Demon Venerable thought the cub was not his
Chapter 73
After the "island" shook violently, several thick tentacles stretched out from all directions, surrounded Yan Lin, and attacked him in unison.
The tentacles are fast and powerful, and the fleshy suckers are extremely sticky. They weave into a huge net, covering Yan Lin inside and pressing down hard.
The purpose of the tentacle is very clear, to strangle Yan Lin under the net.
But Yan Lin didn't intend to sit still, a golden magic circle appeared under his feet after he made the tactic, and the natal sword turned into two, and the two turned into four, and under the blessing of the magic circle, it stabbed straight at the tentacles.
The tentacles swung high and collided violently with the natal sword. A long hole was torn open on the back, and blue blood spurted out.
As a result, the tentacles were enraged, and the "island" shook even more violently. The rocks and soil on it cracked and collapsed, and the trees were uprooted. Most of the island was completely submerged in water.
Yan Lin was in a hurry to find Xiaoguai, and the offensive became more and more fierce, cutting off three tentacles in a row.
After that, he grabbed a tentacle and threw it away with force.
The tentacle turned over in mid-air with its body, and then slammed into the sea, setting off huge waves several meters high.
The earth, wood, mountains and rocks on the "island" fell into the bottom of the sea one after another, and it was at this time that Yan Lin saw the true colors of the tentacles.
What appeared in front of his eyes was a huge octopus. The octopus was full of anger, waving its remaining tentacles, and wanted to kill Yan Lin aggressively.
On the octopus, there is also a larger ground splitter.The sharp claws of the ground splitter pierced the head of the octopus, eyes closed, still in a dormant state.
The octopus is nothing more than a slave to the ground cracker, and everything it does is dominated by the ground cracker, including extending its tentacles to find food for the dormant ground cracker.
Yan Lin smelled a dangerous breath from the ground-cracking tortoise. The opponent should be a god-level monster, so that even if it is still dormant, it deters the monsters in the sea and makes them dare not approach.
Taking advantage of the other party's dormancy, Yan Lin prepares for a quick fight.
He detected Xiaoguai's breath from the ground cracker's abdomen. Although it was faint, he was indeed alive.
The sharp black long sword pierced the octopus' head, and moved forward unstoppably, trying to penetrate the belly of the ground splitter.
Everything went well, but when the sword tip pierced the ground-cracking turtle's abdomen, the ground-cracking turtle, whose eyes were tightly closed, suddenly opened their eyes.
The long sword was blown away by the majestic spiritual power, and the earth-cracking turtle shook off the dirt and debris accumulated on its back for many years, threw away the octopus that had been killed, and looked at Yan Lin with cold eyes.
Yan Lin was tall and tall, and his eyes met him, arrogant and stern, without any timidity or retreat.
It would take some effort to kill the ground cracking turtle, but it wasn't impossible.
The split tortoise obviously also knew that Yan Lin was very difficult to deal with, so he was not in a hurry to make a move, but asked, "Who are you? Leave quickly, I don't have to pursue it."
He hadn't spoken for many years, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if there were countless sand in his throat.
Yan Lin felt that it was a good thing not to do anything: "Hand over the monster you just ate, and I will leave immediately."
The tortoise was stunned for a moment, only then did it realize that the monk in front of him had come for that monster.
"Impossible." The Earth-Splitting Turtle couldn't help but refuse: "It's rare to encounter such an ancient spirit beast. If it can be refined to improve its cultivation for a thousand years, I will not give it to you."
Yan Lin realized what he knew, and asked suspiciously: "Ancient spirit beast?"
"You don't know? Then why rob me of this monster. If you want, I can give you countless magic tools and elixir, which are far more useful to you than this monster."
Yan Lin pretended to be a little moved, and asked puzzledly, "What kind of ancient spirit beast is it?"
Seeing that he showed signs of being persuaded, the ground splitter had a much better attitude: "Have you heard of Ji?"
Ji, the rumored ancient mythical beast, is as famous as dragons and phoenixes. They were born to be favored by the heavens, and they can get twice the result with half the effort in cultivation, and they can often embark on the road to ascension.
