Chapter 443: The Beast World's Charmer (8)
There is a different atmosphere.
When Aldrich just arrived at the Black Wolf Tribe, he keenly noticed that something was different from the last time he came.
There was an unfamiliar scent, but it was still mixed with the scent of August.
Aldridge looked in one direction calmly.
His intuition has always been sharp.
That's where the smell is the heaviest, and when you look over there.
He immediately spotted a little kid leaning against the window with half of his head sticking out, revealing only a pair of bright and clear almond-shaped eyes.
Probably because their eyes met unexpectedly.
Being discovered.
The little one was a little panicked and quickly retracted his head and hid, and was never seen again.
But Aldridge had already discovered her.
The man raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, then looked at August, who was leading the way. He suppressed his doubts and decided to deal with the important matter at hand.
but……
Is that little thing food?
It smelled strongly of food, but also tinged with the scent of Auguste.
However, August did not eat it.
It seems quite interesting. It seems he needs to find an opportunity to go and take a look.
Aldrich talked to August about the possible changes in the Forbidden Forest. He had already selected the warriors of the Grey Eagle Tribe, and next it was August's turn to select the warriors of their Black Wolf Tribe.
It's just that something strange may have happened in the forest.
The selection of personnel needs to be reconsidered.
After thinking about it, August also planned to select people himself, and Aldridge waited, letting him look for someone slowly.
Even if something unexpected happens in the closed forest.
It wouldn't pose much of a threat to him, as the Gray Eagle could soar across the azure sky, its massive wings blocking out the sun's rays.
This is God's gift to them.
August leaves.
Aldrich stayed here alone, and all was quiet. The members of the Black Wolf Tribe were left behind by August.
Now.
They all gathered on the other side to discuss.
No one noticed him.
Aldridge left through the back door nearby, recalling the aura he had sensed when he arrived here, and the little guy he had accidentally glimpsed before.
Aldridge also went around.
Find the cabin without alerting anyone.
Qiao Xi is absorbing the ice spiritual energy in his body.
Sensing a presence approaching.
She also gathered her overflowing icy spiritual energy, stood up, and looked towards the source of the breath.
It was the young man I had met before.
A handsome young man with short, light gray hair had a cold expression on his face. It was unknown when he had entered, but he was now leaning against the wall, his arms folded, looking down at the tiny Qiao Xi. Perhaps because he had never seen such a creature before, his cold expression was filled with other emotions.
Then.
The arrogant young man came to her and squatted down, looking at her at eye level.
Seeing this, Qiao Xi stepped back a little.
I looked at him puzzledly, not knowing what he wanted to do.
For a moment, neither of them spoke. The young man's clear eyes stared at her like a hawk locking onto its prey, unblinking. Qiao Xi felt a little confused and wanted to stay away from him.
But at this moment the young man stretched out his hand.
His slender hand reached down and wrapped around Qiao Xi's back, holding her in his arms.
Qiao Xi: “???”
I didn't have time to react.
The man holding her lifted her up with both hands and looked at her carefully, as if he was wondering what she was.
"food?"
The young man's slightly surprised voice came faintly.
A rare moment of different emotion appeared on his cold expression. When his sharp gaze fell on Qiao Xi, he also noticed the wound left by August's canine teeth.
"He didn't eat you?"
Aldridge held up Qiao Xi and looked at him carefully.
"I'm not food." The girl he was holding shook her head and looked down at the young man's hand.
Aldridge was about to say something.
But he soon noticed something was wrong. The chill gradually seeped out from the little thing in his hands, and the already cold clothes seemed to grow even colder without him noticing.
Noticed something strange.
Aldrich put her down.
When he arrived at the Black Wolf Tribe, he heard the members of the Black Wolf Tribe saying that their tribe would be blessed by good luck because of the existence of living creatures.
And that creature.
Although August didn't mention it much when he was talking to him just now, he heard the members of the Black Wolf Tribe discussing it.
Talk about the person from the cat tribe.
He was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but was saved by that 'creature'.
And the infection symptoms that August had mentioned to him, that cat people, were called "demon energy", which was also said by that creature.
August didn't say much about the living.
He seemed to be avoiding it deliberately.
This made Aldridge more concerned.
And when he thought about the little guy he had just met when he arrived at the Black Wolf Tribe, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party was very likely the creature that August had mentioned.
And the members of the Black Wolf Tribe said.
Living creatures bring good luck, and it was the good luck brought by living creatures that saved the cat man.
therefore.
Aldrich wanted to bring the creatures back to the Grey Eagle Tribe.
However, the appearance of this creature was a little strange, like a smaller version of a human, which made Aldrich feel a little fresh.
