Now that Yao Yuzhi's Divine Shuttle Boat had sailed far away, the threat of a Spirit Martial Stage expert was gone. And with half of the Moon Swallowing Beast's inner core already in Gongyang Ying's hands, the Shadow Moon Rat would definitely come to snatch it.
Sure enough...
Had he arrived even a step later, half the inner core would certainly have been taken. More importantly, the Shadow Moon Rat might even have killed Gongyang Ying.
Not daring to delay, Sikong Jing immediately stood guard beside Gongyang Ying, staring intently in the direction where the Shadow Moon Rat had vanished once more.
Suddenly, he calmly suggested, "Shadow Moon Rat, if you truly like the Moon Swallowing Beast's inner core that much, I can find you another one. On the condition that you follow me from now on."
Sikong Jing's voice rang firm and powerful, carrying a faint trace of the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' aura.
There were no powerful demonic beasts in this sea of flowers. Now that he had reached the Golden Body Realm, perhaps he could suppress the Shadow Moon Rat and make it submit.
The next instant, the Shadow Moon Rat abruptly poked its head out and landed atop a flower, staring fixedly at Sikong Jing.
Then, in its somewhat halting voice, it asked, "What... is that aura on you?"
Sikong Jing's gaze chilled slightly. The Shadow Moon Rat had not actually been suppressed by his bloodline; it merely sensed that his aura was strange.
Had it been any ordinary demonic beast, the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' aura would have made it tremble with fear even at the same realm.
Clearly, this Shadow Moon Rat's ferocious beast bloodline was pure to the extreme.
That only made Sikong Jing want to conquer it even more.
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