Chapter 278: Three Lives, Three Extinctions: Bitterheart Milk

Bang!!

Yunhe swung his claw, smashing open the Giant Rock Stone Monster's fist that was truly larger than a sandbag; the heavy force made him involuntarily step back, but the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader also involuntarily retreated several steps.

Purely in terms of strength, the Giant Rock Stone Monster's strength is still very outstanding; although it is not as strong as Yunhe, compared to most late-stage third-rank demon beasts it is definitely much stronger.

And at this moment, Yunhe's expression was somewhat helpless.

He understood why the Earth-Traveling Ferret, after persisting for over two months, still chose to attack, because this group of stone simpletons are truly simple-minded.

Not only simple-minded, but also reckless.

He hadn't even said anything yet, and this group of Giant Rock Stone Monsters immediately attacked him without hesitation.

At first Yunhe wasn't clear on the reason, but after a few collisions he gradually realized it was likely largely due to his appearance resembling a black tortoise.

The Land Mountain Tortoise is a tortoise, Yunhe is also a tortoise-type, and these simpletons took him to be a subordinate of the Land Mountain Tortoise!

As for speaking.

Yunhe's act of helping them deal with the Earth-Traveling Ferret never even entered their minds; or rather, they still haven't figured out why Yunhe would want to destroy the Earth-Traveling Ferret.

Perhaps they never even considered that if Yunhe were a subordinate of the Land Mountain Tortoise, why would he eliminate the Earth-Traveling Ferret, which is also a subordinate of the Land Mountain Tortoise?

In response, Yunhe still uttered that sentence he himself found rather annoying.

"I harbor no malice!"

"Crack!!"

But his words, the Giant Rock Stone Monster simply didn't hear them; after being slapped back by Yunhe's claw, its fighting spirit was now surging and abundant.

The two green-bean-sized eyes in its stone head stared fixedly at Yunhe, a deep earthen yellow hue surged over its body, and the surrounding rubble, drawn by its demonic power, began to cling to it.

Soon, the already hulking Giant Rock Stone Monster grew even more burly by a few increments.

Against the smaller, agile Earth-Traveling Ferret it couldn't use this move, but facing the similarly large Yunhe, it could unleash it to its heart's content.

The roar sounded again, it strode with heavy steps, like the earth shaking and mountains swaying, once more charging toward Yunhe.

Seeing this, the helplessness on Yunhe's face grew even stronger.

"Oh well, anyway this 'process' must be gone through."

Wanting to subdue a demon beast and make it submit, without beating it into submission is nearly impossible.

Moreover, Yunhe is a late-stage third-rank demon beast, and the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader is also a late-stage third-rank demon beast, making a fight all the more necessary.

"Oh——!!"

Having realized this, Yunhe's eyes sharpened, he raised his head, and without showing weakness let out a roar just the same.

The long cry, resembling a dragon and a tortoise, caused the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader's actions to pause briefly.

In its sight, Yunhe's figure swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye; in barely the blink of an eye, Yunhe's size leapt past that of the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader.

Divine Ability — As You Wish!

He did not intend to use Demon Sense attack.

Although in his view, a Demon Sense attack would certainly inflict an extremely obvious blow on the Giant Rock Stone Monster, with an effect even better than when used on the Earth-Traveling Ferret, he still did not intend to use it.

Because in his view, even if the Demon Sense attack were highly effective, the Giant Rock Stone Monster, with its simple mind, would likely not understand the reason, ultimately leading to this futile effort, and it would still not be convinced.

Dealing with the simpletons, using the simplest and also crudest method will yield the best effect.

So, when Yunhe had grown to the size of a small mountain, he unhesitatingly swung his claw at the Giant Rock Stone Monster.

Moving Mountain!

Thud!!!

Like Mars striking Earth, the impact was the purest clash of force, and the entire area suddenly shook as if mountains were moving!

