Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

Amidst the lightning, a low, painful roar seemed to echo, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling and tumbling to the ground.

Wang Jiang, Jiang Yue, and Qi Xiaohao, who had deliberately maintained a safe distance, stopped and did not move forward.

Because his vision was temporarily obscured by the lightning, Jiang Yue cautiously refrained from unleashing any offensive magic.

Wang Jiang held a long halberd in each hand, his body now radiating golden light. He adjusted his breathing, his eyes fixed on the thunderball in front of him, and began to gather his strength.

Fortunately, the lightning quickly dissipated, allowing the three to see the situation clearly.

A bloody hole appeared on the left front shoulder of the Jade Tiger, and blood flowed out, soaking its fur.

Judging from its shape, it was probably caused by the bull horn on Wang Yi's head piercing through.

Wang Yi lay on his back to the side, his heavy armor shattered and covered in blood.

The Azure Jade Tiger let out a low growl and raised its right paw again, slapping at Wang Yi on the ground.

The moment the lightning dissipated, the three people in the distance attacked simultaneously.

The lightning spears fired in rapid succession, while the Ice Fang Spears were released from Qi Xiaohao and Jiang Yue's hands respectively, slicing through the sky.

But a black lightning bolt was even faster than the other two.

After throwing away his halberd, the king staggered two steps, drenched in sweat and breathing heavily.

Only after using this move did Wang Jiang realize just how much pressure this halberd strike, which gathered all the power of his body, put on his physical body in the Golden Light Body state.

Fortunately, Wang Jiang's control was superior to Wang Yi's, and he managed to restrain himself at the last moment. Otherwise, he would have suffered the same fate as Wang Yi, with torn muscles and dislocated shoulder joint.

Before the Jade Tiger's right claw could even land, it suddenly sensed danger and decisively abandoned its desire to continue attacking, instinctively shifting its position to dodge.

It was this instinct that saved its life.

The halberd sliced ​​across its right shoulder and back, leaving a gruesome wound a meter long, before disappearing into the earth.

If the Jade Tiger hadn't retracted its claws, Wang Yi wasn't sure if he would have survived, but the Jade Tiger would have certainly been pierced through the skull and chest by the halberd and died instantly.

The Jade Tiger roared in pain after being injured again. At this moment, the Thunder Spear Barrage and the Ice Fang Spear finally arrived, but the Jade Tiger dodged them.

After dodging these two attacks, Qingyuhu suddenly charged towards the location of Jiang Yue and the other two.

It also found that the distance was too far for the whistling sound to work.

Facing the charging Jade Tiger, the King held his halberd in his left hand and continued to gather his strength.

Jiang Yue and Qi Xiaohao immediately unleashed attack spells at Qingyuhu.

At that moment, Wang Yi, who had been struck by the roar, finally regained consciousness. He stared at the double image of the Azure Jade Tiger, bit his tongue hard, and the instant pain immediately brought him back to full wake-up.

Upon regaining consciousness, Wang Yi disregarded the wound on his chest and the shattered Black Rock Heavy Armor, and immediately released a light cage towards the Jade Tiger.

The first light cage was slightly larger, and after trapping the Jade Tiger, Wang Yi immediately released it a second and a third time.

Each cage was narrower than the last, restricting the Jade Tiger's movement space.

The light inside the Takegawa Bridge was not as abundant as that inside the Ryonan Sand Bridge. Although Wang Yi's light cage was now more solid than before, it did not hold back the Jade Tiger for long. It shattered almost instantly under the tearing tiger's claws.

The roar sounded again, and Wang Yi's consciousness once again entered a chaotic state. This time, because the Jade Tiger had gotten a little closer, Jiang Yue and the other two were also affected.

However, the short time that Qingyuhu was trapped in the light cage was enough for Jiang Yue and the other two to unleash an attack.

The compressed, turbulent air currents filled the entire light cage, constantly leaving dense wounds on the Jade Tiger's body.

