Chapter 014: Bilo Fruit
Ji Zhu was completely shocked at this moment. She had never expected that a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast couldn’t even last two moves against Jiang Bai.
She remembered that in the novel, when Jiang Bai first appeared, she was at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Although she was only one step away from the Nascent Soul stage, that was about twenty to thirty years after the Centennial Grand Competition, right?
But now? The timeline had advanced by twenty to thirty years, yet Jiang Bai was already capable of independently killing a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast!
Ah!
Damn it all!
What has this world become! How can there be so many situations that deviate from the novel’s plot!
However, before Ji Zhu could be shocked for long, Jiang Bai suddenly pulled Ji Zhu back into her arms. Her gaze turned towards the depths of the dense forest, and the words she spoke carried a hint of coldness.
“A beast tide is coming. Do you want to leave now, or stay and experience it firsthand?”
The ground beneath their feet had already begun to tremble slightly. Small pebbles were jumping, and the powerful auras in the distance were approaching rapidly.
Hearing Jiang Bai’s words, everyone was a little stunned. After feeling the trembling of the ground beneath their feet, their expressions changed. They looked at each other and, without prior agreement, took out their weapons.
Qiong Yin’s weapon was a green longsword. She held it tightly in her hand, the smile on her face still gentle and beautiful, and the words she spoke were also soft and gentle.
“Since Master let us come out to gain experience, if we run away at the first sign of trouble, how can we achieve the purpose of our training?”
“That’s right, that’s right, a beast tide! I’ve never seen one, I want to see it and broaden my horizons!” As soon as Qiong Yin’s voice fell, someone immediately chimed in, looking quite excited.
These words, which sounded like they were rushing to their deaths, attracted Ji Zhu’s attention. She looked at the person who had spoken, her eyes wide with shock.
She wasn’t from this world, yet she knew how terrifying a beast tide was. They weren’t thinking of running, but instead wanted to stay and witness it?
Seeing their eager expressions, Su Xin was silent for a moment before smiling with some relief. This was what a disciple of her Hehuan Sect should be like, daring to challenge.
“In that case, everyone be careful. You must not get trapped in the beast tide, or you will be dragged to your death.”
“Alright!” The members of the Hehuan Sect looked serious and were on high alert, able to feel the ground shaking more intensely.
Su Xin looked at them, then at the people from the Medicine King Valley. A huge purple pentagram pattern of spiritual energy spread out at her feet, enveloping everyone. She said to Xia Ye, “It’s not convenient to travel together from now on. You should leave quickly too.”
Xia Ye, who had been shocked by their fearlessness, heard Su Xin’s words, and her face turned slightly cold. She said unhappily, “Are you the only ones out for training, and we’re not? Don’t make it sound like we’re so afraid of death!”
“That’s right! Even if we can’t quell the beast tide, we still have the ability to escape!” Xia Ye’s junior brother chimed in.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Ye immediately turned and glared at him. No one would think he was mute if he didn’t speak! The ability to escape, doesn’t that still imply they’re afraid of death!
The junior brother shrank his neck, his expression a little sheepish.
But soon, everyone had no time to argue. From the place where the Xuan Yan Tiger had jumped out, a nimble monkey and a giant silver-ringed snake rushed out one after another, their auras extremely violent, and they would even attack each other from time to time.
In a few breaths, more and more demonic beasts appeared. Jiang Bai led everyone to retreat to the side first, not engaging in too many direct confrontations with them, lest they lose their lives before achieving the purpose of their training.
Since the goal was to let them gain experience in actual combat, Jiang Bai and Su Xin did not intervene too much. Most of the time, they watched from the side, preventing demonic beasts that were too far beyond their strength from approaching.
For a time, the roars of demonic beasts, accompanied by various colors of spiritual energy, raged in the forest. However, apart from the demonic beasts they held back, more low-level demonic beasts were trampled to death by the higher-level demonic beasts behind them, and the high-level demonic beasts would also attack each other.
