“Brother!”
As Jiang Li deactivated his transformation, Zhen Ye ran over with a beaming smile.
Jiang Li calmed her down.
“Now,”
“Let's deal with them first.”
He then looked at the Bloodfang demons who had, at some point, fallen to their knees.
His gaze shifted.
Finally settling on...
The one Bloodfang demon with a gaudy, chicken-like form, the Sacrificial Bloodfang!
“Li… no, no, King!”
The Sacrificial Bloodfang’s face contorted into a fawning expression, and he scurried over, dropping to his knees in a smooth slide right before Jiang Li. His voice was full of reverence: “Great King, your power knows no bounds! With a mere gesture, you repelled the evil Odd Beasts… ”
“Boom!!”
However,
Facing the Sacrificial Bloodfang’s flattery,
Jiang Li remained expressionless.
He simply curled his hand into a claw, reaching forward to grasp the Sacrificial Bloodfang’s head.
Then,
Vast amounts of Life Energy erupted from his palm, transforming into a violent crimson shockwave…
“Bang!!”
As if a watermelon had been smashed against concrete.
The Sacrificial Bloodfang’s feather-covered head exploded in a burst of gaudy colors, splattering across the ground.
Upon witnessing this scene,
The surrounding Bloodfang demons shuddered, fearing they would be next.
But to their relief,
The King did not punish anyone else besides the Sacrificial Bloodfang.
......
......
“Brother.”
As the other Bloodfang demons cleaned the cave,
In a corner,
Zhen Ye held Jiang Li tightly.
Feeling the softness of Zhen Ye against him, Jiang Li felt a bit uncomfortable, but he didn’t pull away… He could probably imagine how Zhen Ye felt at that moment, desperately needing comfort.
After a while.
Zhen Ye suddenly let go of his hand.
She seemed to have remembered something.
She quickly said, “Brother, let’s go rescue Father and the others!”
“Father?”
Jiang Li felt a surge of confusion.
But then he recalled what the Sacrificial Bloodfang had threatened him with at the beginning.
He remembered that besides his sister, Zhen Ye, there seemed to be two old men?
Then.
Zhen Ye found a Bloodfang demon and inquired about the situation.
Then, led by this Bloodfang demon, they came to a place filled with rolling heat.
Upon entering,
They found one huge furnace after another, along with massive machinery that looked out of place in an ancient world, all in operation.
“Father! Uncle!”
Zhen Ye shouted.
Soon.
Two old men, both with white hair but strong musculature, emerged from afar.
Their hands were still holding various tools.
“Zhen Ye? What brings you here?”
One of the older men, a bit shorter, was overjoyed to see Zhen Ye. Dropping his tools, he quickly rushed over to examine her, before saying, “That damn feathered chicken Sacrificial Bloodfang didn’t do anything to you, did he?”
“I’m fine, Father!”
Zhen Ye was overjoyed, but she was also checking her father for any abnormalities.
When she found nothing amiss,
She finally sighed with relief.
“Hm?”
At that moment,
The taller old man noticed Jiang Li, and his voice was filled with surprise. But then, his face broke into an excited grin as he slammed his hand on Jiang Li’s shoulder: “Good lad! I knew you weren’t so easily killed!”
“But… how did you avoid those Odd Beasts? Did you play dead? Or did you run away beforehand?”
To this,
Before Jiang Li could answer, Zhen Ye, standing beside him, had already rushed to answer for him.
Zhen Ye held onto Jiang Li’s arm, her face brimming with pride: “Brother didn’t run away or play dead!”
“He used the Sagarc Belt to transform into a saga, and he defeated the Minotaur Legendary Odd Beast in a fair fight!”
“And,”
“The rest of the Odd Beasts didn’t even have the courage to fight Brother and just ran away!”
“What?!”
“Li… defeated the Legendary Odd Beast? And he used a saga?!”
“The other Legendary Odd Beasts fled without a fight?!”
Listening to Zhen Ye’s account,
The two old men found it all hard to believe!
As the creators of the saga, they knew very well the power it possessed.
To defeat that Minotaur Legendary Odd Beast… frankly, the chances were slim.
Unless…
The two old men had just reached this thought
When they heard Zhen Ye continue, “Of course, the saga’s power alone couldn’t defeat the Odd Beasts.”
“But… Brother awakened the Emperor’s Seal!”
“Wait!”
“You mean the Emperor’s Seal?!”
The two old men were astonished.
The shorter old man couldn’t help but take a step forward to confirm: “In our projections, only the true Bloodfang King can awaken and wield the Emperor’s Seal?!”
“That’s right!”
Zhen Ye nodded emphatically.
And meeting the gaze of the two old men, Jiang Li nodded in confirmation as well.
“The Emperor’s Seal… The Emperor’s Seal…”
The shorter old man couldn’t help but mutter these three words.
The taller old man’s eyes lit up.
He couldn’t believe it.
His foster son had accomplished something only the Emperor could do!
“Quick, Zhen Ye.”
“Tell us everything that happened, exactly as it happened!” The two men eagerly questioned Zhen Ye.
During Zhen Ye’s account,
Jiang Li gradually learned the identities of the two old men.
The shorter old man was named Shi, Zhen Ye’s father, and the taller old man was named Bing, Shi’s brother, Zhen Ye’s uncle, and also the foster father of Jiang Li’s identity in this dungeon!
Of course,
These two old men held a much more important title… They were the most skilled artisans of the Bloodfang King, and the Sagarc Belt was forged by their own hands!
After learning about everything that had transpired, the two old men remained silent for a long time.
Finally.
The shorter old man, Shi, looked at Jiang Li, his voice tinged with an inexplicable excitement: “Perhaps…”
“Li is destined to be the King of our Bloodfang race!!”