CHAPTER 400: CHAPTER 395 HAVE A SECOND CHILD! A FISHING MAN’S GAIN! _1

Fifth-Order Magical Beast?

Jia Ren, observing its momentum, knew the White Deer Demon was definitely not as simple as just being in the Nascent Soul Early Stage. Unlike the immovable Tree Demon, the danger of dealing with a Divine Transformation Period Demon Beast was extremely high. Risky business must be absolutely avoided!

Jia Ren swiftly entered the Mountain and Sea Pearl, using the effects of the Bewildering Spirit Bead and Mirror Flower Divine Moon to hide his own spiritual energy.

With its child stolen, the God Transformation Level White Deer Demon’s anger soared, vowing to tear the thief of its child into a thousand pieces. Although it couldn’t sense the enemy, it could feel that the person who stole its child was nearby. Its body lit up with white light, and where the light passed, countless wild grasses grew frenziedly, as if they had come to life, searching everywhere for the suspicious target. The wild grass touched the Mountain and Sea Pearl, treated it as a rock, and overlooked it. So close at hand, yet it didn’t see it.

Jia Ren knew he hadn’t behaved honorably in this affair and felt guilty in his heart. He cut off a large chunk of Holy Infant Carp’s flesh and sprinkled the liquefied Ancestor Beast Holy Pill on it. Jia Ren left the Mountain and Sea Pearl and quickly threw the flesh out. "The first baby is gone, time to have a second one!" This was the only compensation he could offer the White Deer Demon. The Holy Infant Carp improved the offspring and its own abilities, while the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill helped it revert to its ancestry. If it had a second child, its abilities would far surpass those of the White Deer it had taken away.

The White Deer Demon sensed a thread of qi that was barely perceptible and was about to lock onto the target. A craze-inducing scent wafted out, and the White Deer Demon, no longer caring about its missing child, locked its gaze onto the chunk of meat painted with the elixir. What’s the disappearance of a child compared to the resources for one’s own advancement? Protecting its young was just an instinct; its only purpose was to ensure the growth of its offspring.

The appearance of the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill threw the dense forest into a frenzy of Magical Beasts. Every beast within a hundred miles seemed to have gone mad, swarming towards the source of the exotic fragrance. The Deer Demon reacted swiftly, swallowing the Monster Beast Meat in one bite and quickly leaving the area. It needed to find a secluded location to properly digest this stroke of fortune.

Although the White Deer Demon was not a carnivorous beast, it could not resist the fragrant taste. Combining this with the sound it had heard earlier, the intelligent White Deer Demon vaguely sensed something. Was the meat precious? This was exchanged for its child!

Jia Ren, having thrown the Holy Infant Carp’s flesh and the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill, didn’t concern himself with the outcome and ran desperately towards the distance. Taking away the little White Deer and giving the White Deer Demon a chance to advance was all he had in mind; anything beyond that was beyond his consideration.

No sooner had he fled for tens of miles than a terrifying demonic presence rose into the sky, as a Magical Beast more powerful than the White Deer Demon charged frantically over. This was a Black Wolf Demon, its aura surpassing that of the White Deer Demon. The Black Wolf Demon had a clear target, heading straight for the White Deer Demon that had swallowed the elixir.

The two were natural enemies, and the White Deer Demon always avoided conflict with the Wolf Demon, not daring to engage in battle. Having swallowed the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill this time, although not reaching the Fifth Rank Late Stage, its bloodline was on the verge of ancestral reversion, and it needed to find a place free from disturbance to digest it. The White Deer Demon had no time to waste. Once the reversion began, it would be powerless to resist, at the mercy of the Black Wolf Demon’s slaughter. Only by inflicting heavy damage on its natural enemy would it stand a chance.

Two powerful presences collided head-on. A vast amount of nature’s spiritual energy converged towards the area, as a thousand-foot tall shadow of a giant deer coalesced in the sky. The spiritual power giant deer charged towards the Black Wolf, trampling all the plants and trees in its path, and forcefully ramming into the Wolf Demon with an unstoppable force.

Faced with the collision, the Wolf Demon did not yield in the slightest. It knew the White Deer Demon was tough to handle, that no matter how severe the injury, as long as it wasn’t fatal, it could recover completely. Plus, with its astonishing speed, there was no chance of killing it. If it allowed the Deer Demon to escape smoothly, it would be difficult to deal with later, and most importantly, the opportunity for advancement would slip away.

