Chapter 379: Chapter 379: Ditian Beast, It’s All Schemes and Tricks
“Of course, it will go smoothly,” the young, beautiful woman known as Zhao Yueru said with a smile, then spoke softly.
The other two disciples, however, remained silent.
Hearing this, Baixue Ding nodded.
With the five of them as Inner Sect Disciples, they would surely complete the mission, of course, they should expect some complications.
“If we encounter danger, Jingtian will protect me, right?” Baixue Ding looked at Jiang Jingtian beside her, only to see him gazing deeply into Zhao Yueru’s eyes.
At that moment, her heart trembled.
“Eh, Xue Er, what’s wrong?” Jiang Jingtian noticed something amiss and quickly put his hands on Baixue Ding’s shoulders, even thinking of going further.
Baixue Ding took a step back and said, “Jingtian, we had an agreement, before our grand wedding, you cannot touch me.”
“Mm, I know.” Jiang Jingtian wore a warm smile, but inwardly he was cursing, “What’s with the act, but anyway, I don’t want to touch you, I’m just using you, hahaha!”
The Spirit Boat continued to move forward.
Tens of miles away.
Huo Yunjie, Qiao Jiaxi, and Long Tianxing were also sailing on the waves, gathering plenty of Spiritual Medicine along the way and conveniently slaying many Demonic Beasts similar to Ditian Beasts.
“Senior brother, why can’t we find that Ditian Beast?” Long Tianxing looked around, but only saw blue waters nearby, with no sign of the Ditian Beast from before.
“Didn’t we just kill many Ditian Beasts? They were just Demon Soldier Level, presumably subordinates or kin to that Ditian Beast,” Huo Yunjie said as he surveyed the surroundings.
“That’s true!” Long Tianxing nodded repeatedly.
They continued to journey on the waves, venturing deeper into the underground sea.
…
Within an extensive underground cavern stretching for tens of miles, there lay a vast expanse of blue waters. The cavern walls were covered with many ancient vines bearing lantern-shaped Luminous Fruits, which illuminated this underground world.
At this moment, Baixue Ding, Jiang Jingtian, Zhao Yueru, and two other Divine Wind Sword Sect disciples arrived here on a Spirit Boat.
“Look, on the island at the center of this underground sea area, there are the Thousand-Year Fire Dragon Fruits we need. Eating them will condense the Flame Origin Force and greatly enhance the success rate of breaking through to the Element Gathering Realm,” Jiang Jingtian said excitedly, pointing at the central island.
“Let’s go, let’s head over there!”
The disciples set out on the Spirit Boat, encountering numerous sea Demonic Beasts along the way that tried to stop them, including creatures with fish heads, sharp Swordfish, and octopuses. Fortunately, they were all Demon Soldier Level, and with their strength, they could easily overpower them.
Step!
A group of five appeared on the blue island with a Fire Dragon Fruit Tree, their eyes coveting the five Fire Dragon Fruits hanging from the branches.
“Just enough for one each,” a disciple said.
“Yes, if we succeed, we can advance to the Element Gathering Realm within three months,” another disciple added.
“That’s amazing!” Baixue Ding was also very happy.
Zhao Yueru said nothing.
With a slight upward curve of his lips, Jiang Jingtian added, “There’s no danger here; let’s go now!”
After he finished speaking, he was the first to walk over.
“Hehe, I’ll go first!” One of the disciples, eager to get ahead, rushed forward, quickly approaching the Thousand-Year Fire Dragon Fruit Tree.
But in the next moment, a figure leaped out from the cavern beneath the tree, bit the disciple’s head in one bite, and swallowed him whole.
“Ah!”
The remaining four were all stricken with horror.
If Huo Yunjie were there, he would recognize that this Demonic Beast was the Ditian Beast that he had wounded with a single sword strike!
“Roar!”
The Ditian Beast roared, unleashing the aura of a Lower Rank Heavenly General, charging at the remaining four.
“You, go be lunch!”
Jiang Jingtian threw an elixir into another disciple’s mouth and kicked him flying, right into the jaws of the Ditian Beast, which then devoured him.
“What are you doing!” Baixue Ding’s expression changed drastically, “He’s our fellow disciple, and you… (⊙o⊙)!”
Before she could finish scolding, Jiang Jingtian grabbed her by the neck, sealing her mana, and her eyes bulged round with an expression like the emoticon described above.
