I am Master Maoshan

Chapter 2128 Blue Beast

Before Liu Jun could pick it up, a space ripple suddenly appeared at the blue beast core. A light "pop" sound came from the air, just like a soap bubble bursting.

Then, a round figure appeared out of nowhere. It was translucent sky blue all over, and its skin had a pearly luster, just like a giant moving water droplet.

This little fellow was about the size of two palms, with a bulging belly that trembled with every breath. It stretched out its short and fat front paws, grabbed the beast core on the ground with lightning speed, and stuffed it into its almost invisible mouth.

With a "gulp", it swallowed the beast core whole. The whole process was smooth, from appearance to disappearance in just three seconds, and before leaving, it didn't even spare a glance at the stunned trio.

"Oh my god? There are robberies here?" Liu Jun widened his eyes with a look of disbelief.

"It's the blue beast!" Sui Yang's voice changed with excitement, and he gestured with his hands and feet: "I found them, their nest must be not far from here"

Liu Jun looked at the empty grass suspiciously: "Are you sure? This thing looks like a jelly spirit, can it have such great power?"

"Brother, it is indeed a blue beast." Xu Baoer took out a yellowed notebook from the storage space and quickly turned to a certain page: "Look at this illustration, the characteristics are completely consistent. They have no offensive power and rely entirely on short-distance space teleportation to survive. The book says that they can teleport up to fifty meters, but they can only use it ten times a day."

Liu Jun stroked the new stubble on his chin, thinking, "This skill is quite good." He suddenly thought of something and turned around to ask, "How did those soldiers catch them? With their speed just now, I'm afraid even bows and arrows can't catch up with them, right?"

Sui Yang lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the garrison has a special method. They sprinkle a mineral called 'condensed space powder' near the space rift, which can temporarily solidify the space within ten feet around it."

As they were talking, there was a rustling sound in the bushes not far away. The three of them turned their heads alertly and saw five or six blue beasts coming out of the bushes in a crooked line. The one leading the group was particularly fat, with a piece of tender green leaves on its head, like a funny little hat.

"Hi, hi, hi," the largest blue beast stretched out its chubby claws and pointed at Liu Jun and his group standing not far away. There was anticipation and anxiety in its eyes, and it shouted loudly in their unique language.

Liu Jun and the others focused their attention on Xu Baoer at the same time. This was not the first time such a scene had happened. When they encountered those miasma frogs before, Xu Baoer relied on her incredible ability to understand the frog language and resolved a crisis.

"It asked us if we could save people." Xu Baoer blinked, with a hint of kindness in her eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey." The blue beast seemed to feel Xu Baoer's kindness and shouted again eagerly, with a hint of pleading and hope in its voice.

"It said that its wife was seriously injured, and if we can help save her, it is willing to give us a lot of treasures." Xu Baoer continued to translate.

Liu Jun raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Then let's go and take a look?"

Originally, they were looking for the blue beasts because they wanted to know what conspiracy the Platinum Divine Realm had with those ancient demons from outside the realm, why they joined forces to capture these blue beasts, and what their purpose was.

Since there is a chance to get close to these chubby little guys, why not do it?

"Chirp, hey chirp, migu." Xu Baoer responded quickly to the blue beasts, expressing their wishes in their language. Her voice was gentle and kind, as if she was comforting a wounded child.

When the Blue Beast heard Xu Baoer's answer, a smile of surprise and gratitude instantly blossomed on its face. Its eyes widened as if it couldn't believe its ears. It was surprised and excited that Xu Baoer could speak their language.

"Chirp, hey, chirp, hey, chirp, chirp." The blue beast raised its round head and made a clear and melodious cry.

"It told us to relax and they will take us through space teleportation," Xu Baoer translated.

Then, the blue beast in the lead patted the ground with its front paws, and immediately light blue particles floated out from between its paws.

Several blue beasts came forward tacitly and surrounded them. Liu Jun felt that the air around him suddenly became sticky, as if he was immersed in some special liquid.

The next second, a spatial fluctuation was heard, and the sound of millions of pieces of glass shattering at the same time exploded in his ears. Liu Jun felt that his internal organs were squeezed into a ball.

Before they could see clearly what was in front of them, the space fluctuation came again. This time, Liu Jun noticed that the patterns on the backs of the blue beasts lit up with a faint blue light, as if some ancient rune was activated. Xu Baoer exclaimed and grabbed Liu Jun's arm tightly.

They teleported nine times in a row. After each teleportation, beads of sweat could be seen on the foreheads of the blue beasts, and their bulging bellies rose and fell violently with their breathing. At the end of the last teleportation, the leading blue beast even stumbled, but was supported by his companions in time.

Liu Jun and the others were not feeling well either. Xu Baoer's face turned pale, while Amo and Sui Yang vomited all over the floor.

After a while, they followed the blue beast to a towering ancient tree. The trunk of the tree was crystal-clear, with a light blue liquid flowing inside. Lantern-shaped fruits grew on the treetops, emitting a soft glow.

"Is its injured wife in there?" Liu Jun asked, looking around vigilantly.

He noticed an inconspicuous tree hole at the base of the trunk, with a glowing vine wrapped around the entrance.

