"This little fellow is called a Nightmare Beast. Not only can it assist your cultivation, it also has a bit of combat power," Xu Zimo said. "We're poor and can't afford anything good.
Just make do with it."
"Not at all. I actually prefer Senior Brother Zimo's gift," Lin Qing replied hurriedly as she played with the little beast.
Xu Zimo smiled. He seemed to hear the sound of someone's heart shattering.
Since housing in the town was rather scarce, Xu Zimo and Tianshi shared a room.
The faint candlelight swayed gently. Tianshi sat cross-legged in cultivation; after all, the spiritual energy of this Mythological Era was still quite abundant.
The reason the people here had such low realms was ultimately because their cultivation techniques were far too crude, slowing their progress.
Xu Zimo, meanwhile, was sleeping soundly beside him.
The moon hung like a round plate, and the night was especially quiet.
Patrolling townspeople walked around the outskirts of the town, while unknown insects hid in the corners and chirped.
As the night deepened, one of the patrolling townspeople had just reached a corner of the town.
A massive shadow suddenly drilled out of the ground. Before the townsman could make a sound, he was swallowed by a huge mouth.
Immediately afterward came a burst of piercing chewing sounds.
Inside the room where Xu Zimo was staying, the swaying candlelight suddenly went out.
In the darkness, an eerie atmosphere spread.
Tianshi, who had been cultivating, abruptly opened his eyes. A huge shadow suddenly burst out from the floor and lunged straight at him.
"Time Slowdown," Tianshi snorted coldly.
Streams of time power surged through his right hand. As time flowed backward, the shadow's speed slowed as well.
Tianshi threw a punch, and endless waves of air gathered