Chapter 312
Chapter 312
The Lone Demon Beast grabbed about fifty baby ghosts with its huge claws and shoved them into its mouth. Just like that, the baby ghosts were turned into dark energy, which was a food source for the Lone Demon Beast, before they even knew what was going on.
What the... It ate a lot of baby ghosts in one go!
“We should snatch some for ourselves!” Jonathan yelled at Jeff.
Of course, Jeff and Beatrix were already on it without needing Jonathan to remind them. They each channeled their mana and began absorbing the baby ghosts. Jeff stored ten in his gilt bronze bowl while capturing another ten with his hand. That was all he could manage to capture with his current capabilities.
Jonathan tried to do the same and reached out to grab two of the baby ghosts, but they turned into smoke and disappeared in his hands, much to his confusion.
Jeff rolled his eyes at him. “You fool! These baby ghosts are dark energy, and your body is filled with positive energy. They'll dissipate if you touch them!”
“What should I do, then?” Jonathan asked.
“Capture them using your mana!” Jeff replied.
“I-I don't know how to use mana!” Jonathan protested.
Jeff and Beatrix were too busy to entertain Jonathan at the time. “Here, hurry up and start consuming
them!” Jeff said while handing Mabel the gilt bronze bowl.
Unfortunately, Mabel could only consume one at a time, so her speed was nothing in comparison to the Lone Demon Beast which consumed dozens in one go.
The baby ghosts were so terrified that they just lay perfectly still on the ground.
After consuming a few hundred baby ghosts, the Lone Demon Beast's eyes lit up as its body started undergoing a transformation.
Instead of growing bigger, however, it started shrinking in size.
In just a few minutes, it had reduced its size to that of three elephants.
Of course, that was still considered incredibly huge for humans. After all, it still weighed over twenty thousand kilograms.
“Oh, no! It's going to attack us!” Jeff shouted when he saw the look in the Lone Demon Beast's eyes. Realizing that they were in imminent danger, he stopped trying to capture the baby ghosts and whipped out Mutating Fly-Whisk.
In just one second, three thousand silver threads shot out of the Mutating Fly-Whisk and went straight for the Lone Demon Beast's head.
The Lone Demon Beast opened its mouth and let out a furious roar in response. The roar was so loud that everyone in the vicinity felt as though their eardrums would pop and start bleeding. This... This is External Force, and a very powerful one, at that!
The ground felt as though it was shaking from the soundwaves alone.
The Lone Demon Beast then swiftly bit down on the three thousand silver threads.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
With a few forceful bites, the Lone Demon Beast snapped the threads into bits and swallowed them all.
To their horror, the Lone Demon Beast got even more powerful after consuming the three thousand silver threads.
Jeff was devastated when he saw that. The three thousand silver threads was a magical item that he had obtained through cultivation.
He had slain countless demons and monsters with the three thousand silver threads. Each of those silver threads was sharper than swords and tougher than steel, so they were powerful even on their own. One could only imagine the terrifying power the three thousand silver threads contained when intertwined.
However, to his dismay, the Lone Demon Beast actually gobbled it all up as though it were pasta.
That was when Jeff realized how powerful the Lone Demon Beast truly was.
Jonathan's eyes brimmed with horror as he saw that the Lone Demon Beast had consumed most of the baby ghosts present at the scene. To make matters worse, Mabel's body was still incredibly weak as
she had reached the crucial stage.
Oh, no... The Lone Demon Beast has practically cut off Mabel's only chance of survival!
“F*ck!” Jonathan exclaimed in frustration as he jumped into the air and charged at the Lone Demon Beast.
“Jonathan!” Jeff shouted at the top of his lungs to try and stop him, but it was too late.
Beatrix, on the other hand, didn't even bother yelling and simply followed suit.
The Lone Demon Beast was quick to notice Jonathan and Beatrix charging toward itself. Refusing to back down, it lunged at them in an all-out attack as well.
Although furious, Jonathan was rational enough to realize that the Lone Demon Beast's attack was far too ferocious for him to handle. It could be described as a train that had lost control and was speeding toward them.
There was no skill or technique behind the Lone Demon Beast's attack. It was simply an unstoppable force of pure destruction with its black scales and a horn on its ridiculously hard head.
The horn was so sharp that it gleamed in the dark. That horn is sure to pierce right through us and shatter anything it hits!
With that in mind, Jonathan had no choice but to move out of the way. Even so, he made sure to kick the Lone Demon Beast in the nose in the process.
He had intended to break the Lone Demon Beast's nose with his kick, but the impact was so forceful that it launched him thirty meters away. Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.
The Lone Demon Beast packed so much power that its charge was almost unstoppable.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Jonathan crashed right through three tall trees before crashing onto the ground.
Blood flowed out of his orifices as an intense pain tore through his internal organs.
Had it not been for his high level of durability, he probably would've died several times over.
Even so, the Lone Demon Beast's attack still left Jonathan severely wounded. As for Beatrix, she fared a lot better than Jonathan. Her Demon Slayer blade was aimed at the Lone Demon Beast's eyes, but it moved so quickly that she had to launch herself off its body the same way Jonathan did.
