CBGC - ch171.1

WARNING: Sensitive content ahead

TL note: while Su Tingyun is in this realm, the natives call their own humanoid form as "demon" form. But funnily enough, when the POV switches to Xuanyuan Wentian, he calls it "human" form.

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Chapter 171: Praying to a Demon

Su Tingyun doesn’t dare to look, doesn’t dare to listen, doesn't dare to think.

She sits cross-legged, withdraws her spiritual sense, and reluctantly begins to circulate spiritual energy to cultivate. Her restless mind slows the flow of spiritual energy through her meridians, nearly causing them to rupture.

Inside the cold cave, the female demon screeches pitifully a few times before falling silent. Blood flows abundantly from beneath her, and her skin has become scorching hot, as if burned by fire. In this state, she should revert to her true form and not maintain her demon body. However, each of them took a Solidifying Pill upon entering. Even when extremely weak, they retain their female demon forms, which is convenient for the Yayu's assault.

Using ice sealing only addresses the symptom, not the root cause. The Yayu transfers the internal fire poison to the female demons this way. Naturally, the demon beasts cannot withstand the Sacred Fruit's fire poison. Most die instantly upon contact. In less than fifteen minutes, the first female demon's pupils dilate, she foams at the mouth, her body seems about to explode, and her soul gradually vanishes…

Beneath her lies a pool of blood. Fresh blood spreads over the ice surface, like a layer of eye-piercing red veil laid on the ice and snow. And this is just the beginning.

Not far away, most of the female demons on the floating ice are terrified into a daze.

That little rabbit beast is still young. When born, due to the rabbit tribe's low strength and her lack of status, she didn't receive a Sacred Fruit to open her wisdom. It wasn't until she grew to seventeen or eighteen that she gained some spiritual intelligence. This time, sent to the Sacred Hall and having taken a Solidifying Pill, she obtained her demon form—innocent and naive. It is precisely for this reason that the little rabbit dared to foolishly walk holding the fox's tail all the way. She is not very smart and blindly worships the Beast Saint and the Priestess. Upon seeing such a gruesome scene, her eyes redden, and she stares blankly, asking, "Sister Jiu Yue, is that really the Beast Saint?"

How could the Beast Saint be like this?

When her mother was still alive, she said the Beast Saint was a great demon beast who watched over and saved many beasts' lives—a great hero.

At this moment, Jiu Yue doesn’t dare to cast spells or use her spiritual sense. She directly uses her tail to hook around the rabbit demon's neck, covering the other's mouth to prevent her from speaking. At this time, the female demon beneath the Beast Saint no longer has any breath left on her body. He is about to capture new victims, and the one who speaks is the biggest target.

But she also doesn't know if it's better to die early or stay until the end, repeatedly experiencing fear and death, despair filling her heart, heavy sorrow tormenting her nerves, destroying her will.

This time, two female demons are dragged away simultaneously.

It seems as if the blood on the ice never dries up. In less than a moment, heart-blood spreads. Their bodies are broken into a U-shape by immense force; each impact is tearing and painful. Before long, the two female demons breathe no more. Their corpses are brushed aside by the monster's claws, directly frozen, sinking to the bottom of the ice river, drilling into the deepest ice layers, piled up with countless bones. The resentful aura of the spirits, transformed by the cold crystal stones of the ice river, forms this river capable of suppressing the monster's fire poison.

Alive, they must detoxify for him; dead, their corpses are not spared.

This monster is no longer the Beast Saint from back then. Jiu Yue recalls the little rabbit's words, "Sister Jiu Yue, is that really the Beast Saint?"

Jiu Yue screams in her heart, wanting to answer, "He isn't. He's a devil, a monster. How could he be the Beast Saint!"

In less than half an hour, three female demons have died. The Beast Saint emits grunting sounds from his throat, turns his head, and glares at the female demons on the floating ice. Everywhere his eyes land, it is deathly quiet. Some girl beasts huddle together, trembling, and many shed silent tears without making any sound, as if everything has been frozen.

The Yayu stretches a claw over and drags away two more female demons near Jiu Yue. When the chains are cut, the little rabbit demon's face turns deathly pale, and she trembles slightly. Then The Yayu asks, "Jiu Yue, do you know this rabbit beast?"

