The Master of Beasts-Chapter 722 - 217: Nightmare Evolution (Part 2)

But as it turns out, this absurd guess was actually correct!

When Hundred Power City was first attacked by this group of black monsters, these monsters were similar to ordinary True Immortals, with some of the weaker ones not even reaching True Immortal level.

All the cultivators in Hundred Power City completely disregarded them, although due to their large numbers, they still posed a significant threat.

Thus, the strongest forces of these united factions forcefully demanded the people from small families to step up, the sheer number of monsters led to a substantial loss for cultivators from these small families!

Tragedy struck as these small families, unwilling to make futile sacrifices, attempted to secretly flee Hundred Power City and take refuge in Star Moon City, during which a batch of cultivators ended up feeding the monsters.

The evolved monsters successfully climbed the city walls of Hundred Power City, which was unprepared, and they broke through without even activating the Great Array!

"Again?"

Hei Mu looked at the monsters flying towards him with some disgust, releasing a large plume of black smoke from his hand. The smoke scattered like living entities, strangling the monsters one by one.

"Hmm? A fish that slipped through the net?"

Hei Mu looked at a Feathered People monster missing most of its body. It hadn't been strangled by the black smoke, only losing a hand and a foot, with its wings behind having chunks missing.

"Roar!"

The monster let out a furious roar at Hei Mu before exploding!

Hei Mu then saw heads constantly emerging from the previously empty ground, endless monsters rising into the sky.

In that instant, the blue sky turned black.

Hei Mu's face turned pale; he and one bird grouped together, did they have to endure such treatment?

.........

It was a coincidence that the monsters initially fell mainly in the area of Hundred Power City and the Thunder God Temple, areas beyond this were not within Chen Jiuge's scope of exploration.

The territories of Medicine King Valley and Star Moon City also received some black monsters, but their numbers were not enough to form a threat and were quickly slaughtered by patrolling cultivators.

Staring at the monster corpses brought by Xiao Zizai, Chen Jiuge flipped through ancient books one by one.

"Here it is!"

Nightmare: Can devour creatures to spontaneously evolve, able to transform into beast form with devoured Spiritual Beasts, even inheriting the Spiritual Beast's talents, devouring cultivators can transform into human form and acquire some Divine Power Techniques of the devoured cultivators!

Note: Nightmares are not True Realm creatures, this greedy species has always existed in the void outside the True Realm with extremely strong devouring and evolutionary abilities, and their reproductive capability is also very strong!

"Devouring, evolution, what kind of horrid race is this, it's terrifying!" Chen Jiuge's mouth twitched, these abilities are even more terrifying than the Chaos Pearl's ability to cultivate Spiritual Beasts!

Chen Jiuge did not know that in the Chaotic Void, Nightmares actually belong to the lowest tier of creatures, their strong reproductive capabilities evolved precisely so their species would not be annihilated!

Xiao Zizai reading the ancient records, also spoke heavily: "City Lord, perhaps it's time for us to take the initiative!"

"Out there, aside from numerous Spiritual Beasts, there are also many natives from the Golden Desert, if these Nightmares evolve a curse ability paired with their strong reproductive ability!"

"Through infinite Life sacrifices, even Daluo might be affected by the curse!"

"Right, luckily you reminded me!" Chen Jiuge was shocked, if it truly were so, these Nightmares would truly become unbeatable!

Understanding the severity of the matter, this time Chen Jiuge decided not to remotely command from Star Moon City, but to personally take action!

.........

On the desolate desert, Chen Jiuge said to You Xue, who wore a veil: "Use your clan's communication method to check, is there any Golden Clan nearby?"

You Xue slowly nodded, closing her deep eyes as an invisible wave radiated from her.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak"

A Desert Cicada no larger than a finger laboriously crawled out of the sandy soil!

You Xue carefully held it in her hand, Divine Sense and spiritual power connecting with the Desert Cicada.

Upon re-opening her eyes, You Xue looked at Chen Jiuge with a complex expression and said: "City Lord, your worst fear has come true!"

