63: Death of the Abyssal Demonic Dragon

The true Zhuang Sheng sat on a flat, round, ancient giant stone. The giant stone had not changed much from before its evolution, only gaining some ancient patterns.

The ancient tree behind him had branches and leaves that were oval and full, seemingly like tiny stars.

The biggest change seemed to be the White Jade Spider. Its current State was not the small and delicate palm-sized appearance.

Instead, it was in a half-human, half-beast State, about the same height as Zhuang Sheng.

Its upper body was a perfect human female physique, with a beautiful face and silver-white hair reaching its waist.

Exquisite white jade armor perfectly fit its graceful upper body. In its hands, carved from Bright Moon white jade, it tightly clutched a white spear.

Its lower body remained that of a White Jade Spider, with eight legs.

Zhuang Sheng looked at the three Star Beasts opposite him, who were already stunned, and smiled slightly, "Now it's five against five, very fair."

The next moment, the leaves on the branches of the Star Ancient Tree trembled, and phantoms of stars crashed down on the heads of the three Star Beasts.

The half-human, half-beast spider hurled the spear in its hand. As soon as the spear left its grip, it seemed to instantly cross distances of time and space, piercing the body of the Abyssal Demon Jiao.

Black foul blood splattered onto the surrounding mountains, instantly causing large areas of trees to wither and the lush mountains to show signs of 'balding'.

The unassuming stone beneath Zhuang Sheng's feet did not make a move, merely quietly fulfilling its duty of protecting Zhuang Sheng.

The three Star Beasts, counterattacked by two Star Beasts plus the Heavenly Fortune Wheel, were truly in a miserable State.

Originally, they couldn't unleash their full strength on Earth Star, and now, with equal numbers, they were subtly showing signs of being unable to win.

They now had thoughts of retreating, so they fought while withdrawing towards the spatial rift.

The spatial rift, spanning one side of the mountain and as tall as it, was opened by the fifth Star Beast, which was also why it had not made a move.

Once this cross-dimensional spatial rift closed, reopening it would require a huge price, one that even they could not bear a second time.

So, the three Star Beasts fought and retreated, approaching the spatial rift.

Among them, the Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird was the fastest. Enduring a star crash, it managed to reach the vicinity of the spatial rift.

It was about to enter the rift.

However, a sense of stagnation appeared around it, and then the time in the entire mountain range area became disconnected from the time in other locations.

"No." The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird only had time for a tragic shriek, and then saw everything around it reversing.

Time was flowing backward.

All material movements reversed along their original trajectories, but consciousness remained.

The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird, back twenty-odd seconds, looked hatefully at the Heavenly Fortune Wheel in the sky. Time Reversal was its doing.

There was no time to argue with the Heavenly Fortune Wheel. Their time on Earth Star was limited; if they didn't retreat, they would be directly obliterated.

Anyway, even the Heavenly Fortune Wheel would find it difficult to cast this Time Reversal a second time in a short period.

So, the three Star Beasts, intent on retreating, made no stops and once again unleashed their maximum speed, rushing towards the spatial rift.

The Illusion Butterfly, which was originally entangled with the 'Jellyfish', directly withdrew, its figure flickering, appearing in the 'Gorilla's' dream.

It began to wreak havoc in its spiritual world. The Illusion Butterfly itself was a Star Beast skilled in mental attacks, and with the 'Gorilla's' spiritual world under attack, its speed instantly slowed down.

The half-human, half-beast spider tore through space with its hands, arriving at the spatial rift even before the three Star Beasts.

Then, its hands slowly closed in front of the spatial rift.

Under the Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird's despairing gaze, the spatial rift also slowly merged, and the crack in the sky and earth disappeared, as if it had never existed.

The Abyssal Demon Jiao's temper was already bad. Seeing its path back cut off, it instantly turned around and glared angrily at the calm Zhuang Sheng.

"Human, I want you dead."

A earth-shattering roar.

The Abyssal Demon Jiao decided to no longer suppress its power. Terrifying demonic flames emanated from various parts of its body.

Its own body continuously elongated and grew, becoming even larger than the biggest Star Beast, the 'Gorilla'.

One head was like a small mountain, and the flames in its eye sockets flickered dangerously.

However, the next moment, its body suddenly suffered some inexplicable damage, and blood splattered from all over its body as if it were worthless.

Aside from the mountain beneath Zhuang Sheng's feet, the surrounding mountains, upon being stained with this blood, ignited with demonic flames that seemed inextinguishable.

"Roar."

