Xiao Bai, seeing its attack miss, did not get angry. It spat out ice-fire balls again, charging towards the dirt mound.
"You're good at dodging, let me let you taste my ice-fire balls!"
With a tremendous roar, the ground instantly exploded, and the pillars of the underground casino were also blown apart. The scene was instantly engulfed in flames, with smoke filling the air.
Brother Hu, who was in the dirt mound, was fortunate enough to know earth escape techniques, otherwise, he would have been roasted chicken. He was also scared to urinate. Where did this formidable young lady come from? So powerful!
If not for his strong defensive capabilities and earth escape techniques, his life would have been forfeit today!
But he had no offensive power, only earth escape techniques and strong defense! Facing this malevolent deity, it was completely useless.
A few more ice-fire balls could have blown him to pieces! He surrendered...
"Young lady, stop hitting, I'll return your spirit stone pouch, stop hitting!"
"Hmph! You know to be afraid!" Xiao Bai took the spirit stone pouch that was thrown over and swallowed it. She didn't trouble him further. Sister said to know when to stop. The entrance had collapsed due to the fallen pillars. Xiao Bai threw two ice-fire balls at the ceiling, and with another roar, a hole was blasted open. Dragging the burly man with its tail, it flew out.
As Xiao Bai flew out of the ground, it was a courtyard. Suddenly, over a dozen sharp arrows imbued with spiritual energy attacked from all around the courtyard wall.
"Ice Blades!" Xiao Bai spat out six ice blades, colliding with the incoming arrows. With another flick of its tail, it struck down the remaining arrows. Then, it spat out an ice-fire ball, charging towards the source of the arrows. With a boom, a small building was blasted apart, flames quickly spread, and the entire wooden building instantly became a raging inferno. After a few screams, several figures leaped out.
A black-clothed person with water spiritual energy cast a spell to summon water and extinguish the flames on the others.
Their sneak attack failed, and all the black-clothed figures jumped out. Among them, a black-clothed leader roared:
"How dare you, white fox, come here to injure people and cause trouble? Surrender quickly!"
Xiao Bai...? What did that mean?
"Excuse me, what does 'surrender quickly' mean?" Xiao Bai asked blankly.
The black-clothed leader...
Xiao Bai was angry. Not only did they sneak attack, but they also spoke words it didn't understand.
"Hmph, you dare to sneak attack me, are you in cahoots with bad guys?"
"Fox Fire, go!" Xiao Bai opened its mouth and spat out raging flames.
The black-clothed people's faces changed drastically, and they immediately used flash teleportation. One of them, unable to dodge in time, was engulfed by the fox fire and let out a fierce howl... even summoning water with spiritual energy immediately was useless. They were instantly burned to ashes!
The black-clothed leader's face changed drastically. This fox fire was not affected by ordinary water. He quickly ordered the people beside him to send a signal!
The black-clothed people beside him looked solemn and immediately fired a signal into the sky.
"Quick, set up a formation to trap it!"
The black-clothed leader commanded. Eight people quickly surrounded Xiao Bai, forming seals with their hands. Then, a golden net flashed in the air. This was the Nine-Nine Celestial Net, but with one person missing, its power was reduced by two-tenths. At this moment, they couldn't afford to worry about anything else.
Xiao Bai flicked its tail, flinging the burly man on its tail to a corner and setting up a spiritual energy circle to trap him, fearing he would be accidentally killed.
Xiao Bai's form suddenly expanded, recovering its true form, and it flew through the air, its six tails swaying without wind. The pressure of a divine beast erupted, suppressing the eight black-clothed individuals to the point of spitting blood within a single breath. But the formation was already set!
Xiao Bai immediately felt the power of the formation. Its spiritual energy became sluggish and restrained. The Nine-Nine Celestial Net drew away the spiritual energy within the formation, preventing anyone in the formation from unleashing their spiritual power and casting spells. But they forgot that divine beasts had tough physiques. How could a few people at the peak of Foundation Establishment trap a seventh-tier divine beast?
A Nine-tailed Divine Beast! The black-clothed leader's face changed drastically upon seeing the three-meter-tall giant fox. It was over. The owner of this Nine-tailed Divine Beast was Fairy Yue Ju?
