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"Oh, you mean hybridization." I shot her a glance, but she glared at me and said, "You knew that already, so why ask me!? Do you usually ask women these questions?"
"That's called being unashamed to ask those of lesser status. Heh heh." I grinned. Xue Qingcheng nearly flew over to beat me up, and it was only because I followed the Toad to help him that I managed to escape that calamity.
"By the way, where do you think this salamander hid its treasures? Could it be that they're all piled up there?" I asked with a laugh, summoning Purple Ghost with the Ghost Staff to help surround the salamander.
"What's a salamander?" Xue Qingcheng muttered, looking as if she blamed me for throwing out yet another new term. I waved my sleeve, and a cloud of poison condensed into the shape of a salamander.
"Ugly." Xue Qingcheng couldn't help laughing when she saw its shape. Then she looked at the Desolate Beast below and said, "It does look a little like it, but this one is much more imposing. It has wings, so it clearly possesses the ancient bloodline of Bai Ze. But judging from the teeth in its mouth, it also bears the traits of Taotie. Could it be a descendant of these two spirit species? Add in its ability to transform, and the fact that it came here to steal things—it's certainly a little clever."
"That's right. It lives beneath the deep pool under that waterfall, so this form couldn't be more suitable." I fully agreed with Xue Qingcheng's guess.
Xue Qingcheng didn't join the attack. Two Eight-Tribulation Desolate Beasts ganging up on another was already an overwhelming advantage, to say nothing of a Desolate Beast that didn't rely on combat to survive. The fact