Chapter 394 Little Nian Beast VS Lin Xingshi, Zhou Jiuya (asking for monthly votes)
"The devil is coming."
Under the night moon, above the wilderness, as the little Nian beast finished speaking, its pupils were covered with a layer of deep crimson.
Instantly, its entire body erupted in ferocious demonic flames, its lion's snout protruding slightly forward like a blade. The weeds within a ten-meter radius were instantly consumed, leaving only a wisp of embers dancing in the wind.
When Zhou Jiuya and Lin Xingshi saw this scene, their expressions changed slightly.
"What's going on?" Zhou Jiuya said coldly, "Is your pet dog crazy?"
"Xiao Nian?"
Lin Xingshi looked at the little Nian beast with red eyes and called his name softly.
She was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "No, it doesn't look right. Be careful, Nine Crows."
The moment the "Demon Coming" form was activated, the little Nian beast suddenly rushed out.
"What?"
Zhou Jiuya was stunned for a moment, then felt a slight chill in his heart. A violent heat wave blew towards him, lifting his hair like a thorn and causing his pores to expand.
In less than half a second, the little Nian beast crossed hundreds of meters and came in front of him with a demonic flame!
Zhou Jiuya's pupils suddenly constricted, reflecting the nearby pillar of flame. At that moment, the little Nian Beast broke through the flame curtain and shot straight out from it, then spun around and raised its claws to claw at his head.
But at this moment, the bracelet on Zhou Jiuya's wrist suddenly burst out with a warm light. It was his "Zi Wuzhou" bracelet. At the Tokyo auction, it was thanks to the defensive power of this bracelet that he was able to fall into a deep sleep in such an environment where demons were rampant, yet remain spotless.
Lin Xingshi felt the heat wave sweeping over him, opened his eyes slightly, and reacted immediately.
In an instant, her figure was enveloped by a hazy lion shadow. She dodged and threw a punch. The lion roared, and crimson flames splashed like a curtain. The lion pawed forward and charged at the little Nian beast!
The little Nian beast raised its claws to resist. With its body, barely a meter long, it tore at the lion-headed Lin Xingshi like an ant trying to shake a tree, yet it didn't retreat even a bit.
"Back off!" Zhou Jiuya lowered his face and suddenly shouted at Lin Xingshi.
As soon as the words fell, a gigantic cauldron descended from the sky! The dark Nine Dragon Cauldron tore through the air, carrying the force of a mountain collapsing, and smashed down on the head of the Little Nian Beast.
Lin Xingshi received Zhou Jiuya's reminder and had already mobilized the red lion shadow in advance, retreating dozens of meters and plowing a burnt ditch under his feet.
"Xiao Nian..." She suddenly raised her head and looked forward.
The next moment, the giant tripod fell head-on. The little Nian beast's eyes flashed bloodshot. It raised a pair of forelimbs, growled, and used its claws to hold the Nine Dragon Tripod. A deep pit a hundred meters deep suddenly appeared under its feet.
The earth collapsed with a loud bang, and the Nine Dragon Cauldron was actually lifted up by it!
"Is this true... What the hell is this monster?" Zhou Jiuya looked at the scene, his hair standing on end and pupils contracting, and he murmured in shock unconsciously.
Immediately, he frowned tightly. In all these years, he had never seen anyone who could shake the Nine Dragon Cauldron head-on.
But the little Nian beast did it.
In an instant, under the support of the devilish flame, the figure of the little Nian beast became hazy, like a charmingly blooming mandala. It bent its feet that were deeply sunken into the ground, lifted the Nine Dragon Cauldron slightly upwards, and its limbs were immediately freed.
Then, before the Nine Dragon Cauldron fell again, his body turned into a pillar of fire and roared out from the shadows that covered the sky.
"Boom!" The giant Nine Dragon Cauldron crashed to the ground, as if it went straight into the center of the earth, crushing the entire wilderness.
Dust and fog swept out violently and surged, and the sky was full of trembling sand and stones. In this dim world, the little Nian beast turned into the most dazzling and dazzling dark red flame.
In an instant, the ferocious figure cut through the dim light along the way and the moonlight pouring down from above, and pointed its claws directly at Lin Xingshi!
Lin Xingshi took a deep breath, raised his upturned right palm, and aimed it at the little Nian beast.
At this moment, the crimson lion shadow roared towards the sky, opened its bloody mouth, danced its body, and smashed forward with its right claw holding a crimson flame, setting off an invisible layer of energy!
But she was wrong. The little Nian beast wasn't targeting her. In the half second it charged towards Lin Xingshi, it suddenly ducked, digging its claws into the ground to stop its charge. Then, it nimbly spun around and shot off to the side.