"This is bad!" This time, they had truly kicked an iron plate.
Suddenly, the Nine-tailed Fox in the formation disappeared. The black-clothed people exchanged glances.
"Ah! Ah!" Two screams. Two black-clothed people, caught off guard, had three claw marks appear on their necks respectively, deep enough to see the bone. Blood poured out, and they died within two breaths.
With two fewer people in the formation, it could no longer trap Xiao Bai. With a bang, Xiao Bai appeared and used its tail to knock all the black-clothed people flying. Half of the surrounding walls collapsed. The black-clothed people, backfired by the formation and sent flying, all fainted!
Xiao Bai coiled the burly man with its tail and flew away rapidly in stealth.
In a pavilion not far from the small courtyard, a figure shot up and flew to a mansion. Then, a black figure was slapped, and a woman's angry scolding could be heard:
"Useless, I told him not to go out recently, and he still dared to go to the casino... and now he's been caught... utterly useless..."
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At Zhenxiu Zhai Hotpot City, A You woke up and saw Ye Ju sitting beside him, so scared that he immediately tried to get up.
"Don't move, A You, you're injured!"
"Fairy Owner, my spirit stone pouch was robbed, I'm useless..." A You's voice was choked with tears, his face full of self-reproach.
"It's not your fault. You just focus on recovering. This was targeted at me, and it caused you to suffer for no reason!"
"Sister~ Sister~, I'm back." Xiao Bai's voice sounded in the courtyard.
Ye Ju hurried out. She was worried! Xiao Bai had been gone for too long. If she didn't come back soon, she was going to look for her.
Stepping out of the room, Ye Ju was startled. Good heavens, her white fur was all dirty, there was blood on her claws, and her tail was wrapped around a person. Her eyes were teary. With a flick of her tail, she threw the person to the ground and pounced towards Ye Ju.
The three-meter-tall giant fox was teary-eyed, making people's hearts ache. Even Ye Ju, with her small frame, had to grit her teeth and bear it. Fortunately, Xiao Bai knew to shrink its body when it pounced.
"What's wrong?" Ye Ju couldn't be bothered to dislike her being dirty and quickly asked.
"Sister, I killed someone, I killed three people. Wuwu~ Wuwu~" Xiao Bai had maintained its composure all the way, but seeing its owner Ye Ju, it finally broke down. After all, it had grown up eating vegetarian food since childhood. Killing someone for the first time would give anyone psychological trauma.
Ye Ju was shocked: "What happened? Were you attacked?"
"I followed the scent to an underground casino, and then it disappeared. Later, I went in stealthily and saw A You's spirit stone pouch..." Xiao Bai chattered, recounting the events like complaining to a parent, completely forgetting its imposing aura when it wreaked havoc in the casino.
When Ye Ju heard that Xiao Bai had been attacked, she was so angry that she waved her hand and blew up the crabapple tree in the courtyard. After comforting her for a while, Xiao Bai finally cried itself tired and transformed into a white fox the size of a kitten. Ye Ju held her and took her to take a bath, then put her into the spirit pet bag.
Steward Zhu received the news and rushed over. Hearing the commotion outside the courtyard gate, he felt awkward and didn't dare to disturb them. Hearing that the commotion had stopped, he then knocked and entered the courtyard. He couldn't help but sigh, truly a divine beast, finding the person within half a day by scent. However, hearing that the little divine beast was crying over killing someone made him feel bewildered.
The news he received said that the underground casino in the west of the city had been dealt with by a demonic beast. They had used the Nine-Nine Celestial Net but failed to subdue it, and it had counter-attacked and killed three people before escaping.
"Fairy Ye, I was just outside the door and heard everything. This person in the courtyard, leave him to me. I'll handle things for you and find out the mastermind behind it," Steward Zhu stated his purpose as soon as he entered.
Ye Ju had known Steward Zhu was outside for a while. Thinking about their interactions during this period, she found him trustworthy. A strong dragon finds it difficult to overpower a local snake, and Steward Zhu of Pearl City had a stronger network than her.
Steward Zhu comforted A You and told him to focus on recovering...