Looking at Jun Changxiao’s harmless smile, the demonic male immediately felt a chill run down his spine, and a strong sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.

Even when facing four Martial Saints back then, even when being sealed, he had never felt this way!

Could it be…

This human is not simple?

The naturally noble demonic male feared nothing, saying: “How could this King be a lowly human!”

After receiving the answer, Jun Changxiao’s eyes immediately brightened.

Able to speak human language and transform into human form—this was definitely a high-level spirit beast. If he could subdue it, using it as a guard would certainly be excellent.

This guy already had quite a few contracted beasts.

However, since it was now actively delivering itself to his doorstep, and its strength was comparable to a high-level Martial Emperor, how could he refuse?

“I see.”

Su Xiaomo came to a realization: “No wonder it could take such a beating!”

Beast species had an innate advantage in defense. Being able to withstand cannon fire without dying seemed quite normal now.

“Hey.”

Jun Changxiao asked: “Was that shooting light earlier a distress signal?”

“…”

The demonic male remained silent.

He had been quite arrogant and haughty just moments ago, but when the signal failed to transmit, he immediately deflated.

“Hundreds of thousands of beast troops?”

Jun Changxiao stroked his chin, speculating: “Could it be you’re also a beast leader, able to command your kind?”

“Hmph!”

The demonic male said coldly: “If this King’s signal had gone out, your Eternal Ancient Sect would be razed to the ground by hundreds of thousands of troops within a day!”

From these words, Jun Changxiao confirmed his judgment, and the gleam in his eyes grew even stronger!

A spirit beast with subordinates!

And by the looks of it, quite a lot of them!

If he could subdue it, wouldn’t he be able to control even more fierce beasts?

When that time came, the Wolf Rider Hall members could each be equipped with a mount, and they could annihilate whoever displeased them—how delightful that would be!

Thinking of this, Jun Changxiao sat back in his chair, crossed his legs, and said: “Become this seat’s contracted beast, and I’ll spare your life!”

“Contracted beast?”

The demonic male laughed, then his expression turned grave: “The beast race will never be enslaved!”

“Is that so?”

Jun Changxiao also laughed, but his laughter was extremely sinister.

He didn’t continue to torture the demonic male, but instead returned to his study and began considering how to subdue this fellow.

“If only I had a high-grade Sect Master Ball, that would be perfect.” Jun Changxiao thought to himself.

Subduing humans was somewhat difficult.

But since this was a beast, he could simply toss a Sect Master Ball at it and easily capture it.

Swoosh!

Jun Changxiao opened the high-tier shop and looked through it carefully, but didn’t find any Sect Master Balls. He said rather helplessly: “What should I do?”

The system said: “Host can refresh the mid-tier shop. With good luck, you might just find one.”

“Might as well try.”

Jun Changxiao clicked on the mid-tier shop and began refreshing.

Ten minutes later.

Leaning back powerlessly in his chair, he said: “This is way too much of a scam!”

He had spent five thousand contribution points and, aside from buying some daily necessities, hadn’t refreshed a single Sect Master Ball.

“Don’t lose heart.”

The system said: “I’m still holding many contribution points for the host. Go ahead and refresh boldly—you’ll definitely refresh one eventually!”

“Get lost,” Jun Changxiao said.

…

After learning that the demonic male was not human, Jun Changxiao ordered Zhen Dejun to set up multiple layers of formations outside the prison cell to prevent that fellow from escaping.

Huddled inside, Zhao Doudou was on the verge of tears.

So this guy wasn’t human, but an extremely powerful spirit beast. If his injuries recovered a bit and his bestial nature erupted, killing him, wouldn’t that be tragic!

“Detestable…”

The demonic male lay sprawled on the ground, clenching his fists with difficulty, saying: “If this King doesn’t destroy this sect, this King vows not to be a beast!”

Although the signal hadn’t gone out, it wasn’t worried at all.

If his subordinates realized he hadn’t returned, they would definitely come to rescue him!

What if they didn’t come?

No problem.

As long as he was still alive, as long as he still had breath.

No matter how severely injured, he could self-heal. When that time came, who in heaven or earth could restrain him!

“Buzz!”

When night fell, the demonic male’s body emitted a faint glow, spreading across every inch of his skin and gradually mending his injuries.