“Mmm, the taste isn’t bad, the elixir you added is quite delicious,” the Ditian Beast finally spoke, a face of contentment as the scars on its body healed at a visible rate, shocking Baixue Ding.
“Great Ditian Beast, there’s another one here, I wonder how you plan to deal with her? As far as I know, this woman has yet to take a partner,” Jiang Jingtian chuckled with a sinister smile.
“Very well, leave her for me to take as a partner, perhaps we could produce some sort of exceptionally beautiful creature,” the Ditian Beast cackled strangely.
“Ugh…”
At the thought of becoming the partner of such a hideous Demonic Beast as the Ditian Beast, Baixue Ding couldn’t help but vomit, her face pale, casting a resentful look toward Jiang Jingtian: “So it turns out, your so-called solemn vows were nothing but lies to deceive me!”
“Of course! You silly woman, the one I’ve always liked is Yue Ru from a great family. With you, it was all just acting on the occasion,” Jiang Jingtian embraced Zhao Yueru close to him, the two appearing to be very intimate.
“You…Pff!”
Overcome with fury, Baixue Ding spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
From the several hundred meters tall cliff, lush with green vines, Huo Yunjie, Long Tianxing, and Qiao Jiaxi were walking along the vines and just so happened to witness everything happening on the island below.
“Tsk tsk tsk, Baixue Ding really has bad luck with people!”
“It’s her fault for abandoning the second senior brother!”
Long Tianxing and Qiao Jiaxi secretly chuckled.
Huo Yunjie kept a straight face and said, “Don’t get me wrong, the fact is, Baixue Ding and I have never been formally together, so it’s not about who abandoned whom, and besides, after a long consideration, I realized I don’t have that kind of feeling for her, let’s just say, fate plays with people.”
“Shall we make a move then?” Long Tianxing asked.
“Of course, didn’t you hear just now? The Fire Dragon Fruits on the Thousand-Year Fire Dragon Fruit Tree can increase the chances of breaking through to the Element Gathering Realm, we should not only take them but also try to move the entire tree back,” Huo Yunjie said.
“And naturally, creatures like the Ditian Beast and people like Jiang Jingtian and Zhao Yueru, we must cut them down,” Huo Yunjie added.
“Mhm,” the two others nodded in agreement.
At the center of the island.
The Ditian Beast looked at Zhao Yueru and then at Baixue Ding, saying, “Heh heh, both of these girls are quite good, I want them both.”
“Ah? No!” Zhao Yueru’s face turned pale, and she quickly grabbed Jiang Jingtian’s hand, “Tian Ge, you can’t abandon me, have you forgotten the tenderness we shared countless nights?”
“Don’t worry, how could I bear to part with you?” Jiang Jingtian took a deep breath, then suddenly grabbed Zhao Yueru’s neck with a ferocious smile, “Heh heh, exchanging two women for five Fire Dragon Fruits, I’ll definitely ascend to the Element Gathering Realm.”
Ignoring the disgusted looks from Zhao Yueru and Baixue Ding, he respectfully said to the Ditian Beast, “Respected Great Ditian, I offer these two women to you.”
“Good, very good!”
The Ditian Beast laughed heartily.
Seeing this, Jiang Jingtian presented Baixue Ding and Zhao Yueru to it, a humble smile on his face, but his heart was seething with venom.
“That’s it for you, Ditian Beast. Daring to touch my woman, once I break through to the Element Gathering Realm, I’ll cut off your dog head…”
But before Jiang Jingtian could finish his fantasy, he found the Ditian Beast suddenly charging toward him at high speed, biting his head in one movement.
Crack!
Jiang Jingtian was killed on the spot.
He never imagined the Ditian Beast would be even more ruthless, striking him down directly despite their brief cooperation.
“I can’t accept this!”
In his dying moments, Jiang Jingtian let out such an angry roar.
“Jie jie jie, now not only are the Fire Dragon Fruits still here, but I also got two beauties, what a grand harvest!”
The Ditian Beast spat out a web of radiance, entangling Baixue Ding and Zhao Yueru within it.
With their mana sealed, the two women stood on the ground, unable to move.
At this moment, Baixue Ding was filled with regret.
Had she been braver back then, revealing her heart to Huo Yunjie, could the two of them have ended up together?
Unfortunately, it was all too late now.
They were destined to be worlds apart…
“Sigh!”
Baixue Ding let out a sigh of helplessness.