Chapter 25: Electric Spirit Beast

“What kind of Fierce Beast is this?”

The endless stream of Fierce Beasts startled Zhou Liming a little. He did not know how many types of Fierce Beasts in the city he had not seen yet.

According to the theory he came up with, these were just Fierce Beasts at the very bottom of the Fierce Beast food chain. As time passed, more and more advanced Fierce Beasts would emerge. Like the Gold-Footed Insect Beast and the Green Flame Wolf, they were clearly at the bottom of the Fierce Beast food chain, as they only used physical attacks. The lizard-like Fierce Beasts outside the city definitely held a higher status than the Multi-legged Insect Beast.

Then, what level on this Fierce Beast food chain did the Magic Ape Beast and the six Fierce Beasts that appeared now occupy?

Clearly, these six Fierce Beasts… let’s call them Electric Spirit Beasts for now, should have been staying nearby and were attracted by the shopping mall’s alarm. Their movement speed was not very fast, and their bodies were covered in huge scales. Dozens of scales protected them. Just from the scales under the streetlight that reflected no light, one could judge that their defensive power was absolutely not comparable to low-level Fierce Beasts like the Multi-legged Insect Beast.

A few Multi-legged Insect Beasts blocked the path of the six Electric Spirit Beasts. One of the Electric Spirit Beasts was seen violently swinging its slender tail.

A purple electric arc sprayed out from the tail, flashing into the group of Multi-legged Insect Beasts in an instant. As a series of “tsk tsk tsk” sounds came out, countless tiny electric arcs appeared among the Multi-legged Insect Beasts, moving between them and making “crackling” noises.

“Jiji… jiji…”

The screams of the Multi-legged Insect Beasts rang out. They did not show a reaction to being electrocuted, but their bodies twitched, and then their skin cracked. Wisps of smoke emerged from these fine cracks, and then their bodies quickly turned scorched, giving off a thick burnt smell. By the time the Electric Spirit Beast retracted its tail and held it up again, these Multi-legged Insect Beasts had already been electrocuted black and lay motionless on the street.

Zhou Liming, who witnessed this scene, felt his eyes nearly popping out.

The Electric Spirit Beast’s tail just kept spraying purple electric arcs, endlessly, like lightning in the sky. With its unestimable electrical energy, it killed several Multi-legged Insect Beasts in just one second. This powerful attack method gave Zhou Liming a brand new understanding of Fierce Beasts for the first time, and it also went beyond people’s understanding of living creatures.

Overwhelmed by the dominance of the six Electric Spirit Beasts, the Multi-legged Insect Beasts on the street opened and closed their big mouths, then quickly disappeared into the shadows of the corners amidst a “rustling” sound.

Zhou Liming swallowed his saliva. His hand holding the woven bag felt a bit numb. If this Electric Spirit Beast shocked him, would a charred corpse be the result? Zhou Liming was confident that the scales covering his body could withstand powerful physical attacks, but against this form of energy attack… he had no confidence at all.

The key point was that the six Electric Spirit Beasts did not stop; they still crawled towards the shopping mall.

“If I don’t escape now, when will I wait?”

Zhou Liming realized this and tightened his grip on the woven bag, then started running.

The target of the Electric Spirit Beasts was not necessarily Zhou Liming, but with Zhou Liming’s movement, their attention was immediately attracted. Almost simultaneously, the six Electric Spirit Beasts swung their tails, and six purple lights appeared, spraying towards Zhou Liming’s position.

The lightning attack method reached the position where Zhou Liming had just been without giving him any reaction time at all.

The terrifying electrical energy turned the marble paved on the shopping mall into powder under this attack, flying up with a low explosion sound. The powerful impact sent the shattered stones flying into the sky.

“Damn, what kind of monster is this!”

Fortunately, Zhou Liming started running a step earlier. If he had still been standing there stupidly, he estimated that not even his remains would be found. He understood that against this lightning-style attack method, he could not stop; only by constantly moving could he weaken their accuracy.

The Electric Spirit Beasts missed their target, and their tails only retracted slightly, then fiercely aimed at the running Zhou Liming again. The purple current came out once more, ferociously smashing onto a shop on the street. The canvas used to block the sun directly started smoking and burst into flames under the electric arc.

Sweat even seeped from Zhou Liming’s forehead, which was covered in scales. He was extremely nervous at this moment.

Imagine, while you are running, powerful electric currents are constantly chasing you from behind. Every time, they miss you by just a little bit. How would you feel? To be precise, it should not be called a feeling, because Zhou Liming had no feelings at all, only one thought, which was to escape, to escape desperately.

Zhou Liming had already thought that his sprint on the highway earlier was fast enough, but his speed at this moment was even faster.

What made Zhou Liming feel lucky was that the movement speed of the Electric Spirit Beasts, although not very slow, was not as exaggerated as other Fierce Beasts. In just a few breaths, Zhou Liming had already shaken them off. If their speed were the same as the Green Flame Wolf, Zhou Liming dared not imagine whether he could escape from them.

After shaking off the Electric Spirit Beasts, Zhou Liming stopped to calm his racing heart.

He looked around. This was only two streets away from the Orphanage. Both sides of the street were residential areas, which made this street a snack street.

Zhou Liming remembered that not far away, there was a fairly large cake shop and several small retail supermarkets.

Walking on this snack street, the doors of the food shops on both sides were mostly open. Usually, people from the residential areas on both sides solved their breakfast here. But now, many of the stoves and steamers in front of the shops were knocked over. Things like steamed rice noodles and some noodles were scattered all over the ground, proving the panic when people fled earlier.

After a day, a faint fragrance could still be smelled from these knocked-over foods.

Zhou Liming had only eaten leftovers from the night before early in the morning when he felt hungry. For him, whose energy consumption had increased several times, that was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Then came a series of sudden changes, the fight with the Green Flame Wolf, running away for more than ten kilometers, and then the run back. All of this required consuming a large amount of energy, and the source of energy was naturally food.

Especially now, looking at the food on the ground, his stomach let out a rumbling sound.

With a thought, Zhou Liming’s Fierce Beast form was lifted, and he returned to his original appearance.

This kind of transformation had a downside: every transformation meant a set of clothes would be ruined.

Wearing only a pair of shorts, Zhou Liming was bare-chested. He ran into a breakfast shop, found a stack of steamers on a steamer rack, opened them, picked up the buns inside, and stuffed them into his mouth regardless of them being cold. He finished one in just a few bites.

Who cared about danger or not now? Filling his stomach was the most important thing.