Chapter 282: The War (1/2)
”ShadowGod Butterfly?” Keng got a little confused. ”I'm afraid I have never heard of it, teacher Ning.”
”Don't listen to him, Senior Keng, he is just spewing crap to not lose this com—”
Keng put up his hands to stop Gonez from speaking. ”Please, tell me more about this beast, teacher Ning.”
Ning nodded. ”Do you know about the massive war that engulfed the planet ten thousand years ago, senior Keng?” he asked.
”War… I don't think so. Although, I have heard about some beasts going extinct around that time frame,” Keng said.
”Ten thousand years ago, when cultivators were few and far in between, the world was ruled by the beasts. Strong beasts that were descendants of dragons, phoenixes, and other legendary beasts were the true masters of this planet.”
”Then one day a monster was born from those legendary beasts, a beast that contained the bloodline of 4 different legendary beasts. Somehow, their bloodline didn't interfere with each other, and instead improved that beast's talent,” Ning said.
Everyone quietly listened to Ning explain the past.
”The beast had great potential, and in just two centuries, reached the highest peak of cultivation it could on this planet, he famed pseudo-Spirit Transformation realm. However, it wasn't satisfied with that. So, to reach a higher realm, it started killing other beasts and devouring it to gain more Qi.”
”When the beasts at the time learned about this, they started a war against this single beast.”
”Alone, the beast killed the majority of the strong beasts at the time and single-handedly wiped nearly all of the beast population. This was why humanity managed to flourish so much today.”
”The ShadowGod Butterfly was a beast with the bloodline of a legendary beast known as the Abyssborn Butterfly. They had the powers of charm and hypnotism as well as direct mental attacks at the time. Due to its powers, they were ones of the first ones the lone beast hunted down.”
”However,” Ning said as he turned towards the butterfly in Maeve's hand. ”It seems not all of them died that day. A small number of those butterflies must have survived and are hidden somewhere steadily increasing their numbers. This little one must have accidentally escaped.”
”Senior Keng, can you tell me where you found him?” Ning asked.
”Uh, it was inside a tomb near the Grime Oasis of the Sun Empire,” Keng said. ”I found him there during our last Deccenial Student Exchange that was held in the Sun Empire's Burning Spirit Academy.”
”I see. You were extremely lucky there wasn't an adult butterfly nearby, or you would not have left the tomb safely at all,” Ning said.
Keng started to sweat when he heard that. ”Is-Is it really that bad?” he asked.
”It's a legendary beast, teacher Keng. I shouldn't have to explain to you how lucky you were,” Ning said.
”Y-Yes, you are right,” Keng said. ”By the way, teacher Ning. You said there were beasts with the bloodline of the legendary beasts. What about the legendary beasts themselves? Did they not exist during the battle?”
”Uh, I too am unsure about that, teacher Keng. From what I know, they really did exist, but then they stopped existing suddenly. There must have been some event that happened even before this, during a time so far away that the bloodline of theirs got muddled to the point that their memories don't exist anymore,” Ning said.
”I see, that does make sense,” Keng said.
”Wait, you are believing him? He could be spouting nonsense for all you know. He didn't even say anything about the butterfly itself,” Gonez said.