After the cultivators from the Beast Mastery Sect fled, Qi Ze and Yan Junyu leisurely made their way to the mountain gate.
"A few fine hides, they come cheap for me," Qi Ze said with a light smile as he picked up the dragon hide on the ground.
"The news of the Demon Resistant Body might already be out. Ball is now quite the prize, you have to give those people outside some chance," Yan Junyu stroked the lazy, massive flesh mountain. The flesh mountain seemed to fear him, quivering and compressing its size, until it became the size of a basketball before scurrying to Qi Ze's feet, tugging on his pants leg and quickly climbing up.
Qi Ze hugged Ball tightly, patting its fleshy head and teasing its soft tentacles as he sighed, "It's cooped up with me all day, it must get pretty boring, its appetite has decreased recently too. You're right, I'll let it out to hunt for food on its own."
The two of them took Ball to the edge of the desert, instructing it to come back after it had eaten its fill. Ball had consumed many high-intelligence venomous creatures over the years, and had become much smarter. Realizing that its owners were actually going to let it loose, it quickly burrowed into the sand and slithered away. It couldn't forget the black dragon, needing no one to show it the way, it followed the scent to the Beast Mastery Sect.
Qi Ze couldn't put his worries aside, thinking about it, he finally dispatched Number One to look after it.
With the two mischievous children successively leaving home, Qi Ze's heart felt empty, standing in place for a long time. Yan Junyu couldn't bear his pretense of sorrow, gently pinching his nose and teasing, "What are you worried about? Afraid that the two kids won't cause enough trouble?"
Qi Ze's worried expression disappeared, he said with a touch of malice, "Do you remember Erdos City? I'm afraid that Ball has eaten too much and is too fat, this continent might collapse under its weight."
Back when Yan Junyu and Qi Ze first set foot on the second-class plane, the place where they landed was precisely Erdos City. That was Dr. Kulun's stronghold, because the two of them were tainted with Dr. Kulun's mental strength and were piloting his private warship, they were immediately pursued throughout the city and nearly lost their lives. During the escape, Qi Ze accidentally lost Ball, after several twists and turns, they finally managed to temporarily settle down under the care of a kind person, but they lived like rats in a gutter, uncertain of how they would survive the next day.
Who would have thought that Ball would thrive, growing fatter day by day, turning the once great Erdos City into a plain. Qi Ze and Yan Junyu, who didn't have to do anything to exact their revenge, were both amused and pained, from then on, they no longer dared to let Ball loose.
But now, they needed to set up a blood sacrifice array to send their fellow sect members' souls back into the cycle of reincarnation, and they didn't have the time to personally seek revenge.
"The Supreme Divine Creation Sect did not perish by my hands, but by the greed of the cultivators. Today, I'll let them know the consequences of their greed," Qi Ze stared at his own hands, speaking slowly.
Yan Junyu understood that he had been blaming himself for the destruction of the sect, seeing that he could understand, he felt greatly comforted, hugging him into his arms and patting him gently. The two of them stood there for a moment, before returning to the sect and beginning to set up the blood sacrifice array.
Number One was always very playful, chasing after Ball for a few days before running off on his own, searching the mountainside for treasures. Ball, on the other hand, was single-mindedly heading towards the Beast Mastery Sect, crossing mountains and streams, not sparing any effort, finally digging a tunnel through the ground and burrowing into the Beast Mastery Sect's Sacred Beast Garden.
Being taken care of by Qi Ze and Yan Junyu, it had always been picky about its food, at first, it could still accept substandard products like the infected, but later on, it only ate interstellar behemoths. The spirit beasts it had its eyes on were all treasures of the Beast Mastery Sect, and there were cultivators who came to look after them every day.
As the saying goes, "The thing resembles its owner," Ball was now very smart, though it wasn't afraid of being discovered, it was worried that the cultivators wouldn't be able to handle it and would instead take away the delicious meals in the Sacred Beast Garden, making it unable to see or eat them, so it had to lie low and wait until it found out the situation before making a move.
After observing for two or three days, it finally set its sights on a large eagle covered in golden feathers. This eagle often flew away from the Sacred Beast Garden, returning a few hours later, if it ate it, the cultivators would assume it had flown out to play by itself and wouldn't find out right away. After eating this eagle, its next target was a dragon python in the cold pool at the back of the mountain. The cold pool was bottomless and full of underwater caves, the cultivator who took care of the dragon python only threw the food by the poolside and left, not taking a close look.
After eating the dragon python, there was still a nine-tailed fox that was quite good, it tasted foul, but after a long time, it became quite fragrant, and it liked to run wild everywhere, making it very difficult to find.
Ball tapped its own forehead with its soft tentacles, quickly making a list of delicacies, what to eat today, what to eat tomorrow, one by one, the top five were the absolute delicacies that must be eaten, the further down the list, the less desirable they were, eatable or not, it didn't matter, as long as it left when it was discovered by someone.
After thinking it through, it finally took action. After eight or nine days, the elder in charge of the Sacred Beast Garden suddenly realized something was wrong, hurriedly sending disciples to check the spirit beasts all over the mountainside, but they only found the skin of a dragon python, a few golden eagle feathers, and a tuft of fox fur.
