Ye Fan: ???
"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome," the little demoness said, raising her small fist. "Just tell me who your enemies are, and I'll help you get revenge!"
Ye Fan nearly face-planted upon hearing this.
The little brat had quite the nerve, didn't she?
His enemies?
If she went, she wouldn't even be enough to stuff its teeth...
The little demoness's words reminded Ye Fan of something.
In a past life, he'd had a minor misunderstanding with Hades.
Hades had suspected he'd been cuckolded and then, coincidentally, caught Ye Fan at his own home.
Ye Fan had been beaten terribly that time and had even fled the Underworld...
Ye Fan felt so wronged!
It was just that he had happened to be passing by, and had absolutely nothing to do with the matter...
The one who had given Hades a different hat was that scoundrel Lucifer...
Then there was a life when Ye Fan was delivering pills to Emperor Qingji Immortal, and unfortunately, he encountered Emperor Qingji being assassinated.
Ye Fan was then chased for nearly half the Immortal Realm...
Such unlucky events were endless, and Ye Fan felt he could open a factory just for bad luck...
"Save it," Ye Fan said, tossing the harvested poisonous herbs into his ring. "I'm taking these back to cook with."
"Does it taste good?" the little demoness immediately asked, her eyes shining.
Shānjī and Xiāngjiāo Jūn perked up their ears.
"I don't know," Ye Fan shook his head. "I've never tried it before."
Ye Fan was now in the standard position of being barefoot and unafraid of those wearing shoes.
Since he no longer cared about life or death, he would definitely try it.
If the effect was good, he could enrich his palate in the future. If he was poisoned to death...?
Thank heavens for that!
"Shānjī," Xiāngjiāo Jūn said to Shānjī with an embarrassed expression, "We're not starving anymore. In the future, please, don't eat shit..."
Shānjī: ???
What the hell!
Brother Jiāo, did you misunderstand something?
An hour later, the group arrived at a cave.
After taking just a few steps inside, they saw a large crowd of cultivators rushing towards them.
At a rough estimate, there were at least two to three hundred people, their faces filled with terror.
Chasing them was a demonic beast more than ten feet tall.
The leading cultivator was holding a colorful egg the size of a human head, which seemed to be the reason they were being pursued.
Some cultivators with lower cultivation levels were quickly left behind and torn to shreds by the enraged demonic beast.
In the blink of an eye, the cultivators in front had already flown past Ye Fan and his companions.
The demonic beast spread its wings, and countless feathers transformed into streams of light, following them.
"Puff puff puff puff puff!"
Large numbers of cultivators were pierced through by the feathers and fell to the ground in despair.
Then, the feathers continued towards the remaining people without losing speed...
"Since only one person stole the egg, why didn't the others run in different directions?" Xiāngjiāo Jūn asked in confusion.
"The demonic beast is already in a killing frenzy," Ye Fan explained. "Anyone within its sight deserves to die."
"Bang!"
A dark shadow suddenly fell from the sky, landing sprawled in front of Ye Fan and his companions.
Exquisite hairpins and earrings.
Fiery red lips.
A goose-yellow robe...
And...
Those stubborn, unyielding chest and leg hairs...
That's right.
It was Baihuā Xiū, the cross-dressing cultivator they had encountered at the auction—
Ye Fan couldn't help but exclaim: What a coincidence...
"Hiss—!"
Baihuā Xiū gritted his teeth and climbed up from the ground, then froze.
"It's you?"
"We meet again," Ye Fan replied with a chuckle.
"Brother, don't be silly and happy, run!" Baihuā Xiū said in terror. "If you don't run now, you'll be finished!"
He had personally witnessed how terrifying that demonic beast was, and the people present were no match for it!
It was all that bastard's fault!
Why would you go and steal a demonic beast's egg like that!
You've practically gotten me killed!
"Pfft!" The last cultivator's chest was pierced by a feather, and he slumped to the ground weakly.
The egg in his arms rolled to the side.
The demonic beast spread its wings and flew over, inspecting the egg closely.
After confirming its child was unharmed, the demonic energy emanating from the beast seemed to weaken slightly.
However, the beast did not leave. Instead, it stared at Ye Fan and his companions with bloodshot eyes.
Ye Fan and his group were fine.
The mother and daughter duo, who had been background characters, had already fallen to the ground in fear, curled up and trembling.
Their cultivation was too low, after all.
At this moment, they felt as if their throats were being choked, and even breathing became difficult...
"We're finished..." Baihuā Xiū said in despair. "We can't escape this time..."
Then, Baihuā Xiū looked at Ye Fan, seemingly about to say his last words.
Perhaps "last words" wasn't quite appropriate, as they were all about to die.
Perhaps he just wanted to say something before dying to avoid any regrets...
But when he saw Ye Fan and the others' expressions, he was completely stunned.
Not only were Ye Fan and the others not showing any signs of fear, but they were even curiously observing the demonic beast!
"Do you know what kind of demonic beast this is?" Ye Fan mumbled.
Ye Fan could only vaguely tell it was a bird-like demonic beast, but he didn't recognize its specific species.
At least, he had never seen it before.
"Don't know," the little demoness and the two demons shook their heads in unison.
"But it doesn't matter," Ye Fan said, patting his stomach and licking his lips. "We've been running around for so long."
"Steamed? Braised? Stir-fried?" the little demoness asked, her eyes shining as she looked at the beast.
Shānjī and Xiāngjiāo Jūn were even more direct, starting to peel garlic on the spot...
Baihuā Xiū was completely dumbfounded!
They...
Seemed to be discussing how to eat the demonic beast?
Are they crazy, or am I?
Seeing that these mere humans were not afraid, the demonic beast became displeased!
Vile humans, all of you deserve to die!
"Roar—!" The beast opened its beak and let out a sound like a wolf's howl.
"Rumble—!"
Overwhelming demonic energy surged, causing the surrounding cave walls and the ground to tremble!
"Thump!"
Baihuā Xiū immediately fell to the ground, his eyes filled with despair.
It's over...
But the next second, he was dumbfounded.
The terrifying demonic energy lasted only for a moment before disappearing!
"The energy is so chaotic, what kind of goddamn hybrid is this."
The long-lost system voice grumbled in Ye Fan's mind.
The demonic beast blinked in confusion.
What's going on?
Unwilling to accept it, the demonic beast unleashed another wave of terrifying demonic energy.
"It has to be classified and converted, what a hassle."
Any demonic beast with a bit of sense would know that Ye Fan and his companions were strange and that the wisest choice would be to leave.
However, whether it was dazed from giving birth or naturally brain-damaged, the beast did not leave after its two attacks failed.
Then, the beast spread its wings, and countless streams of light shot towards Ye Fan and his companions!
This attack was clearly more fierce and terrifying than before!
Then...
The streams of light stopped abruptly just as they reached Ye Fan and his companions...
Large feathers wavered and fell powerlessly to the ground.
The beast did not give up, raised its wings, and attacked again!
The outcome needed no further explanation, it was still useless.
Second wave, third wave, fourth wave...
"Is this a silly bird?" the little demoness was stunned. "If we eat it later, will we also become silly?"
"I don't think you need to worry about that at all," Ye Fan immediately teased.