Have You Kneaded Any Milk Lately?

(Thanks to reader dxdiag10 for the two update-request tickets, hehe. Here are the first three thousand words. And thank you to all the readers who have always supported Sixue.)

"Crunch, crunch."

Stepping over the heaps of bones underfoot, Er Dongsheng cautiously explored deeper into the fissure. Something about this place was strange. Countless creatures' skeletons littered the ground. In the faint light reflected by the rock, the piles of bones gleamed a ghastly white, giving the place an eerie air.

As he walked across the bones, Er Dongsheng carefully studied everything he could see.

"What's this..."

Er Dongsheng stared at the enormous skeleton before him, horror crossing his face. He ran his fingers over the bone, cold enough to pierce his skin, and a chilling numbness washed over him. That feeling...

His brows drew together as he pondered.

"Bones this cold should belong to a Frost-Thunder Beast. But how could that be?" he murmured. Deep down, Er Dongsheng did not want to believe his own conclusion.

"How could such a powerful creature die here?" His doubts grew, and unease followed. This place was too strange. When he had passed it earlier, he had sensed an evil, ominous aura filling the area. So there really was something wrong with it!

What could have left so many creatures' skeletons here?

In truth, the many superpowered Exotic Beasts inhabiting this forest were its uncrowned kings. Born with mighty bodies or elemental abilities, they roamed this region unchecked. Almost nothing dared provoke them—not even Demons.

Of course, powerful as these Exotic Beasts were, most lacked intelligence and had not earned the Abyss's recognition. As long as you did not go out of your way to provoke them, you were generally safe.

The Frost-Thunder Beast was among the finest of them, possessing formidable instincts for