"Discovered?" Xiao Long glanced outside the cave.
As far as he knew, the Black Spine Snake was considered a delicacy among the lower classes, especially the young ones, whose tender meat could fetch a hundred taels of silver each when sold to hotels.
Their demon cores, however, were worth five hundred taels apiece! Selling them to sects could even earn contribution points, making them quite valuable.
Boom!
After a loud crash, dust filled the air as the cave collapsed, allowing sunlight to pour in. Two brothers beside him were so frightened they scattered in all directions until Xiao Long ordered them to calm down.
Outside, a burly man with a thick neck and a lean, monkey-like youth with sinister eyes were drooling as they stared at them. The two wore crimson robes adorned with fire cloud patterns, suggesting they were from a minor sect.
Behind them lay the massive corpse of a black snake. Seeing the cold body, a surge of inexplicable grief and anger welled up in Xiao Long's heart.
The two brothers beside him also gazed red-eyed at the scene ahead. Xiao Long immediately understood that the giant Black Spine Snake was their mother.
To be honest, whether a snake lived or died had nothing to do with Xiao Long, but having been reborn in this body, he inherited its bloodline and emotions. Seeing their mother killed by humans, an uncontrollable rage rose within him!
He wanted these two dead!
"Today’s luck is good, slaughtered a third-tier Black Spine Snake and caught a nest of little ones!"
"Yeah, the little ones can be killed and stewed, the big one can be carried back for sale, worth quite a bit."
The two laughed heartily, already sentencing Xiao Long and the others to death.
Hiss!
The two brothers charged first, but before they got close, the burly man sent them flying with a burst of red energy, crashing into the stone wall and leaving them dazed and confused.
"Haha! Two first-tier demon beasts trying to resist, truly courting death!"
"Beasts are beasts, don’t know their own strength." The two laughed heartily.
"Bastards! Courting death!" Witnessing the scene, Xiao Long's eyes nearly burst, veins ready to explode.
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Perhaps influenced by the emotions of the demon beasts, Xiao Long felt even angrier than when he was ambushed by the Red Lotus Martial Emperor!
Without hesitation, Xiao Long coiled and sprang like a rubber band, shooting out with the speed of an arrow. Before the two could react, a black shadow flashed before their eyes.
"What?!" The two were shocked.
Smack! Smack!!
With two crisp sounds, Xiao Long's tail whipped fiercely across the monkey-like youth's face, then rebounded to strike the burly man as well.
In an instant, two red welts appeared on their faces, burning with pain.
"Beast, seeking death!"
After being slapped, the two were both shocked and angry, simultaneously drawing the swords from their waists, ready to hack Xiao Long to pieces.
Xiao Long, less than three days old and tempered by the Azure Dragon Tome, was only half a meter long. As the two slashed at him, Xiao Long dodged like a loach in water, slipping right under the monkey youth's pants.
"Ahhh! It went into my pants!" The monkey youth screamed in terror, stomping his feet to shake Xiao Long out.
Xiao Long, consumed by rage, slithered upward and bit him without hesitation.
"Ahhhhh!"
The monkey youth let out a pig-like scream, his crotch instantly turning blood-red. He clutched his crotch and fell to the ground, curling up like a shrimp.
Xiao Long then climbed to his neck and bit it off, causing the monkey youth to die instantly.
"Monkey! Wake up!" The burly man shook him twice, only to see bubbles gurgling from his throat, eyes rolled back, dead as could be.
"Ah! Beast! I’ll kill you!"
The burly man roared in anger, wielding his longsword, his wrist trembling as fiery spiritual qi erupted, covering Xiao Long with a shower of sword light.
"Star Point Sword Technique!"
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish...
Countless sword flowers shot out, turning the ground into a beehive. However, Xiao Long seemed to have predicted the sword's trajectory, weaving through the sword light without being hit once.
With his keen eyes, Xiao Long saw this trashy martial art as nothing more than child's play.
The burly man was beyond shocked, his mouth agape, eyes wide as he shouted, "Monster! Monster!"
"Ahhh!" The burly man turned to flee, but Xiao Long flashed forward, mimicking a move from a true dragon's battle technique, "Divine Dragon Tail Whip," striking the man's legs.
With a "crack," the burly man's leg bones shattered, and he fell flat on his back. In the next moment, Xiao Long bit through his neck.
Even in death, the man kept muttering "monster," making Xiao Long sneer in disdain.
Truth be told, these two were both at the third level of the Body Refining Realm, equivalent to third-tier demon beasts. With his Star Point Sword Technique, ordinary third-tier demon beasts were no match for him, yet they were killed by Xiao Long, a mere first-tier demon beast at the bottom of the food chain. They probably died with regrets.
Human cultivation levels, from low to high, are divided into: Body Refining Realm, Qi Condensing Realm, Innate Three Stages, Emperor Realm, Sovereign Realm, Saint Realm, Martial Emperor.
These seven major realms correspond to demon beast levels: Demon Beast, Demon General, Demon King, Demon Monarch, Demon Sovereign, Demon Saint, Demon Emperor.
Each major realm is divided into ten minor levels. Human divisions are more complex, while demon beasts range from first to tenth tier, simple and straightforward, deeply ingrained in the heart.
The advantage of demon beasts lies in their powerful physical bodies, but their flaw is equally obvious: their comprehension is far inferior to humans. Usually, human geniuses defeat demon beasts across levels, with no cases of demon beasts defeating humans across levels. Of course, Xiao Long is an exception, no wonder the man was scared half to death.
["You have killed a level 3 wild monster, gaining 150 experience points! (50% bonus for challenging higher levels)"]
["You have killed a level 3 wild monster, gaining 150 experience points! (50% bonus for challenging higher levels)"]
["Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully leveled up to level 2! Would you like to activate the Strongest Demon Beast System?"]
After killing the two humans, Xiao Long was about to check on his brothers when strange voices suddenly echoed in his mind.
Immediately, two buttons appeared in Xiao Long's mind: "Yes" and "No."
Xiao Long was stunned for about five seconds, then roared in anger, "Who the hell is messing around in my body, show yourself to this emperor!"
["Would you like to activate the Strongest Demon Beast System?"]
"Get lost! What kind of bullshit system, I don't understand, speak human language!" Xiao Long cursed angrily.
The sudden voice in his mind left Xiao Long both shocked and angry. Being reborn as a snake was bad enough, but now there seemed to be something strange mixed into the snake's mind.
["The system will automatically choose for you in ten seconds."]
["Ten, nine, eight..."]
Unable to bear it, Xiao Long shouted, "No, no! I choose NO!"