Magic Doctor CEO Lady's Humble Husband (Fade Chen)
Chapter 1721

It was obvious that the five of them did not quite expect the guardian beast to be so ferocious, so much so that it was able to injure all of them in a matter of seconds. Judging from the intensity of its fighting spirit, it was questionable as to whether they were even going to be able to escape, what more to mention whether or not they could even get the Frozen Snow Flower.

"Should I ask the guy at the back to lend me a hand?" Baylor was hesitating as he thought about this.

However, just as he was thinking, there came a loud scream. A disciple's left arm was bitten by the guardian beast. Mustering all its energy, it tore off his arm before swallowing it..

The injured disciple fell to the ground in pain. His face was pale and he had lost the ability to fight.

Baylor was left utterly flabbergasted. At the same time, anxiety took over him.

He had no time to care about anything else. Turning his head to look at Fade, he yelled, "Come on buddy, you just broke into our spell formation and snuck in silently. It should be quite effortless for you judging from your strength."

"Lend us a hand. Let's kill this guardian beast together. Ice Lake Clan will surely reward you handsomely in return."

Upon hearing this, Fade shook his head and replied nonchalantly, "I don't fancy any of your rewards."

"We'll be able to reward you with an Earth Level Pill," said Baylor as he clenched his jaws and gritted his teeth. His expression was one of excruciating pain.

Fade smirked and replied, "The Frozen Snow Flower is a herb of Heaven Level grade. You are asking for my help to get the Frozen Snow Flower, but you are only rewarding me with a mere Earth Level pill. What an incommensurate reward!"

"You..." Sensing that Fade wanted to take advantage of the situation, Baylor could not help but grit his teeth in animosity. Alas, he had no choice but to raise the stakes. "Two Earth Level pills, one each for the both of you. As rogue cultivators yourselves, this should be quite a good deal."

Notwithstanding the follow-up offer, Fade continued shaking his head. He asserted, "Didn't I just say it? I don't fancy any of your rewards."

The moment Baylor heard this, he replied disgruntledly, "You want to wait until we are defeated before taking advantage of us. Let me tell you, it's not as simple as you think. If we are defeated, the both of you will not be able to battle the guardian beast. However, we might possibly triumph over it if we work together. That's a winwin for everyone."

"What makes you think the guardian beast is out of my league?" Fade retorted sneeringly. He went on and proclaimed, "Give up your pursuit of the Frozen Snow Flower and I shall come to your rescue. Otherwise, you won't be able to last more than thirty minutes."

"You..." Baylor scowled at him. Despite his anger, he did not lift his hands to fight.

Wielding a longsword, Ezra glowered at Fade and said, "I get that. Once we get rid of the guardian beast, you are going to have a good time."

Ignoring the threat, Fade replied nonchalantly, "Hurry up then. You guys can't beat this guardian beast."

The remaining disciples clearly showed no signs of giving up. Giving Fade the go-by, they clenched their teeth as they prepared to kill the guardian beast.

Be that as it may, having lost a combat partner, the enraged guardian beast was now out of their league. In just a few minutes, two other disciples had been severely wounded. They were bleeding profusely and their faces had turned pale. It seemed that they were about to succumb to the injuries.

At this moment, Baylor knew that he and his team would definitely be unable to defeat the guardian beast. He could not help but grind his teeth and declare, "We give up. Over to you!"

Nodding his head, Fade took a few steps forwards and sneered, "That should be the way. Why the delay though? Now, everybody has been injured."

Baylor glared at him. Not saying anything, he retreated with his comrades so that Fade could come forward to battle against the guardian beast. Baylor could not help but remark angrily, "So arrogant of this guy. I'd like to see how he comes to blows with the guardian beast by himself!"

It could be seen that the three injured disciples did not want to concede defeat.

As the guardian beast dashed towards Fade, he shot out a stream of positive energy at the guardian beast gently, causing it to somersault and smash into the walls of the cave. It roared angrily. As he witnessed what had just occurred, Baylor could not help but be blown away. "This guy is much stronger than I thought."

The three disciples were taken aback too.

As for Ezra, she seemed to be cooking up a plan as she could be seen moving her eyes. She came close to Baylor and whispered, "As the guy delivers the death blow, shall we then make our move and..." As she was talking, she gestured a throat-slash sign. Naturally, Baylor understood what she meant. He pulled a long face and replied, "That's not proper, is it?"

She asserted, "What's improper about it? We're talking about the Frozen Snow Flower, a Heavenly-grade herb! Baylor, Ice Lake Clan is nothing but a Black Level sect. Our resources are naturally not comparable to those of the bigger sects. It'll thus be challenging for us to grow influential. If we miss this opportunity, I don't know when it will ever come knocking again!"

"This..." He was still a little hesitant.

"Baylor, we're running out of time. If that fellow succeeds, it'll be difficult for us to snatch it from him. We have to strike him from his back now that he has let his guard down, so that..." As she was convincing Baylor anxiously, the sound of a sword slash could be heard all of a sudden.

The five of them turned over and looked as Fade used his fingers to create a sword formation of the Heaven Level. The sword whizzed in the air and slashed the guarding beast in half at lightning speed. Baylor and the team had been struggling to bring the guardian beast down. However, all it took was one fatal blow from Fade to kill it. Everyone was left in great astonishment.

Just as they were still in awe, he unearthed the Frozen Snow Flower. He carried it by his side as he walked back.

Seeing this, Ezra could not help but squint, and her expression was a little unnatural.

Fade walked towards Quin and said faintly, "Done, let's leave!"

Immediately, the two of them turned around and were about to leave.

Ezra refused to resign to the fact that the Frozen Snow Flower had been taken. Finally, she could not help but utter, "Wait a minute!"

"What's the matter?" Fade stopped walking and turned around.

Ezra looked at him and blurted, "Hand over the Frozen Snow Flower."

"What do you mean?" Upon hearing her words, he gave her a cold stare.

Looking self-righteous, she asserted sanctimoniously, "We were the first to locate the Frozen Snow Flower. We've been preparing for more than half a month, not to mention fighting arduously against the guardian beast for two days. Now that we're about to get our hands on it, you take it away from us. Such shameless riding on our coattails."

"Calling me shameless, huh?" Fade mocked. "Let's get this clear. You were unable to fight against the guardian beast. If it wasn't because of me, you would have been killed by it."

"What's more, Baylor himself too mentioned about giving up on Frozen Snow Flower," he said as he directed his gaze at Baylor.

Suddenly, Baylor was miffed and he could be seen pulling a long face. He stammered, "Granted, I did say so, but in hindsight, we wouldn't have necessarily been defeated. As a matter of fact, we should be credited for the guardian beast's eventual death."