Her tail is still wrapped around the rabbit. If not, the rabbit demon would have already gone mad, crying and howling from fear. She is timid and very foolish. The image of the hero she admired has collapsed. Now the rabbit girl has shed many tears, soaking the fur on her tail.

However, upon hearing the Yayu's question, Jiu Yue freezes; she doesn't know how to answer at all.

The current Beast Saint loves psychological torture.

Whether she answers yes or no, it's wrong. Or rather, attracting his attention is the biggest mistake.

"Looks like you recognize her. Aren't foxes the ones who love eating rabbits the most?" The Yayu chuckles and suddenly strikes again, grabbing the rabbit held by Jiu Yue out of the air. Jiu Yue's tail is barely pulled, and The Yayu snorts coldly, his eyes shining like two golden swords as he stares at Jiu Yue, "Hmm?"

Under such a gaze, Jiu Yue trembles with fear; the tail wrapped around the rabbit demon slowly loosens.

The rabbit beast was already scared dumb, but at this moment, she suddenly musters the strength to grab the tail. Despite being under the Yayu's oppressive aura, she still makes a sound, "Sister Jiu Yue, sister Jiu Yue..."

Jiu Yue's body quivers slightly. She sits back among the female demons on the floating ice, burying her head in her knees, daring not to look again.

After capturing the bunch, the rabbit demon is not the first to be abused. The terror on her face and her trembling long ears please the Yayu, so he leaves her for last. However, as the Yayu is having fun, one of the previously grabbed demon beasts suddenly struggles to get up, stabbing at the Yayu with a sharp weapon, which is about three feet long.

All the girl beasts had no weapons on them when they came in. Of course, even if they did, they would be useless—the Yayu's pressure would just force an examination.

However, he didn't expect this bird demon would have a hidden weapon.

Jiu Yue's divine sense looks closer, and her eyes widen. That is not a weapon, but a bird's beak. This bird demon beast is actually from the peacock tribe, one with high cultivation. It seems she was previously ambushed, had her cultivation sealed and her identity hidden. She immediately realizes that this bird beast had eaten at least two Sacred Fruits in her youth and Jiu Yue now has offended the Peacock King.

The bird's beak does not pierce the Yayu's fur; instead, it ignites his anger. He throws aside the half-dead female beast beneath him, grabs the bird demon, breaks her arms and legs, and forcibly pins her down. After a few moments, a hint of delight appears on his dragon head: "This one has high cultivation, tastes better, and can endure a bit longer."

The bird demon initially struggles a couple of times, but soon enough, she becomes still. Such injuries cause the low-level Solidifying Pills to fail in maintaining her demon form. Her arms turn into wings, covered with white feathers. She is a white peacock bird, always loved by the fairies in the Beast Realm because the white peacock is beautiful, pure, and holy.

Even if she simply flies overhead, those weak beast clans feel they've seen hope, a sign of good fortune coming.

Just like the rabbit beast at this moment. Her strength is weak, and her mind is simple. At this time, she picks up the bird's beak and stumbles forward, "I'll beat you to death!" They way other kids said it when they bullied her in the past.

"I'll beat you to death!"

The Yayu knows what the little rabbit beast is doing. From the moment she stands up to pick up a weapon and stumbles forward, every action is under his consciousness's surveillance, so there is no such thing as a surprise attack. It's just that this rabbit can't do anything to him, so he takes it as adding a bit of fun.

The rabbit demon stabs the weapon into his back. He feels it like being tickled, almost pleasant. The motions beneath are also more intense.

The peacock bird's body remains in female demon form; only the broken arms have turned into wings, and feathers cover her back. She lies among the blood-stained feathers, staring with hollow eyes at the ice stalactites hanging above the cold cave. It's only when the little rabbit demon beast appears that her lifeless eyes show a hint of light.

Under the immense torment, the white peacock bird smiles slightly. Then ice spears start to fall from above, making the Yayu even more furious. He grabs her throat with one hand: "Your cultivation is indeed not bad, probably not much less than your Peacock Tribe's King. You, you are Yao? You haven't died yet after all this time, and can still use spiritual attacks? You've broken your poison seal? Unfortunately, it's too late!"

