Chapter 76: Is This a Village Where Monsters Gather?

"Wow!"

A sudden uproar erupted from the crowd.

"It's Tian Ye Wang Wa!"

"Good lad, well done, Little Wa's mama!"

"Damn, is this Tian Ye Wang Wa really that powerful?"

"It took down that giant lizard in one go!"

"What did you expect? You think it only eats bugs?"

"The village chief and the village elders all praise it like that — it's like a guardian deity of our village!"

The crowd began to sigh in admiration.

And Zhu Zhu Yanhua was completely dumbfounded!

Tian Ye Wang Wa!

This kind of phantom beast used to roam the village all the time in the past.

She had naturally heard of it.

A king-rank phantom beast!

Tian Ye Wang Wa!

A phantom beast whose bloodline rank is King.

Two whole ranks stronger than her elite-rank phantom beast.

"Croak croak!"

What shocked Zhu Zhu Yanhua even more!

In the distance, beside that enormous Tian Ye Wang Wa.

Two slightly smaller frogs were leaping about cheerfully.

King-rank bloodline phantom beasts!

And ones like Tian Ye Wang Wa, a phantom beast nearly extinct.

In this plain, unadorned village.

There were actually three of them?

Looking at their manner.

They seemed to be creatures guarding this village.

Clearly already living in harmony with the village's people.

"You see that? Back then when my Bingo got eaten, I didn't hold a single grudge!"

"I even risked my life to protect it — see? Now this is its repayment!"

"Keep bragging — you were the one screaming the loudest back then!"

"Still, it was Little Xuan with the eye for talent, keeping the Tian Ye Wang Wa around!"

"Damn, Old Deng, exposing my past like that — I'll fight you to the death!"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing — hurry up and carry this giant lizard's corpse back!"

"Now we'll have plenty of meat to eat!"

"They say eating high-rank phantom beast meat can boost beast-taming power too — maybe we'll even get a shot at becoming advanced beast tamers!"

"That's right, I've got to feed my little Tiger more — who knows, maybe he can go study in the city someday!"

"Study, my ass. I'd say just learn from Little Xuan — he looks pretty capable to me!"

…

"Little girl, it looks like your injury just now wasn't quite right!"

While the crowd cheered.

Only Uncle Zheng helped Zhu Zhu Yanhua up.

He had clearly observed the strange condition on Zhu Zhu Yanhua's body just now.

It was much like the curse he'd suffered from Direiji before.

"It's nothing, just a minor ailment!"

"I bet you were hit by something from a powerful phantom beast, which caused what just happened, right!"

Uncle Zheng laughed.

"How did you know!"

Zhu Zhu Yanhua was a little surprised.

Surprised that Uncle Zheng had guessed the cause of the Ink Spirit Fire on her body in one go.

"What on earth is going on with this village!"

"A king-rank phantom beast guarding the rice fields, and an ordinary old uncle instantly recognizing that my injury was caused by a phantom beast!"

On the surface, Zhu Zhu Yanhua was only mildly surprised.

In her heart, waves were already surging.

"Indeed, this injury of mine was caused by a phantom beast!"

"An old ailment!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhu Yanhua felt a little sad.

Her body had been hollowed out by the Ink Spirit Fire.

She probably couldn't last more than three months at most.

No — not even one month.

"Didn't you go find a beast-tamer physician for treatment?"

"I did, but it was no use at all!"

This problem—Zhu Yanhua had naturally sought out many physicians.

But every single one of them was helpless.

In the end, one physician finally pointed out that this was the Scourge of Ink Spirit Fire caused by Banbylla.

It could only be cured with the sap of Ink Spirit Grass.