35: Chapter 35 Demon Blood Core

[Demon Blood Core (Shadow Wolf · Silver Grade): A core formed by condensing the bloodline power of a fierce beast through a certain secret technique. Humans can refine it into their bodies, using their heart blood as a guide to temporarily gain the power of the beast; if a beast absorbs and refines it, its strength can be rapidly enhanced.]

Just as Chu Xiu was looking at the Demon Blood Core and the prompt of the divine pet evolution system appeared before his eyes, Zhang Daxian had already dismounted from the Huorong Hound, staring intently at the blood-red crystal held in the hands of the Dark Blade Mantis, and said excitedly,

"Brother Chu, this seems to be the Demon Blood Core from the bodies of those weirdos in the Heavenly Demon Society. It can allow a beast to directly absorb it and enhance its strength. What a good item!"

"My dad once obtained a Demon Blood Core, and it directly upgraded his beast from Bronze 4-Star to Bronze 6-Star, and that was just a Demon Blood Core obtained from a Bronze Tier weirdo of the Heavenly Demon Society."

"The one you have was obtained from a Silver Grade weirdo of the Heavenly Demon Society, so the effect will only be stronger."

While speaking, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion and the Huorong Hound also came before the Dark Blade Mantis, similarly staring intently at the Demon Blood Core in the hands of the Dark Blade Mantis.

A look of yearning appeared in the eyes of both beasts, as if this Demon Blood Core had an immense attraction to them.

"I see. Aside from being the root cause of the demonization of those weirdos in the Heavenly Demon Society, the Demon Blood Core can actually directly enhance the strength of beasts."

"Looking at it this way, these weirdos of the Heavenly Demon Society are not entirely useless!"

Seeing the reactions of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion and the Huorong Hound, and hearing Zhang Daxian say this, Chu Xiu immediately understood the value of the Demon Blood Core before him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then, he looked at the Dark Blade Mantis, whose eyes still carried a trace of excitement, and said, "Xiaodao, that fellow was slain by you. You should keep this Demon Blood Core; you do not need to give it to me."

Hearing this, the Dark Blade Mantis nodded excitedly again and again, and then swallowed the Demon Blood Core under the envious gazes of the Huorong Hound and the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

Boom!!!

As the Demon Blood Core entered its stomach, a majestic surge of vital energy instantly poured out from the body of the Dark Blade Mantis. Massive energy erupted within its body, continuously scouring its physique.

Feeling this majestic energy inside its body, the Dark Blade Mantis immediately began to absorb it with all its might. Under the absorption and refinement of the Dark Blade Mantis, the energy erupting from the Demon Blood Core grew weaker and weaker, while the aura on the Dark Blade Mantis rapidly grew stronger.

In less than three minutes, the Dark Blade Mantis absorbed all the energy of this Demon Blood Core. Its momentum surged all over, and its level, which had just broken through to Silver 3-Star, broke through once again, reaching Silver 4-Star.

Hum!

After its strength improved, the Dark Blade Mantis flapped the pair of wings behind it, flying happily around Chu Xiu to fully express the joy in its heart.

"Brother Chu, what is your strength right now?"

Looking at the joyful appearance of the Dark Blade Mantis after its breakthrough, Zhang Daxian on the side suddenly looked at Chu Xiu and asked.

More than twenty days ago, Chu Xiu had not even been able to condense a Beast Taming Seed. Now, in the blink of an eye, Chu Xiu's beast was already able to kill a Silver Grade weirdo of the Heavenly Demon Society.

Being able to achieve such a huge improvement in strength in such a short period of time was unheard of.

"I am now a Bronze Tier Beastmaster. As for Xiaodao, after refining that Demon Blood Core just now, it is now at the Silver 4-Star level."

Chu Xiu said straightforwardly upon hearing this.

He did not conceal much from Zhang Daxian.

"Holy crap, Brother Chu, did this mantis of yours eat miracle-gro? Its strength is improving so fast!"

Hearing that the Dark Blade Mantis was already at the Silver 4-Star level, Zhang Daxian could no longer use words to describe his current mood, and could only blurt out a piece of national essence.

Then he glanced at the Huorong Hound beside him, and suddenly felt it was not so appealing anymore.

One was Black Iron 4-Star, and the other was Silver 4-Star. Both were mutated beasts, so why was the gap so huge?

"Woof woof!"

Aside, feeling Zhang Daxian's gaze, the Huorong Hound also turned to look at Zhang Daxian, a look of confusion flashing in its eyes. It barked at Zhang Daxian twice, and then panted with its tongue hanging out.

