310 Divine Beast Cub (2/2)

Whoosh!

Within an instant, Zhou Donghuang's body entered the forest of beasts below him, and he followed the path within to the center.

At the start, he met with some resistance as some beasts tried to attack him.

Of course, those beasts all died by his hands, and not a single one managed to survive.

The closer he got to the center of the forest, the stronger the beasts became. Eventually, the beasts stopped blocking Zhou Donghuang's path. It was clear that the power he had shown by killing the previous beasts scared those who were lying in hiding.

For beasts, as long as they did not come from the Guiyao planet and as long as they could enter the Connate stage, most of them would have intelligence.

For those who managed to enter the Primal Core stage, they would be able to speak.

Those at the Dharma stage would be able to morph into a human form but would still have some traces of being a beast left on them. This meant that others could easily tell that it was a beast in human form and not a true human.

Once a beast has entered the Primordial Soul stage, it can perfectly morph into a human without any identifying features affecting its disguise.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As Zhou Donghuang neared the center of the forest, on the path that he was on, where there was little disruption, two figures appeared before him and blocked his path.

These two figures seemed to look human.

However, although they looked human, their brains and four limbs were not fully free of beast-like features. They were clearly not 100% human. If they had appeared on Earth, they would definitely be seen as monsters.

Clearly, these were two Dharma beasts.

”Human, leave this place now. It is not a place where you should set foot in.”

One of the Dharma beasts had an eagle head, and although his two arms resembled human arms, they were conjoined to the rest of his body. He even had some scars that hinted at him having eagle wings before. This was clearly an eagle beast at the Dharma stage, and at this point, it was staring beadily at Zhou Donghuang.

”I haven't met such reckless beasts who dare to confront me in a while,” Zhou Donghuang replied casually as he glanced at the two beasts before him.

Along his journey in this forest, other than the few attacks he had originally fended off, he was left alone by the rest of the beasts. Although these beasts had noticed him, they had all sensed the danger emitting off him and did not dare to provoke him.

Of course, this was partially because Zhou Donghuang had revealed some Divine Knowledge along the way.

The strength of his Divine Knowledge had conditioned the beasts to stay away from him.

Seeing as he was almost nearing the deepest part of the forest, Zhou Donghuang had retracted his Divine Knowledge with the intention of resting slightly before furthering his journey.

However, he had not expected that after retracting his Divine Knowledge, beasts would appear to stop him.

”Human, do not compare us to those weaklings you met earlier on!”

The other Dharma beast had the face of a leopard. Like the first beast, he had human arms, but these arms were covered with leopard fur. He had claws as well, which also revealed his identity as a leopard beast.

”Is that so?”

Zhou Donghuang's eyes narrowed into slits. Without any warning, he raised his palms, and in an instant, his essential core formed a giant palm that came sweeping down. It hit the leopard beast straight into the ground, and its body was completely buried.

”Wah...”

Zhou Donghuang did not have the intention to kill it, only to deliver heavy injuries to the leopard beast. When the leopard beast glanced up at Zhou Donghuang, his face was dripping with blood, and its eyes were filled with extreme fear. His voice shook slightly as he spoke, ”You... you're a Primordial Soul adept!?”

Whoosh!

…

Zhou Donghuang's attack caused a violent gust of wind to appear as if the wind was howling away. The eagle beast saw the attack, which highlighted Zhou Donghuang's Primordial Soul power, and its two limbs buckled. He flew up like an arrow, clearly planning to take to the skies and escape.

However, just as it had flown up and before it could fly out of the forest, Zhou Donghuang's giant palm, which had been formed by essential core, grabbed hold of it.

”Lord, have mercy, please have mercy!”

The eagle beast's beady eyes were full of fear, and he begged Zhou Donghuang repeatedly. ”We were not smart enough to sense that you were actually a Primordial Soul adept. We did not know our place! Please spare our lives on account of our ignorance!”

”Have mercy! Have mercy!”

As if he had been inspired by the eagle beast's begging, the leopard beast also looked at Zhou Donghuang with a helpless expression and began begging as well.

”Hmph!” Zhou Donghuang scoffed lightly. ”If I truly wanted to kill you, would I have let you live until now?”

He was not an indiscriminate killer, whether it be towards humans or intelligent beasts.

Along his journey, he would not kill intelligent beasts unless they tried to attack him first. Even then, he would merely teach them a violent lesson.

As for the two Dharma beasts before him, since they had not attacked and him and had merely tried to block his path, he thus had no intention of killing them.