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Chapter 1318 - Chapter 1318 Chapter 1182 Hunting the Blood Drinking Demon

Chapter 1318: Chapter 1182: Hunting the Blood Drinking Demon Chapter 1318: Chapter 1182: Hunting the Blood Drinking Demon “Liao Yu, do you know about the Li Xu lineage?” Chu Mu asked.

“How could I not know? They are the strongest lineage of our Cloud Territory Li Family. Barring any accidents, Li Xu is expected to be the next City Master,” Liao Yu replied.

“Do they have any strong ones there?” Chu Mu continued to inquire.

“Strong ones? That’s not easy to say. Li Xu himself is one of the top three in strength ranking in our Cloud Territory, even stronger than Boundary Commander Wu Zhen,” Liao Yu said.

Chu Mu roughly understood the strength of the Li Xu lineage and had a figure in his mind.

“Big Brother Chu, isn’t this exam a little too difficult? The area of Wen Shang is so large, there are probably tens of thousands of small mountains alone, not to mention all sorts of caves, streams, valleys, interior caverns, cliffs, waterfalls–any of these could be hiding places. If that Blood Drinking Demon hides its aura, how are we supposed to find it?” Liao Yu asked.

“Actually, the area is not as large as you imagine,” Chu Mu said with a smile.

Having frequently practiced in the wild, Chu Mu understood the habits of Soul Pets very thoroughly. If he were to participate in this exam, he could lock down the range of the Blood Drinking Demon in a very short time.

Of course, when Mu Qingyi left, Chu Mu taught her the method of finding the Blood Drinking Demon using the Mental Sound.

…

Wen Mountain was similarly shrouded in mist, its interior complex and interlaced with mountains surrounding mountains–finding a Blood Drinking Demon in this vast mountain range was indeed no easy task.

After entering Wen Mountain, Mu Qingyi acted alone as she noticed each person also headed in different directions.

After crossing the misty stone slope, Mu Qingyi began to use her Soul Sense to perceive her surroundings.

“Whoo~~~~~”

The White Tiger exhaled sharply, its eyes focused ahead, occasionally sniffing the ground with its nose.

Without a precise direction, Mu Qingyi could only let the White Tiger continue moving forward.

“Blood Drinking Demon…” Mu Qingyi took out a thick Pet Compendium from her Space Ring and sat on the White Tiger, starting to read in detail about the Blood Drinking Demon’s characteristics, habits, and habitat.

“Prefers shady places, well, mountain tops and the sunny side of mountains can be ruled out,” Mu Qingyi murmured to herself.

“Loves slaughter and drinking blood, it needs to taste fresh blood every day, and even if injured, it must replenish with blood. Its hiding place should be in areas where Soul Pets are densely distributed. Remote places can be disregarded,” Mu Qingyi, holding a pen, crossed out parts of the map marked with sparse Soul Pet distributions.

Before entering Wen Mountain, the Tang officer distributed a detailed map of Wen Mountain to everyone, which allowed Mu Qingyi to better use the process of elimination.

“Dislikes water, streams, river valleys, lakes, waterfalls can be ruled out,” Mu Qingyi’s finger tapped lightly on the map, once again crossing off places on the map that could be eliminated.

Mu Qingyi started with a rough search of nearby areas, which generally yielded little result.

“Every so often, the Blood Drinking Demon sheds its skin, which emits a medicinal liquor smell,” Mu Qingyi murmured again.

With the White Tiger sniffing along the way, the Blood Drinking Demon could hide its scent, but the smell of the shed skin could not be hidden.

Soon, Mu Qingyi found a layer of wind-dried skin in a cave, which had a scent the White Tiger caught from several dozen kilometers away.

The presence of the Blood Drinking Demon’s skin meant it had stayed here.

Of course, the Blood Drinking Demon was a very intelligent creature. After shedding its skin, they would often shift their dwelling to avoid being found by creatures with sensitive noses tracing them through their shed skin.

“Then this direction cannot be wrong,” Mu Qingyi said with a smile, feeling lucky that she had found some clues so quickly.

“Chu Mu said that the Blood Drinking Demon is most likely to inhabit several places: the hollows of grand old trees, beneath or inside a half-cliff cavern, and the very end of narrow paths in secluded valleys…”

“Moreover, habitats shift slightly with the seasons. They opt for the bottom of narrow paths in winter, cliffs and half-cliffs in summer; in spring and autumn, they use tree hollows. Now that it’s nearing summer, there’s a greater chance of finding one on cliffs or in cliff caverns…”

In the following time, Mu Qingyi focused her attention on cliffs and cliff caverns.

Soon, to her delight, Mu Qingyi discovered the second piece of shed skin from the Blood Drinking Demon. This scent was stronger, and even though the Blood Drinking Demon had deliberately buried it at the base of a cliff, the White Tiger still detected it.

“How does Chu Mu know such detailed things?” Finding a clue for the second time, Mu Qingyi couldn’t help but admire Chu Mu. Originally, the difficulty of tracking a creature in such vast mountains was quite high, but Chu Mu’s few hints gave Mu Qingyi a very clear direction, and most importantly, she actually found clues in such a short time.

With the second clue in hand and having pinpointed the cliff caverns, combined with the Blood Drinking Demon’s preferences and aversions, the range narrowed down significantly. As she moved deeper, Mu Qingyi gradually felt that the Blood Drinking Demon was not too far from her now.