"Nearby Golden Clan have all been devoured by Nightmares!"

"Here's the likeness of the strongest Nightmare left by the Desert Cicada!"

With hawk-like eyes and a wolfish demeanor, a triangular mouth, hooked nose, and a thin body resembling a long knife, its yellow skin marked with black lines, and elongated palms almost entirely covered in black marks.

"City Lord, those hands, you must be cautious, they are the strongest talent of our Golden Clan, the Cursed Hand!"

"Once touched by this hand, whether flesh or personal items, they are automatically cursed. If that were all, it would be manageable, but the curse power of these hands reaches an intensity of sacrificing tens of thousands of True Immortals!"

"Tens of thousands of True Immortals?" Chen Jiuge's mouth twitched, the Golden Clan near Star Moon City had no real presence; if not for You Xue and her kin, Chen Jiuge would have long forgotten about the Golden Clan.

"Let's start searching first!" Chen Jiuge said with a solemn expression.

Though curses are troublesome, he wasn't without ways to counter them; a species in the Chaos World called Bright Light Bird, born with Holy Power, could immune most curse power, if not completely immune, it could substantially diminish the curse's impact.

"Alright!"

One Desert Cicada after another was summoned by You Xue's Secret Technique, but not a single living Golden Clansman appeared.

As time passed, You Xue's expression grew somber, her deep eyes filled with sadness.

Next to her, Chen Jiuge's face became increasingly grim as Nightmares with Cursed Hands grew, now numbering nine in total, through sacrificing the entire region's Golden Clan!

"Boom"

A faint sound echoed from the side, Chen Jiuge turned his head to see nine elongated figures emerge from the rolling sand, and these nine were precisely the Nightmares!

"Ambush?" Chen Jiuge was astonished.

The ancient books never said Nightmares could evolve intelligence!

"Based on the memories, you are the leader of the strongest force nearby?" The Nightmare, initially described by You Xue, tilted its head and said hoarsely.

"You are Nightmares?"

"Nightmares? Perhaps, I remember long long ago there were people like you who called us that!"

"Back then, I was just a bug, watched those people slaughter my kin, not even for food, just simple murder, at that time I wanted to become someone like them!"

Glancing at its blackened hands, the Nightmare continued: "Though it differs slightly from my initial purpose, it doesn't seem bad!"

Invisible waves emitted from its black palms, Chen Jiuge's heart leapt, as two small Bright Light Birds appeared on his shoulder!

Their white wings darkened within ten breaths despite innate curse resistance, one barely escaped death!

Seeing this, Chen Jiuge promptly replaced the Bright Light Birds, turning to You Xue: "Can you tell what kind of curse this is?"

You Xue frowned deeply, the anxiety clear in her eyes: "I don't know, the Cursed Hand is a legendary talent, I've never seen it, now with nine Cursed Hands, whether other abilities emerge, can't be imagined!"

"Damn it!" Chen Jiuge cursed, summoning a Zuyan, pointing at the Nightmare before him: "Go, kill them!"

"Roar"

Following a full-throated roar, Zuyan executed Three Heads and Six Arms, wielding massive weapons of various colors, charging forth mightily.

Then Chen Jiuge watched the leading Nightmare press its black palms lightly on the weapon swung down by Zuyan, and it vanished!

"Disintegration? Or what?" Chen Jiuge was bewildered, what was this? This was a Three Flowers Heavenly Immortal Realm Zuyan, vanishing without any sign!

"Burp!"

The leading Nightmare burped, showing a disgusted smile: "What a feast, this Divine Skill was truly useful!"

"Clack, clack"

Three Heads and Six Arms!

Seeing the additional two pairs of Cursed Hands, the eight remaining Nightmares lit up eagerly, all looking at Chen Jiuge with anticipation, seeming to say, "Do bring out more!"

Chen Jiuge swallowed dryly, experiencing fear towards a species for the first time, Nightmare creatures are a natural nemesis to him!

"City Lord, what do we do?" You Xue was also terrified by the scene.

"What do we do? Fight with everything we've got!" Chen Jiuge said with a bitter smile.