“Huh?!” They all exclaimed upon hearing her words.
“Amber, is there really a Third-tier Spiritual Beast?” Ivy took a deep breath and looked at Amber.
“Yes!” Amber nodded. “My senses shouldn’t be wrong!”
“Amber, can you sense where it is?” Frostblade asked.
“It’s inside the tower!” Billy replied for Amber. “It must have deliberately concealed its aura before!”
“Boss, how powerful is a Third-tier Spiritual Beast?” Judge furrowed his brows.
“The combat power of a Ninth-tier Demonic Beast is equivalent to a Half-Step Saint. The combat power of a Third-tier Spiritual Beast is estimated to be at least around the level of a Third-rank Saint, if not higher.” Billy responded.
“Damn!” Judge exclaimed.
“Casey, you stay here with everyone. Amber and I will go take a look first!” Billy continued.
Then, Billy and Amber walked towards the tower. However, just as they had walked a hundred meters, a roar resounded, echoing throughout the space. The sound was even louder than the roar of the Ninth-tier Demonic Beast from earlier. At the same time, a golden shadow burst out from the tower.
Billy and the others couldn’t help but be amazed when they looked at it. This Spiritual Beast belonged to the same species as the previous Demonic Beast, but it was smaller in size. It stood about four to five meters tall and was around fifteen meters long. What surprised them even more was that the scales on this Spiritual Beast were pure golden, like a suit of golden armor. Moreover, with the appearance of this Spiritual Beast, the oppressive aura in the space became even stronger. Just from these two points, it was clear that this Spiritual Beast’s level far surpassed that of the Ninth-tier Demonic Beast.
“Billy Boy, when ferocious beasts reach the level of a Spiritual Beast, they gain a certain level of intelligence. We must not underestimate it!” Amber looked at Billy and said.
“Understood!” Billy nodded and looked towards Casey and the others. “Everyone, retreat one kilometer away!”
“Yes!” Casey and the others responded and quickly moved back.
Just then, the Spiritual Beast let out a roar and charged towards Billy and Amber. Its speed was much faster than the previous Demonic Beasts. In the blink of an eye, it arrived a hundred meters away from Billy and Amber, its aura extremely fierce.
“Amber, let me try first!” Billy said, activating the Bloodshadow Blade Technique and unleashing a curved blade aura. However, this strike, which was enough to kill a Second-rank Saint, only slightly hindered the beast’s attack and didn’t break through any of its scales.
Immediately after, the Spiritual Beast leaped into the air and pounced towards Billy, its momentum terrifying. Billy didn’t directly confront it and quickly dodged to the side. After the Spiritual Beast missed its attack, it didn’t continue to attack Billy. Instead, it quickly charged towards Casey and the others.
Perhaps this was what they call spirituality. To some extent, Spiritual Beasts had acquired human intelligence and thinking abilities. The higher their rank, the higher their intelligence.
“Die!” Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly as he immediately unleashed the Domineering Blade Art.
Sensing the imminent danger from behind, the Spiritual Beast swiftly dodged to the side, running several hundred meters away.
Boom!
Although the Domineering Blade Art didn’t directly hit it, the resulting shock-wave sent it flying a couple hundred meters, flipping several times in the air before coming to a stop on the ground. Soon after getting up from the ground, the Spiritual Beast stared at Billy with a pair of crimson eyes. At the same time, to everyone’s surprise, all the golden scales on its body stood on end. Immediately, with a roar, it charged towards Billy once again, its aura even stronger than before.
Whoosh!
When it was halfway to Billy, it suddenly leaped into the air, simultaneously whipping its tail with great force. The next moment, a strange scene unfolded. The golden scales on its tail, like hidden weapons, shot towards Billy with incredible speed.
“Hmm?!” Billy didn’t expect it to have this move, and his pupils contracted slightly. Without much time to think, he immediately dodged the assault of these scales.
However, although he reacted in the first instant, one of the scales still left a bloody gash on his arm. Billy looked down at his arm and saw that the skin on either side of the wound was slightly darkened. Obviously, these golden scales contained toxins.
“Interesting!” Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Billy Boy, how are you? Do you need me to intervene?” Amber spoke up from the side.
“No need!” Billy turned his head and smiled.
These toxins had no effect on him.
“Then let’s not play around and finish this quickly!” Amber responded.
“Okay!” Billy replied. As he spoke, his aura soared to its peak. Then, he continuously spun the blade in his hand, instantly forming a formidable net of blade energies that attacked the Spiritual Beast.
The beast, perhaps thinking that it had already experienced these blade energies and knowing that they didn’t pose much of a threat to it, didn’t attempt to dodge. However, this time, it clearly underestimated its opponent. With Billy exerting ten times his normal strength, although the blade energies he unleashed couldn’t directly take its life, they were enough to break through its scales. After a wave of blade energies, over a dozen bloody gashes appeared on the spiritual beast’s body, and blood gushed out.
After suffering the pain, the Spiritual Beast didn’t linger and turned to flee to the side. However, at this moment, it no longer had a chance. Just as it had run about four to five hundred meters away, a blood-red blade curtain descended from its back, leaving a deep trench in the ground.
Boom!
After running a few more meters, the Spiritual Beast collapsed, split in two, its flesh and blood a mess. With the death of this beast, the oppressive aura in the area immediately dissipated.
“Not bad!” Amber smiled and pointed at Billy’s arm. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine!” Billy smiled faintly and shook his head in response.
Amber wasn’t too worried either; she knew that Billy was immune to all poisons.
Before long, Casey, Harleen, and the others walked over.
“Boss, are you okay?” Night Orchid looked at Billy’s arm.
“Uh-huh.” Billy replied again, then turned to Stout and said, “Take out the beast core, let’s go inside the tower and take a look!”
“Okay!” Stout happily walked over.
After about ten minutes, everyone arrived in front of the tower.
“Go inside!” After roughly surveying the tower’s interior, Billy led everyone inside.
Once inside the tower, they took a look around. The tower was hollow, with a moderately-sized empty space in the center, where there used to be a pool of water, but it was now dry. In addition, there was an artificial mountain in the middle of the pool. Apart from that, there was nothing else in the vicinity.
“It seems there’s nothing here. Why did the Spiritual Beast stay here?” Judge scanned the surroundings and said.
“Under normal circumstances, the places where Spiritual Beasts appear are not ordinary. Everyone, take a look around.” Amber replied.
“Okay!” Everyone nodded and dispersed.
Before long, Felicia, who had just walked behind the artificial mountain, exclaimed in surprise, “Come and see what this is!”