“Huff!”
The little lion, bathed in flames, flipped its waist in mid-air, twisted its body to gain leverage, and tore at Zhou Jiuya's body with one claw, sending out a surging curtain of flames that swept over ten meters.
"Bang—" The raging flames came like a tide, carrying a wave of heat with them! Wherever it passed, no grass grew, and even the air evaporated.
However, at this time, Zhou Jiuya had already summoned two hidden protective antiques from the Tonggu compass - "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and "Eighteen Bronze Men Formation".
In an instant, eighteen Shaolin bronze men cast in ancient bronze took shape in the wilderness - they were wearing robes, some holding long sticks, and some with bare hands.
Six of the bronze men stand at the bottom, the other six stand in mid-air on their shoulders, and the last six stand at the top, standing on the six in the middle. They are arranged in three rows, exuding a sense of sacredness and inviolability.
Suddenly, they all roared in unison, the sound like thousands of bronze bells shaking at the same time.
A golden light instantly surged out like a tidal wave, but it lasted less than two seconds before being crushed by the oncoming pillar of demonic flame. The young Nian beast, unstoppable, stormed through their midst.
"The bronze man formation is so easy to break... Then come on, you beast!"
Zhou Jiuya frowned and lowered his face, muttering silently to himself.
In an instant, he unfolded a five-meter-long painting of Along the River During the Qingming Festival in front of him. The scene was like a bullfight, with the bullfighter holding a red cloth, waving it in front of the enraged bull, waiting for it to charge.
The graceful scroll curled up in the air, forming a circle and wrapping around Zhou Jiuya's body to ensure that the little Nian beast would not suddenly change the direction of its attack.
But when the little Nian beast looked at the prosperous street scene in the scroll, it suddenly stopped its charge, put its claws on the ground, and once again stirred up a tide of mud. Then its body suddenly bent in the air and shot to the side like a cannonball.
"run?"
Zhou Jiuya's face looked stern.
“Boom…Boom—!”
Thousands of giant bronze pillars fell from the sky like a rainstorm, but they could not stop the little Nian beast from charging forward. The dark purple flame pillar seemed unstoppable, knocking over the pillars that were falling on it, and rushing straight to the end of the world!
"roar--!"
Suddenly, the red lion shadow transformed by Lin Xingshi roared angrily and chased after the little Nian beast.
In the wilderness, with every step the lion took, the flames that swept out from its four legs would burn the earth into black. Even the damp air in the wind was evaporated, turning into wisps of white steam that wrapped around its body.
But even if she used her full speed, she was still not as fast as the little Nian beast.
"Wait a minute, Xiaonian's goal is..." At this time, Lin Xingshi's face changed slightly, and he suddenly realized something.
So she suddenly raised her eyes and looked ahead, only to see the pitch-black crown standing tall in the wilderness, emitting an enchanting and eerie dark light in the night.
——That’s right, the little Nian beast’s goal is not to escape, but to obtain the “Magic Crown” that Lin Xingshi had just thrown on the ground!
The little Nian beast has lost its mind at this moment because of the "coming of the devil", but it can feel the devil energy coming from the "devil crown", which is an ultimate temptation to it.
At this moment, the "Demon Coming" state only has two seconds left. In the countdown, the little Nian beast burned all the green in the mountains and fields, rushed to the front of the crown, leaned over, raised its claws, and grabbed the Demon Crown in its palm.
Immediately, he put it on his head.
"Oh no..." Lin Xingshi stared at the scene in a daze and spoke almost silently.
The moment the demonic crown was donned, the demonic flames enveloping the Little Nian Beast's body suddenly vanished. The deep crimson beneath its eyes also instantly receded, replaced by emptiness. From this emptiness, a sinister, dark purple color emerged.
Then, a white and purple exoskeleton "clicked" out from its body surface, covering its entire body, including its cheeks.
At this moment, there was only one second left in the "Demon Coming" state. At the same time, the little Nian beast put on the demon crown again, and the pressure it spread out increased again.
It felt relaxed all over, as happy as a whale returning from land to the sea.
In this second that seemed as long as a century, the little Nian beast slowly turned its head and faced the red lion shadow chasing it from behind. In an instant, it swung forward with a plain claw.
At this moment, the demonic flames that had been completely contained within its body suddenly burst forth from above the Little Nian Beast's claws, covering the entire sky like a flood. In an instant, Lin Xingshi's lion form was completely engulfed by the raging demonic flames, as if sinking into a vast ocean.
“Bang!!!!”
