Chapter 174 Truly Well-Behaved

The cultivators were dumbfounded…

What was happening?

Had this demonic beast gone mad?

Why was it running towards them?

They dared not delay and quickly used various divine abilities to conceal themselves.

After all, it was too late to flee now.

However, they weren't too worried.

Demonic beasts' brains were far inferior to humans', and they would usually be left with nothing but impotent rage after losing their target.

At least demonic beasts at the Nascent Soul stage were like that.

Their assumptions were indeed correct.

Generally, as long as they remained hidden, this demonic beast would at most throw a tantrum before leaving.

But this was an unusual situation…

What they didn't know was that this demonic beast's cultivation realm was far beyond Nascent Soul now!

Moreover, their current positions were clearly displayed as small red dots in the beast's mind.

"Roar—!" The demonic beast let out a roar, and its oppressive aura surged outwards.

The cultivators immediately felt as if a thousand pounds of weight were pressing down on them, making their movements incredibly sluggish.

Still, they weren't panicking.

Since they were hiding and not moving, the slowdown in speed had no effect.

"Bang!" The demonic beast swiped down with its claw, creating a large pit in the ground.

The cultivator underground quickly reassured himself.

This beast was just venting its anger.

It didn't know I was underground.

"Bang bang bang—!"

The demonic beast continued to smash the ground, and the pit grew deeper and deeper…

The cultivator underground panicked and struggled to use earth escape to flee into the distance.

However, suppressed by the beast's aura, his speed was severely compromised.

"Bang—!"

The demonic beast swiped down with its claw again, and a smear of dark red seeped from the bottom of the pit.

To his death, this cultivator never understood how the demonic beast had found him…

A large tree was shattered by the demonic beast's swipe, turning into a pile of minced meat.

The illusion vanished, and fragments of several magical treasures lay scattered on the ground.

Beside them were several bloody, mangled corpses.

A gust of wind swept past, and a pile of rotten flesh floated on the river in the distance.

In less than three minutes, all the cultivators were dead.

The demonic beast jumped into the river, washed off the bloodstains, and then trotted happily to Ye Fan.

It lay on the ground, raised its head, closed its eyes, and nudged its head towards Ye Fan.

Master, pet me.

Pet me quickly!

"Ye Fan, you're amazing!" Liang Rujing, who had witnessed the entire process, was stunned. "How did you do it?"

If Ye Fan had simply waved his hand and killed the demonic beast, she might not have been so surprised.

But judging by the beast's current behavior, it had clearly submitted to Ye Fan.

In her impression, no matter how powerful a beast tamer was, they would have to expend some effort to successfully subdue a demonic beast.

Killing a demonic beast was much harder than subduing one; there had to be a process of building a bond, right?

A golden light to contract a demonic beast?

This was simply a fairy tale!

[Congratulations to the host for successfully contracting a descendant of the mutated Red-Eyed Geng. This pet can evolve up to the Mahayana stage!]

Ye Fan ignored the system and looked at the demonic beast on the ground thoughtfully.

The demonic beast opened its eyes, full of confusion.

Why isn't Master petting me?

Did I not behave well enough?

Thinking this, the demonic beast affectionately rubbed its head against Ye Fan's hand.

Master, I'm very well-behaved.

Pet me quickly!

"Rujing, the meat seems to be burnt," Ye Fan said out of the blue.

With Ye Fan's reminder, Liang Rujing finally noticed the smell of scorching in the air.

"I'll go get a new batch," Liang Rujing replied and was about to take out demonic beast meat from her ring.

"No rush," Ye Fan said with a smile. "Let's try something different today."

[Host, you're acting strange!]

Ye Fan pulled out a cleaver from his right hand, which was behind his back.

[Host, please stop your irrational behavior immediately!!!]

The mutated Red-Eyed Geng's eyes flickered with confusion.

For some reason, it suddenly felt that its master's smile was a little strange.

Even…

Dangerous!

"Good, good, very obedient," Ye Fan gently stroked its head with his left hand.

With Ye Fan's stroke, a switch inside the mutated Red-Eyed Geng was flipped.

It must have been my imagination just now!

Having figured it out, it closed its eyes and began to enjoy it to its heart's content.

Under Liang Rujing's dumbfounded gaze, Ye Fan slowly raised the cleaver.

[……]

[Host, are you out of your mind!!!]

Ye Fan ignored it and fiercely swung the cleaver towards the mutated Red-Eyed Geng's neck.

[Fuck…]

As the system's voice faded, a golden light flashed on the cleaver.

The mutated Red-Eyed Geng was gone.

It had passed away peacefully.

Without any pain whatsoever.

Not a single drop of the splattered blood even fell on Ye Fan or the two of them.

If viewed from high above, one would notice that the blood was not splattered randomly on the ground.

Instead, it vaguely formed a symbol.

A large…

Fuck!

Only when a scent of roasted meat filled the air did the hidden guards finally recover from their shock…

He suspected he might not have woken up.

What had just happened had somewhat collapsed his worldview…

In the distance.

Dots of fluorescence floated up from the bodies of the dead cultivators and slowly merged into Ye Fan's body.

Strangely, neither the hidden guards nor Liang Rujing seemed to see these fluorescent lights at all.

The next day.

Somewhere in the secret realm.

Wu Poxie finally found some disciples of the Zhenxie Sect.

Actually, with her cultivation, finding people was a simple matter.

But she dared not unleash her full power now, fearing discovery.

Fortunately, she was lucky and found disciples from the sect after a day.

With the help of these disciples, finding Ye Fan's two senior sisters became much easier.

"Greetings, Great Elder!"

The disciples of the Zhenxie Sect bowed respectfully.

However, they were somewhat puzzled.

Why had the Great Elder intruded into the secret realm?

"Have you seen these two women recently?" Wu Poxie changed her appearance again and took out a communication jade.

The image projected by the communication jade was that of Ye Fan's two senior sisters.

"Huh?" The disciples exclaimed in surprise. "Great Elder, we did see these two women a few days ago."

"Two days ago, we saw them in the cave to the north," another disciple added. "The shorter one seemed to be injured then, so she probably hasn't gone far!"

They didn't ask Wu Poxie why she was looking for these two women.

After all, they were just disciples.

They should just answer honestly when the Great Elder asked questions; being too talkative was not good.

"Take me there!" Wu Poxie's eyes lit up.

After all, this trial secret realm was too vast. If she didn't use all her cultivation, finding two people would still be difficult.

If she were unlucky, she might not even encounter them by the end of the competition.

Sneaking into the secret realm was one thing, but causing trouble openly was another.

The Zhenxie Sect was not yet strong enough to contend with the royal family.