I noticed that the noise outside was gradually dying down.
Aldrich also understood that he had to go back, otherwise August would find out that he was with the living creatures.
"I'm leaving."
Throwing down these words, he wiped out the traces of his presence.
Aldridge left the cabin and returned to the cabin where he was waiting, just like when he came.
August has already chosen his warriors.
The information provided by the cat man previously also mentioned that there were indeed abnormal situations in the forbidden forest.
The witch doctor learned about it.
After August was about to go with the chief of the Grey Eagle tribe, he also persuaded August to invite Lord Living Beings as well, because Lord Living Beings could easily solve this contagious disease.
in case.
It would be better to invite the Lord of Creatures to go together. If the Lord of Creatures is unable to protect himself, then they can send someone to protect the Lord of Creatures.
otherwise.
They can go on their own if they are unlucky enough to encounter the source of those diseases.
Also infected with the same disease.
He might not be able to make it back, and the chief's safety was paramount. If August didn't agree, the witch doctor wouldn't allow him to go no matter what.
After hearing these words.
August also fell silent.
He really didn't think about that aspect. He wanted to take Qiao Xi with him before simply because he didn't want to be separated from Qiao Xi.
Now.
Knowing that there might be danger there, he was reluctant to let Qiao Xi take the risk.
but……
What the witch doctor said made sense. If they really encountered such a difficult situation, they would have no way to resolve it.
If Qiao Xi were here...
It is indeed beneficial to both of them.
Therefore, August was very shaken, but when he saw that his tribesmen were full of expectations and volunteered to go into battle with trust in him, August's shaken heart gradually stabilized.
He made up his mind.
He decided to proceed according to the original plan and let Qiao Xi go with him.
only.
We must leave now, there's no time to lose. The longer we wait, the worse the situation will become, so we must leave immediately.
therefore.
There is no time to teach Qiao Xi self-defense skills.
After the discussion, August went back to talk to Aldrich and briefly explained the matter of the living beings.
And Aldridge.
There was no objection to the fact that the creatures would go together, they just had to follow his arrangements as long as they did not delay the people of the Grey Eagle Tribe.
Everything here has been settled.
The next person was Qiao Xi, but August felt that Qiao Xi would not refuse him. He couldn't explain why, but when he mentioned it earlier, Qiao Xi had indeed agreed.
Taken for granted.
He naturally counted Qiao Xi in the team.
"Let's go." He returned to his cabin, sensing the rich aroma of food. He saw the little one sitting there waiting, just as he had left her.
Auguste's heart gradually calmed down.
"good."
As expected, Qiao Xi agreed.
Creatures are easy to talk to.
August also liked her being so well-behaved. He went over and picked up little Qiao Xi, and rubbed his furry head against the girl's cheek.
"You come with me."
He can now be with Qiao Xi openly.
It would take a whole day to reach the Cat Tribe at the fastest speed, but the Grey Eagles could fly, so they were faster.
But the proud eagle.
They will not allow others to sit on their backs, and the aggressive black wolves will not give in and will not think that their speed is much inferior to that of the others.
therefore.
The people of the Grey Eagle Tribe transformed into their original forms and flew, while the people of the Black Wolf Tribe transformed into their original forms and ran.
Qiao Xi was lying on the back of the big black wolf, August.
Watching the other party moving swiftly and agilely in the jungle, the members of the Black Wolf Tribe were trying their best to keep up with Ogest's speed.
The Gray Eagle of this world.
It was no longer an ordinary eagle. Qiao Xi felt that the orcs here were more like a demon tribe that was in cultivation. They had intelligence and could speak.
No longer just hunting instinct.
Adults can also transform.
is the best proof.
Therefore, they cannot be regarded as ordinary animals at all. The huge gray eagle transformed by Aldrich cast a huge shadow when it spread its wings and flew.
It will also block the sunlight falling on Qiao Xi's head.
Followed by a flying eagle.
The same will follow behind August, hiding in the shadows under his wings.
Passing through snow-capped mountains.
Qiao Xi took the opportunity to eat some snow to replenish her body with ice spiritual power.
August was waiting for her outside.
As for Aldridge, he flew high up in the sky over the snowy mountains and watched her eating the snow with great relish.
Even if you don't come to the snow mountain to replenish your spiritual energy.
Qiao Xi can also obtain it from orcs, but the orcs whose spiritual energy she absorbs will feel hungry and need to replenish the spiritual power she absorbs by eating the meat of exotic beasts.
A simple rest.
They continued on their journey, and Qiao Xi lay on August's furry back, drowsy.
A strong wind whistling in the face.
