Chapter 253: Beast Egg

Chen Mo shifted his stance, his long blade dancing in a beautiful arc, smooth as could be, as it sliced across the tiger demon's neck.

He followed up immediately with a leg sweep, a beautiful, sweeping kick.

"Awoo!"

The wolf demon whimpered; the gap in strength between it and Chen Mo was too vast.

With a single strike, its body was kicked into two pieces, and the shattered flesh splattered like a rain of blood.

Seeing this, the last demon race member no longer hesitated in the slightest and turned to flee.

How could Chen Mo give it the chance? He stepped forward, leaped into the air, and brought his long blade down.

It pierced straight into the wolf demon's spine, and with a follow-through slash, the wolf demon's lower body was cleaved in two by him.

Scalding, hot blood surged, spilling across the entire earth.

Chen Mo stepped back; he had slain these three demon creatures with an unstoppable momentum, yet he remained completely unaffected, not even a single drop of blood splattered onto his body.

The second reason is that if they encounter a large number of Huantian Alliance Martial Artists, they can simply flee.

With her strength, she is indeed capable of hunting the giant beasts of the third layer of Wan Beast Valley.

"What are your plans next?" After checking the spoils, Chen Mo finally turned his gaze toward Lin Pingyan.

Chen Mo's slaying of the three demon beasts sounds complex, but given his cultivation and strength, it happened in the blink of an eye.

To see if she can trade with other Martial Artists later.

Each of the three demon creatures had a Storage Bag, but there were no weapons or magic treasures inside the Storage Bags.

Do not be fooled by how easy and simple it is for Chen Mo to hunt these giant beasts; that is built upon his formidable strength.

"Many thanks to the senior for saving me." Being able to enter the Return Ruins, Lin Pingyan's cultivation was naturally not poor; she quickly reacted and hurriedly bowed to thank Chen Mo.

On the other hand, because of the power of their true forms, they gradually abandon the use of weapons.

This is far safer than the arduous task of hunting those giant beasts.

And as time passes, their harvest is very likely to become increasingly bountiful.

Even as the demon race's strength gradually increases, after Shape Transformation, they can refine their own bodies, turning them into natal magic treasures.

While it is true that trades can be made after leaving Hundred Beasts Valley, the Wanfa Spirit Fruit Lin Pingyan currently possesses was also obtained in the third layer.

It is roughly the same as the number of internal laws in the spirit fruits I possess, so exchanging them this way is more convenient.

Hunting will also be easier; after a beast tide, the harvest might be even greater than in the third layer.

For one, the traps they set allow them to seize the initiative, and by plotting against the unsuspecting, they can launch sneak attacks.

It is just that Chen Mo cannot be certain now whether it was because these three demon creatures lacked strength, or if they simply had not brought their natal magic treasures into the Return Ruins.

"Many thanks, Senior." Lin Pingyan bowed again in thanks.

Lin Pingyan did not hide anything regarding her plans for the future.

She understood that with Chen Mo's strength, there was absolutely no need for him to travel with her.

As for the remaining twelve, he put them into another Storage Bag.

Looking at it this way, the nineteen pieces these three demon beasts managed to collect is already a very large harvest.

Instead, she would settle for the next best thing and head to the second layer, where she is fully capable of dealing with the giant beasts there.

"No matter, since I recognize you, then of course I should lend a hand."

If one were truly severely injured, it would be equivalent to completely missing this outbreak of the beast tide.

Lin Pingyan still wore a look of shock; everything had happened too fast, and she was a bit slow to react.

"I am also preparing to head to that Teleportation Array to continue deeper into Wan Beast Valley; since we are going the same way, let us travel together," Chen Mo said upon hearing this.

Chen Mo examined the nineteen Wanfa Spirit Fruits one by one; seven of them belonged to the Yin and Yang Five Elements, which he could use himself.

"I do, this junior has two spirit fruits, which are of the Earth and Fire attributes respectively."

"Although there are more harvests in the third layer of Wan Beast Valley, it is also more dangerous; hunting the giant beasts here is a bit difficult for this junior."

If it were any other Martial Artist, up to this point, being able to harvest two or three Wanfa Spirit Fruits would be considered quite good.

However, aside from lacking natal magic treasures, these three demon creatures carried many heavenly treasures with them; not only that, Chen Mo also found nineteen Wanfa Spirit Fruits.

If it weren't for their bad luck in encountering Chen Mo this time, they definitely could have used this method to secretly harm several more Huantian Alliance Martial Artists.

The other party is traveling alone, so his speed would only be faster; the reason he wants to travel together is to look after her.

"Replying to Senior, this junior is planning to head to the Teleportation Array within this valley to reach the second layer of Wan Beast Valley via the array."

Not only that, but not hunting giant beasts and instead targeting Huantian Alliance Martial Artists is even safer.

"A small matter. Do you have any Wanfa Spirit Fruits of the Yin and Yang Five Elements? I can trade other Wanfa Spirit Fruits with you," Chen Mo asked immediately.

