Chapter 246: Swamp Beast (1/2)

[ Ancestral Training Grounds ]

Standing by the entrance to the 7th floor of the Ancestral Training Grounds, Xiao Fang told Xiao Hei to wait for him while he went in alone. The reason why he even asked her to come was because it was mandatory for disciples to be in groups if they were going past the 4th floor.

Xiao Fang took his blindfold off, then he started to release his spirit attribute. In the next moment his body glowed, his hair turned white, and occasional streaks of lightning Qi could be seen swimming in his aura. In the next moment, he took off running.

Since he absorbed the blue abnormal beast core, his speed had increased by another level, making him much faster than the last time he was here. He was running so fast it only took him a few minutes to arrive outside of the Abnormal Cannibal Beast's cave.

Before entering, he could hear everything that was inside the cave, including the Abnormal Beast. However, the moment he detected all the dead beast corpses in the cave, a grin finally appeared on Xiao Fang's face.

'It seems someone's been busy,' Xiao Fang thought.

The cave was dark, quiet, and damp. The air smelled a bit salty, and water occasionally dripped down from the ceiling.

In front of Xiao Fang, the Abnormal Cannibal Beast sat against the wall with its large burly arms crossed and its eyes closed. It seemed to be asleep.

Xiao Fang quietly stood roughly 5 meters away from it as he inspected its body. There seemed to be a few new scars on its body since the last time he saw it, but it seemed to have gotten a bit stronger overall.

'Not bad,' Xiao Fang thought.

While Xiao Fang was admiring its progress, the Abnormal Cannibal Beast's nose started to sniff curiously as if it had smelled something interesting in its sleep. Finally, it opened its eyes, then became frightened by what it saw.

Its heartbeat quickened, its breathing became erratic, and its pupils shrunk as it looked into Xiao Fang's violet eyes. It quickly got up from the ground, but since its back was against the wall, it felt cornered.

It didn't know why Xiao Fang returned, so it assumed the worst. But upon noticing that Xiao Fang wasn't holding a sword, it began to cool down.

”It seems you're still scared of me. I suppose that's a good thing for now,” Xiao Fang said.

The Abnormal Cannibal Beast couldn't understand his words nor reply to them. It simply stood against the wall, still unsure about Xiao Fang's intentions.

Eventually, Xiao Fang started to walk away, but the direction he was headed to was not towards the exit, he was instead walking towards the piles of 8th and 9th tiered beast cores littered on the ground. Once the Cannibal Abnormal Beast realized what he was doing, he finally relaxed his guard.

While Xiao Fang had been away, the Cannibal Abnormal Beast had been hunting and eating high tier beasts in his cave. The only thing he wouldn't eat were the beast cores. This was perfect for Xiao Fang since that was the only thing he needed.

Using the 5 new High-Grade spirit pendants he got from Supreme Elder Quan, Xiao Fang was able to fill 3 out of the 5 of them simply from all the beast cores that were in this cave. Although he was happy that he got a lot, he wanted to fill the other 2 empty spirit pendants before he left.

'I need more,' Xiao Fang thought.

Since he arranged to meet up with Peng Ting and Lai Yun today, he couldn't stay in the Ancestral Training Ground for as long. He knew it would take too long to collect another 2 spirit pendants worth of beast cores on his own, so he looked back at the Abnormal Cannibal Beast to see if he could get it to help him find some 9th tiered beasts. The only problem was the communication barrier between them.

Xiao Fang had tried to communicate with it in the past, but with no luck. So he tried to think of ways to say that he wanted to find strong beasts, but no matter how he tried to gesture with his hands, the beast didn't seem to understand anything he was saying.

'There has to be another way,' Xiao Fang thought.

Eventually, he started to think about Xiao Hei and how she was able to communicate with him in her feline form. Xiao Fang finally had an idea.

{”Hey, Cannibal, I need you to find me more of these powerful beasts. Can you do that for me?”} Xiao Fang said it through a spirit transmission.

The Abnormal Cannibal Beast's eyes widened. in disbelief. Seeing that look on its face, Xiao Fang assumed it worked.