Seeing the infant spirit slowly crawling over under the lure of the energy cluster, the Nightmare Beast immediately began to mobilize its already limited energy to weave an invisible mental net on its mental sea.
This net is not only well concealed, but it is also filled with the mental energy fluctuations of Nightmare Beasts. Once any external object touches it, the Nightmare Beasts will immediately detect it.
Then the Nightmare Beast lured the infant spirit to sit in the very center of the net. Once the little infant spirit was settled, the Nightmare Beast sent over the small ball of pure white energy, letting the infant spirit lick it a few times before quickly removing it. Only then did the Nightmare Beast earnestly advise:
"Little one, sit here obediently and wait. More delicious food is coming soon, okay?"
The infant spirit retracted its little tongue, still savoring the delicious energy.
However, after hearing the Nightmare Beast's words, it nodded as if it understood.
After arranging everything, the Nightmare Beast deliberately displayed its exhausted and weak state.
Slowly closing his eyes, he once again sank into Li Yu's mental sea and fell into a deep sleep.
Time passed second by second, and after an unknown amount of time, Xu Tang's spiritual body finally condensed successfully once again.
As soon as he appeared, he immediately sensed the weak aura emanating from this sea of consciousness.
Sensing the changes in his spiritual sea, Xu Tang was overjoyed and secretly pondered:
"That won't do. I was planning to wear you down until I die."
Xu Tang's gaze was suddenly drawn to a small figure sitting quietly on this sea of spirits.
"baby?"
"No, it's a ghost."
A question arose in Xu Tang's mind: how could such a weak ghost appear here?
Could it be that this little ghost is also here to seek revenge on this refugee?
The infant spirit appeared harmless and did not emit any aura.
This is why Xu Tang didn't discover the existence of the infant spirit before his previous attacks.
However, Xu Tang quickly realized that the ghost was of no help to him, so he simply ignored it and stopped paying attention to it.
"This person's mental sea has been severely damaged. It seems this is my last attack."
Xu Tang sighed softly, seemingly reluctant to leave completely.
He knew that after successfully killing the enemy, he would also die.
But from the moment he joined the Assassin's Guild, he had already anticipated this day and quickly adjusted his mindset.
"Whether you die sooner or later, you're going to die anyway."
Xu Tang's figure swayed slightly, and his spiritual body suddenly transformed into an incomparably sharp longsword.
"Come and die with me!"
With a furious shout, the longsword thrust fiercely into the mental sea, preparing to deliver the final, fatal blow to the opponent.
Unexpectedly, just as the longsword was thrust out, it touched the mental net laid out by the Nightmare Beast.
The Nightmare Beast was instantly awakened, its huge black eyeballs quickly rising to the surface, flashing with anger and determination.
"So it was you, you despicable scoundrel, who ambushed me in secret!"
The Nightmare Beast roared and immediately mobilized all its mental power, attempting to control the giant net to capture Xu Tang.
"Nightmare Beast?"
Xu Tang was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening.
It turned out that this refugee had already been cursed by the Nightmare Beast and was destined to die. Even without him, he would have been doomed.
"However, you're still too green to think you can catch me with just a Nightmare Beast!" Xu Tang chuckled.
Xu Tang, in his transformed form, instantly sliced through the giant net with his longsword, attempting to break free.
With a thought, the Nightmare Beast caused the white energy that had been attached to the large net to quickly disperse and successfully contaminate Xu Tang.
Seeing this, the Nightmare Beast hurriedly shouted at the infant spirit:
"Little one, the food has been delivered!"
The infant spirit, which had been somewhat listless, suddenly brightened up, and its chubby little hands eagerly stretched out.
In the blink of an eye, the infant spirit tightly grasped Xu Tang's spiritual body.
Xu Tang was shocked and instinctively struggled desperately to break free from the infant spirit's restraints, but no matter how hard he tried, his body seemed to be nailed down and he couldn't move at all.
"That's impossible!"
He lowered his head in disbelief, his gaze falling on the seemingly weak ghost before him.
Xu Tang couldn't understand how such a young ghost could possess such terrifying and powerful spiritual strength.
"Eat quickly, or the food will run away!" Seeing that the infant spirit was still in a daze, the Nightmare Beast hurriedly urged.
After being reminded, the infant spirit no longer hesitated. With a slight exertion of its pink little hands, an invisible pressure suddenly burst forth.
Xu Tang's spiritual body was gradually crushed.
"ah--!"
With a agonizing scream, Xu Tang's spiritual body could no longer withstand the pain and was crushed by the infant spirit, exploding with a deafening roar.
Countless fragments of the spirit slowly converged and merged, eventually forming a hazy white mist.
The floating Nightmare Beast breathed a sigh of relief, its gaze instantly sweeping over the cloud of white mist, which it effortlessly absorbed and devoured.
Wow, wow.
Upon seeing this, the little infant spirit opened its mouth wide and cried out anxiously.
The voice sounded like both a protest and a plea.
The Nightmare Beast clearly understood the Infant Spirit's thoughts. After absorbing the white mist, it pondered for a moment, then condensed a small ball of crystal-clear spiritual energy and gently tossed it towards the Infant Spirit.
The infant spirit immediately reached out its tiny hand, grabbed the small ball of energy into its arms, and happily stuck out its tongue to gently lick it.
Looking at the tiny infant spirit that had so easily crushed Xu Tang's spiritual body, the Nightmare Beast couldn't help but murmur softly:
"As expected of a rare malevolent infant spirit, its growth rate is truly rapid."
"With proper guidance and time, it might be able to be used for even greater things..."
After happily consuming the small ball of spiritual energy, the infant spirit seemed to become even more docile than before.
It stayed obediently to the side, occasionally blinking its eyes at the Nightmare Beast.
After successfully dealing with Xu Tang, everything in his mental sea returned to calm.
The Nightmare Beast finally closed its eyes with a sigh of relief and sank into its mental sea to rest.
Li Yu, however, remained sound asleep, completely unaware of what was happening in her mental world.
Throughout the entire ordeal, the Nightmare Beast bore the brunt of all of Xu Tang's attacks, leaving his mental sea completely calm without even a ripple.
Until the next day.
Li Yu had just woken up when the Nightmare Beast suddenly spoke up:
"Li Yu, I went to great lengths to protect this infant spirit for you!"
"The process was incredibly arduous. Don't forget what I told you to do—kill as many ghosts as possible." The Nightmare Beast's voice was unusually weary.
Even Li Yu could clearly feel its strain and weakness.
Seeing this, Li Yu answered seriously without hesitation:
"Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely do it."
Seeing Li Yu make such a solemn promise, the Nightmare Beast, having received its answer, had a sly glint in its eyes.
"Waaaaa--waaaa."
A crisp sound rang in Li Yu's mind.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