Her figure flew back a full kilometer, and the ground along the way was shattered inch by inch and devoured by the dark purple flames. Finally, the fiery red lion shadow slammed into the city wall and actually smashed through the entire wall!
The ruins collapsed, and in a moment they covered the dim lion's shadow.
"Old Lion!" Zhou Jiuya was stunned, then rushed over.
Lin Xingshi's long braid came loose, turning into a piece of fiery red hair that spread behind her head. She collapsed in the ruins, her face pale.
"Can you still stand up?" Zhou Jiuya leaned over and asked.
"Well, I'm fine..."
Lin Xingshi spoke hoarsely, spat out a mouthful of blood, raised the back of his hand and wiped the corner of his lips. The broken lion shadow lifted the ruins of the city wall and burned it into flying embers.
She took great effort to slowly get up and looked at the awe-inspiring figure in the distance.
At this second, the little Nian beast's eyes suddenly returned to their original color.
As the dark purple color in its eyes faded away, a prompt box popped up in front of it.
[Hint: The "Demon Arrival" form has reached its maximum time limit. ]
It immediately recovered from the state of "demon's arrival", its mind became much clearer, and it returned to Ji Minghuan's control.
But the magic crown was still worn on his head, so that layer of "exoskeleton" was still there, but it had shrunk slightly inward and become a few layers thinner, and it seemed no longer so indestructible.
"That was dangerous... Luckily, even if it entered the demonic state, I could still hint at it to take action, otherwise I would have been trapped in the Qingming Shanghe Tu."
The little Nian beast murmured silently, raised its eyebrows, and looked around with its clear eyes.
"My dad and brother are still nearby. First, the White Crow Brigade isn't sure whether the Gu family will intervene. Second, the demons are already defeated. Third, they saw that Bai Tanlang has been rescued, so they won't bring any members with them. Qi Yuanyuan will probably just look for another opportunity another day." Little Nian Beast thought, "I have to retreat immediately. If I stay, I'm afraid I have no chance of winning."
Thinking of this, the little Nian Beast knew that it was impossible to wait until the brigade arrived, so he did not fight.
It used all four limbs and rushed forward like a beam of fire, rushing towards the battlefield on the side of Totoro and Mad Bull like a hurricane and lightning.
At this moment, there is only one person in the eyes of the little Nian beast, and that is Zhong Wujiu of Lake Hunting!
[Magic Flame Rage: The Little Nian Beast gathered all its strength, carrying the magic flames and transforming into a pillar of fire to lunge forward.]
A prompt box popped up in front of my eyes and a clear prompt sound came from my ears.
In an instant, purple-red demonic flames violently and surgingly burst out from the exoskeleton, instantly covering the entire body of the little Nian beast and the black crown.
"roar--!"
It roared and rushed forward, burning the air and the emerald green in the wilderness, and crashed into the side of Zhong Wujiu.
At this moment, Zhong Wujiu suddenly felt the surging murderous intent sweeping from the side, so he was slightly startled and turned his head suddenly.
monster.
A word popped up instinctively in his mind.
Over the years, Zhong Wujiu has been accompanied by the soul of the divine beast in the Nuo mask and has killed countless demons, but he has never experienced such oppression.
In a flash, a meteor-like fire flashed in his pupils. He knew it was too late to dodge, so he raised his hands to cover his face and switched the Nuo mask to "Qiongqi" mode.
In an instant, the invisible ink thorns turned into armor, covering his entire body.
Zhong Wujiu's face darkened, and he raised his arms in front of him. However, he was still knocked dozens of meters away, his body crashing onto the city wall and sinking deeply into the pit.
The blue dragon and the dark bull were both startled.
They raised their bloody heads and looked at the little Nian beast in disbelief as it rushed towards them.
The little Nian beast used its front paws to push against the ground, and its body stopped abruptly, leaving a medium-sized gully. It then raised its head and looked at them, speaking very quickly:
"Come with me! The prince has been rescued. Retreat quickly. Do you understand?"
After saying this, it didn't even stop for half a second before running straight towards the Monkey Demon.
Blue Dragon and Mad Bull were stunned for a moment, then quickly followed without hesitation.
During this time, the Totoro Demon suddenly transformed into his original form.
The little blue cat collapsed on the mad bull demon, exhausted, its claws tightly hugging the bull's back, and its tail hanging limply.
In just two seconds, the little Nian beast wearing the magic crown had crossed the vast wilderness and rushed to the distant mountainside.
At this moment, the monkey demon was holding a pile of lava-red explosive fruits in his hands. His face was ferocious and gloomy, and there was only Zhuge Hui in his pupils.
