Chapter 254: Living Beings

Chen Mo's figure was like willow catkins following the wind, drifting down from high above.

Lightly setting foot into the nest, Chen Mo did not rush to approach the Beast Egg.

His footsteps were steady, treading lightly as he drew closer bit by bit.

He reached out his hand to carefully sense the condition of the egg.

Within this beast egg, there was a very clear and distinct aura of life.

This aura was currently extremely restrained, yet it still existed.

A life was gradually gestating within, but the laws of the Return Ruins imposed restrictions; if it remained in the Return Ruins forever, this life could never be born.

Not only that, as time passed and Guixu Storms descended one after another, the life aura within this Beast Egg would be gradually worn away until it died completely.

Chen Mo gently extended his palm to make contact with the dim consciousness of the Beast Egg.

Through the repeated erosion of the Return Ruins, this power had already dropped to an extremely weak state.

However, one could also see from this that if this creature were in its prime, its power would likely far exceed one's imagination.

This powerful being had great strength, but still could not escape the catastrophe of the Return Ruins.

The creature within this Beast Egg might have been extremely formidable in the previous epoch, possessing upon birth a cultivation level that many creatures could not reach even after exhausting their entire lives.

Then this Beast Egg had the hope of being taken away from the Return Ruins and gestated to birth once more.

Furthermore, Chen Mo did not recognize the script of the previous epoch at all; he could only estimate the meaning of these lines of patterns by the fundamental intent of the laws carried within them.

Yet, under the repeated erosion of the power of the Return Ruins, it was already extremely weak.

Chen Mo carefully examined this Beast Egg; aside from the life aura inside, there was a circle of extremely intricate patterns on the outer surface of the egg.

Such a powerful being, combined with various methods, was indeed enough to complete this trial.

It must be said that the Great Ability who condensed this Hundred Beasts Valley had a truly excellent plan for the goal.

Thus, this Beast Egg had remained here all along, and no one had ever been able to take it away.

Then, relying solely on his own strength, it would absolutely not be enough to accomplish this.

It was just that it had not anticipated the terror of the power of the Return Ruins.

Although the giant beasts one had to face might be stronger, one could still hunt a large number of them in a short period of time.

The power of the Return Ruins had almost worn away all of its strength, but there was still endless law power remaining within the Return Ruins to resist the Catastrophe of the Return Ruins.

After looking carefully for a long time, Chen Mo finally guessed the meaning of this Dao Pattern roughly.

Chen Mo examined it carefully; these patterns were left behind by a powerful being of the previous epoch and had since undergone many erosions, with many places becoming completely blurred and unclear.

The conditions set by them might be achievable by powerful beings in the third or fourth layers of the Return Ruins.

As long as one survives the epoch Catastrophe, passing through the tribulation of the Return Ruins without being extinguished.

Only during a beast tide would there be a chance to see the light of day again.

Of course, there must be more than just this one opportunity within this Hundred Beasts Valley; after all, there was not only one top-tier powerful being from the previous epoch who fell here.

Because only such a powerful being could take it away and allow it to grow.

Because at that realm, a Martial Artist could utilize more methods.

But these had no meaning in the first layer of the Return Ruins; here, everyone's strength was suppressed to the Tongmai Realm.

And the Martial Artist who wanted to contact this Beast Egg had to be strong enough.

Then the strength possessed in the third layer would be far greater than his.

All profound methods were likewise suppressed, and some could not even be used.

These patterns were certainly not born naturally, but were engraved upon it by a powerful being.

Then, while he could maintain his peak state there, he would absolutely be unable to achieve the crushing momentum he had now.

And if a Martial Artist of even greater strength, such as the True One or even the In-Charge Realm, were to head to the third or fourth layers of the Return Ruins.

This Great Ability left behind this Beast Egg with the hope that a successor would be able to take it away.

To hunt giant beasts with just this level of strength and reach a sufficient number in a short time was more difficult than a mortal ascending to heaven.

