Chapter 13: A Million-Year Soul Beast? No, That Is a Pure-Blooded Primordial Ferocious Beast!
"If I could obtain that herb… no, even just a single leaf from it, my Blue Silver Grass martial soul might undergo a complete transformation!"
At the thought of this, Tang San's fingernails dug deeply into the bark of the tree beside him. His eyes turned bloodshot with jealousy.
"One day, I will go there too!"
Looking at the scene being broadcast on the sky screen, Tang San silently swore to himself.
…
Meanwhile, in the live broadcast.
The elderly nanny noticed Zhu Zhuqing staring blankly at the plant and grew somewhat impatient. She lifted her foot and kicked toward it.
"What are you staring at? This kind of Purple Star weed grows the fastest. We just pulled them out the day before yesterday, and today they've grown back again."
"They're really annoying."
Then the nanny glanced at the weeds with clear disdain and casually stomped on the plant that Tang San considered an invaluable divine herb, pressing it straight into the mud as if it were nothing more than garbage.
"Pfft!"
Witnessing such reckless destruction of a treasure, Tang San in the Douluo Continent could no longer hold back. He spat out another mouthful of blood, his heart aching so badly he could barely breathe.
That was a divine herb!
And you called it a weed?!
You even stepped on it and crushed it into the mud?!
What a waste of heaven's treasures! Such waste! This deserves divine punishment!
However, as the scenes within the sky screen continued to unfold, more and more extraordinary-looking plants appeared in the field of vision of those watching from the Douluo Continent.
By the roadside, a large crimson flower bloomed. It resembled a peony, yet had flowers without leaves, its roots and stems resembling flawless jade.
The moment it appeared, a voice suddenly rang out from within Spirit Hall.
It was Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's scream. Under the overwhelming shock, the dignified Titled Douluo's voice even cracked.
"Is that Yearning Heartbroken Red?! No, that's not right! It looks like Yearning Heartbroken Red, but it's a flower even more terrifying than Yearning Heartbroken Red!"
"There are Dao patterns on its petals. That's a supreme treasure even among immortal herbs!"
"Heavens! There's an entire patch of them there?! Are they growing them as roadside wildflowers?!"
At this moment, staring at the scene on the sky screen, Yue Guan clawed at his own face in madness, wishing he could jump directly into the screen.
"Let me go! Let me go to that garden and work as a gardener!"
"I don't want to be an elder anymore! I'd even kneel and kowtow to those flowers if I could!"
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the sky screen.
Although Zhu Zhuqing, as a genius of the Douluo world, did not know the names of these plants, she was not foolish either. Just from their appearance and the faint aura they emitted, she could tell that these things were extraordinary.
Looking at the garden filled with strange flowers and rare herbs, even she could not help swallowing nervously.
"Nanny… these flowers and plants smell so good…"
She could clearly sense that the energy contained within these plants was countless times more terrifying than the grain of rice she had eaten earlier.
However, when the nanny heard Zhu Zhuqing say this, she seemed to immediately see through the girl's thoughts. Her expression changed instantly as she warned sternly.
"Put away those little thoughts of yours!"
"Girl, I'm warning you."
"That Spirit Crystal Rice from earlier was specially cultivated. The violent spiritual energy inside it was removed, making it a low-grade crop specifically meant to help mortals like you build your foundation."
"But the plants in this garden, even the smallest weed by the roadside, grew up absorbing Innate Spiritual Energy!"
"The energy contained in just one leaf of these plants could instantly blow up a hundred people like you!"
"Don't even think about eating them. Even if you greedily inhale too much of the pollen they release, your meridians will shatter from the overload, and your body will explode into a bloody mist!"
As she spoke, the nanny pointed at the purple grass that Tang San regarded as a divine herb.
"Especially that thing. Only the spirit beasts in this garden dare to eat it."
"If you dare take even one bite, not even immortals will be able to save you!"
"Do you understand?!"
Seeing how serious the nanny looked, Zhu Zhuqing, who had originally planned to secretly take a bite when the nanny wasn't around, immediately turned pale with fright. She nodded hurriedly.
"I… I understand."
After realizing the danger, she looked at the flowers and plants around her feet with lingering fear and quickly stepped away from them.
Across the Douluo Continent, sighs of despair spread everywhere.
The entire world, from top to bottom, had suffered a massive psychological blow.
"Did you hear that…"
At Shrek Academy, Tang San slowly slid down to the ground, a bitter smile appearing on his face as the nanny's warnings echoed faintly in his ears.
"The immortal herbs we treat as life itself… in their world, mortals aren't even qualified to eat them…"
"One bite and you explode. Is this the gap between worlds?"
…
After passing through the patch of "weeds" that had left the entire Douluo Continent questioning their existence, Zhu Zhuqing finally arrived at the center of the garden.
Contrary to what she expected, there were no luxurious palaces here.
Instead, there was only a gigantic, dark-gold stone radiating an ancient aura.
And on top of that stone lay a small snow-white beast without a single blemish in its fur.
It was only about the size of a house cat, round and fluffy. Its eyes were closed as it slept soundly, occasionally smacking its lips, looking unbelievably adorable.
"Hoo…"
Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.
She had originally thought she would need to take care of some ferocious beast. She had not expected it to be merely a small creature.
"What an adorable kitten."
Since her martial soul itself was cat-type, she naturally felt a sense of closeness toward feline creatures. Her vigilance disappeared completely as she watched it curiously.
Not just her. When this mysterious little beast appeared, female soul masters across the entire Douluo Continent felt their hearts melt at the sight.
"Wow, it's so cute!"
"Something that small shouldn't be dangerous, right?"
"Exactly! Looks like the spirit beasts of that world aren't all monsters."
"I thought it would be some terrifying beast. Turns out it's just this? I could fight a hundred of these!"
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However, the moment Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy saw that small white "cat," his heart suddenly began pounding wildly.
The instinctive tremor rising from the depths of his soul forced him to drop to his knees on the spot, unable to stand.
As the possessor of the Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul, his sensitivity toward tiger-type creatures was the sharpest and most direct.
"No… that's not a cat!"
At that moment, Dai Mubai's face turned pale as he stared intensely at the faint pattern on the creature's forehead hidden beneath its fur.
It was the character King, the mark of a tiger.
"That… is a tiger."
Meanwhile, sensing the approach of a stranger, the small white beast that had been sleeping suddenly twitched its ears and slowly opened its eyes.
In that instant, the previously adorable atmosphere changed completely, nearly frightening Zhu Zhuqing into falling to the ground.
The White Tiger governs slaughter.
Those were not ordinary beast eyes.
They were like two blazing suns.
Deep within those pupils, it was as if mountains of corpses and seas of blood were surging, endless killing intent flowing within them.
"Roar!"
The little white beast seemed to have woken up in a bad mood. After standing up lazily and stretching, it let out a tiger's roar toward Zhu Zhuqing.
Rumble!
Though the roar sounded childish at first, as it spread outward, it transformed into rolling thunder, nearly drowning out the sound of the sky screen broadcast.
Even more terrifying, as the roar echoed, a colossal phantom suddenly manifested behind the small beast.
It was a Primordial White Tiger phantom tens of thousands of meters tall.
Its feet stood upon the stars, its body wrapped in the energy of Geng Metal, embodying the ultimate authority of slaughter.
Yet even though it was only a phantom, its mere presence filled the entire Douluo Continent with overwhelming terror.
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