261: Chapter 261 Elemental Chaos Mountains

Seeing that the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox refused to rest, Nie Ning had no choice but to knock it unconscious.

While a firm will is a good thing, it is very taxing on the mind; without rest, it would only remain in a weakened state.

Besides, even if the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox didn't rest, he still needed to.

If the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox decided to self-detonate while he was asleep, he wouldn't even have a place to hide.

Once his injuries recovered and his Spiritual Power returned to normal levels, even if the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox tried something, whether or not he could stop it was one thing, but at least his body would be able to withstand it a bit better.

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The next day.

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox suddenly jolted awake from its deep sleep. Its gaze landed on Nie Ning, who was sleeping on its back, and it immediately lunged to bite his head.

Nie Ning raised his arm, and the fox pattern on his forearm lit up. The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox instantly began rolling on the ground in agony.

Combined with its unhealed injuries, the intense pain caused the wounds on the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox's body to split open.

"Stop, stop, stop..."

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox couldn't help but cry out.

Seeing that the goal of teaching it a lesson had been achieved, Nie Ning stopped tormenting the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox.

After all, it was an ultra-rare exotic beast. Having spent so much time on it, he didn't want to end up with just some useless materials.

Furthermore, taming a beast must be done slowly. The ferocity of an exotic beast isn't that easy to wear down. Between excessive pressure and its natural temperament, the probability of the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox self-detonating was not small.

"Don't do that again. If you behave well, I'll let you go in the future."

Nie Ning patted the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox's head.

He had to admit, it was very soft; sleeping on it last night had been very comfortable.

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox's eyes were bloodshot as it gave Nie Ning a vicious glare. Then, its body rapidly shrank, turning into a small fox about thirty centimeters long.

Seeing this, a strange look appeared in Nie Ning's eyes.

Although Chi Yu could also change size, this wasn't an ability all exotic beasts possessed.

Nie Ning didn't know the specific reason, but this type of exotic beast was usually very intelligent.

Most exotic beasts were all brawn and no brains; a high degree of sentience wouldn't increase their wisdom, but would only fuel their ambition to become stronger.

...

Nie Ning took out some blood-replenishing pills from his spatial ring.

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox sniffed them, its eyes showing a look of disdain, but it still swallowed the pills in one gulp.

Seeing this, Nie Ning smiled; it was quite the tsundere.

"From now on, I'll call you Xiao Bi... Xiao Biyang... Uh..."

Nie Ning scratched his head, feeling that something was a bit off. "Forget it, I'll just call you Xiao Guang."

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox gave a cold snort and turned its head away in annoyance.

Looking at the shrunken Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox, Nie Ning sighed and gave up on the idea of riding it.

There was no helping it; this fellow was more heavily injured than he was.

A night had passed, and his magic power had only recovered by a third, though his injuries were mostly healed.

In comparison, the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox was worse off than him; its magic power had dropped below the baseline, and its physical condition was terrible.

Nie Ning shook his head slightly, tucked the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox into his robes, and then flew off toward his planned route.

...

After two days of traveling, a plain suddenly appeared before Nie Ning's eyes.

Nie Ning was so moved that tears nearly filled his eyes.

He had been traveling for four days, and with the delay from the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox incident, it had taken him a full five days to exit that forest.

Fortunately, hard work pays off, and he had finally made it out of that mountain range.

Continuing his journey forward, after spending more than half a day, Nie Ning gradually realized something was wrong.

'This place seems a bit too big.'

'And after flying for so long, why are there no signs of human activity?'

He did see some packs of Rank One and Rank Two exotic beasts; clearly, this was still the territory of exotic beasts.

...

Nie Ning traveled for another five days until his injuries were completely healed. Only then did he see the second place that caught his eye.

A giant mountain range about two thousand meters high that seemed to stretch on forever.

It was truly spectacular, like a massive high wall separating this area from the outside world.

However, when Nie Ning reached the vicinity of the mountain range, he suddenly plummeted from the sky.

Fortunately, Nie Ning's reactions were very quick. After adjusting his posture, he erupted with the Battle Qi in his body, releasing it downward to create a counter-force and slow his descent.

Nie Ning landed on the ground, smashing a large pit into the earth.

After calming his internal blood and Qi, Nie Ning looked at the mountain range before him and frowned.

His fall just now wasn't due to a lack of magic power, nor had he encountered an anti-magic zone. It was because the Elemental Power here was extremely chaotic, interfering with the circulation of magic power in his body.

Nie Ning tried to manipulate the Elemental Power, but he couldn't even condense a single fireball.

Whenever he tried to condense a fireball, the Elemental Power in the area would fluctuate violently, causing the stabilized Elemental Power to fall into a strange, berserk state.

Scanning his surroundings, he could still see exotic beasts crawling among the hills.

However, these exotic beasts mostly belonged to the physical type and didn't have a high demand for Elemental Power.

"No wonder no one comes here; it's simply impossible to cross."

There were a vast number of exotic beasts here. If someone were to break in, a single moment of carelessness would turn them into beast fodder.

Nie Ning channeled the Battle Qi in his body and found that the degree of interference was not high, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, even without Battle Qi, it wouldn't matter.

Since no one could use magic or Battle Qi anyway, he could still defeat exotic beasts below Rank Three with just his physical body.

Looking down at the sleeping Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox in his arms, Nie Ning couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This fellow did nothing but eat and sleep every day; its life was ten thousand times more comfortable than his!

And since the contract was formed, the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox had become a mute, refusing to say a single word to him the whole way.

For a moment, Nie Ning was a bit dazed. Had he caught this fellow just for its looks?

Thinking of this, Nie Ning picked up the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox and vigorously shook the lazy glutton awake.

"I've been carrying you for so long; now it's your turn."

Nie Ning said to the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox, whose eyes were bleary as if it hadn't woken up yet.

Hearing this, the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox tilted its head and began to play dead.

The corner of Nie Ning's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end, he didn't use the power of the contract.

After all, he wasn't a sadist. Doing so would only make this kind of intelligent exotic beast more rebellious, and it might even stab him in the back at a critical moment.

There were plenty of such examples.

However, if he was going to have a hard time, then everyone would have a hard time!

Nie Ning grabbed the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox by the scruff of its neck and shook it as he walked. He wanted to see how long this fellow could keep playing dead.

...

Relying on his formidable physical fitness, and aside from encountering a blind Rank Two exotic beast, it didn't take long for Nie Ning to climb to the mountain peak.

But looking at the green mountains and clear waters on the other side, Nie Ning went completely emo.

"Is there no end to this?!"

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