The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2944 Treating People Differently
"Awoo!" With a long roar, the beast at the front leaped up and opened its mouth to bite at Chen Mo's throat.

The beast's attack was characterized by speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. Its figure moved like lightning, instantly appearing at Chen Mo's chest. The beast's body leaped into the air, its mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth and claws, aiming directly for Chen Mo's throat.

The beast's appearance was predominantly black, and in the darkness, even with its claws and sharp teeth gleaming with a chilling light, no one could clearly see its attacks.

Last night's beast attack was aided by lighting equipment, allowing all the martial artists to clearly see the beasts' attacks. But now, Chen Mo hasn't turned on any lighting; the entire valley is pitch black. Not only is it impossible to see your hand in front of your face, but even with your eyes wide open, you can't see anything.

With no starlight overhead and no other light source on the ground, how could one clearly see the attacks of the strange beasts?

The monstrous beast, pouncing forward, its eyes filled with a chilling glint of anticipation at the impending success of its attack. Just as the creature before it was about to die beneath its sharp teeth, a sudden gust of wind swept past its side. Before it could even sense anything, the beast's body was suspended in mid-air.

With a whoosh, the sound of air being torn apart rang out, and the beast's body was instantly split in two before crashing to the ground. It didn't even have time to unleash its familiar explosive attack to kill its prey before it was broken in two.

Chen Mo sheathed his sword and unleashed a slash at another beast that pounced at him!
In an instant, another strange beast was cleaved in two in mid-air.

The stench of blood spread, instantly stimulating all the beasts that pounced on him! They roared and charged at Chen Mo without regard for anything else.

Moreover, the beasts seemed to possess a certain level of intelligence. They not only lunged at Chen Mo from the front, but also used the bodies of other beasts in mid-air to stomp on them and then attack from above. Additionally, other beasts surrounded Chen Mo from the side door and the back.

For a time, besides the underground, Chen Mo was facing attacks from all directions, including from the air.

However, Chen Mo remained completely calm. After all, while these strange beasts were incredibly fast and possessed powerful attacks, their overall strength was still somewhat lacking. Furthermore, although these beasts were fast, to him they were no different from ants scurrying about; he didn't perceive them as particularly fast.

Of course, Chen Mo's ability to see during the day allowed him to clearly see the attacks of the alien beasts even under such a siege. Even though he couldn't see the attacks from the alien beasts behind him and above due to his limited vision, he could still see all the attacks within a three-meter radius through his divine sense.

The Onimaru in Chen Mo's hand cleaved all the alien beasts that pounced at him in two. The alien beasts above, behind, and to his sides were pierced through the forehead without any pause under the attack of the Soul-Chasing Nails.

Especially in the dark of night, the Soul-Chasing Nail flashes by so quickly that the beasts cannot see it because it is black. They will only feel the attack on their forehead after being hit, but by then it is too late to explode and they are already dead.

With a roar of "Awooo!", the strange beasts surged forth from the canyon, charging towards Chen Mo's position. They hissed, baring their sharp teeth and gaping mouths, attempting to tear their enemies apart. However, upon reaching them, they were inexplicably either cleaved in two or left with gaping wounds on their foreheads, collapsing to the ground without ever bursting open.

In less than three minutes, Chen Mo had to shift his position and repeat the previous action.

There were simply too many of these strange beasts, making it impossible for Chen Mo to kill them all. So, after being surrounded by a large pile of beast bodies, he had no choice but to move to another spot and continue.

The pungent stench of blood filled the entire space, only further enraging the beasts and driving their attacks even more frenzied. Chen Mo, however, remained remarkably steady, each move as precise as a seasoned veteran, perfectly executed, repeating the same actions he had just begun.

More and more of the strange beasts were dying, but Chen Mo was also very depressed.

My heart was screaming, "I've lost money! I've lost money! I've lost money!"

There was nothing he could do. He had initially thought that the beasts contained inner cores, but in just over ten minutes, Chen Mo had already shifted his position twice and killed hundreds of beasts, yet none of them showed any trace of inner cores.

These dead beasts were all within a three-meter radius of Chen Mo, so when his divine sense swept over them, he could scan their entire bodies. Therefore, if any beast had an inner core, he could clearly sense it.

But now there is no sense of any inner core inside the beast's body. Damn it, after working so hard for so long, there isn't even a single inner core. What kind of beast is this?