It was as sharp as a knife, almost cutting her skin, which made her feel uncomfortable. She simply crawled onto August's back and buried herself in the fluffy fur.
But even so.
It is still inevitable that I can feel the howling wind in my ears like ghosts and wolves.
The closer you get to the closed forest.
The more Qiao Xi felt, the more she could feel the demonic energy gradually increasing in intensity, and its source gradually becoming clearer.
The cat tribe is close to the forbidden forest.
Only a mountain away.
And now, the forbidden forest gave Qiao Xi the feeling that it was a petri dish for demonic energy. It was everywhere, and the deeper he went, the thicker it became, even surpassing the barrier that sealed the forest.
Start a little bit at a time.
Spread outward.
Unknowingly, it has spread to the mountain behind the cat tribe, and the strange beasts living on the mountain have been infected.
Cat people.
I usually go to that mountain to hunt for food for the day.
And that was the day when drastic changes happened.
It's probably because they hunted strange beasts that were infected with demonic energy and mutated into monsters, and then ate the monsters' flesh, which brought the demonic energy into their bodies.
A person with a strong physique.
Naturally, one can offset this evil energy through the spiritual power stored in the body's muscles.
And those with slightly worse physique.
If you are caught by accident, as the evil spirit enters your body and continuously devours your spiritual power, it will look like you are "seriously ill." When the evil spirit completely devours your spiritual power, the person's body will be gone without you even realizing it.
Transformed into a demon.
He naturally recovered from his illness.
They have just been completely changed by the infection of demonic energy. Demonic energy can strengthen their physical strength, but if they are not pure-blooded demons, they will be infected by demonic energy.
The more you use magic energy.
The more evil the energy is, the more your mind will be eroded.
That's why, as Eric described, the tribesman became very strong after recovering from a serious illness and was even able to challenge the first warrior to a duel.
But also because.
That tribesman used too much demonic energy and lost control during the duel with the first warrior.
He went crazy and went berserk.
His eyes turned bloodshot, he lost his mind and started to go crazy, becoming a killing machine that attacked his own people without distinguishing between friend and foe.
And he went crazy.
It was a demon through and through, its claws covered in demonic energy, and had turned black. They were not the claws of an ordinary cat, as long as it was scratched by the claws with demonic energy.
soon.
These evil spirits.
It would begin to invade and infect the tribesmen who were scratched, turning these beastmen, whose bodies were originally transformed by spiritual power, into mad demons.
Strange beasts are spiritual beasts without intelligence.
Essentially, it was the flesh of a spirit beast, imbued with the aura of spiritual energy. The higher the concentration, the tastier it was. The beastmen recognized spiritual energy, and therefore considered it food.
The infected beasts will turn into demon beasts.
When August met Qiao Xi.
At first, everyone thought Qiao Xi was food because she had a strong aura of spiritual energy, and her identity was set as a life formed by pure spiritual energy, a natural creature.
Even the orcs from such a large tribe would make such a judgment.
So.
It is understandable that the small tribes can recognize spiritual energy, but cannot detect the demonic energy lurking in the bodies of strange beasts.
Hunt as usual.
Eat as usual and then get infected.
"This tribe has been destroyed." The people from the Grey Eagle tribe also followed them and took a tour of the Cat Tribe.
There are no surviving orcs here.
There were stinking corpses everywhere.
The corpse was covered with bite marks, and the wounds that no longer bleed were even black, looking very scary.
August's face was serious.
He had already transformed into a human form and was walking around the destroyed cat tribe with Qiao Xi in his arms.
This journey.
All I saw were the corpses of cat people, and no living creatures at all.
Aldrich and the Grey Eagles followed behind.
The young man with an indifferent expression glanced calmly at the corpses on the ground without any feeling.
He knew about this disease.
Other birds were also infected at the time, and that tribe was later destroyed.
Until they found the Great Wizard.
This disaster was finally brought to an end, but unexpectedly, they had not yet completely recovered from the trauma of the last time, and in just over a decade, it came back again.
They had not even waited until the time came for the tree of life to bear fruit.
The disaster came again one step ahead of schedule.
A desolate little tribe.
There was no trace of any living thing, and even these stiff and cold corpses would become new sources of infection if left alone.
Aldrich didn't let the Grey Eagle tribe get close.
August also rashly touched the corpses.
He looked at the blackened corpses on the ground, pondered for a moment, then looked down at Qiao Xi in his arms: "Do you have any ideas?"
before.
It's not that they haven't tried to use fire, but fire would instead catalyze the "demonic energy" that Qiao Xi mentioned. Therefore, it is basically handled by great wizards.
"Yes, I can remove the evil spirit."