The elder was almost about to faint from anger, but he was unwilling to accept reality, ordering the disciples to continue counting, only to find that all the high-level spirit beasts had disappeared, the remaining ones were all low-level spirit beasts with impure bloodlines.
"Who in the world is against our Beast Mastery Sect? Search, find them even if you have to dig three feet into the ground!" The elder was jumping madly with anger and anxiety, ordering people to investigate the truth, while running to report to the sect leader.
"Such a big thing happened and you didn't notice at all?" The sect leader of the Beast Mastery Sect was surprisingly calm, waving his hand, he said, "Send more people to investigate, that person must still be hiding in the Sacred Beast Garden, they can't escape." Finally, he took out a green little bird from his beast mastery bag, set it free, and instructed, "Follow the tracking bird, come to me for punishment after you catch the culprit."
"Yes." The elder left with a face full of shame, but hurriedly returned half an hour later, with an expression of barely contained excitement on his face. Without saying a word, he only placed a copper mirror on the table, letting the sect leader watch for himself. A lump of fleshy stuff was lying in a cave in the Sacred Beast Garden, sleeping soundly, its appearance was extremely ugly, several cultivators were quietly arranging restraining arrays outside the cave, afraid of letting it escape.
The scene suddenly changed, showing the day the Beast Mastery Sect attacked the Supreme Divine Creation Sect. This lump of flesh had eaten a black dragon in a couple of bites, it had incredibly strong fighting power. That was one thing, but many cultivators teamed up to attack, their mana, however, was completely absorbed when it hit its body, not even breaking the skin, what was the reason for this?
"A Demon Resistant Body?" The sect leader of the Beast Mastery Sect's eyes shone, his voice trembling.
"Whether it's a real Demon Resistant Body or not, the sect leader will find out after testing it personally."
"Good, good, good! Bring that thing here immediately! If it's really a Demon Resistant Body, not only is the elder not at fault, but he's also done a great deed, I'll have a reward for you!"
"Your subordinate doesn't ask for anything else, I just want a piece of meat, is that possible?" The elder said with a thick face. This was a Demon Resistant Body, a once in a thousand year opportunity, if he missed it, it would surely cause a mental demon to grow within him. Besides, that meat mountain was of considerable size, at least ten thousand pounds, taking a piece of meat shouldn't be an excessive request.
The sect leader was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, staring at the meat mountain for a while before agreeing. But the fact that the Sacred Beast Garden had been emptied had already caused a huge commotion, who in the sect didn't know? A short while later, several other elders came in succession, trying to get a piece of the fat meat.
The Beast Mastery Sect was not a one-man show, the several elders were highly respected, with profound cultivation, he naturally had to give them face, plus his favorite direct disciples, little nephews, and nieces, etc., the meat that was given out was quite a miscellaneous assortment.
An hour later, several disciples finally brought up the meat mountain that was locked in a cage. All the elders used their mana to test it together, after a few rounds, their spirit energy was exhausted, yet the meat mountain was still snoring sweetly, not disturbed at all. The mana hitting its body was like a drop of water falling into a river, not causing any ripples.
"It's indeed a Fusion body," one of the elders said in a trembling voice.
"Today's events are not to be spread to anyone, or there will be no mercy!" The sect leader immediately issued a gag order.
Everyone in the hall agreed in unison, then stared at the meat mountain with intense eyes.
After some thought, the sect leader said, "Find all the hypnotic grass in the sect and pound it into juice, pour it on it, when it falls into a coma, start cutting the meat."
Everyone did as they were told, then used sharp blades to poke the meat mountain, only after seeing that it didn't react did they feel relieved. Each elder took four jin four liang of meat, the remaining disciples took three jin three liang, two jin two liang, one jin one liang respectively, according to their cultivation level... The remaining half of the meat belonged exclusively to the sect leader.
After everyone left, the sect leader stared at the meat mountain in the cage, which had long lost its shape, he couldn't help but laugh maniacally. But he could never have imagined that this lump of meat wasn't dead, once the effects of the hypnotic grass wore off, it and its pieces of meat would bring a catastrophic disaster to the Beast Mastery Sect...
Half a month later, the once vast Beast Mastery Sect was now empty, no disciples, no sect leader, no spirit beasts. A disciple who was out on a training journey rode a fairy crane into the sect, searching all the mountainsides but found no one, he was dumbfounded.
He sat in his own cave for half a day, then boldly ran to the main peak, but was blocked by the formations at the foot of the mountain, unable to enter, he could only go elsewhere to look. After nightfall, the main peak, which was once brightly lit, was now in complete darkness, the forest was strangely quiet, without the howls of spirit beasts or the chirps of crickets, an occasional breeze blew by, causing the leaves to rustle, making it impossible to sleep, but rather making him feel very anxious.
The disciple listened for several hours before realizing a terrifying truth - no beast roars or insect chirps meant no living creatures, the Beast Mastery Sect had become a tomb! He sat up suddenly, running around the sect like a madman, until dawn when he was gasping for breath and sitting on the ground, tears silently streaming down his face.
He was lost in despair, his heart in chaos, he couldn't understand why, after only being away for a few months, the sect had perished. But there was no news coming out of the Great Yuan Continent. After a few more days, disciples who were out on training journeys started to return, gathering together and asking each other but to no avail, they could only seek help from friendly sects, asking them to come and investigate the truth at the Beast Mastery Sect.