CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: DEMON FAMILY

A few seconds later, Wang Wu’s eyes lit up, as if he had tasted a gourmet meal unrivaled in the world. Indeed, the more powerful the little demon, the more delicious its meat.

So he couldn’t even bother to recover the remaining Ice Spiritual Qi and began a gluttonous feast directly in the cold stream.

Because he still needed the residual Ice Spiritual Qi to help him conceal and seal off the scent of blood.

After almost a minute, Wang Wu burped contentedly, feeling too full to eat anymore, yet still craving for more.

The rabbit was indeed fat, especially the rabbit meat, which was tender and firm, not at all gamey, but instead carried a rare, pleasant fragrance that lingered.

In truth, he only ate less than a third.

With his Level 6 Self-Healing rapidly in motion, his satiety level unprecedentedly broke through the 800-point mark.

Because it was too delicious.

"You have consumed a rare, high-quality Essence Food, you’ve gained 100 points of Spiritual Qi, 500 points of satiety, and a 2% growth rate!"

A message came belatedly, in between burps.

Without a second thought, Wang Wu used up the 100 points of Spiritual Qi to upgrade his Danger Perception Talent from Level 5 to Level 6.

Then, once again he utilized a bit of Ice Spiritual Qi to freeze the remaining rabbit carcass into a big block of ice using the stream, and started heading back.

At this point, he could no longer enter Concealment, and the disturbance from the fight was significant, impossible to hide—yet no little demons took advantage of the chaos, proving two things.

First, there were no formidable little demons nearby. Second, this rabbit bandit was notorious, a tyrant in its own right, and no little demons dared to directly provoke it.

Therefore, it would be better to seize the chance to return to the crevice in the rocks and guard his food, which mattered more than anything else.

Subsequently, things went as Wang Wu expected. Though dozens of probing gazes focused on him, no little demon jumped out to rob him.

He eventually returned to the crevice in the rocks without any problems.

However, he could only stuff the frozen rabbit meat inside and remained outside; he really couldn’t squeeze himself in.

Fortunately, with his Life Value recovering, he soon entered the state of passive concealment and began to review this battle.

Although he lost 6 points of Ice Spiritual Qi, the gains were still immense because the rabbit bandit’s remains could at least provide him with 200 points of Spiritual Qi.

This made Wang Wu realize that interacting with higher-level little demons was indeed very dangerous, but the rewards were truly enticing.

——

The night quickly passed, and the light of dawn spread across the sky, heralding a new day.

However, this morning the sky had a thin layer of clouds, seemingly still yet giving off a heavy oppressive feeling despite its light appearance.

The golden sunlight also seemed a bit less bright as a result.

It looked like it was going to rain.

Fortunately, it didn’t temporarily affect the fall of Golden Particles.

As the Purple Gold Three Minutes began, the once dead valley instantly came alive.

Indeed, overnight, a considerable number of little demons had poured in.

But where did they come from?

However, Wang Wu keenly noticed that the little demons coming in this wave were quite powerful.

They had the air of overseas dragons, like that rogue rabbit bandit from last night which left a deep impression on him.

Besides, based on his Level 6 Danger Perception, he also vaguely sensed that there were no fewer than three powerful little demons in the valley now. Yet, they did not appear openly, their presence fleeting like a flash, which indicated they, too, possessed excellent concealment methods.

"Something’s a bit odd!"

Wang Wu found it puzzling, it felt like these powerful little demons showed up too coincidentally.

He needed to be cautious.

At this moment, he crouched motionless outside the crevice, maintaining his Level 7 Passive Concealment state, waiting for the arrival of the Silver Three Minutes.

He still did not plan to compete for the Purple Gold Three Minutes and Golden Three Minutes.

High above the cliffs, as well as on a string of low hills in the valley, unfriendly murderous intent appeared from time to time. The newly arrived little demons were in a state of territorial contest.

But strangely enough, there weren’t many actual fights; none of that quick draw and slashed like those Mantis Blade Masters when they were unhappy.

