Immortal Path to Heaven

Chapter 504: A Lazy Turtle

‘A caster—it’s quite unbelievable that I met a caster in this world.

‘Every caster is a huge threat, so I mustn’t let this lady stay.’ With a flash of thought, the giant turtle stopped moving forward and swung its head at Ni Yinghong.

The Turtles had thick and heavy shells, which were the reason they were well-known for their defensive abilities. Nonetheless, their attacking powers must not be underestimated at all because they could break the bones of their prey by biting with their extremely absurd mouths. Ni Yinghong was a caster, but given her physical quality, she would not be able to resist such an attack.

Nevertheless, the young lady flashed, and her body was gentle as though it was weightless. As the waves undulated on the sea, she slowly drifted away with them and evaded the giant turtle’s bite.

The giant turtle was not going to let it be. It widened its large eyes and fixed its gaze on Ni Yinghong.

It obviously hated Hong Feiyu, who disturbed it during its sleep, to his bones. Even so, the turtle knew after exchanging blows with him many times that it could not do anything to him for the time being. Therefore, it figured that it might as well focus on the caster because it would also be a big contribution if it killed her.

Although the giant turtle was not fast, it was not too slow. At the very least, Ni Yinghong found that the humongous creature’s reaction was faster than hers.

Just as the giant turtle swayed its massive body to catch up to her, a substantial light suddenly appeared beside its eye.

The light-mastery spell on Jiang Jiumei’s sword is so intense that it was similar to a small Sun, which shone just like that.

In actuality, the giant turtle could not be harmed by the light, but it was not used to it because it was too sudden. The spirit turtle instantly closed its eyes, and a tear streamed down its face.

Jiang Jiumei was slightly pale. This was her first time activating the skill on her sword with all her might, hence she consumed essential Qi like never before. Despite that, the young lady did not hesitate at all. Right after she incited the skill, she jumped out and slashed the giant turtle’s neck ruthlessly.

As she struck with her sword, the turtle’s skin was gashed, causing blood to flow out.

The sharpness of Jiang Jiumei’s magic longsword was unparalleled, by which it was not inferior to the magic tools smithed by Ou Yangming.

Having said that, even when she went all-out, she only managed to cut a layer of skin on the giant turtle’s neck. Even though there were splatters of blood, the wound healed in the blink of an eye.

Far away, Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows and thought, ‘This giant turtle’s body recovers too fast.’

“Brother Ou, this giant turtle must be gifted with a recovery ability. I’ve exchanged blows with it several times but every time I hurt it, it’ll recover after a brief moment. On the other hand, I dare not get myself injured at all.” Hong Feiyu sighed helplessly.

Fighting against such an enemy was indeed distressing. In fact, Hong Feiyu never expected himself to eliminate the giant turtle.

Jiang Jiumei reacted very fast. She was taken aback by the giant turtle’s recovery ability, but she did not leave the matter at that. In a flash, she stepped on the giant turtle’s neck to get to its large eyes.

‘I might not be able to hurt you elsewhere, but can you ignore a vital part like your eyes?’

Who knew, Jiang Jiumei fell a chill in her heart while she was running because she noticed the giant turtle staring at her in disdain.

‘This fella is well-prepared!’

Next, Jiang Jiumei slipped. The muscles on the giant turtle’s neck were strong, making them the best stepping stone. However, the muscles seemed to have been covered in thick vegetable oil at the moment, turning the turtle’s neck into a slippery surface. As such, the young lady could not borrow force anymore.

Halfway making her way up, Jiang Jiumei slipped and fell.

At the same time, the giant turtle lifted one of its enormous legs to hit Jiang Jiumei. It seemed to have sped up several times at this moment, unlike the slow creature it was before. Perhaps it was not usually agile, but it was entirely different during a serious fight.

Jiang Jiumei fell from mid-air and looked like she was going to be smacked by the unavoidable leg.

Ou Yangming’s face changed but just as he was about to make a move, he stopped and looked glad.

Far away, Ni Yinghong suddenly extended her arm and made a few gentle strokes in the air.

Several wind blades were formed in the air, and they flew swiftly toward Jiang Jiumei. The wind blades seemed to have wisdom as they dodged her body but interweaved beneath her legs, forming a strong vortex in the air.

Jiang Jiumei gently tipped her toes on the vortex and immediately borrowed force to spin her body, allowing her to avoid the giant turtle’s leg. On top of that, she slashed the monstrous leg with her longsword and left another insignificant cut on it. Even though the young lady could inflict injuries on the giant turtle with her magic tool, the damages were not severe and were not even considered as flesh wounds. Judging from the giant turtle’s self-healing ability, the damages were almost equivalent to nothing.