No wonder these few demon creatures had to set traps to lure Huantian Alliance Martial Artists; the harvest from doing so is indeed faster than the hard work of hunting giant beasts.

But not only is it difficult, if she were to encounter those rarer and more bizarre giant beasts, with her strength, she would either die or be severely injured.

This is also normal; as the demon race, they are not naturally skilled at refining pills or weapons.

Chen Mo waved his hand, not caring at all, and walked to the side of the three demon creatures' bodies to begin a careful search.

Lin Pingyan hurriedly took out two Wanfa Spirit Fruits; she did not hesitate and handed them directly to Chen Mo.

"What attribute of Wanfa Spirit Fruit do you need? Let me see if I have any," Chen Mo said, putting them into his Storage Ring without checking, and then asked.

"Replying to Senior, this junior needs a Wanfa Spirit Fruit of the Thunder attribute; I wonder if you have one, Senior?" Lin Pingyan replied immediately.

"I do." Chen Mo nodded, feeling slightly surprised inwardly; he had not expected that the cultivation art Lin Pingyan practiced was of the Thunder attribute.

This type of cultivation art is overbearing and masculine, and the difficulty of practicing it is quite high, but if one can master it, its power is naturally far superior to cultivation arts of the same rank.

He found two Thunder-attribute Wanfa Spirit Fruits and handed them to Lin Pingyan, but she only accepted one.

"If Senior hadn't intervened earlier, this junior would surely have met with disaster. Let this extra Wanfa Spirit Fruit serve as a token of thanks to Senior."

Her tone was calm as she spoke with a smile.

Seeing this, Chen Mo did not say anything else, accepted the spirit fruit, turned around, and signaled for her to follow him.

The two walked the whole way, and the remaining hundred miles could be considered safe.

Chen Mo did not delay much time on the road, nor did he deliberately seek out other giant beasts.

Thus, after only a moment, the two arrived near this Teleportation Array.

Only the Martial Artists of the Huantian Alliance are aware of this place, because only they possess a rough map of it.

The demon race does not usually set foot in the Hundred Beasts Valley.

Even if they occasionally step in once, they have no way to draw a map.

Because after every Guixu Storm, the world within the Hundred Beasts Valley changes significantly.

The Huantian Alliance has sufficient manpower and time to point out a rough map after every storm, while the Wanyao Alliance does not have this convenience.

"Let's go." Chen Mo called out one last time, and Lin Pingyan followed closely behind him as he stepped into this Teleportation Array.

It is called a Teleportation Array, but in reality, it is not; this place is also covered in endless fog.

It is just that the information provided by the Huantian Alliance records the detailed path.

If one continues to go deeper, it is actually simple; one just needs to step forward and walk.

If one wants to return to a higher level, it is slightly more troublesome, requiring one to constantly change their position, as if walking in a maze.

If someone unaware were to fall into this place, they would only be guided to the deeper layers of the Hundred Beasts Valley.

Chen Mo is going deeper, so he only needs to keep walking forward.

Lin Pingyan also entered this place, but just like when they entered the valley earlier, although the two stepped in at the same time,

after entering this place, they were instantly separated.

Chen Mo walked forward, the fog before his eyes becoming increasingly dense; at first, he simply could not see the scenery outside.

In the end, he even felt that he was completely wrapped and swallowed by the fog.

Stimulating his five senses here was also completely useless; he could not even see his own hands, only the infinitely dense fog.

Walking forward for another moment, the view suddenly opened up.

Lush trees almost covered the entire land; there was nothing else before Chen Mo's eyes, only tall tree after tall tree, each over ten zhang high.

These trees were uniform and neat, each looking almost identical.

Tall and straight, they shot straight into the sky.

Below the trees were countless low shrubs, connected in patches, resembling a green lake.

And further below were countless wild grasses.

The wild grass grew wildly, over half a foot high.

Stepping down, it could cover the entire sole of a foot.

Chen Mo walked forward cautiously; with just one glance, several giant beasts came into view.

It seems the number of giant beasts on this fourth level is indeed much higher than on the third level.

Not only that, judging from their size, their strength should also have improved.

Chen Mo put away his long saber and took out his Giant Hammer, leaping toward the few rhinoceros giant beasts in front of him.

These rhinoceros giant beasts had thick skin and flesh, making them quite strenuous to slaughter.

Even using a blunt weapon, Chen Mo had to strike them repeatedly two or three times to kill them completely.

There was no help for it; these giant beasts looked like rhinoceroses, but that was only on the outside, and they had no inherent weaknesses.

To kill them, one must destroy most of their bodies or cut them open directly.

Only in this way could the law connections within these giant beasts be crushed, and only then would they be killed and evolve into Wanfa Spirit Fruit.

Collecting the spirit fruit, Chen Mo continued to walk forward.

This time he did not continue to search the surrounding situation; the strength of the fourth-level giant beasts was just right.

If he continued to go deeper and encountered stronger giant beasts, although he could still win, the speed of hunting would undoubtedly be much slower.

This would instead be lowering his own harvest; he would only consider going deeper once the fourth-level giant beasts were completely slaughtered by him.

