The Portal of Wonderland - Chapter 216

Chapter 216
"Not good," Shi Mu thought as he saw this .




"Brother Qian Xiong, watch out!"
Bai Shui Xiu shouted loudly from far above the water surface . She raised the wand in her hand, and a layer of blue light lit-up magnificently on its surface .
Qian Xiong had already drawn a few steps backwards from the edge of the pool . He was almost seventy or eight feet away from where Jin Xiao Chai currently stood . He had barely heaved a sigh of relief when Bai Shui Xiu’s voice rang in his ears . It stole away the color of his face, and left him thunderstruck .
A yellow luminescence had appeared on the ground behind his body . Then, the gigantic four-eyed tiger sprang out from within the ground . Its body trembled, and its long yellow-and-black striped tail instantly turned into a long shadow . It then swept over while carrying a tyrannical and imposing momentum .
Qian Xiong whirled around quickly, but he noticed that he didn’t have enough time to dodge the attack . Suddenly, an idea crossed his mind like an electric-current . A layer of black radiance bubbled-up on the surfaces of the two iron maces in his hands . Then, two groups of black lights violently danced in his hands to meet the shadow .
‘Bang!’ A loud rumble was heard .
Qian Xiong felt an overwhelming force plummeting down on his hands as the black light came in contact with the shadow . It seemed impossible to resist . The place between his thumb and forefinger received a severe jolt . The two iron maces couldn’t withstand the jolt, and got tilted . Then, they were sent flying in the air . Even Qian Xiong’s stature couldn’t help but stagger for a while .
The shadow halted for an instant . Then, it darted towards Qian Xiong’s chest .
Suddenly, a vast-stretched mass of cold air emerged and arrived in front of Qian Xiong . It was blue in color . It then condensed into a blue ice-wall .
‘Bang!’ A crisp and loud sound resounded .
The ice-wall shattered into smithereens with a loud explosion as soon as the shadow collided with it . However, the shadow was also blocked-off . The complex pattern of the tiger’s tail finally came into view .
However, Qing Xiong looked a bit slow and sluggish now . It couldn’t be said where he had pulled out that dark-green small shield from . However, it dramatically rose to the size of a ten-feet-long shield, and stood in front of him . And, Qing Xiong began to retreat in the meantime .
Suddenly, a series of metal clanging sounds resounded in the air .
A dozen or more yellow light-blades whistled, and flashed past the shield . The dark-green small shield ruptured and got exterminated . Then, the light-blades struck Qing Xiong’s body in a crisscross pattern . They landed on the ground behind him, and left a few traces of blood on the ground .
Qing Xiong still maintained a retreating posture . He retreated a few steps . Then, his body crumbled into pieces – like a collapsed city wall . He turned into a pile of meat lumps in a twinkling of an eye . Blood gushed out from his body, and permeated the entire place .
Bai Shui Xiu’s complexion turned deathly pale as she saw this from the top of the water-pillar .
The parrot had been hovering in mid-air this entire time . It was even more petrified when it saw this . It started to issue a series of ‘quack’ sounds . It fluttered its wings, and flew even higher in the sky .
Suddenly, a half-moon-shaped red blade-light and a black whip shadow galloped from two different directions .




Shi Mu and Jin Xiao Chai weren’t far from the pool . And, they scuttled towards the pool with a flying speed .
The tiger disappeared from the sight once again as a yellow luminescence flashed on its body . The blade-light and the whip-shadow missed its target, and landed in air .
‘Boom!’ A loud explosion was heard amid the cloud of blue hoarfrost was on the other side .
Mo Ning’s silhouette flashed, and staggered out of the blue hoarfrost . The watery-blue sword had already disappeared from his hand . A long wound could be clearly seen on his back; it was almost the size of a palm of the hand . Fresh blood was seeping out of his wound .
The black whip and the half-moon-shaped red blade chased after the light, and submerged in the blue cloud . The cloud rolled and soon dissipated . But, the tiger had again disappeared along with the cloud .
Shi Mu and Jin Xiao Chai had arrived at the side of the pool now . They had formed a battle formation – they had taken a pincer-like position with the pool as the corner and Mo Ning in the middle in order to protect him .
"Watch out!"
Jin Xiao Chai couldn’t complete her words . Shi Mu immediately turned around . He saw that the gigantic tiger had made its move, and had plunged from the ground . The tiger flicked its front claws . ‘Chi! Chi!’ A shrill grating sound was heard . After that, a dozen or more yellow light-blades galloped towards Shi Mu .
Shi Mu hastily pinched a golden magic charm in his hand, and a thick layer of golden light engulfed his entire body as a protective-shield .
Shi Mu turned around at the same time . The black blade in his hand flared-up magnificently . Then, blossoming clouds of fire emerged on its surface . Shi Mu wielded his blade, and a half-moon-shaped red blade-light flashed in the air amid the violently rolling clouds of fire .
‘Bang!’ A series of crackling sounds was heard .
The red and yellow lights collided, and ruptured in mid-air . But, a few yellow light-blades still survived the explosion . They struck the golden shield that was around Shi Mu’s body . Bursts of dazzling yellow luminescence appeared in the air as it collided with the shield .
An overwhelming and anti-seismic force surged-up vehemently on his golden shield . Shi Mu couldn’t withstand this force, and was compelled to draw back three or four steps . He then stopped, and stabilized his body . But, the golden light shield around his body had become considerably dim and extremely thin .
Fortunately, this was the Golden Star Charm that was drawn on the three-headed python’s skin . The extraordinary might it possessed could be placed on par with a high-grade magic charm . Therefore, it had repelled the greater part of the beast-attack . But, it seemed that it wouldn’t be able to resist a similar kind of attack again in its present state .
A shrill and ear-piercing sound rang out in the air . Then, an arm-thick shadow of the black whip fluttered high in the sky . It plummeted down towards the four-eyed tiger with an alarming speed .
The whip shadow was about to land on the tiger’s body . Suddenly, the magic character between the tiger’s eyebrows emitted a bright-yellow light . Then, the tiger sneaked into the ground once again .
‘Boom!’ A loud explosive sound rang out .
A three-feet-long stick dashed forward . It was shrouded in a layer of blue light . It then drilled straight into the ground where the tiger had just escaped – like a shadow . Only two-third of the stick was sticking outside the surface of the ground .
‘Ping!’ It seemed that a part of the tiger’s body had been terribly struck by the short stick . One-third of the stick had already pierced the ground . But, it was stopped halfway . Then, it couldn’t penetrate the ground any further .




