chsdbacks Chapter 114: Ordinary Ox
Chapter 114: Ordinary Ox
A cold wind howled through the mountains, leaving a charred mark on the ground.
In the dry winter, flames begin to appear where the eye inflammation touches, and then they start to burn, growing larger and larger.
The heat and black smoke surrounded them.
Zhang Ping hovered a hundred meters above the ground, his black clothes fluttering in the gale.
With his gaze fixed on the blue ox, he didn't waste any words and raised his hand to aim at it.
"The power of water."
The blue ox tried to threaten again, but suddenly its eyes widened and blood gushed from its mouth and nose! The flesh around its horns began to wriggle upwards, showing signs of breaking through the hide.
"You're Zhang Ping?!" Qingniu suddenly roared.
Zhang Ping was slightly taken aback when he heard this. This guy actually knew him?
"Zhang Ping, you can't kill me! I am the Demon Lord's mount, the Azure Ox. From now on, we shall serve the same master!" The Azure Ox cried out anxiously and began to struggle.
Feeling the increased difficulty of control, Zhang Ping frowned slightly and slowly increased his strength.
Why do you know me?
The speed at which the blue ox's blood spurted had just slowed down was accelerated again, startling it so much that it quickly lay down on the ground, and streams of earthy yellow power gathered towards it from the earth.
The green ox said, "Your name has already spread among the demons. Your master praises you highly and has publicly stated that he wants to recruit you into his ranks."
"What the master has said, he has never failed to do. Now, the southern border is about to fall into the hands of demons, and Great Wei is next. Why don't you abandon the darkness and join the master's ranks?"
Zhang Ping raised an eyebrow. "Abandon darkness for light? And you're still a bookworm?"
"Isn't the Demon Lord afraid that I'll kill all his subordinates and ruin his plans?"
With the intention of extracting information, Zhang Ping slightly reduced the pressure on his hands.
The blue ox breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "This old ox was once just an ordinary ox. Hundreds of years ago, I met my master by chance, which led to my current good fortune. Zhang Ping! Your master's power is beyond your imagination. Don't be ungrateful!"
"Huh? You still dare to spout such nonsense?" Zhang Ping's face darkened, and he abruptly stopped, instantly drawing a ton of blood from the green ox's body.
The ox's face turned white from the slaps, and he quickly begged for mercy:
"Spare me! Spare me!"
Zhang Ping finally relaxed, coldly looking at it and saying, "The demonic chaos has only been going on for a year, yet you dare to tell me that we encountered the Demon Lord hundreds of years ago?"
His gaze swept over the big blue ox, especially the iron ring around its neck, which was covered with fine patterns that seemed to be a special kind of rune.
This blue ox was clearly a strange beast, yet it had allied itself with demons and claimed to be the Demon Lord's mount. This greatly intrigued Zhang Ping.
However, the Green Ox did not answer Zhang Ping's question. As the power from the earth continued to flow into its body, a yellow tinge began to climb onto its skin.
Seeing that something was wrong, Zhang Ping's eyes narrowed, and he began to clench his right hand, unleashing the full power of the Water God. At the same time, he made a fist with his left hand, and a long sword materialized.
"Demon Blade, Radiant Light!"
A towering blade of energy descended rapidly, followed closely by a blazing golden light!
"Roar!" The blue ox roared, and a yellowish-brown shield rose from its body.
After absorbing enough of the earth's power, the pair of crescent-shaped horns on its head began to change.
"Don't even think about it!" Seeing this, Zhang Ping's body was covered in Xuanwu armor, and he threw a punch from the sky!
The blade's gleaming light shattered the earthen-yellow shield and struck the blue ox's forehead.
The immense force created a large crater, sending debris flying everywhere.
Immediately after, Zhang Ping punched the top of the blue ox's head, forcefully pressing the huge bull's head into the ground!
"Roar—" The beast roared pitifully.
Zhang Ping delivered another punch, this time to the top of the head! The sound of bones cracking echoed through the surrounding mountains and forests!
White light flowed between the gaps in the Xuanwu Armor, just as he was about to finish off the Green Ox with a punch.
