30 poisonous Demonic beasts. (1/2)

”Alright then, Jinwu, let us go an do some investigation before we head to the emerald volcanoes.”

Li Yang did not bother staying inside the town any longer after getting as much information as possible from the bald golem. He did not own an interspatial ring, so he would not be able to carry a lot of things anyway, it was better to simply hunt for food. As for water, he could use his ice rune to call forth blocks of ice and then melt them using his fire rune, giving him an almost endless amount of water.

”How long has it been since I had to use this technique I wonder?”

Li Yang left the town and could not help but mutter as he activated a technique from his previous life. The technique he was using right now was a special way of constantly circulating his Qi through his body.

By using this technique, he was able to hide all traces of himself, even his heartbeat and breathing. It was a technique he often used to hide or flee when he had just started cultivating. Of course, once he became known as the Thunder Monarch, he had never had to use it again.

Jinwu could not use the technique, but as a divine beast, he had his own ways of hiding himself, so Li Yang was not worried about Jinwu causing the two of them to be found.

”Let's start by finding out what type of Demonic beasts live around the emerald volcanoes.”

The road towards the emerald volcanoes was dotted with forests both large and small, hills of various sizes, as well as boulders that seemed to have been flung there from far away. The road was ripe with places for Li Yang and other Demonic beasts to hide.

Li Yang did not unsheathe his sword as he started slowly making his way towards the emerald volcanoes, taking advantage of all the cover he could find. There was a fake sun in this hidden realm, so there was a chance that the light would reflect off the blade and be spotted by wandering Demonic beasts.

”Let's tail that one for a bit.”

After a few hours of carefully and slowly moving from cover to cover, Li Yang managed to spot a Demonic beast. He was currently hiding within a small forest where all the trees bent in unnatural shapes. From his position within the forest, he had a clear view of a hill located in the distance, a lone Demonic beast slowly walking over the hill.

The Demonic beast was in the shape of a large toad, almost three meters tall. Its dull grey body was covered in large pustules, some which seemed like they were slowly growing into new limbs. It had two deep purple eyes, and its maw seemed like it could open almost 90 degrees.

The reason Li Yang chose to tail this Demonic beast was that he could tell that it was around the same strength as he was. If he followed it and managed to see it fight another Demonic beast, or just how it lived, he might be able to learn a little about the Demonic beast that was guarding the emerald volcanoes.

After all, the bald golem said that all the Demonic beasts in this hidden realm were the children of the guardians placed here by Zhao Feng and the others. It would only make sense that the children of the guardian of the emerald volcanoes lived in the area around the emerald volcanoes.

Thanks to his technique, Li Yang managed to follow the toad-like Demonic beast without getting spotted. Jinwu was perching on his shoulder, using his own method of hiding himself. Jinwu did not dare fly freely in the sky, as there was no telling what type of Demonic beasts might lurk there. Their techniques made it much harder for them to get detected, but it did not make them invisible, they could still be seen.

Following after the toad-like Demonic beast was dull and slow, but Li Yang did not let his guard down for a single second, nor did he let the toad-like Demonic beast out of his sight. The toad-like Demonic beast seemed to move in a circular fashion, moving around the emerald volcanoes, seemingly too afraid to move closer.

”It seems like the area around the emerald volcanoes is divided into several territories, with the weaker Demonic beasts forced to stay in the outskirts. Is this decided by the Demonic beasts themselves, or by the guardian of the emerald volcanoes?”