The three savage beasts were a stigma for demons. They were excessively strong, but cruel to the bone. They gorged on demon youngling and, in their time, reduced the demons’ number to a tenth.
No demon knew what happened exactly, but two savage beasts were gone at some point, while the last one was heavily wounded. It sealed itself in a god’s forbidden area, only coming out once every few hundred million years.
With the three savage beasts gone, the demons multiplied, but every time the last savage beast came out of the forbidden area, it spelled disaster for them all.
“What strength is there to respect when the savage beasts give us genocide as reward? They are godlike beings in power and we’d birthed a Demon Emperor by now, if not for its slaughter of our kind!”
“Great Horse King is overanxious. If not for your ancestor’s bravery, we wouldn’t even be here.”
“Your ancestor is a demon hero!”
“Silence!”
Bear demon jumped.
“Brothers, no one must utter a single word about this again. Don’t forget, in the ancient demon site in the East side, a savage beast lays dormant.”
“If anyone catches wind of this, Great Horse King will be in trouble.”
“Yeah, Great Horse King is amazing and all, but not when compared with the savage beast having lived for ten billion years…”
“No one can match that savage beast, not even a God Emperor. My ancestor told us many times.”
“Every time it comes out it leaves us demons in dire straits, but what can we do?”
Great Horse King’s crisis had ended and this matter only worked to raise him higher in the hearts of lowly demons.
Li Mo stayed for the night and resumed his journey the second day.
“Master Li Mo, do you see me having any relation with that great Boar?”
Pig released his demon qi.
“Nada, but you are similar with one God called Pigsy.”
“God? Pigsy?” The pig demon was shaken.
Pig demons were no purebloods either. They had around the same status as the horse demons. Li Mo’s story of the great twelve demons moved him.
“I’ll tell you!”
Yan Wenjing chuckled as she recounted Journey to the West.
Two humans and a demon left Demon Mountain merrily.
“Sir! Wait for me!”
Great Horse King rode before Li Mo.
He had no entourage this time.
Great Horse King grinned, “I’ve been a king on Demon Mountain for long enough. I want to come with sir!”
“I’m not a human of Imperial Planet. I only came to get three things, then leave. There is a high chance I may never return.”
“Wherever boss goes, I’ll go.” Great Horse King declared his loyalties.
Li Mo nodded in the end.
Yan Wenjing caressed Great Horse King’s mane, to which he had a violent reaction of disgust.
“Sir, Nangong clan reared me since a colt. By chance, I awakened and started to gather demon qi. I won’t lie to you, boss, I escaped Nangong clan because I didn’t want to stay a mount…”
Great Horse King spoke the last word with loathing.
Li Mo said, “It’s fine. I already have a mount. You can’t be mine even if you want.”
“Thanks, sir. Besides riding me, I will listen to any orders you may have.”
“Good, then you’re in charge with the luggage.”
“Eh~?” Great Horse King shuddered.
“Boss, I am Horse’s descendant. That makes me of royal blood to both demons and humans. To carry luggage…
“Is no problem whatsoever!”
Li Mo was walking and Great Horse King rode to pig then shifted all his luggage on his own back.
Two demons and two men were walking down the road.
Li Mo was in front, Yan Wenjing behind him. They were silent, compared to the demon chatterboxes not far off.
“Great Horse King, what got into you? Tired of ruling an decided to spice things up by being a beast of burden? I’ll be honest with you, this isn’t what I wanted. I was forced…”
“Dumb pig, what do you know? Ever heard the human saying, a man of talent choses a lord of integrity? Staying on Demon Mountain, my life would amount to nothing. I may be Horse’s descendant, of immense talent, but I’ve lived for millions of years already and am approaching my end. Am I supposed to just wait for it there?”
“Millions you say?”
“What, don’t I look the part?”
“Nope. Didn’t you just say to sir you were reared in the Nangong clan?”
“Cough, misunderstanding. I was hiding in plain sight. Get it?”
“Wouldn’t you be in the sixth level if you had lived for millions of years? Why are you still in the fifth level?”
“I once entered the savage beast’s forbidden area to kill it. But the battle ended with both of us grievously wounded that severely cut away my strength.”
“Truly?”
“Of course, but keep it hidden. I’m only telling you this. If word gets out, bad things will happen…”
Two humans and two demons traveled for three days, finally leaving Demon Mountain’s range and entering crimson fields.
There were huge tigers, huge wolves, huge bulls, huge… everything roaming the lands. They all towered in the hundred of meters, looking like veritable mountains.
Great Horse King cried, “Boss, this Blood Steppe is strange. Demons can’t use demon qi here. Please be careful!”
Li Mo nodded.
In this Bloody Steppe, not just demon qi was unusable. It applied to spiritual qi and true qi alike.
The Blood Steppe was a forbidden area. Neither humans nor demons would wander here, making the huge beasts rulers here.
Li Mo didn’t skip legs of his journey with Gate because of this Blood Steppe.
“Beyond the steppe we will reach Emperor Ming’s tomb.”
The pig demon ran over, “Boss, shouldn’t it be in the Imperial Ming Mausoleum?”
“There are two burial grounds for Ming Emperors. The Imperial Ming Mausoleum is a fake.”
“Roar~”
A huge bull discovered the party and charged.
Li Mo sprung forward, sending a punch.
With his immense raw power, Li Mo stood still while the bull collapsed two steps back.
“Lotus Emperor’s…”
Great Horse King and the pig cried.
In a place like the Blood Steppe, even a tenth level would be reduced to a mere mortal. Li Mo relied on his body strength alone to send the giant bull unconscious. Such power exceeded the two demons’ expectations by far.
They saw as Li Mo cracked the skull open and took out a demon crystal. It was the same as a demon core, of a great many uses.
“Stay behind me.”
Li Mo put the demon crystal away and kept on walking.
