calling itself “grandma” earlier and, seeing its small, cub-like appearance, asked, “How old are you? Not counting the years you were sealed.”
The little celestial fox’s left paw turned into a human hand, holding up two fingers, then turned back into a furry paw.
“Two months? That can’t be right. You don’t look that young. You must be at least…”
The little celestial fox rolled its eyes and said, “Two years!”
Bao Gu exclaimed, “Liar! A two-year-old fox is an adult and can have cubs!”
The little celestial fox raised its paw as if to slap Bao Gu, but stopped mid-air, saying, “Injured!” It retracted its paw, its eyes filled with sadness.
Bao Gu asked, “Are you still not healed?”
The little celestial fox nodded, its childish voice tinged with sadness, “I want to grow up.”
Bao Gu said, “I want to grow up too. My senior sister always says I’m too young.”
The little celestial fox opened its mouth, then closed it again.
Suddenly, it stood up warily, looking towards the battlefield.
Bao Gu asked, “What’s wrong?”
The little celestial fox said, “Blood! The ground is absorbing the blood.”
Bao Gu said, “What’s strange about that? Blood naturally seeps into the ground.”
But realizing the little celestial fox wouldn’t react this way without reason, she quickly sent out her divine sense. She saw the blood on the ground rapidly seeping into the earth, along with the corpses and body parts.
Terrified, she found the strength to sit up, summoning her flying sword and struggling onto it, hovering in the air. She looked back at where she had been lying and looked around with horror on her face asking, “Ling’er, where is this place? Why is this happening?”
