Demon Child Descends

Demon Child Descends

He lay down in the instrument chamber with practiced ease.

A tingling sensation swept over him.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a dense Primeval Forest.

Both the sense of touch and pain were incomparably real.

Towering ancient trees rose from the ground, countless branches intertwining overhead and blotting out the sky.

"Phew." Breathing in the fresh air, Su Qiu stretched lazily.

Someone else might have already started hunting Soul Beasts to raise their spiritual power as quickly as possible.

But to Su Qiu, coming here was no different from relaxing after growing tired from his usual cultivation.

Besides, his Soul Spirit's age was already very high. An ordinary Spirit Ascension Platform was too inefficient for him now, yielding half the results for twice the effort.

He intended to wait for the Spirit Ascension Platform's riot period, then make one push to raise it to ten thousand years.

This time, he would just treat it as a break.

Scattered sunlight filtered through gaps in the lush leaves, casting mottled patches of light across the ground that swayed with the breeze.

Su Qiu strolled along leisurely, like a tourist here to admire the scenery.

In the monitoring area outside.

"What is he doing?" Long Hengxu pointed at a screen. By a river in the Primeval Forest, Su Qiu sat cross-legged, using a fishing rod he had just made to fish.

"He's fishing?!" Long Hengxu rubbed his eyes hard, unable to believe it.

He turned to Wu Changkong beside him. "He's actually trying to catch fish-type Soul Beasts, right?!"

"No, without a doubt, he's fishing." Wu Changkong grumbled inwardly, but said nothing. He had to maintain his cold and aloof image.

The other staff members were drawn over by Long Hengxu's shout. After seeing that it was Su Qiu, they calmly returned to their posts.

This was not the first time they had seen it. There was no need to make such a fuss.

Using such a precious Spirit Ascension Platform slot for leisure gave Long Hengxu a tiny little taste of rich-kid shock.

Looking at the other Zero Class members on the screens, they were all quite normal, making the most of their time to raise their spiritual power.

"Wait!" Long Hengxu suddenly widened his eyes.

There was another expert!

On one of the screens was a silver-haired, violet-eyed girl.

Na'er was like a demon lord descending from the heavens, going all out.

Three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings behind her shone at once.

The phantom of a Giant Dragon roared behind her.

Na'er suddenly burst forward, shooting out like an arrow loosed from a bow.

In the blink of an eye, she charged into a patch of dense forest ahead.

A Black-Striped Giant Bear the size of a small mountain watched Na'er charge toward it with unstoppable force, terror appearing on its bear-like face.

Left with no choice, it endured the Dragon Might and swung out a massive paw.

This Thousand-Year Soul Beast was thick-skinned and tough-fleshed. Even the air buzzed violently as its paw came crashing down.

Facing such a counterattack, Na'er's violet eyes remained utterly calm. She lightly raised a jade-like finger.

The Giant Dragon phantom behind her suddenly roared and dove down. Carrying overwhelming force, its Dragon Claw effortlessly shattered the Black Bear's paw as if it were nothing.

Boom!

With a thunderous crash, the Black-Striped Giant Bear's enormous body was sent flying like a kite with its string cut, smashing heavily into a tree trunk and snapping the thick trunk in two.

The giant bear's eyes were filled with horror. It struggled to rise, only to find Na'er already flashing before it. She followed up with a heavy punch. This time, the giant bear could not move at all.

After dealing with the giant bear, Na'er did not pause. Her figure darted through the forest.

Whether swift Wind Wolves or venomous Jade Phosphorous Serpents, none could withstand even a single punch from her.

The Giant Dragon phantom roared without end, while the Soul Rings' light flashed in overlapping bursts.

Every strike carried absolute suppressive force.

The Soul Beasts were either smashed apart by the Dragon Claw or severely wounded by her fists. They had no room to resist, and the entire area had become her "hunting ground."

Hundred-Year and Thousand-Year Soul Beasts alike were useless before her. One punch, and they went down.

But that was not the most important part.

What truly made Long Hengxu lose his composure was this.

Not a single one of the many Soul Beasts she had knocked down was dead.

Na'er was actually only beating them up, not killing them!

She fought them head-on, knocked them down, and left, leaving nothing but wails behind.

She was practically a living King Yama!

"W-what does this mean?"

The beautiful girl on the screen now looked to Long Hengxu like a Demon Child who tortured lives without killing them.

He could not help asking Wu Changkong again. Wu Changkong was knowledgeable, and he hoped for a reasonable explanation.

"This..." Even someone as cold and composed as Wu Changkong nearly lost his expression.

On the screen, Na'er finally stopped her Demon Child antics.

She tossed the Soul Beasts she had just beaten half to death into a pile, then pulled out a vine, infused it with Soul Power, and tied them up.

Then she dragged them away just like that.

She ran ahead holding the vine, while the bundled Soul Beasts stumbled along behind her.

She had even started dragging them.

"She's still torturing them!"

At that moment, Long Hengxu felt somewhat fortunate. He had originally been a little dissatisfied about Wu Changkong teaching Zero Class.

Now, that dissatisfaction instantly vanished without a trace.

Zero Class needed Wu Changkong!

He was the only one for the job!

Otherwise, who would teach them? Him, Long Hengxu?

Long Hengxu was now truly afraid that if he taught Zero Class and accidentally offended Na'er, this Demon Child, he would be tied up from head to toe and somehow commit suicide in the East Sea the next day.

"Hm? Adjust the surveillance and see which direction Na'er left in." Wu Changkong spotted the blind spot.

He did not understand Demon Children, but he understood love-struck minds.

"That direction leads to a river... Su Qiu?" Long Hengxu fell silent.

"Just as expected." Wu Changkong nodded. Na'er was headed for Su Qiu.

Why she had tied up a group of Soul Beasts was easy to explain as well.

Wu Changkong did not even need to think to know that Na'er was preparing everything to take to Su Qiu for spirit ascension.

He understood exactly how love-struck minds worked.

As for why he understood so well... well, do not ask.

"Sorry, Teacher."

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi's voices suddenly came from beside them.

Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu turned their heads at the same time, their gazes filled with surprise. "Why are you out already?"

"We ran into a Man Faced Demon Spider..." Wang Jinxi's face was pale. His gaze swept over the surveillance screen, and his confusion deepened. "Teachers, you..."

"Didn't you watch my trial just now?!"

He remembered the teachers saying they would monitor everything, yet the two of them were clearly not paying attention to him.

Long Hengxu and Wu Changkong exchanged a glance, instantly feeling awkward.

Given Wu Changkong's personality, he would never normally make such a low-level mistake, but Na'er's actions had simply been too eye-catching.

Long Hengxu coughed twice, trying to change the subject. "The Man Faced Demon Spider is quite strong. This is not your fault. Rest for a moment first; we'll analyze the battle shortly."

At that moment, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi also noticed the strange scene on the screen.

They were instantly dumbfounded.

Su Qiu was oblivious to everything outside, fully focused on his grand fishing endeavor.

At some point, Na'er had run over. She casually grabbed a half-dead Wind Wolf from the pile of Soul Beasts.

"Big Brother, this is a seven-hundred-year Soul Beast. Do you want to use it for spirit ascension?" she asked ingratiatingly. "You only need to lift a finger."

"Shh—" Su Qiu signaled for silence. He had not caught a single fish after all this time; how could he be in the mood for spirit ascension?

"Oh..." Na'er failed to notice anything wrong. She thought Su Qiu found its cultivation age too low.

She tossed over a black bear that was howling in pain and introduced it, "This one is definitely over a thousand years old. Do you want it?"