There were also divine beasts in the Qingyan Continent a long time ago, but it is very difficult for the divine beasts to give birth to offspring, and once they ascend, they are nowhere to be found.
Yan Lin's eyes showed astonishment. He guessed that Xiaoguai was an ancient spirit beast, but he didn't expect it to be Yan, and he didn't expect that Yan, who was as famous as dragon and phoenix, looked so...cute?
The tortoise observed Yan Lin, and further persuaded: "Although Ji is an ancient beast, it is of little use to monks. You give it to me and treat it as a favor that I owe you. If you need my help in the future, How about a summons?"
It was an easy choice to make, and anyone would have known a better suggestion from the ground cracker.
Although Jie is an ancient mythical beast, Xiao Guai is no more than a mid-level monster. It is obviously unnecessary to fight to the death for a mid-level monster and a ground-cracking turtle.
"Your suggestion is very good."
The ground splitter thought that Yan Lin had been persuaded, and showed a satisfied expression.
Unexpectedly, Yan Lin changed the subject immediately, and said with a murderous look: "But I'm not going to accept it."
Before he could finish his words, he had already launched an attack on the ground-splitting turtle, and the long sword slashed down in the air with surging and terrifying power.
Seeing that he was teasing the tortoise, it was full of anger and slammed into Yan Lin, ignoring the falling sword.
The long sword turned around when it was about to hit the turtle's shell, and attacked the ground-splitting turtle.
They were quite equal in strength, and they had exchanged hundreds of moves in an instant. The sea water violently churned, and huge waves slammed into the distance.
The long wound on Yan Lin's shoulder and back was torn open by the wind blade. There was still residual spiritual power in the flesh and blood, which made the wound unable to heal immediately. The combat power is greatly reduced.
In the middle of the sky, Yan Lin and the tortoise were stuck in a stalemate, the spiritual power wrapped in flames and the spiritual power wrapped in water collided violently, and it was difficult to distinguish between them for a while.
"If this continues, it will only hurt both sides. You really don't consider my proposal..."
The tortoise still wanted to persuade Yan Lin, but suddenly stopped in the middle of the sentence, and his expression became anxious.
Because of this moment of distraction, the fire spirit power drove straight down, swallowing the water spirit power, and at the same time, ruthlessly knocked the ground splitting turtle away.
The tortoise was seriously injured, coughing up blood, and had no intention of fighting Yan Lin anymore.
He now had more pressing matters.
He didn't expect that the swallowed jiao was not dead yet, but woke up at a critical moment, and ran rampant in its body, intending to rush into the dantian.
The dantian is where the demon pill is located, and it is even more fragile. Once it is destroyed, most of his thousands of years of cultivation will be destroyed.
The ground-splitting turtle gave up fighting Yan Lin, and began to concentrate on dealing with Yan in his body, trying his best to strangle him first.
Yan Lin also realized what Xiaoguai was doing, how could the tortoise get what it wanted, and immediately rushed forward to strengthen the offensive, buying time for Xiaoguai.
Under the joint attack of Yan Lin and Xiaoguai, the ground splitting turtle is getting more and more disadvantaged, not only getting more and more injuries on its body, but also being messed up inside by Xiaoguai.
He wanted to save something, but he was powerless to resist. He could only watch his body fall heavily to the bottom of the water, and he didn't even have the strength to resist.
Yan Lin looked down at the ground-cracking turtle from a high position, and instead of catching up, waited patiently for something.
I don't know how long it has passed, a group of scorching flames rushed out from the bottom of the sea, as if unable to control the power, it went all the way forward.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Yan Lin waved his hand to stop the flame.
Xiaoguai's body was covered with flames, and after stopping, she stared at Yan Lin in a daze, with a demonic aura rushing about her body, and her expression was obviously not right.
Yan Lin observed him, secretly thinking that he had swallowed the demon pill of the ground cracker directly.
A mid-level monster leapfrogs the level and devours the high-level monster's demon core. It can't suppress the power of the demon core at all, and it will only end up exploding and dying.
