56: Chapter 1: The tree full of corpses

The Demon Clan is located to the west of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Human Clan and other races signed a non-aggression pact regarding their territories.

Since then, the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains became a buffer zone between the Human Clan and the Demon Clan.

Lin Mu followed the map's markings and swiftly flew out of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

At this moment, a vast and boundless grassland appeared before them.

Lin Mu learned from the map's markings that this grassland was called the Golden Great Grassland.

Beyond the Golden Great Grassland lay the true territory of the Demon Clan.

Humans who entered would be killed on the spot by the Demon Clan.

"Continue heading west. After this grassland, we'll be in the Tiger Clan's territory," Lin Mu said to the Three-Headed Dog, putting away his map.

The Three-Headed Dog now stood nearly ten meters tall, and with its three ferocious heads, it looked exceptionally terrifying.

It galloped across the grassland at high speed, scaring the low-level demonic beasts on the grassland, sending them fleeing in all directions.

The Golden Great Grassland was home to various low-level demonic beasts; there were no powerful demonic beasts unifying them here for now.

Only to the west of the Golden Great Grassland were there two powerful demonic beast tribes.

The Tiger Clan was one of them.

Although the Golden Great Grassland was vast, the Three-Headed Dog's swift dash brought them to the grassland's border in just a few hours.

Lin Mu stood on the Three-Headed Dog's head, gazing at the large mountain adjacent to the grassland, and said faintly,

"This should be the Tiger Clan's territory, Headless Mountain."

The Three-Headed Dog looked at the mountaintop from afar and asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why is it called Headless Mountain?"

"Because it had too many heads, and they were all chopped off. That's why it's called Headless Mountain," Lin Mu teased.

The Three-Headed Dog awkwardly retracted one of its dog heads and said nothing more.

It howled and ran towards the mountain.

Yun Feiyang had been flying at low altitude in front of the Three-Headed Dog the entire way.

As soon as he entered Headless Mountain, his figure suddenly stopped.

"Sect Master, look."

Yun Feiyang pointed to a large tree not far away.

Lin Mu looked in the direction Yun Feiyang was pointing.

He saw several human corpses hanging haphazardly from the tree.

Although the Human Clan and the Demon Clan had signed an agreement,

there were still some who harbored lucky, secretly sneaking into Demon Clan territory to seek benefits.

"Humans die for wealth, and birds die for food."

"If their strength is inferior, then they die. Let's continue forward."

Lin Mu clearly had no sympathy for these people.

Along the way, there was more than one such tree with human corpses hanging from it.

Lin Mu stopped again in front of a large tree with human corpses hanging, and said, somewhat puzzled,

"These corpses are all very well preserved; there doesn't seem to be any sign of them being gnawed on."

Yun Feiyang flew forward to inspect them, then returned and said to Lin Mu,

"As the Sect Master said, those corpses are indeed all intact."

"That's strange then. Could it be that the Demon Clan doesn't gnaw on human flesh and blood?"

Yun Feiyang shook his head and said, "I've been thinking about this question all the way."

"Logically speaking, the flesh and blood of human martial artists are a great tonic for the Demon Clan."

"It shouldn't be like this."

Seeing the two of them speak like this, the Three-Headed Dog began to show off again.

"Isn't this obvious? The tiger demons must have eaten their fill and hung them here to eat later when they get hungry."

Lin Mu and Yun Feiyang looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Yun Feiyang scoffed, "Some of these corpses are already stinking. If it were you, would you eat them?"

The Three-Headed Dog ignored Yun Feiyang's taunt and still argued, "Perhaps the monsters here have unique tastes, you never know."

Hearing this, Yun Feiyang landed on the Three-Headed Dog's back and laughed, teasing, "Perhaps the monsters here like to eat dog meat, you never know."

"How dare they! It's not certain who will eat whom then."

"If they dare to come, this great master will dismantle their bones and soak them in wine to drink."

No sooner had the Three-Headed Dog finished speaking,

suddenly, a loud tiger roar shook the valley.

"Audacious humans, how dare you trespass into my clan's territory! If you don't want to die, then scram quickly."

Following the sound came a striped fierce tiger.

After demonic beasts reach level seven, they can speak human language, and their intelligence will greatly increase.

This tiger demon was five meters long and two meters tall.

