Chapter Seventy-Nine
The biggest difference between the Shadow Beast King and other Shadow Beasts is the scale armor covered on his body, except for his ten-meter-long size. Unlike the fine black scales of ordinary Shadow Beasts, the scale armor on the Shadow Beastmaster's body was composed entirely of black crystals, which emitted a faint shimmer that complemented the clusters of crystals in the cavern. It also has fangs and claws, and even looks sharper than normal Shadow Beasts, but it doesn't feel intimidating at all. In its half-closed pale yellow eyes, what everyone saw was a calm, wise gaze that was different from that of other demonic beasts.
"Should I thank you for not continuing to kill my children?" A soft voice sounded in the minds of the four people, this way of communication Liu Li is certainly not unfamiliar, and now the spiritual communication network, including Landolia, is maintained by him, and at this time, in this network, a new existence suddenly appeared.
Although Liu Li was surprised that the Shadow Beast King was able to break into the psychic communication network, he was not too surprised. High-level magical beasts basically possess wisdom no less than that of humans, and their lifespan far exceeds that of humans, allowing them to master more magical spells with the accumulation of time even if they have not been systematically studied. Even today, after thousands of years of magic, practitioners are still able to create new spells by mimicking the spell-like abilities of Warcraft.
"Shadow Beastmaster, we can help you solve the following troubles. "Landolia has never been a person who likes to be polite, and in the face of the Shadow Beast King, whose strength is not inferior to her, she still gets straight to the point.
"And then deal with my disobedient children by the way?" Liu Li saw obvious irony in the eyes of the shadow beast. "It's a fitting name, and we really like this place full of black elements. Well...... I should be right out of my mind, 'Black Elementals,' that's what you call these little things scattered around. ”
Perhaps it had been too long since he had communicated with other creatures, and Liu Li found that this Shadow Beast King who had been living in the belly of Shadow Iron Mountain was a little ...... Chatterbox. In the state of "omniscience", the Beastmaster contained powerful elemental power in his body, and the rich elements in his body were not far behind that of Landolia, a high-level mage. However, these elements do not fluctuate too violently, and the flow is unusually smooth. It seems that this monster has no activity, and the idea of practicing his skills made Liu Li finally put his mind at ease. Although the Beastmaster's gaze was calm and peaceful, in the face of a high-level demonic beast, it would definitely be a lie to say that he was not nervous.
"Less nonsense! What the hell are you going to do and give an explanation!" Liu Li clearly saw that as the Shadow Beast King kept chattering in the psychic communication network, the green tendons on Landolia's forehead rose one by one. It can be seen that this teacher's patience with the Talking Beast King has reached the limit, and if it continues to be so ignorant, it is estimated that a black hole will be smashed over the next moment.
"Alas, young people are just grumpy. Let me tell you, when I was a child, I was like you, I didn't think about the consequences of anything, and I remember that time a man broke into my cave, and I ......"
"Poof!" was the sound of the black hole annihilating on the crystal on the Shadow Beastmaster's body, and Landolia finally couldn't help but make a move, this tentative spell didn't do much harm to the Beastmaster, but it was enough to interrupt its chatter. This is still the result of Liu Li and the three of them desperately hugging Landolia, if they hadn't stopped them, it is estimated that a spell war between "Beauty and Warcraft" would break out.
"Shadow Beastmaster, what do you think of those people underground?" Seeing that his teacher was no longer able to continue communicating with the Beastmaster under the influence of anger, Liu Li reluctantly took over the right to speak.
"Huh?" The Shadow Beastmaster turned his gaze to Liu Li, who had been able to talk to Landolia on an equal footing because of Landoria's ability to treat her as equals, while Liu Li and the others were completely ignored by it. However, just after the Shadow Beast King focused on Liu Li, he sensed something that interested this monster who didn't know how long it had lived. "You little one...... It's kind of interesting. I feel the presence of a magic crystal in you, are you a monster?"
"No, I'm human. So how do you plan to deal with the following problems?" Liu Li will not be fooled, according to the level of this beast king's words, if he really brings the topic to himself, it may not be long before he wants to get back to the topic. Even if what it said intrigued her, Liu Li decided to get down to business first and then talk about anything else.
"Okay, okay, you impatient little guys just don't want to talk more with my old man, so I don't like to receive you. In the network of spiritual communication, there was a helpless sigh.
The Shadow Beast King got up slightly, changed his position and lay down again, Liu Li in the state of "omniscience" could clearly perceive that the position it was lying on just now was the source of the huge crystal pillar that ran through the Shadow Iron Mountain and went deep into the ground.
