Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 54 Golden Scales

Fish-like beasts have many drawbacks, the most difficult for cultivators to ignore being their dependence on the environment.

In places without water, the Golden Scale not only has difficulty moving, but its magical power is also greatly reduced.

This is also why Xu Lingling took the initiative to ask Chen Beiwu to use the Water Flow Technique before the battle began.

"No need, we can start normally." Chen Beiwu shook his head, refusing Xu Lingling's offer.

Upon hearing this, the latter looked at Xu Ziqing.

"Let's begin." Xu Ziqing's eyes were fixed on the golden scales.

She wanted to see what was so special about this golden scale that would make Chen Beiwu make such a firm choice.

"Waaaaah."

Seeing that its opponent was a very fat fish, the Crimson Fox couldn't help but drool.

"Gurgle."

Golden Egg stared wide-eyed, its fins flailing wildly, trying to escape the Crimson Flame Fox's sight.

"Both sides prepare, battle begins." Xu Lingling waved her right hand downwards and quickly retreated.

Xu Ziqing's expression hardened, her fingers flew, forming a magic seal, and a scorching pillar of fire instantly erupted from beneath the Crimson Flame Fox's feet, radiating intense heat.

"Eek." The Crimson Flame Fox stood comfortably inside the pillar of fire, its body surrounded by swirling flames.

Then it flicked its fox tail and used its innate fire assimilation ability to condense a fist-sized crimson flame bullet in its mouth.

"Can't even counterattack with a water-based spell?"

Seeing that the golden egg kept turning over in the same spot, Chen Beiwu frowned, crossed his fingers, and activated the first-tier mid-grade special technique [Water Flow Technique].

In an instant, a misty fog enveloped the golden egg, condensing into a large, continuously flowing mass of water.

"Gurgle." The golden egg suddenly came to life.

But it ignored the Crimson Fox in the distance and swam freely in the water.

"This golden-scaled beast doesn't even have the slightest sense of alertness!"

Xu Ziqing frowned slightly, her figure suddenly disappeared, and she reappeared in front of the golden egg.

"boom!"

At the same time, a lifelike, roaring fire dragon charged toward Chen Beiwu's chest with unstoppable force.

Sensing Xu Ziqing's feint, Chen Beiwu smiled and let the fire dragon pierce through his clone's chest, collapsing into boiling water.

"That's the same trick again!"

Xu Ziqing's pupils contracted, her gaze fixed on Chen Beiwu who had suddenly appeared.

She pointed her right finger upwards, changing her hand seal. The flames surrounding her intertwined in that instant, forming a barrier of fire.

Behind her, the Crimson Flame Fox, which was ready, stomped its four paws, and the Crimson Flame Bullet in its mouth expanded at a visible speed, emitting a piercing burning sound, before being fired at Chen Beiwu.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, a powerful shockwave erupted from the center of the explosion, radiating intense heat.

At the same time, Xu Ziqing took advantage of the situation to retreat and create distance.

"Are you letting the water out?" she said, dissatisfied.

Just now, Chen Beiwu clearly had the opportunity to use the double cover of the Water Gathering Technique and the Water Shadow Gathering Technique to secretly launch a spell attack.

"You've misunderstood." Chen Beiwu's calm voice came from the smoke and dust.

"Eek!"

As if sensing something, the Crimson Flame Fox's eyes turned serious, and crimson flames ignited on its claws as it charged directly at Xu Ziqing.

"I just wanted to test how well the golden egg defended itself."

Upon hearing the familiar voice beside her, Xu Ziqing's expression changed slightly. She channeled her magic power, formed her left elbow, and thrust it sharply behind her.

Chen Beiwu slightly turned his body to avoid the elbow that brushed past him, and then grabbed the golden egg's tail.

"Gurgle?" A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in the golden egg.

"Bang!"

At this moment, Xu Ziqing's elbow, imbued with magical power, slammed into the ground, creating a deep pit about two feet in diameter and sending up a large amount of debris.