Waves of ripples spreading from the collision point swept outward, large amounts of rubble and soil layers flew aloft, scattered trees were even uprooted by the roots, and even the bedrock here showed spiderweb-like cracks, subsiding and collapsing.

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader's eyes flashed with surprise; the massive stone fist it had piled up from the attracted debris shattered again into rocks, ultimately turning to powder and scattering under this force's impact, its thick arms slimmed by several loops, and its stature kept retreating with a 'scrape-scrape-scrape' sound.

But this time, Yunhe was no longer so easy to reason with.

Swinging his claw, he had no intention of letting the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader off, and once again closed in.

Moreover, this time the claw he swung had greater momentum and greater might!

Moving Mountain!

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader, having barely managed to stabilize its stature with difficulty, saw this and its eyes changed drastically; it had no choice but to raise both arms to block.

Boom!!!

This time the force of Yunhe's claw strike was stronger; the rocks on the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader's body turned directly into powder, without even having time to become stone fragments.

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader was even blasted straight away!

You must know that its body is entirely constructed of special stone, its strength and weight are immense.

The Giant Rock Stone Monsters nearby, witnessing this scene, all became agitated.

"Oh!!!"

But Yunhe suddenly turned his head, his gaze fierce and eyes sharp; a single roar actually made them dare not act rashly, because their leader had not summoned them—this was a 'fair' contest.

After driving back the Giant Rock Stone Monster horde, Yunhe flickered and arrived before the blown-away Giant Rock Stone Monster leader; before the latter could even get up, he again unhesitatingly swung his claw.

Another tremendous roar sounded.

"I've said it before, I harbor no malice, no malice, no malice."

Yunhe, while muttering, swung his claw and forcibly pressed the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader to the ground, rubbing it wildly.

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader didn't know how long had passed; it only felt its whole body was about to fall apart, and only then did the heavy pounding sensation finally sink in.

Immediately afterward, it felt itself being easily grabbed up, then tossed in some direction.

Bang!

After it landed, now in a sorry state, it finally saw the Giant Rock Stone Monsters gathering around.

"What tenacious vitality!"

Looking at the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader that had shrunk several circles, Yunhe once again came before the Giant Rock Stone Monster tribe.

At this moment, the entire Giant Rock Stone Monster tribe's gaze toward him held a few more points of fear.

Because their leader was defeated openly and aboveboard, the opponent used no technique, or more bluntly, was blown apart by punch after punch straight on.

Though they disliked the earth-traveling ferret-type creatures that held a size advantage, they felt little hatred or rejection toward Yunhe's straightforward, head-on fighting style.

This is the Giant Rock Stone Monsters' way of fighting.

To put it bluntly.

After all, the Giant Rock Stone Monsters are still a kind of demon beast, believing in supremacy of strength.

"Now, can we talk properly?"

Yunhe looked down from above at the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader and transmitted his voice.

And the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader, supported by his tribesmen, shakily rose to his feet.

Looking at Yunhe, it finally spoke.

"You are strong."

Upon hearing that, Yunhe smiled.

Very good.

Finally we can communicate; that makes things easy.

He maintained his posture, lowered his head to approach the Giant Rock Stone Monster, and slowly said, "Do you submit?"

"Submit!"

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader's blunt answer left Yunhe stunned.

His expression became slightly strange.

It seemed he still thought of the Giant Rock Stone Monsters as somewhat complicated?

Their "simple-mindedness" comes from the bone.

Thinking this, Yunhe took a slight breath and again asked in a low voice:

"Are you willing to submit?"

This time, the Giant Rock Stone Monster also froze, staring blankly at Yunhe.

Just as Yunhe tensed his body, preparing for this group of iron simpletons to possibly rebel again, the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader heavily nodded and said:

"Submit!"

Yunhe: "."

So. Why couldn't Lu Shan Gui subdue this group of stone simpletons?

Actually, Yunhe doesn't know.

