The Beast God inexplicably thought of Luo Yunji, whom he had seen in the Demon-Suppression Cave before. Even among the four of them, three had been full of wariness and rejection when they saw him. Yet Luo Yunji seemed completely unconcerned about his identity; even after learning who he truly was, he could still laugh and chat with him, and had even proposed that the Beast God teach him Daoist arts.
Luo Yunji was probably the only human the Beast God had encountered since gaining consciousness who had not feared him or rejected him.
If not for the fact that he did not know the art of rebirth through flesh and blood, he would certainly have taught it to Luo Yunji.
The Beast God had underestimated the hostility within him, and overestimated the endurance of these people who looked strong but were, in truth, merely ordinary humans.
By the time he reached the center of the village, those common folk who had first encountered the Beast God had already turned red-eyed, their teeth clenched tight, beastlike growls occasionally rumbling from their throats as drool streamed continuously from the corners of their mouths.
The Beast God was still immersed in his own thoughts when he was startled awake by a sudden scream. Before he had fully come back to himself, scream after scream followed, rising and falling one after another.
The once peaceful, cheerful scene before his eyes instantly turned into something like hell. Everyone threw themselves at the nearest villager beside them, tearing and gnawing at one another like maddened beasts.
The weak were pinned to the ground by the strong, who tore mouthful after mouthful of flesh from their bodies. Aside from howling in misery and struggling, there was nothing else they could do, nothing else they were able