True creatures of the Demon Realm!
At those words, Li Yan jolted, finally understanding why Wen Qingfei's expression had changed the instant she saw this scene.
"Don't these demonic beasts all look more or less the same? Could you have made a mistake?" Li Yan asked.
"There's no mistake. Creatures native to the Demon Realm have a very different aura from creatures transformed by the corruption of the Demonized Lands. They're actually quite easy to distinguish," Wen Qingfei said.
Compared with Wen Qingfei, a well-bred young lady from a prominent family, Li Yan was practically a wild girl raised rough. She seldom studied miscellaneous lore, so naturally she could not recognize them.
Wen Qingfei was different. She came from a genuine aristocratic clan. Creatures that looked no different to ordinary people were worlds apart in her eyes.
She crouched down and examined it for a while, then said with growing certainty, "Look at this demonic beast. It's called a Spine Demon, a beast with spiked armor on its back like a porcupine. Judging by the color of its back spines, it's probably lived here for more than a year."
Ordinary people also called the beasts transformed by demonic corruption in the Demonized Lands, where the Demon Realm's energy leaked out, demonic beasts. But there were subtle differences between them and the Demon Realm creatures that escaped from the Nine Hells.
In the Spirit-Taming World, however, the former were more common, so people habitually called them demonic beasts as well. Most people truly could not tell the difference, nor did they need to.
"More than a year?" Li Yan looked somewhat incredulous.
Demon Realm creatures were no ordinary beings. After crossing into the Spirit-Taming World, they had to alter their bodies and adapt to the local environment to survive. If the