Chapter 790: The Grief-Stricken Ao Niu

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

In the end, Xu Xiaolan accepted the Vast Blood Immortal Herb.

An Lin still had a lot of regenerative immortal pills in his storage ring, so he simply didn’t need it.

Ao Niu stood off to the side while trembling uncontrollably in fear of being slain by An Lin and Xu Xiaolan.

An Lin and Xu Xiaolan turned to Ao Niu, and it shuddered from fear. “Don’t kill me! Have you forgotten that I can take you to that treasure?”

“What treasure?” An Lin asked.

“I don’t know. The treasure is located within a carcass, and its guardians are very powerful. It’s definitely no ordinary object!” Ao Niu replied.

An Lin’s eyes lit up. Stealing a treasure from a corpse with powerful guardians! This was the first time he had encountered something so exciting during his cultivating career.

A smile appeared on Xu Xiaolan’s face upon sensing An Lin’s excitement. “Let’s go have a look then. We can’t just let good stuff slip by!”

“My thoughts exactly!” An Lin immediately agreed. “And we have this cow, so we won’t even have to walk. We can just ride it to conserve energy! A cow steed at the Soul Formation Pinnacle Stage wouldn’t be too much of an insult to us!”

Xu Xiaolan nodded in agreement.

Tears streaked down Ao Niu’s face. How could they just make decisions like this without asking for its opinions?

Ao Niu and Xu Xiaolan strapped a seat onto Ao Niu’s back before sitting onto it.

An Lin even pulled out a whip, which he used to strike Ao Niu’s backside.

Slap!

“Let’s go, Ao Niu!”

He commanded elatedly.

“Senior, I’m a highly intelligent life form that is capable of understanding human speech and following instruction, so can you please not whip me?” Ao Niu was about to burst into tears again.

It could accept acting as their steed, but why were they whipping its backside with a whip?!

An Lin was a little disappointed. “But then it subtracts from the experience! I’ve always wanted to know what it’s like to herd cattle!”

Xu Xiaolan nodded in agreement. “I’ve always yearned for a leisurely lifestyle in the countryside, like herding some cattle and living off the land. It’s great that an opportunity to experience something like that has presented itself.”

Herd cows, my f*cking a*s!

I’m not some normal unintelligent cow! I don’t need to be treated like this!

What the hell is going on in the heads of this couple of cow herders?

Are these two humans retarded?!

Ao Niu grumbled and whined with all his might internally, but it still maintained a smile on its face. “Please be more gentle, Senior.”

An Lin and Xu Xiaolan turned to each other with smiles on their faces. This cow was a good cow!

They had encountered far too many barbaric, violent beasts, and Ao Niu was infinitely more adorable in their eyes!

Thus, Ao Niu continued onward with the two of them on its back.

An Lin would give it a whip whenever he was bored.

Slap!

“Accelerate!”

Slap!

“Decelerate!”

“Oi… don’t decelerate by that much! Third gear is fine!”

Slap slap slap…

Ao Niu had tears streaking down its face. What the f*ck was third gear supposed to be?!

It had had enough of such torture. This was a humiliation that it would remember for the rest of its life!

Ao Niu silently accelerated, and they finally arrived at their destination after an hour.

There was a crimson lake here that was nestled in the dark earth.

The lake wasn’t big; it was only around a kilometer in diameter.

What was big was the carcass by the lake.

This was an incredibly huge crimson bird. Its wingspan was at least ten kilometers, and it would have been able to obscure the entire sky easily when it flew.

Unfortunately, it was dead. And it had clearly died in an extremely gruesome manner as its head was gone.

There were a series of ghastly wounds all over its body that revealed its crimson flesh within. It appeared as if its body had been torn apart by some sort of terrifying force.

It was most likely an extremely powerful creature before it died as its body had not decomposed in the slightest, and it exuded extremely fearsome energy fluctuations.

Most importantly, there was a pulsing red light glowing at the center of its body. The red light resembled a beating heart… or the energy fluctuation of a certain treasure.

An Lin took a deep breath. “Is the treasure you’re talking about located where that red light is?”

“That’s right. However, there are three extremely powerful Demonic Blood Beasts guarding the treasure, and I was unable to get past them by myself…”

A hint of disappointment appeared on Ao Niu’s face as it spoke.

If only it had been a bit more powerful, it would have been able to take the treasure for itself!

An Lin cast his eyes toward the carcass of the massive crimson bird to discover three beasts with blood splattered all over their bodies, among which there was a red flying tiger, a crimson wyrm, and a six-armed ape.

None of them had any cultivation base, and they were no longer living creatures, but they still exuded terrifying energy fluctuations.

The Jade Bone Immortal Bug had introduced the Demonic Blood Beasts to An Lin and the others before.

Apparently, they were created by the blood and energy of the Demonic Blood Kirin upon its death. These Demonic Blood Beasts had no sentient wills, but they were extremely bloodthirsty, and they basically tried to kill every living being they encountered. Most Demonic Blood Beasts would appear in places where treasures were present, while some of them would roam throughout the Vast Land of Blood.

Their power levels all differed, and they fought in countless different ways.

An Lin unleashed his divine sense to assess the situation, but he was still unsure of how to proceed? “They’re even stronger than you? How much stronger are they?”

Ao Niu was a little embarrassed upon hearing this question. “I didn’t fight them as my instinct told me that I wouldn’t be able to defeat them.”

“Heh, how come you knew your place back then?

“Why didn’t you have the same kind of self-awareness when you decided to challenge me?” An Lin chuckled coldly.

Ao Niu was stumped by this question, and it almost threw up a mouthful of blood.

“What a coward! It didn’t even fight before running away.” Xu Xiaolan was having a hard time repressing her laughter.

Ao Niu: “…”

Why would you do this to me?

“Actually, I don’t think they’ll be much stronger than me. It’s just that they had an advantage in numbers, so I didn’t want to act recklessly.” Ao Niu felt like it was time to recover some dignity.

“Not much stronger than you? Then they’re three pieces of trash! Let’s go, Xiaolan!” An Lin chuckled.

“Sure!” Xu Xiaolan felt like this assumption was quite reasonable.

Ao Niu: “…”

Why do you keep doing this to me?!

Is it really that fun to ridicule me and bully me like this?!

Ao Niu suddenly felt as if this world was such a cold place. It craved warmth, even if it was just a tiny lit match…

Unfortunately, no one was there to provide the lit match.

Ao Niu and Xu Xiaolan were both looking at Ao Niu with sinister expressions.

Ao Niu: “… Why are you both looking at me? Aren’t you going to fight?”

An Lin said in a slow voice, “Well, my Gundams haven’t been fully repaired, so I don’t have any cannon fodder to test the waters with. In order to ensure our safety, you…”

Ao Niu’s eye widened as tears flowed down its face.

Xu Xiaolan immediately offered words of consolation by saying, “Don’t worry! We’ll protect you as best as we can. After all, we can’t bear to see such a good steed die. We’re just asking you to test the waters, not to run to your death, so don’t be so depressed!”

Ao Niu’s tears of grief flowed like a river.

“Moo… You’re both bullies! You’ve gone too far, moo…”

Ao Niu howled with grief as tears flowed like rain.

His heartwrenching howl had even attracted the attention of the three Demonic Blood Beasts nearby…