Clearly, as the little demons’ strength increased, their wisdom also improved significantly, knowing how to avoid the lowest level of internal strife.

As Wang Wu thought, he tried to precisely memorize these murderous traits. It’s undeniable that the Level 6 Danger Perception was quite powerful; it could easily catch any slight movement within a hundred meters round and even pre-emptively sense and mark some very dangerous targets.

The next time he encountered them, he could identify them quickly.

Soon enough, it seemed the little demons from each faction finally completed their territorial confirmation and occupation, and the murderous intent no longer leaked out. Instead, the absorption effect of the Golden Particles was astonishing.

Wang Wu looked up for a few seconds, suddenly feeling something was wrong. He couldn’t care about his Level 7 Concealment status anymore, jumped up, and ran a distance before turning back to look—Oh my, he miscalculated!

Indeed, he couldn’t have anticipated such an outcome.

That is, when the number of powerful little demons increased, the Golden Particles actually became insufficient.

In the past, even though various clans of little demons in the valley competed fiercely for the Golden Particles, only a few could match Wang Wu’s Level 1 Spirit Essence in absorption efficiency.

Like last year’s five White Rats, the Flame Scorpion King, Black-faced Centipede King, the Black Snake Leader, Little Red Bird Leader, and the Big Mountain Cat, just those.

That’s why they could be divided into Purple Gold Three Minutes, Golden Three Minutes, Silver Three Minutes.

But now, don’t even think about it.

On this stretch of low hills, starting from this cliff, there were nearly fifteen little demons not losing to the Flame Scorpion King in comprehensive strength.

This has to include their companions or clans.

Among them, the most over-the-top, was on the north side of the cliff, on the low hill that once belonged to the Black-faced Centipede King, there was a lone Plum Deer. It didn’t appear particularly strong or large, no different from an average Plum Deer, but looked like it was wearing a breathtaking golden glow cloak.

So intense!

It alone had plundered all the Golden Particles within a fifty-meter radius.

Judging by the absorption speed, it could absorb around 50 points of Spiritual Qi per minute.

Even Wang Wu’s Level 1 Spirit Essence couldn’t compare, not even close.

It turns out the Spirit Essence Talent isn’t exclusive to him!

Where on earth did this cheat come from?

With this Plum Deer, there’s just no chance for other little demons to make it. Forget Golden Three Minutes, Silver Three Minutes—none will have a chance.

It’s completely monopolized.

Besides this Plum Deer, on a low hill about three hundred meters further north, another similar dazzling spot gathered, with the golden glow seemingly much brighter.

Lo and behold—damn, couldn’t be seen wrong—that was a Little Wild Boar.

Wang Wu suddenly felt like a small-town scholar who had stumbled into the inner circle of demon second-generation elites.

Of course, the primary reason might be the Iron-toothed Flying Locust Legion.

But suddenly seeing so many powerful little demons emerge is something Wang Wu has to keep an eye on.

So without hesitation, he promptly and rapidly entered Level 7 Passive Concealment, continuing as the lowly Xia Libaxiong, not to compete.

As expected, just like he predicted, there were no more Silver Three Minutes.

The last wave of Golden Particles that fell from the sky was divided and monopolized directly.

Then, the valley returned to its peaceful state, with no little demons making trouble.

Each acted humble and cultured.

Wang Wu didn’t care much about these things, apart from staying alert, he would either eat then sleep or sleep then eat.

From morning till night, and night till morning, besides his routine night trips to the stream for some warmth, he did nothing else.

Surprisingly, the little demons in the valley were also peaceful.

Mostly they moved around at night and even when meeting from afar at night, they wouldn’t come close, prioritizing peace and friendliness.

Wang Wu almost believed a peaceful and harmonious demon society was being established here.

"But something’s not right! What’s the real reason behind this group of beasts?"

"Could it be they’re all demon scholars heading to the capital for examinations, coming for the spring gathering?"

Wang Wu suddenly understood what was going on.

It’s spring now, could it be the two Great Demons of South Mountain and North Mountain are recruiting soldiers!