Zhuge Hui was very patient and had been standing on the city wall playing with it for a long time.
At this moment, Zhuge Hui saw the little Nian beast and was slightly stunned: "Is this... the legendary son of the Nian beast?"
"Spirit Monkey, don't be impulsive. The Great Lord wants you to go back," the Little Nian Beast said loudly. "The mountain is invading. Rainbow Horse is already dead. Do you still want to watch the Great Lord die as well?"
There was no doubt that Ji Minghuan was lying. But he knew that only by lying could he get this mentally retarded and furious monkey to accompany him, rather than continue to stubbornly fight with Zhuge Hui - the outcome would be nothing but a waste of life.
"Is the Lord in trouble?" The monkey turned his head, and the rage in his pupils turned into shock and suspicion.
"Yes, we don't have time to waste with the lake hunters now. I have already brought the mad bull and the chinchilla. Let's go!" The little Nian beast shook its tail and talked nonsense seriously.
The monkey hesitated for a moment, gritted its teeth, and said, "Let's go!" After that, it suddenly threw the explosive fruit in its hand towards the city wall, and left a few to throw to the other side.
The fruit cracked, and the flames of the explosion rose up in the night, blocking the path of the other three people from Lake Hunter, and forcing Zhuge Hui to summon Tianyun to protect the city wall.
By the time the rumbling sound faded away, the little Nian beast had already escaped into the mountains with several demons, and their figures were gradually swallowed up by the shade of the trees.
"Did he run away?"
After a moment, Zhuge Hui covered his face with a folding fan. He looked in the direction where the little Nian beast left, then turned his head to look at Lin Xingshi.
Before he understood the situation, he did not chase after them anymore, but turned around and rushed towards the other three people who were hunting in the lake.
As the demons of the Zodiac Team evacuated the border of Haifan City, the whole world suddenly became quiet.
The quiet moonlight sprinkled on the empty wilderness, leaving only a breeze blowing from the distant horizon, brushing across the scarred earth.
The world is silent.
Late at night on August 23, on Haifan Mountain, in the forest behind Lingxin Lake.
The little Nian Beast was the last one to return to the forest, because he had just been lying on the cliff outside the tunnel, observing the situation in the city for a while.
After making sure that both the White Crow Brigade and the Lake Hunters had returned home, it climbed up from the cliff with peace of mind and dived into the tunnel formed by flowers and thorns.
It rode the lotus leaf demon across the vast Spirit Heart Lake. After a short walk, it once again saw the brightly lit forest. Thousands of lanterns flickered with scattered sparks, but the forest was different from before, with a dull silence.
Demons lurk in the shadows, their eyes gleaming in the darkness.
They looked at the little Nian beast with fear and trepidation, their voices mingling with faint, low sobs. Seeing that a few of the Zodiac team members had returned, they knew someone had died in the battle, though they didn't know who.
The little Nian beast, head bowed, paced silently through the woods. The sea breeze blew gently through its soft fur, rustling the maple trees.
After a while, it passed through the waterfall and came to the huge cave.
At this moment, the little Nian Beast looked up and saw that a large number of Aries Demons had gathered in the meeting cave. These little lambs gathered together, releasing a pure white halo from the tips of their horns.
The halo spread out like fireflies, covering the wounded such as Bai Tanlang, Nian Beast Lord, and Mad Bull Demon.
The little Nian beast remained silent, lying at the entrance of the waterfall cave, enjoying the damp cool breeze and watching the scene quietly.
Time passed slowly minute by minute, and it was visible to the naked eye that the injuries of the Nian Beast Lord were gradually healing, but there was still no sign of waking up.
Although the combined power of the Aries Demons, the most ordinary of their species, was not as extraordinary as that of the lucky individual chosen as a member of the Zodiac Team, if they gathered together, they could still manage to heal the Lord and the injured Zodiac Team members.
At this moment, the chinchilla was lying on the futon and fell into a deep sleep.
The monkey demon was sitting at the entrance of the cave with a gloomy face, munching on a peach in big mouthfuls. It didn't care that the little Nian beast had deceived it, but just tilted its head and stared at the waterfall hanging from the cave entrance in a daze.
Among the survivors, the Nian Beast Lord, the Mad Bull Demon, and the White Greedy Wolf were the most seriously injured. They were unconscious after returning.
Not long after, the Aries Demon's tribesmen left the cave in unison after completing the treatment.
Instead, the Rat Demon had returned. It had been hiding at the foot of the mountain, using its clairaudience to inquire about the situation in Haifan City. After confirming that the Lake Hunters had no intention of attacking the mountain, it strolled back with peace of mind.