Lu Shan Gui also never expected that this group of Giant Rock Stone Monsters would be so "simple".

As a fourth-level being who has already undergone the tribulation of transformation, Lu Shan Gui, when facing third-level demon beasts, has an innate sense of superiority.

This point, human cultivators cannot escape either.

Therefore, when Lu Shan Gui tried to subdue this group of Giant Rock Stone Monsters, he basically didn't lift a finger.

He merely felt that relying on his fourth-level demon beast's "hegemonic aura" would easily subdue other third-level demon beasts; in fact, many of his subordinates were subdued this way, at most promising them some benefits.

Of course, this also has a considerable relation to his not-yet-healed serious injuries after undergoing the tribulation at that time.

Lu Shan Gui himself didn't even move; wanting to subdue this group of single-minded Giant Rock Stone Monsters was of course impossible.

However, even if Lu Shan Gui had made a move, he wouldn't have dared to exchange blows with the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader like Yunhe did; instead he would have relied on his fourth-level demon beast's power to forcibly suppress them, and whether that would make the Giant Rock Stone Monsters submit is still uncertain.

That is to say, Yunhe's battle just hit the Giant Rock Stone Monsters' "taste".

Just that.

Such a straightforward subduing process, even Yunhe has never experienced before.

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader swayed as he rose to his feet, faced Yunhe, and lowered his head.

And behind it, the Giant Rock Stone Monster tribe, nearly a hundred of them, all in unison lowered their heads.

Just like stone statues.

Yunhe rubbed his chin.

The result was unexpectedly smooth, but why does he feel unsatisfied?

It feels like the power he had been building up for a long time, brewed for an extremely long time, finally landing a punch on cotton.

After a good while, Yunhe slowly exhaled.

"Forget it, as long as the result is good."

He patted his storage bag, took out two healing elixirs, and in the Giant Rock Stone Monster leader's bewildered gaze, stuffed them into its hand.

After thinking, Yunhe still reminded, "This is to be eaten."

"Oh."

The Giant Rock Stone Monster leader was not surprised by the elixir's medicinal fragrance, nor did he think much of anything else; he honestly stuffed the two elixirs into his mouth.

But soon its eyes lit up, gazing fiercely at Yunhe, and in a deep, resonant voice it said, "Delicious!"

Yunhe rubbed his temples.

I don't know why, but he now feels that if he brings this group of Giant Rock Stone Monsters back to Huanhu Dao, communicating with them will become a major problem.

"This problem... might as well be given to the monkey, after all it's now practically a Huanhu Dao 'instructor'; let it worry about it."

Thinking that, he instantly felt much lighter.

"By the way, why is this place"

As Yunhe's words left his mouth, meeting the Giant Rock Stone Monsters' honest gaze, his mouth twitched, "Forget it, I'll look myself."

His divine sense had already scanned this place countless times; if he could simply find a clue through his divine sense, that would also be simple.

But he probably also had some direction.

The secret of this place ought to be underground.

After Yunhe pondered slightly, he performed the Earth Escape Technique and sank downward.

Although the soil and rock layers here are very hard, greatly affecting the Earth Escape Technique, that does not mean one cannot descend; it merely consumes more mana and is relatively slow.

Moreover, the more important point is.

The shattered stone blade forest here did not appear out of nowhere; the deeper he went underground, the more Yunhe could feel a sense of metal's sharpness and keenness, giving him a faint sense of threat.

But contrary to that.

Within this sense of sharpness, Yunhe also felt the place's spiritual energy growing ever stronger, as if it were substantive spiritual energy!

Bearing that sharp feeling, he continually descended, and finally he slowly approached the place where the spiritual energy was strongest.

When he saw that small pool of deep earth-colored liquid, Yunhe's eyes lit up.

"Three Lives Three Extinction Bitter Heart Milk?!"

But he also noticed that within that deep, milk-like liquid, there was a small piece of rusted metal, faintly visible.

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