Volume 1 Volume 6 Chapter 40

Volume 6 Chapter 40: Different Parties (Part 1)

While Xu Qingfan was flying toward the black giant mountain, the hidden strange man watched Xu Qingfan’s retreating figure with a cold laugh. At the same time, several significant events were happening that would deeply affect the future of the Shenzhou Continent.

Within a desolate hill in the Southern Wasteland, three meters beneath the ground, there is a hidden natural cave.

Although the cave is naturally formed, it is very large, spanning over a hundred acres, filled with strange rocks, yet there are faint sounds of fox cries echoing from within.

Sometimes, that nine-tailed demon fox truly does not seem like an ordinary demon beast; aside from its intelligence, which surpasses all living beings in the world, it possesses a long-term vision that heavenly-level demon beasts do not have.

For example, after becoming a heavenly-level advanced demon beast, the nine-tailed fox not only seeks to become stronger but also focuses on raising the Spirit Fox clan’s offspring, enhancing their power and standing among demon beasts.

Before leading the Southern Wasteland demon beasts to attack the Shenzhou Continent, the nine-tailed fox often used secretive methods to quietly kill many Southern Wasteland demon beasts, taking their inner cores for its fox children to consume, making it much easier for the Spirit Fox clan to evolve, as they needed the inner cores of nine demon beasts of the same level to advance. As a result, many fox demons rose to Earth level and above.

After leading the Southern Wasteland demon beasts in the final battle against the Righteous Alliance, although the Southern Wasteland demon beasts suffered a great defeat, the Spirit Fox clan gained even more than the Righteous Alliance. While other demon beasts fought fiercely against human cultivators, those fox demons hid beneath the battlefield, secretly taking out the inner cores from the fallen demon beasts.

In the days when the Southern Wasteland demon beasts caused chaos on the Shenzhou Continent, how many demon beasts have died? And how many of these demon beasts were cruelly dismembered by the Spirit Fox clan for their inner cores? Plus, with the previous secretive actions of the nine-tailed demon fox, how many inner cores has the Spirit Fox clan obtained over the last thousand years? No one knows, and no one even knows how strong the Spirit Fox clan has become, for under the nine-tailed fox’s restraint, the Spirit Fox clan seldom reveals itself.

If someone or a demon beast were to enter this cave at this moment, they would surely be shocked by the sight before them.

Spirit Fox! Countless Spirit Foxes fill the entire cave, and no one knows exactly how many there are. A rough estimation would put them at least two thousand.

A large number of them can certainly surprise people, but what truly shocks them is the strength of these Spirit Foxes.

Looking at the Spirit Foxes behind them, with four tails, five tails, and six tails, among these two thousand Spirit Foxes, even the weakest has reached four tails, which is an Earth-level basic demon beast, equivalent to a human at the Fake Golden Core Stage!

To raise one four-tailed demon fox, it requires sacrificing nine nine-tailed human-level basic demon beasts, nine nine-tailed human-level middle-class demon beasts, and nine nine-tailed human-level advanced demon beasts, totaling twenty-seven human-level demon beasts.

The two thousand four-tailed demon foxes not only represent the prosperity of the Spirit Fox clan but also signify the death of over fifty thousand human-level demon beasts!

Moreover, among these two thousand Spirit Foxes, there are also many with five and six tails. This means, to make the Spirit Fox clan thrive, at least sixty to seventy thousand nine-tailed southern wasteland demon beasts were sacrificed, which exceeds one-fifth of the total number of southern wasteland demon beasts.

The cunning, long-term planning, and cruel methods of the nine-tailed demon fox are truly astonishing.

At this moment, the more than two thousand Spirit Foxes are quietly lying in the cave, looking at the deeper parts of the cave with longing eyes.

Or perhaps, deep in their eyes, there is a hint of jealousy and envy?

Deep in the cave are thirteen six-tailed demon foxes, selected by the nine-tailed from thousands of Spirit Foxes, the ones with the best qualities and the highest spirituality.

In front of the thirteen six-tailed demon foxes, there were over a hundred demon beast inner dan that overflowed with Spirit Qi. Looking at the strength of the Spirit Qi’s waves, they were clearly the inner dan of high-level Earth demon beasts.

This also meant that over a hundred high-level Earth demon beasts had died.

At the very front of all the demon foxes, the nine-tailed demon fox examined the thirteen demon foxes before it with a careful gaze, and after a moment, it slightly nodded.

Then, just a moment after the nine-tailed demon fox nodded, the thirteen six-tailed demon foxes eagerly swallowed the demon beast inner dan in front of them.

In the next moment, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the thirteen six-tailed demon foxes, causing all the other demon foxes, except for the nine-tailed, to involuntarily step back several paces.

