Chapter22:ToKill

Roughandlumpygreenskin,biggerthantwoYunXitogether;evenitslegswerebiggerthanYunXi’s.Inadditiontoitsswingingsmalltail,ithadfourgleaminglysharpteethwhenitopeneditsmouth.

Thegreenhippo!

YunXifinallyunderstoodwhatthemonsterthatmadehimdieagainandagaininthenewbietrialwas,andwherethatmonstercamefrom.

Atfirst,hewonderedhowitevenpossibletohavea3rd-rankedgreenhippomonsteraroundthevillage,sinceevenafoxwasrarelyseenhere.

SoitwasAshenwhobroughtithere.

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"Ahhahahaha,youseeit?Thisismystrongestpower,thiswhatIgotfromtheCelestialPalace!"

"Thefirstrankedkilleramongall3rd-rankedcreatures-HomicidalHippo!Itisthestrongestmonstera2ndRanklikemecancontrol!"

AfterseeingYunXi’ssurprisedexpression,Ashencouldn’thelpbutlaugh.HelookedatYunXiasifhewaslookingatadeadman.

"Youwon’tseetomorrow’ssun."

"Idon’tthinkso.IhaveanappointmenttomorrowwithHuaHuoinordertopracticemyswordskills.Ashen,I’msorrybutIwillhavetoletyoudown."Moreorless,Ashenhadreachedthe2ndRankandthatwasalittlebeyondYunXi’sexpectation.

Regardlessofhisobnoxiouscharacter,nottoomanypeoplecouldbecomea2nd-rankedDaoistPriestattheageof19.

The3rd-rankedhippodidhaveterriblecombatpower.YunXihadlearnedthisfromhis120deaths.

"Killhim,hippo!"Ashensaidashehadlosthismind.

Hejustcamebackandhadn’tyettoldeveryoneinthevillagethathewasalreadya2nd-rankedDaoistPriest.Hewantedtoenjoythejealouseyesofthevillagers,butinsteadwitnessedYunXiandHuaHuopracticingtheswordtogether.

Hethoughthecouldbearitiftheyjustpracticedthesword,butwhatwasthat?Theyweremakingeyesateachother!HuaHuowassuppressingherstrength,playingwithYunXi!

EverythingwasYunXi’sfault.Hewasjustabreadshopassistant!Howdarehethinkthathewasworthyofpracticingtogetherwiththerealswordgenius,HuaHuo?

Inthewholevillage,hewastheonlyonewhocouldmatchupwithHuaHuo!BecausehewasthediscipleoftheCelestialPalace,whotameda3rd-rankedhippoasatalented2nd-rankedDaoistPriest!

Whocouldunderstandwhathepaidinordertodominatethecruelhippo?!

Herolledinthemudwiththehippoallday.Heevenslepttogetherwithit.

Heheldabrushandhelpedthehippobrushitsbodyeveryday.Atemeattogetherwiththehippo,even...

Ittookayearbeforehegotintoclosecontactwiththeterrifyinghomicidehippoandtamedtheferociousmonster,whichmadeotherdisciplessojealous.

Theonlyreasonthathelpedhimdosucharidiculousthing,whichhedidn’teventhinkofinthepast,wasthathewantedtocomebacktomarryHuaHuo.

"HuaHuoismine!Youcanneverhaveher!"Hesaidwithjealousyandmadness.Avoicewhisperedinhisheartthatifhedidn’tkillYunXihere,hewouldliveinregretallhislife,nottomentionmarryHuaHuo.

So,YunXimustdie!

"Ashen,youhavechanged."YunXiadjustedhisbreathing.Ifitwassomeother3rd-rankedmonster,maybeitwouldbeabigtrouble.

However,thatwasn’tincludingthisgreenhippo.Hehadfoughtagainstitinthetrialonehundredandtwenty-onetimes!

"Ihavenotchanged.HuaHuoistheonlygirlinmyheart!Butyoubeast!Fromchildhood,youwerealwayspopularamonggirls!Ahhhhhh!Youpissmeoff!Whichpartofmeisnomatchforyou?I’mstrongerthanyou,moretalented,havemoremoney,andammorehandsomethanyou.Whyareyouheronlychildhoodsweetheart?!I...Iwanttobeherchildhoodsweethearttoo!"BloodytearswerealmostwellingupfromAshen’seyes.

