The young woman had just realized what had happened when she saw the bleeding hole in the Dark Hunting Lion's head, and let out a sharp scream. The lion also let out a loud roar before collapsing.
"Die!" Shen Xiang swiftly threw a punch, and a huge white tiger's head materialized over his fist. The overwhelming killing intent radiating from the punch enveloped the surroundings, exuding the aura of death. His fist slammed into the Dark Hunting Lion's massive skull with a loud bang, causing the ground to tremble.
The White Tiger Divine Fist carried immense killing power, instantly snuffing out the life force in the Dark Hunting Lion's skull, meaning the beast had truly died.
Shen Xiang unleashed a flame on the corpse, burning it down, before turning his cold gaze toward the trembling young woman in green robes.
The lion's massive body collapsed with a heavy thud. The young woman's beautiful face contorted into fury. "What did you do?"
"I killed this beast!" Shen Xiang replied coldly. "Your Beast Martial Sect dares to do this in Taiwu State? I will report everything to the Taiwu Sect!"
"You… you're from the Taiwu Sect?" The woman's eyebrows shot up as she glared viciously at him.
"That's right!" Shen Xiang answered.
"My Xiao Hei just ate a few worthless commoners. Does Taiwu Sect really care about such things? This is normal for us! The lives of those commoners are worth less than one hair of my Xiao Hei, and yet you killed it for them! I'll make you pay!" The young woman's face turned livid, and her entire body trembled with rage.
Shen Xiang frowned, realizing that people from the Beast Martial Sect often committed such atrocities. This only deepened his anger.
"Hmph! The Taiwu Sect will certainly care once they know. Your Beast Martial Sect will have to face the consequences!" Shen Xiang retorted.
"You won't live to tell them!" A raspy voice suddenly echoed from afar. A dark shadow flashed as a middle-aged woman dressed in black appeared next to the young woman in green.
A True Martial Realm expert! Shen Xiang clenched his fists. He hadn't expected such a powerful figure to be lurking nearby. He immediately guessed that this black-clad woman was likely the young woman's master or mother.
What made Shen Xiang even more nervous was the red-headed black snake coiled around the woman's arm—a rare spirit beast known as the Soul Chasing Snake. Not only was it as strong as a True Martial Realm fighter, but its venom was even more terrifying.
"Master, he killed Xiao Hei! I want him to suffer a fate worse than death. I'll slice the flesh off his body piece by piece!" the young woman spat venomously, glaring at Shen Xiang with hatred.
"If you return and report to Taiwu Sect, it will indeed cause trouble for us. But you won't make it back." As soon as the black-clad woman spoke, she turned into a shadow and appeared behind Shen Xiang, striking him hard on the back.
In that instant, Shen Xiang felt his internal organs tighten, and his meridians seemed to be on the verge of bursting. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body flew toward the young woman in green.
The young woman drew her long sword and viciously stabbed it into Shen Xiang's chest, piercing through to his back!
As Shen Xiang raised his head, he saw the woman's cruel expression. She yanked the sword out and kicked him hard in the stomach, sending him crashing to the ground.
After being hit by the black-clad woman's palm strike, Shen Xiang was seriously injured, rendering him unable to fight back. Only now did he truly grasp the immense power of a True Martial Realm warrior. Their true energy was far more potent than a martial artist at the ninth level of the Mortal Martial Realm.
Seeing Shen Xiang lying on the ground, unable to move, the young woman in green pulled out a small knife and walked toward him. "I'm going to slice the flesh off your body bit by bit!"
The black-clad woman didn't intervene, watching coldly from the side. She was confident that Shen Xiang couldn't escape.
Shen Xiang clenched his fists in frustration, cursing his lack of strength. He vowed that one day he would kill both the young woman and the black-clad woman who had wounded him.
"Remember this! I won't rest until one of us is dead!" Shen Xiang roared. Just as the black-clad woman and the young woman in green were about to strike again, a large wall of water suddenly appeared in front of them, and they crashed into it.
In that moment, Shen Xiang activated his **Black Tortoise Divine Skill**, summoning a wall of water from his **Black Tortoise True Qi**, which surged out and enveloped them.
Right after that, the ground beneath Shen Xiang turned into a pool of water, and a massive whirlpool swallowed him. Then, the pool disappeared without a trace.
"Master, what… what kind of martial skill is this? What should we do?" the young woman asked, both angry and frightened.
"Don't worry. We'll just deny everything if it comes to that. He was just a small inner sect disciple. I'm a true disciple of the Beast Martial Sect and a True Martial Realm warrior. The Taiwu Sect won't believe him!" The black-clad woman petted the red-headed snake on her arm and smirked.
Shen Xiang had used a mysterious technique from the **Black Tortoise Divine Skill** known as **Water Escape**. It allowed him to summon a pool of water from the ground and pull someone into it, sending them deep underground. From there, the technique would create a tunnel leading to a nearby river, allowing the user to escape.
It had taken all of Shen Xiang's Black Tortoise True Qi to pull it off, but he was relieved to have learned the skill; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape today.
By a slowly flowing stream, Shen Xiang lay on the riverbank, his body soaked and his face pale. He looked lifeless as he weakly placed a small piece of **Hell Spirit Mushroom** in his mouth to heal his injuries, followed by a few healing pills.
Gradually, his strength returned, and he leaned against a tree to rest.
"How are you feeling?" Bai Youyou emerged from his storage ring and asked softly.
Su Meiyao gently wiped the dirt from his face, her voice filled with concern. "Be more careful next time. You're no longer safe like you were inside the Taiwu Sect. The True Martial Realm experts in the sect are restrained by rules, but outside, even a finger can crush you!"
Shen Xiang clenched his fists, his face filled with murderous intent. "I will get stronger! I swear I will kill those two women!"
"You still have four **True Yuan Pills**, right? Take them," Bai Youyou suggested.
Seeing the two beauties so worried about him, Shen Xiang felt warmth in his heart. He quietly vowed never to make them worry again, as he was their only hope.
"I almost died… I'm sorry," Shen Xiang said guiltily.
"It's fine. You're alive, and that's what matters. Just be careful in the future," Bai Youyou said, her tone no longer as cold.
"Take your six hundred **True Qi Pills** and the four **True Yuan Pills**. If you can break through to the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, you'll have more strength to at least defend yourself against these kinds of enemies, though it still won't be enough to defeat that woman," Su Meiyao advised.
Shen Xiang nodded and began circulating his true energy to heal his injuries. Seeing that he was no longer in danger, the two beauties sighed in relief and returned to the ring.