At the same time, deep within the dense forests of the Heavenly Position Mountain Range, Despicable Donkey let out a long breath, his donkey face filled with exhaustion.
"This time, to help that smelly kid, I actually used up half of the Demon God Bone’s strength!"
Despicable Donkey’s face showed pain. The Huge Object that had just passed over the Imperial City was actually a demon energy crystal involved in the Demon God Bone, condensed into the form of a Demon Beast phantom, completely gathered by demon energy, yet possessing the strength of a Demon Emperor Level.
As for those rampaging Demons, that was even simpler. Despicable Donkey only needed to slightly release his own Demon Emperor aura, to drive those Fourth-rank and Fifth-rank Demons; it was simply too easy.
All of these were the results discussed by Ling Feng and Despicable Donkey; and Ling Feng had spent a large amount of Heavenly Strategy Spring, only then did Despicable Donkey agree to take out such a precious treasure as the Demon God Bone.
"Finally, it’s settled."
Despicable Donkey stretched a long stretch, preparing to put away the Demon God Bone, when Little Qiongqi, who had been dozing off on his shoulder, seemed to smell the pure Demon Essence from the bone and suddenly "whooshed" jumped down from Despicable Donkey’s shoulder, opened his little mouth and "ah" bit onto the Demon God Bone and jumped to the ground.
"You little guy, quickly return the Demon God Bone to this Divine Beast!"
Despicable Donkey immediately gave a big jump; his heart nearly leaped out, "Little guy, this is not something you can eat!"
Although Little Qiongqi had the King Beast Bloodline, his cultivation was too low; for now, besides being cute, he almost had no combat power. If he swallowed the Demon God Bone, there might be a risk of his body exploding and dying.
No, it was certain that his body would explode and die.
However, Little Qiongqi just squinted its eyes, smiled cheekily at Despicable Donkey, and then "gulped" the Demon God Bone into his stomach.
Despicable Donkey immediately pounced toward Little Qiongqi, activating his Demon Essence, trying to force the Demon God Bone out from Little Qiongqi’s body.
But, Little Qiongqi just blinked, seeming not to show any major abnormalities, except that the aura on his body was growing wildly.
"How... how is this possible?"
Despicable Donkey’s eyes widened in shock; this little guy just swallowed the Demon God Bone and there’s not even a tiny problem?
Despicable Donkey’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably, incredulously watching as Little Qiongqi’s body size suddenly increased a lot, from the size of a small puppy to that of a small pony, with scale armor covering its body, looking extraordinarily majestic.
And much as its scar on the forehead slightly split open, it seemed to open a vertical pupil.
"What kind of bloodline is this? This Divine Beast seriously suspects whether the Qiongqi Demon Emperor’s head isn’t a piece of lush greenness. This is no ordinary Qiongqi!"
Despicable Donkey stared unblinkingly at Little Qiongqi, noticing that its aura from the beginning of pure harmlessness had actually become somewhat fierce and violent, and its eyes also began turning blood-red, staring intensely at Despicable Donkey.
"Little guy, it’s me!"
Despicable Donkey waved his hoof in front of Little Qiongqi, shouting loudly, "Little guy, don’t be dominated by the fierce beast nature inside your body!"
However, the way Little Qiongqi looked at Despicable Donkey gradually became confused; initially, it could still recognize this was its "Donkey Dad," but soon, blood covered his entire eyes, the scar on the forehead grotesquely opened, turning into a blood-colored vertical pupil.
Accompanied by a high-pitched roar, Little Qiongqi’s body suddenly enlarged significantly, baring its teeth and glaring at Despicable Donkey. With a slap of its paw on the ground, it lunged toward him.
In a sense, Little Qiongqi had obtained a trace of Ling Feng’s Blood of the Emperor, thus it also gained some powers of the Emperor’s Eye. After devouring the Strength of the Demon God Bone, the bloodline finally awakened inside it, consuming that terrifying energy and completing Little Qiongqi’s first "Eye Opening."
"Is this a Chaos Beast?"
Despicable Donkey took a deep breath, feeling the Evil Aura emanating from Little Qiongqi, his expression turning serious.
With his strength at the Demon Emperor Level, he could easily obliterate the frenzied Little Qiongqi, but in Despicable Donkey’s heart, Little Qiongqi was like his own child. How could he bring himself to strike his own child?
"Little guy, come to your senses!"
Despicable Donkey dodged sideways and grabbed Little Qiongqi, hoping it could control its power and not fall into madness.
Little Qiongqi’s response was a blast of Fiery Flames spewed from its mouth, causing Despicable Donkey to swiftly jump away, avoiding the flames.
"You stinky little brat, dare to attack Donkey Dad. Fine, you want to fight, then let’s fight!"
Despicable Donkey glared angrily, his body surging with demon energy, and clashed with Little Qiongqi.
However, Despicable Donkey held back in every way, not wanting to hurt Little Qiongqi. Relying on his body of a Demon Emperor, he merely tried his best to control Little Qiongqi’s movements.
The two beasts struggled hard for half a day. Although Little Qiongqi was battered and dirty, Despicable Donkey was covered in fresh blood. He even refrained from using the Demon Essence to protect himself, fearing it might damage Little Qiongqi’s teeth.
Fortunately, the strength from the first Eye Opening couldn’t last, and after a fierce battle, Little Qiongqi finally collapsed from exhaustion. Its body shrank a bit but was no longer in its initial tiny form.
"Having you as a little brat really means I’ve been jinxed for eight generations!"
Despicable Donkey looked at his wounds with a bitter laugh, relieved to find that Little Qiongqi’s breath had stabilized.
Sitting cross-legged next to Little Qiongqi, Despicable Donkey gently stroked its little head, merely quietly guarding this little one, not even minding his own injuries.
It was dusk by the time Little Qiongqi finally weakly awakened. It seemed to sense its own changes and, curious, lifted its palm to look. It saw that it had grown quite a bit.
"Roar roar." Little Qiongqi called out cheerfully, snugly approaching Despicable Donkey, only to discover his "Donkey Dad" was covered in bite and scratch marks. Tears welled up in its small eyes, and its little paw hugged Despicable Donkey, extending its tongue to lick the wounds on his hoof, seemingly asking, ’Donkey Dad, what happened to you?’
"It’s nothing, it’s nothing. I just had a fight with a very powerful demon. Even though your Donkey Dad got a few minor injuries, that demon got the worst of it. Heh heh!"
Despicable Donkey waved his hoof, gently patted Little Qiongqi’s little head, and chuckled, "See, your Donkey Dad is fine, little fella, no need to worry."
"Roar roar roar..." (Beast Language Level 9 translation: ’Donkey Dad, you’re so amazing!’)
Little Qiongqi growled a few more times beside Despicable Donkey, nestling its little head against him, eyes filled with admiration, clearly believing Despicable Donkey’s version of events.
"Hmph, hmph, your Donkey Dad is of course amazing!"
Realizing that Little Qiongqi had returned to its usual self, Despicable Donkey finally felt at ease, casually picked up Little Qiongqi, and muttered to himself, "Let’s go back first and ask that stinky boy what exactly happened just now! The aura on this little fella does seem somewhat similar to that kid!"