40: Another breakthrough! Another critical limit!

After suffering heavy losses in the western expedition, Silver Scale Rhino King clearly understood that it was absolutely not a place to stay long.

Thus, without the slightest hesitation, he led the remaining defeated soldiers back, awaiting another day.

Somehow, on the way back, Silver Scale Rhino King felt a faint premonition of something bad.

The recent events were too strange, like a heavy shadow cast over Silver Scale Rhino King's heart.

While thinking, he quickened his pace, disregarding his own injuries.

He always felt something bad was about to happen, and he had to get back quickly.

However, because he had to consider the subordinates following him, he worried that if he left first, they would be killed immediately afterward.

Otherwise, with Silver Scale Rhino King's speed, disregarding his injuries, he could have returned to his cave dwelling very quickly.

Even so, his speed was much faster than before, and the Monster Beasts following behind him were having trouble keeping up.

Although they were well protected by Silver Scale Rhino King at the critical moment and didn't suffer any injuries.

But with their strength, even running at full speed, they could barely keep up with Silver Scale Rhino King, which truly left them with unspeakable bitterness!

The closer he got to his home, the more ominous Silver Scale Rhino King felt.

The closer he got to his cave dwelling along the way, the quieter it became.

This silence made Silver Scale Rhino King's heart turn cold.

Even the playful sounds of the Little Xuan Rhinos, which he usually heard, were gone.

This made Silver Scale Rhino King's heart grow increasingly anxious, and he even felt some regret, wishing he hadn't come out on this trip.

However, now was not the time to worry about those Little Xuan Rhinos; the most urgent matter was that batch of spirit medicine absolutely could not have any mishaps!

Upon reaching his territory, Silver Scale Rhino King immediately ordered his subordinates to investigate the surrounding situation.

To see if anything had happened here after he and the other Monster Beasts left.

He himself went to the cave dwelling first to check if anything had happened to that batch of spirit medicine.

Arriving outside the cave dwelling, he saw two guards still standing motionless at the entrance.

Seeing this scene, Silver Scale Rhino King's suspended heart finally relaxed.

No!

Just as Silver Scale Rhino King was about to catch his breath, he suddenly thought.

Those two guards stood there, and upon seeing him return, they remained indifferent, as if they hadn't seen him.

This was absolutely not normal!

This was definitely not normal!

So Silver Scale Rhino King carefully sensed, and the two guards were already lifeless.

At this, Silver Scale Rhino King's suspended heart completely died!

Now, Silver Scale Rhino King could only hope that the culprit was still inside and hadn't left, so he could go in and deal with him.

But there was no need to think; it was clearly impossible.

If someone dared to come, they wouldn't be so foolish as to stay here waiting for him to kill them.

If they truly had that strength, they wouldn't need to take advantage of his absence; they would just come directly and deal with Silver Scale Rhino King.

Silver Scale Rhino King walked in and saw the bodies of his Mystic Rhinoceros Clan Monster Beasts lying everywhere.

Each one had died a gruesome death, with not a single complete corpse.

Especially his trusted, loyal subordinate, whom he had entrusted with important tasks, was actually cut into seventeen or eighteen pieces.

It was imaginable what kind of abuse he suffered in life to protect those spirit medicines for Silver Scale Rhino King.

What kind of loyalty must that have been, to enrage the culprit to such an extent that he used such cruel methods to kill him.

That look of terror on his face also constantly spoke of the culprit's brutality.

Turning his head, the place that should have been filled with spirit medicine was now empty, not a single stalk remaining.

Originally, Silver Scale Rhino King had arranged for his subordinates to collect all the spirit medicine and transport them to one location.

After collection was complete, he would then gather them all and hand them over as this year's tribute.

After all, he was currently in the recovery phase, and everything had to prioritize his injuries, so many things were difficult to do personally.

But he didn't expect that such a small oversight would result in such heavy losses.

Now, it's terrible; not only is there not a single stalk of spirit medicine left, but so many Mystic Rhinoceros Clan Monster Beasts died in vain.

The most infuriating thing was that he was tricked like this without even seeing the enemy's face.

It was simply too much bullying of a Monster Beast!

In a fit of rage, Silver Scale Rhino King spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood.

One must know, even after so many Monster Beasts died before, Silver Scale Rhino King wasn't angered to this extent.

