Chapter 170: Beast King Territory (Seeking Subscriptions)

Du En did not care about the gazes of others; he simply hoarded meat and spirit materials in silence, rapidly replenishing his stock.

When they stopped to rest at night again, he cooked and then cultivated, following his routine.

"Huh? This poisonous toad can actually be made into spirit food... Well, fellow Daoist, you are truly admirable; to think you could eat it without changing your expression."

Meng Changqing saw Du En take out the toad meat he had obtained first during the day and start making spirit food, so he curiously asked for some. After tasting it, even though he was well-informed and experienced, he couldn't help but wrinkle his face into a bitter gourd.

The taste was too strange!

Should one say it was unexceptionally disgusting?

"If you find it disgusting, you can throw it away. No need to care about my thoughts; I don't really pay attention to such etiquette or formalities."

Having anticipated this, it was just a bowl of disgusting spirit food, after all.

"But at least it can account for seventy or eighty percent."

They demarcated their territories, their spiritual intelligence gradually clearing, and they had begun to pay attention to their living environment, so they would find ways to disperse the pervasive miasma and poison, thereby making their respective territories clear.

Only.

In the giant mushroom forest, clusters of mushrooms crowded against each other, bringing layers of shadows.

Arriving here at this moment, the miasma and poison were no longer so thick, gradually becoming thin.

After all, they were both at the same realm, both merely Tier 2 Beast Kings, so naturally, they would have the heart to challenge each other.

Regarding this, because these demonic beasts delivered themselves to his door for free, saving him the trouble of finding them, Xiang Tao, who lacked supplies and spirit materials, was happy to see it and would often feign weakness slightly.

If it weren't for the bloodline connection, and the fact that they had indeed grown to Tier 2 in just a few short years, proving they were his own cubs, he would have already been unable to hold back from giving them a fierce lesson with a leopard paw!

"Woo..."

It appeared before its four cubs at some unknown time, its pitch-black pupils filled with a look of dissatisfaction, believing that these four pieces of trash still hadn't learned how to hide their aura after so long, truly not resembling its own cubs.

The remaining twenty or thirty percent, of course, was because Xiang Tao needed the flesh and blood of demonic beasts to wickedly nourish his Evergreen Wood, so how could he not feign weakness to lure them in?

Another leopard roar sounded, and the Shadow-Forest Leopards trembled, hurriedly retracting their gazes and shrinking their heads, appearing submissive and fearful.

That's right, just like them, honest and dutiful, focusing on their own jobs!

Fu Yong held this thought.

But it was also because of Xiang Tao that they always liked to drive lower-level demonic beasts, and even direct-subordinate demonic beasts, to cause trouble for the outpost camp.

Deep in the mountain forest, a leopard roar rang out.

A subject dies for the humiliation of their lord!

Well, actually, it wasn't that serious.

Because the owner of this roar was not one of those four Tier 2 early-stage Shadow-Forest Leopard cubs that had just grown up, but the Beast King of this mountain forest, a Tier 2 peak-stage prime Shadow-Forest Leopard King.

This sign made Du En speak: "Although I don't think it's a problem for you, it is still necessary to give a reminder: ahead is a Beast King's territory."

As for whether this would get other patrol guards killed?

It could only be said that he didn't care at all; if they died, they died. Dying around the camp was just right for adding a bit of fertilizer.

With the steady improvement of his cultivation, his stomach had also gradually deviated from the norm; having eaten so much just now, it was only slightly bulging, and one couldn't tell at all that he had just swallowed a vat of stewed toad.

Seeing him like this, Meng Changqing sighed inwardly, feeling that he shouldn't have been fooled by Du En's expressionless, as-always demeanor. Now, although Du En had said that, he couldn't really throw it away, could he?

"Awoo!"

"I guessed it."

They were pitch-black and deep, and at this moment, they seemed to come alive, starting to make movements.

In this point, there was actually the influence of the outpost camp.

They had already penetrated deep into the south. Under Du En's guidance, they had conducted a blanket search for spirit materials. He participated in the gathering and appraisal, and surprisingly, in a short time, he maxed out the proficiency for this stage, reaching the new stage of "small accomplishment."

This was the reason why there were always demonic beasts attacking patrol guards on the patrol line of the outpost camp, and why they weren't afraid of Xiang Tao, who was at the Foundation Establishment peak-stage; it was also why the old patrol guards were all dressed in beast-hide armor, like wild bandits.

"So that's how it is. You know it so thoroughly; did that Camp Master Xiang tell you?"

No, it wasn't that the shadows had come alive, but that the living creature crouching on the shadow had moved.

During the previous Great Cold Wave, because the leopard pack and the Leopard King were unable to look after themselves and could only barely take care of the cubs, their mother could only mingle with other Tier 1 demonic beasts, head north together, and then never return.

Du En replied calmly. Seeing that the other guards had already backed away and no one would come to ask for a bowl, he began to sweep through the food like a whirlwind, eating rapidly and stuffing the entire pot—or rather, the massive vat—into his stomach.

A single sentence from Du En left the group, who had been listening to the ecological trivia with great interest, feeling somewhat bewildered for a moment.

The four leopard cubs, which were exceptionally young among demonic beasts, were currently very afraid of their father.

Ten feet at the shoulder, nearly two zhang in body length; beneath the dark, shadow-like fur were bulging, well-developed muscles. Demonic power circulated within them, appearing active, and with the movement at this moment, a faint aura immediately dispersed.

However, Fu Yong's dissatisfaction had now gradually climbed to its peak.

It was mainly because, thinking about it now, Du En hadn't done much, yet he had gained a pile of benefits for free. Although in the eyes of him and the others, they were all worthless goods, still, they had spent half the day as if they were working for him—it was simply outrageous!

It absolutely could not end like this; he had to make him suffer a bit, understand his position, and then honestly do his own job!

That's right, it was precisely by referencing the outpost camp that dispersed the miasma that they were imitating it deep in the old forest.

The other party could choose not to pay attention to etiquette, but he could not. Therefore, out of his own persistence, Meng Changqing still finished the bowl he had asked for.

Because the previous Xiang Tao could be said to be the most powerful Beast King in the southern border mountain forests in these hundred years, other Beast Kings would unconsciously learn from the other party's strengths, and the management of their territories was the same.

"Awoo!"

He didn't have a bitter gourd face this time; after all, the previous one was completely caught off guard.

Within the mushroom forest, there were other Tier 1 and Tier 2 Shadow-Forest Leopards. Feeling this leaking aura of demonic power, they subconsciously turned their heads to look.

Because the spiritual energy environment was limited, it was basically impossible for Tier 3 demonic beasts to be born, so in the depths of these vast mountain forests, it was the world of Tier 2 peak-stage demonic beasts.

A Beast King, that is, a Tier 2 peak-stage demonic beast.

It was four Shadow-Forest Leopards.

Then, time arrived at one week later.

However, the Leopard King didn't miss them much afterward; it turned around and found several more various female leopards, filling its mating group, and spent all day doing nothing but eating, sleeping, or mating.

This made the four of them live as if on thin ice, trembling with fear, being extremely cautious, and harboring murderous intent toward that group of Tier 1 and Tier 2 female leopards.

(End of chapter)