"Child, you..."
The moment he saw the little Nian beast, the Rat Demon burst into tears, and even the beard around his mouth was wet.
It cried out "Wow" and stumbled towards the little Nian beast. It opened its claws and hugged the little Nian beast with tearful eyes, but the little Nian beast pushed it away with its claws in disgust.
"You're finally back. I was so worried just now! You did a great job, a great job!" shouted the Rat Demon.
"Go away, I'm going to sleep, don't bother me." After the little Nian beast said this, it walked away without looking back.
It ejected a magical flame from the soles of its feet, briefly evaporating the rushing waterfall, and then its small body tumbled and fell into the forest like a fallen leaf.
After that, the little Nian beast found a branch of a huge tree and lay down as usual.
For some unknown reason, the little Nian beast tossed and turned on the tree branch that night, feeling uneasy and uneasy. It always felt as if it had missed something, something very important, and this thing should be related to "lake hunting".
However, after a series of events, it was physically and mentally exhausted to the extreme, so it did not pursue the matter further.
So it patted the lantern demon with its claws, lowered its head and pondered quietly for a while, then fell into a deep sleep amid the rumbling sound of the waterfall.
The forest was completely silent. It was a quiet night.
Overnight, the little Nian Beast became famous on Haifan Mountain. He saved the Nian Beast King and briefly repelled three members of the Lake Hunters on his own, thus rescuing the people of the Zodiac Team. This series of feats quickly spread among the thousands of demons on the mountain, and for a time the little Nian Beast became the focus among the demons.
The "reputation value" line in the character panel naturally increased significantly.
The next day, when the first ray of morning light shone through the treetops into the forest and shone on the head of the little Nian beast, it slowly opened its eyes.
At this time, a purple and red prompt box was floating in front of its eyes. It rubbed its eyes with its paws, yawned, and looked at the text on the panel in a daze.
[Congratulations, the prestige level of Unit 4, "Little Nian Beast," has been upgraded from "Novice" to "Emerging." It still has some progress to go before reaching the next prestige level, "King's Stature."]
[You have completed the "Ruler" character development task: For each level of prestige you increase, the Little Nian Beast will gain one attribute point.]
[You have obtained "1" attribute point. There is currently 1 idle attribute point. Do you want to allocate it immediately? ]
The Little Nian Beast yawned and murmured, "Looks like I'll have to inherit the position from the Great Lord before I can complete both the quests and the training system."
It raised its paw and pressed the "Assign Now" option, and the property panel popped up immediately.
The basic attributes of Unit 4 are as follows:
Strength: S++ (this attribute will directly affect the physical fitness of the "Little Nian Beast");
Speed: S++ (This attribute directly affects the Little Nian Beast's "nerve reaction" and "instantaneous burst of power");
Spirit: S-level (This attribute affects the "magic flame strength" and "magic flame duration" of the Little Nian Beast)
"It seems like there's still a lot of room for improvement in the Spirit attribute. It'll take three attribute points to reach the upper limit. Anyway, let's focus on Speed first."
The little Nian beast didn't think much about it. It raised its claws and tapped the "speed" attribute, pressing it for a long time.
After a while, a purple and red prompt box popped up in front of its eyes.
[Unit 4, "Little Nian Beast," has had its "Speed Attribute" changed from S++ to SS (reaching its maximum attribute)]
It closed the panel. At this moment, a man in a white cloak and with a white film under his eyes slowly walked towards them from a distance.
Bai Tanlang raised his head to face the sunlight and looked at the little Nian beast on the branch. "Is my magic crown with you?"
The little Nian beast raised its eyebrows, lowered its head slightly, and met his gaze.
"Yes, I think it will be more useful if I keep this thing with me, what do you think?" asked the little Nian beast.
When it returned last night, it had already used its human-like "spatial ability" - the Space Claw, to store the Demon Crown inside an independent space.
This is a great treasure for it, but like "Magic Coming", it will erode the user's sanity, and wearing it for too long will easily cause accidents.
Bai Tanlang was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice:
"If you inherit the throne from the Maharaja, I will give you the Demonic Crown. But now is not the time."
It paused and said, "But until the next battle, the Demon Crown will remain with you."
"Ah, you said I was the little prince, but I don't even get this little treatment." The little Nian beast sighed.
"Also... the prince wants to see you about something." Bai Tanlang continued.
"Oh, then I'll go see it now." After the little Nian beast said that, it stretched, twirled down from the tree, stepped on the maple leaves in the forest, and walked away in the sunshine.
(End of this chapter)
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