"In order to keep those children from going crazy, I have done everything in my power to bring about the growth of this hedrome. The Beastmaster glanced at the crystallized ground and continued, "This hedron can make the little things scattered around...... Oh, the 'Black Elemental' has become more peaceful, and that's all I can think of for the time being. ”
"Then why don't you move down a bit, it should be easier to spawn spars close to the underground, right?" Liu Li's doubts were exchanged for a look of contempt, he was very sure that he was despised by the Demonic Beast, although it was a high-level Demonic Beast, but this feeling still made him feel very helpless.
"Too narrow......"
"What?"
"I mean, those tunnels are too narrow for me to go down. In the spiritual communication network, the voice of the Shadow Beast King came helplessly, "My fatter children dug the whole mountain to a lot while I slept, but those passages were too narrow for me to squeeze into. If we continue to dig wider tunnels, the whole mountain may collapse. ”
If it weren't for Liu Li's keen awareness of the sentence "Besides, I'm too lazy to move......", maybe he would have really believed the explanation of the Shadow Beast King. With a black line, he felt that if he continued, he was likely to fight the Beastmaster one step ahead of Landolia, even if the other party had high-level strength.
"Anyway, the guys who tinkered with the little red things down there are also you humans, right?, why are you here to discuss this with me?" As soon as this sentence came out, not to mention Liu Li and Landolia, even Lin and the squirrel looked helpless, how slow it must be to react to do it until now I didn't think of this question.
"They are also our enemies. Liu Li didn't say more, after all, the confrontation and even war between countries in the human world is completely insignificant to a magical beast that lives in one place and doesn't even bother to move its nest. "Our people are active here just for that black stone. In fact, Liu Li was hesitating to inform this clever monster of the Kronos people's need for black stone just now, but thinking back to what he saw along the way, this kind of black stone is not a precious thing for the shadow beast, and the closer he got to the beastmaster's lair, the more it can be seen everywhere, so he didn't continue to hide it. Of course, it was naturally impossible for Liu Li to say that humans coveted the Shadow Beast Demon Crystal, otherwise this conversation would basically end here.
"Uh......" A helpless voice came from the psychic communication network again, but several people didn't know why the Shadow Beastmaster showed such emotions. However, the Beastmaster didn't make everyone curious for too long, and said directly, "What you need is this disgusting thing. ”
Well, after the Beastmaster informed the origin of these black stones, Liu Li and the others were also sick to their stomachs. Landolia and Liu Li, who are spellcasters, are okay, after all, the mage's spell casting materials are strange, but Cat Niang and Lori obviously can't stand this.
This starts with the food of the Shadow Beasts, although the Shadow Beasts like to eat meat, but only because the meat tastes better, it is actually of little use to their growth.
Before humans discovered the Dark Caves, the Shadow Beasts never knew what meat tasted like, and their food was a hedron spawned by the Beastmaster. Shadowbeasts absorb the energy contained in the hedrons that are more stable than the free black elements, which promote their growth, strengthen their bones and scales, and even give birth to some spell-like abilities. After the energy in the spar is absorbed, part of the remaining impurities will be excreted into feces, and the other part will be more difficult to digest and absorb, and will be spit out by them like a cat spitting out hairballs. This vomit is the kind of black stone.
"But you're also very dishonest, little one, don't I know that you humans take away their magic crystals every time you kill my children?" As soon as the Beastmaster said this, not only Liu Li's three young people, but even Landolia also blushed. A few people really didn't expect the Shadow Beast King to be so keen, it seemed that even if it had never communicated with humans, it definitely hid and peeped in the process of humans entering the cave.
"But it's not a big deal. Unexpectedly, the Shadow Beastmaster didn't grasp this point, and its next words also let everyone know the reason, "Actually, before you humans enter the cave, we also need internal friction to reduce the number of races, after all, the number of hedrons I can spawn in normal times is also limited. ”
"Well, if you're going to deal with those underground kinds, I can help you a bit. The Shadow Beastmaster said, changing his position, moving back to his previous position, and lying down leisurely, "Those little red things they tinkered with...... Oh, the 'red element', it's not the same as I've seen before, and to be honest, I can't think of a good solution. And my children are becoming more and more disobedient under the stimulation of that element, which is also a headache for me. Speaking of this, the Beastmaster hesitated for a moment, but quickly made a decision, "As for those disobedient children, let them be at your disposal." ”