Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1500 - 1537: Golden-Backed Bear

Elder Zhao heard the young lady’s words, and his expression showed some difficulty. He was worried about the young lady. Although the elder knew she was the daughter of Wuji Sect, and the Vice City Lord of Lan City was her godfather, the young lady had many methods to compensate for her lack of cultivation. The elder had even seen the young lady use various peculiar means to kill a Spirit Severing Cultivator.

However, Elder Zhao couldn’t help but worry about the young lady. After all, the young man on the other side was no pushover; even a Spirit Severing Initial Stage elder might not be his match, which showed the young man’s strength. Letting the young lady face such a cultivator alone left the elder uneasy. But what could he do? He was already severely injured and couldn’t even exert a fraction of his strength. Clearly, he wouldn’t be able to defeat the young man. Ultimately, the young lady would have to act personally...

For a moment, the elder hesitated. The young lady saw his hesitation and once again said outright:

"Do not worry, Elder Zhao. Since I said I would deal with this guy today, I will keep my word!"

The young lady’s eyes were resolute, even carrying a hint of anger.

Upon hearing the young lady’s determination, the elder could only sigh lightly and slowly retreated behind her.

Ding Fan looked at the young lady with a glimmer of icy intent in his eyes. He would not shy away from facing her determination to battle him to the end. If his strength wasn’t formidable, it would be him, not the Spirit Severing Elder, facing destruction.

Ding Fan’s eyes focused, his expression indifferent yet harboring a bit of coldness as he said:

"You are a lady; don’t say I bully women. Ladies first!"

"Hmph! How shameless!"

The young lady roared angrily, suddenly producing a long whip in her hand. The whip’s material was unknown but exceedingly sturdy and sharp. In an instant, she began to strike at Ding Fan with loud whipping sounds echoing through the narrow alleyway as he kept dodging. Soon, there were deep marks left on the ground and walls.

Her whip was longer than the alley’s width. As she swung it, the once-cute and docile-looking young lady transformed into an icy beauty.

Snap, snap, snap...

The young lady wielded the whip fluidly and seamlessly, showcasing its great power. Even a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator could be left with a bloody wound from a hit, while those below Nascent Soul might be directly severed by it. Clearly, her whip material was exceptionally resilient and hard. Once enveloped in True Qi, the whip became more than just an ordinary weapon.

Yet, Ding Fan gracefully dodged the whip. Despite its sharpness, within mere moments he had grasped its martial arts style. With his cultivation in "Mortal Fist," most martial arts appeared simplistic to him, similar to a world gymnastics champion watching a student’s broadcast gymnastics.

Though the weapon itself was fresh to Ding Fan, its martial arts bore much resemblance to others he knew. He evaded with ease, and when her whip fiercely whipped towards him again, Ding Fan subtly shifted aside and quickly ran his hand along her whip, showing greater speed than the whip. In a blink, he gripped her whip.

Startled, the young lady never imagined he could catch her whip so swiftly. Her whip moved like lightning, with mere mortals unable even to catch a glimpse of its shadow. Yet he not only dodged effortlessly earlier but now caught it, astonishingly.

A sense of unease washed over her. Having her whip caught was a taboo for whip users.

Behind the young lady, the Spirit Severing Elder also noticed this scene and felt slightly tense inside. Though the young lady had not decided the outcome with Ding Fan yet, the elder believed Ding Fan had already gained the upper hand. Despite her continuous attacks, her opponent evaded effortlessly, feeling no pressure.

It was evident she wasn’t Ding Fan’s match. Severely injured, the elder couldn’t help but gather True Qi, enduring intense pain, ready to intervene at any moment.

At this moment, Ding Fan grabbed the opponent’s long whip with a fierce yank, causing the girl to lean forward involuntarily. But she quickly stopped herself, exerting strength with both hands to pull the whip back, yet no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t move it an inch. Ding Fan’s power was not something the girl could easily contend with.

Subsequently, Ding Fan lightly stepped forward, gracefully appearing in front of the girl, his hand instantly forming a dragon claw shape, forcefully striking towards the girl.

Whoosh!