Chen Mo moved quickly; in just five or six hours, he had killed nearly a hundred giant beasts.

He harvested over ninety Wanfa Spirit Fruit.

Among them, thirty-two were of use to him, and the rest could be used to trade with others.

"Jie! Jie! Jie!" A gloomy laughter suddenly rang out.

Chen Mo reacted instantly, sliding to the right to hide under a nearby tree.

He heard this sound coming from high above, but was unsure exactly what it was.

"Jie jie jie!" Another series of laughter followed, all accompanied by countless sounds of wind.

Chen Mo looked up and saw a giant human-faced monster bird a hundred zhang in the sky.

This monster bird shimmered with a biting chill throughout its body, its cold light seemingly forged from refined iron, and its pair of wings spanned ten zhang when spread.

On the wings were scales the size of millstones, shimmering with cold light.

Most unique was the bird's head; the big bird's face was like a white flour sack, but on this sack, a child had doodled human facial features.

At first glance, it appeared incomparably ridiculous and strange.

"Jie jie jie!" This giant beast could not speak human language, but the sound it emitted was very strange.

Hearing it now, Chen Mo felt it was somewhat ear-piercing.

"Swish!" The giant beast flapped its wings and dived down rapidly.

Its wings were like iron blades; the trees within a radius of several dozen zhang were neatly sliced into two sections.

"Ah!" The giant beast shrieked, the sound waves seemingly piercing Chen Mo's ears and stabbing straight into his mind.

Chen Mo leaped up, his body turning in mid-air, and he instantly arrived on top of the monster bird's body.

But just at this moment, the monster bird abruptly changed its form, forcefully twisting its neck around to stare straight at Chen Mo.

In just an instant, he felt his entire body turn cold as water, and an unimaginable force enveloped him.

"Boom!"

The Qi and Blood within his body surged and resisted incessantly; the giant beast also stopped flapping its wings to fly, focusing its strength and staring fixedly at Chen Mo.

"Rip!" The sound of flesh tearing rang out; Chen Mo recovered, and without using any other means, he plunged his hands into the strange bird's belly and forcibly tore it into two halves.

"Jiejiejie!" Yet this strange bird actually laughed, and Chen Mo even caught a hint of joy in that sound.

Immediately following, the flesh on the strange bird's body seemed to grow tentacles, beginning to heal at an extremely rapid speed.

In a mere blink, its injuries were restored once more.

"Swish!" The strange bird flapped its wings, its speed exceptionally fast.

It had been gliding previously and was now nearing the ground, yet as it flapped its wings to fly, it rose several hundred zhang in just an instant.

Chen Mo took out the Giant Hammer and smashed downward with all his might again, only to hear a bang.

The giant bird's flesh turned into countless fragments, but it no longer continued to resist, turning its head to look at Chen Mo with an extremely complex gaze.

It seemed like joy, seemed like relief, and also seemed like a plea.

Chen Mo rarely saw such a complex look; he remembered the last time was when he was fleeing for his life, having seen it on a person.

That was a very long time ago.

It was just that, logically speaking, this giant beast was a condensation of Heavenly Law; they did not possess true intelligence, nor even spirituality.

The vast majority were merely instinctual will, and many did not even have instinct, acting only according to fixed patterns.

Yet he was now very certain that he had felt emotion from this giant beast.

This type of emotion was rare even in humans.

Logically, it should never appear in this kind of giant beast that only possessed instinct.

The next moment, the flesh on the giant beast dissipated, and Chen Mo instantly ascended to a height of several hundred zhang, his figure like a giant rock, continuously falling downward.

He remained composed, adjusting his state without the slightest panic.

Inner Qi was continuously released, gradually slowing his speed of descent.

The Wanfa Spirit Fruit that the giant bird had evolved into had also long been collected into his hands; this spirit fruit contained the intent of metal and the law of Wind.

It was indeed rare for these two types of law powers to be fused together.

Chen Mo looked downward, and at this moment, he could clearly discover a nest.

This nest covered a very wide area, being several dozen zhang in size.

The nest was built with trees and was oval-shaped overall.

It was deeply embedded in the ground, and under the cover of the endless tombs, it was not easily discovered.

The interior of the nest was also lined with a layer of low shrubs and wild grass, and on the east side, an egg was placed.

This Beast Egg was entirely Qingjin in color, identical to that of the giant beast.

Chen Mo's figure slowly descended, and he examined this Beast Egg, lost in thought.

If his guess was correct, this giant bird should have hoped for him to take this Beast Egg away.

This Beast Egg was highly likely to have been laid by it, and even if not, it definitely carried its bloodline.

But within the Return Ruins, could life truly be born?

Or was it that this egg came from the previous epoch, having survived the calamity of the epoch and been preserved until now?

And although its mother had perished, the remaining law power was still following its instinct to protect its offspring, which was why it had guided him to this place.

That look it gave him earlier was the residual shadow of the will it had left behind.

Or was it that this egg was itself a type of giant beast?

These were of course all possible, but as for the specifics, he would have to explore and see for himself.

(End of this chapter)