Chapter 523: A Bountiful Harvest (Third Update, Seeking Everything)

Hiss—

The Hydra's eyes bulged, its entire body's tendons and bones were snapped, and there was not a single part of it that did not ache, as it endured immense agony.

Round-and-Round was still sprawled on its body, as if treating it like a snakeskin rug; even while being pressed down by Round-and-Round like this, the Hydra showed signs of being unable to bear it.

The Hydra had not yet caught its breath, but before it could recover its mobility, a massive shadow loomed over it.

Round-and-Round rolled straight off the Hydra's body, and then, under the Hydra's gaze of extreme terror, the giant tree-man raised its massive right foot and stomped heavily onto the Hydra.

Crack—crack—

A sound like popping beans rang out; the Hydra's tendons and bones were snapped throughout its body, and like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, no matter how it struggled, it was to no avail.

The next moment, the giant tree-man shifted to support itself on its right foot, leaving its left foot suspended in the air, concentrating all its weight into the right foot.

The weight of several hundred tons crushed the Hydra, causing it to suffer pain that could not be described in words.

Xiao Mu wanted to command his remaining Demon Pets to save the Hydra, but they were all entangled by Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets and could not break free for the moment.

Xiao Mu himself had no way out either, because due to the One-time Thunder Bead, his Mental Power had been mostly consumed, and he could not cast the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Secret Technique for the Hydra again.

At the same time, he only had one One-time Thunder Bead in his possession.

Crack—

A crisp cracking sound echoed throughout the arena; the Hydra's spine finally snapped, and it was immediately ground into a large mass of flesh and mud by the giant tree-man's single foot, with only two heads spared.

Although there was a rumor that it could not be destroyed unless all nine heads were destroyed, in reality, as long as the snake body supporting the Hydra was trampled into flesh and mud, the same goal could be achieved; after all, the snake body was its source of power.

Pfft—

The moment the Hydra died, Xiao Mu threw his head back and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his originally calm Consciousness Sea began to tremble.

Xiao Mu was, after all, on the path of a Sixth-Rank Expert, and his control over his Consciousness Sea was stronger, which weakened the backlash to a certain extent.

Before Xiao Mu could take out an Alchemical Pill, Li Zhangsheng directly buffed Adai with Bloodthirsty Frenzy.

Roar—

Adai's eyes instantly turned blood-red, with only a final sliver of clarity remaining; blue veins bulged all over its body like green snakes, and its massive frame, already in the state of Giantization, became even larger, its height surging to fifty meters.

In an instant, Adai extended its massive right claw and grabbed down from a high vantage point toward the scarred Mountain Giant.

Attacking against Adai, who possessed the Eternal Indestructible Body trait, the Strong trait, and the Life Aura, even with the Mountain Giant in the state of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, it still could not pose much of a threat to Adai and was instead suppressed by Adai, suffering no small amount of injury.

At this very moment, Adai received the blessing of the Wind Speed Aura, which raised its speed by a notch; coupled with the Bloodthirsty Frenzy state, the Mountain Giant tried its best to dodge, but unfortunately, its movement speed could not keep up with its consciousness at all, and it was immediately grabbed through the chest by Adai.

A giant claw easily pierced the Mountain Giant's proud physical defense, emerging directly from the back of its heart, and in the claw, it held a heart that was thumping wildly.

This Mountain Giant's heart was very large, but unfortunately, it could still be grasped in one of Adai's claws.

The Mountain Giant stared with wide eyes, revealing a gaze full of pain, and let out a death-rattle scream from its mouth; its voice was filled with intense agony and unwillingness, and like a golden mountain collapsing and a jade pillar toppling, it fell heavily to the ground.

Its limbs twitched violently a few times, and then it had no more signs of life.

The turn of events happened too quickly, catching Xiao Mu off guard; Xiao Mu, who had just put a Soul-Nurturing Pill into his mouth, had not yet had time to swallow it, and his Consciousness Sea, which was already in turmoil, became even more turbulent.

Pfft—

Xiao Mu spat out another mouthful of fresh blood, and even that Soul-Nurturing Pill was spat out of his mouth along with it.

"Huff, huff!"

Xiao Mu's chest heaved violently; he knew very well that the situation was settled, and if he continued, he would be exhausted to death by Li Zhangsheng.

"Only by surviving is there hope!"

Xiao Mu had no choice but to change his mind; as long as he told Dou Yuanbin what had happened here, he believed he would not continue to let Li Zhangsheng grow.

"Go!"

After seeing the situation clearly, Xiao Mu maintained his composure, and under his command, the Golden-Eyed Roc flew over.

Not far away, the Thunder Cloud Panther barely broke free from Aixi's entanglement and rushed toward Xiao Mu, while the Bright Heavy-Pupil Bird desperately entangled Aixi.

The Green Dragon and the Red Li Bird were also trying their best to entangle their opponents; they had decades of affection with Xiao Mu, and none of them retreated, swearing to give Xiao Mu a chance to escape even at the cost of their lives.

Under the desperate entanglement of these three Lord-level Demon Pets, precious time for Xiao Mu to escape was bought.

Xiao Mu jumped onto the Golden-Eyed Roc and wanted to flee toward Qiu City with the Thunder Cloud Panther.

"Xiaoyu, it's time for you to shine!"

As Li Zhangsheng's words fell, the sound of tearing fabric rang out; the Frost Jade Rabbit forcibly burst through the Breath-Restraining Backpack, turned into a streak of light, and rushed toward Xiao Mu at an extremely fast speed.

What the hell?

Before Xiao Mu could see clearly, the Thunder Cloud Panther, anxious to protect its master, took the initiative to meet the Frost Jade Rabbit.

