Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 356 - 331: Demon Lotus Eye

Ice Grudge Mammoth, an Ice Element, Curse Element, and Undead Element tri-type pet beast.

Revived after death, it is essentially the resurrection of an undead in its death form.

Because the Ice Grudge Mammoth revived just after death, it looks no different from the Ice Prison Mammoth; the only difference is its large, hollow, and lifeless eyes like an icy pond.

Those hollow eyes are quite unsettling.

Li Cunxu said, "Xiaoruan, Little White Spider, keep your distance and attack it, don’t get close; there is an Ice Grudge Curse around it."

After half an hour, the Ice Grudge Mammoth collapsed again under Xiaoruan’s continuous attacks.

In fact, the Ice Grudge Mammoth isn’t much stronger than the Ice Prison Mammoth.

Although it has an Ice Grudge Curse making it hard for enemies to approach, its body, affected by death, has become more rigid, making it move slower.

When alive, it couldn’t hit Xiaoruan due to its slow speed; after death, it became even slower, even less capable of hitting Xiaoruan.

In the blizzard, the Ice Grudge Mammoth fell into a large pit, shaking the ice and sending shards flying.

Li Cunxu said, "Don’t get close, retreat a hundred meters, this is the most dangerous time for the Ice Grudge Mammoth; its Ice Grudge Curse is spreading."

Once the Ice Grudge Mammoth dies, the area within a hundred-meter radius turns into Cursed Land. Anyone passing through would be entangled by the Ice Grudge Curse.

For lords and creatures below the lord level, their bodies would be frozen with cursed ice filled with resentment, even death couldn’t undo it.

An Overlord pet beast hit by the Ice Grudge Curse wouldn’t die, but its power would surely be affected.

Li Cunxu said to Jiang Lingyun, "You stay here, I’ll go collect the spoils."

Jiang Lingyun was stunned for a moment, then hastily tried to stop Li Cunxu, but the Flame White Horse blocked her way, preventing her from approaching the Ice Grudge Mammoth.

"Didn’t you say there’s an Ice Grudge Curse? Why are you going?"

Li Cunxu replied, "I’m not afraid of curses."

Watching Li Cunxu walk leisurely towards the Ice Grudge Mammoth, Jiang Lingyun even doubted whether there was really a curse there.

Not until five Scavenging Ice Vultures flew from afar, aiming to snatch the Ice Grudge Mammoth’s flesh, did Jiang Lingyun’s doubts disappear.

As soon as the five vultures got close to the Ice Grudge Mammoth, the Ice Grudge Curse caught them; instantly, all five lord-level vultures were frozen into ice sculptures by the black, resentful ice, falling from the sky.

Li Cunxu stepped into the newly cursed land, the Ice Grudge Curse entangled him, then was absorbed by his cursed heart.

The flesh-formed cursed heart was more powerful than the energy-formed one, absorbing curses to grow. The Blood Infant Curse, Peach Blossom Curse, Evil Dragon Curse within Li Cunxu were all reduced by a grade.

The cursed heart evolving into a real heart brought more changes than just that.

Among them, the spirits of the Blood Infant Curse and Peach Blossom Curse showed extreme fear; Li Cunxu could sense from their emotions their desperation to escape the cursed heart.

Not knowing why, Li Cunxu didn’t delve into studying it.

Since even research wouldn’t find the answer.

The changes in the cursed heart were all beneficial, so Li Cunxu didn’t bother worrying.

Arriving before the Ice Grudge Mammoth, Li Cunxu used his spirit separation technique, instantly separating the mammoth’s flesh, fur, and bones.

Among the many bones, Li Cunxu found only one black bone.

After the Ice Grudge Curse was fully absorbed by the cursed heart, Li Cunxu waved his hand, signaling them to come over.

Li Cunxu raised the black bone in his hand.

"This is what I came for."

"What is it?"

"Cursed Bone, it can help curse-element pet beasts level up quickly. With it, the Curse Crow can rapidly advance to Gold Nine."

...

A fortnight passed silently amid the blizzard’s roar.

In the Snow Bear Cave.

Li Cunxu absorbed the last origin of the Demon Lotus Eye with the Origin Eye Pearl, turning the Demon Lotus Eye into ashes.

Li Cunxu kept his eyes closed, as they were undergoing a transformation.

At the same time, in another area of the Snow Bear Cave, the Curse Crow gathered the domain it comprehended.

Three hours later, Li Cunxu opened his eyes, his pupils an ominous lotus of black and red gas intertwined, the lotus was black, lasting only three seconds before fading back to blood red.

Did the Blood Lotus Eye fail to evolve into the Demon Lotus Eye?

No! It succeeded.

Li Cunxu had achieved the Demon Lotus Eye, although he was slightly disappointed.

Uncertain if the origin of a pair of Demon Lotus Eyes wasn’t enough, causing his eye transformation to be incomplete, his Blood Lotus Eyes could only maintain Demon Lotus Eye form for three seconds before reverting.

"My Demon Lotus Eye’s Pupil Technique may not be as abnormal as my grandfather’s, but not far off either. Unfortunately, it can only hold for three seconds a day, whether it can last longer in the future is unknown."

Li Cunxu’s Demon Lotus Eye has two pupil techniques.

Pupil Technique: Life-Burning Demon Fire.

The fire is black, fueled by the opponent’s lifespan: as long as the lifespan exists, the demon fire won’t extinguish, and it can’t be put out by ordinary means, like water.

Retracting the Life-Burning Demon Fire, it can transform into Life-Burning Demon Blood.

Pupil Technique: Demon Banquet Holy Meal.

Consuming Life-Burning Demon Blood, prepares magical dishes that can indefinitely extend lifespan, without any upper limit.

However, the Demon Banquet Holy Meal has a major drawback: consuming it magnifies pride, greed, wrath, envy... leading to eventual corruption and demonization.

So, not everyone can eat the Demon Banquet Holy Meal.

"Calling it a Demon Banquet Holy Meal, I think it’s more like a Corrupted Feast."

"My Demon Lotus Eye Pupil Technique is essentially a strengthened or demonized version of the Blood Lotus Eye Pupil Technique.

Life-Burning Demon Fire is an enhanced version of Burning Lotus Blood Fire.

Demon Banquet Holy Meal is a demonized version of Blood Banquet Holy Meal."

Li Cunxu muttered.

He longed to try the pupil technique, but having just activated it for three seconds, he could only wait until the next day for another attempt.

There was more good news than just one: before Li Cunxu’s Demon Lotus Eye transformation, the Curse Crow also broke through to the lord level.

The Curse Crow’s domain is the Time Domain.

The Time Domain can slow others’ time, speeding up one’s own time, thus enhancing the Curse Crow’s speed beyond others.

"Your domain is similar to the Flame White Horse’s Speed Domain, both reducing others’ speed and increasing your own."

The Curse Crow said, "Caw~ it’s different, my Time Domain can activate Time Stop; during Time Stop, only I can move, nothing else can." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Oh~ there’s that." Li Cunxu said delightfully, "Let me see that soon."

The Curse Crow unfolded its Time Domain.

After waiting for a while, Li Cunxu said, "You can initiate the Time Stop now."

The Curse Crow blinked its eyes at Li Cunxu.

"Caw~ I already initiated it."

"Are you sure you did? I didn’t feel anything; did any of you feel the Time Stop?"

Li Cunxu asked those beside him, and Xiaoruan and Little White Spider both shook their heads.

The Curse Crow said, "Caw~ maybe my Time Stop is too brief, only 0.0001 seconds."

Li Cunxu was speechless; does that even count as Time Stop?