Witnessing all this, Jiang Bai released her spiritual sense to search, wanting to know what it was that was making these demonic beasts so fanatical.
And as time passed and the demonic beasts became more and more violent, Ji Zhu, in her arms, suddenly twitched her nose and began to look around.
There were too many demonic beasts, and various spiritual energies were clashing. Jiang Bai’s spiritual sense could not be spread over a large area, and it even collided with the spiritual sense of a particularly powerful demonic beast, causing her face to turn a little pale.
The strength of that demonic beast just now was definitely above hers.
“Meow meow!” Ji Zhu suddenly became a little excited. She raised her paw and pointed to a position to Jiang Bai’s right rear, rubbing her head against her insistently.
Jiang Bai calmed the turmoil in her sea of consciousness and looked in the direction Ji Zhu was pointing. Although she didn’t see anything, she still walked a few steps over. After passing through the bushes, her pupils instantly shrank.
It was a Bilo Fruit that was about to fully ripen!
It was only at this moment that she fully understood why these demonic beasts were so excited.
The Bilo Fruit had the effect of increasing the purity of a demonic beast’s bloodline and was extremely attractive to them. Moreover, the fragrance emitted by the Bilo Fruit when it ripened could only be smelled by demonic beasts.
Although she didn’t know why Ji Zhu could smell this scent, she still made a decision.
With one sword strike, she killed the demonic beast that had already approached. Jiang Bai knew very well that when the Bilo Fruit fully ripened, the demonic beasts would only become more violent, and her subsequent actions would also anger all the demonic beasts.
“Elder, take them and evacuate immediately!” Jiang Bai decisively sent a voice transmission to Su Xin. What she was about to do was extremely dangerous, and she had to ensure their safety first.
Su Xin received Jiang Bai’s voice transmission. Although she didn’t know what she had discovered, she didn’t hesitate at all and immediately organized the others to evacuate. Just as they were about to completely withdraw from the battle circle, a giant demonic beast with horns on its head quickly charged at them!
It happened too suddenly. In addition, the demonic beast’s strength was comparable to Su Xin’s. If Su Xin dodged, the others behind her would be completely exposed to the demonic beast’s giant mouth!
“Thousand Light Shield!” Su Xin roared, and a huge purple light shield unfolded in front of her, barely blocking the demonic beast’s attack. However, the light shield was already covered in cracks, and it was clear that it could not withstand another attack.
“You go first!” Su Xin immediately held back the demonic beast to buy time for Qiong Yin and the others.
Qiong Yin and the others also knew the priorities and quickly withdrew from the battle circle, heading towards Wu City.
Xia Ye’s retreating steps paused. She looked back worriedly, and her face instantly changed. “Junior Sister, follow them and leave quickly. Don’t worry about me!”
With that, she turned and ran back.
Qiong Yin was startled and was about to stop, but she was grabbed by Xia Ye’s junior sister and pulled forward. She explained, “It’s okay, don’t worry about them. Senior Sister has a teleportation scroll on her and can also bring Elder Su Xin to a safe place.”
Qiong Yin opened her mouth, but in the end, she swallowed her words back down. A trace of doubt crossed her face, but now was not the time to pursue these things, so she had to temporarily put them aside.
And by the Bilo Fruit, Jiang Bai was already fighting with two demonic beasts at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Perhaps the battle here was too intense, and those of a lower level couldn’t intervene, so they could only watch anxiously from the side.
At this moment, Ji Zhu had been put into a Mizi Ring that could store living things by Jiang Bai. She squatted blankly in the huge space, looking at the messy surroundings, and fell completely silent.
Doesn’t this enchantress know how to tidy up? Are these things just piled up so messily?
Just as she was huffing and puffing, trying to organize things, a green fruit fell on her head.
Ji Zhu: “…”
How can there be high-altitude littering here too!
