Xian Ni: The God of Killing Returns, Marries Li Muwan at the Beginning

The Cloud Sea Starfield, a place where stars surge.

Dozens of cultivators stared in fear at the ferocious beast before them, each with an expression of astonishment and shock.

"It's actually a twelfth-tier ferocious beast... the Crimson Golden Crocodile!"

This ferocious beast resembled a giant crocodile but had four legs and two wings. Its dark scales were covered with pale purple star patterns, and the edges of each scale gleamed with a cold light that could cleave through the void.

Its head has two pairs of vertical pupils, the left side spews out gray mist that corrodes the soul, while the right side is entwined with black whirlwinds that shred stars.

Three barbed bone whips trailed from the end of its tailbone; these were the Crimson Golden Crocodile, a twelfth-tier ferocious beast that had been lurking on the outskirts of the Cloud Sea Starfield for many years.

Upon seeing the twelfth-tier ferocious beast before them, the cultivators in the arena all retreated, for the Crimson Emperor Golden Crocodile was simply an existence they could not contend with.

Moreover, their strongest cultivator here is only at the mid-stage of the Pure Nirvana realm, making it impossible for them to defeat the Crimson Golden Crocodile before them.

It might not be too late to escape now...

"Quickly! Set up the defensive formation!"

Just as these cultivators were preparing to leave, the white-robed cultivator at the head of the group did not leave. Instead, he roared and unleashed his natal magic weapon.

It was a giant bronze shield covered in runes, which was frantically being injected with spiritual power as it tried to block the first wave of attacks from the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

The other cultivators seemed to awaken from a dream, and they all took out their magical artifacts. More than twenty flying swords intertwined in the air to form a net, and more than ten cultivators sat cross-legged.

The white-robed cultivator's fingers moved rapidly as he chanted incantations. A pale blue spiritual energy barrier quickly condensed in front of everyone, even causing the surrounding swirling stardust to be shaken back by this spiritual energy.

But the Crimson Golden Crocodile merely flicked the bone whip on its tailbone with disdain, and the three barbed bone whips ripped through the void like black lightning.

There was a crisp snap.

The bronze shield was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The white-robed cultivator spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the wreckage of the starship behind him and losing consciousness.

The seemingly solid spiritual energy barrier was utterly vulnerable. The moment the bone whip pierced through the barrier, the pale blue light screen shattered like broken glass.

The cultivators who were meditating and casting spells suffered a backlash, clutching their chests and collapsing to the ground. The blood that spilled from the corners of their mouths condensed into beads in the void and slowly drifted towards the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

"Escape!"

Someone shouted, and the remaining cultivators instantly collapsed, urging their spiritual power to flee in different directions.

But how could the Crimson Golden Crocodile give them a chance? The black whirlwind wrapped around its right head suddenly swelled up, enveloping the fleeing cultivators like a giant net.

The leading cultivator in green robes ran the fastest. Just as he was about to break out of the whirlwind's range, he was swept by the airflow at the edge of the whirlwind. His spiritual energy instantly became chaotic, and he was uncontrollably sent flying towards the center of the whirlwind.

"Damn beast... It didn't run away just now, but now it wants to."

The man screamed in terror, trying to summon the escape talisman from his storage ring, but his fingers barely touched it.

His body was shredded into dust by the whirlwind, and only a wisp of his soul struggled in the whirlwind for a moment before being completely torn apart.

Seeing this, another female cultivator in a green dress gritted her teeth and crushed the communication jade slip at her waist, attempting to seek help from a nearby sect. However, as soon as the jade slip emitted a ray of spiritual light, it was entangled by the gray mist spewed from the left head of the Crimson Golden Crocodile, and the spiritual light was instantly extinguished, turning the jade slip into a pool of black water.

The female cultivator was terrified and turned to try to hide in the asteroid next to her, but was held down by the giant claws of the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

The dark scales gleamed with a cold light, and with a slight exertion of its giant claws, the female cultivator's protective magic weapon shattered with a "crack".

Before she could even let out a scream, her body was crushed into a pulp by the giant claws, and blood dripped from the gaps in the scales, leaving dark red streaks in the void.

"Don't kill me! I'm willing to surrender!"

The round-faced cultivator knelt in the void, kowtowing repeatedly to the Crimson Emperor Golden Crocodile, his eyes filled with pleading.

The Crimson Golden Crocodile tilted its head, a hint of mockery flashing in its two vertical pupils, and the gray mist on its left slowly drifted toward the round-faced cultivator.

The round-faced cultivator thought the other party had accepted his surrender, and a hint of joy appeared on his face. But then he felt a bone-chilling cold seep into his body through his pores, and his soul felt as if it were being gnawed by thousands of ants.

It writhed in agony in the void, watching its physical body wither away at a visible rate, finally turning into a skin-and-bones desiccated corpse, which was then swept up by the gray mist and sucked into the mouth of the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

In just a few breaths, more than half of the dozens of cultivators had been killed or injured.

The remaining five cultivators gathered together, and one of them, a black-robed cultivator, gritted his teeth and said, "The gray mist and whirlwind of this ferocious beast are too strange. Let's focus our attack on its eyes! If we can hurt it, there might still be a glimmer of hope!"

"We are no match for it. We can still escape now, but if we fail, death is all that awaits us..."

"What's there to be afraid of? How can we cultivators be afraid of a mere 12th-tier ferocious beast? Let's attack together, and we'll see who wins and who loses!"

As soon as the voice of this early-stage Nirvana expert fell, he immediately summoned a dagger that gleamed with cold light. The dagger transformed into a streak of light in the air and stabbed towards the vertical pupil of the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

The other four cultivators also unleashed their strongest attacks, pouring flying swords, talismans, and spells towards the head of the Crimson Golden Crocodile.

But the Crimson Golden Crocodile merely snorted contemptuously, its wings flapping violently, and countless pale purple star patterns detached from its wing membranes, transforming into sharp star blades that blocked all the incoming attacks.

The dagger was cleaved in two by the star blade, the flying sword shattered, the talisman turned to ashes, and the light of the spell vanished without a trace under the cutting of the star blade.

Seeing this, the black-robed cultivator's last hope was shattered. He watched as his companions were pierced by star blades one by one, their blood staining the void red, and he closed his eyes in despair.

Just then, the Crimson Golden Crocodile's giant mouth suddenly opened, and a powerful suction force came from its mouth, causing the remaining four cultivators to fly uncontrollably toward the giant mouth.

The white-haired cultivator tried to grab the wreckage of the starship beside him, but the suction force ripped off his arm, and blood gushed out.

Watching his severed arm float towards the giant maw in the void, his eyes were filled with fear. Finally, he was swallowed up by the Crimson Golden Crocodile along with his body. A crisp "crack" was heard, and the sound of bones breaking echoed in the void.

Before being sucked into the giant maw, the black-robed cultivator used his last bit of spiritual power to look into the distance, hoping to see a glimmer of hope for rescue.

All that met its eyes was a sky full of stardust and the ferocious head of the Crimson Golden Crocodile. It roared in despair, but its body was already inside the giant jaws.

The scorching heat instantly set his clothes ablaze, a sharp pain shot through his teeth as he chewed, and his consciousness plunged into complete darkness. (End of Chapter)