Chapter 39 (2/2)

“Yes.” The Mystical Warrior left with his mission.

In front of the stone cave at the Python Mountains.

Rumble! The bluestone was moved and the profusely sweating Xu Yang walked out. He stumbled about and started to cultivate the Dynamic-Static Combined Qi-Introducing Technique. Every single one of his punches brought a dense bursting sound of his crackling bones, it was the sign of his skeleton getting stronger.

‘Ha! I have successfully formed the Earth and Dark Mystical Cores, and my physical strength has reached one hundred and eighty juns.’ Xu Yang completed his cultivation and felt exhausted. It was quite terrifying yet amazing at the same time as he had formed five Mystical Cores successively within three days. There were only a few people who could do it even for the Celestials in the future era.

“Guru.” A gurgling sound could be heard near him. Xu Yang looked down and saw that the chubby little monster had not left yet. It was circling around his leg.

Seeing Xu Yang looking down at it, the little monster was even more energetic. Its four short legs exerted a force as it jumped three feet high. It opened its large mouth that was disproportionate to its body, asking for food.

Xu Yang had no choice but to take out some dried meat and gave it two pieces. Xu Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly when he saw that the packet of dried meat was almost empty. ‘I didn’t expect this little monster to have such a good appetite. It has almost finished all my dry food.’

1“I should call you Chubby Ball as you are so fat and have such a good appetite.” Xu Yang pinched the round stomach of the little monster and said with a chuckle.

1Chubby Ball rolled about on the ground and waved its four claws wildly in the air to express its dissatisfaction after hearing the name.

“You can understand my words?” Xu Yang was surprised.

Chubby Ball nodded its head swiftly. However, its action of nodding its head was hilarious as its neck was so short that it seemed non-existent. However, more than finding the situation amusing, Xu Yang felt more surprised than anything else.

It was extremely rare for a beast to have such intelligence. Generally, only creatures of higher levels than Savages could have some kind of apparent wisdom.

“This little guy’s background has to be quite good. It is probably a cub of a demon.” Xu Yang made a preliminary conclusion.

Some of the beasts in the Mystical Continent had powerful combat powers. People had also assigned them ranks according to their combat power levels.

Normal beasts were classified as ordinary beasts that had no special abilities.

Some beasts that had devoured treasures might mutate. They might become more powerful or fiercer. Some would even grow a pair of wings and obtain the ability to fly… Such beasts were called Mutants. Only cultivators in the Mystical Warrior stage, or even in the Mystical Master stage could contend with them.

Furthermore, some high-level beasts were born with special talents and powerful combat powers derived from their blood lineage. Such beasts were called Savages. Some powerful Savages could even compete with Mystical Lords…

An even stronger level would be beasts called Demons. They possessed the same level of wisdom as human beings. They had extreme brute strength and they were able to be on par with a Mystical Emperor.

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Xu Yang held onto Chubby Ball by the skin on its neck and placed it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully. He could hardly imagine that such a greedy little one might be a Demon’s cub.

‘It’s cute. I can just keep it. If it is a monster, it may take hundreds of years to mature. I don’t know whether I will still be alive then.’ Xu Yang, with a playful mood, lifted it up and placed it on his shoulder.

After he returned to the cave, Xu Yang lifted Chubby Ball and placed it on the ground. ‘Since you can understand my words, you must remember that you are not allowed to disturb me while I’m cultivating. Otherwise, I will throw you out of the cave.’

Chubby Ball vehemently nodded its head and circled around Xu Yang’s legs. It seemed to be displaying a look that says ‘I am a good boy’.

Xu Yang was still doubtful after some thought. He used his hand to draw a circle of runes on the ground. A faint light flickered as he released traces of Mystical Power.

“Dual-Extreme Array, a small defensive Mystical Array. It uses Light and Dark Mystical Power as its eyes. If anyone steps into the circle, a dual-extreme protective shield will be formed to eject the invader from the array.” The name and the function of the array flashed across Xu Yang’s head. He then looked at the tiny body of Chubby Ball and sat cross-legged on the ground holding a piece of green crystal in one hand.

“It’s time to form the Wind Mystical Core with the aid of the Green Prism.”

What Xu Yang did not know was that Chubby Ball was already restless when he had barely begun to form the Mystical Core. It ran next to the border of the rune drawn by Xu Yang and sniffed curiously. After that, it opened its mouth and inhaled the black and white Mystical Power into its stomach like it was slurping noodles. It even belched loudly after.

1These two Mystical Powers were infused by Xu Yang when he laid out the Dual-Extreme Array. However, the power used to activate the array was gone and the Dual-Extreme Array was left with only an empty shell.

However, Chubby Ball did not harass Xu Yang who was cultivating, it merely scampered around curiously in the cave. Its little nose sniffed every nook and cranny it could find, and soon it found the packet of dry food on the bluestone that Xu Yang used to block the entrance.