212: Chapter 212 Demon Beast Reserve: Two Demon Cores!

This process lasted for almost an hour, until the man and the cat returned to the starting point.

Chen Yichuan stood guard before the severed corpse of Jiang Jiu with his blade, sneering coldly, "Beast, I knew what you were planning all along."

"It was nothing more than luring the tiger away from the mountain. Didn't expect that, did you... This young master won't be fooled."

After circling around once more, Chen Yichuan realized the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat's intention.

The silly cat intended to rely on its speed advantage to seize the severed corpse of the Fourth-Rank Martial Artist.

Unfortunately, Chen Yichuan had seen through it and intercepted it a step ahead.

At this moment, the man and the cat faced off once again, though both were panting heavily.

A look of fatigue appeared on Chen Yichuan's face, but his eyes erupted with hatred; he had to kill this silly cat today!!

The Mystic Tail Spirit Cat was in no better shape; its lower legs and back were covered in several saber wounds, all inflicted by Chen Yichuan's blade.

Right now, the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat's limbs were trembling slightly.

Its Monster Essence was already less than one-tenth of its original amount, perhaps even less than half of that remaining.

Its pair of scarlet, resentful eyes stared fixedly at Chen Yichuan, a flicker of despair flashing within them.

It had intended to rely on its abundant Monster Essence to shake off this damned human.

It hadn't expected that the human before it possessed Internal Energy far more abundant than its own.

The Mystic Tail Spirit Cat had wanted to show off its skills, but instead, it had ended up revealing its own weakness.

"Human, it's been an hour. Your Internal Energy must be bottoming out and exhausted, right?"

"How about this... let's both take a step back, and go our separate ways."

A ripple stirred as the weak voice of the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat entered his ears.

To this, Chen Yichuan glanced at his panel.

Internal Energy 968 / 3130.

He still had about 30% of his Internal Energy left, enough to unleash his strongest finishing move, Canglan Overwhelming Waves.

Seeing this, Chen Yichuan wiped the sweat from his face and grinned, "Heh, that's all you've got? I still have plenty of Internal Energy left."

"I can run with you for a whole day!!"

As he spoke, Chen Yichuan stood up, shouldering 'cold river', and walked step by step toward the weak-limbed Mystic Tail Spirit Cat.

Da, da, da.

As the sound of Chen Yichuan's footsteps became clearer and clearer in its mind, the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat couldn't help but shiver.

It didn't know if what Chen Yichuan said was true or false.

It only knew that its Monster Essence was running low.

'Fight to the death.'

'Perhaps this human before me is already exhausted on the inside.'

The Mystic Tail Spirit Cat bared its teeth, its resentful cat eyes staring fixedly.

Since it couldn't run, it might as well give it one last shot.

Meow!!

Da, da, da.

The Mystic Tail Spirit Cat let out a roar and instantly dashed rapidly toward Chen Yichuan.

When the distance between the two was only five meters, it meowed.

The Mystic Tail Spirit Cat leaped violently into mid-air, diving down from above, and its pair of front claws instantly erupted with yellow light.

Almost all the Monster Essence in its body was concentrated in those two front claws.

Clearly, the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat was going all out!!

"Human, die!!"

Heh.

Facing the current situation, Chen Yichuan smiled faintly, not panicking in the slightest.

Just now, while walking, he had been channeling his Internal Energy into the blade.

The power was fully charged, and his strongest move, Canglan Overwhelming Waves, could be launched at any moment!!

Hum!!

Just as the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat was only a meter away from him, the fur on its front claws clearly visible, a humming sound was heard.

'cold river' slashed into the air.

Bang!!

In an instant, the surging Internal Energy transformed into layers of hundred-foot-high waves, tilting down like a ten-thousand-foot-tall building.

Thud.

A dull sound suddenly rang out.

With just one strike, the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat, which had been pouncing toward him, was like something slapped by a hundred-foot wave; it was slammed hard into the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

Following that, - 2632, a scarlet damage number flashed beside Chen Yichuan.

The kill notification sounded at the same moment, 3000 EXP obtained!!

Hu.

Hearing this sound, Chen Yichuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, his whole body half-kneeling on the ground as if exhausted.