It was just that he could not determine the name of this top-tier powerful being or the specific circumstances.

Only by hunting a sufficient number of giant beasts in a short time, and being able to defeat the giant bird from just before, would one have the opportunity to contact this Beast Egg.

The Hundred Beasts Valley was formed because of this; the countless giant beasts within the Hundred Beasts Valley were all transformed from this Great Ability and the many other Great Abilities who fell here in the beginning.

The situation was not much different from what he had chosen; this Beast Egg was gestated by a top-tier powerful being of the previous epoch.

Conversely, if one lacked the strength and worried about being unable to control this Beast Egg, it was very likely they would find a way to kill it while it was weak, directly refining the bloodline laws within its body for their own use.

If it were not for the fact that Chen Mo's own body had abundant and powerful Qi and Blood, and was not suppressed by the Return Ruins.

Because although the Return Ruins restricted strength, that was only relative.

It was just that wanting to take it away was not easy; under normal circumstances, this beast valley was kept in the very core of the Hundred Beasts Valley.

Chen Mo estimated that even if the creature within this Beast Egg were to break its shell right now, its strength would only be around the Heavenly Human Realm.

Chen Mo currently only had the strength of the Myriad Phenomena; if he were to step into the third or fourth layers of the Return Ruins.

The opportunities left behind were certainly not just one, but he was just lucky this time to encounter one.

There must have been many powerful beings in this epoch who, like himself, had obtained other opportunities here.

Chen Mo continued to examine this Beast Egg; if it were placed in the era of the Ancient Heaven and Earth, he would definitely take this Beast Egg away and cultivate it well.

Even if it could not be fully tamed, raising it to be a guardian Divine Beast for a sect would be absolutely safe.

But placed in the world of today, if he took it away, he would have to face certain risks because of the Mirage Sea.

The previous epoch did not encounter the Mirage Sea, and the powerful beings of the previous epoch obviously could not have left behind methods for their descendants to deal with the Mirage Sea.

If the Beast Egg were to be taken out now, even if it were cultivated within the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, it would still have to face the risk of the Mirage Sea.

Once this Beast Egg was eroded by the Mirage Sea, not only would all his previous efforts be wasted, but he would also have to find a way to resolve it.

Besides, there was also the simplest method, which was to directly refine this Beast Egg and swallow it as a supplement to increase his own cultivation.

It is just that with Chen Mo's current cultivation, refining this Beast Egg is not of much use, and the aura of the laws nurtured within the Beast Egg is also incompatible with what he practices.

After a brief moment of thought, Chen Mo ultimately decided to take it away to nurture it.

If it could truly be successfully nurtured, such a Divine Beast would surely be a great help to him in the future.

For this, a little risk is absolutely worth taking.

Chen Mo lifted the Beast Egg and sent it directly into his own Small World.

Sealing it with World Power, while it cannot be nurtured for the time being, is enough to take it away.

As the Beast Egg was taken by him, this nest began to disintegrate, and in an instant, it completely disappeared without a trace.

And at the very bottom of the nest, a mysterious Treasure Pearl appeared.

This Treasure Pearl seemed to have a spirit, flying directly to Chen Mo's palm.

Chen Mo only held it, and without even refining it, he understood the wonderful uses of this Treasure Pearl.

Inside the Treasure Pearl is a golden deep sea, a vast Divine Sea, with infinite divine liquid accumulating within it.

This divine liquid is named Mysterious Origin Divine Marrow.

It was left behind by a supreme being of the previous epoch, and the reason it was left was to nourish this Beast Egg.

Once it breaks out of its shell, this Mysterious Origin Divine Marrow can be used to nurture the Beast Egg until it can hunt for itself.

Furthermore, it indicated that the quantity of this Mysterious Origin Divine Marrow is vast; even if this Beast Egg were nurtured to its adult stage, it would still be more than enough.

