Keyboard Immortal

Chapter 1959: Unkillable Monster

Zu An found some traces of darkened blood on a nearby severed tree branch. Someone had gotten injured. There were no corpses at the scene, so there were no confirmed casualties for the time being.

Even human-eating ferocious beasts would at least leave behind bones, but there are no such traces to be found in the vicinity. What could they be hiding from? Is it the same purple thing the little animals are frightened of?

Zu An tried to control the little animals again, but there weren’t many in the vicinity, and all of them were agitated, making them hard to control. He looked at the thick white fog around him and harrumphed. He flew into the air, took out a formation disc, and swiftly fiddled with it. Then, he took out dozens of formation flags and scattered them in the surroundings amid flashes of golden light. Soon, he finished constructing a Wind Convergence Formation.

The air in the forest began to flow, thinning the white fog. Zu An unleashed his divine sense once more. It was still hindered by the fog, but he was able to spread it across a wider area now.

His recent bankruptcy wasn't just due to him squandering money on pill refinement, but formation discs and formation flags too.

The seven cultivation skills in the Baopu Sutra are extremely money-consuming. I wonder how Immortal Ruler Baopu amassed so much money.

He combed his surroundings with his divine sense as if he were using a powerful radar. It was a dumb method, but it worked due to his powerful cultivation. Any other grandmaster would have been blinded by the white fog.

Suddenly, he sensed a slight ki ripple coming from the northeast. Someone was fighting there. He quickly flew over and soon arrived at the scene.

To his delight, he spotted a delicate lady standing under a tree. She wore a green dress that could calm anyone down, and the exquisite medicine pouch on her waist only added to her cuteness.

It was Ji Xiaoxi!

She was the same as Zu An remembered her. She had an adorable appearance, and her chubby cheeks evoked a desire to pinch them. She was surrounded by a group of injured young men and women, who appeared to be protecting her. All of them were looking at the enemy with frightened eyes.

It was a ghostly apparition cloaked in purple flames, that laughed chillingly while drifting around them. From time to time, it attempted to breach their defense line. The group tried to fight back, but their attacks didn’t work on the ghostly apparition. Its purple flames simply flickered, showing no signs of injury at all.

“Our attacks don’t work on him!” they screamed in despair.

The only thing stopping the purple flame ghost was the golden light barrier maintained by the middle-aged man standing at the forefront. However, the barrier was dimming so swiftly that it wouldn’t last for more than a few seconds.

Zu An narrowed his eyes, thinking, The ki ripple I felt earlier was from the middle-aged man unleashing that barrier. It’s probably his trump card. However, the purple flame ghost is too powerful. At this rate, they won’t last long.

Could this purple flame ghost be the entity the little animals were afraid of?

“I can’t hold on anymore! You have to run, Miss Ji! I’ll stall this monster. Run in different directions, so the monster can’t capture us all in a single swoop!” the middle-aged man bellowed.

“I still have some recovery medicine here! Take it!” Ji Xiaoxi cried, refusing to run. Instead, she took out a couple of pills and handed them over.

“I won’t make it in time…” the middle-aged man murmured as the golden light finally shattered, despair flashing through his eyes. He spewed blood before collapsing to the ground.

Sun Hai clasped his fist and said, “Miss Ji, I never thought you’d save my life once more.”

Ji Xiaoxi pursed her lips, replying, “I wasn’t the one who saved you this time. It was big brother Zu.”

Sun Hai slapped his forehead annd said, “Look at how forgetful I am. Young master, thank you for saving my life. I’m impressed by your ability.” He was shocked by Zu An’s immense ki that felt as vast as the sea. In comparison, his was nothing more than a droplet of water. He couldn’t imagine how someone as young as Zu An could have reached such a high cultivation level.

Just then, one of the young women asked, “Could you be… Sir Libationer?”

Zu An was stunned. Most people in the capital would address me as 'regent'. The only ones who would address me as the libationer are…

He looked at their clothes and asked, “You’re students of the academy?”

“It really is Sir Libationer!” the students exclaimed, feeling as excited as fans meeting their idol. They quickly explained the situation, saying, “We received a mission from the academy to eradicate monsters here.”

While the imperial court dispatched soldiers to eliminate powerful beasts residing on the mountain every year, they were bound to miss some. Thus, the academy occasionally dispatched students to clear the beasts on the mountain too. The beasts remaining on the mountain tended not to be too strong, which made them good for training the students. Who could have thought they would bump into this kind of monster?

Ji Xiaoxi blinked in surprise. She knew these young men and women were proud people, so it was unlikely for them to lie about such a thing. Big brother Zu is incredible. He actually became the libationer! Right! Wasn’t my father going to pay respects to the new libationer? I wonder how he’ll react upon meeting big brother Zu.

“Ah, so it’s Sir Libationer!” Sun Hai remarked, nodding in realization.

There was no internet in this world, so news didn’t spread fast. Other than the major powers, who had eyes around to keep abreast of the latest happenings, most civilians were unaware of the events that had transpired in recent days.

Zu An nodded in acknowledgment before turning his attention to the ice sculpture. The others did the same too.

“What’s this monster? I don’t think it’s recorded in the academy’s ‘Encyclopedia of Monsters’. Have you seen it before?”

“I haven’t seen it before. None of our attacks worked on it. Could it be a fiend?”

Zu An shook his head and answered, “That's because it's impervious to physical attacks. It isn’t a fiend.”

He had been the regent of the Fiends for a while, but he had never met such a being before. In particular, its purple flame felt disconcerting, as if it were an anomaly of the world.

Just then, the ice sculpture cracked. A purple light whizzed out and charged toward Zu An. It was the purple flame ghost! The others didn’t have time to react at all. They could only scream out of sheer instinct.

However, the purple light quickly dimmed. A hand firmly held the purple flame ghost by its neck, not loosening despite its thrashing.

Still, Zu An was startled, remarking, “Hm? Is it capable of reviving?”

He was certain that the purple flame ghost had already died, but it suddenly came back to life. What in the world is this monster?

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