"What’s going on?" Qin Yanyang asked Yang Fei.
Yang Fei replied, "This exotic beast followed me out from the heart of the mountains. At first, it was quite friendly, but after we came out, it forced me to dig up spirit stones and swallowed me twice before spitting me out."
Qin Yanyang was dumbfounded upon hearing this.
Only then did she understand why Yang Fei was covered in such sticky stuff and reeked of a foul stench.
The two of them were holding hands at this moment, their minds connected. Yang Fei cautiously mobilized the True Qi within, which also stimulated the True Qi in her body.
The two of them combined, forming a synergy where one plus one was greater than two once again.
Yet, even with this, facing the gigantic beast, both of them felt a deep-seated fear emanating from the depths of their souls.
The exotic beast growled at them, then opened its massive jaws, a tremendous suction force coming forth once more.
Yang Fei’s expression changed dramatically, "Not good, run!"
Even now, though they were working together, he had no intention of resisting, instead grabbing Qin Yanyang’s hand and dodging to the side rapidly.
The ferocious suction swept in, Yang Fei was used to it, but Qin Yanyang was terrified.
She felt the huge force pulling at her backpack, as if it was going to be ripped away from her body.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
Just then, dozens of sharp, piercing sounds echoed as all the spirit stones Qin Yanyang had hidden in her backpack flew out, headed straight into the beast’s cavernous mouth.
After swallowing the spirit stones, the beast closed its mouth, and the enormous suction force vanished.
At this moment, Yang Fei had already pulled Qin Yanyang up into the air, hovering high above, tens of meters away from the beast.
Looking down from above, they saw that after the beast devoured the dozen or so spirit stones from Qin Yanyang’s backpack, its agitated mood calmed significantly, and its fierce aura gradually diminished.
It raised its head, gave a low growl at Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang, then quickly shrank in size, displaying a joyful expression, rolling on the ground, showing a few playful antics.
Yang Fei once again felt the previous sense of familiarity.
With their hearts connected, Qin Yanyang also felt an inexplicable closeness, unable to hold back saying, "It’s so cute."
Yang Fei’s mouth twitched.
No way, it’s definitely a disguise, it’s just pretending.
I had refused to dig spirit stones for it and ended up being swallowed twice, this thing is just a beast, ruthless.
While having such an exotic beast as a spirit pet would be impressive, this thing becomes berserk and even abuses its owner, not suitable for keeping around.
It’s best to stay away from it.
"Ignore it, this thing gets too easily agitated, we should keep our distance," Yang Fei finally decided resolutely.
Qin Yanyang was reluctant, saying, "But it looks so pitiful."
Yang Fei looked over and indeed saw it giving a pitiful look.
Seeing them look over, the beast even kneeled down, shrinking even smaller, resembling an adolescent gray polar bear lying there, giving a slight, soft growl at Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang.
This time, even the growl sounded somewhat cuddly.
Yang Fei’s heart softened immediately, it felt as if some invisible force was driving him, creating a mysterious bond with the exotic beast, making him momentarily forget its previous abuse.
"Do you want to come with us?" Qin Yanyang’s eyes displayed loving gentleness, asking the exotic beast.
The exotic beast nodded repeatedly.
Qin Yanyang said to Yang Fei, "Look, it really wants to come with us."
Yang Fei took a deep breath, "But it feeds on spirit stones, where will we get so many to raise it?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yanyang frowned.
All those spirit stones she struggled to mine in the cave got swallowed in one go by this creature.
Those stones contained vast spiritual elements, she was certain that with those stones, her cultivation realm could advance a small step.
If those spirit stones were given to her grandfather, it might allow him to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm by teaching him the Foundation Establishment Technique.
To any cultivator in the Martial Arts World, those spirit stones were invaluable treasures, yet the exotic beast devoured them in one gulp.
If the beast grows and cultivates through spirit stone consumption, its demand for cultivation resources is too high to maintain.
While they pondered, footsteps suddenly came from the exit.
Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang used Divine Thought to probe and sensed the presence of Li Yue and Sun Lei.
"Brother Yang, you made it out safely." Li Yue perceived Yang Fei’s Divine Sense probing and immediately called out with delight.
Yang Fei sensed Li Yue’s genuine happiness for his escape, while also noticing Sun Lei’s frown, a trace of regret flashing across his face, seemingly disappointed that he didn’t die in the array.
Wait, there was a hint of cold killing intent in this guy’s eyes.
Yang Fei suddenly recalled the scenes he saw in the surveillance-like screen projections in the cave earlier.
This Sun Lei had malicious intent, wanting to kill him to claim Qin Yanyang, deserved death.
Right, based on the God’s Vision perspective earlier in the cave, what Sun Lei obtained wasn’t any cultivation heritage from Li Er, but a spiritual treasure magical artifact called the ’Soul Binding Rope.’
This artifact, a spiritual treasure, wielded varying power based on the holder’s cultivation, and from the information on this magic treasure’s countermeasures obtained through God’s Vision, Yang Fei knew once someone possessed this artifact, those of the same realm couldn’t resist using cultivation alone.
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Even some higher-level cultivators might be unexpectedly killed.
At the moment, while Yang Fei sensed Sun Lei’s intent to kill, he couldn’t discern Sun Lei’s true thoughts or any other information.
It seemed that the earlier God’s Vision perspective was only possible within the powerful array left by Li Er.
With these thoughts swirling, the ideas in Yang Fei’s heart were sensed by Qin Yanyang, with whom he shared a mental connection. She looked at him in surprise, mentally asking, "What God’s Vision, what Soul Binding Rope? How did you know Sun Lei wanted to kill you?"
Yang Fei snapped back and replied, "I’ll explain everything to you later."
At this moment, two figures rushed out from the cave, one after another.
It was Li Yue and Sun Lei.
"Miss Qin also made it out, that’s great," Li Yue said with a smile, seeing Qin Yanyang with Yang Fei.
Sun Lei smiled as well, seeing Qin Yanyang.
Just then, an earth-shatteringly loud roar echoed.
Both Li Yue and Sun Lei’s expressions changed drastically as they looked over and saw the exotic beast.
"Is that... the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast?" Sun Lei’s eyes glinted with a sharp light as he exclaimed, both astonished and terrified.
Li Yue was equally shocked, staring at the beast for a moment before saying in horror, "It really is the Heaven-devouring Divine Beast... How could this be? Does this legendary creature truly exist?"