Chapter 073: The Bystander

That huge mouth was five meters long, filled with sharp fangs, from which strands of black blood flowed—clearly belonging to that fifth-tier monster.
Crack, crack…
The sound of teeth grinding against bones instantly pierced through this gray world. Chen Xiao’s muscles began to tremble slightly. It was simply too terrifying!
A fifth-tier monster, in a frenzied state, being chewed up like this? Without even a chance to resist. In an instant, Chen Xiao felt his entire body go numb. What kind of power did the owner of that huge mouth possess?
Chen Xiao forced himself to calm down. His mental energy had already connected to the Main God’s Space; if anything went wrong, he could immediately enter it. He wanted to see what kind of monster this was.
Boom, boom…
The ground trembled as a massive body emerged from beneath it.
It was an incredibly huge beast, standing twenty meters tall, covered in green scales. Spine protrusions jutted out from its back, looking ferocious and terrifying.
Looking at its head, its huge mouth accounted for nearly a quarter of its body length. A giant horn grew on top of its head, and its blood-red eyes were half a person’s height. Four strong, powerful claws stretched out from the ground. Overall, it seemed like some kind of reptile, but its body could stand upright, just like prehistoric dinosaurs.
The beast opened its blood-red eyes and glanced at Chen Xiao briefly, but seemed uninterested. With a swish of its tail, it slowly crawled away.
Under that gaze, Chen Xiao felt icy cold all over, as if he had been stripped naked and exposed to the crowd.
“So terrifying… Could it be a seventh-tier monster?”
Chen Xiao slowly exhaled, watching the beast fade into the distance, his heart trembling.
“Damn it! That old guy assigned me such a difficult test—something involving at least a seventh-tier monster? Thankfully, the Main God’s essence blocked all my vital signs for a moment; otherwise, I’d be food for that thing now.”
Seeing this beast, Chen Xiao finally understood the kind of crisis the Thousand Souls Realm faced. Seventh-tier monsters were the most powerful beings in the world of superpowers. Chen Xiao was only fourth-tier, so facing a seventh-tier monster meant certain death.
The reason the beast wasn’t interested in him earlier was also because the Main God’s essence emitted power at that critical moment, shielding Chen Xiao’s vital signs and saving him. Otherwise, he would have had no choice but to flee into the Main God’s Space.
Moreover, time in the Main God’s Space was completely independent of this world. If Chen Xiao came out, he would reappear at the same time and place, still exposed to the monster’s mouth.
“Be careful. Be extremely careful. Even with the Main God’s Space, the Main God’s essence, and countless divine disciples, I’m not invincible. Like that guy just now—he could easily devour me like candy.”

Seeing this terrifying beast, Chen Xiao’s heart finally calmed down, and the arrogance that had been slightly evident before began to subside. He was strong now, but a large part of that strength didn’t belong to him.

The next moment, Chen Xiao was stunned—the direction the monstrous beast was heading was exactly where the Map marked the location of the Thousand Souls Grass.

“It’s just on the way, just on the way,” Chen Xiao kept telling himself. Then, he moved cautiously, following closely behind the beast.

At least with this guy around, the fierce spirits in the area would stay far away and not bother Chen Xiao anymore.

Chen Xiao used the Control Art to command his body, combining it with the power of his main divine essence to shield all signs of life from his body. The beast couldn’t detect his presence at all.

After walking for what felt like an eternity, the beast suddenly stopped. In front of it was a vast black lake, whose waves stretched as far as the eye could see.

Chen Xiao slowly moved to the other side of the beast and hid behind a huge rock.

This massive lake was indeed where the Map indicated the Thousand Souls Grass was located.

“Damn it! It’s really here. Can’t you pick another place?” Chen Xiao was extremely frustrated. With such a huge beast around, it would be difficult for him to cross the lake and reach the island in the center to get the grass.

“Roar… Roar…”

Suddenly, the beast began to roar at the lake, as if calling for something.

“Roar…”

The lake’s surface trembled slightly, with ripples forming and growing larger. Finally, after a series of terrifying waves, another massive figure emerged from the lake.

It was a giant beast covered in azure blue scales, its appearance identical to that of the beast on land, except for the color of its scales.

“Ugh…”

The beast that came out of the lake let out a mournful sound upon seeing the beast on land, as if trying to communicate something.

Then, it slowly moved and climbed out of the lake.

Only when it stepped onto land could Chen Xiao see it clearly. He immediately gasped in shock.

On the belly of this blue beast was a huge wound two meters long; its pulsing internal organs could be seen from the outside.

“Ugh…”

The green beast let out a heart-shaking cry. It stretched out its tongue and slowly licked the blue beast’s wound. With each lick, the blue beast’s body trembled violently, and its wound seemed to heal slightly thanks to the green beast’s saliva.

“Roar!”

Suddenly, the black beast turned its head, its gaze fixed on a certain direction, as a thunderous roar erupted from its mouth.

But it seemed it stayed to protect the blue beast.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The ground trembled violently as a completely black beast, resembling a tiger but dozens of times larger, slowly approached from afar.

“Roar!”

Seeing the green and blue giant beasts, the tiger-shaped beast roared, shook its head slightly, and then slowly circled around the lake in another direction. It only approached the lake after being about ten miles away from the two giant beasts and began to drink water slowly.
Only after the tiger-shaped beast disappeared did the green giant beast lower its guard.
“…”
Witnessing this scene, Chen Xiao was completely speechless. He now understood what kind of existence this large lake in the Thousand Souls Realm really was.
“Send me here to fetch the Thousand Souls Grass? I guess the truly dangerous place in this Thousand Souls Realm is right here. Three seventh-tier beasts in such a short time? No wonder the superhumans haven’t developed this place.”
Chen Xiao cursed inwardly.
But the next moment, his hair stood on end as two seemingly tangible gazes pierced at him.
“Roar!”
Another angry roar came from the green giant beast’s mouth. In that instant, Chen Xiao’s mind was shaken, and he instinctively entered a state of controlling his body. The green giant beast immediately detected his presence.
“Good thing this guy is guarding the blue giant beast; otherwise, I’d be dead.”
Chen Xiao felt lucky inwardly. He slowly stepped out from behind the boulder and then said something that left him utterly speechless himself: “Hey, hi. I’m just here to hang out…”
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