Hybrid Demon Beast

Ning Fan instinctively looked around. Everywhere his eyes landed was a stretch of desolation, without even a single object to block his line of sight.

He saw nothing unusual.

But.

That strange sensation remained coiled in his mind.

He instinctively closed his eyes.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

About five breaths later.

Ning Fan opened his eyes, a glimmer of realization flashing within them.

It was the "wind flow."

More accurately, it was the perception coming from his skin-aside from the five senses, the skin was a human's largest source of gathering external information.

Even changes in "force fields" and "magnetic fields" could make one feel that something was amiss.

Moreover, Ning Fan's skin had been infused with a full ninety-nine Spirit Marks, elevating this tactile perception to an entirely new level!!

-There was a wind, slowly blowing upward from beneath the earth.

How could wind blow upward from underground?

The ground beneath Ning Fan's feet was solid earth.

Ning Fan also found it absurd.

But it was true.

Relying on his skin's meticulous perception, there really was a faint, almost imperceptible wind current brushing upward from below, even carrying a wrapped trace of killing intent.

"..."

Ning Fan shot Yun Qingyao a warning glance.

The latter understood instantly.

"Let's go."

Ning Fan took Yun Qingyao's hand and moved forward. The two advanced with extreme caution, taking careful, measured steps.

Just as they took another step forward.

"Boom-"

A massive explosion rang out from directly beneath their feet. The earth abruptly shattered, and the sheer underground force launched both of them into the air.

"Watch out!!"

Ning Fan shouted an urgent warning.

But when his gaze landed on Yun Qingyao, all he saw was a ball of fire. Her entire body was wrapped in flames, and in the blink of an eye, her figure darted more than ten meters away, completely removing herself from danger.

Ning Fan: "..."

He had forgotten. Yun Qingyao had mastered every method he possessed, including the Spirit Marrow Saint-Piercing Method. Naturally, the Three Thousand Flame Movement was no exception.

Ning Fan glanced at the flame lotus mark on the back of his hand and instantly abandoned the thought of using the Three Thousand Flame Movement.

Admittedly.

Using the Three Thousand Flame Movement right now would allow him to escape immediately. But based on his previous experience, the flame lotus mark could currently only support three short-to-medium-range uses of the skill. They had only just entered the Evolution Grounds.

Wasting a use of the Three Thousand Flame Movement like this would undoubtedly leave him in a passive state later on.

At this moment.

Ning Fan finally saw what had just attacked them-it was a massive Burrowing Demon Scorpion lurking beneath the soil.

Judging by its aura.

This was a Demon Beast at the mid-stage of the Profound Extreme Realm!!

In terms of sheer strength, the Burrowing Demon Scorpion posed no real threat to Ning Fan and Yun Qingyao. Its only true killing move was a sudden ambush from underground.

But Ning Fan had come prepared.

"Clang-"

With a sharp tearing sound, the Burrowing Demon Scorpion burst from the earth and extended its massive demonic pincers. Gleaming with a cold, sinister light beneath the sun, the pincers aimed straight for Ning Fan's waist. If that strike landed, Ning Fan's body would likely be snipped in half.

Right now, Ning Fan had just been hurled into the air by the beast's erupting shockwave. He had nowhere to borrow strength from.

But Ning Fan had a way!

Hurled into the air alongside him were numerous chunks of rock, many of which were quite massive.

And right in front of Ning Fan happened to be a boulder roughly his own size.

"Hah-"

Ning Fan let out a fierce shout. He tucked his legs in, coiling power like a spring, and unleashed all his strength just as the demonic pincers were about to snap shut around him.

He ruthlessly kicked off the massive boulder.

The immense reaction force rebounded against his body, sending him hurtling backward at a terrifying speed.

"Crack-"

The demonic pincers snapped shut with a crisp sound. But Ning Fan had already borrowed the reaction force to escape, leaving the cold-gleaming pincer blades to cut through empty air.

"..."

Ning Fan stared calmly at the Burrowing Demon Scorpion. This escape seemed thrillingly dangerous, but it had all been entirely within his calculations!!

But the very next moment.

Ning Fan's gaze narrowed-

Wait.

This Burrowing Demon Scorpion in front of him seemed a bit different from his understanding!?

Normally speaking.

A Burrowing Demon Scorpion was a very standard arthropod Demon Beast. Its body should be draped in black and gray armor, possessing four pairs of walking legs and one pair of pincers.

But the creature before him was extremely strange.

Its lower abdomen seemed to have a closed slit. That slit was not a wound, but rather some inherent organ it possessed.

-Just like a closed mouth.

While Ning Fan was staring at the bizarre slit on the Burrowing Demon Scorpion's abdomen, the slit suddenly parted, revealing an actual mouth cavity!!

At the exact same time.

With a piercing whistle, a pale pink, highly elastic long tongue shot out from that mouth. Calculating its trajectory perfectly, it aimed straight for Ning Fan's retreating body in midair.

"Wha-"

Ning Fan's eyes went wide, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpricks. It felt as if a giant hand had suddenly gripped his throat, causing even his breathing to turn sharp and hurried.

"Three Thousand Flame Movement!!"

Without a shred of hesitation, Ning Fan drew upon the power within the flame lotus. His entire body was instantly engulfed in flames as his speed skyrocketed several times over, violently tearing backward.

Just before the long tongue could strike his body, Ning Fan relied on the Three Thousand Flame Movement to land safely beside Yun Qingyao.

This was the profound mystery of a movement martial skill.

Setting everything else aside, just looking at the Three Thousand Flame Movement he had mastered, it allowed him to borrow force in midair. Once cultivated to Perfection, it could even partially replicate the effects of true flight. If he hadn't possessed this movement skill...

Ning Fan would have definitely been forced to take that Burrowing Demon Scorpion's attack head-on.

No.

That wasn't right.

This freak in front of him could no longer be called a Burrowing Demon Scorpion. It was a completely different, incredibly bizarre Demon Beast.

"Husband."

"That's an Ice-Eyed Frog. That tongue just now was an Ice-Eyed Frog's technique."

"..."

Yun Qingyao raised her arm and curled her body slightly, clearly thoroughly disgusted by the bizarre Demon Beast in front of her.

Looking closely...

The strangeness of this Demon Beast wasn't just the extra mouth on its belly. Its scales were extremely weird too. They were indeed individual scales, but their texture looked incredibly soft, and there were even soft, blue bubbles dotting them...

Wasn't that the warty skin of an Ice-Eyed Frog!?

"Wait..."

Suddenly, a thought struck Ning Fan's mind-

Since this was the Evolution Grounds, the place the Yin Yang Divine Sect used to deduce and evolve the Yin Yang Profound Scripture, then this chimera of a Demon Beast in front of him...

Could it possibly be the product of a Burrowing Demon Scorpion and an Ice-Eyed Frog mating?

Hiss...

Realizing this, Ning Fan couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath of cold air.

He wasn't entirely sure if the Yin Yang Profound Scripture had been successfully deduced in the Evolution Grounds, but to actually force two Demon Beasts of completely different bloodlines to breed offspring...

Yin Yang Divine Sect.

Fucking incredible!

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