Qiao Xi looked at the corpses. In her eyes, the demonic energy was just a series of vague and hazy things like fog.
Hanging over these corpses.
She could see, but the beastmen had not practiced and could not see.
Qiao Xi walked over.
Purify and absorb the evil spirits that are like a thorn in the flesh one by one. As long as the person controlling the spiritual energy has higher attainments than the evil spirit, then the spiritual energy will purify the evil spirit.
in turn.
The evil energy pollutes the spiritual energy, and the effects are mutual.
They didn't know what Qiao Xi had done.
He could only sense the pure aura of her body becoming increasingly evident. Aldridge's eyes darkened slightly. The influence of living beings was even greater than he had imagined. He suppressed the slight emotional fluctuations in his eyes and remained calm.
only.
The desire to bring the creatures back to the tribe became stronger and stronger.
And wait until Qiao Xi withdrew her hand.
When she looked up at August, the latter quickly understood what she meant.
August waved.
They called on the tribesmen to begin burying the dead cats. They trusted August and also trusted living things. Since the tribe leader indicated that they could touch them, they naturally would not hesitate any longer.
The people of the Black Wolf Tribe took action.
The people of the Grey Eagle Tribe are waiting.
After all, this is none of their business. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, they have their own rules of survival.
and.
As the overlords of the sky, they naturally would not interfere in matters on land.
Only this time.
They want to retrieve a treasure that their ancestors lost in the forbidden forest, which is very important to their Eagle tribe.
Settle matters on the cat tribe side.
They climbed the last hill.
All the strange beasts here were infected. They had gone mad and were biting each other, and died collectively.
Qiao Xi followed the same method to purify the evil spirit.
This was not a difficult task for her and did not require much spiritual energy.
She herself is equivalent to a ball of pure spiritual energy. When she stands over there, the evil energy will disperse and disappear on its own.
Step into the forbidden forest.
An ominous, eerie, and cold feeling suddenly came over me. The trees in the forest were so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.
The roots of these trees are black.
Rooted in the dark yellow soil, the lush and flourishing branches and leaves completely blocked out the sunlight overhead, even though the weather wasn't that cold.
But there is no warmth here.
When Qiao Xi set foot on this land and walked not far, he could still hear the voices of the orcs around him talking.
only.
Before her eyes, a thick gray fog suddenly spread out, silently and quickly covering the entire visible road.
Qiao Xi was slightly stunned.
This is falling into an illusion.
With her immense mental power, it wasn't difficult to find the core of the illusion array. However, Qiao Xi stared at the ground, her mental power seeping into the ground. As she observed the layout of the illusion array, her expression gradually grew solemn.
This is……
The formation used by the demons.
The memories that had been buried in her mind were gradually awakened, and Qiao Xi's expression also changed a little. Although she could feel that this world was a little similar to the spiritual world of cultivation before.
Simply because humans do not exist.
It has not developed into a civilization, nor has it developed into an era of cultivation.
but.
I didn't expect to see the demon formation here.
This is clearly something beyond this era, or is it this world? Is it like the apocalyptic world I've experienced before, with someone I once knew appearing?
【Congratulations, you got it right! 】
The voice of the Little Black Cat System suddenly came out in the space.
It also confirmed Qiao Xi's guess.
She had a vague premonition, but she hadn't expected it to come true. She could only sigh softly. With no other orcs around, she could focus on sensing the flow of demonic energy.
The deeper you go.
The more evil the energy.
But at the same time, in the deepest part of the forest where the demonic energy is heaviest, there is a strong smell of blood.
Qiao Xi's mental power spread over.
Sensing a familiar yet unfamiliar aura, she paused briefly before realizing there was a faint barrier over there. The sealing barrier cast on it was something Qiao Xi had never seen before. She thought it must have been the work of the great wizard.
only.
Now the sealing barrier has weakened.
There is no way to continue sealing the evil energy.
The person trapped in the seal was clearly aware of the weakening of the barrier, but showed no intention of leaving. Qiao Xi hesitated, but ultimately decided not to disturb the person.
She retracted the mental power that had spread to that side.
Open your eyes again.
Even if there was demonic energy overflowing, this level was no longer something the orcs could handle.
For orcs who have not practiced.
The demonic energy of the pure-blooded demons with high cultivation level would be fatal to them if they touched it at all, and they would be quickly infected and assimilated into demons.
And in this forest.
There are no strange beasts at all, nor any other treasures.
They come here.
You will only die in vain.
As for Aldrich, who wanted to find the treasures lost here by his ancestors, he was probably in vain as he was corroded by such pure demonic energy.
Even the best treasure.
It will also be worn out and turned into waste.
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