That said, the beautiful and smart ladies were not going to give up, and they cooperated very well. Ni Yinghong kept releasing her longsword’s skill and her wind-mastery ability from far, where she created various favorable situations by attacking or assisting. Jiang Jiumei merited her trust too as she swayed her body and circled the giant turtle because her only target was its large eyes.

If only one of them was going against the giant turtle, given how powerful it was, they might have been killed long ago.

Since the two ladies were working together, whenever the spirit turtle focused on one of them, the other would seize the opportunity to stir up trouble.

Moreover, as careless as the giant turtle was, it dared not let Jiang Jiumei stab its eyes. Thus, it kept turning its head while resisting the two ladies. While it had the upper hand, it could not get rid of its opponents no matter what.

Hong Feiyu watched from a distance for some time before he finally sighed. “Brother Ou, the two of them have such tacit cooperation that they’re able to stop the Aquatics’ spirit beast. It’s truly… Unbelievable.”

There was a huge disparity between ordinary cultivators and spirit beasts. Hong Feiyu had fought the two ladies in the city, but he did not think that they could really resist a spirit beast.

Now that the situation on the battlefield was right in front of him, it opened his eyes.

In spite of that, he paid more attention to Ni Yinghong.

Between the two young ladies, Jiang Jiumei seemed to be in more danger because she was closer to the giant turtle, but the sharp-eyed Hong Feiyu could tell that Ni Yinghong—a caster—was the key.

Putting aside the ice-mastery spell, which was obviously a power from her equipment, the wind-mastery magic art was being wonderfully used by Ni Yinghong. In fact, there were times Hong Feiyu wanted to shout with praise.

At such a young age, Ni Yinghong could use a wind-mastery spell so profoundly in the lower realm.

The more Hong Feiyu watched, the more he felt the young lady had a promising future.

Ou Yangming chuckled and said, “They’re too inexperienced, so they can’t undertake a task alone. Please give them more pointers, Brother Hong.”

Hong Feiyu sighed. “Brother Ou, you’re being too humble. They’re able to become entangled with the giant turtle by joining hands. Even if I attacked the creature, there’s only so much I can do.”

“Since the giant turtle’s self-healing ability is so notable, how did you fight against it previously?” Ou Yangming was struck with a thought.

“Similar to what they’re doing now, I kept going around it and looked for an opportunity.” Hong Feiyu smiled bitterly. He stared with bright eyes at the giant turtle’s large eyes and explained, “My weapon couldn’t hurt it, but if I can poke its eyes to blind it… Hehe, perhaps I’ll be able to make it suffer a terrible loss.”

Ou Yangming was stunned, and he could not help but laugh.

Whether it was Hong Feiyu or Jiang Jiumei, they spotted the giant turtle’s eyes at once. Nevertheless, anyone would have had the same thought.

“Brother Ou, if the ladies can last an hour, the giant spirit will escape,” Hong Feiyu noted.

Ou Yangming recalled what Hong Feiyu said earlier about how lazy the giant turtle was. Honestly, judging from the strength displayed by the creature, it was definitely superior to Hong Feiyu. Even if they became entangled in a fight, after a long time, the turtle could endure and kill him in the end.

However, Hong Feiyu and the giant turtle were on par with each other even after many fights, and the latter would withdraw itself every time. This could only mean that it was a lazy turtle.

“It’s almost an hour,” Ou Yangming stated with a smile after some thought.

The young fellow promised to let Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei fight the spirit beast, but there was a limit to it; he had to make sure that they were safe. Besides, an hour would be enough for them to gain experience. If the fight went on, even if the giant turtle would not leave, Ou Yangming would not sit by idly anymore.

After all, fighting against a spirit beast meant that one would always be on the verge of death, and there was no room for errors at all.

Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei eventually had better chemistry with each other, and the former’s control over the whole situation was quickly increasing. Jiang Jiumei was sometimes in dangerous spots in the beginning but as Ni Yinghong could apply her wind-mastery spell with more ease, such situations did not happen anymore.

Despite cooperating so well, they still failed to hurt the giant turtle’s eyes.

The gigantic creature protected its only weakness very well.

After an hour, the giant turtle began to make bigger moves, but it also became more half-hearted. At last, it glared hatefully at Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei as if it wanted to remember them forever. Following that, it lazily turned around and slowly sank into the water.

As said by Hong Feiyu, if the two ladies could last an hour, the giant turtle would not be interested in the fight anymore.

Ni Yinghong and Jiang Jiumei looked at each other, but they could not stop the giant turtle from leaving.

Ou Yangming laughed out loud and gave an order.

Before long, a black shadow in the sky flew over at the speed of light. Concurrently, an even more mountainous creature took earth-shattering steps as it ran over as well.