Looking at Xiaoguai's current situation, it is obvious that he is not far from exploding and dying.
This is also thanks to the fact that he is an ancient divine beast with an extraordinary physique. If he were replaced by an ordinary mid-level monster, he would have died the moment he swallowed the demon pill.
Yan Lin didn't dare to delay, and quickly stepped forward to use his spiritual power to help Xiaoguai suppress the power of the demon core.
Xiaoguai knew that Yan Lin was here to help him, and she also cooperated very well. With his help, she adjusted her breath luckily and suppressed the too strong and fierce power of Yaodan.
Their bodies were suspended in mid-air, wrapped in raging flames, and only their outlines could be faintly glimpsed.
This luck does not know the years outside, and when the power of the demon core was suppressed and Yan Lin opened his eyes again, he realized that a long time had passed.
It's just that he doesn't know exactly how long it has passed.
Fearing that Chu You would worry about him, Yan Lin caught Xiaoguai who had fallen asleep and was about to return immediately.
As he walked back, he wondered if Xin Yu and Hao Hao would worry about him.
But he brought Xiaoguai back as promised, the two children must have changed a little bit for him.
He doesn't expect too much, as long as Xin Yu and Hao Hao are willing to call him "Uncle Yan", he will be satisfied.
As night fell, the ship was shrouded in thick darkness.
Chu You was lying on the bed unable to sleep, nor could he practice meditation, so he got up to see Xin Yu and Hao Hao, and then walked out of the cabin.
Standing by the side of the boat and looking into the distance, he could only see the boundless sea, and nothing else.
Fourteen days have passed since Yan Lin left.
For the past fourteen days, Chu You has been searching and waiting every day, but he can neither find Yan Lin nor wait for him back.
He became more and more anxious, afraid that something might happen to Yan Lin.He knew that if there was no way to come back, the other party would not leave him and the two children behind.
It was only at this moment that Chu You really realized the importance of Yan Lin to him.They have long been tied together, from the moment he came to this world through a book.
Yan Lin has always been different to him, she is the person with whom he has the deepest bond, the person who can make him feel at ease, and the person who is entangled and can never be separated.
He never thought that he would lose Yan Lin, and when this possibility might appear, he realized that he was far more dignified than he imagined.
Every word and deed of the other party is deeply imprinted in his heart, leaving an eternal imprint.
Chu You was very anxious, but he still had to pretend to be calm in front of the two children.
He can't be messed up, once he gets messed up, Xin Yu and Haohao will be even more panicked.
He could see that the two children were also worried and anxious, and they didn't even show their smiling faces much.
Just as Chu You was thinking, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
He turned his head and found that it was Xin Yu and Hao Hao who were walking this way.
The two met Chu You's eyes, and called out "Daddy" with a downcast expression.
Chu You put away the worry and uneasiness on his face, smiled, and asked them: "It's so late, why are you still awake?"
Haohao looked at the blue color in his father's eyes, and said, "Didn't Daddy sleep too?"
"Daddy just came out to take a breath and was about to go back to sleep." Chu You asked, "Are you guys unable to sleep? How about Daddy accompany you and tell you bedtime stories?"
Xin Yu and Haohao shook their heads, their eyes turned to the sea, and they couldn't hide their worry.
Chu You knew what they were thinking, sighed lightly, touched the heads of the two children, and comforted: "It's okay, don't worry. Uncle Yan is so powerful, he will definitely bring the little boy back safely."
He felt that the two children should be more concerned about Xiaoguai's safety than Yan Lin.
Unexpectedly, Haohao shook his head. He raised his head to look at Chu You, and said seriously: "My brother and I are worried about Xiaoguai, and also about Uncle Yan. They can't be bothered."
Chu You was slightly surprised when he heard the words: "Are you willing to forgive Uncle Yan?"
Haohao nodded, and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, my brother and I stopped being angry a long time ago. We all know that Uncle Yan is good to us, and we also like him. It's just that we can't change it because we are used to it, and we don't know how to talk to him." explain."
Xin Yu nodded, agreeing to what Hao Hao said.
