Chapter 233

"Oh, it seems you already have an idea in mind, Shijie." Wang Yu smiled slightly.

"Brute force definitely won't work. If the demonic beasts inside are provoked and destroy those few Blood Origin Mushrooms, we will have worked in vain.

I happen to have a few numbing pills specifically for dealing with demonic beasts. As long as we prepare some bait and sprinkle it on, we can easily take down the demonic beasts inside." As Ximen Mei spoke, she took a small bottle from her bosom and poured out a black pill.

"I have a piece of meat from a Qi Refinement Perfection demonic beast I killed; it can be used as bait." Seeing this, Wang Yu also took a piece of flesh from that strange python out of his storage bag.

Because this piece of flesh had been kept on ice, it had become rock-hard.

Wang Yu only slightly circulated his cultivation art, and red light flowed over his hand, instantly unfreezing the meat with high temperature, even making the surface slightly charred and emitting a faint meaty aroma.

This was only because the Small Mi Yun Banner talisman treasure could even conceal their aura; otherwise, it would have immediately alerted the things in the underground cave.

Ximen Mei was overjoyed to see this. She hurriedly took the meat, crushed the black pill in her hand, and it fell onto the meat as powder, turning into a transparent liquid that sank in and disappeared without a trace.

"This pill is a top-grade beast-numbing pill I exchanged for with quite a lot of contribution points from the sect's medicine hall. Although it is only a non-ranked pill, even if a Qi Refinement Perfection demonic beast eats it, it will fall into a deep sleep for a day and a night. It is incomparably powerful." As Ximen Mei spoke, she placed the meat directly onto the mechanical dragonfly in front of her, flicked her wrist, and urged this mechanical puppet toward the entrance of the cave.

This time, because there was no other mechanical dragonfly projecting the scene, the two could only watch from afar as the puppet slowly flew into the cave.

A moment later, Wang Yu noticed that the control bracelet on Ximen Mei's wrist trembled, and then a layer of faint yellow light emerged.

Only then did Ximen Mei nod at Wang Yu, staring at the cave entrance with a solemn expression.

After a full cup of tea's time, there was still no movement in the cave, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Let's go, let's go over and take a look. Be careful and keep your figures hidden." Ximen Mei finally said this to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu naturally nodded repeatedly.

Following this, the two quietly walked toward the cave entrance. After pausing slightly outside and seeing that there was still no abnormality, they walked in.

What came into view was a huge cave covering an area of more than half a mu, but only a small area near the entrance allowed one to see the ground clearly; the area behind was filled with white, misty water vapor.

Through this mist, one could vaguely see water shimmering inside, and pleasant sounds of flowing water could be heard.

The two swept over all of this, their gazes entirely attracted by a small, strange beast lying on the ground ahead.

This strange beast had a flat body, no more than three feet long, but the front half had four limbs, looking like an enlarged gecko, while the back half had a long, hooked tail, resembling a scorpion.

At this moment, this strange beast was snoring soundly on the ground, its eyes tightly closed, and beside it lay two shattered mechanical dragonflies.

"What kind of demonic beast is this? Does Shijie know?" Wang Yu circled the demonic beast a few times and asked Ximen Mei in surprise.

"I have also heard of this kind of demonic beast for the first time; perhaps it is a hybrid." Ximen Mei looked at this demonic beast, also full of astonishment.

"A hybrid? Does Shijie mean the mutated demonic beast born from the crossbreeding of different demonic beasts?" Wang Yu clearly knew about hybrid demonic beasts and immediately realized upon hearing this.

"Correct. Hybrid demonic beasts are much rarer than ordinary mutated demonic beasts. After all, ordinary mutated demonic beasts are just individual mutations within a common demonic beast group.

Hybrid demonic beasts are a new type of demonic beast born only when two completely different kinds of demonic beasts interact and infect each other with yin and yang; they usually have some special talents." Ximen Mei looked at the sleeping beast on the ground and made a clicking sound, clearly also seeing a hybrid demonic beast for the first time.

"Hybrid demonic beasts are indeed very rare. If it were normal times, I would definitely capture it alive and bring it back to the sect, but in this situation, it doesn't seem very suitable to do such a thing.

After all, a demonic beast that hasn't been tamed will struggle desperately when locked in a spirit beast bag, and it might even break free from the spirit beast bag's restraints and run out directly." After Wang Yu's thoughts turned rapidly, he frowned and said.

"Shidi is right. The matter of the Blood Origin Mushrooms is more important. Let's kill this beast; otherwise, if something goes wrong halfway, not only will we be unable to bring the Blood Origin Mushrooms back, but you and I might not be able to leave this mountain range alive.

Shidi, you do it." Hearing this, Ximen Mei felt a chill in her heart and immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing Ximen Mei say this, Wang Yu naturally wouldn't be polite. With a flip of one hand, a blue-red long blade appeared in his hand. After carefully looking at the seemingly slender neck of the strange beast on the ground, a cold light flashed, and he raised his hand and brought the blade down.

With a "puff" sound.

The strange beast's head rolled to the side, and a stream of green blood sprayed out from the headless neck.

Seeing this, Ximen Mei beside him let out a light breath, her expression relaxing, just as she was about to say something more to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu's expression sank, and after his figure blurred, he moved horizontally several feet away. A faint black shadow pierced through the spot where he had originally been standing.

The headless body of this strange beast had actually suddenly swung its hooked tail from the back half and stabbed over directly.

Ximen Mei was greatly shocked. Glancing over, she realized that the strange beast's head, which had already been severed, had opened its blood-red eyes at some point and was staring fiercely at the two of them.

In such a situation, this beast had not died immediately.

At this moment, Wang Yu's figure flickered, and he pounced over again. The blue-red long blade in his hand shook, turning into dense blue-red blade shadows, covering the strange beast's body and head underneath.

Amidst the "chi-chi" sounds of wild slashing, the strange beast's head and body instantly turned into a pile of meat paste, to the point where its original shape could no longer be discerned.

Only then did Wang Yu put away the long blade in his hand and look at the strange beast's remains by his feet again, but the next moment, his expression changed drastically.

He saw that the large pool of flesh and blood on the ground was actually squirming on its own, and dense blood threads appeared on the surface, rapidly intertwining and growing. In the blink of an eye, a blurred, brand-new strange beast body was vaguely visible.

This time, without waiting for Ximen Mei to say anything, Wang Yu flipped one hand, and the blue-red long blade in his hand disappeared. At the same time, he formed a seal with one hand, chanting words, and suddenly pressed down with one palm, pressing exactly onto the strange beast's head, which was already vaguely visible.

With a "boom" sound.

A layer of pale red light shield emerged on his palm, covering the entire strange beast within it.

The next moment, twelve pale red spirit patterns appeared on the surface of the light shield, and crimson fire surged out from within, making the nearby void feel unbearably hot.