…

“Whoo~~~~~~~~~”

Suddenly, the White Tiger took a deep sniff, its skull abruptly lifting, its eyes fixed on a majestic cliff about ten kilometers away.

“Is it there?” Mu Qingyi asked.

The White Tiger nodded and immediately started striding towards the cliff, sprinting in its direction.

Ten kilometers wasn’t too long a distance for Dominator-level creatures, and soon the White Tiger had arrived at the base of the cliff. By this time, Mu Qingyi could already smell the strong scent of medicated liquor.

“This guy just finished molting!” Mu Qingyi said.

The White Tiger ran up the ninety-degree cliff, which happened to be in the shade, offering many shadows.

Looking up, Mu Qingyi could already see a skin hanging on the pine tree under the cavern in the middle of the cliff, billowing in the fierce wind.

Mu Qingyi caught up and found that the skin was still coated with undried body fluid, which confirmed her earlier guess.

The Bloodthirsty Demon was nearby!

Mu Qingyi immediately had the White Tiger leap to the tallest point of the cliff. Upon reaching the high place, the White Tiger instantly picked up a strong scent of blood wafting from the direction of the forest.

Mu Qingyi released her Soul Sense, her vision acquiring a blue tint as she gazed in the direction where the scent of blood was drifting from.

Indeed, a rapidly moving shadow flashed through the forest, disappearing from Mu Qingyi’s sight almost instantaneously.

“Chase!” Mu Qingyi commanded the White Tiger.

“Roar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The White Tiger roared and jumped straight down from the hundreds of meters high cliff, crushing ice shards on the ground as it landed and took off with its robust limbs.

“Ying~~~~~~~~~”

The Little Paradise Bird fluttered its wings from Mu Qingyi’s shoulder and rose into the air, becoming enveloped in a thick golden flame as it soared. It quickly transformed into the imposing Crowned Phoenix King, flying swiftly parallel over the green canopy, rapidly closing in on the Bloodthirsty Demon that was desperately fleeing for its life.

As a Demon Spirit, the Bloodthirsty Demon was extraordinarily fast. If it weren’t for the Crowned Phoenix King constantly locking onto it from above, the White Tiger would undoubtedly have easily lost track of it.

From the forest to the mountain range, the Bloodthirsty Demon kept fleeing, with Mu Qingyi relentlessly on its tail.

The distance gradually closed, and the corners of Mu Qingyi’s mouth curved slightly upwards, the Bloodthirsty Demon had nowhere left to run!

“Flame Roar!” Mu Qingyi glanced at the Crowned Phoenix King in the sky and issued an order to it.

The Crowned Phoenix King flapped its wings, and scorching golden flames fell, creating a wall of flame tsunami in front of the Bloodthirsty Demon, forcing it to retreat.

The Bloodthirsty Demon disliked flames, and dared not rush through this fiery skill, instead, it turned its head viciously for a look back at Mu Qingyi who was in pursuit.

Suddenly, the Bloodthirsty Demon turned and exploded with terrifying speed, its Bloodthirsty Sharp Claws directly sweeping towards Mu Qingyi and the White Tiger!

Mu Qingyi was already prepared and gave her instructions to the White Tiger.

Around the White Tiger swirled a Frost Storm, energy gathering in its Claws as it charged head-on towards the Bloodthirsty Demon!

The chilling storm and the scent of blood mixed together, spreading across the surrounding mountain range.

At this moment, the Crowned Phoenix King had also completed its skill. It dove rapidly from the sky, and as it closed in on the Bloodthirsty Demon, it directly fanned out a Phoenix Flame Shadow. The fiery shadow descended forcefully, pressing down on the Bloodthirsty Demon.

The Bloodthirsty Demon reacted swiftly, turning into a series of afterimages to dodge the descending shadow of the phoenix.

However, the skill of the Crowned Phoenix King wasn’t so simple. After the phoenix’s shadow fell, inexplicably, the ground and the mountain range split open, and columns of lava fire burst from beneath the earth, filling this once-quiet mountain range with a magnificently scorching roar.

The Bloodthirsty Demon kept changing directions, dodging the rising magma fire columns. While looking for a chance to escape, it was also seeking an opportunity to strike…

Mu Qingyi had already seen through its intention. The ice and fire combination of the White Tiger and the Crowned Phoenix King consistently set up walls of flames and ice around them, firmly controlling the Bloodthirsty Demon within a confined area, while continuously narrowing the range, leaving no chance for the creature to escape.

This Bloodthirsty Demon’s strength was roughly a bit stronger than that of an average low-grade Dominator. The Crowned Phoenix King alone had a very high chance of winning a fight against it, not to mention the White Tiger, whose strength had already closely approached that of a low-grade Dominator.

Mu Qingyi gradually gained the upper hand, but she wasn’t too aggressive. For some reason, she always felt like there were eyes nearby watching her.

“Although I really don’t want to interrupt your fun, beautiful lady, please don’t harm my friend,” a sing-song voice came from not far away!

As expected, Mu Qingyi’s caution was warranted.

Just when Mu Qingyi was about to capture this Bloodthirsty Demon, she stopped, her gaze fixated on the man who appeared a kilometer away.

“Is this Bloodthirsty Demon your Soul Pet?” Mu Qingyi asked calmly. She could feel a vengeful aura emanating from the man.

“No, but I like its style of operation a lot, which is very much in line with the criteria for recruitment by our organization…”

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