Chapter 840 - 767: Small Fierce Beast

Chapter 840: Chapter 767: Small Fierce Beast

These small fruits were not as simple as they appeared. The moment they hit the ground like a torrential downpour, a violent Fierce Beast aura recklessly spread out. Immediately after, the fruits began to bounce around on the ground. As they bounced, they exploded once more.

It was a mass bombardment. Countless small fruits burst open, creating a deafening noise that echoed throughout B City. Soon after, roars shook the heavens and the earth, and a violent aura swept in all directions. One by one, small Fierce Beasts with hideous appearances and terrifying auras emerged. About the size of monkeys, they crouched on the ground with blood-red eyes. Their bodies brimmed with murderous intent, Evil Qi filling the wilderness, and their fur was stained with red liquid.

In an instant, the area in front of the World Tree Ruins was swarming with these small Fierce Beasts. There were no less than several thousand of them. Densely packed together, the sight alone was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

This scene stunned all the Human Demons present. No one expected things to turn out like this. Tu Xiao’an himself looked dumbfounded; it seemed he had inadvertently become the culprit.

"RAAAR! RAAAR! RAAAR!"

They uttered incomprehensible beastly screeches. With a bloody glint in their eyes, their bodies launched into violent motion.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Like thousands of arrows fired at once, a violent aura blotted out the sky as they pounced toward the Human Demons on the periphery. They were as fast as lightning.

"AHHH! AHHH! AHHH!"

Before long, an endless stream of agonizing screams rang out. These small Fierce Beasts were man-eating monsters. The moment they lunged onto a person, they began tearing and biting with extreme brutality.

"What kind of monsters are these?! Help!"

"Monsters, get away! Get away! Don’t bite me!"

SPLAT!

Blood sprayed wantonly into the air. Anyone below Rank 3 had absolutely no room to fight back against these small Fierce Beasts. The violent Fierce Beast aura churned the entire space into Chaos.

"To think there were several thousand Fierce Beasts hidden inside the fourth fruit... Unbelievable," Tu Xiao’an muttered.

Even after recovering his wits, he remained incredibly surprised. These Fierce Beasts appeared as if they had never existed before; not even Consciousness Power could gain Insight into them. They had no names, no titles. Though they looked small and ugly, every single one of them possessed strength above Rank 3, and they were extraordinarily ferocious and cruel. Taken by surprise, many Martial Cultivators lost their lives, and even quite a few Rank Three Demon Spirits met a tragic end.

Suddenly, a small Fierce Beast lunged toward Tu Xiao’an like a bolt of lightning, shrieking like a Fierce Ghost. Tu Xiao’an didn’t make a move, merely watching with a frown. Behind him, a surge of Demon King Qi boiled over as a fox tail lashed out, smashing the lunging Fierce Beast to pieces.

"Brother Snake Emperor, Xiaoqi will protect you!" the Demon Fox Mengqi shamelessly boasted without blushing, sounding more like she was fishing for praise.

"Then this Emperor leaves his life in your hands," Tu Xiao’an smiled teasingly.

"Mhm! With Xiaoqi here, Brother Snake Emperor can rest assured." The Little White Fox took an inch and pushed for a mile.

The Giant Elephant Demon King stepped forward to ask for instructions. "Snake Emperor, what should we do about this?"

"Kill them, of course. Kill as many as there are."

The first, second, and third fruits had all been single entities, but this fourth fruit had changed the pattern entirely. Tu Xiao’an then noticed a puddle of liquid on the ground. It was the blood of the Fierce Beast that Xiaoqi had just killed. Yet, it wasn’t red, but green. It wasn’t fresh blood either, but the sap of a plant. The green liquid pulsed as if it were still alive.

"Could it resurrect?" he wondered.

Suddenly, the liquid moved, shooting out at a rapid speed. However, it didn’t shoot toward Tu Xiao’an, but in the opposite direction.

"RAAAR!"

Another small Fierce Beast lunged toward the liquid and eagerly swallowed it in one gulp. Upon Devouring it, the Fierce Beast’s aura became even more terrifying, and its physical size doubled.

Looking around, this scene was repeating itself everywhere.

