Chapter 45: Life-Based Secret Food – High-Speed Regeneration

After all, they had never participated in any other tasks.

Only this possibility could explain why the other party just happened to appear!

At this thought, the three of them exchanged glances, seeing the color of shame on each other’s faces, and the atmosphere grew heavy.

They thought others were dragging them down, but it turned out they were the useless ones.

Their faces were struck as if slapped.

Chen Chi was the first to break the silence, giving a wry smile: “Sigh, no wonder they didn’t want to bother with us, it turns out we were at fault from the beginning…”

If it were him, on a task and the other three people left first, not to mention that the boy didn’t know that they were being cautious and didn’t want to add more people intending to divide the money afterwards.

Anyone would only feel that they wanted to kick him out and embezzle the task reward.

However, even under such circumstances, this young man, albeit somewhat cold, still came to their rescue and asked them to wait outside. What a noble character this is!

Like a legendary hero with a mighty chest and courage that engulfs mountains and rivers!

However, Chen Chi was utterly unaware that all their doings were being observed by the Mist Crow puppet, and because they were only being cautious and not bad in essence, Lu Yu still lent a hand to save them.

As for being cold, it was also because he was in a hurry to gather materials and couldn’t be bothered to waste time, which Chen Chi fantasized into a noble character like that of heroes.

If Lu Yu knew this, he’d probably remark that people in this world are really damn good at making up stories.

But he had neither good nor bad feelings towards these three people who ditched him; saving lives was done casually while simultaneously completing his own mission. If it were a demon beast that he couldn’t beat, he would have turned and run.

Zhao Bin apologized with a flushed face: “Sorry, it was all my doing this time, I almost got everyone killed!”

He was very annoyed; if not for his own cleverness, they would not have encountered such a great crisis, and they might even have been able to follow the strong to easily grind monsters, perhaps even getting closer to them.

“Let it go, it’s all over now…” Songyue mustered a smile: “Fortunately, the client insisted on adding another person, who knew it would save our lives…”

Speaking of which, a glint of admiration flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Overbearing, handsome, and arriving just in time to save them when it was critical; she thought he was cold but turned out to be warm-hearted, simply like the Prince Charming from fairy tales!

Chen Chi observed Songyue’s expression, and as her childhood friend of many years, he could tell that she seemed to have taken a liking to the mysterious young man, which made him feel somewhat downcast. After so many years, she only regarded them as friends.

Regardless of the angle, he still hoped Songyue would be more level-headed, as certainly a top genius with excellent character wouldn’t lack beauties. Songyue, coming from an ordinary background with no advantages other than her beauty, might sadly end up getting burnt like a moth to a flame.

He could only find time to advise her later.

But now was not the time. Although the outskirts of the Abandoned City District were the territory of the Berserk Blood Hyena, it couldn’t be guaranteed that after the Blood Frenzied Hyena left, other demon beasts wouldn’t come, so it was extremely dangerous.

Therefore, the three of them quickly adjusted their states, recalling their injured pet beasts back to the Pet Beast Space, and swiftly left the outskirts, not until they passed the Rune Iron Net did the three of them finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They looked back at the Abandoned City District one last time, feeling for the first time how beautiful and reassuring human civilization is.

And these were just some demon beasts occupying the Abandoned City District, which were already so terrifying.

Then how cruel must the more dangerous wilderness, ecological secret realms, and even the borders where humans and demon beasts intersect be?

On the other side, Lu Yu was led by Little Spider, swinging on spider silk among the ruins of numerous high-rise buildings, like a version of Spider-Man in the Pet Beast World, or Tarzan of the Apes.

“Ohoho!”

Although a bit excited at first, after swinging too much, Lu Yu felt as though he was being put into some kind of jar and violently shaken by someone.

Hmm…

A bit nauseous.

Even though he felt some discomfort, his constitution could still bear it, and the most important thing was that this method was indeed more efficient than running, saving spiritual energy compared to flickering through space.

“This guy sure can run…”

Through the vision of the Mist Crow, Lu Yu could see the Blood Frenzied Hyena dragging its heavily wounded body towards a ruined building, suddenly slowing down with an increase in caution and fear.

Despite its fear, it still fled in that direction.

“Not low on intelligence, trying to lure me and the mysterious being inside the building to a fight to the death, then taking the chance to escape?”

Lu Yu’s mouth curved in a cold smile, extending his hand and grasping the void:

“Too bad, I’m not the kind of villain who likes to waste words.”

As his words fell, the Blood Frenzied Hyena, which had been running, suddenly had the Blood-worms within it burst out, burrowing into its heart and voraciously consuming its blood. The intense pain caused it to miss its step and collapse to the ground.

But before it had a chance to react, it was pierced by countless strands of spider silk and nailed to the ground, eyes wide open, devoid of life.

Quick, accurate, ruthless!

Lu Yu approached the corpse of the Blood Frenzied Hyena. Countless spider silks covered the area, forming a white barrier that blocked the view, pulling out a canine tooth before deciding to extract the material.

An eternal white light descended, instantly disintegrating the Blood Frenzied Hyena into materials that fell into his hands.

【Blood Frenzied Hyena’s Heart (Two-Star Advanced): The Mad God ceaselessly spreads the seeds of insanity to the world, not as a curse, but as a blessing, fostering the evolution of fleshly life. However, if one cannot withstand it, the blood inside will turn to mad blood, falling into frenzy. After being eroded by madness, if the mad blood in the body of a Berserk Blood Hyena reaches a certain concentration and overcomes the madness, it can evolve into a Blood Frenzied Hyena. Within its body will grow a massive heart that feeds on copious blood and flesh. In return, the heart has abilities to consume flesh and blood, manipulate blood-sucking tentacles for attack and defense, and can create mad blood to inject into the host body, temporarily enhancing physical strength and self-healing abilities – but the cost is the host’s sanity will be affected. It can be used to create a mid-level skill secret food – Basic Self-Healing. (ps: Carrying highly concentrated seeds of madness, once advanced to the Overlord stage can receive a higher favor from the Mad God – Mad Fire, setting the whole body ablaze, evolving the blood-sucking tentacles into Mad Fire’s Touch, becoming a Mad Fire Emissary. The Mad Fire will burn the enemy’s sanity, making them fall into endless madness, while staying rational itself. Meanwhile, the body will have terrifying vitality; as long as there is sufficient blood and flesh replenishment, continuous regeneration of the body is possible and can be used to create a super-level skill secret food – High-Speed Regeneration!】】

【Assessment: Praise the Mad God】

After reading the description, Lu Yu was stunned.

Far from the evil, twisted Mad God as propagated, this clearly was his selfless elder sister – the Goddess of Evolution!