Chapter Thirty-Two: The Mysterious Power of the Demonic Beast

  According to Yue Yu, some high-level demon beasts can also advance by swallowing the inner elixir of a demon beast with suitable attributes. However, looking at the current situation, it is completely unrelated, and the lowest level of spiritual energy condensed pill in the demon beast's body is fifth-grade. A second-order advanced being in this area is already considered powerful, but it is still far from being comparable to a human innate master who has reached the fifth grade.

  It's strange, however, that the normally gentle and mild-tempered unicorn bear in front of him seemed determined to put Wind Winged Mystic Fox to death. And yet, despite being heavily injured, Wind Winged Mystic Fox refused to retreat.

  Yue Yu observed for a while longer, until a nearby five-leafed clover matched the image in his auxiliary system with one in a medical book he had seen. He then recalled that since their arrival, Fengyi Xuanhu's breakthrough also seemed to be focused on this direction, and only then did he reveal a look of sudden realization.

  It was actually a piece of Assisting Demon Grass, and the ancient medical records stated that after it matured, it could help low-level demon beasts advance. Looking at its fifth leaf, which had already begun to stretch out from the root system, it seemed that it wasn't far from maturing.

  It is said that this is also a rare medicine, but the books did not record its functions, and few people would use it to make medicine. In the Yue family's pharmacy, it was not included in the list of purchases, as if its medicinal properties had little effect on humans.

  Yue Yu was very curious about this, after all, if evolution theory could also be applied to this world. Then humans in the distant past should also be considered as one of the demon beasts. Why did this Assist Demon Grass only help demon beasts and had no effect on humans?

  If he could study it, or find out what it was. However, Yue Yu couldn't spare the time at the moment, as he had several important tasks on hand. The improvement of those prescriptions would be completed in a few more months, but the imitation of Yī Méi Dān and the right-handed sword technique were not things that could be accomplished overnight, and he really didn't have any energy to devote to other matters.

  Just as Yue Yu was deep in thought, the beast fight ahead had reached its most intense moment. As time passed, the Wind Winged Mystic Fox began to get anxious, and the frequency of its sudden bursts outward also slowly increased. However, the three Single-Horned Bearwolves seemed to know that if they let the Wind Winged Mystic Fox escape, with its speed far beyond theirs, there would be no good outcome for them. They actually risked getting injured just to block the Wind Winged Mystic Fox's way back.

  As the fifth petal of the Witch's Grass was about to fully unfold, the three major enemies in front still cooperated seamlessly, stubbornly resisting. In Fengyi Xuanhu's eyes, a resolute color finally appeared. It first hesitated slightly, then began to gather a faint blue light around its body.

  At the same time, Yue Yu suddenly realized that the wind attribute spiritual energy around him was being rapidly drained by some force. Just as he felt a little surprised, the speed of the Wind Winged Fox in front of him suddenly increased, first making a sudden dash along an extremely curved trajectory, and then its entire body transformed into a green and red phantom, flying swiftly past a lone horned bear. The two only heard a miserable scream, and saw that the horned bear was already lying on the ground. Its throat seemed to have been cut off by the fox's sharp claws, with a large amount of fresh blood flowing out, its four legs futilely kicking about in a death struggle.

  As they watched this scene, Yue Yu's pupils suddenly shrank into pinpoints. And beside him, Rong Li let out a startled cry.

  "It's actually innate divine power! That little fox is simply incredible!"

  Yue Yu didn't say a word, but his eyes revealed an intense fervor.

  Among the demon beasts, the biggest difference between heterobeasts and original beasts lies in the presence or absence of innate divine abilities. These abilities based on various attribute spiritual powers can greatly enhance the combat power of the demon beasts.

  Like the Wind Winged Fox, it possesses a skill called 'Gust Technique' that suddenly increases its speed, as well as several other wind-based divine abilities, which makes its status higher than many original beasts and heteromorphic beasts. And if at level 6, it can also obtain fire attributes and corresponding divine abilities, evolving into the Wind Winged Fire Fox. Then with the assistance of the wind, the flames will be even more powerful, allowing it to ascend to the level of a high-ranking spiritual beast.