‘Chi!’ A whistling sound resounded once again .
Suddenly, the black whip shadow turned fuzzy, and transformed into a hundred or more large black ropes . Then, they captured and bundled the beast firmly together .
The gigantic tiger issued a loud roar as it attempted to shrug-off the fetter . Another golden beam of light was shot at the same time . It quickly condensed into a long golden chain that was as thick as a finger . Then, it tied-up the tiger, and strangled its movement .

Shi Mu leapt and rode on the back of the tiger . And, his palms turned into a pair of sparkling and translucent fists . His fists then turned fuzzy, and transformed into seven or eight misty white fist shadows . Then, they bombarded on the tiger’s head with brute force .
A burst of yellow luminescence emerged on the surface of the tiger’s body as a protective shield as soon as Shi Mu’s fists fell on it .
However, the might of the ‘Stone-Breaking’ Fist had already exceeded ten-thousand pounds when Shi Mu had instilled his Xian Tian Real Qi into his fists . He could achieve this feat only after he had stepped into the Xian Tian realm .
The yellow luminescence on the tiger’s body dimmed, and subsequently died away within a matter of few breaths .
The head of the tiger had been reduced to a pulp after a string of rapid thudding sounds . Moreover, three out of its four eyes had burst out its eye sockets . A spurt of blood gushed out from its head in a torrent . Its massive body soon collapsed to the ground . Its body continued to make a few futile twitches . Then, it turned completely motionless .
Shi Mu finally turned over, and got down . He then heaved a sigh of relief .
Jin Xiao Chai and others also felt relieved in their hearts .
Shi Mu stared at the gigantic tiger’s corpse . Then, the storage ring in his hand sparkled, and emitted a magnificent luster . After that, a red animal-skin bag appeared in his hand .
He pointed the bag’s mouth towards the tiger's head . Then, the magic power surged within his body, and the beast soul bag gleamed with a blood-red luster . After that, the bag started to issue a suction force .
A miniature image of the gigantic yellow tiger flashed, and disappeared into the beast soul bag .
Shi Mu wouldn’t hesitate to collect as many beast souls as possible as long as he had an opportunity . It was because of two major reasons – Yan Luo needed them, and Shi Mu himself needed them in order to promote his totem beast soul .
Jin Xiao Chai and others watched Shi Mu’s strange action . But, none of them considered it to be inappropriate . After all, these beast souls were totally useless for them .
Near the pool . . .
Bai Shui Xiu’s eyes got smeared with a touch of grief as she looked at the badly fragmented and tormented body of Qian Xiong .
"Sister Bai, life and death is just an ordinary thing for us disciples . We should bury Brother Qian properly . He was truly worthy of being one of the Masters of our Sect," Mo Ning’s voice resounded from behind her .




