Abyss Tutu Beast (Part 2)

"Careful, careful—be even more careful. Those great villains always got careless when they were on the verge of success, causing all their efforts to go to waste. I can't be like them." Er Dongsheng stared at the cave entrance, silently warning himself, though he was only catching a rabbit.

"Chirp chirp."

There was movement. Er Dongsheng tensed his body, ready to strike at any moment.

After a while, a round, gray-black tail poked out from the cave entrance, swept around the surroundings, then withdrew.

Er Dongsheng became even more cautious, doing his utmost to hold his breath as he waited for this fat sheep that was practically in his grasp.

After another while, the Tutu Beast's round tail poked out again. This time it stayed out longer, lying motionless outside.

The Abyss Tutu Beast had a particular trait: every time it left its cave, it backed out tail first. It would use its relatively sensitive tail to sense whether there was danger outside. Only after testing three times and finding no danger would it slowly back out. It was probably easier to flee back into the cave this way if it encountered danger at the entrance.

After probing again and again, this Abyss Tutu Beast finally confirmed that there was no danger outside the cave and slowly rolled backward out of it.

"Good heavens, such a tiny cave was hiding something this huge. This thing probably weighs thirty or forty jin! Did it practice the Bone-Shrinking Art?" Er Dongsheng looked at the small cave, then at the comparatively enormous Tutu Beast, silently marveling to himself.

At this point, the Abyss Tutu Beast had nearly withdrawn completely from the cave. Only half its head remained inside.

Er Dongsheng continued waiting, waiting for the best opportunity.

A moment later...

"Now!"

He moved like a rabbit, swift as the wind. Er Dongsheng's entire body shot out in an instant, while his tail, long poised like a drawn sword, stabbed out at the same time.

"Pfft!"

The nimble Tutu Beast was given no chance to react. His tail pierced precisely into its body, and his charging body instantly closed in against it. His prepared claws savagely seized the Tutu Beast by the neck.

"Crack!"

The Tutu Beast, just about to struggle, had its neck twisted apart in an instant. It did not even complete a single full struggling motion. Pitiful and lamentable.

This entire series of movements took only one or two seconds from beginning to end—simple, direct, and even faster, without the slightest flourish. Before the Tutu Beast's mind could even process what had happened, it was already over. One could only praise it as perfect.

"Not bad, not bad. The life energy of the Abyss Tree Heart really packs a punch." Lifting the Tutu Beast, Er Dongsheng recalled his movements just now—the explosive speed, strength, agility, and flexibility that had erupted in that instant—and felt utterly satisfied.

If it had been before, such a sudden burst of speed and strength from nothing to everything in an instant might have severely damaged the muscles and bones of this demon body. But now, after repeatedly consuming Abyss Tree Hearts, the cells in his body had received powerful reinforcement, and his muscles and bones had improved tremendously. If his former body had been one, then his current body was at least three—an entire threefold increase. Whether it was cellular toughness or the vitality of his cells, both had improved enormously.

"I still haven't reached Level One. I wonder just how strong a Level One demon's body is." Shaking his head, Er Dongsheng felt somewhat speechless. Though his strength was still increasing without limit and growing ever more formidable, he still had not reached Level One. He could not receive the reward of the Great Cosmic Will, much less gain the attention of the Abyssal Will.

"I wonder how those Abyssal Species became Level One demons. What a headache! Could it have nothing to do with the body?"

Carrying the Tutu Beast, Er Dongsheng carefully watched for every stir in the wind and grass around him while pondering how to become an Abyss Demon.

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In theory, no one yet knew just how vast the endless Abyss truly was, not even the Demon Lords. The boundless expanse of the endless Abyss also meant that the Abyssal Creatures living within it were as numerous as dust in the mortal world. Yet even with so many Abyssal Creatures, they were still scarcely worth mentioning before the vast Abyss. Hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of Abyssal Species were scattered across the Abyss, and not one could be found within a thousand li.

It could be said that the Abyss Snake Er Dongsheng had encountered last time was truly rare. In three years, he had only encountered one a few times, and the fact that he had even killed it made it rarer still.

Over these past few days, Er Dongsheng had constantly been adjusting his body, preparing to consume that essence at his peak and charge toward becoming a Level One demon.

However, deep in his subconscious, Er Dongsheng always felt that he should not rush to break through. He did not know why or what the reason was. It was the intuition of a martial artist, and martial artists like Er Dongsheng greatly believed in such sixth senses and instincts.

Still, pushing his muscles, bones, and cells to their limits could not possibly be wrong.

After walking and stopping, turning this way and that, Er Dongsheng cautiously halted behind a large tree.

"Damn, what is that?"

"..."