The Black Wolf Demon’s eyes were blood red and its fur gleamed with a dark luster. It leaped forward, plunging headfirst towards the giant shadow of the spiritual power deer.

BOOM!

The Black Wolf Demon, like a mosquito being swatted away, was instantly sent flying by the giant deer. Its body was covered in wounds, bones dislocated, bleeding unceasingly.

The White Deer Demon hadn’t expected such a result and a human-like astonishment appeared in its eyes. The strength of the Black Wolf Demon was far beyond its own. If not for its healing ability and incredible speed, it would not have survived this long. If it couldn’t evade this strike, it would have methods to mitigate the damage and didn’t need to clash head-on, which was too abnormal.

There must be something amiss for things to be so abnormal, sensed the White Deer Demon, feeling a sense of impending crisis from the unknown, and accelerated its escape into the distance.

The Wolf Demon, lying in a pool of blood, stood up, its bones crackling, and its eyes burning with a bloody luster. It chased after the Deer Demon, moving so fast it couldn’t be seen by the naked eye, its speed several times greater than that of the White Deer Demon. The speed of which the White Deer Demon prided itself was utterly crushed by the Black Wolf Demon.

Bloody wolf eyes appeared on the left side of the White Deer Demon; two bright, sharp wolf fangs pierced its neck, embedding deeply within. A blood-streaked Black Wolf materialized out of thin air, its jaws clamped tightly onto the White Deer Demon, refusing to let go.

What kind of Divine Skill is this?! Jia Ren had intended to leave the area, not wanting to get caught in the battle between the two Divinity Transformation Level Magical Beasts. But the fight between them was over quickly; it had started abruptly and ended just as abruptly. Jia Ren hadn’t gone far before he saw two entangled figures.

The White Deer Demon was female and lacked antlers, making it difficult to counterattack. She struggled on the ground, dragging the injured Black Wolf Demon across the terrain, attempting to shake it off. Unfortunately, once the Black Wolf Demon bit its prey, it would never let go, its fangs snapping through the neck bones. A faint sucking force came from the Wolf Demon’s mouth, the White Deer Demon’s power uncontrollably flowing into the mouth of the Black Wolf.

The White Deer Demon’s vitality was tenacious; a broken neck could not take her life, and she certainly wasn’t about to surrender without a fight as a rich aura of vegetation surged. When she had rolled around earlier, the seeds of the vegetation that had attached themselves to the wounds of the Black Wolf Demon began to take root and sprout at an astonishing rate. The seeds burrowed into the body of the Black Wolf Demon as if alive, drilling into its flesh and blood. In a short while, the Black Wolf Demon turned into a Wooden Wolf Demon, its body covered in flowers and trees, with the thickest fruit tree among them beginning to bloom and bear fruit. The situation inside its body was even graver, with the plant roots, bolstered by the power of the White Deer Demon, piercing through like arrows, continuously wreaking havoc inside the Wolf Demon, targeting its heart.

Before its desires could be fulfilled, the monster’s power had already been completely drained by the Black Wolf Demon, leaving not a trace behind. Along with the power, the White Deer Demon’s life had been taken as well. She could only let out a final wail as the light in her deer eyes faded, turning to a dead grey.

Only then did the Black Wolf Demon release its mouth, its eyes filled with ruthless fatigue. In order not to let the White Deer Demon escape, it had deliberately taken a heavy hit from the great deer, only to use its Innate Divine Ability: Revenge. The more severe the target’s wounds, the more terrifying the power that burst forth. Indeed, it had gambled correctly; utilizing the power of the Divine Skill to get close to its target, it unleashed the pinnacle strike of its wolfish life. Just one strike was all it needed to deal with the nuisance that had troubled it for so long.

The fascinating scent hidden within the flesh and blood of the White Deer Demon—if it could devour it, it would undergo a transformation. The ordinary Magical Beasts lurking around posed no concern, as they could not threaten it.

