23: Bone Tiger

Seeing the two lively characters arrive, Chu Mo also shook his head helplessly.

These two could be considered the mascots of the Chat Group.

Normally, they didn't need to help; they just acted as freeloaders in the back, shouting “666.”

“No way, I thought you two were just being abstract, I didn’t expect you to actually come!” Ning Haocheng looked at the two, a bit surprised.

He had thought that their clamoring to take on the mission in the group was just a joke, but it turned out they were serious.

However, their strength was incredibly weak.

They were merely Mortals, completely defenseless.

Any martial artist from a Cultivation world could easily beat them to death.

Chu Mo waved his hand, “It’s fine if they come too; they can get some base points to strengthen themselves.”

“Base points?” Ning Haocheng looked puzzled.

“If you accept a Chat Group mission, even if you contribute nothing, as long as someone completes it, you can get a certain amount of base points.”

Qi Xuan explained.

He had hitched a ride on Chu Mo’s last mission.

He got 20 base points.

However, it was still far from 8000 points, so he needed to try hard to get more points.

“So that’s how it is.” Ning Haocheng understood.

He didn’t mind the two group members wanting to get base points, but the surroundings were too dangerous; if they wanted to survive here, they would have to follow him or Chu Mo.

But the two of them had other plans.

“Big shot, can we have a guard?”

“Exactly! It’s not easy to come to this Cultivation world; we need to properly seek out some Opportunities.”

The two rubbed their hands and looked at Chu Mo and Ning Haocheng.

Although they were weak, their minds were sharp.

With Jinling City becoming the hunting ground for the two big shots, they wouldn't even get a share if they stayed here. It would be better to ask the big shots for a guard and seek an Opportunity outside Jinling City.

Upon learning of their idea, Chu Mo expressed understanding.

He should have agreed with his group members having such progressive thoughts, but he didn't have any Puppet guards.

“I only have the Human Emperor Flag. If you want a guard to go outside and seize an Opportunity, you can only look to Old Ning.”

“Alright, alright, I just happened to crossbreed some unique species using the Yao Beasts I caught last time and the Demonic Beasts from our world. You can take them out for a stroll and help me test their combat power; it’s not bad.”

Ning Haocheng chanted a spell, and a hexagram magic array appeared on the ground. Immediately after, two tiger skeletons crawled out from within, their hollow eye sockets flickering with eerie blue Soul flames.

“Bone… Bone Tigers?”

The two were a bit surprised, but more so curious.

Chu Mo also cast a curious gaze, “These are the species you crossbred? But, this seems a bit off! Why are they just skeletons?”

“Cough, cough.” Ning Haocheng coughed twice, trying to hide his embarrassment, “It’s just that I didn’t get the hang of it, which caused the crossbred tiger cubs to die prematurely. Then I used a tiny bit of necromancy to turn them into undead creatures…”

Chu Mo’s gaze focused on the two Bone Tigers. He carefully sensed them for a moment, then said to Qi Xuan and Li Tian Ce, “These two Bone Tigers are decent in strength; they’re enough to fight ordinary Golden Core Stage Cultivators.”

“These unremarkable Bone Tigers can fight Golden Core Stage Cultivators?”

The two exchanged glances, looking at each other.

Clearly, they hadn’t expected these two Bone Tigers to be that powerful, but with Chu Mo, a big shot, vouching for them, they couldn’t say much.

“Hey, hey, hey! What kind of expressions are those?” Ning Haocheng was displeased, vigorously defending his two Bone Tigers.

“Don’t look down on their appearance; they are genuine third-tier undead creatures, unafraid of pain, unafraid of death.

Moreover, I’ve modified their skeletal frames with alchemical runes; their strength is comparable to third-tier demonic artifacts. In a Cultivation world, that’s equivalent to a Golden Core Stage Magic Treasure.”

“Is that so? It still feels a bit unreliable!” The two still expressed doubts about the Bone Tigers’ combat power.

Chu Mo, however, believed Ning Haocheng’s words, but he also walked up to the two Bone Tigers and examined them closely.

