Marvel Superheroes in China

But this was, after all, a demon beast at the Grandmaster level, and it had long since become sentient. Even if Qin Wu concealed his aura, it could still find him and know his cultivation level. After sizing up Qin Wu, the Qiongqi found that his cultivation level was pitifully low, only having internal energy. It wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth, so it didn't matter whether it ate him or not.

"Humph."

Qiongqi hummed softly twice, seemingly because it had just eaten too much, its belly was quite round, and it had a contented expression on its face.

After Qin Wu finished speaking, it wasn't that he didn't want to leave, but that he didn't dare to leave. To be honest, he wasn't sure what to do either. The two of them stared at each other for a good ten seconds.

Qin Wu was extremely annoyed. Why did he have to run to this place when he could have gone anywhere else?

However, seeing Qiongqi's reaction, Qin Wu frowned slightly. He didn't sense any murderous aura emanating from Qiongqi. He let out a long breath, and his expression relaxed considerably. The fear in his eyes also faded slightly, and a huge weight was finally lifted from his heart. But Qin Wu was still extremely nervous and ready to run away at any moment.

Thinking to himself, "I remember what the tree said, that Qiongqi is naturally irritable, but usually it sleeps after it has eaten its fill. Judging from its posture... it should be going to sleep now. I'll just run away while it's sleeping. The Dark Night Forest is only about 600 kilometers south of the stronghold. I can run back in two days with my Cloud Smoke Lightness Skill."

Qin Wu had his own plans in mind, and a confident smile appeared on his face. How could the extremely intelligent Qiongqi not know what Qin Wu was thinking? But it didn't care at all about Qin Wu's escape, because he couldn't escape.

Qiongqi seemed too lazy to bother with Qin Wu anymore. It opened its mouth, yawned, revealing dozens of yellowish fangs, and licked around its mouth with its barbed tongue.

"Bah, bah, bah."

After making two smacking sounds, Qiongqi slowly closed its eyes and stopped looking at Qin Wu.

Qin Wu, who was behind the boulder, saw this and his face lit up with joy. He grinned and thought to himself, "As expected of a demon beast, it sleeps after eating its fill."

Seeing that the monster had already started snoring, Qin Wu felt a little restless... He swallowed hard, his expression tensed up again, his legs went weak, and he carefully took a step back.

"sand"

A soft footstep startled the sleeping Qiongqi awake.

Suddenly, Qiongqi opened its eyes wide, its gaze, filled with murderous intent, locking onto Qin Wu once more.

Qin Wu's gaze never left Qiongqi. When he saw Qiongqi staring at him with murderous intent, Qin Wu's pupils suddenly contracted, his face turned pale, and he froze on the spot, sweat pouring down his forehead.

"It...it's not going to eat me, is it?"

Qin Wu felt uneasy, but quickly came to his senses.

"No! If you wanted to eat me, you would have done it already. Why wait until now?"

"It won't let me leave. What does it want to do?"

In the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through Qin Wu's mind, and just then, the Qiongqi stood up! It raised its left paw and scratched behind its back.

Qin Wu instantly understood what it meant.

"It actually wants me to scratch its itch?!"

Qin Wu was filled with frustration. Running away was one thing, staying was another. Should he stay here and work as a laborer? Qiongqi was inherently strange; he might get eaten one day. That wouldn't be worth it at all.

However, given the current situation, he had no choice but to do it. Qiongqi's claws seemed unable to reach his back, and it grumbled irritably. Qin Wu immediately broke out in a cold sweat, swallowed hard, and hurriedly grabbed the Five Elements Spear and ran over.

"Your Majesty!"

Qin Wu stopped in front of Qiongqi, held the Five Elements Spear, and bowed respectfully to Qiongqi, inwardly cursing the monster a hundred times over.

Strangely enough, when Qiongqi saw Qin Wu running over, it patted the tuft of white fur on its back with its paw. Qin Wu cursed inwardly, "Old monster!"

After cursing, Qin Wu obediently picked up the Five Elements Spear, inserted the spearhead into the dense fur, and moved it up and down repeatedly, scratching the monster's back.

As he scratched, a murderous intent flashed in Qin Wu's mind: "I'll stab you to death!"

As he spoke, Qin Wu's expression changed, and he suddenly exerted force in his arm, stabbing the Five Elements Spear fiercely. However, the Qiongqi's skin was as hard as steel. After stabbing for a long time, Qin Wu's arm was sore, and the spearhead of the Five Elements Spear could not cause any damage to the Qiongqi at all.

Qin Wu's eyes widened in shock. He stared at the Qiongqi with astonishment, thinking to himself, "What is this guy's skin made of? Even S-grade alloy can't puncture it?!"

At this moment, Qin Wu knew that the gap between him and the beast was minuscule, and that escaping for his life would be difficult...

The Qiongqi was extremely comfortable at this moment, especially after Qin Wu increased his strength. It even hummed comfortably twice, curled up its paws, and lay down in front of Qin Wu. Qin Wu continued to do hard labor for this monster.

Qin Wu looked on in astonishment, realizing that he had actually made Qiongqi feel good.

"???"

……

Qin Wu poked Qiongqi for a full half hour, poking every possible spot. Qiongqi's originally smooth white fur was now bristling from Qin Wu's poking, making it look like a large lion.