It hoped that whoever took the Beast Egg would not be harsh to its young.

When parents love their children, they plan far ahead for them.

Although Chen Mo had never met the Great Ability who left the Beast Egg, he could still see the love for their young.

After keeping the Treasure Pearl, Chen Mo then set off to leave this place.

Although he was walking aimlessly, it was mainly to hunt giant beasts.

But he would also pay attention to the situation of the surrounding demon race; the harvest from killing the demon race is much faster than his own hard searching for giant beasts.

However, the dangers of this fourth level are far greater than those of the third level.

Even if there are demon race members, they do not dare to show themselves easily, because the giant beasts that appear here are not necessarily opponents they can handle.

On the contrary, the Martial Artists of the Huantian Alliance dare to take action under these circumstances; of course, most still do not dare to hunt the giant beasts here, but instead directly look for opportunities to leave.

In the third or even the second level, they would be like fish in water with their strength.

Chen Mo has been continuously hunting giant beasts here, and he has indeed saved a few Huantian Alliance Martial Artists along the way.

As time passed second by second, the number of Wanfa Spirit Fruits Chen Mo obtained also increased.

The total has reached nearly a thousand, and the giant beasts active on the fourth level have almost been completely slaughtered by him.

Therefore, those that remain are mostly hard to find.

Chen Mo did not hesitate and decisively prepared to head to the fifth level.

Although he could return to the third level to hunt the giant beasts there.

But the third level has too many monks and too little meat, so it is better to go deeper.

Chen Mo followed the direction he had already determined earlier and set off to track down that Teleportation Array.

His speed was extremely fast, and since he did not delay any longer on the road, it had only been two quarter-hours.

Chen Mo then saw the mist not far away, but besides the mist, he also saw many demon beasts and members of the Human Race.

Both sides were entrenched in front of the mist, and they were currently confronting each other.

Chen Mo frowned slightly, not quite understanding the situation here.

But after a little thought, he understood in his heart.

Many experts of the Human Race were preparing to enter this Teleportation Array to head to the Hundred Beasts Valley on the level above.

And although the demon race did not know the function of the mist here, since they could guess that Human Race Martial Artists wanted to enter it, they absolutely had to cause trouble.

They had come here and could no longer gain much benefit, so they had to seize the opportunity to ensure these Human Race Martial Artists would not gain any benefits either.

However, upon closer inspection, Chen Mo clearly discovered three Human Race corpses on the side.

He understood this in his heart; these demon race members might not understand why the Human Race wanted to enter this place.

But since people were rushing here, it did not hinder these demon race members from taking the opportunity to strike.

With three or five demon race members banding together to ambush lone Human Race Martial Artists, the success rate could definitely be called very high.

And Human Race Martial Artists would not just sit and wait for death; if a waylaid Martial Artist was lucky enough to escape.

When they wanted to leave again, they would definitely look for other members of the alliance to go together.

Thus, the two sides were at a standoff here, and neither side acted easily.

Chen Mo continuously approached the place, his heart also roughly inferring the situation.

With a light sweep of his eyes, among the thirty-plus alliance members gathered there, there was one he recognized.

It was none other than Elder Ma Bufan.

He clearly also saw Chen Mo, a flash of joy appearing in his eyes, and he hurriedly waved at him.

He was well aware of Chen Mo's strength; with Chen Mo here, the problem before them would surely be solved easily.

"I didn't expect to meet a fellow Daoist here!" Seeing Chen Mo walk over, Ma Bufan hurriedly took the initiative to greet him.

He had previously been thinking about how to solve the problem at hand, never expecting that when the mountains and rivers seemed to end, there would be another village with willows and flowers.

Before he could even come up with a strategy, the strategy had already arrived before his eyes!

"Elder Ma, what is the situation here?" Although he already had a guess in his heart, Chen Mo still asked.

"This matter is not complicated to explain; those few demon race members discovered us Human Race Martial Artists gathering here, so they set an ambush and secretly harmed several fellow members of the alliance!"