It was imaginable how furious Silver Scale Rhino King was at this moment.

At this time, a subordinate rushed in frantically to report.

"It's bad, Your Majesty, it's bad!"

"When we just returned, we found that many Monster Beasts were killed."

"Those Little Xuan Rhinos, those Little Xuan Rhinos all... all..."

Silver Scale Rhino King saw him stammering and unable to answer, and spoke in a weak tone, "What happened to those Little Xuan Rhinos? Speak!"

"They all turned into a pile of minced meat!"

Hearing this news, and then another bad one, Silver Scale Rhino King spurted out another mouthful of fresh blood.

"Too much bullying of a Monster Beast!"

"Too much bullying of a Monster Beast!"

"Bastard! No matter who you are, to the ends of the earth, I, Silver Scale Rhino King, will not rest until this grudge is avenged!"

After saying this, Silver Scale Rhino King fainted due to his severe injuries.

The surrounding Monster Beasts, seeing this, all gathered around, loudly calling out to Silver Scale Rhino King.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty? What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

"Wake up quickly, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

...

The most painful things in life are nothing more than two.

One is that the person died, but the money wasn't spent!

The other is that the person is alive, but the money is gone!

Therefore, Chen De would not keep those spirit medicines overnight.

Moreover, Chen De had never tasted the flavor of superior spirit medicine before, so he finally had a chance.

This was ill-gotten wealth that Chen De had seized from evil Monster Beasts, acting on behalf of heaven; Chen De could use it with a clear conscience.

After all, Chen De's actions have always been upright and fearless of shadows.

Digesting the collection from Silver Scale Rhino King, Chen De successfully broke through to Demon Origin Realm Level Eight.

Of course, for Chen De, if he wanted to break through, he could break through to the peak of Demon Origin Realm at any time.

However, for now, retaining one upgrade opportunity was clearly more beneficial to Chen De.

Realm: Demon Origin Realm Level Nine

Race: Blood Crystal Demon Rat (A Monster Beast with a wisp of ancient bloodline)

Talent 1: Giant Force (A talent every ant-type Monster Beast possesses; ancient bloodline, higher bonus, strength permanently increased by 50%)

Talent 2: Heaven Crystal (Can condense Monster Power onto ordinary crystals, granting crystals functions such as hardness, energy storage, and image retention)

Talent 3: God Shield (Naturally immune to 30% of mental attacks)

Talent 4: Blood Fiend (Attack drains blood, magic patterns protect the body, berserk when near death, combining offense, defense, and frenzy)

Talent 5: Shadow Fiend (Body like a void abyss; those not a major realm higher cannot perceive his realm)

Talent 6: Burning Evil (Burns blood to become a demon; the worse the body's condition, the stronger the battle power boost)

Speed: 99.9 (1:1000) [99/100]

Defense: 89.9 (1:1000) [0/100]

Strength: 99.9 (1:1000) [99/100]

Attribute Points: 10/30

Skill 1: Blood Crystal Demon Armor (Activated)

Skill 2: Blood Devouring Sky Demon Flash (Activated)

Skill 3: Blood Demon Infinite Kill (Activated)

Skill 4: Absolute Thought Blood Devouring Strike (Activated)

Skill 5: Blood Mark Magic Heart Curse (Activated)

Cultivation Method: Apocalypse Extreme Demon Scripture

Honestly, Chen De didn't expect to level up so quickly.

The speed from Demon Origin Realm Level One to the peak of Demon Origin Realm was even faster than his speed from Demon Qi Realm Level One to the peak of Demon Qi Realm.

Didn't they say that the higher the realm, the slower the cultivation speed?

This time, Chen De was just the opposite.

But thinking about it, it made sense; the entire Vortex Forest's annual resource output.

Perhaps even Silver Scale Rhino King's accumulation of spirit medicine over many years, all now went to Chen De, one Monster Beast.

Especially that superior spirit medicine; one stalk could provide Chen De with thirty attribute points.

Among that pile of spirit medicine, there were only three stalks of superior spirit medicine.

But all of this was worth it; these spirit medicines were used by a good person like Chen De, who would benefit all living beings, which was much better than falling into the hands of those heinous villains.

Overall, from this incident, Chen De could be said to have done a good deed.