After sleeping for a while, Qiongqi opened its eyes and slowly stood up.

Sweating profusely, Qin Wu froze for a moment, then quickly put away his Five Elements Spear and stood obediently to the side, looking at Qiongqi with a puzzled expression.

Qiongqi was also looking at it, and that gaze made Qin Wu feel a chill run down his spine.

"Hungry? Want to eat?"

.......

Chapter 186: Threat

Standing to the side, Qin Wu felt that this monster was about to devour him alive.

Qin Wu was horrified. He had scratched Qin Wu's back for so long, and instead of being grateful, Qin Wu wanted to eat him?!

"I...I'm too weak, I don't taste good...Please don't eat me."

Qin Wu's face was filled with terror, fearing that the Qiongqi would swallow him whole. He frantically gestured to the Qiongqi and shouted, "I'll go lure some powerful beings for you; their meat is delicious..."

Qin Wu didn't care whether the monster could understand him or not. He explained while retreating, while Qiongqi looked at Qin Wu as if he were a fool. It didn't seem to want to eat Qin Wu. After all, one internal energy was really not enough to fill Qiongqi's teeth.

After carefully retreating more than fifty meters, Qin Wu was overjoyed to see that Qiongqi did not stop him and remained standing in the same spot.

With a turn, it took off running frantically northwards. The Dark Forest was south of the human city, so it naturally had to run in the opposite direction, otherwise who knew what monsters it might encounter in the future.

"Ha! This monster actually believed it."

"As expected, monsters have very low intelligence, hahaha."

"You think I'd bring you a powerful expert? Only a fool would come back."

Qin Wu moved swiftly, and from a distance, his figure appeared as a streak of light, disappearing into the canyon with a "whoosh," leaving only wisps of dust billowing in the wind behind him.

But after running only a few steps, Qin Wu heard a muffled thud behind him.

"Om-"

Qin Wu's expression changed, and he stopped in his tracks instantly, a layer of cold sweat immediately seeping from his forehead.

Before Qin Wu could even react, the blue sky and white clouds in the sky had changed dramatically.

In the blink of an eye, dark clouds gathered, thunder roared across the sky, countless lightning bolts crisscrossed, and a fierce wind arose.

"Rumble--"

The Dark Forest was instantly thrown into turmoil once more, with countless birds and beasts scattering in all directions, creating a chaotic scene as if they were all afraid of the thunder's power.

Qin Wu's pupils suddenly contracted, his face turned green, and he was filled with immense fear. The gale made his tattered clothes rustle loudly, and countless sand and pebbles kept hitting his back, making his exposed back ache.

"hiss--"

Qin Wu gasped. How could he not know what this meant? He knew that all those Transcendent Realm experts had just died under this rolling thunder.

"What do you mean? Are you warning me?"

"Are you threatening me?"

"If I don't bring you back some strong warriors to eat, are you going to kill me?"

"The problem is, where am I supposed to find a strong person for you?!"

Qin Wu felt like crying but had no tears left; he wished he could stab that Qiongqi to death with his spear.

As thunder rumbled and roared in, Qin Wu felt as if his scalp was being ripped off, and the hairs on his body stood on end. He was filled with immense fear; he wasn't afraid of dying, but he was terrified of dying unjustly!

With a heavy sigh, Qin Wu turned around, his heart nearly breaking, and shouted towards the canyon behind him, "I know! I'll be right back!"

Strangely enough, right after Qin Wu shouted that, the rolling thunder in the sky disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the dark clouds that had been covering Qin Wu's forehead slowly dissipated, revealing the original blue sky and white clouds.

The tense atmosphere instantly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened. The monsters were no longer agitated, and the Dark Night Forest returned to its original tranquility.

"A higher-ranking official can crush you."

Qin Wu cursed inwardly while clenching his fists. This was a demonstration of strength; if you were strong, you were in charge, and if you were weak, you could only be bullied!

Frustrated by his own lack of strength, Qin Wu's eyes flashed with fierce light as he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, "One day, I will definitely become a Grandmaster!"

The feeling of being controlled was extremely unpleasant, and Qin Wu felt incredibly frustrated.

That recent rumble of thunder was Qiongqi's way of warning Qin Wu: you can't escape, you must bring me food back.

Helpless, Qin Wu completely lost his confidence to escape. He didn't have the strength to fight the power of thunder head-on.

Standing there, Qin Wu's expression turned extremely ugly, his eyes filled with a sense of frustration and grievance. He sighed, "Is this monster really that smart? It even knows what I'm thinking?"

But then I thought, putting aside the issue of escaping, the most important thing right now is to find food for this monster.

Where am I supposed to find it?

Qin Wu thought to himself helplessly, "Since the Dark Night Forest is where the Plane People's power is located, if I go back the way I came, will I encounter them? If I do, I'll just lure them here and let that monster eat them."

Knowing his location, Qin Wu sprang into action again, rushing towards the forest to lure the beings from another dimension.

"Swipe!"

Qin Wu moved with lightning speed, his Cloud and Smoke Lightness Skill already pushed to its limit. A white flash lingered in place for less than a second before disappearing into the forest.

Throughout the journey, Qin Wu nervously observed his surroundings for any extraterrestrial beings, while also harboring a sliver of hope.