The blue beast turned its head and glanced at Liu Jun, a trace of worry flashing in its pupils. It shook its chubby body, gently pushed away the glowing vines with its claws, and walked in first. A faint "chi chirp" sound came from the tree hole, sounding painful and weak.

Xu Baoer suddenly grabbed Liu Jun's sleeve and said, "Wait, brother, look at those vines." She pointed at the glowing plants that were slowly withering at the entrance of the cave, "They are absorbing the vitality of the blue beast."

Liu Jun then noticed that the blue fur on the leading blue beast dimmed with every step it took. Deep in the tree hole, a small, curled figure could be vaguely seen, surrounded by dozens of greedy, glowing vines.

"What kind of vine is this?" Liu Jun frowned slightly, and gently touched the glowing vines wrapped around the tree trunks. The surface of the vines was covered with fine barbs, and in the dim light, they glowed strangely, as if they were alive and wriggling slightly.

He instinctively felt something was wrong, and then he chanted a spell to summon the spirit of the phoenix tree. As a clear voice sounded, a small green cactus appeared, emitting a soft light.

The moment the Wutong Spirit appeared, the vines hissed as if they had seen their natural enemy, and quickly retreated like a group of frightened snakes. They twisted and fell off the tree trunk, leaving sticky traces on the ground, and disappeared in an instant.

"So powerful!" Xu Baoer opened her eyes wide and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to touch the spirit of Wutong.

However, the spirit of the Wutong tree was not impressed by Xu Baoer and pointed its sharp thorns directly at her, scaring her so much that she retracted her hand.

"Be careful, these vines are of unknown origin." Liu Jun said in a deep voice, looking around vigilantly, "They are so afraid of the Wutong Spirit, I'm afraid they are not ordinary plants."

Logically speaking, the spirit of the paulownia tree can be said to be the embodiment of the breath of life. Any plant will feel very intimate when seeing it.

However, the first thing these vines did when they saw it was to run away, which was very abnormal.

The two looked at each other, and Liu Jun took the lead and walked deeper into the tree hole. The inside of the tree hole was much more spacious than expected, and the humid air was filled with a faint smell of herbs.

With the faint light from the Wutong Spirit, they quickly saw the scene in the cave: forty or fifty chubby blue beasts were gathered in a circle, their round bodies glowing with a faint blue fluorescence, like small lanterns. And in the middle of them were two special blue beasts.

One was the huge blue beast that brought them here. At this moment, it was pacing back and forth anxiously. When it saw Liu Jun and the others come in, it immediately made a "gurgling" sound.

The other one was the exact opposite, with dull fur and a pitifully skinny body, its ribs clearly visible. It lay weakly on the ground, its breathing so weak that it was almost imperceptible. The most frightening thing was that its body was covered with wounds of varying depths, some of which were still oozing light blue liquid - obviously the marks left by those greedy vines.

"Oh my god." Xu Baoer covered her mouth, her eyes instantly reddened. She quickly stepped forward to check the injury, but was stopped by other blue beasts.

Liu Jun squatted down and carefully observed the dying blue beast: "It has sucked too much energy from those vines. If it continues like this..." Before he finished speaking, a rustling sound suddenly came from outside the tree hole, as if countless vines were gathering.

The big blue beast immediately became nervous and let out a warning growl. The other blue beasts also pricked up their ears and looked towards the cave entrance vigilantly.

"They are coming again." Liu Jun stood up, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, "Baoer, take care of them, I will deal with the vines."

The spirit of the Wutong tree seemed to sense Liu Jun's fighting spirit, and its body glowed brightly, with emerald green fluorescence rippling across the surface of its cactus shape like ripples.

Outside the tree hole, dark purple glowing vines were surging like a tide, twisting and wriggling, making a creepy "rustling" sound. Each vine was covered with fine barbs, flashing a strange purple light in the dark, like a poisonous snake that was ready to bite.

Before Liu Jun could make a move, the Wutong Spirit rushed forward. Its clumsy cactus body was extremely flexible at this moment, drawing a graceful arc in the air, bringing with it a fresh scent of grass and trees.

Those glowing vines instantly covered the Wutong Spirit, entwining and strangling it like countless giant pythons. The barbs on the vines pierced deeply into the Wutong Spirit's body, making a teeth-grinding "squeaking" sound. Purple venom oozed out from the puncture holes, corroding the Wutong Spirit's emerald green skin, leaving charred marks.

Liu Jun was about to rescue it when he saw the Wutong Spirit suddenly burst out with a dazzling green light. Its body grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the corroded wounds on its skin healed quickly, and new spikes popped up like mushrooms after rain. In the blink of an eye, the cactus that was originally only the size of a flowerpot had grown into a towering tree, and its thick branches broke through all the vines that were wrapped around it.

The sound of "crackling" was heard continuously. The broken vines fell to the ground, twisting and rolling like injured snakes, and the broken ends spurted out smelly purple juice. Countless white flowers suddenly bloomed on the branches of the Wutong Spirit. Where the petals fell, the remaining vines withered quickly as if they had encountered a natural enemy.

Liu Jun was surprised to find that the roots of the Wutong Spirit had penetrated deep into the ground, and countless tiny roots were spreading underground at an alarming speed, as if searching for something. Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard in the distance, and the ground began to shake violently.