"Take this Golden Thrust!"

Chen Beiwu channeled his magic power, exerted force with his wrist, and sent the golden egg in his hand hurtling towards the rapidly charging Crimson Flame Fox like a cannonball.

"Gurgle!"

"Eek!"

Under the horrified gaze of the golden egg, the claws wreathed in crimson flames slammed heavily into its own body, producing a sound like metal clashing against stone.

"boom!"

As the visible shockwave exploded, the two were momentarily suspended in mid-air.

One of them crashed to the ground, creating a huge crater, while the other hurtled backward at an even faster speed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Upon seeing this, Xu Lingling, the referee, was stunned.

Is this considered a draw, or is the game still undecided?

"Gurgle!" (Ouch, that hurts!)

The golden egg lay in the giant pit, flailing its fins and rolling around until it touched Chen Beiwu's right foot and stopped flailing.

Are you sure it hurts a lot?

Chen Beiwu scanned the golden egg with his divine sense and found that its scales were completely undamaged, at most slightly dirty.

"Gurgle?"

Golden Egg's eyes widened as it finally realized what was happening.

Yeah, it doesn't seem to hurt.

It startled it!

On the other side of the battle stage, Crimson Fox lay on the ground, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of its mouth, before it fainted without even having a chance to cry out in pain.

Forgetting about continuing their sparring, Xu Ziqing quickly got up and ran to the Crimson Flame Fox to check on the situation.

"Don't worry, I have control over the force. It will recover after a rest." Chen Beiwu walked over.

The beasts of the same kind have strong physiques, so this simple sparring will at most cause the Crimson Flame Fox some superficial injuries, but will not damage its fundamental health.

"I know." Xu Ziqing nodded and took out a pill from her storage ring and put it into the mouth of the Crimson Flame Fox.

"Eek?"

After consuming the elixir, the Crimson Flame Fox barely opened its eyelids and discovered that three fellow practitioners had suddenly appeared before it, before merging back into one.

It shook its head, perked up, and stood up, its gaze warily fixed on the golden egg in the giant pit.

It's hard, so hard!

It never imagined that there could be a defense in this world that even flames couldn't melt.

Following the gaze of the fellow beast, Xu Ziqing also saw the golden egg with its mentally challenged expression.

"Your taste is as good as ever," she remarked.

Before the sparring match, she didn't think she would lose, but after the match, Xu Ziqing had to admit that Chen Beiwu's eyesight was incredibly accurate.

Judging solely by its talent, this golden scale is undoubtedly the king of the golden scale clan, and her loss in this sparring match was not unjustified!

"Your Crimson Flame Fox is not bad either," Chen Beiwu praised.

Unlike the golden egg, which doesn't know how to retaliate, this Crimson Flame Fox was able to keenly sense the threat, provide immediate assistance, and block a crucial blow for Xu Ziqing, demonstrating that its judgment is absolutely outstanding among second-tier spirit beasts.

"Stop praising each other like that." Xu Lingling walked up to Golden Scale and gently tapped its scales with her fingertips.

"Are all the Golden Scales this strong now? They can even ignore the Crimson Flame Bullet formed by the first-tier supreme-grade alien technique, Blazing Flame Conduction." She sighed softly.

As the referee, she had a clear view of the match just now.

Under Xu Ziqing's cover, the Crimson Flame Fox's long-prepared Crimson Flame Bullet successfully locked onto Chen Beiwu's body, but was blocked by the Golden Egg's body.

It should be noted that the Crimson Flame Fox's Crimson Flame Bullet, unleashed with full power using Flame Assimilation, is extremely powerful.

Even the defensive spells of cultivators at the Qi Refining Limit could be broken, but the golden egg's scale defenses could not be penetrated.

This means that in terms of defense alone, the Golden Egg might be comparable to a second-realm lesser demon!

(End of this chapter)