When Chu You heard the word "like", she felt that it was unexpected and reasonable, and thought that if Yan Lin was here, she would be very happy to hear this.
The tentacles are fast and powerful, and the fleshy suckers are extremely sticky. They weave into a huge net, covering Yan Lin inside and pressing down hard.
The purpose of the tentacle is very clear, to strangle Yan Lin under the net.
But Yan Lin didn't intend to sit still, a golden magic circle appeared under his feet after he made the tactic, and the natal sword turned into two, and the two turned into four, and under the blessing of the magic circle, it stabbed straight at the tentacles.
The tentacles swung high and collided violently with the natal sword. A long hole was torn open on the back, and blue blood spurted out.
As a result, the tentacles were enraged, and the "island" shook even more violently. The rocks and soil on it cracked and collapsed, and the trees were uprooted. Most of the island was completely submerged in water.
Yan Lin was in a hurry to find Xiaoguai, and the offensive became more and more fierce, cutting off three tentacles in a row.
After that, he grabbed a tentacle and threw it away with force.
The tentacle turned over in mid-air with its body, and then slammed into the sea, setting off huge waves several meters high.
The earth, wood, mountains and rocks on the "island" fell into the bottom of the sea one after another, and it was at this time that Yan Lin saw the true colors of the tentacles.
What appeared in front of his eyes was a huge octopus. The octopus was full of anger, waving its remaining tentacles, and wanted to kill Yan Lin aggressively.
On the octopus, there is also a larger ground splitter.The sharp claws of the ground splitter pierced the head of the octopus, eyes closed, still in a dormant state.
The octopus is nothing more than a slave to the ground cracker, and everything it does is dominated by the ground cracker, including extending its tentacles to find food for the dormant ground cracker.
Yan Lin smelled a dangerous breath from the ground-cracking tortoise. The opponent should be a god-level monster, so that even if it is still dormant, it deters the monsters in the sea and makes them dare not approach.
Taking advantage of the other party's dormancy, Yan Lin prepares for a quick fight.
He detected Xiaoguai's breath from the ground cracker's abdomen. Although it was faint, he was indeed alive.
The sharp black long sword pierced the octopus' head, and moved forward unstoppably, trying to penetrate the belly of the ground splitter.
Everything went well, but when the sword tip pierced the ground-cracking turtle's abdomen, the ground-cracking turtle, whose eyes were tightly closed, suddenly opened their eyes.
The long sword was blown away by the majestic spiritual power, and the earth-cracking turtle shook off the dirt and debris accumulated on its back for many years, threw away the octopus that had been killed, and looked at Yan Lin with cold eyes.
Yan Lin was tall and tall, and his eyes met him, arrogant and stern, without any timidity or retreat.
It would take some effort to kill the ground cracking turtle, but it wasn't impossible.
The split tortoise obviously also knew that Yan Lin was very difficult to deal with, so he was not in a hurry to make a move, but asked, "Who are you? Leave quickly, I don't have to pursue it."
He hadn't spoken for many years, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if there were countless sand in his throat.
Yan Lin felt that it was a good thing not to do anything: "Hand over the monster you just ate, and I will leave immediately."
The tortoise was stunned for a moment, only then did it realize that the monk in front of him had come for that monster.
"Impossible." The Earth-Splitting Turtle couldn't help but refuse: "It's rare to encounter such an ancient spirit beast. If it can be refined to improve its cultivation for a thousand years, I will not give it to you."
Yan Lin realized what he knew, and asked suspiciously: "Ancient spirit beast?"
"You don't know? Then why rob me of this monster. If you want, I can give you countless magic tools and elixir, which are far more useful to you than this monster."
Yan Lin pretended to be a little moved, and asked puzzledly, "What kind of ancient spirit beast is it?"
Seeing that he showed signs of being persuaded, the ground splitter had a much better attitude: "Have you heard of Ji?"
Ji, the rumored ancient mythical beast, is as famous as dragons and phoenixes. They were born to be favored by the heavens, and they can get twice the result with half the effort in cultivation, and they can often embark on the road to ascension.