The people present were either Demons or Martial Cultivators. Once everyone recovered from the initial shock, they began hunting down the small Fierce Beasts. Whenever a Fierce Beast died, the green liquid would appear. The liquid would then actively seek out another Fierce Beast to be swallowed by it.

The Fierce Beasts, which had originally all been the same size, were now drastically different. Many had doubled in size, and a few had even grown several times larger. If they died, their deaths simply benefited their companions by providing them with Energy. The thousands of Fierce Beasts were rapidly decreasing in number, but their combat power was only growing stronger.

After observing for a while, the corners of Tu Xiao’an’s lips curled up slightly. He looked toward the largest Fierce Beast on the battlefield. This creature was now massive enough to be called a large Fierce Beast. Having Devoured the liquid of seven or eight companions, its base strength had skyrocketed. Even an ordinary Demon King was no longer a match for it.

It had only consumed the liquid of seven or eight Fierce Beasts to grow this strong. Imagine if thousands of Fierce Beasts combined to benefit a single entity—just what kind of strength would that beast possess?

"Come here," Tu Xiao’an ordered.

He stared at the largest Fierce Beast, his bewitching eyes narrowing slightly. The roaring, thrashing Fierce Beast suddenly shuddered. As if grabbed by a pair of Formless giant hands, it was irresistibly dragged toward Tu Xiao’an. Its blood-red eyes went blank when it saw him, instantly revealing fear.

"Explode!" Tu Xiao’an smiled lightly.

BOOM!

The Fierce Beast exploded on the spot, and a large glob of liquid dropped to the ground.

"RAAAR! RAAAR! RAAAR!"

The moment this large glob of liquid appeared, the surrounding Fierce Beasts went utterly mad, their blood-red eyes filled with greed as if it were some divine elixir.

"I actually want to taste what this liquid is like," Tu Xiao’an said.

His Consciousness Power enveloped the glob of liquid as it tried to slip away. The liquid contained immense Energy and struggled to break free from the restraints of Tu Xiao’an’s Consciousness Power. Unfortunately for it, the struggle was entirely futile. Given the current intensity of his Consciousness Power, Tu Xiao’an could likely lift a towering mountain. Ultimately, the glob of liquid was left suspended right in front of him.

Suddenly, the Fierce Beasts with their hideous appearances and terrifying auras lunged toward Tu Xiao’an one by one. In the blink of an eye, they attacked from all directions.

"Careful, Brother Snake Emperor! Xiaoqi will protect you!"

Seeing so many Fierce Beasts swarming Tu Xiao’an, the Demon Fox Mengqi sent the six fox tails behind her sweeping outwards with infinite extension.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Demon Fox’s strength was unfathomable. The moment those Fierce Beasts touched her tails, they instantly turned into globs of liquid and fell to the ground. In an instant, Tu Xiao’an was surrounded by squirming green liquid. This only attracted more attention from the remaining Fierce Beasts, who blotted out the sky as they threw themselves over. Anyone else in this situation would have been terrified out of their wits.

However, Tu Xiao’an remained composed. Ignoring the lunging Fierce Beasts, he tossed the glob of liquid in front of him right into his mouth.

The liquid slid down his throat. It was incredibly bitter, but a peculiar flow of Energy surged through him. Had it been anyone else, they would have probably gained tremendous benefits. It was a pity that Tu Xiao’an’s Realm was simply too high for it to make a difference.

Suddenly, a voice echoed from within his system. "Master, let Charlie out! How can you hoard such good things all for yourself?"

"Hmm?" he thought.

The Tree Demon that had automatically entered an evolutionary state after Devouring the Dao Fruit Giant Tree Monster at Skeleton Mountain had actually awakened at this moment.

"Have you finished evolving?" Tu Xiao’an asked.

"Yes, Master!" Charlie said excitedly. "I smell a very tempting plant-type scent! Master, could it be that you’ve encountered another plant like the Giant Tree Monster?"

Tu Xiao’an looked up at the World Tree Ruins that blotted out the sky and sun, and said calmly, "Yes. This tree is even more massive than the Giant Tree Monster."

"Master, let Charlie out! You’ll see that right now, your Charlie is the only true giant tree!"