"No!"

When Xiao Mu sensed the aura of the Frost Jade Rabbit, his expression changed drastically, and his eyes were filled with despair, because the Thunder Cloud Panther was his Life-Bound Demon Pet, and the consequences of its death would be unimaginable.

However, it was too late for everything at this moment!

The Thunder Cloud Panther, which had already been severely wounded, how could it be a match for the Demon King-level Frost Jade Rabbit? There was almost no hope of survival.

The Thunder Cloud Panther's body crackled with electric sparks, looking like a majestic Thunder Tiger, and it quickly collided with the Frost Jade Rabbit.

At the moment the two were about to make contact, the Frost Jade Rabbit performed a front flip; while completing the evasion, the moment its head was facing downward, its cheeks puffed up high, and it sprayed a stream of Ice Breath, which instantly hit the Thunder Cloud Panther.

Under this strike, the Thunder Cloud Panther did not even have time to scream before it was directly frozen into a lifelike ice sculpture.

The Frost Jade Rabbit landed lightly on the ground, watching Xiao Mu, who was full of despair and fear not far away, with great interest.

"Ah!"

The Thunder Cloud Panther was frozen to death, and Xiao Mu curled up on the ground, clutching his head in pain with both hands; it felt as if his brain had been instantly pierced by countless steel needles, and a pain that could not be described in words filled his body and mind.

Xiao Mu's seven orifices began to bleed, his facial features twisted, looking like a fierce ghost, full of hideousness. His crotch was even soaked, and a foul, pungent smell began to permeate the surroundings.

"I... don't want to die, and I... cannot die... ah!" Xiao Mu said word by word, staring at the firmament with dull eyes, and breathed his last with unwillingness.

Xiao Mu was the Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan and the only Sixth-Rank Expert of the Xiao Clan; it would inevitably be demoted from a Famous Clan to a County Gentry, and other forces would be like sharks smelling blood, greedily devouring the Xiao Clan's industries; how could the Xiao Clan, with only one Fifth-Rank left, stop them?

Fortunately, the Xiao Clan was the maternal clan of the current Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince Dou Yuanbin; with them there, there would be no crisis of extermination, but a significant weakening was certain.

In this way, Li Zhangsheng's goal was achieved; the Xiao Clan, with its strength greatly damaged, could barely take care of itself, so how could it still stand for Dou Yuanbin? Dou Yuanbin's momentum would inevitably be weakened; this was a certainty.

After Xiao Mu died, his Demon Pets suffered the backlash one after another.

Boom—

The green dragon slammed heavily onto the ground; the backlash from the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Secret Technique and Xiao Mu's death directly cost it its life.

Chirp—

Not far away, the Light Double-Pupil Bird let out a painful cry and fell straight from the sky, its tendons snapped and bones broken, struggling as it tried to stand up.

Before it could stand up again, Kailan controlled the treant to extend its remaining left hand, and a huge shadow descended, grabbing the Light Double-Pupil Bird straight away.

Crack!

The giant treant's left hand closed, emitting a hair-raising sound; streams of blood sprayed out from the gaps in the hand, and the Light Double-Pupil Bird was crushed to death by the treant before it could even let out a scream.

Li Changsheng hurriedly used his Mental Power to catch the blood, and together with the corpse of this Light Double-Pupil Bird, he could roughly gather a jar of Spirit Essence from a Chongming Bird to provide for the Light Blessing Bird's next evolution.

Not far away, the falling Red Li Bird was pierced by one of Adai's claws, dead as could be.

Caw—

Not far away, the Golden-Eyed Roc endured the backlash and stood up from the ground, trembling.

Before the Golden-Eyed Roc could spread its wings to fly high, Aixi pounced on it and bit down on the Golden-Eyed Roc's neck.

The Golden-Eyed Roc struggled, but in its current state, it could not exert much strength at all.

Crack!

Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone fracturing, Aixi bit through the Golden-Eyed Roc's fragile neck.

In a short five minutes, Xiao Mu and his seven Demon Pets were all killed.

This battle ultimately ended with Li Changsheng's victory.

Soon, all the spoils of war were piled up in front of Li Changsheng.

This time, a total of seven Demon Pet corpses were harvested; the more precious ones were the corpses of the Thunder Cloud Storm Tiger, the Light Double-Pupil Bird, and the Golden-Eyed Roc, as well as the Treasures they carried.

Among them, one was a Top-Grade Treasure, and the rest all reached the category of Advanced Treasure.

Nether Eye: Top-Grade Darkness-type Treasure, increases the power of Darkness-type skills by 50%, comes with Nether Eye, ignores the influence of dark environments.

This Top-Grade Treasure was rather useless to Li Changsheng, as after all, Heiye already possessed the Dark Vision Aura, but Li Changsheng still gave it to Heiye to carry; after all, it could at least slightly improve Heiye's strength.

With the help of his Demon Pets, it took less than ten minutes for Li Changsheng to preliminarily process the corpses of these seven Demon Pets and store them into his Space Ring.

From Xiao Mu, Li Changsheng obtained a Space Ring, a piece of Dragon Scale Armor, and a Yellow-Skinned Gourd.

This was a piece of Dragon Scale Armor made from the Dragon Skin and Dragon Scale of a green dragon; it had no impurities and was entirely green, looking somewhat horrifying.

Li Changsheng secretly grumbled that this Dragon Scale Armor might have been crafted by Xiao Mu using materials harvested from his own green dragon.

After putting down the Dragon Scale Armor, Li Changsheng picked up the Yellow-Skinned Gourd; it looked quite ordinary from the outside, but from the feedback of his Mental Power, he could feel a strong energy fluctuation.

(End of this chapter)