However, a smile flashed across his face.

"Heh!"

"That damned yellow-furred beast is finally dead. After running for so long, I'm exhausted."

Chen Yichuan lay on the ground, panting heavily, looking up at the sky, a look of contentment flashing on his face.

His Internal Energy and constitution were almost bottomed out.

Right now, he just wanted to lie on the ground and have a nice rest.

As for the Monster Core, the corpse... he would deal with that later.

Just at this moment, the familiar notification sound of the System rang out again.

Hm?

Chen Yichuan was stunned.

Hadn't the kill notification already sounded?

His EXP wasn't full yet; could there be a surprise?

In an instant, his body was no longer tired, his mind was no longer weak, and his spirit had returned.

'Ding.'

'System Notification: Congratulations to the player for the first kill of a Tier 4 Demonic Beast, and simultaneously reaching the rank of Fourth-Rank Martial Artist. The Yao Beast Storage Slot is now open.'

Thud!

Yao Beast Storage Slot?

Hearing this, Chen Yichuan hurriedly tapped to open his panel.

He discovered that the panel had an extra hidden (+), and upon clicking it, it clearly read: Yao Beast Storage Slot.

[Yao Beast Storage Slot: 5 (Available Slots)]

(Note: The Yao Beast Storage Slot can only store items belonging to Yao Beasts, such as Monster Cores, Yao Beast corpses, Yao Beast blood, etc. Each slot has 100 cubic meters of space.)

Seeing this description, Chen Yichuan's face lit up with joy.

Originally, he had been wondering how to handle this cat demon's corpse, as the corpse of this thing was of great benefit.

It would have been a pity to just discard it, but now it wasn't necessary... that saved some trouble.

"Sigh."

"It's just a pity there's no equipment slot; otherwise, I would have space to carry it on my back or hide it in my bosom."

Chen Yichuan sighed softly.

On second thought, he was being a bit greedy.

But if he weren't greedy, would he still be Chen Yichuan?

Although he now had the Yao Beast Storage Slot, Chen Yichuan was too lazy to move his body and continued to lie where he was, resting and recovering his constitution and Internal Energy.

...

Half an hour passed before Chen Yichuan began to process the corpse of this Tier 4 cat demon.

Originally, he thought he would need to search bit by bit for the location of the Monster Core.

But unexpectedly, the moment his hand touched the corpse of the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat, a System notification popped up the very next second.

[Do you wish to store the Tier 4 Demonic Beast — Mystic Tail Spirit Cat into the Yao Beast Storage Slot?]

"Yes!"

Chen Yichuan did not hesitate at all.

'Ding, detected that there is still a Monster Core inside this Yao Beast... Please retrieve it yourself; the location has been marked.'

Whoa.

Hearing this, Chen Yichuan was stunned, his face lighting up with joy: "Heh heh heh, this function is really useful."

Following that, he cast his gaze onto the massive cat demon's body, and with just one look... he was instantly stunned.

This was because the System had marked two locations: the head and the Dantian.

At this moment, a bold idea emerged in Chen Yichuan's mind.

"Holy shit."

"Could this Mystic Tail Spirit Cat have two Monster Cores??"

Chen Yichuan was ecstatic.

Clang!!

The next moment, he drew his longsword from his back, climbed onto these two spots emitting a faint green light, and cautiously probed downward bit by bit.

A few minutes later, the house-sized body of the Mystic Tail Spirit Cat was gone.

The area was a mess, with half a corpse lying quietly, as if saying that a great battle had taken place here.

In Chen Yichuan's palm appeared two pigeon-egg-sized Monster Cores, one yellow and one dark red.

The yellow Monster Core was taken from the Dantian position, and the dark red Monster Core was taken from the head.

Following that, information about the yellow Monster Core appeared first, and a light blue panel suddenly popped up.

[Tier 4 Mystic Tail Spirit Cat Monster Core (Blue) (Absorbable), Effect: After absorption, permanently increases 15 points of agility. Limited to one per person per lifetime.]

(Evaluation: Not recommended for the player to absorb directly; Alchemy yields better results.)

Heh.

Seeing this evaluation, Chen Yichuan grinned, "I don't accept your advice; what I eat is what belongs to me."