228: Could it be because of me?

An inexplicable sense of weakness spread from the depths of its body.

This was not the pain of an injury, nor the fatigue of exhaustion.

It felt like something more fundamental was being forcibly extracted from its body.

The Golden-Winged Mantis King tilted its head, its compound eyes filled with confusion; with its current intelligence, it was completely unable to understand this feeling.

As time passed, the situation did not improve; instead, it plummeted rapidly!

An invisible black hole seemed to have been born within its body, greedily sucking at its life Origin.

The Golden-Winged Mantis King could feel its power of blood and Qi and that faint power of the Divine Soul rushing madly toward that invisible black hole like a tidal wave.

The originally gleaming golden wing sheaths began to dim rapidly, and even its hard carapace began to make faint creaking sounds, as if it were being crushed by an invisible giant hand.

Even more terrifying was that its long, explosive body was now rapidly shriveling and withering at a speed visible to the naked eye!

This strange phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding Yao Beasts.

A few Shadow Twilight Crows landed on a nearby branch, emitting uneasy "caw-caw" cries from their beaks.

The Thunder-Fire Griffin lowered its body, a confused and vigilant low growl rolling in its throat!

Although they could not understand the strange event happening before their eyes, their instinctive intuition as Yao Beasts toward danger still made them feel a trace of unease.

The commotion within the Yao Beast herd finally disturbed the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape at the center.

It stopped its cultivation, opened its giant eyes that were like brass bells, and almost instantly locked onto the source of the disturbance below!

Seeing the Golden-Winged Mantis King's body, which had almost turned into a mummy, the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape immediately assumed that the despicable Human Race had launched a sneak attack; after all, the Human Race had always been insidious and cunning.

But it sensed its surroundings and did not discover any aura of external attacks!

However, this strange way the Golden-Winged Mantis King was perishing left it puzzled.

Its limited brain began to spin wildly, but after thinking for a long time without coming to any conclusion, it simply couldn't be bothered to think about it anymore.

Its mountain-like body slowly stood up. Without any hesitation, the Demonic Ape flipped its giant palm, and its massive Yao power instantly condensed into a nearly tangible giant palm that slammed down fiercely.

That's right, this was the solution the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape had come up with.

Since it couldn't understand it, it would rather kill the wrong one than let it go.

It could not tolerate any unknown danger appearing on its territory!

Anyway, in its eyes, a Second-tier Great Demon was really no different from those low-tier cannon fodder; if it died, it died.

"Boom!"

A fierce wind swept through. The Golden-Winged Mantis, already at the end of its rope, didn't even have time to scream before it exploded into a sky full of blood mist under that palm.

The surroundings were silent. Apart from the Yao Beasts who were terrified into silence, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

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"Hmm? Why did it die so quickly?"

In the Immortal Cave, Lu Ming looked at the totem of the Golden-Winged Mantis King rapidly disappearing from the golden book, his eyes filled with some doubt.

As expected, Yao Beasts are just inferior; they aren't even as useful as a Cultivator of the same tier!

But it didn't matter; he was now filthy rich, and the thing he lacked the least was a Second-tier Great Demon!

Lu Ming immediately switched targets and continued to condense the 'blood god child' Clone that was about to take shape before him.

Thus, in the next few hours, several similar strange incidents occurred one after another on the territory of the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape.

A Scarlet-Flame Rhinoceros that was fighting over prey with a Shadow Demon Wolf suddenly saw its sturdy body shrivel up like a deflated ball, and the Shadow Demon Wolf seized the opportunity to kill it with one blow.

There was also a Nether-Fire Hawk that fell inexplicably while in mid-air, and a Thousand-Vine Wood Demon whose trunk withered rapidly without any warning...

The Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape was like playing Whac-A-Mole; every time it encountered this situation, it would annihilate the Yao Beast along with the anomaly in a simple and brutal way, not caring whether it would affect the surrounding Yao Beasts.

Finally, after killing a Profound-Nether Earth Mastiff, this anomaly was suddenly contained, and nothing like it happened again afterward.

However, these consecutive strange incidents had already turned its territory upside down and caused panic among the Yao Beasts.

Although they dared not act rashly due to the Bloodline pressure, fear still spread among the herd of Yao Beasts.

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"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

The sound of war drums spread in all directions, and the Yao Beasts launched another attack!

The new persona, Zhao Zilong, returned to the city wall carrying the resentment of a wage slave. A low-pressure aura of "keep away" made the other Cultivators nearby feel baffled and look at each other in confusion.

Although they didn't know what had happened, in order not to touch this person's bad mood, they still kept their distance!

"Why did it die so quickly!" Lu Ming roared in his heart!

He had originally thought that this time he could condense at least four 'blood god child' Clones, but in the end, he barely managed to get two!

He was completely unaware of the huge trouble he had caused the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape; he only knew that he had to clock in again.

"Oh well, let's continue!"

After complaining a few words in his heart, Lu Ming pulled himself together, intending to pull more Second-tier Great Demons onto the list this time.

As long as the quantity is sufficient, it doesn't matter how fast they die!

"It would be great if I could pull that Third-tier Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape onto the list. I don't know why it didn't get on the golden book. Logically speaking, its initiation of the beast tide is aimed at the entire Immortal City, so the coverage of malice should be very wide."

However, Lu Ming didn't think too much about it. Anyway, it was impossible for him to actively provoke the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape!

He had a clear understanding of his own strength; he hadn't become so arrogant to that point yet!

He only had the means to deal with a Third-tier entity now; he couldn't actually defeat a Third-tier entity.

Better to pick the soft persimmons to squeeze!

Putting his thoughts away, Lu Ming began to observe the battlefield, but upon looking, he frowned.

How should he put it? The Yao Beasts attacking this time looked listless, completely unlike their usual ferocious and bloodthirsty selves!

A thought stirred in Lu Ming's heart, "Could it be because of me?"

Thinking about it carefully, it really seemed possible!

Although these Yao Beasts were mostly gathered together because of that Third-tier Demonic Ape, they were not familiar with each other and might even be hostile toward one another.

For them, the death of some of their kind meant absolutely nothing.

Even with their limited intelligence, they probably couldn't figure out what had happened.

This was also the reason why Lu Ming dared to act freely.

But he seemed to have overlooked one point: Yao Beasts' intuition for danger was far sharper than that of the Human Race.

This invisible, intangible, yet real threat of death probably made them feel intense unease, which was why they had become like this now.

It's like walking down the street, with people coming and going, and everything is fine.

But the person walking with you suddenly lets out a shrill scream and quickly turns into a mummy.

Just ask yourself, would you dare to move?

Thinking of this, Lu Ming had an idea.

This strange phenomenon had most likely already attracted the attention of the Demonic Ape.

It might even be that the reason those Yao Beasts died so quickly before was because it had personally dealt with them!

Lu Ming's heart skipped a beat, feeling that he had touched upon the truth.

"If the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape suspects that a Human Race Cultivator is acting in the shadows, then it will inevitably pay close attention to any movement on the battlefield."

"In that case, as long as I act sufficiently eye-catching... ah no, sufficiently brave, I might just be able to enter the Demonic Ape's line of sight!"

Once the Mountain-Shaking Demonic Ape develops malice toward him, then...

"Hehehe..."