Four lightning spears pierced through any gaps in his leg. Although Qingyuhu dodged most of them, one still managed to pierce his hind leg.

Although the king's second halberd still failed to pierce the jade tiger's head, it did pierce its abdomen.

The halberd's broad blade caused immense damage to Qingyuhu's liver and intestines.

Although the Jade Tiger was incredibly resilient and didn't die immediately, it suffered multiple injuries, especially the final, severe one, which left its life hanging by a thread.

With another roar, the heavily injured Qingyuhu, seeing Jiang Yue and his companions widening the distance once more, decisively turned and left.

It escaped.

"Chase!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yue spoke decisively.

Jiang Yue and Qi Xiaohao trailed behind Qingyu Hu, while Wang Jiang rushed over, pulled the halberd he had thrown a second time out of the mud, and then came to Wang Yi's side to help him up.

Once awake, Wang Yi released a healing beam, connecting him and Wang Jiang. He then retrieved the first halberd and chased after the direction in which Qingyuhu had fled.

The two quickly caught up with Jiang Yue and Qi Xiaohao.

"Put pressure on it and see where it tries to escape to." With the overall situation settled, Jiang Yue said to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi nodded, repaired the Black Rock Heavy Armor, and, wielding a long halberd, took the lead, passing the three men and chasing after Qing Yuhu.

The Jade Tiger, facing a desperate situation, is likely to launch a desperate attack, and only Wang Yi can avoid being instantly killed amidst the Jade Tiger's roar.

So it fled, and they chased after it, but the Jade Tiger actually managed to hold out until it reached the vicinity of its own lair.

The burly man on guard duty saw this from afar and immediately notified his teammates in the lair.

The three people who were digging for magic crystals received the news and their expressions changed, but they did not hesitate. They immediately put away the magic crystals they had dug up and rushed out of the cave to meet up with the strong man.

"What's going on?" Bo asked the burly man in a low voice, putting his grass raincoat back on to conceal himself.

"Qingyuhu is back." The burly man said gravely, "He was chased back."

"Damn it, did this tiger have a fit and go to the base to show off?" the fat man muttered angrily.

The four walked and talked, and after sneaking through the grass for several hundred meters with their backs bent, they dared to raise their heads to observe.

In the distance, the jade tiger could be seen running wildly with its four paws, scattering grass and leaves wherever it went.

The Jade Tiger was clearly running towards its lair, which is the first choice for many magical beasts to escape, because in their minds, a lair often represents safety.

Behind Qingyuhu were four figures.

Leading the charge was a guy whose body was covered in black bull-horned armor.

A little further away was a guy whose whole body was glowing with golden light.

At the very back, two figures, one fat and one thin, trailed in the distance.

The bald man was very surprised: "There are no familiar faces, it's not the base's mage squad."

"They were the students who came in after us. I remember their weapons; they were very conspicuous," the burly man said.

"Chasing after a Jade Tiger everywhere, that's a mid-level Jade Tiger! Even if several of us were to fight it, we'd have to fight tooth and nail to have a chance of taking it down. And you're telling me this is a student?" The fat man's face twitched slightly.

"What, could it be that some rich young master from the capital has come to our little town for a spring outing?"

"If they really are from the capital, then they must be rolling in money..." the bald man said meaningfully. "Zhuchuan Yuanqiao doesn't allow mid-level mages to enter."

"Shut up!" Bo Ge muttered angrily, then continued to hide in the bushes, cautiously peeking through the gaps.

As the Jade Tiger drew closer, the group finally got a clear look at it and couldn't help but gasp in shock.

The Jade Tiger's massive body was covered with wounds of all sizes, and blood mixed with grass juice soaked its fur, making it tangled and matted, a far cry from the imposing figure they had seen when they first met it.

"No matter who they are, they're not people to mess with," Brother Bo warned in a deep voice. "Stop thinking like a dog. In our line of work, the most important thing is to be sharp-eyed. If you kick a hornet's nest, you're just asking for trouble."