Chapter 1408: Chapter 1408: Damn, What a Stroke of Bad Luck! (Third Update)
Upon hearing that roar, Ye Haochuan’s heart jolted fiercely. Just from the sound of it, it was clear that the demon beast emitting the roar was absolutely not simple, at least at the Nascent Soul Stage.
When he heard the old man say it was a cow, he was already secretly cursing in his heart.
It had taken him a great effort to kill a Core Formation Peak Iron Bull, how could he possibly deal with one at the Nascent Soul Stage?
“You old bastard, be honest, did you already know there was a cow nearby?” While running wildly, Ye Haochuan cursed and asked.
“Uh…” The old man hesitated for a while before finally nodding, “When I first came here, the cow discovered me. It kept me around to specifically train its offspring. Later, it got bored of fighting and fell asleep…”
Damn!
Ye Haochuan cursed in his heart, he had already felt this guy was hiding something from him, but didn’t expect it to be something this big.
“You knew there was a cow nearby, yet you encouraged me to kill the calf, you’re deliberately trying to kill me! What grudge do you have against me to do this?” Ye Haochuan cursed.
The old man showed a trace of shame on his face and said, “Sorry, I really need that Blood Pill. Once we escape, I’ll definitely make it up to you.”
Initially, the old man knew he wasn’t a match for the Iron Bull, so he planned to have Ye Haochuan hold off the Iron Bull momentarily, allowing him to escape.
However, he quickly realized that Ye Haochuan’s strength wasn’t below his, reigniting his hope.
As he said, he indeed needed the Blood Pill desperately and would gamble his life for it. Knowing he would die before, he wanted to escape. Upon seeing a glimmer of hope, he quickly made up his mind again.
“Escape? Can we escape?” Ye Haochuan said vexedly.
In just that moment, the cow had already caught up most of the way. With their speed, escaping wasn’t possible.
The cow, driven by the pain of losing its offspring, would fight them to the death. With their strength, they couldn’t resist.
“Vermilion Bird Illusionary Seal!”
Holding onto a sliver of luck, Ye Haochuan still cast the Vermilion Bird Illusionary Seal once. However, reality showed no such luck. The cow only paused for a moment, then returned to normal and became even angrier.
“Damn it!”
Ye Haochuan was utterly desperate, this Nascent Soul Early Stage Iron Bull’s strength was no less than a Nascent Soul Mid-Stage cultivator, he couldn’t defeat it.
“Split up and run, our lives are left to fate now!” Ye Haochuan left a sentence, instantly changed direction and fled swiftly.
The cow hesitated for a moment and then roared, chasing after the old man.
Finally safe!
Ye Haochuan let out a long sigh of relief, his figure not pausing for a moment as he fled rapidly.
It wasn’t that he was heartless, he had only known this old man for less than half an hour and had been schemed against twice. The first time he didn’t mind being used as a stepping stone for escape, but the second time plunged him into a deadly situation.
He wasn’t so kind as to save someone who schemed against him. Moreover, even if he wanted to save, he couldn’t.
“Rest in peace, when I have time, I’ll burn some paper money for you!”
Ye Haochuan muttered with a pout, that old man’s cultivation meant he couldn’t possibly escape the cow’s jaws.
As he relaxed a bit, a sudden roar came from behind. His heart jumped, he quickly turned his head to look.
What he saw almost scared him to death. The massive Iron Cow was rushing toward him.
Holy shit, no way? That old fellow, no matter how bad, shouldn’t have been killed instantly, right?
Almost terrified out of his wits, Ye Haochuan calculated that the old man should have bought him at least a dozen seconds for escape. But judging by the cow’s speed, that old man hadn’t lasted even a second.
In the next moment, he finally understood what was happening. Ahead of the cow, a white-haired figure was sprinting swiftly.
“Holy shit, you damn mother, are you not going to rest until I’m dead?” Ye Haochuan cursed in rage.
“Misunderstanding, young friend, the old man just wants to ask a favor!” The old man said breathlessly, having evidently used a lot of effort to catch up with Ye Haochuan.
“Hmph, trying to trade my life for your escape again? Dream on!” Ye Haochuan snorted coldly.
“It’s not what you think!” The old man didn’t have time to explain, quickly took off his ring and tossed it to Ye Haochuan.
“Please, young friend, for the sake of our acquaintance, deliver the Blood Pill and the letter in the ring to the Hu Family of Xuantian City, you can keep all the other things as a reward!”
Saying this, he suddenly stopped escaping and flew toward the cow.
“Damn, since when did this old guy become so righteous?” Ye Haochuan looked at the ring in disbelief, a bit dazed.
“Go quickly!”
The old man shouted, then threw himself at the cow’s neck. His aura became extremely unstable at that moment.
“Self-explosion? This guy is really risking it all!” Hints of admiration seeped from Ye Haochuan as he didn’t waste the precious escape time won by the old man and fled at top speed.
Boom~
Ye Haochuan hadn’t fled far when he heard a heart-shaking explosion.
Using his Perspective Eyes, Ye Haochuan glanced back, seeing the area where the old man and the cow were, now in total ruin.
The cow was shaking its head vigorously, clearly dazed by the shockwave from the old man’s self-explosion.
Although the old man couldn’t defeat the cow, his self-detonation—as an early Nascent Soul stage being like the cow—still brought it trouble.
But the cow was extremely tough, and besides being slightly bewildered, it hadn’t suffered significant injuries.
Seeing this scene, Ye Haochuan dared not linger further, fleeing with all his strength. If the cow regained its senses and chased quickly, he would certainly not escape.
After fleeing for hundreds of miles in anxiety, Ye Haochuan cautiously looked back. With his Perspective Eyes, no trace of a demon beast was found.
“Damn, such an undeserved calamity!” Ye Haochuan cursed softly, sitting down and panting heavily.
In that wild escape, he utilized all his techniques, incurring not insignificant expenditure on his part.
“Nearly cost me my life, I’m curious what kind of reward this bastard left for me.”
Ye Haochuan muttered a curse, taking out the ring given to him by the old man. The old man had already died, and the Spirit of Snow attached to the ring had vanished, allowing Ye Haochuan to check the contents effortlessly.
Inside the ring, besides the Blood Pill, there were some Treasure-Level Early Stage magical treasures. As for Spirit Crystals, there wasn’t even half a piece. It seems, as he said, the five million earlier was all he had.
Damn, even as a Nascent Soul Expert, how could he be so damned poor?
Ye Haochuan felt quite dissatisfied.