Crooked and twisted alchemical runes glowed on the silvery bones, looking extremely profound.

“Alchemical runes, how interesting! They have a similar effect to the runes in the Cultivation world.”

“Let’s test their strength again!”

Chu Mo drew his Great Treasure Sword, swung his right arm in a wide arc, and fiercely struck the Bone Tiger’s head with a sword.

“Clang!”

Sparks flew, a gash appeared on the Bone Tiger’s head, and its steps involuntarily retreated a few paces.

“Roar!” With two low growls, the Bone Tiger’s two Soul flames flickered, clearly considering Chu Mo an enemy.

However, since Ning Haocheng hadn't issued an attack command, they didn't dare to act rashly.

“The defense is indeed good.”

“With this sword strike from me, an ordinary Golden Core Stage Cultivator, even with a third-tier Magic Treasure, would spit blood, and their internal organs would be severely shaken.”

“This Bone Tiger only got a gash on its head; it’s definitely no problem for it to deal with ordinary Golden Core Stage Cultivators, even facing ten ordinary Golden Core Stage Cultivators would be fine.”

Chu Mo’s Great Treasure Sword was a High Grade third-tier Magic Treasure, even if he didn't use his full strength.

But, he used thirty percent of his strength.

Not many Golden Core Stage Cultivators could withstand thirty percent of his strength.

As for how he determined that…

He had previously, in the city, single-handedly challenged N Golden Core Stage Cultivators from different Schools.

By comparison, it was roughly the same.

At this moment, Ning Haocheng ran to the Bone Tiger that had been struck, inspected it briefly, and exclaimed, “Holy cow! It’s so fragile? That shouldn’t be! With their defense, even a third-tier swordsman couldn’t cut a gash with one strike.

Let alone a third-tier swordsman, even a third-tier knight couldn’t do it!”

Qi Xuan stepped forward, patted Ning Haocheng’s shoulder, and comforted him, “We’re just saying, is there a possibility that third-tier swordsmen or third-tier knights are weaker than Golden Core Stage Cultivators in Cultivation?”

“There is such a possibility.” Ning Haocheng first nodded, then shook his head, “No, it’s not that Golden Core Stage Cultivators are necessarily stronger than them, but rather that Chu Ge, as a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, is quite overpowered.”

He suddenly recalled the scene just now, where Chu Mo, wielding his Great Treasure Sword, single-handedly faced dozens of Golden Core Stage Cultivators attacking with Flying Swords.

There was indeed a gap between Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

Chu Mo, on the side, said calmly, “Actually, I don’t think I’m strong at all. It’s mainly that I feel other Golden Core Stage Cultivators are quite weak.

If I were to encounter a Child of Luck or a protagonist-template Cultivator, I might not be able to defeat them.”

Oh! He’s showing off now!

However, they felt that what Chu Mo said made sense; protagonists could always defeat opponents of higher cultivation levels.

Being invincible among those of the same cultivation level didn’t mean much.

But, they also felt something was strange, as if they had forgotten something.

“Rumble!”

The sky suddenly roared, and silver lightning filled the entire sky above Jinling City. The lightning gradually took shape, turning into a Thunder Dragon.

And opposite it, a gigantic skeletal shadow appeared, with countless small skeletons surrounding the huge skull, poised for battle.

Two Soul Transformation Stage powerhouses in the sky each unleashed their Divine Ability techniques, and silver-white and black ripples spread, their range growing larger and larger, enveloping the entire sky above Jinling City with powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.

Both were drawing upon the power of this world, using it for their own purposes to counter the other’s Divine Ability.

And in the sky, there were no Cultivators left.

In this situation, anyone who hadn’t reached the Soul Transformation Stage and floated into the air was practically asking for death!

“This is what a battle between Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators is like.”

Chu Mo looked up at the sky, filled with emotion.

When he had fought the two Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators earlier, they had both been toying with him.

If they had truly been like the two above, not wasting time and directly unleashing their strongest attacks.

He probably wouldn’t have lasted even a single exchange!