They had fewer stages, but each one took a longer time.
MingYue knew this one was a spirit beast since it had intelligence but hadn''t infused any element into its attacks.
The cultivation of the beast began at the Spirit stage and then progressed to the Elemental, Core, Mystic, Divine, and Eternal stages.
Creatures at the Core stage usually could transform into humanoid forms.
The Divine stage allowed them to turn completely into humans, and in the next stage, Mystic, their beast form would be enhanced even further.
But even though this one was only at the Spirit stage, it didn''t mean MingYue could defeat it easily. Sёar?h the N?velFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
As a beast, it always had more raw strength compared to a human at the same level.
And as spirit beasts, they had intelligence.
The creature locked its eyes on MingYue, and just when it wanted to retaliate Bang!
MingYue had already shot the gun in her hand with maximum power.
Feeling the enormous power coming from it, the creature knew it should dodge.
But that was what MingYue had targeted.
With elegance, she moved toward the area where she predicted the snake would arrive.
However, she had miscalculated.
Bang!
Just as she had predicted the snake''s movement, the snake had also predicted hers.
The creature launched its tail to swipe at MingYue, launching her into the air.
Meanwhile, the bullet that MingYue had shot hit the creature, but it only grazed its skin since the snake had moved.
Boom!
The projectile exploded on the ground, making a crater, while MingYue hit a qi crystal on the wall.
MingYue could feel pain all over her body, but it quickly started mending and healing by itself.
Her eyes sharply locked on the beast.
MingYue then started absorbing the surrounding qi, mixing it with her own and then moved it toward her sword, Twin Frostbites.
The cold qi emanating from her body started intensifying, creating an icy mist in the surrounding area.
This made the spirit beast turn alert, feeling the threat from MingYue''s attack.
It now had only two choices, attack or escape, but the spirit beast didn''t want to escape; this was the best spot for it to cultivate.
It knew that going outside, hoping to get a good spot like this, would be very hard.
Its reptilian eye then gleamed; qi started coming out, strengthening its whole body.
The snake then started moving, forming its body like a spring.
With a swift movement, it launched itself like a rocket, cutting through the air toward MingYue.
With the creature''s speed, MingYue knew it would reach her first before she could even unleash her attack.
With annoyance, she slashed her sword in the air, creating many ice projectiles shooting toward the snake.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The ice spikes failed to penetrate the snake, but they served their use to slow the snake down even by a bit.
MingYue kicked the wall behind her and then launched herself toward the snake.
In the air, her body moved in motion, her sword dancing in the air, creating streaks of ice from its tip.
Each ice shard was formed like a petal of an ice flower.
Bang!
They clashed in the middle.
The snake beat MingYue in raw force, pushing her back, but since she angled her body as she moved in the air, instead of shooting backward, she was deflected up to the ceiling where water was still pouring, filling out the Qi Crystal mine.
The creature then started maneuvering in the air, crashing into all the ice flower petals that MingYue had made.
But the petals didn''t get destroyed; instead, with their small size, they clung to the creature''s body.
The creature used its tail to anchor itself to the wall before launching through the air again to attack MingYue, this time its jaw open wide, wanting to eat her whole.
But the moment it moved through the water, as the ice petals made contact with the liquid, they quickly froze all the water.
This created an ice trap, blocking the creature from moving forward. It then started struggling, creating creaking sounds in the ice.
MingYue knew it wouldn''t hold long; she moved in motion, creating ice with every step she took.
Ice Qi started concentrating only on the sword in her right hand.
She then sprinted and threw the sword toward the creature''s mouth.
A fox''s roar could be heard from the sword as it lunged itself deep inside the snake''s body.
"Goraarrr!"
The spirit beast cried in pain, but it didn''t last long until its stomach bulged and then exploded.
An ice lotus came from its stomach with one of MingYue''s swords in the middle of it.
MingYue''s lips curled into a smile.
She then jumped toward the creature''s head; despite part of its body already blown off, its reptilian eyes still glared at MingYue with hatred.
It was still alive.
MingYue thrust her sword toward its head, but it didn''t pierce all the way, only enough until it reached its flesh.
MingYue then spread her ice qi all over the creature, freezing it alive, and took out an awe cube in her hand.
The frozen snake, with all its remains, turned into particles of light, disappearing into the awe cube.
"Alex asked me for a living specimen of a spirit beast.
I hope it will last until it reaches his hand. Vesa, send it to him."
[Alright, Queen, I am sure it will still be alive when it reaches the King.
I just doubt he has a way to heal it.]
"Well, it doesn''t matter.
I can look for another next time."
MingYue then looked up toward the hole where the water that had fallen into the Qi mine was now frozen, making an ice pillar with a circular hole in the middle where the snake had been before.
MingYue used her qi to close the hole and make it more stable.
She then went down to the area where the spirit beast had stayed before.
There, a big qi crystal that looked like a tree without any leaves and fruits stood tall.