Qiu'er noticed that Red King had arrived so quickly, and the brilliant smile on her Face instantly froze, a flash of astonishment crossing her golden eyes.
That's not right... Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Red King have to spend quite a bit of time to find her?
Why did it arrive so quickly today?
She had taken human form in advance and deliberately concealed her aura, so logically speaking she shouldn't have been discovered so quickly.
Qiu'er instinctively shrank back behind Wang Dong'er, her pair of golden eyes carrying a hint of guilt and unease.
Meanwhile, Red King's figure had already landed steadily in the open space in front of everyone. Its gaze swept past Wang Dong'er and the others, then fell upon Qiu'er, and a ball of fury instantly ignited within its eyes.
"Good! So it turns out to be you humans again!"
Its voice exploded across this open space like rolling thunder.
"I let you go last time, but I didn't expect you to still harbor malicious intentions and bewitch the Auspicious Beast into leaving with you! This time, this king will definitely teach you a good lesson!"
Red King's voice was filled with anger, and every word it spoke brought forth a wave of formless pressure, crushing down toward the crowd.
Before Red King's voice had even faded, its massive body lunged forward fiercely, and its target was Xie Xie, who stood at the very side.
In fact, Red King wasn't clear why it chose to strike at Xie Xie in the first place; perhaps the faint aura on this human made it feel somewhat uncomfortable, or perhaps this fellow's smiling Face just looked punchable...
Anyway, regardless of the reason, using him to make an example first was the right choice.
Red King's huge paw, carrying a whistling gale of wind, slammed fiercely down toward Xie Xie!
Although this claw didn't use full force, that mighty momentum was definitely not something a young Spirit Master could resist head-on; what Red King wanted was to give this group of humans a severe deterrent.
However, Xie Xie's figure suddenly vanished the instant that claw fell.
Red King's claw swatted at empty air, landing on the ground with a muffled, earth-shaking crash as dust flew everywhere.
And in the next instant, Xie Xie's figure had already appeared by Red King's side, two daggers having materialized in his hands at some unknown moment.
"Puchi!"
Two almost overlapping sounds of blades piercing armor rang out as the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger simultaneously stabbed into Red King's flanks!
Red King's body shuddered violently, feeling a sharp tingling pain coming from the struck position. Although the depth to which the two daggers pierced wasn't very deep, the extremely sharp power contained within them actually forcibly penetrated its proud, thick fur and muscular defense.
Red King's six eyes widened simultaneously, a look of disbelief flashing through them.
This human brat had actually really injured it?
After succeeding in his single strike, Xie Xie did not greedily press the attack. His figure drifted backward like a ghost, shouting loudly as he retreated.
"Holy shit! Why was my counter-attack mechanism triggered directly?"
Red King let out a low roar, its three huge heads shaking simultaneously as it tried to throw Xie Xie off from its side.
However, Xie Xie's figure was outrageously agile. Stepping on Red King's centermost head, with a light flip, he landed steadily back on the ground in front of Red King, the entire process smooth and flowing like floating clouds and flowing water.
After standing firm, Xie Xie raised his hand to twirl the two daggers in his palm, then looked up at Red King with a somewhat teasing smile on his Face.
"Hey, big lion, isn't your temper a bit too hot-headed? You start fighting right off the bat."
Red King's six eyes stared fixedly at the Xie Xie before it, the shock in its heart churning like overturning seas and rivers. This human clearly looked very young, yet the speed and reaction ability he displayed just now actually prevented even Red King, one of the top ten Vicious Beasts, from reacting in time.
Red King's expression turned somewhat ugly. As one of the top existences in the Star Dou Great Forest, it possessed its own pride and majesty.
If it lost Face in front of a human junior today, how could it ever hold its head high in this Star Dou Great Forest in the future?
Thinking of this, Red King's three heads lowered simultaneously, the pressure on its body becoming even heavier. Streaks of black patterns began to emerge around its body, winding and flowing across its fur like living creatures, emanating a dangerous and terrifying aura.
It was already prepared to get serious.
However, seeing Red King in this state, Xie Xie's smile became even more brilliant instead. He extended a finger and shook it at Red King, speaking up.
"Although you are a Vicious Beast, you can't beat me. Do you believe it?"
As soon as these words came out, Red King was stunned... the entire beast was stunned.
Red King only felt a surge of fury rushing straight from its chest cavity to its crown. At that instant, it couldn't even be bothered to consider whether Xie Xie truly had confidence or was just putting up a front; it just wanted to pin this arrogant brat to the ground and teach him a good lesson!
The black patterns on Red King's body grew even denser, and a berserk aura spread in all directions like substance, pressing the surrounding trees until they bent down.
Right at this moment, Qiu'er on the side could finally hold back no longer. She quickly stepped out from behind Wang Dong'er and shouted toward Red King.
"Red King! Stop right now! Don't fight anymore!"
Although she didn't state it explicitly, she knew very well in her heart that if Red King really fought with genuine anger, the trouble would be huge.
Although she had run out from the Star Dou Great Forest, she didn't wish to see Red King get hurt, nor did she wish to see this group of humans get hurt.
However, Xie Xie waved his hand at Qiu'er, his Face still maintaining that full-of-confidence smile.
"It's fine, it's fine. Don't worry about me."
A layer of armor appeared on Xie Xie's body, One-word Battle Armor, Dragon, and the aura on his body suddenly surged.
Both of his hands trembled simultaneously, and the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger spun together within his palms. Two completely different lights intertwined together, one gold and one black, tracing two gorgeous trajectories in the air like two swimming dragons.
Then he fiercely pushed both daggers forward simultaneously!
"Fourth Soul Skill, Spacetime Double Dragon Instant Kill!"
The golden light and black light intersected in Fusion in front of him, turning into a cross-shaped light scar that tore through space. That light scar slashed directly toward Red King's body like two intertwined dragon shadows!
Red King's pupils shrank abruptly. It instinctively wanted to dodge, only to find that the speed of that cross-shaped light scar was quite fast. Before it even had time to raise its claw, that cross-shaped light scar had already fiercely slashed onto the black patterns on its body!
"Hum—!!"
A low, vibrating sound rang out, and the black patterns gathering around Red King's body suddenly stiffened under the impact of that cross-shaped light scar, then shattered inch by inch!
Red King's body violently shook. The power that had just been gathered was forcibly interrupted by this single strike, its eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
"Heh heh, this is my interruption skill, how about that? Xiaoyan, help me top up the crowd control."
Hearing these words, Xu Xiaoyan couldn't help smiling helplessly. She had originally thought that this fellow Xie Xie was going to fight solo directly.
"Stars in the sky, sparkling bright, eternally brilliant, everlasting peace!"
Xie Xie smiled, and the next moment Xie Xie's figure appeared directly above Red King's head, both of his hands grasping two daggers, and then his third Spirit Ring lit up accordingly.
"Third Soul Skill, Double Dragon Clone!"
Two golden lights abruptly separated from Xie Xie's body, condensing an identical Clone on each of his left and right sides. Both also held dual daggers and wore that same smiling expression. Three figures simultaneously appeared beside Red King's three heads, and three golden Light Dragon Daggers alongside three black Shadow Dragon Daggers were simultaneously placed across Red King's three heads!
After being controlled by Xu Xiaoyan's move, Red King found that it actually couldn't move at all, and couldn't help turning pale with fright. And at this very moment, the daggers were already on its head; if this human brat before it wanted to finish it off, he definitely could do so.
"Look, the victory has already been decided, right?"
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