Just as Kai Ren got into his battle stance, the Shadow serpent lunged at him.
But it was slow in Kai Ren's eyes, so he easily sidestepped it.
Jian Li, who was watching from the side, shook his head when he saw this.
Just as Kai Ren turned around to counterattack, the Shadowfang serpent was nowhere to be seen.
"Stealth"
Kai Ren immediately realized that he had been played by a dumb beast which made him quite embarrassed, but he still did not let it get to him and heightened his senses to the limit.
*rustle*
When he heard a slight rustle from his side, he immediately looked toward it, which made Jian Li shake his head again.
As he was still looking to the side, his danger sense started to tingle like crazy and he felt a threat from his back.
"ARRRGHHH"
He immediately tried to turn around but was too late as a shadow pierced through his waist. Although it could not pierce through the other side, It still hurt like hell.
"FFFFUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK, Jian Li, you piece of shit! Why are you even here if you can't even warn me about that?" in his anger, Kai Ren began to curse Jain Li, who had an exasperated look on his face.
"Kai Ren, you bastard, what do you mean by that, huh? I already told you everything about the beast. It's your own stupid ass fault that you forgot about it so quickly,"
Hearing Jian Li snap at him, Kai Ren immediately realized that he was in the wrong, so he just kept quiet and ate a grade 5 healing pill to heal his injuries.
But this time, he also started to keep an eye on the shadows around him.
After a few seconds, the shadow around him moved again and tried to attack him, but this time Kai Ren was ready, so he easily dodged that, though he did not let his guard down like before.
And it was the right decision as the shadow serpent tried to strangle him from behind.
Looking at the shadowfang serpent Kai Ren got extremely angry because he remembered that he was played by this dumb beast and immediately tightened his grip around the skybreaker's handle.
When the beast got a little close to him, he slashed at it with his full force.
The force behind the slash was so strong that the head of the serpent was cleaved clean before it even realized what happened.
But still, Kai Ren did not let his guard down as he had already learned his lesson.
After a few seconds of calm, Kai Ren saw the serpent's head move, and it tried to attack him again.
Kai Ren just slashed again and just chopped the head of the serpent into two pieces.
After that, he made sure that the beast was really dead before moving toward Jian Li, who was standing at a distance with an amused expression.
"What are you looking at with a face like that?" Kai Ren, who was already annoyed for being played by a beast, got even more annoyed after looking at the amused expression on Jian Li's face.
"Nothing, just looking at a monkey trying to kill a snake." Jian Li's expression turned even more amused after he saw Kai Ren getting annoyed.
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"FUCK YOU." Kai Ren flipped a middle finger at him when he saw how Jian Li indirectly called him a monkey.
"Hahahahaha, you were seriously looking stupid back there," Jian Li laughed out loud after seeing Kai Ren's antics.
"I mean, I told you everything about that, yet you still got yourself injured. Man, how can someone be so stupid?" Jian Li continued laughing after seeing Kai Ren's face turn sour.
*tiiiiiiinnnnnnggggg*
But suddenly, he stopped laughing and took out his sword to block Kai Ren's skybreaker that was coming for his hands.
"What the fuck are you trying to do" Jian Li shouted at Kai Ren.
"Hehe, Nothing. I just thought there was a beast near your hands," Kai Ren shamelessly replied.
"Kai Ren, believe me, one day I am going to kill you." Jian Li roared after seeing Kai Ren acting so shamelessly.
"Yeah yeah, we'll see," Kai Ren just shrugged off Jian Li's threat because he knew that he would surpass him soon anyway.
*growl*
As they were bantering, they suddenly heard a low growl near them, and they raised their guard to the limit.
Suddenly, Kai Ren felt danger to his left and turned toward that side to block it. His sword met with the beast's claws with a sharp clang, the sound piercing through the dense jungle air.
When the beast came into his view, he was a muscular panther-like beast covered in dark shadow-like fur. Its eyes were shining in a green light while its claws were shimmering with a blue hue, and razor-sharp fangs were protruding from its mouth.
When Jian Li heard the sound, he immediately turned toward it fast enough to catch a glimpse of the beast.
"Nightclaw panther," Jian Li said, "A beast that excels at stealth and tracking. It can track smells from several kilometers away. It can also meld with the shadows for a small period of time and is completely silent when moving." Jian Li started to explain the beast's details.
"its roar can stun weaker targets and give nausea to targets at the same level as the beast," He continued, "and make sure not to let its claws touch you, they contain a mild toxin that weakens and slows down its target."
"Though seeing how you were able to block its sneak attack, the beast should be at grade 5, which is equal to you, so you should take care of it," Jian Li further said with a smile while he moved to the side.
"Why do I feel like you are just too lazy to deal with it," Kai Ren said with a skeptical look.
"Oh no, no, no, it's just your imagination, yeah, just your imagination." Jian Li hurriedly tried to explain himself while thinking,
'Damn, I can't let him know that I just want to see him getting frustrated while trying to kill that sneaky beast'
"Oh, if you say so," although still skeptical, Kai Ren decided to believe in Jian Li for now as he had to focus on the beast that was around him.
He heightened his senses to the limit and tried to grasp every single detail he could.
After staying like this for a few moments, Kai Ren noticed the mild rustling in the leaves on his right.
"Blade arc"
Without hesitation, Kai Ren used one of the sword techniques he learned toward it.
A horizontal arc completely made out of Kai Ren Spiritual Qi flew out from his skybreaker sword, cleaving everything in its path.
"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRR"
After unleashing the technique, Kai Ren saw that when the arc reached near the leaves, the Nightclaw panther appeared there from the shadows and was also cleaved in two pieces though it still roared with all its might.
When Kai Ren heard the roar, he suddenly started to feel nauseous, though he used the spiritual Qi in his body to remove the roar's effects.
After that, he made sure the beast was dead before turning toward Jian Li, only to see him standing there with a stunned expression.
"Why are you looking so stunned?" Kai Ren asked.
Hearing Kai Ren's words woke Jian Li from his stupor, and he said in a dazed voice,
"That's it, you dealt with the most annoying beast in the shadowfang forest in a single attack," Jian Li continued, "when I first fought with the beast, it took me more than twenty minutes to kill, and you just killed it like that."
Hearing him, Kai Ren immediately understood the reason why Jian Li let him fight the Nightclaw panther, he just wanted to see him getting frustrated over not being able to deal with the beast.
Too bad for him, Kai Ren's random guess allowed it to spot the beast and kill it in a single attack. Although Kai Ren was a little angry at Jian Li when he realized his motives, the anger dissipated when he saw Jian Li's dazed expression.
"Brother Jian, Let's go somewhere else, with the commotion we caused here, alongside the smell of blood, will soon attract other beasts in the vicinity, and I don't want to deal with them at once." Kai Ren said after assessing the situation around them.
Hearing Kai Ren's words, Jian Li was finally able to come out of his daze and said,
"You are right, Brother Kai, let's go."
So they started to walk deeper into the forest.
Meanwhile, in the emerald peak sect,
Inside the sect master's pagoda,
Knock knock
"Sect master, I am back from the task you gave me." Elder Liu's voice was heard outside the Sect master study.
"Come in," came a calm and composed voice from inside,