Jia Ren looked at the Black Wolf Demon feasting on the corpse of the White Deer Demon, his heart having mixed feelings. He had stolen the little White Deer, inadvertently leading the White Deer Demon to pursue them. The intention of the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill was to compensate the White Deer Demon, but he had not expected her to die at the jaws of a wolf. If it hadn’t been for him, the White Deer Demon’s family might still be living in peace. This thought left Jia Ren with a sour taste in his mouth. Kill the Black Wolf Demon!

Had it been before, Jia Ren would never have entertained such a thought, let alone take the risk. Having gone through a life-and-death struggle with the Deer Demon, it had sustained serious injuries, its combat power far from its peak. This was the best chance to kill it.

"Silver Moon Yaksha!"

Over one hundred and twenty Silver Moon Yaksha appeared, and the black lunar corona elevated Zhang Peng Peng to a Golden Body Moon Corpse. No matter how many Silver Moon Yaksha there were, they did not make the Black Wolf Demon, which was busy feeding, feel threatened—until the emergence of the Golden Body Moon Corpse made it stop its feast. Its crimson wolf eyes fixed on the potent aura dozens of miles away.

GROWL!

The Black Wolf Demon’s mouth opened slightly to reveal its snow-white and sharp wolf teeth, as if facing a formidable enemy. It was a warning to the adversary, attempting to scare the target away. Its condition was poor, not even one-tenth of its peak condition. Had it been like before, the Black Wolf Demon would have made a quick escape upon seeing the bad turn of events. Having hunted its prey with difficulty and consumed less than one-tenth of it, especially flesh linked to its advancement, how could it possibly miss out?

Magical Beasts at the Divinity Transformation Stage had a strong recovery ability. With the influence of the White Deer Demon’s power gone, the threat from the plants decreased. As time passed, the wounds gradually healed, and the longer it was dragged out, the more unfavourable it became.

Zhang Peng Peng did not bother with probing but quickly pounced towards the Black Wolf Demon. Before she arrived, the invisible Yin Sha Silk struck first. The Yin Sha Silk could be soft or rigid and, with a swing, turned into a spiderweb and fell. The lethal web tightened layer by layer, gradually constricting the flesh covered in flowers and plants.

The Black Wolf Demon, with its body restricted, struggled to break free from the web of death. The Magical Treasure of the Late-stage of Soul Transformation was tough and sharp. Not only did it fail to break the confinement, but it caused the Yin Sha Silk to penetrate deeper into its flesh and blood. Besides being tough and sharp, the Yin Sha Silk was incredibly toxic; the wounds gradually turned black, contaminating the Demonic Blood.

AOW!

The Black Wolf Demon was in extreme pain, its eyes reddening again, showing an abnormal crimson hue. The Innate Divine Ability, Revenge, was activated once more. It exploded with a power several times stronger than before, shattering the web of Yin Sha. The Black Wolf Demon, free from its bonds, was like a tiger out of its cage, suddenly biting at Zhang Peng Peng. Its speed and explosive force, with the boost from the Revenge Divine Skill, were on a completely different level from before.

The fetid breath of the wolf’s mouth rushed at Zhang Peng Peng, whose expression did not change as she swung her fist down hard. Wolf teeth as thick as two men embracing were knocked out by a single punch, and before Zhang Peng Peng could continue, she was bitten by the Black Wolf Demon. The golden shine on her skin dimmed, the skin that had not been broken by the Man-Eating Flower Demon now tore open, and corpse blood flowed freely.

Devil Devouring!

The Black Wolf Demon decisively activated another Innate Divine Skill, draining the target’s Spiritual Power. The next moment, the wolf’s eyes revealed a human-like astonishment. When had the dead Deer Demon’s body ended up in its mouth?

The Black Wolf Demon was slightly stunned, only to see Zhang Peng Peng on the side of the deer corpse, their positions having mysteriously switched. It spat out the deer carcass and hurriedly bit at the other side where Zhang Peng Peng was. The next moment, it changed again. The mouthful it had taken turned back into the deer carcass, and the one it had spat out had once again become Zhang Peng Peng.

The Black Wolf Demon froze. For a time, it did not know whether to spit out the body in its mouth. Is it toying with me? Which one is real, and which is fake?

Before the Black Wolf Demon could take any action, its massive wolf head was sent flying. The wolf carcass, headless and gushing with wolf blood, crashed heavily to the ground.