Six Poison Centipede

"Whew, that hurt like hell." After swallowing an Origin Returning Pill, Ye Qiu circulated Light Healing Magic throughout his body. The pores, bones, and muscles of his body greedily absorbed the healing light, like a parched man suddenly given sweet nectar.

"Master, are you better now?" Pegasus asked.

"Shi Qiu, are you all right?" Qing Ye stepped forward as well, her voice full of concern.

"Yeah." Ye Qiu opened his eyes, stretched his joints, and rose with a smile. "Qing Ye, don't worry, I'm fine. Pegasus, it looks like weight training really is a good method. I feel much stronger than before."

"That's good. When will we continue?"

"Right now! Qing Ye, I'm going. Don't worry." Ye Qiu leaped onto Pegasus's back, raised a fist, and said, "Let's go."

"Yes."

"You..." Watching him vanish in an instant, Qing Ye could not help shaking her head. A training fanatic? He didn't seem like one!

At that moment, inside Ye Qiu's specially made Gravity Room, a Big Centipede nearly eight meters long lay coiled on the ground. The crystal stones around it were scattered everywhere, with chunks missing here and there. Looking closely, the broken edges seemed to have been melted away, yet also looked as though they had been eaten. There were cut marks, as well as liquid Amethyst Stone.

Six Poison Centipede! That's right, it was the heavily wounded Six Poison Centipede that had been hunted down all the way here. But...

It was vastly different from how it had been a few days ago. Before, there had been a huge gash in its abdomen, and nearly half of its hundred legs had been severed. Yet now, only a nearly imperceptible scar remained on its abdomen, while most of its legs had grown back, leaving only a few gaps. How had it done that?

Just then, a gust of wind swept in, and Ye Qiu rode Pegasus into the crystal enclosure. Seeing the scene before him, the boy's eyes widened enormously. "What the hell happened here? Did a demolition crew come tear down an illegal building?"

"What is this thing?" Ye Qiu looked curiously at the Six Poison Centipede lying before him, too frightened to move.

"Pegasus, do you know what it is?" Ye Qiu asked the pegasus beneath him.

"Never seen it."

"Seriously? You're a Sixth Order Magical Beast!"

"..."

"Sigh, fine. System, I'll have to trouble you." Ye Qiu communicated with the system.

"Ding, scanning... Ding, searching... Ding, identity confirmed."

Name: None

Species: Six Poison Centipede

Talent: Four Star

Strength: Third Order Magical Beast

Skills: Venom, Poison Mist, Entangling Strangulation, Devouring Regeneration

Traits: Its attack power is average, but its venom is extremely potent. The venom and Poison Mist it releases are highly corrosive. As long as it does not suffer a fatal injury, it can recover through Devouring Regeneration by consuming other forms of energy. It possesses formidable vitality.

Relationship: Fear

"Oh? Regenerative abilities and deadly poison!" Hearing the system's introduction to the Big Centipede before him, Ye Qiu was quite surprised. This thing actually had such abilities. But what the hell did it mean that it was afraid of him? I'm way better-looking than you are, and I'm not even scared of you, so why are you scared of me? Am I that terrifying? I didn't even do anything to you. Of course, Ye Qiu was no idiot, and he quickly realized that it was afraid because of Pegasus beneath him.

"Hey, big guy, did you do this?" Ye Qiu pointed at the badly damaged crystal wall around them and asked the terrified Six Poison Centipede lying before him.

"*&--#￥#%%￥" The Six Poison Centipede hesitantly nodded, then opened its mouth and spewed a bunch of incomprehensible gibberish that Ye Qiu could not understand at all.

"Master, it says that it was hunted down and badly injured. Somehow, it fled here. The energy inside these Amethyst Stones could help it recover, so it ate some of them. But it didn't know this place belonged to you. It hopes you can forgive it and not kill it." The Six Poison Centipede's incoherent noises gave Ye Qiu a splitting headache and made him want to curse. At that moment, Pegasus took on the role of translator.

"What? It ate my Amethyst Stones?!" Ye Qiu was stunned. Although these Amethyst Stones were not the hardest crystals Crystal Release could create, they were certainly not to be underestimated. Yet this thing had actually eaten them outright. How did it even eat them? How could it bite down on them? Wasn't it afraid of breaking its teeth?

"Master, judging from the condition of these crystals, they seem to have been melted," Pegasus said as it carried Ye Qiu a few steps closer to inspect the remaining amethyst crystals.

"Melted? Right, the system said this thing's poison was highly corrosive. But I never expected it could even melt my amethyst crystals." Ye Qiu nodded as he thought this over.

"No, wait. How did you get in? I clearly sealed everything within one li around the cave entrance with Crystal Release. You... don't tell me you..." Ye Qiu suddenly realized something. He sprang into the air and looked around, his face turning black as charcoal.

The crystal wall Ye Qiu had formed around the cave with Crystal Release had a huge breach in it, with debris scattered all over, exactly like the Gravity Room.

"Hmm, I've decided. I'm keeping you!" He landed, took several deep breaths to calm himself, then looked at the Big Centipede before him. Ye Qiu thought for a while, shaking his head one moment and nodding the next. Finally, he spoke.

"*&￥·##" Upon hearing Ye Qiu's words, the Six Poison Centipede slightly raised its head and looked at him with a trace of disbelief in its eyes.

"Hey, Big Centipede, are you willing to follow me? If you are, I can heal your injuries and provide you with a safe place, as well as enough heavenly treasures to help you increase your strength," Ye Qiu tempted the Six Poison Centipede.

"@;&￥%&*" Hearing Ye Qiu's words, the Six Poison Centipede nodded repeatedly. It had nowhere to go and was being hunted down. Now that someone was willing to shelter it, this was exactly what it wanted. On top of that, he was willing to give it a safe place and medicinal materials to increase its strength. There could be nothing better. As for submitting to a human and disgracing the dignity of magical beasts? Bah! Take a look at what the man was riding before saying that. Magical beast dignity? In front of a Sixth Order Magical Beast, what dignity could a Third Order Magical Beast possibly talk about?

"Good. You're straightforward enough. Here, eat this." Ye Qiu tossed it an Origin Returning Pill.

The Six Poison Centipede did not hesitate. It immediately swallowed the pill, because it could sense the pure energy contained within the Origin Returning Pill.

"Heh heh." Watching the Six Poison Centipede digest the Origin Returning Pill as its injuries gradually recovered, Ye Qiu smiled faintly. A Third Order Magical Beast with Four Star talent—it was a pretty decent subordinate.