"Hiss…"

Then, painful howls came from the mouths of the thirteen demon beasts, and the faces of the six-tailed demon foxes showed signs of deep suffering, their brows furrowed. Their bodies then burst apart, and countless streams of blood splattered out. This blood slowly gathered together beneath the Spirit Foxes to form a tail shape, shining with spiritual light.

It was unclear how long this strange phenomenon lasted, maybe ten days or perhaps even longer, but the strange changes in the thirteen six-tailed demon foxes finally came to an end.

A mighty aura gradually radiated from the thirteen six-tailed demon foxes, causing the other demon foxes to take a few steps back again. Then, they bent their front legs and began to bow in worship to the six-tailed demon foxes.

Oh, by now, they should be called the seven-tailed demon foxes.

Look at the tails behind these demon foxes; haven’t they turned into seven?

Thus, after a thousand years of gathering and the sacrifice of hundreds of Earth-level high demon beasts, the Spirit Fox clan has gained thirteen new seven-tailed demon foxes.

The seven-tailed demon foxes have still reached the heavenly level. The Spirit Fox clan now has heavenly level powers beyond the nine-tailed and gained as many as thirteen all at once, which is astonishing.

But the matter is far from over.

After their transformation into seven-tailed demon foxes, they did not show any signs of pride because they knew that everything they had was given to them by the nine-tails, which could also easily be taken back. More importantly, the nine-tails could grant them even more.

After evolving into seven-tailed demon foxes, the expressions of these thirteen heavenly level demon beasts seemed even more anxious, as if they were students waiting for exam results in the human world.

At the same time, the nine-tailed demon fox was observing these thirteen newly advanced heavenly level demon beasts over and over again, with a sharp and deep gaze, lingering on each seven-tailed demon fox for a long time, as if considering something.

After a long while, the nine-tailed demon fox extended its front foot and lightly tapped one of the thirteen seven-tailed demon foxes that had evolved first.

The Spirit Fox saw the nine-tailed fox calling for it but seemed very calm. It slowly walked in front of the nine-tailed fox, bending its limbs in a gesture of worship.

The other twelve seven-tailed demon foxes showed disappointment in varying degrees after seeing the choice of the nine-tailed fox, unable to hide their feelings.

Seeing the calm seven-tailed fox before it, the nine-tailed fox appeared a bit pleased. It opened its mouth and nine demon beast inner cores of different sizes rolled down to its feet.

These nine inner cores were all from heavenly level demon beasts. Three of them were collected by the nine-tailed fox over the past thousand years. The other six once belonged to heavenly level demon beasts that followed the nine-tailed fox to disturb the Shenzhou Continent. Because they were weaker, they returned to the Southern Wasteland two days later than the nine-tailed fox. The first thing the nine-tailed fox did after escaping from the black giant mountain was to kill them and take their inner cores.

Clearly, the nine-tailed demon fox wanted to create another eight-tailed fox.

Seeing the nine inner cores at its feet, which seemed to contain endless energy, the chosen seven-tailed fox’s eyes flashed with excitement but then, for some reason, were replaced by sorrow.

It was not just it; even the other disappointed seven-tailed foxes looked equally sad after their loss.

They knew that everything the nine-tailed demon fox was doing was not simply to create a few strong members for the Spirit Fox clan.

The kylin’s strength was too great; so great that it could ignore all wisdom.

From the moment Kylin escaped, the nine-tailed demon fox knew it could not avoid this disaster.

It would fight, it would find a way to protect everything it had. At least, it wanted to save the Spirit Fox clan that it had worked so hard to grow. It also had a plan, but before that, it needed to choose an heir to lead the Spirit Fox clan while it was away, until the day it returned.

The chosen seven-tailed fox didn’t hurriedly eat the elixir; instead, it bowed to the nine tails many times with hope in its heart. After the nine tails softly cried out, it lifted its head, looked deeply at the nine tails, and then lowered its head again to begin eating the nine inner elixirs beneath its feet.

Then, just like before, a powerful wave radiated from the seven tails, but this time, the Spirit Qi wave was several times stronger.

As blood flowed, the eighth tail slowly began to form.

The time needed to evolve from seven tails to eight tails was longer, but the nine-tailed demon fox lost track of time, focusing intently on this evolution.

It was unclear how long had passed, as the eighth tail had not fully evolved, when the nine tails suddenly trembled, as if sensing something.

"Awww…"

"Roar…"

Two earth-shaking roars suddenly echoed, causing the entire cave to tremble.

This was the roar of the Kylin.

The nine-tailed demon fox showed a look of regret, realizing the two Kylin arrived even faster than it had imagined. All the effort it put into hiding was for nothing.