When Ma Bufan spoke of this, his tone could not hide his anger.

"Some fellow members discovered their plot, so they have been notifying other fellow members who want to rush here not to go deep, but to gather together for now."

He gave a rough account of the situation here, which did not differ much from what Chen Mo had expected.

"It is just that these demon clans are not weak, and the passages we have gathered at are currently too few, so we are only temporarily in a standoff with them."

Ma Bufan continued to speak, while simultaneously leading Chen Mo to a clearing in the woods nearby.

Dozens of Huantian Alliance Martial Artists were gathered here, all waiting at the moment.

"Elder, I wonder who this is?" a young Martial Artist with a face like polished jade and a spirited air walked over to ask.

"This is Chen Mo; I once told you that he defeated the Wanren City Lord," Ma Bufan introduced immediately.

As his voice fell, Chen Mo drew the side-glances of countless Martial Artists.

The Wanren City Lord had extraordinary strength, as the vast majority of the Martial Artists present were well aware.

In their era, only Chen Mo had defeated the Wanren City Lord; this point alone was enough to demonstrate his strength.

"Senior is formidable!" the young Martial Artist said with sudden reverence upon hearing this, bowing immediately to pay his respects.

"Everyone, I will not waste any more breath; just follow me to slaughter those demon clans. Once we kill them all, we can pass through freely."

Chen Mo did not waste any more words or time; through his previous hunting, he could clearly discern something.

The strength of the beast tide was far less active than before; according to the current situation, the beast tide would end completely in at most a few more hours.

At that time, he would have to find an opportunity to leave and think of a way to head to the outside world to trade for Wanfa Spirit Fruit with other Huantian Alliance Martial Artists.

Before that, he had to seize the opportunity to hunt as many giant beasts as possible.

"Fellow Daoist, if we just go over like this, isn't it a bit too aggressive?"

A middle-aged Martial Artist with a plain appearance stood out to advise.

His words clearly received the agreement of others as well.

If slaughtering those demon clans were truly that easy, they would not have waited for Chen Mo to arrive; they would have gone themselves long ago.

In truth, it was only because Ma Bufan had just said that Chen Mo could kill the Wanren City Lord; otherwise, their attitude would not be as friendly as it was now.

"No need, since Fellow Daoist Chen has come, these are not problems at all!" Ma Bufan spoke up immediately, his expression very confident.

He had once faced the Wanren City Lord and knew the other's strength clearly.

Naturally, he understood even better just how strong Chen Mo, who could easily defeat the Wanren City Lord, must be.

Opposing those demon clans with such strength could hardly be called difficult.

"That's right, since Senior Chen could defeat the Wanren City Lord, then resolving those demon clans is nothing but a bunch of clay chickens and pottery dogs!" the young Martial Artist also spoke up.

Although he was young, his talent was excellent, and he had also once faced that Wanren City Lord.

He understood Chen Mo's strength and naturally had absolute confidence in him.

It was just that the number of Martial Artists who had faced the Wanren City Lord directly was few, even though those who could enter the Return Ruins within this world were all top-tier prodigies and powerhouses.

Although the Hundred Weapons Forbidden Land was relatively simple, it was not something just anyone could break through.

There were still some Martial Artists who could not make up their minds, appearing slightly hesitant.

Chen Mo did not waste any more breath; he could slaughter these demon clans to the last man with his own power alone.

It was just that if he acted alone, it would be difficult for him to chase them if these demon clans tried to flee.

Now that he had said what needed to be said, whether or not to go was a matter for the others.

Chen Mo took out his twin hammers, gripped them tightly, and strode toward the demon clans.

Ma Bufan and the young Martial Artist followed closely behind, and seeing this, several more Martial Artists followed.

Although the others were still uneasy, they had no other choice at the moment, so they had to take out their weapons and charge toward the demon clans together.

(End of this chapter)