There were also divine beasts in the Qingyan Continent a long time ago, but it is very difficult for the divine beasts to give birth to offspring, and once they ascend, they are nowhere to be found.
Yan Lin's eyes showed astonishment. He guessed that Xiaoguai was an ancient spirit beast, but he didn't expect it to be Yan, and he didn't expect that Yan, who was as famous as dragon and phoenix, looked so...cute?
The tortoise observed Yan Lin, and further persuaded: "Although Ji is an ancient beast, it is of little use to monks. You give it to me and treat it as a favor that I owe you. If you need my help in the future, How about a summons?"
It was an easy choice to make, and anyone would have known a better suggestion from the ground cracker.
Although Jie is an ancient mythical beast, Xiao Guai is no more than a mid-level monster. It is obviously unnecessary to fight to the death for a mid-level monster and a ground-cracking turtle.
"Your suggestion is very good."
The ground splitter thought that Yan Lin had been persuaded, and showed a satisfied expression.
Unexpectedly, Yan Lin changed the subject immediately, and said with a murderous look: "But I'm not going to accept it."
Before he could finish his words, he had already launched an attack on the ground-splitting turtle, and the long sword slashed down in the air with surging and terrifying power.
Seeing that he was teasing the tortoise, it was full of anger and slammed into Yan Lin, ignoring the falling sword.
The long sword turned around when it was about to hit the turtle's shell, and attacked the ground-splitting turtle.
They were quite equal in strength, and they had exchanged hundreds of moves in an instant. The sea water violently churned, and huge waves slammed into the distance.
The long wound on Yan Lin's shoulder and back was torn open by the wind blade. There was still residual spiritual power in the flesh and blood, which made the wound unable to heal immediately. The combat power is greatly reduced.
In the middle of the sky, Yan Lin and the tortoise were stuck in a stalemate, the spiritual power wrapped in flames and the spiritual power wrapped in water collided violently, and it was difficult to distinguish between them for a while.
"If this continues, it will only hurt both sides. You really don't consider my proposal..."
The tortoise still wanted to persuade Yan Lin, but suddenly stopped in the middle of the sentence, and his expression became anxious.
Because of this moment of distraction, the fire spirit power drove straight down, swallowing the water spirit power, and at the same time, ruthlessly knocked the ground splitting turtle away.
The tortoise was seriously injured, coughing up blood, and had no intention of fighting Yan Lin anymore.
He now had more pressing matters.
He didn't expect that the swallowed jiao was not dead yet, but woke up at a critical moment, and ran rampant in its body, intending to rush into the dantian.
The dantian is where the demon pill is located, and it is even more fragile. Once it is destroyed, most of his thousands of years of cultivation will be destroyed.
The ground-splitting turtle gave up fighting Yan Lin, and began to concentrate on dealing with Yan in his body, trying his best to strangle him first.
Yan Lin also realized what Xiaoguai was doing, how could the tortoise get what it wanted, and immediately rushed forward to strengthen the offensive, buying time for Xiaoguai.
Under the joint attack of Yan Lin and Xiaoguai, the ground splitting turtle is getting more and more disadvantaged, not only getting more and more injuries on its body, but also being messed up inside by Xiaoguai.
He wanted to save something, but he was powerless to resist. He could only watch his body fall heavily to the bottom of the water, and he didn't even have the strength to resist.
Yan Lin looked down at the ground-cracking turtle from a high position, and instead of catching up, waited patiently for something.
I don't know how long it has passed, a group of scorching flames rushed out from the bottom of the sea, as if unable to control the power, it went all the way forward.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Yan Lin waved his hand to stop the flame.
Xiaoguai's body was covered with flames, and after stopping, she stared at Yan Lin in a daze, with a demonic aura rushing about her body, and her expression was obviously not right.
Yan Lin observed him, secretly thinking that he had swallowed the demon pill of the ground cracker directly.
A mid-level monster leapfrogs the level and devours the high-level monster's demon core. It can't suppress the power of the demon core at all, and it will only end up exploding and dying.
Looking at Xiaoguai's current situation, it is obvious that he is not far from exploding and dying.
