Dual Cultivation God Returns-Chapter 835: Creature

Chapter 835: Creature

They suddenly heard a loud roar that seemed to shake the very air itself.

“See? There’s differences… there’s no way there is a 3rd-tier Profound Grade Demonic Beast on this island outside”, Wu Long made a wry smile, not sure if he’s happy showing them the evidence in this particular way.

A mid-sized beast rose into the air, flapping its wings under the eyes of the beauties. Gong Liwei and Cai Yin showed horrified expressions while Hong Yue narrowed down her eyes and leaned her head and pose forward, her crimson eyes starting to slightly glow in the shade her forehead and white hair created.

The reason Gong Liwei and Cai Yin showed such a reaction, though, was because the beast did not look ‘normal’.

Its shape distantly resembled a toad, but with elongated back part and underdeveloped small back legs, as if partially keeping the shape when it was a tadpole, the massive thick tail ending with a large sword-like spike.

But while its shape did look remotely familiar, animalistic, it gave off an impression of being unnatural, because of the particular way its flesh was formed in lumps and sunken in parts, and its skin being pale, ill color, with various uneven protrusions and holes, giving off an impression of a semi-decomposing creature.

There were also hardened scales on its back, with a dorsal spine of sharp spikes going from the back of its head to the end of the tail, and its forward legs, from the elbow down were formed into wings, that were shaped a bit like bird wings but as if melted into one mass with a sharp edge of hardened scales and a few claws protruding at the ends.

The beauties postponed asking questions, however, as Wu Long’s figure instantly flashed with arcs of lightning and with a Guandao Spear in his hand rushed toward the ‘Demonic Beast’.

The beast reacted, rushing forward as well, but making a maneuver to evade collision at the last moment, intending to leave Wu Long to its side where its attack power was the highest.

A few clashes of the sharp wing or the tail-end spike and the Guandao Spear followed, as the beast was much faster than Wu Long, and his figure was thrown back a bit after each clash, as the beast circled around him, rushing from several sides.

The beauties realized they could not keep up with the battle with their eyes, also realizing, that a 3rd-tier Profound Grade beast equalled an Essence Ignition Realm practitioner, meaning its physical attributes, the most powerful asset of beasts, were amplified the most at that stage, far more than it was for humans.

“Fairy Cai Yin, would you like to try?”, Wu Long’s sound transmission reached Cai Yin who first widened her eyes, and then filled them with determination as she nodded.

“Yes, Valley Master Wu”

“Good, this beast might be strong, but is extremely vulnerable to Soul Power. Normally, with your difference in cultivation it would be a tall order even if it is a weak point for it… but I think you can manage to stun it”

As he was speaking with sound transmissions, Wu Long was calmly handling the beast, allowing it to believe it was playing with its pray.

There was some accumulated internal damage in his arms as he held the Guandao Spear with both hands, but that was negligible. He could have used skill to divert the power, but he intentionally took some of it onto his muscles.

Cai Yin put her hands together, connecting the tips of her delicate thin fingers while keeping the thumbs separate from the rest, forming an inverted diamond shape and closing her eyes in concentration.

Her long pinkish-red hair stopped being swayed by the powerful winds coming from the battle, and only gently moved as illusory, almost ghostly, white strands of smoke-like energy started slowly appearing around her.

Her gray eyes with a hint of blue hue in them then opened as the same gentle white light subtly lit them, and the strands of white smokey energy suddenly streamed toward the beast.

The beast suddenly stopped being responsive, only momentum carrying it toward Wu Long, who smiled, and slightly changing position, with a densely concentrated Sublime Spear Qi on the edge of the Guandao Spear made a graceful motion to make a deep cut in the beast’s throat, the Sublime Spear Qi proceeding to cut deeper and deeper even as the blade passed, and Wu Long was already behind the beast, who veered off and began falling, crashing down below with a big cloud of dust and small debree.

“Very well done”, Wu Long praised, “You’ve saved me a lot, and I mean a lot of effort”

It wasn’t just lip service, as really fighting that beast to kill it would have been quite an arduous task, that could even somewhat affect his future performance in the Secret Realm in terms of Spiritual Qi expenditure. Instead, he finished it off with barely any effort, and a fraction of Spiritual Qi he would have had to spend fighting it, receiving only the smallest amount of damage he aimed at getting.

Cai Yin’s eyes lit up as she inwardly almost began hopping on the spot from happiness. It was the first time she was able to really help in a meaningful way.

“Do be careful though, as this one specifically was vulnerable against Soul Power, but not all of them are”, Wu Long warned so that she wouldn’t try to repeat this feat on a beast which would get agitated and attack her ignoring Wu Long.

She nodded with understanding in her eyes. She obviously would have to learn to discern which targets were susceptible to her attacks, and which weren’t but for now, she was just content with helping Wu Long while following his instructions of which beast or person to target and when to stay back.

“Are there beasts that are more powerful in Soul Power than physically though?”, she then curiously asked.

“Yes, in fact, we are far more likely encounter those in this realm due to its nature, than in the outside world. The chances go up significantly. And if we do, it’ll be lucky for you”, he chuckled, as he moved toward the fallen creature.

“But… why does it look like that?”, Gong Liwei asked as they went down to extract its core or anything else of value.

“It’s because this is not exactly a real World so to speak”, Wu Long explained, “These creatures aren’t really Demonic Beasts, but something that exists exclusively in this Secret Realm, and maybe other Secret Realm like it elsewhere. Though they’re mostly still called Demonic Beasts for simplicity, even if they’re different”

He then cut it open, a putrid acidic smell filling with surroundings, and using wires that immediately started rusting at the contact with the slimy liquid, took out a core which had hollow parts in it, almost like a ball of interconnected roots.

“See? Even it’s core is not normal” he added, showing the grotesque looking thing held by wires, some of them begginning to tear, to the three beauties, only belatedly realizing they were no longer as interested in seeing the creature up close, floating a bit away from him.

Cai Yin and Gong Liwei slightly squirmed at the sight of the core. Even Hong Yue, while not showing as strong as a reaction, chose not to look at it for too long.

He made a wry smile, realizing that they were fleeing from the horrid smell and the sight of the creature cut open, and hiding the core in his Spatial Ring after wrapping it up in talismans, flew up to join them, leading them in the direction from which the creature appeared from.

Wu Long could already sense the presence of a Yin-attribute natural treasure right after the creature appeared, since it was likely shielding the treasure with its own aura.

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He led them straight to it, eventually breaking into a small cave, where a lone flower with dark mist floating around its petals sat in the middle of a little island amid shallow water.

“Night Tears Orchid”, Wu Long’s eyes lit up at the sight of the treasure. If the Yang-attribute treasure was of equal value, it was even better than he imagined.

All three ladies felt a powerful Yin aura emanate from it, as Wu Long approached it and taking out a small jade garden shovel carefully dug it out, storing it in a jade box.

This time Wu Long did not need to worry about preserving the Alchemy Ingredients and ensuring more would grow in the future, as this Secret Realm was born anew and died with each sun cycle, so there was no continuity to worry about.

“Now then, shall we go more thoroughly explore North from here, moving toward the elevated plateau of the Emerald Falls City?”, Wu Long then chuckled, as the business he came here for was done, the three ladies nodding as they turned toward the mainland again.

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