Changes Among the Fierce Beasts

A soft radiance emanated from the beasts, while terrifying auras continued to spread.

Boundless black qi coiled around Di Tian, carrying an intense aura of death.

Di Tian had discovered that throwing himself into darkness offered no future. Only death was the eternal destination of all living beings. Resolutely, he transformed from the Golden Eyed Black Dragon King into the Death Saint Dragon. The dense deathly qi caused the trees, flowers, and grass around his massive body to wither in an instant.

Yet a hazy green glow gently shrouded the entire Lake of Life, tenderly enveloping the deathly aura. Bathed in that green light, every living being felt brimming with vitality, and their previous injuries healed in the blink of an eye.

Xiong Jun, meanwhile, looked at Di Tian with excitement. The deathly aura constantly assailed his body, only to be kept outside by his tough fur. An earthy yellow glow circulated over him, continuously repairing the places that had been damaged before.

Xiong Jun had been unable to defeat Di Tian before. On one hand, there was the gap in cultivation; on the other, Di Tian had an unfair advantage. The Dragon God had taught him the Dragon God Claw, while Xiong Jun's self-created Sky-Rending Claw could not compare.

But only after truly becoming a demon did Xiong Jun realize that he had gained an additional talent. He could draw power endlessly from the earth itself, and he had also gained earth-manipulation abilities no weaker than his own control over metal.

With his endurance secured, Xiong Jun declared that as long as Di Tian did not cheat by flying away, he could wear Di Tian to death even if it came down to a battle of attrition.

All the Fierce Beasts had undergone considerable changes, their auras nearly multiplying several times over.

Why were Demon Cores so important? Because a Demon Core was essentially a small cheat. When it formed, it could consolidate all one's power and trigger a bloodline leap, with a chance of granting innate abilities. It could also continuously excavate one's bloodline potential. Later, by steadily improving the quality of the Demon Core, one could have further chances to gain new talents.

It could also help one unleash power more effectively and perish together with an enemy. In addition, it was a hidden reserve of energy; when one ran out of power, one could rely on the Demon Core to launch a counterattack.

A Demon Core could store memories as well. Great cultivators could stuff their inheritances into a Demon Core, and some Demon Cores containing powerful inheritances were carefully guarded as the treasures of an entire race.

It was precisely because Demon Cores were so powerful that, before the Demon Race was established, the various races had lived rather miserably. After all, both the flesh and Demon Cores of the Demon Race were potent supplements. The races hunted and killed one another, and even innate lifeforms often captured them to eat.

But Lu Wu felt that the Soul Beasts before him had no need to worry about attracting more covetous eyes. After all, under the rules of Douluo Continent, these Fierce Beasts could produce soul rings and soul bones no matter what, making them prized treasures even in the human world.

When you already owed plenty, a little more did not matter; when you had enough lice, you stopped feeling the itch. What mattered more than increasing their strength?

Looking at the Fierce Beasts before him, whose forms had all changed considerably, Lu Wu nodded in satisfaction.

Dark clouds appeared in the sky again, but before Lu Wu could even lift his head to look, they vanished without a trace.

Gu Yuena was speechless. Was this Plane Consciousness not being a little too cowardly? Though she also felt that it had no choice but to be cowardly.

"Lu Master."

The Fierce Beasts approached Lu Wu with respectful expressions, their hearts filled with gratitude.

They could feel the changes in their bodies, as well as the increase in their strength, and all of it had been brought about by the snow-white little beast before them.

"Now you can barely be considered part of the Demon Race. It's just that your strengths are still far too uneven."

Lu Wu blinked his clear blue eyes. One of Bai Ze's innate abilities was Knowledge of All Things; he was what the Heavenly Dao Little Compendium referred to. It simply did not work on certain objects with powerful innate concealment or on great cultivators.

The path these Fierce Beasts took differed from that of the Silver Dragon King. Ultimately, the method given to the Silver Dragon King was meant to heal her injuries.

That original body had already been ravaged by the Asura God to such an extent that it would be better to burn all her power at once, then shed her old body through a special method and gain greater potential.

These Fierce Beasts were not injured. It was not that they could not take that path, but if they all cultivated anew, then when humans entered the Star Dou Great Forest to bother him, who would stop them?

He could not be bothered to act himself. What sort of faction had only its leader fighting, while the underlings even needed their leader's protection? Wasn't the point of subduing the Soul Beast race to spare himself so many troubles?

"Your task now is to adapt to your current bodies and bring out your combat strength more effectively. If humans come to disturb you, teach them a lesson."

Lu Wu stretched lazily as he spoke.

Lu Wu was quite confident in the Fierce Beasts' current strength. Even Scarlet King, the weakest among them, now possessed strength no less than Di Tian's previous level. With powerful Fierce Beasts such as Di Tian and Xiong Jun, plus Bi Ji, the greatest healer in the world, they would not fear even a united human assault.

The humans of Douluo Continent were left by Lu Wu for the Soul Beasts to train against. Their future conquests would certainly involve humans from every world, so they might as well start learning now how to better defeat this species that was incomparably despicable yet exceedingly noble.

Moreover, due to the limitations of Soul Beasts themselves, the overwhelming majority could at most be considered demonic beasts. Even their intelligence was muddled and immature. This was also something that needed to be prepared next.

Why had humans gradually squeezed the Soul Beasts' living space? In terms of reproduction and adaptability, many Soul Beast races far surpassed humans.

But there was one crucial point in which they could not compare: human intelligence was far too widespread. That was what allowed humans to grow powerful so quickly and suppress the other races.

"Yes, Lu Master."

The Fierce Beasts all rubbed their hands together, eager expressions appearing on their faces.

Although they had made an agreement with Shrek not to casually hunt hundred-thousand-year Beast Kings, that agreement had been forced through by threatening a Beast Tide. At its core, it was still a compromise by the Soul Beasts.

If Shrek Academy secretly hunted a hundred-thousand-year Beast King every century or so, these Fierce Beasts would have no way to stop them. After all, there was a shameless fellow who could descend as a god, and humanity was developing at an extremely rapid pace.

Cloudy Depths Unknown.

A towering castle floated quietly atop a mountain peak above a sea of clouds. Mist curled around it, and an ancient, rustic air rushed to meet the eye.

"Big Brother, what exactly happened with that change in the heavens earlier? Has Third Brother responded?"

A rough voice rang out, and the surrounding mist churned endlessly with its vibrations.

"I'm not sure either. Even now, I still can't contact Third Brother."

A low voice answered the question, though it too was filled with confusion.

On a plain sofa, an exceptionally muscular man scratched his dense, bristle-like short hair. His heart was full of doubt. Then, as if he had thought of something, his tawny eyes lit up, and he leaned toward the white-robed middle-aged man beside him.

"Big Brother, does that mean Third Brother can't hear what we're saying right now?"

The short-haired man spoke somewhat cautiously, but he still could not hide his excitement.

The Sky Azure Bull Python instinctively transmitted his voice through Soul Power to his younger brother. After all these years, he was still so reckless.

"Based on the earlier reaction, he probably can't hear us. But we don't know when we might be able to contact him again."

The Sky Azure Bull Python involuntarily lowered his voice. Though he knew such a small gesture would do little to prevent Third Brother from learning about the situation.

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