If you become a mythical beast, you should act like one, okay? I don't expect every mythical beast to have an inner core, but even if only one out of ten mythical beasts has an inner core, that would be fine. This is just consuming my true essence without getting anything good. If I can get anything, what else can it be but a loss?
Although Chen Mo complained inwardly, the strange beast in front of him ignored everything and pounced, so he had no choice but to kill it.

Of course, he actually had another option: if he didn't gain anything, he could follow Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing's example and retreat towards the hilly nursery.

These strange beasts seemed to have a deep fear of the cold; once the temperature reached a certain level, they would stop attacking and retreat. Chen Mo could then follow the same strategy as last night, retreating to a certain area where the beasts would automatically return to the canyon. However, Chen Mo had no intention of retreating. After all, while the beasts were numerous and impossible to kill completely, they were also relatively easy to deal with.

In addition, the leader of the alien beasts and the guarding alien beasts have not yet appeared.

Last night, the leaders and guards of these strange beasts only emerged from the canyon some time after the beasts had attacked.

If Chen Mo wants to wait for the beast leader and beast guards to appear, he needs to kill more beasts now.

He was waiting here for the leader and guards of the two strange beasts, hoping to see if they had any inner cores inside their bodies.

After all, these two kinds of strange beasts are much more advanced than other strange beasts, and they are also much larger in size. Perhaps there are inner cores inside their bodies.

It's like back in the nursery area, those silkworm-like beasts didn't have any inner cores, and there were so many of them, just like the beasts before us, they were endless to kill. But the large white dough balls do have inner cores, especially the powerful ones, they all have inner cores.

Therefore, based on this reasoning, Chen Mo might also have inner cores on the beast leader and the beast guards.

As time passed, the entire canyon was filled with a thick stench of blood. Chen Mo retreated further and further back. The ground where he had stood was now covered with a thick layer of monster carcasses.

None of the strange beasts had the chance to explode after being attacked.

Although Chen Mo was protected by the Vajra Talisman, he did not want to be enveloped by clumps of foul blood, so he acted swiftly and decisively without any hesitation. This was also the reason why the strange beast wanted to explode but had no opportunity to do so.

Only half an hour had passed, and over a thousand of the strange beasts had already died. Just then, a series of low roars suddenly came from the canyon, causing all the strange beasts that heard the sound to freeze in place, and Chen Mo then sent many of them away.

The beasts retreated and made way for their leader. The dozens of beast guards from the previous night slowly walked up to Chen Mo.

The claws of the beast guards and the beast leader trampled on the bodies of the dead beasts, making a splattering sound. However, they did not make the beast leader and guards lower their heads. Instead, they stared at Chen Mo with cold eyes, as if they wanted to kill Chen Mo with their gazes.

Unfortunately, a gaze couldn't kill Chen Mo, so the beast leader, breathing heavily, gradually approached.

However, Chen Mo frowned. Although this beast leader was the same one that appeared last night, and its gaze was cold and sinister, he could clearly tell that this gaze was not the one he had felt when he crossed the canyon during the day.

His divine sense was extremely sharp; if he was spied on once, he could discern it the moment he sensed it again. But the gaze of this beast leader was clearly different.

Could it be that there are things he doesn't know about below the canyon? Perhaps. After all, he's never been to the bottom of the canyon, so it wouldn't be surprising to find strange beasts he's never seen before.

He slightly raised his hand, brandishing the Onimaru blade, and pointed it again at the beast leader, giving a slight nod. The meaning was clear: don't just watch me, attack! I'm always ready to deal with you!
The beast leader was highly intelligent and seemed to understand what Chen Mo meant. However, it did not pounce on him immediately. Instead, it stared at Chen Mo with its cold and sinister gaze for a while before raising its head and roaring to the sky. Its body was also gradually changing.

This beast leader is about to transform a second time.

Meanwhile, the strange beasts guarding them began to roar into the sky, and their bodies gradually began to change.

Chen Mo was somewhat surprised upon seeing this. He was aware of the beast leader's ability to transform twice, as Lan Caijie had clearly explained Zhou Zixing and Qian Ying's battle against the beasts. However, according to Lan Caijie's description, while the beast leader could transform twice, these beast guards had never transformed.

So, what the hell does it mean that these monsters are transforming now?
Did they see him as an easy target and decided to transform themselves on the spot to provoke him?

These strange beasts even know how to prey on people!
It seems I'll have to thoroughly examine these transformed beasts later to see if they have any inner cores inside. If they do, then I won't have lost out; if not, then tonight's work will have been for nothing.