This is also thanks to the fact that he is an ancient divine beast with an extraordinary physique. If he were replaced by an ordinary mid-level monster, he would have died the moment he swallowed the demon pill.
Yan Lin didn't dare to delay, and quickly stepped forward to use his spiritual power to help Xiaoguai suppress the power of the demon core.
Xiaoguai knew that Yan Lin was here to help him, and she also cooperated very well. With his help, she adjusted her breath luckily and suppressed the too strong and fierce power of Yaodan.
Their bodies were suspended in mid-air, wrapped in raging flames, and only their outlines could be faintly glimpsed.
This luck does not know the years outside, and when the power of the demon core was suppressed and Yan Lin opened his eyes again, he realized that a long time had passed.
It's just that he doesn't know exactly how long it has passed.
Fearing that Chu You would worry about him, Yan Lin caught Xiaoguai who had fallen asleep and was about to return immediately.
As he walked back, he wondered if Xin Yu and Hao Hao would worry about him.
But he brought Xiaoguai back as promised, the two children must have changed a little bit for him.
He doesn't expect too much, as long as Xin Yu and Hao Hao are willing to call him "Uncle Yan", he will be satisfied.
As night fell, the ship was shrouded in thick darkness.
Chu You was lying on the bed unable to sleep, nor could he practice meditation, so he got up to see Xin Yu and Hao Hao, and then walked out of the cabin.
Standing by the side of the boat and looking into the distance, he could only see the boundless sea, and nothing else.
Fourteen days have passed since Yan Lin left.
For the past fourteen days, Chu You has been searching and waiting every day, but he can neither find Yan Lin nor wait for him back.
He became more and more anxious, afraid that something might happen to Yan Lin.He knew that if there was no way to come back, the other party would not leave him and the two children behind.
It was only at this moment that Chu You really realized the importance of Yan Lin to him.They have long been tied together, from the moment he came to this world through a book.
Yan Lin has always been different to him, she is the person with whom he has the deepest bond, the person who can make him feel at ease, and the person who is entangled and can never be separated.
He never thought that he would lose Yan Lin, and when this possibility might appear, he realized that he was far more dignified than he imagined.
Every word and deed of the other party is deeply imprinted in his heart, leaving an eternal imprint.
Chu You was very anxious, but he still had to pretend to be calm in front of the two children.
He can't be messed up, once he gets messed up, Xin Yu and Haohao will be even more panicked.
He could see that the two children were also worried and anxious, and they didn't even show their smiling faces much.
Just as Chu You was thinking, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
He turned his head and found that it was Xin Yu and Hao Hao who were walking this way.
The two met Chu You's eyes, and called out "Daddy" with a downcast expression.
Chu You put away the worry and uneasiness on his face, smiled, and asked them: "It's so late, why are you still awake?"
Haohao looked at the blue color in his father's eyes, and said, "Didn't Daddy sleep too?"
"Daddy just came out to take a breath and was about to go back to sleep." Chu You asked, "Are you guys unable to sleep? How about Daddy accompany you and tell you bedtime stories?"
Xin Yu and Haohao shook their heads, their eyes turned to the sea, and they couldn't hide their worry.
Chu You knew what they were thinking, sighed lightly, touched the heads of the two children, and comforted: "It's okay, don't worry. Uncle Yan is so powerful, he will definitely bring the little boy back safely."
He felt that the two children should be more concerned about Xiaoguai's safety than Yan Lin.
Unexpectedly, Haohao shook his head. He raised his head to look at Chu You, and said seriously: "My brother and I are worried about Xiaoguai, and also about Uncle Yan. They can't be bothered."
Chu You was slightly surprised when he heard the words: "Are you willing to forgive Uncle Yan?"
Haohao nodded, and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, my brother and I stopped being angry a long time ago. We all know that Uncle Yan is good to us, and we also like him. It's just that we can't change it because we are used to it, and we don't know how to talk to him." explain."
Xin Yu nodded, agreeing to what Hao Hao said.
When Chu You heard the word "like", she felt that it was unexpected and reasonable, and thought that if Yan Lin was here, she would be very happy to hear this.
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