  However, in general, even for a divine beast, it takes at least level three to awaken one's innate talent. Ren Li praised this little fox with only upper-second-level strength precisely because of this. Normally, a Fengyue Xuanhuo would awaken its divine powers around the time it reaches level five and forms its dan, when its pair of flesh wings have fully grown.

  And usually being able to use divine power in advance also means that this demon beast's innate talent is the most likely to undergo mutation.

  The Wind Winged Mystic Fox killed a lone Unihorn Bear and broke through the encirclement, not stopping at all, and rushed towards the direction of the Assisting Demon Grass. Then it picked it up in one bite, but at this time another Unihorn Bear from nearby also pounced over, and after their bodies intersected, the outcome was decided. A shocking wound appeared on the belly of the Unihorn Bear, with its internal organs spilling out, and it was clear that it wouldn't survive. The Wind Winged Mystic Fox also stumbled, then accelerated away. And just in that brief moment of pause, both saw a new wound added to its right back, its left hind leg slightly limping, only because the pair of wings flapping constantly didn't slow down its speed too much.

  This made Yue Yuwei, who had already taken out his black lacquered bow and was preparing to nock an arrow, furrow his brow. He intentionally wanted to leave the Wind Winged Mystic Fox behind, but this beast's movement speed was too fast, making it impossible for him to lock onto it even with the assistance of the auxiliary system. Yue Yuwei knew that this sudden acceleration divine ability must have a time limit, but judging from the dense wind attribute spiritual energy around the little fox, the effect would not disappear within an hour or so.

  Just as the Dark Wind Fox was about to escape, a grey shadow suddenly appeared and whipped its body, sending it flying tens of meters away. The fox's breathing was now weak and labored.

  When Yue Yu and Ran Li looked at it again, they saw a gray-brown snake-tailed turtle slowly crawling out. The gray whip-like shadow was its long snake tail behind its body. The two couldn't help but look at each other in surprise, earlier when they came, neither of them had discovered its existence. People all say that the snake-tailed turtle is best at hiding, this saying is indeed true.

  Yue Yu felt a bit ashamed and patted his forehead. With his auxiliary intelligent system's graphical resolution comparison ability, he shouldn't have been deceived like that. However, at the time, almost all of his attention was absorbed by the battle between the three single-horned bears and the Wind Winged Foxes, and he didn't even have time to look around.

  But this moment is not a good time for introspection. Yue Yu raised his right arm, the black lacquered bow. The snake-tailed turtle had approached within twenty meters of Xuan Hu, and for the latter, it was inevitable!

  Staring at the snake-tailed turtle's eyes, Yue Yu coldly smiled and shot an arrow without any mercy.

  In this world, the power comparison between human martial artists and demonic beasts is roughly as follows: a warrior is equivalent to a one or two-stage demonic beast, while a martial artist is at the level of three to four stages. As for high-level demonic beasts that have formed dan (elixir) from five to six stages, apart from using the method of encirclement and annihilation, only innate strong cultivators can cope with them.

  Of course, this is not absolute. For example, Lin Zhuo, who has practiced the advanced martial skill "Chong Xiao Bi Xie Sword", and the Feng Yi Xuan Hu in front of them now are both top-notch among their peers. Their comprehensive strength in combat far surpasses that of their peers, and they can even challenge those at a higher level without any problem.

  At this moment, among the two people present, Ran Li's physical strength, combined with his eighth-level warrior cultivation, made him not much different from those primary warriors. As for Yue Yu, in Ran Li's eyes, he was completely abnormal, and challenging seventh or eighth level warriors was no problem at all. With the Six-Stone Bow in his hand, he could probably retreat unscathed when facing third or fourth-level unrefined demonic beasts, so dealing with a second-level inferior demonic beast like the Snake-Tailed Turtle would naturally be no problem at all.

  In fact, the two of them finished off the remaining unicorn and tortoise in just over two minutes. When Yue Yu arrived in front of the still-breathing Wind Winged Fox with his black lacquered bow, his eyes were extremely complex.