Chapter 196: Unlikely Ally (1/2)

When the fighting was over, Xiao Hei waited patiently for Xiao Fang to call her over, but the signal never came. After more time passed, she eventually got tired of waiting and started to peek over the rocks to see how Xiao Fang was doing. To her surprise, Xiao Fang was quietly roasting some beast meat over a fire.

She looked around to see if there were any more tiered beasts still lurking in the area, but not only were all the beasts killed, all of their beast cores were clearly extracted from their bodies as well.

'That's strange,' Xiao Hei thought. 'Why isn't there any blood on his hands.'

There were lots of small puddles here and there so she eventually came to the conclusion that he must've washed it off after extracting all of the beast cores.

Since it seemed safe, Xiao Hei finally called out to him through a spirit transmission.

{”Fang, is it safe?”}

Xiao Fang looked up at Xiao Hei as she was peeking over the rocks then he looked back at the fire in front of him before he replied.

”Yeah, you can come out now.”

Xiao Hei finally jumped out of her hiding spot while carrying the Supreme Elder in her arms. She assumed he was just cooking something, but when she finally reached his side she saw the glowing blue orb that was resting on his lap.

”Is that what I think it is,” Xiao Hei asked.

”Mn. I got it from him,” Xiao Fang said as he gestured at the abnormal beast that was cooking over the flame.

Xiao Fang let Xiao Hei hold onto it to inspect it more closely. Once she confirmed what it was, her eyes lit up with joy.

”Blue rank! It's a Saint-Grade beast core!” Xiao Hei said excitedly.

...

From Xiao Fang's memory, the rankings for beast core rarity went:

Black, Blue, Purple, Red, Gold.

Corresponding names are:

Ordinary, Saint, Demon, Legendary, Celestial.

Ordinary beast cores are used for spirit cultivating or to make weapons. However, if rare beast cores above the Ordinary grade are cultivated and absorbed there is a chance that it could provide cultivators with a special ability.

...

”Did you only get one? I thought there were 2 abnormal beasts here,” Xiao Hei asked.

”There are. The other one is over there,” Xiao Fang said.

When Xiao Hei saw what Xiao Fang was pointing at, a chill ran up her spine. Standing only 10 meters away, the cannibal abnormal beast was silently standing in the shadows.

Xiao Hei crouched down then quickly hid behind Xiao Fang as he was sitting on a rock and slowly rotating the abnormal beast meat over the fire. She peeked around him to look at the cannibal abnormal beast who was still standing in the shadows, but she only looked at it for less than a second before hiding behind Xiao Fang again.

She peeked then hid, then did it again, never looking at it for longer than a second. However, the third time she peeked, she finally built up the courage to look at it for more than a second, but the moment the cannibal beast looked back at her she cutely screamed and quickly hid behind Xiao Fang once again.

Xiao Fang had never seen Xiao Hei so curious yet scared at the same time, he found it a bit amusing.

”Don't be scared, Xiao Hei. Go say hi.”

”Are you kidding? It's a cannibal, remember, what if it thinks I look tasty and tries to bite me?” she whispered the last sentence.

”Oh? I thought you enjoyed foreplay,” Xiao Fang teased.

Xiao Hei shook her head disapprovingly.

Xiao Fang then took the piece of abnormal beast meat away from the fire, ripped a small piece for himself then handed the rest to Xiao Hei to go give to the cannibal abnormal beast.

”Fang, is this really a good idea?”

Xiao Fang looked up and stared at the cannibal beast with a mischievous gaze before eating the piece of meat in his hand.

”Let's find out.”

...

Xiao Hei eventually carried the large piece of meat towards the cannibal beast, but she only took a few steps before she stopped. She turned her head to look back at Xiao Fang, but Xiao Fang only gestured for her to keep going. It almost seemed as if this was all just one big joke to him.

'Hmph, meanie.'