Ding Fan’s claw slammed forward fiercely. Although his claw was less than half a meter away from the girl, the powerful Divine Vigor blasted her away. For a moment, she felt an overwhelmingly strong force crashing toward her, causing her to lose balance and be flung backward, a mouthful of blood spurting out.

Splat...

A stream of blood drew a beautiful arc in the air.

Yet Ding Fan’s attack was not yet over. His claw aimed at the girl flying in mid-air, fiercely grasping the void. The air around Ding Fan’s claw suddenly seemed to be pulled together violently. The air surrounding the girl abruptly contracted as if transformed into powerful guillotines, slicing towards her from all directions!

The elder, who was severely injured, couldn’t help but exclaim in shock at this sight. He recklessly charged towards the girl, his longsword turned into blossoming sword flowers, hurling ahead towards the altered air around the girl. Simultaneously, he spurted a mouthful of blood, his face turning deathly pale. By forcibly releasing True Qi and condensing sword flowers, his already severely wounded body suffered another severe blow.

The Spirit Severing Elder flew into the air but immediately fell back down, underestimating his injuries. Helplessly, he crashed to the ground, wracked with pain, barely clinging to life. At this point, the elder instantly recognized that what Ding Fan had just performed was the same technique used against him earlier. Knowing that a cultivator at the Spirit Severing Stage like himself had been turned into this state by that move, one could only imagine that if the young lady endured such an attack, she would surely die.

The Spirit Severing Elder, unwilling, looked up to the heavens at his last desperate move, the sword blooms shot towards the air around the young lady. Still, to the elder’s intense dismay, his sword blossoms were dispersed and vanished upon hitting the air surrounding the lady.

The elder lay on the ground in a pathetic state; witnessing this scene, regret filled his heart immensely. Why hadn’t he stopped the young lady from provoking this individual earlier? Clearly, Ding Fan was like a monstrous being; although so young, what the Vice City Lord said was indeed true, this was no simple existence...

The girl, flying through the air, felt the concentrated powers in the air, clearly capable of crushing her to bits in an instant. She tore off a small bear-shaped necklace from her neck, murmuring something like a spell. The clear sky immediately turned overcast, thunder roared, and a bolt of lightning struck in front of the girl.

Rumble!

With a loud crash, Ding Fan pulled back his palm, utilizing his full Divine Vigor to defend against the lightning bolt. Ding Fan was startled, not expecting such a sudden twist in events.

Ding Fan’s heart was in shock, unable to comprehend what technique the girl used to cause such a change. A powerful bolt of lightning crashed down in front of Ding Fan, turning the already narrow alley into a smoky haze once more, making it hard for even Ding Fan to discern what changes had occurred at the girl’s location.

As the girl broke free of Ding Fan’s attack in mid-air, she lightly landed on the ground, slightly staggering before she managed to stand firm. Her eyes flashed with joy as she looked towards the smoky area in front of her, completely forgetting that moments ago she was on the brink of doom.

At this moment, Ding Fan also saw the Golden-Backed Bear, a flash of shock crossing his eyes. Never did he expect the girl’s last trump card was summoning a powerful Yuan Beast. Ding Fan was quite familiar with this Golden-Backed Bear, one of the top ten in Yuan Beast rankings with exceedingly strong genes. Staring at the beast, Ding Fan could judge that it was a towering adult Golden-Backed Bear, at least a Seventh Grade Yuan Beast!

Ding Fan felt a bit overwhelmed with surprise, unthinkable that the girl’s final means were summoning a Seventh Star Golden-Backed Bear Yuan Beast; it was truly beyond belief!

At this sight, Wu Qianwen couldn’t help but gasp, utterly shocked by the girl’s methods. Though Wu Qianwen couldn’t discern the Yuan Beast’s rank, she knew such a creature was not ordinary. Clearly, the Golden-Backed Bear could easily slaughter hundreds like herself. Wu Qianwen estimated that this Yuan Beast must be at least a Six Stars level or higher.

To know that a Six Stars Yuan Beast is equivalent to cultivators in the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and since Yuan Beasts generally have greater strength than cultivators of the same level, this Golden-Backed Bear’s power was at least comparable to cultivators at the Spirit Severing Stage!