Chapter 1776 - 1773: The Growth of Three Women

Chapter 1776: Chapter 1773: The Growth of Three Women

"Roar!!!"

The hundred-meter-tall giant beast roared once more.

This sound carried the terrifying primal ferocity and pressure innate to ancient giant beasts, shaking the hearts of all cultivators who heard it.

Even Yang Fei felt a deep sense of reverence and fear from the depths of his soul.

The nearby cultivators were even more affected.

Especially those puppet demon beasts and tamed spiritual beasts and spirit pets within the Four Spirits Blood Array, each was already trembling on the ground when the giant beast roared.

Even the ancient fierce beasts such as Kui Ox, Chaos Beast, Xiezhi, and Taowu were shivering.

Qingqiu, whose strength matches that of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, was pale and trembling despite being in human form.

To all beasts, this roar evoked a fear deeply embedded in the bloodline memory passed down from their ancient ancestors.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, one of the most powerful divine beasts of the desolate ancient times.

Originally, when Yang Fei discovered it, it was just a recently hatched cub, but after years of cultivation and consuming top grade spirit stones mined from the White Jade City Mountain, it slowly grew past its juvenile phase.

Last time, following Yang Fei to the Southern Domain Cultivation World, it was injured in a fierce battle with Lu Guangyuan and later returned to Earth White Jade City to rest and recover deep within its core.

Now that it has healed, it emerged from its lair at an equivalent stage to an eleven or twelve-year-old human youth.

"Haha, Little Grey, you’ve finally recovered and grown stronger." Yang Fei teleported to the front of the Heaven-devouring Beast’s huge head and joyfully said.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast gently roared, its massive face showing a hint of gentleness, and its eyes expressed joy.

Clearly, it remembered Yang Fei and showed affectionate warmth toward him.

Yang Fei sensed its attitude and swiftly stood on its shoulder.

"Little Grey, you’ve matured." Yang Fei said happily.

The Heaven-devouring Beast nodded and opened its huge maw, breathing out toward Yang Fei.

Yang Fei instantly held his breath, letting the stench spray over him without dodging.

Seeing him not evade, the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast appeared even more affectionate.

Yang Fei felt helpless.

This creature may have recognized him as its master but is too sentient; if he dodged, it might be displeased.

"Your body is overly bulky and gigantic, can you shrink a bit?" Yang Fei asked.

Upon his words, he felt his body sink.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast’s massive body quickly shrunk, becoming a dozen meters tall.

"Can you get smaller still?" Yang Fei still felt it was too large.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast shrunk further, this time standing a little over three meters tall.

Yang Fei was satisfied.

Most cultivators in the Cultivation World are over two meters tall, with the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast now at just over three meters, carrying it around wouldn’t attract much attention; compared to most cultivators’ spirit pets, its size is modest.

Qin Yanyang, Tong Yunshu, and Helian Rong flew over one after another.

Gazing from afar at the three-meter-tall Heaven-devouring Divine Beast, their eyes still held a look of awe.

Yang Fei laughed: "Why fear, no matter how powerful it grows, it’s still Little Grey; it won’t harm you."

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast let out a low roar, seemingly a bit discontent with Yang Fei calling it Little Grey, yet its expression was gentle, and it looked at the three women kindly.

The trio had met the Heaven-devouring Beast before; although they were initially intimidated by its roar, Yang Fei’s presence alongside the beast’s friendly demeanor encouraged them to approach and touch its gray fur.

"The Heaven-devouring Beast has surely grown stronger. All these years, it has rested inside White Jade City, who knows how many spirit stones it’s consumed." Tong Yunshu couldn’t help but say.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast grunted, its nose in the air, showing displeasure at Tong Yunshu’s remark.

Tong Yunshu quickly said: "I don’t mean you’ve eaten too many spirit stones, I’m just concerned for you. You can consume as many spirit stones inside White Jade City as you want, and if that’s not enough, I have more."

While speaking, she pulled out a storage bag and took out a large pile of spirit stones.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast’s eyes lit up, one flick of its mouth swallowed what for most Nascent Soul Stage cultivators would be a massive fortune of top-grade spirit stones.

Tong Yunshu felt a pang of heartache.

This pile of spirit stones was half of her years-long savings, offered to please the Heaven-devouring Beast, not expecting it to devour them all in one go.

After swallowing the stones, the Heaven-devouring Beast nudged its head towards Tong Yunshu.

Tong Yunshu was taken aback, then reached out to stroke its huge head.

The Heaven-devouring Beast showed a satisfied, enjoying demeanor.

Tong Yunshu suddenly felt the spirit stone investment was worthwhile.

But shortly after, the Heaven-devouring Beast moved away from Tong Yunshu, turning its gaze to Qin Yanyang and Helian Rong, and softly roared toward them.

Everyone was stunned.

"Hahaha."

Yang Fei was the first to react, laughing aloud.

Qin Yanyang and Helian Rong were at a loss between laughter and tears.

This creature, how clever it is!

Truly, whatever the master is like, so is the spirit pet.

Qin Yanyang glared at Yang Fei but handed over a bag of spirit stones to the Heaven-devouring Beast.

Yang Fei felt he was unjustly treated.

Helian Rong cheerfully offered half of her stored spirit stones to the Heaven-devouring Beast.

The Heaven-devouring Divine Beast gobbled the spirit stones offered by the two ladies without hesitation, then extended its head toward them for petting, before letting out a low roar toward Yang Fei, its eyes drooping, appearing ready to rest again.

Yang Fei felt speechless.

This creature is truly gluttonous and sleeps so much.

Fresh out of seclusion, it was previously vigorous, yet after consuming a large number of spirit stones, it’s back to this state.

He pulled out a Spirit Pet Bag and with a flick of his Divine Sense, stored it inside.

Although the Spirit Pet Bag is mid-grade, supposedly able to easily accommodate spirit pets below Great Demon level.

But with the Heaven-devouring Beast inside, it felt a bit cramped and the Spirit Pet Bag appeared relatively heavy.

Seems he’ll need to find a higher-grade Spirit Pet Bag.

Though the Heaven-devouring Beast is gluttonous and loves sleep, its combat power must be incredibly terrifying now, keeping it close offers extra protection.

The following month, Yang Fei naturally cherished time with the three women, alleviating the longing from years of separation.

All three women were in Core Formation; through dual cultivation with them, Yang Fei noticed their Cultivation Realm had improved, especially Qin Yanyang.

It won’t be long before she steps into the middle stage of Core Formation.

Tong Yunshu and Helian Rong’s realms were similar.

This surprised Yang Fei somewhat.

But upon reflection, it made sense.

Helian Rong was purer than Tong Yunshu, returning to Earth focused on quickly advancing her realm after Core Formation.

Whereas Tong Yunshu, during her time in White Jade City, dedicated a lot of effort to exploring Rune Tao and formations, even touching upon the Path of Beast Tamer.

Compared to Qin Yanyang and Helian Rong, Tong Yunshu studied more broadly, allocating much of her focus and energy elsewhere.

Yet that didn’t prevent Tong Yunshu’s overall strength from increasing.

Not to mention, merely from using Talisman Teleportation, Tong Yunshu had become vastly proficient; with an early-stage Core Formation realm, she can now teleport over three hundred meters, and with Yang Fei now at Nascent Soul Stage observing, he couldn’t trace her teleportation routes.

Just the teleportation skill alone, Tong Yunshu isn’t losing to early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Yang Fei realized how enormous the advantage Tong Yunshu would have over same-realm cultivators due to this alone.