The iron ring around the cow's neck suddenly trembled, and an inexplicable force sent Zhang Ping flying.
bang——
Zhang Ping's body sank into a mountain not far away.
boom!
The next moment, the mountain exploded, and Zhang Ping flew out from inside, looking at the big blue ox that was being hoisted up by an iron collar around its neck with surprise and uncertainty.
"What kind of power is this?"
The runes on the iron ring were exceptionally clear, emitting light, and a strange power, unlike anything ever felt before, emanated from it. It was a power completely different from the power of blood and qi.
The ox was suspended by iron rings, its head drooping, its forehead slightly sunken. Its fur was disheveled and stained with blood.
"Huff, Zhang Ping, you're very strong! No wonder the master wanted to recruit you."
After saying that, the huge body of the green ox was propelled by the iron ring, seemingly about to fly towards the horizon.
"Don't even think about it!" Zhang Ping shouted.
After going through so much trouble, how could he be willing to let the Green Ox go like this?
He sat cross-legged in mid-air, unleashing the full power of the Water God to resist the force of the iron ring! One of the bull's horns was pulled apart from its flesh.
The excruciating pain caused the blue ox to grin wide open.
The iron ring shone even brighter, and as Zhang Ping manipulated the power of the Water God, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
"Hiss..." He endured the pain and forcibly separated the bull's horns, driving a blood sphere made up of the bull's blood towards him.
Bang!
The giant bull horn crashed to the ground.
A cold wind blew by, and Zhang Ping shivered slightly as two streams of blood flowed down his upper lip.
"Huff, huff," Fortunately, flying didn't require the support of qi and blood. He raised his hand to wipe away the blood, feeling a little scared.
"This power can actually affect me directly?"
Zhang Ping landed on the bull's horns from the air, straightened up, and stared into thought as he looked at the blue bull that had disappeared into the horizon.
Soul power? Or a shockwave attack?
It's that iron ring, that iron ring is definitely not an ordinary object!
"The Demon Lord's mount, it encountered the Demon Lord hundreds of years ago?" His mind was in turmoil as he pondered the words the Green Ox had spoken earlier.
The chaos of demonic possession occurred less than a year ago, and the Demon Lord appeared before the human race along with it.
Logically speaking, if the Demon Lord had existed for a long time, why did he wait until a year ago to launch the demonic chaos? Hundreds of years ago was not long after the founding of the Great Wei Kingdom, and at that time, Wang Tian's teachings had only been passed down for a short time.
Furthermore, the mountain swamp devoured a large number of powerful figures from the Great Wei. If it were to unleash a demonic chaos at that time, it would be absolutely unstoppable by the human race!
Now, centuries have passed. Not only has the mountain and marshland been eliminated, but the Great Wei has also cultivated so many powerful individuals. To launch a demonic invasion at this time is truly...
It's not that it's impossible, Zhang Ping felt he couldn't use his own ideas to speculate about the Demon Lord. But he still felt there were some problems with it.
And that iron ring.
Zhang Ping frowned deeply. What exactly was that iron ring weapon?
After a while, the immense life force and the super-high recovery power brought by the earth dragon's regeneration had healed the internal injuries.
Zhang Ping exhaled, half-squatted down, and placed his hands on the cow horns at his feet.
"Branding, animal patterns."
[Ordinary Ox] [Clay Turned into Stone]
[Clay turning into stone: The Green Ox cultivated the Earth Transformation Spirit Technique for hundreds of years, transforming its horns through the technique, resulting in the condensation of earth spirit crystals within them, thus creating this ability]
【Required Materials: Earth Spirit Crystal, Earth Mother Stone, White Jade, Red Grass Roots】
"An ordinary ox? How is that possible?!"
Seeing the information displayed on the panel, Zhang Ping suddenly remembered what the blue ox had said: "Originally an ordinary ox... I met my master by chance..."
He suddenly beckoned, and the blood clot was drawn to him, staining his hand.
The panel provides the answer again.
[Ordinary Ox] [Ordinary Ox Bloodline]
Zhang Ping's brows furrowed deeply.
That blue ox, it really did cultivate step by step from an ordinary ox? It had no bloodline, and even its unique horns were formed by the mutation of a cultivation technique.
"Earth Transformation Technique... Demon Lord..."