The Abyssal Demon Jiao forcibly suppressed the world's pressure on itself, and an extremely dark demonic flame spewed from its mouth, aimed directly at Zhuang Sheng.

The air itself warped under this attack.

Two leaves from the branches of the Star Ancient Tree behind Zhuang Sheng shook loose, transforming into tiny stars dozens of meters wide, intercepting the demonic flame midway.

The demonic flame passed through the stars without its power diminishing, still heading straight for Zhuang Sheng.

The giant stone beneath Zhuang Sheng's feet finally moved. An earthy yellow stone tablet stood upright in front of Zhuang Sheng, firmly blocking the terrifying attack of the demonic flame.

The Abyssal Demon Jiao watched, unwilling, as its attack was blocked, but it no longer had the strength to launch a second attack.

It could no longer suppress the world's pressure on it. Its body shattered with a crash, turning into pieces of rotten flesh that fell among the mountains.

Although its blood produced burning demonic flames, its flesh seemed to have a rejuvenating effect on the mountains. The demonic flames extinguished, and vitality re-emerged in the mountains.

The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird, the 'Gorilla', and the 'Jellyfish' were struck dumb with fear upon seeing the Abyssal Demon Jiao's fate.

How long did it take them to cultivate to become Star Beasts? The shortest was several thousand years, the longer ones nearly ten thousand years, and they never expected such an end.

They were not like those Star Beasts contracted with humans, who could become Star Beasts in just a few hundred years.

Therefore, their advancement was arduous, but they also cherished their lives greatly.

The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird said to Zhuang Sheng with a trembling voice, "I am willing to surrender."

Zhuang Sheng looked somewhat surprised at the Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird, who was the first to speak harshly but also the first to concede.

"But how can I trust your sincerity?"

Zhuang Sheng's words had a hidden meaning, as his gaze was directed at the other two Star Beasts.

The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird was also shrewd and instantly understood Zhuang Sheng's meaning, so it turned to face the 'Gorilla' and the 'Jellyfish'.

"Old friends, I'm sorry."

Behind him, a fierce azure mystic wind instantly swept towards the two Star Beasts.

The 'Gorilla' summoned a stone pillar to block the mystic wind, then also understood the current situation.

Their path back was already cut off. Fighting now meant death, and not fighting would also lead to death due to the world's suppression when their time ran out. Surrendering and finding a human to contract with might be their only way out.

So, it also straightforwardly shouted, "I surrender too."

The Eight-Winged Azure Wind Bird also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing its words. At the same time, it truly had no confidence against the two Star Beasts beside it.

The 'Gorilla' was manageable; if it couldn't win, it could run. But the 'Jellyfish', which could switch between solid and ethereal, was truly difficult to deal with.

It turned to look at the 'Jellyfish', "Buddy, what about you?"

The final result was, naturally, that the 'Jellyfish' also didn't want to die now, so all three surrendered in unison.

This made the Abyssal Demon Jiao, which had turned intobroken meat, seem like a Joker.

Zhuang Sheng looked at the three Star Beasts with satisfaction, like a chef appraising top-grade ingredients.

To prevent these three from truly dying under the world's suppression, Zhuang Sheng had the Star Ancient Tree open an entrance to a secret realm on its trunk, allowing them to enter and hide.

After everything settled, he looked solemnly towards the capital city, as if spanning infinite time and space.

"The Yang Family Head, personally go to Moyuan to guard.

The Liu Family Head, go to the Endless Sea.

The Yu Family Head, go to Qingling Mountain.

Each of you must kill or capture one Star Beast and ten Desolate Beasts before you can return to Earth Star. Any objections?"

Three different voices sounded from different parts of the capital city, "We obey State Elder's command."

Zhuang Sheng's voice could only be heard by a very small portion of people in the capital city, because if this news spread, it would cause an earthquake-like tremor in the capital.

The heads of the three top aristocratic families were actually punished to go to a secret realm to kill Star Beasts. This was not a small matter, but something truly life-threatening.

...

Qingyang City.

No matter how big the upheaval in the capital city was, it temporarily couldn't affect Luo Chen.

He was currently on his way out of Qingyang City with Luo Yuheng.

Naturally, they weren't going to the wilderness for training, but to the city gate to acquire some good items brought back by hunting teams who had just returned from secret realms.

Various resources and captured Star Beasts were all good things; perhaps they could even find a bargain.

This was Luo Chen's first time leaving the city since he arrived in this world, so he was inevitably a little excited and anticipating.