It did not know Zhang Daxian's inner thoughts at the moment, and simply blindly fawned over its master.

"This stupid dog..."

Seeing this, Zhang Daxian felt a wave of helplessness in his heart once again.

"Perhaps my beast mutated rather severely."

Hearing Zhang Daxian's words, Chu Xiu smiled it off and did not inform him of the fact that he already possessed an SSS-grade Beast Space.

"Screech——"

Just as Chu Xiu's voice fell, a mournful cry came from the night sky, causing both Chu Xiu and Zhang Daxian to look up at the sky.

They saw a shadow in the night sky falling powerlessly downwards, which was precisely the avian beast of the Gold-tier powerhouse of the Heavenly Demon Society.

"It looks like tonight's battle is coming to an end as well."

Chu Xiu watched the falling avian beast in the night sky, murmured silently, and then turned to look at Zhang Daxian, saying, "Daxian, let us go. I hope you will not tell anyone about my situation for the time being."

As soon as his voice fell, Chu Xiu recalled the Dark Blade Mantis back into the Beast Taming Space, and then directly leaped onto the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

"Rest assured, Brother Chu, I understand!"

Seeing this, Zhang Daxian nodded solemnly, also mounted the Huorong Hound, and ran side by side with Chu Xiu toward the direction of the temporary camp.

...

When Chu Xiu and Zhang Daxian approached the temporary camp, what came into their view was a scene of utter chaos.

The houses in the center of the town had all been razed to the ground, and there were potholed battle traces everywhere outside the camp. Besides that, there were seven or eight corpses lying haphazardly around the camp.

Fortunately, the temporary camp in the center of the town had not been damaged.

At this moment, a group of powerhouses wearing the uniform of the City Defense Army and teachers from Number One High School were cleaning up the battlefield, and Yang Cheng was impressively among them.

When he saw Chu Xiu and Zhang Daxian both riding their beasts back to the outside of the camp, Yang Cheng's eyes lit up. His figure flashed as he arrived in front of the two, asking with concern, "Zhang Daxian, Chu Xiu, are the two of you alright?"

Looking at the concerned expression on Yang Cheng's face, Chu Xiu and Zhang Daxian shook their heads simultaneously: "Teacher Yang, we are fine."

Subsequently, both of them dismounted from their beasts, and their gazes fell upon the figures lying on the ground behind Yang Cheng who had lost their breath, asking curiously,

"Teacher Yang, these people should also be weirdos from the Heavenly Demon Society, right?"

Hearing this, Yang Cheng nodded: "Mhm, it seems you two also encountered an attack by the weirdos of the Heavenly Demon Society."

Hearing this, both Chu Xiu and Zhang Daxian nodded.

Subsequently, Chu Xiu glanced at the corpses lying on the ground again and asked, "Teacher Yang, there should not be any casualties over here, right?"

Hearing this, Yang Cheng looked at Chu Xiu, smiled, and nodded, saying, "There are no casualties on our side. In fact, the school's practical training this time was precisely to lure out these people from the Heavenly Demon Society."

"With the joint forces of the school, the City Defense Army, and the Qingyi Bureau, these weirdos of the Heavenly Demon Society naturally cannot stir up any major trouble."

Having said that, his gaze fell once again upon the Snow Crystal Silver Lion beside Chu Xiu, a flash of amazement passing through his eyes.

"Chu Xiu, is this the beast you contracted? Why do I feel that its strength has already reached the Black Iron Tier?"

In his impression, the Weimang Secret Realm of the school did not seem to have this kind of lion-type fierce beast.

Not only that, but the Snow Crystal Silver Lion gave him the feeling that it had already reached the strength of the Black Iron Tier. Students capable of owning a Black Iron Tier beast were rare geniuses even in Number One High School.

Yet as far as he knew, it had been less than a month since Chu Xiu successfully contracted a beast and became a formal Beastmaster.

Being able to elevate a beast to the strength of the Black Iron Tier in such a short period of time could not help but astonish him.

"Teacher Yang, this is my beast. Perhaps due to mutation, its strength improves very quickly."

Faced with Yang Cheng's inquiry, Chu Xiu shifted all the reasons onto the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

Mutated beasts! The beasts of these two kids were both mutated; was not their luck a bit too good?

Hearing Chu Xiu's reply, Yang Cheng glanced at the Huorong Hound beside the Snow Crystal Silver Lion once more, a trace of astonishment flashing in the depths of his eyes.

However, thinking that all this was the fortune of the two, he did not continue to probe further, but smiled at the two and said,

"Alright, since you have both returned, go into the camp and rest for the night. Once tonight passes, everything will be completely resolved."