On Blue Star, it would be comparable to an elephant.

The Three-Headed Dog couldn't help but laugh when it saw the tiger demon's size.

It said mischievously, "Big Brother, you two rest for a bit. Watch me go meet it."

Lin Mu also wanted to see what abilities the Demon Clan truly possessed.

He flashed, landing steadily on the ground.

The Three-Headed Dog let out a howl and charged towards the tiger demon like a bolt of lightning.

The fierce tiger, which originally looked comparable to an elephant, seemed to shrink to the size of a small kitten when compared to the Three-Headed Dog's body.

The Three-Headed Dog didn't use any divine abilities to attack; it simply rushed forward, opened its large mouth, and bit at the tiger demon's neck.

How could the tiger demon let it succeed?

Its eyes flashed with divine light, and with a powerful push from its two hind claws, it easily dodged the Three-Headed Dog's large mouth.

Not only that, but the moment it turned around,

its two-meter-long tiger tail fiercely whipped the Three-Headed Dog's face.

The Three-Headed Dog's reaction was also swift.

Just as the tiger demon's tail whipped over, another of its heads moved in and bit the tiger demon's tail.

The tiger demon felt pain and tried to break free, but to its surprise, the Three-Headed Dog used force and actually bit off its tail.

Although its tail was bitten off, the tiger demon regained its freedom.

It made several quick jumps, creating distance.

At this moment, the tiger demon's rage was inexpressible.

It opened its blood-red maw and spat out a dazzling beam of light at the Three-Headed Dog.

The light beam struck the Three-Headed Dog's face squarely.

Although it didn't cause much damage to the Three-Headed Dog, it made him lose face completely.

The Three-Headed Dog shook its somewhat numb dog head, and with an angry roar, its large mouth opened.

A black lightning bolt, as thick as a bowl, shot out towards the tiger demon.

The speed of this lightning was so fast that people couldn't even see it clearly with their eyes.

The tiger demon wanted to dodge but it was too late; it could only channel its demonic power to protect its entire body.

The black lightning arrived in an instant.

The tiger demon's body was enveloped by the black lightning, emitting crackling sounds.

Faintly, there seemed to be a smell of burnt flesh mixed in.

After the tiger demon let out several miserable "ao" cries, its demonic body crashed to the ground, lifeless.

Its charred black body still twitched occasionally.

Its death was extremely tragic.

With a successful strike, the Three-Headed Dog quickly went forward and picked up the tiger demon's corpse.

Then he quickly ran back to Lin Mu, throwing the tiger demon's corpse on the ground.

"Boss, how do you think I did? A small tiger demon taken down easily."

Lin Mu looked at the charred tiger demon, his brows slightly furrowed.

"I came to find the divine stone, not to eliminate harm for the people. You killed it, so how am I supposed to inquire about the divine stone's whereabouts?"

The Three-Headed Dog was stunned at his words and said aggrievedly, "Boss, you didn't say anything before the fight just now. How was I supposed to know you wanted to keep it alive?"

At this moment, Yun Feiyang suddenly said, "It doesn't matter if it's killed. This tiger demon's cultivation doesn't seem to be that of a Tiger King."

"If we go to its lair and capture the Tiger King, we won't have to worry about not finding out the whereabouts of the divine stone."

The Three-Headed Dog said excitedly, "Leave it to me! A small Tiger King, I'll take it down easily. This time I'll definitely keep it alive."

Seemingly eager to show off, the Three-Headed Dog left Lin Mu and Yun Feiyang and turned to run quickly up the mountain.

Lin Mu didn't stop the Three-Headed Dog either; after all, with subordinates to handle things, he didn't need to do everything himself.

He leisurely strolled through the mountains, his walking pace like that of a tourist.

Yun Feiyang, following behind him, said with some concern,

"That dead dog won't get into trouble, will he? After all, he just broke through to level seven."

"That Tiger King, to be able to occupy a territory as king, must be at least a level eight demonic beast."

Lin Mu smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, he won't die that easily. Let him suffer a bit more, so he won't be so arrogant every day."

Although Lin Mu said this,

in fact, he just wanted to train the Three-Headed Dog more, thereby stimulating its potential.

Just as the two were speaking,

a fierce battle suddenly erupted from the mountaintop.