When the gold coin was thrown in the the air, Yue Yang did not catch it.
It fell onto the floor, and the side with the Da Xia Empire’s founder, ‘The Great Monarch’, was facing up. This was heads.
“It’s fair only if it’s two out of three.” Seeing that it was not tails, Yue Yang was a little annoyed. It would only be possible to chop up the nine-headed monster while waiting for Yue Bing. Otherwise, if he waited until she came, it might not be possible to kill the nine-headed monster.
Although she was his younger sister and that there was no harm in her knowing, if it was possible to protect his secret, it was better for her to not know anything. She was not the kind of person who did not know how serious a matter was and gossip everywhere, but she was too young and her heart too pure. If an enemy conned her, she would easily fall for it… Moreover, there were a lot of newbies on the Soaring Dragon Continent with all sorts of innate skills. If there was someone who was able to see through another person, Yue Bing did not have the innate skill of Counterfeit, and was not good at lying either. What if the person that saw through her was the new Innate Ranker, then the beautiful woman’s entire household would be in danger.
He flipped the gold coin another time. It was still heads.
“Damn it, this doesn’t count. One last time and I’ll really make my decision.” Yue Yang decided to throw a tails.
On the third try, the coin was thrown high up, and after falling to the ground, it magically fell into the mud. The whole gold coin was standing on its edge. The probability of this happening really made Yue Yang perplexed, but he quickly turned the coin so that tails was facing up, then picked it up: “So heaven’s will is for me to kill the nine-headed monster while waiting. That’s fine, since it’s according to heaven’s will, I will carry it out.”
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Hui Tai Lang was slightly dumbfounded as it looked towards its master. Suddenly, it felt that it had learnt a lot from its master.
Yue Yang kicked it. “If you’re afraid of death, then stay here and wait. When I roast the nine-headed monster, you won’t have a share of it.”
Hui Tai Lang hurriedly expressed its obedience, and wagged its tail to pander to Yue Yang.
Although he didn’t stay behind to wait for Yue Bing, Yue Yang moved a large slab of rock and placed it in front of the crystal pillar. On it, the words ‘Yue Bing, wait for my return’ were written in eye-grabbing letters. Even though he wasn’t exactly a qualified older brother, he at least didn’t completely forget his younger sister. His curiosity was simply too strong, and he really wanted to learn more about the nine headed monster.
Of course, if Yue Yang went to fight the nine headed monster now, his combat force would only comprise of Little Wen Li, which was a bit lacking.
The Barbaric Cow couldn’t be summoned at the moment, and the Giant Shadow needed to be kept aside for a few days. The Bronze-ranked Level 4 Hui Tai Lang wasn’t bad, but a mature nine headed monster was at least a Bronze-ranked Level 7 beast; the difference was quite significant.
Besides, the nine headed monster was completely unafraid of being besieged….. it was different from the Three-Headed Chimera in the Aries Temple. How exactly was he supposed to fight this nine headed monster today?
“Did you think that I wouldn’t have a means to fight this way?” To the shameless Yue Yang, fighting the nine headed monster head on in the Demon’s Blood Pond was like going to pick a fight with a neighboring school during class time. This was someone else’s territory. No matter how awesome one was, one would still easily be defeated using tactics involving a sea of people. Yue Yang wouldn’t do something so foolish. He wouldn’t attack head on, but that didn’t mean that he had no other ways of attacking. People viewed the Quintet Seeking Gold Mice as having absolutely no use in combat, but in Yue Yang’s hand, these five were godly weapons that could be used to cheat.
The Demon’s Blood Pond was entirely crimson for as far as the eye could see.
The air had a faint fishy smell.
However, it wasn’t the smell of blood; Yue Yang reckoned it was probably the disgusting body odor of the nine headed monster.
The nine headed monster had lived in the Demon’s Blood Pond for quite some time. The entire, boundless swamp of crimson was permeated with its odor. All of the countless devil bugs and wild beasts had all been eradicated. The only thing one could see was a number of marsh snakes in all sizes that would roam about on the mire.
“Be good and seek out the nest of the nine headed monsters for me. If it isn’t home, then steal its egg.”
When he was little, Yue Yang had read a manhua about two mice stealing a chicken egg. One mouse had carried it while the other had dragged its partner by its tail to smoothly steal the egg away. This left a deep impression on him. Now he was using the Quintet Seeking Gold Mice, as their water and earth attributes would