22: Chapter 22 Long-Term Meal Ticket

The next day, after eating all his prey, Su Mo patted his belly with satisfaction.

【 Host: Su Mo 】

【 Race: Red Fox 】

【 Rank: Rank 3 (56567 / 100000) 】

【 Skills: Infinite White Porridge (Never Expires) 】

【 Talent: Savage Growth 】

A Peak Rank 3 Yao Beast added over 5,000 to his progress; with nine consumed, he was more than halfway to advancing to Rank 4.

At this point, his height had grown to over eighty meters, and his strength had skyrocketed, reaching over five hundred tons.

Su Mo slowly stretched his massive body. Standing over eighty meters tall, he was extremely conspicuous in the forest; even just walking casually caused the nearby ground to tremble.

"This is a bit troublesome..."

As his physique grew, so did his consumption. white porridge was now useless; he needed high-quality food reserves.

"It's time to go hunting!"

He extended his palm, let Wits and Su Su climb on, placed them on his head, and after instructing Wits to set up a wind shield, he bent his legs slightly.

"Boom!"

Like a rocket launching from dry land, Su Mo shot into the sky. The powerful force caused the ground to crack and collapse into a massive crater.

"Whoo—!"

Inside the pale blue shield, Su Su screamed with excitement, while Wits lay on Su Mo's head with a pale face and eyes tightly shut.

"Boom!"

A few breaths later, as Su Mo landed, he jumped again. Each landing propelled him dozens of miles forward.

Before long, a valley filled with colorful Flowers appeared before Su Mo. These Flowers emitted a faint Spiritual Qi, and many peculiar bees were flying around them.

"This must be the Honey Valley that the Leopard Demon mentioned."

Su Mo landed steadily on the edge of the Honey Valley. The shockwave he created instantly crushed a large patch of Flowers, and the swarm of bees was startled and scattered in all directions.

Just then, a heaven-shaking roar came from deep within the valley.

The entire sea of Flowers trembled violently as a massive figure slowly walked toward him from the valley.

"Who dares to act presumptuously on my territory!"

The Bear Demon roared, smashing a giant rock beside him with one palm.

Su Mo's eyes instantly lit up. The brown bear's rounded body was covered with specks of honey, looking like a sweet little bun, emitting an alluring scent.

"Slurp—"

The Bear Demon heard the sound and looked up.

He saw an eighty-meter-tall Red Fox looking down at him. Its body, blocking the sky and sun, made him tremble all over.

"T-This, Brother Fox Demon... did you come here to taste some of my special honey?"

The Bear Demon bit the bullet and squeezed out a simple, honest smile, while his legs secretly inched backward.

Su Mo grinned and said in a muffled voice:

"I do indeed want to taste Your Excellency's honey..."

"Is that so? We just produced quite a bit today; I'll go get some for you!"

After speaking, the Bear Demon turned and sprinted toward the depths of the valley.

Yesterday, after the Immortal Food Feast ended, the Bear Demon was stopped by the Qingfeng Wolf on his way home.

He said he wanted to help Brother Mo Jiao teach an arrogant fox demon a lesson and asked if he wanted to go.

The Bear Demon decisively refused!

The Qingfeng Wolf said he had already gathered several Peak Rank 3 brothers, which would definitely be enough.

Besides, the Bear Demon had elderly parents above and young children below, and his wife was waiting for him to come home to see the kids.

"Damn it! This couldn't be the fox the Qingfeng Wolf was talking about, could it!"

"They had several Peak Rank 3s and still couldn't handle him?!"

The Bear Demon cursed as he ran. Now, all he wanted was to quickly notify his wife to take the children and run away immediately.

With this fox demon's massive size, if they fought, everything within a ten-mile radius would likely suffer.

"But... I want to taste you first!"

Su Mo's words were like the Grim Reaper calling for his life, and the Bear Demon's speed increased a few notches.

At the same time, his body began to glow with an earthy yellow light. The soil behind him broke open, and a dozen sturdy earthen spikes appeared, crossing behind him in an attempt to block Su Mo's path.

But everything the Bear Demon did seemed so fragile.

Su Mo unhurriedly extended his giant palm. It looked slow, but in the blink of an eye, he had the Bear Demon gripped in his palm.

"Flower! Take the kids and go!"

The Bear Demon roared desperately toward the valley, his voice trembling.

"Roar—"

An anxious roar came from the valley, as if in response.

Then, a brown bear, slightly smaller than the Bear Demon, came running on all fours.

Although the female bear only had the strength of an early Rank 3, her speed was astonishing, and her body was burning with red Spiritual Qi.

Seeing the Bear Demon gripped in Su Mo's palm, she roared, leaped high into the air, and swiped her claw at the back of Su Mo's hand.

"Let go of my old bear!"

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out; Flower's claw fractured, but a small patch of Su Mo's fur was actually scorched.

"Oh?" Su Mo raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You can actually damage my fur?"

"Why did you come here?!"

"Take the kids and go!!"

The Bear Demon was gripped tightly in Su Mo's hand, unable to exert any strength, and roared at the female bear with eyes split open in anger.

Hearing this, Flower's eyes welled up with tears, and she shouted stubbornly.

"I cannot let my children be without a father the moment they are born!!"

As she spoke, she prepared to attack Su Mo with her other uninjured claw.

"Get out!!"

"I don't love you anymore!"

"Get out now!!"

Flower turned a deaf ear to the Bear Demon's hurtful words, her whole body ignited with crimson flames, clearly prepared to risk her life.

Seeing this, the Bear Demon used all his strength to turn his head, staring directly into Su Mo's eyes. The tears flowing down wetted the fur on Su Mo's palm.

"Lord Fox Demon!"

"Just eat me alone, please spare my family!!"

He roared with all his might, hoping Su Mo would hear his final request.

Just then, two faint cries suddenly rang out at the entrance of the valley.

"Awoo... Awoo..."

Two small bears, only the size of the Bear Demon's palm, stumbled toward the female bear.

"Bear One! Bear Two!"

"Don't come over!"

The Bear Demon and the female bear exclaimed in unison, and the female bear's charging figure came to a sudden halt.

The two small bears moved their short little legs quite fast. In a few breaths, they reached the female bear's feet, looking excitedly at their old father in Su Mo's hand, and even wanted to climb onto Su Mo's hand.

Flower hurriedly scooped the two bears into her arms, then looked at the Bear Demon with determined eyes.

"We will be husband and wife—in the next life!"

The Bear Demon also had tears in his eyes, silent...

Su Mo looked down at this tragic yet heartwarming scene and suddenly felt unable to bring himself to eat.

He had no burden eating the previous Black Bear family because they were his enemies.

But now...

Su Mo looked at the innocent eyes of the two bear cubs and the Bear Demon couple closing their eyes to await death, and suddenly felt his nose itch.

"Old Bear, is your honey delicious?"

The Bear Demon was stunned by the question, then quickly turned his head and said excitedly:

"It's delicious, I've eaten it since I was small."

Su Mo grinned and loosened his claws:

"How about this: your whole family works for me!"

"Just give me a fixed amount of honey every time..."

Since he decided not to eat them, but he had already come all this way, he might as well let them be his long-term meal ticket.

As soon as the Bear Demon landed on the ground, he hugged his family of three tightly.

"J-Just honey?"

"Then what else do you have besides honey?"

"Um... nothing else..."

"Then it's settled. Every time I come, you give me a fixed amount of honey."

"But first, let me taste your specialty royal jelly."

After the journey and the time spent dilly-dallying, hunger was already rumbling in Su Mo's belly.