"A demon core, only a fourth-order demonic beast would possess a demon core." From the memories in his mind, Li Lin knew that a demon core would only appear in a demonic beast of at least the fourth order. Beasts of the third order or lower would not produce a demon core, and these cores seemed to be particularly valuable.
"Screech..."
Just as the giant eagle revealed its demon core after being torn open by the bat demonic beast, the giant eagle suddenly burst into flames all over its body. In an instant, its body thawed from the ice. Then, with its sharp beak, it pecked at the bat demonic beast's wounded abdomen. Blood gushed out, and another blood-stained, softly glowing orb, the size of a baby's fist, also fell onto the ice.
"Another demon core?" Li Lin was amazed. It was extremely rare to encounter demonic beasts of the fourth order or above, yet he had stumbled upon two under this cliff.
"Whimper." Under the pain, the bat demonic beast let out a mournful cry and fiercely bit the neck of the giant eagle, breaking it. A gush of fresh blood spurted out, and the giant eagle was now completely dead.
At this point, the icy surface of the surrounding water began to melt again. Li Lin was shivering from the cold, his lips pale, and his face ashen. His body was almost rigid. Watching the two gigantic demonic beasts battle had been like watching a 3D movie, utterly astonishing.
"Squeak, squeak..." On the water surface, the huge bat demonic beast, holding both demon cores in its mouth, flapped its wings and slowly approached Li Lin.
"This is trouble," Li Lin thought as he saw the bat-like demonic beast approaching him, despair filling his heart. The beast's eyes, fixed on him, showed no malice but rather a hint of pleading.
"Do you need my help?" Li Lin ventured, knowing that high-order demonic beasts like this one were sentient and possessed a certain level of intelligence.
"Squeak, squeak!" Hearing Li Lin's words, the bat demonic beast made a joyful squeaking sound from its throat and nodded slightly, as if responding to Li Lin.
It really understands me, Li Lin thought, stunned. In the past, such an encounter would have scared him, but now, having transversed to another world, what was there to be surprised about?
"Look at me, demonic beast brother. I can hardly save myself, how can I help you?" Li Lin said to the bat demonic beast with a bitter smile.
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"Squeak, squeak."
As if understanding Li Lin's words, the bat demonic beast lowered its head and looked at him, then emitted a deep sound and leaped onto the water surface. With one of its claws, it pressed a paw print onto Li Lin's abdomen, causing him to involuntarily open his mouth.
"Gulp, gulp..." Before Li Lin could react, two orbs entered his mouth and dissolved into a hot and a cold liquid. The hot liquid burned like fire as it entered his body, making him feel as though he was on fire from within. The cold liquid instantly turned half of his body into ice.
"Squeak, squeak..." After another squeak, the bat demonic beast's eyes appeared more listless. Then, with another flap of its right wing, a dark yellow small snake, about ten centimeters long, wriggled out from under its feathers.
"Squeak, squeak!" The bat demonic beast squeaked again, and the dark yellow snake, as if understanding, crawled onto Li Lin's body and wriggled into his clothes through his neck.
Seeing the dark yellow snake enter his clothes, the bat demonic beast seemed to have let go of a burden. It looked at Li Lin again, its eyes filled with a pleading gaze.
At this moment, Li Lin was too overwhelmed to speak. Inside his body, the hot and cold energies were constantly colliding, causing him immense agony, like being trapped between ice and fire. He couldn't even scream.
Moments later, the already weak Li Lin could no longer endure and passed out on the water surface. He didn't see that the edges of his body were emitting steam on one side and cold air on the other, his face half pale and half flushed.
"Am I not dead yet?" When Li Lin woke up again, he opened his eyes to find himself still lying in the pond, leaning against a dead tree.
"Ah, it's healed." Li Lin moved his limbs slightly and found that his broken legs and hands had recovered completely, as if they were never injured.
"Are you dead, demonic beast brother? Thank you." Li Lin then noticed the pure white bat demonic beast floating on the surface of the pond. Its massive, hundred-meter body was like a huge ship.
Feeling the recovery of his body, Li Lin surmised
that it was related to the two demon cores the bat demonic beast had fed him. These cores were said to be extremely precious and naturally had miraculous effects.
"Your huge body, I cannot bury you, so let this cold pond be your tomb," Li Lin said as he climbed ashore, speaking to the corpse of the bat demonic beast in the pond. Then, he looked around, thinking of a way to leave the cliff.
The Li family was definitely a major family in Qingyun Town. Mentioning the Li family, everyone in Qingyun Town knew them. The old master of the Li family was a powerful warrior, one of the most prominent figures in the entire Qingyun Town.
Not only was the Li family a martial arts family, but they also ran many businesses in Qingyun Town and reportedly had branches in other towns.
As night fell and the cold intensified, snowflakes began to drift down from the sky. A young figure emerged from the night, slender and wearing somewhat ragged clothes, with several torn edges fluttering in the cold wind, adding to his desolate appearance.
"Is this the Li family?" the youth muttered as he approached a large mansion in Qingyun Town. The youth was none other than Li Lin, who had transversed to this world.