As the Lone Demon Beast's charge was far too powerful, she was sent flying as well.
However, Beatrix's cultivation level was far stronger than Jonathan's, enabling her to think of a way to get herself out of this predicament while she was in mid-air. She managed to cut down the trees in her way using her Demon Slayer blade to reduce her momentum significantly.
While passing the final tree, she grabbed it and used it to land on the ground unscathed.
While she was doing all of that, the Lone Demon Beast had gobbled up the remaining baby ghosts. It then charged at Mabel and attempted to eat her up as well.
Jeff's face went pale when he realized what the Lone Demon Beast was attempting.
Mabel is too weak to even move out of the way, let alone defend herself! With that in mind, Jeff shouted at the top of his lungs, “Stop, you monster!”
His eyes lit up like the sun as he channeled his mana and fired a powerful mana beam at the Lone Demon Beast.
Jeff knew the Lone Demon Beast had a ridiculously tough physical form, so he wouldn't stand a chance if he used physical attacks against it. As such, the only way he could save Mabel was by controlling the Lone Demon Beast's mind directly.
Sure enough, the Lone Demon Beast was frozen in place almost instantly.
Jonathan coughed up a mouthful of blood as he struggled to get to his feet in the distance.
The mouthful of blood he coughed up contained a blood clot, which, when ejected from his body, made him feel much better. His dislocated organs were regenerating, too, and within a short while, Jonathan was able to heal most of his injuries.
That was the power of someone who had achieved Celestial Soul. As long as Jonathan did not suffer severe internal injuries, he would be able to regenerate fairly quickly. His healing ability was so powerful that he could even regrow a severed arm.
Seeing as the Lone Demon Beast had been immobilized, Jonathan ran up to Mabel and carried her on his back.
At present, Mabel's face was pale as the contradicting positive and negative energy surged through her brain. She looked as though she would die at any second.
Jonathan's heart was plunged into despair as he could feel Mabel's life ebbing away little by little, but there was nothing he could do to save her.
We went through so much just to keep Mabel alive. If she ends up dying like this, then all of our efforts and sacrifices would've been in vain!
“Get Mabel out of here! I can't control this monster any longer!” Jeff shouted with a solemn expression.
As Jonathan and Beatrix shifted their gazes toward the Lone Demon Beast, they saw that it was struggling to break free of Jeff's control.
The two gasped in shock when they realized it was so powerful that even Jeff couldn't keep it subdued.
With no time to waste, Jonathan ran into the forest while carrying Mabel on his back.
Beatrix quickly followed suit, only to hear a deafening roar behind her a few seconds later.
The Lone Demon Beast had broken free from Jeff's control and charged straight at him.
With one swift motion, Jeff jumped ten meters back to dodge the incoming attack.
As Jeff's cultivation level was the highest in the group, he stayed behind to distract the Lone Demon Beast and buy the group some time to escape.
“Come at me, you monster!” Jeff yelled at the top of his lungs.
To his surprise, however, the Lone Demon Beast let out a roar and ran off in Jonathan's direction.
What the... Just how smart is this thing?
Jeff gasped in shock when he realized how intelligent the Lone Demon Beast was.
Sure enough, Jonathan soon felt the ground shaking behind him.
He didn't even need to turn around to know that it was the Lone Demon Beast chasing after them.
Whoa! This Lone Demon Beast is terrifyingly clever! It even knows to target the weakest members of the group!
As fast as Jonathan was, there was simply no way he could outrun that Lone Demon Beast.
Just like that, he had found himself in a really dangerous situation that neither Jeff nor Beatrix could save him from.
With no other option in sight, Jonathan placed Mabel down on the side and charged straight at the Lone Demon Beast.
He knew that carrying Mabel on his back while fighting the Lone Demon Beast would only result in them both being crushed to death.
Although Mabel was in a lot of pain, she was still conscious and aware of her surroundings, so she knew what Jonathan did.
At that very moment, she felt so touched by his actions that death no longer seemed that terrifying.
After all, she knew she wasn't alone in this.
A few seconds later, Jonathan was standing toe-to-toe with the Lone Demon Beast.
The Lone Demon Beast paused in its tracks and stared Jonathan down, much to his confusion.
Jeff and Beatrix had caught up to them, but the Lone Demon Beast did not budge from its spot.
Jonathan felt as though he was a prey within its predator's grasp as he stared back at the Lone Demon Beast. He knew that the slightest movement could lead to his death.
“Hey, Jeff! What is it trying to do?” Jonathan asked.
“I'm not sure. Maybe it realized that you're the Chosen One and that killing you would spell disaster,” Jeff replied cautiously.
“What? Are you sure it's a beast?” Jonathan exclaimed.
“The Lone Demon Beast is a mystical creature, so its intelligence is either on par with or higher than that of humans. The one standing before you has absorbed lots of dark energy, so it is a lot smarter than animals and typical humans,” Jeff explained solemnly.