Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 619 - 41: A Meaty Hybrid

The Endless Turtle slowly fell asleep, and as the torrent of the great waterfall rushed over it, it drew its head into its shell.

From a distance, it looked like an enormous boulder. The long-eared ancient apes were all the more perplexed as to why the revered Endless Turtle shrank under the waterfall? This was behavior that usually indicated its fear.

It was as though the turtle was terribly afraid of something, and then pretended to be a stone. But this was Sacred Mountain, what could possibly be there for it to fear?

By the next day, that "stone" was still there, having stayed inside its shell for an entire day.

Only then did the long-eared ancient apes begin to understand what had happened to make the eminent Endless Turtle so afraid.

Qiongqi appeared.

Within Sacred Mountain, there was a prison. Imprisoned within were extremely terrifying beasts of this world, as well as some mythical creatures that had, centuries before, chosen the wrong "faction."

Qiongqi had not been incarcerated hundreds of years ago, or rather, it was not its first time being locked up, and this release was not its last.

Along with Taotie as one of the beasts causing chaos across the world, Taotie simply did what it pleased, considered neutrally evil relative to the court, and only occasionally serving to eliminate troublesome adversaries for the Myriad Beasts' Court due to the authority of the judges.

In contrast, Qiongqi was absolutely chaotic evil.

What it enjoyed the most was to interfere in others' battles, killing whichever side had justice on their side or appeared righteous in the midst of the fight.

Whoever was kind to it, it would kill; whoever was seen as great and good by others, whoever had many good deeds in the world, it would destroy.

But for evildoers, Qiongqi might occasionally spare them, depending on its mood. It would even attempt to recruit those who committed great evil.

Breaking promises and being viciously loyal, glorifying slander, the world calls it Qiongqi, the epitome of evil.

Why the Myriad Beasts' Court, which has always represented order in the Myriad Beasts Realm, would raise Qiongqi as a weapon is unknown to all. It's worth mentioning that Qiongqi is not the Judgment Chief; the chiefs of the court are stationed in various places, and though Qiongqi has strength equal to theirs, it is not one of the court's Judgment Chiefs.

The long-eared ancient apes scattered one after another, and when they saw that huge figure in the sky, they all screeched and fled.

The last time Qiongqi appeared was decades ago, its purpose for being dispatched by the court unknown, but it shook the world into unrest.

The form of Qiongqi rather resembled the description in the "Classics of Mountains and Seas - Northern Scripture,", shaped like a ferocious tiger with wings.

However, in color, it was blue leaning towards purple, and in size, it was even more colossal, with wings spread so wide that its figure in the sky could rival even the Xuan Bird, said to be as large as Kunpeng.

From within Sacred Mountain came the terrifying roar of the tiger.

The figure of Qiongqi stood before the Endless Turtle, with its sharp claws resting on the turtle's shell, its expression ferocious.

At the same time, the call of the phoenix echoed through the sky.

This cry of the phoenix cleansed the entire Sacred Mountain of the evil and fear that filled it.

The Xuan Bird appeared not far in front of the Endless Turtle, as if warning Qiongqi not to act in a way that might anger the honorable judge.

Yet, the turtle, that should have been shrinking away, stretched out its head at this moment.

The Xuan Bird was quite surprised, as the old turtle was usually so timid; it sticking its head out was rather odd.

But before Qiongqi could speak, the Endless Turtle spoke first:

"I, thought, that, celestial, malevolence, was, you. But, indeed, it, is, not——"

Watching the lips of the Endless Turtle slowly move, Qiongqi, if not for the judge's authority, would have really wanted to tear the turtle to shreds.

The long-eared ancient apes were quite clever and smoothly conveyed the meaning of the Endless Turtle:

A great calamity was coming to the Myriad Beasts Realm; the Endless Turtle had initially thought perhaps it was merely a misperception, maybe everything was just the unease brought by Qiongqi's stronger presence since its release from Myriad Beasts Jail.

But now it was certain it had not been mistaken; Qiongqi was right before its eyes, and this unease was not coming from Qiongqi.

After listening, the Xuan Bird's gaze became serious. It had assumed the Endless Turtle was merely blustering and making a fuss over nothing, an old creature trying to find some sense of presence.

But now it seemed... there really was some creature awakening.

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Nether Valley, west of the continent, the mining district.

Tang Xian had learned about this place in the travelogues of humans.

This place appeared even more sinister than the White Bone Mountain Range, with huge animal bones strewn everywhere. Countless perfect-level scavengers roamed freely.

In such a place, Tang Xian could still detect the scent of Lei Xiao.

Although he had only clashed with Lei Xiao once, his memory of the scent was firm.

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The scent was faint, as if Lei Xiao had wandered through here. Unable to find where Lei Xiao's lair was, one thing was certain, the direction was right.

Continuing to travel west from Nether Valley, there would surely be some clues.

"In the human travelogues, Nether Valley is a place one must pass through on the way to the ruins of Eden. The descriptions are somewhat exaggerated. In fact, this place isn't really that sinister," Tang Xian said.

Hearing Tang Xian's words, Yuan Mist felt some fear, with bones scattered all around, occasional howls of scavengers, and the rocks that grew bizarrely like spikes, how could it not be sinister?

Tang Xian, seeing Yuan Mist's somewhat frightened expression, understood; the child's other emotions were particularly strong.