He thrusts his body forward heavily, causing Yao's face to show unbearable pain. However, at this moment, her broken wings suddenly flap twice, directly enveloping the Yayu who had just pressed forward, followed by a loud bang—it’s the sound of her primordial spirit self-destructing.

Even the previously nearly dying female demon struggles twice. Her strength is insufficient, and she has no real ability. At this time, she can't even crawl up, but just happens to bite onto the Yayu's tail. There is a lot of blood on his tail, but it's not his own—it’s from the female demons who have already been frozen and submerged into the bottom of the ice river.

Scared?

Yes, terrified, trembling with fear, heartbeats slowing down.

But what about being scared? Fear only causes Jiu Yue to be paralyzed and won't grant her redemption. Jiu Yue trembles as she unbinds the long chains that tied all the female demons. Her body trembles, but her eyes have a fiery light.

At this moment, the Yayu has already stood up.

The white peacock's self-detonation did not hurt him, only scraping his skin. He is very angry, growling lowly. He flicks his tail, directly freezing and throwing the female demon who bit his tail into the lake. The white peacock's corpse has long turned to powder, worthless. In a fit of rage, the Yayu grabs the rabbit, directly clawing off one of her ears and pressing her down. At this moment, the nine-tailed fox leaps up, her silk and gauze fluttering, stretched tight into a cutting blade, directly rolling towards the Yayu.

Jiu Yue is barefoot, with red dark patterns appearing under her feet. Her steps on the floating ice create a pattern. In her hand, a hand drum appears. As she beats the drum, it emits booming sounds, like striking an impassioned war song. The numb female demons behind her also stand up. Either way, they're dead, might as well fight desperately once.

"Jiu Yue, you couldn't bear it anymore?" The Yayu's body is bound by the silk, but he doesn't feel worried at all. He turns around and looks at Jiu Yue, laughing hoarsely, "You're a Sacred Temple Priestess, and yet you're doing such a treasonous thing. At first, I couldn't bear to take you, so I was planning to save you for last. With your cultivation, you could barely survive. Now..."

The Yayu pauses, "If you kowtow and beg for mercy, I'll still give you a chance to live."

The female beasts behind Jiu Yue, who rushed over to the sound of the drumbeat, pause slightly, and this pause is exactly what the Yayu expected. These demon beasts are weak, as lowly as ants, but now, he likes to toy with their hearts, finding those emotions to be the best delicacies. Destroying the momentarily rising fighting spirit, seeing the resistance crumble, is the most delightful.

The rabbit demon opens her mouth. At this time, her demon form is still present, but it is broken by her will, revealing a big front tooth. Then she bites onto the Yayu's tail. There is a lot of blood on his tail, but it's not his own—it’s from the girl beasts who have already been frozen and submerged into the bottom of the ice river.

As the rabbit beast makes this move, Jiu Yue's hand drum beats louder and louder, her steps become faster. The ice river churns with the war song, ice spears above continue to fall. Her spiritual energy surges wildly into the silk ribbons, trying to bind the Yayu. Other female demon beasts also charge forward; everyone can't use their natural weapons due to the Solidifying Pill, they are in demon forms and can't turn into beast forms to fight. At this time, they can only use some wind blades, thunder points, fire sparks, etc., with very weak attack power.

The Yayu steps down heavily, causing the earth to shake. "Jiu Yue, you want to save this rabbit?" He scatters the silk ribbons wrapped around him with a loud sound. Then, with a claw, he grabs the rabbit demon's only remaining ear, lifting her into the air. "Fine, I won't kill her for now. I'll wait for you to come rescue her!"

He controls multiple demons; his internal fire poison has weakened slightly, but not for long. "Within fifteen minutes, if you can injure me, I will let her be the last to die." After saying this, the Yayu directly throws the rabbit into the center of the altar. He throws with great force; the rabbit demon's strength is weak, as if the impact has crushed all her bones, just one strike, and her breath turns weak.

"The God Prayer Dance that destroys a ten-thousand-year lifespan, do you think it will work? Truly desperate!" The Yayu sighs, his eyes full of disdain.