Chapter 1494 - 554: Ye Lingyue’s Gold-Touch Skill
"If there are demon beasts, that’s the best. Best if they come in a group. That broken place in Ah County almost suffocated me to death."
Situ spat, recalling earlier when Tian Jun and Master Chen’s group were taken out in seconds by the demon soldiers, leaving the Huangquan Team with very few opportunities to practice.
Seeing Situ like that, everyone was amused.
As they were speaking, noises came from the nearby bushes.
Two to three mottled tiger-faced leopards leaped out.
These tiger-faced leopards were a hybrid of the Iron-Backed Tiger and the Golden Scorpion Leopard.
Their fur and bones were incredibly tough, with poisonous teeth and claws, making them a challenging ninth-grade demon beast to deal with.
"Everyone step aside; I’ll handle these mutts."
Upon seeing them, Situ hurriedly rushed to the front of the two tiger-faced leopards.
"That kid Situ has been eager to show off ever since he got that Divine Power Skill from you. Let him go ahead."
Bo Qing looked knowingly and didn’t stop him.
Situ stepped forward; his stature was much larger than Qin Xiaochuan’s, said to have a portion of beastman’s bloodline, standing in front of everyone like an indestructible wall.
His throat rumbled, and a massive amount of violent Primordial Power surged from his palms.
But unlike the Five Elements Spiritual Power Ye Lingyue saw earlier, Situ’s Power of Reincarnation was wind-based.
Turns out he was also the owner of a mutated Power of Reincarnation.
The wind in his palm swirled rapidly like a tremendously sharp giant blade.
This was the Divine Power Skill, Overlord Furious Wind Slash, given to him by Ye Lingyue.
When the Wind Blade slashed down, it was like a typhoon striking; a giant wind-slicing blade appeared within ten feet.
With a swoosh, the leading tiger-faced leopard was cut in half.
The Wind Blade roared like a tiger in the deep mountains, incredibly powerful.
It cleanly sliced a 200-pound tiger-faced leopard in half at the waist.
Blood splattered all over like a sudden downpour, quickly dyeing the ground red.
As Situ’s blade fell, the remaining two tiger-faced leopards, smelling the blood, became even more vicious.
They flanked Situ swiftly from the left and right.
"Situ, I’ll assist you."
Gong Linxin, seeing Situ struggling, feeling sorry for him, jumped into the fray without hesitation.
With Yaoqin in her arms, Gong Linxin gently moved her jade fingers.
With two plucks, the sound of the zither was like thunder hitting the ground, the power of Flame Flame Song injected into the strings, and a broken zither string shot through a tiger leopard’s throat with a hiss.
Gong Linxin didn’t have the physique or skills like Situ, so she relied on skillful execution in battle.
The tiger-faced leopards, with their Copper Skin and Iron Bones, had a weak spot only at the throat, ensuring a kill.
With just one tiger-faced leopard left, Situ’s pressure eased considerably.
"Wind Splitting Hand."
Situ locked the throat bone of the tiger-faced leopard with both hands; with a crack, using his beastman strength, he twisted off the leopard’s head.
In the blink of an eye, all three tiger-faced leopards were dispatched.
Seeing this, everyone clapped in approval.
"Wow, this is what they call husband and wife teaming up in battle."
Lan Feng and Qin Xiaochuan teased the duo.
"Who’s his wife?"
Gong Linxin chuckled, scolding, but couldn’t hide her smile.
"You little brats, are you looking for trouble? If you scare my wife away, you’ll be in for it."
Situ shamelessly laughed, not caring at all.
This prompted even louder laughter and banter.
Gong Linxin, helpless, could only hide next to Ye Lingyue, face both annoyed and shy, yet her heart felt warm.
Joining the Huangquan Team was truly wonderful.
For over twenty years, Gong Linxin had been lonely and didn’t expect to meet Situ and other members of the Huangquan Team. After spending time together, they felt like siblings.
Ye Lingyue watched from the side, scolding them playfully, feeling very content inside.
Indeed, ever since Situ and Gong Linxin learned the Divine Power Skills, their strength had surpassed before, and they could now be considered genuine Divine Power Realm experts.
After Situ and Gong Linxin teamed up to defeat the demon beasts, Situ quickly skinned the tiger-faced leopards and handled them efficiently.
"These tiger-faced leopards are quite hefty, but their meat contains Demon Evil Energy and can’t be consumed. However, their fur can be made into leather armor, and their bones can be refined into Spiritual Artifacts. Tsk, not a single Demon Core from any of the three. If Bo Qing were here, it would’ve been different."
Situ was always teasing, even while skinning and deboning, making playful jabs at his older partner Bo Qing.
With Bo Qing’s luck, he could find a Demon Core from at least one out of every two demon beasts he encountered.
"Situ, are you saying this meat is inedible?"
Ye Lingyue examined the demon tiger’s meat.
"The water and soil in the Central Plains are peculiar. Though the demon beast meat is delicious, most of it contains Evil Qi. Only some skilled Alchemists or processed demon beast meat from the Alchemist Association is edible, but it’s usually expensive and not something we poor folks can afford. Typically, the food we consume in the Central Plains is sourced from surrounding areas, like logistics supplies sent from places like Ah Fang."
When Situ was a rookie, he curiously tried demon beast meat once, and while it was tasty, it made him sick for three days straight.
Thanks to Bo Qing and Lan Feng gathering some Spirit Stones to hire an Alchemist for treatment, or else the Ancient Nine Provinces would have no more Lan Feng.
Thinking back, Situ looked regretful.
"I might have a way to process this demon beast meat. Did you say that in the city strongholds in the Central Plains, such meat can be sold at a high price?"
Ye Lingyue asked again.
"That’s right. A tiger-faced leopard like this could sell for about five hundred Intermediate Spirit Stones. Boss, if you can handle the meat, you’ll make a fortune in the Central Plains, and we’ll also get to enjoy a good meal."
Situ was excited to hear this.
He also told Ye Lingyue that due to the environment in the Central Plains, ordinary Demon Hunters’ Primordial Power would be affected.
The nutritional value of demon beast meat was very high, and if consumable, it would be an excellent supplement for Demon Hunters.
But due to high prices and limited availability in the towns, which couldn’t be preserved long, hunters had to rely on a pill called Soul-breaking Elixir for sustenance.
This elixir, in Qiyu City, could only be refined by a few select Alchemists.
"It’s getting late; I’ll try to process this demon beast meat. You men set up the tents, and you women gather firewood to make a fire. We’ll stay here tonight and enter Qiyu City first thing in the morning."
With that, the team members dispersed, each busy with their tasks.