Bai Shui Xui nodded .
"Mo Ning, you take care of Qian Xiong, and bury him properly . After that, bring a piece of animal skin to me," Jin Xiao Chai pointed at the tiger’s corpse and said .
"The remaining things are yours," Shi Mu added .
Mo Ning and Bai Shui Xiu glanced at Shi Mu, and expressed their gratitude . The tiger was a Xian Tian level fierce beast . Each and every part of its body – its bones, blood, gallbladder and other things – were extremely valuable and rare .
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At nightfall…
The magnificent luster of the silver moonlight was similar to the running water . It seemed as if it was pouring down in torrents over the Black Rock mountain range .
Shi Mu sat cross-legged on a black boulder in the open area . He exhibited the posture of the Moon-Swallowing Art . He closed his eyes, and soon slipped into the dream .
However, the dreamland that greeted him this time was an unfamiliar scene .
Shi Mu took a broad view of the surroundings, and saw that his surroundings were piled with clusters of dense and sky-soaring gigantic trees . It constituted a beautiful image of a vast-stretched primitive forest .
The forest was permeated with strong presence of spiritual energy . The water droplets could be seen on the tip of the tree-leaves that had already condensed into a tiny grain of white jade .
A drop of water loaded with spiritual energy fell from a branch of the gigantic tree . A shaggy small beast stood below the same tree . It opened its mouth, and swallowed the condensed water droplet .
The soft fur of the little beast became a lot softer and glossier . The beast looked quite satisfied with this result . It then closed its eyes, and fell into a deep slumber .
Shi Mu was astounded . He retracted his vision and found himself incarnated into the white ape . He stood in an open space somewhere in the forest . His hands were hanging alongside his body . A thirty-feet-long monstrous white tiger stood on the opposite side . It wasn’t far from him . An ominous glint flashed through its eyes as it stared at him fiercely .
The tiger roared loudly .
The white tiger dashed towards the white ape while carrying a strong gust of wind along with it . It was almost as if an arrow had left the bow . It sprang-up from the ground when it was twenty or thirty feet away from the ape . The tiger’s claws turned fuzzy in midair, and hundreds of claw shadows cascaded down towards the white ape .
The white ape thundered as it pounded its arms in the air . Numerous misty-white fist shadows burst forth, and dashed towards the claw shadows that had pervaded the sky .
Bursts of lights sparked at the point where the fist shadows intersected with the claw shadows . Such a powerful collision set-off a strong gust of wind . It then quickly took the form of a whirlwind, and started to roll everywhere while carrying dust and gravel from the surroundings .
It seemed like the entire sky was shrouded with a curtain of sand and gravel . Even the forest had turned gloomy in this chaotic situation . The surrounding towering trees looked long and narrow against the background of this gloominess .
The might of the claw-shadow gradually weakened . A trace of apprehension finally crawled into the white tiger’s eyes . It turned around, and fled towards a distant place .
The white ape roared loudly . It took a few large strides, and dashed behind the tiger at a lightning speed . It caught-up with the tiger in an instant . It then stretched out its right hand .
Suddenly, a large stick-shadow swept over like the tiger’s tail .
A golden gleam flashed in the ape’s eyes . It then raised it arm twice as high as before, and grabbed something . It was the tiger’s tail . In fact, it had grabbed it with such precision that the stick-shadow dissipated in an instant .
The ape grabbed the tiger's tail with both its hands . It then exerted all its might to pull the tiger backwards . The tiger issued a miserable screech in agony, and stopped to move forward .
The ape seized this opportunity, and climbed-up the tiger's back . Then, it tightly grasped the fur around the tiger’s neck with its hands . It pressed its legs firmly against the tiger’s body to ride on its back .
The tiger thundered, and went into a rampage . It began to charge around the forest at an astonishing speed; so much so that it looked like a fleeting white shadow . It frequently jumped, leapt, and took rapid turns in order to toss the ape off its back .
But, it couldn’t shake the white ape off its back; no matter what methods it resorted to .
The ape seemed to be enjoying the thrill of this astonishing speed . It issued a few cheerful shouts while sitting on the tiger’s back .
The tiger finally calmed down after an hour of rampage . It issued a soft roar resignedly, and let the white ape ride on its body . It didn’t struggle anymore .
But, the white ape turned over, and got down from the tiger's back .
The white tiger was startled . It glanced at the ape with a fearful look in its eyes . It didn’t show the slightest sign of escaping .
The ape swiftly climbed-up a nearby peach tree . It then picked two large peaches, and gave one of them to the white tiger .
The tiger hesitated for a moment . But, it made-up its mind to eat the peach as it saw the enthusiasm of the white ape .
The tiger tasted the peach . Then, it took a few mouthfuls of peach . Soon, the fruit was finished . The white ape issued a few mocking shouts . It seemed as if it was saying that this peach hadn’t been enough for the tiger . But, its attitude appeared a little friendly .
Then, the ape extended its hand and passed another peach to the tiger . The tiger raised its right claw to grasp it . But, the peach vanished before the tiger could touch it . The tiger’s claw ended-up hitting the air .
The white ape contorted its face, and burst out into laughter .
The tiger pounced on the ape, but the ape dashed forward with a lightning speed . The tiger was left empty-handed once again .
The two beasts continued to wander around the forest while issuing cheerful shouts; one of them in the lead, and the other one following behind .

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