The flower was only the size of a palm, like glazed glass, and radiated a crimson glow.
Wisps of fragrance drifted out of the limestone cavern, refreshing the mind.
"Hm? Part of it has actually been eaten!"
Xu Yan's expression darkened as he studied the jagged, tooth-marked gaps along the lower edge of the Wonder-Yang Flower.
Though little had been eaten, its medicinal potency had still diminished, which would affect the number of pills he could refine.
By his estimation, he could originally have refined three Yang-Nourishing Pills. With the Wonder-Yang Flower damaged, he could now make only two.
"Hmph! A beast is still a beast!" Xu Yan snorted, his eyes gleaming coldly as he stared at a spot beneath the frozen lake.
Demon Beasts often guarded places where Heavenly Treasures were born, and this Wonder-Yang Flower was no exception.
But this Demon Beast had failed to resist the Wonder-Yang Flower's allure and eaten part of it before it matured.
Low-tier demonic beasts had little intelligence. Once they discovered a heavenly treasure, they often could not resist its temptation and devoured it before it ripened.
The Demon Beast guarding the Wonder-Yang Flower was now at the bottom of this frozen lake. He had already discovered it.
"Get out here!"
Xu Yan roared, and the Flying Sword above his head turned into a streak of azure light that shot toward the bottom of the frozen lake!
Boom!
Before the Greenedge Sword could draw close, the Demon Beast beneath the lake reacted. The ice, several yards thick, cracked inch by inch, and a white figure streaked with black emerged from the lakebed.
A black-and-white python as thick as a bucket and several yards long appeared before Xu Yan.
"An upper-grade tier-one Black-and-White Venom Python."
Records concerning this Demon Beast quickly surfaced in