Hewasthesonofthemayor!HewasthefirsttomeetwithHuaHuo!Everythingwasfirst!First!

Atfirst,whenHuaHuomovedtothevillage-themayor,inotherwords,hisfather,purposelybroughthimtoseeHuaHuo.Herepeatedlyurgedhimathousandtimestogetalongwellwiththelittlegirl,HuaHuo.

Atthattime,hehadvaguelyrealizedthatHuaHuo’sfamilywasunusualbecausehehadneverseensuchaflatteringlookonhisvulgarfather’sface.

However,thefirstmomenthesawHuaHuo,itwasn’timportantanymore.

Hedidn’tneedhisfathertourgehim.Hehadbeenattractedbytheimpassivegirl’sfaceandunapproachabletemperament.

Atthattime,HuaHuowaswearingexoticclotheswhichwasobviouslynotfromtheSkySwordGod’sDomain.Shewaslikeanunobtainableflowerontheprecipice.

Hedidn’tknowwhyHuaHuohadsuchatemperamentandwhyshehidheridentityonpurpose.Livingandgrowinguplikeanordinarygirlinthevillage.

Heonlyknewthatfromthemomenthelaideyesonthishaughtygirl,healreadylosthishearttoher.

Inhiseyes,shewasabsolutelythe"couldn’tbeoffended"typeofgirl.ANoble,notjustavillagegirl,butalsoamysteriousbeauty.

ComparedtoHuaHuo,allthegirlsinthevillagewerenothing.Shewastheonlyonewhohesworetohave;atallcosts!

Afterthat,herepeatedlytriedtoapproachher,tryinghisbest.ButheonlygotHuaHuo’scontemptuousdisregard.

Yes,thatwasherlook,thelookasifshewaslookingatsomethingdirty.

HuaHuo,youaremyqueen,mylife,andmyhope!

Nomatterwhatthepriceis,Iwillmarryyou!

"Hong!Hong!"AftergettingAshen’skillorder,thegreenhippobegantorun.ItrushedthroughtheshallowswithamightyspeedandranstraighttowardYunXi.

Itsspeedwasmuchfasterthanwhatothersmighthaveguessedfromitshugebody.

Itspowerwasalmostthenumberoneamongall3rd-rankedmonstersanditalsohadasuperdefence.Inaddition,itdidn’tevenlackspeed,anyonewhoserankwasn’tabovethe3rdRankwouldn’tsurviveifitwastheirfirsttimeagainstit.

Thehippowasverystrong!ThiswaswhatYunXiexperiencedahundredandtwenty-onetimes!

"Hereitcomes!"YunXiloweredhisbody,thenimmediatelyturnedandran.

Thiswasastrategicretreatbecausehedidnothaveanyweaponstobreakthegreenhippo’sdefence.

Usinghisfisttofightagainstthisironskinnedmonster?Hedidoncebeatitdown,buthewasholdinganironswordatthattime,andhestillhadtochopittwenty-onetimes.YunXiwasn’tinsane.

Weapon!Heneededaweapon!AnideaimmediatelyemergedinYunXi’smind,ashequicklyrushedintothewoodswithouthesitation.

"Run!Cry!Dieindespair!"AshenshowednoemotioninseeingYunXiescape.

Asahuman,youwantedtofleefromagreenHippo?Ohgreat!Thisguywouldsoonknowwhatwastheabsolutegapbetweenhumansandcreatureswas.

Asacreature,thehippowasamonsterwhoseenduranceandexplosiveforcewasfarbeyondthelimitofhumans,nottomentionitwasamutantgreenhippo.

Itoncecontinuouslyfoughtonthebattlefieldforoverthreedaysandnightsandhadarecordofkillingthousandsofpeople.

Run!Run!Iwanttoseehowlongyoucanrun!Whenyouareexhausted,itwillbethetimeofyourdeath.

Thisgreenhippohadthebrutalhabitofeatingcorpsesafterkillingthem.

"Bang!"Thegreenhippocrashedintothewoods.Thebucket-thicktreesfelldownduetoitslightpush

Thehippo’shunthadbegan!