Zhao Doudou, hiding in the corner, bit his fingers, his eyes filled with terror.

…

The next day.

The demonic male’s injuries had recovered quite well—he already had the ability to sit up. Then, his eyes turned coldly toward Zhao Doudou, with the violent aura unique to fierce beasts flashing in his gaze.

“Gulp!”

Zhao Doudou swallowed his saliva, then grabbed the iron bars and shouted loudly: “Sect Master Jun, can you change my cell? I… I don’t want to die!”

“Creak!”

Just then, the cell door opened.

Su Xiaomo and Li Fei walked in, then used chains to bind the demonic male and led him away.

“Phew!”

Zhao Doudou breathed a long sigh of relief.

…

Back mountain.

The demonic male was bound to a wooden stake.

A hundred zhang away in front, Xiao Zuiji was already shouldering the god-modified RPG rocket launcher.

“Snap!”

Pulling the trigger, the shell immediately shook the space and shot forth at the fastest speed.

The demonic male’s pupils contracted.

“Boom—”

Rolling white smoke rose.

“Creak.”

Before long, the prison door opened again.

The demonic male, whose entire body was charred black, was thrown inside, lying on the ground like a dead dog.

Zhao Doudou, who had just relaxed, immediately howled in his heart upon seeing this: “Why did they send it back in again!”

That evening.

The demonic male’s self-healing ability activated again.

But the next day he was dragged out again and subjected to another bombardment. This continued in cycles, preventing him from fully recovering.

…

“Sect Master.”

In the great hall, Li Qingyang said worriedly: “Since that fellow is a spirit beast and has a beast army, we must be prepared.”

“You’re right.”

Jun Changxiao ordered Zhen Deshuai to set up multiple lightning formations at the foot of the mountain.

Then he instructed Xue Rengui to have the Wolf Rider Hall members enter a state of alert, ready to face unexpected situations at any time.

“Sect Master.”

One day, Li Luoqiu rushed over urgently, saying: “Just received intelligence—a large number of fierce beasts have poured into the Valley of Death these past few days. The martial artists who went in to train have all lost contact.”

“Oh?”

Jun Changxiao was quite surprised.

“Ding! Side quest triggered!”

Another quest?

Jun Changxiao opened the system panel. The quest was: The beast army will soon attack the sect to rescue the Purple Scale Demon King. The host must lead disciples to defend their position [Elite Quest].

The beast army would attack?

Jun Changxiao furrowed his brow: “Could it be that the fierce beasts pouring into the Valley of Death are that fellow’s subordinates?”

Wait!

Purple Scale Demon King?

Why did that sound so familiar?

“Holy crap!”

Jun Changxiao suddenly remembered what Feng Feisha had once said, and his expression became spectacular: “That guy is the tragic demon who failed before even beginning and was sealed?”

No!

That was an existence that required multiple Martial Saints to seal!

How could he be so weak? How could he be captured by me so easily?

Moreover, he was a demon leader with great ambitions—this could be seen from his previous gathering of a large army to fight humans.

Having just broken the seal and escaped, he would definitely make a comeback. By capturing him, didn’t that mean… he had inadvertently saved all living beings from fire and water?

The arrival of the side quest not only revealed the demonic male’s identity but also gave advance warning that fierce beasts would attack the Eternal Ancient Sect. This kind of spoiler was simply unconscionable!

…

Valley of Death.

More and more fierce beasts gathered within, their numbers already reaching hundreds of thousands.

However, their King had not returned.

“Big Brother, the Eternal Ancient Sect won the championship in the Dragon-Tiger Contest. Their strength is extremely formidable. The King has probably encountered trouble!” one spirit beast said.

“Swoosh!”

“Swoosh!”

Just then, streams of light streaked across the sky and flew into the Valley of Death, merging into the foreheads of several spirit beasts.

All the beasts cried out in unison: “Our King has been captured by the Eternal Ancient Sect!”

“Go!”

That left-hand and right-hand spirit beast said murderously: “Go rescue the King!”

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

On this day, hundreds of thousands of fierce beasts surged out from the Valley of Death, flooding toward the Eternal Ancient Sect like a tide, their roars shaking heaven and earth!