The Demon King Passed Out Again

Not daring to rebut them, the Nirvana Demon King endured the pain and answered honestly, "I caught it by chance!"

"Is it formidable? Is it difficult to catch?" The parrot continued to question.

"It isn't that easy to catch…" Shaking his head, things clicked for the Nirvana Demon King and his eyes lit up. "Do the three of you wish to have more?"

Being questioned like this meant that the three were interested. It seemed that although the process has been arduous, the outcome came out pretty good. These three demonic beasts had been conquered by the taste of dragon meat.

"Mmhm!" The parrot nodded.

Since Master wanted to eat it, it meant that they wanted to eat it too.

There was nothing wrong with this response.

With a spin of his eyes, an idea sprung up in his mind.

The Nirvana Demon King explained carefully.

"Given the capabilities of the three of you, it shouldn't be difficult to catch one. But the Wyr—mudskipper is cunning by nature and it escapes fast. Most importantly, the places they live in are remote locations. Thus, searching for one of them would be difficult!"

"Remote?"

The parrot was troubled. "If it's too far, we cannot go. Because we cannot be away for too long…"

If they were away for too long and Master noticed their abnormalities, it would be too difficult to explain.

Furthermore, they had never gone outside before. If they left hastily, they might fall into danger.

"I see…"

Wild with joy at heart, the Nirvana Demon King managed to hide his excitement from appearing on his expression as he asked tentatively. "How about this? I will go and help you!"

"Sure! But can you catch one right now?"

"My injuries are really too severe. If I wasn't this injured, even ten or eight mudskippers would be nothing, let alone one!" The Nirvana Demon King said.

"Then, what should we do?" The parrot scratched its head.

"If the three of you are willing to help, I have a mystic technique that would allow me to quickly recover. By then, I would be able to catch some!" Seeing the parrot take the bait, the Nirvana Demon King hurriedly explained.

Demonic beasts that had the bloodline of the Dragon Race were rare. It wasn't easy to find even one of them, not to mention many of them, but so what?

These three fellows look simple-minded.

I'll trick them first, and think of a way to heal myself before anything else. Once I've fully recovered, I, the great Nirvana Demon King—the one who dominates the world wouldn't need to fear anyone anymore!

It would not matter if these three didn't become obedient by the time I recover. If they weren't willing to obey me, I will just tear them to shreds to take revenge for my hatred.

Unaware of what he had in mind, the parrot thought for a moment and said, "We can help you, but there's a problem… we don't know how to treat injuries!"

They gained their intelligence and capabilities from listening to the zither and eating a lot of good food. They had never even touched a cultivation method before, so how could they possibly know how to heal and cure?

"I can teach you!"

Seeing that the other party did not sense anything amiss, the Nirvana Demon King secretly rejoiced. His eyes flashed and he said, "You just need to place your hand… um wing, or hoof on my body and infuse the strength of your body into your hand!"

"I would then be able to automatically absorb that energy and use it to heal my injuries!"

The demonic cultivation method that he practiced was a little similar to the Cosmic Absorbing Power1.

It allowed him to devour the true essence within the bodies of demonic beasts or humans and take those energies away for his own use. This was precisely why he had recovered quite a bit within a short half a day's time after escaping from the Jade Sea.

As long as these three fellows dared to come close and circulated their true essence and demonic strength… The Nirvana Demon King was confident that he was able to completely absorb their power through their point of contact.

"That's all it'll take?" The parrot was full of doubt. It turned to look towards the donkey and the tortoise and it saw that they were confused as well.

After pondering for a moment, the donkey said, "I've been wounded by the whip before. I think I was able to recover even faster after taking some medicine!"

"An ordinary treatment naturally requires medicine, but I am a cultivator and also a pro. I don't need such things. So long as there is enough power, I am able to recover by myself!"

Fearing that they wouldn't understand it, the Nirvana Demon King explained.

"I see!" The three beasts were suddenly enlightened.

That made sense too.

If the other party also required medicine, it would be impossible for him to go from being severely wounded to full of vigor and vitality overnight!

"All right, you go and tell us what we should do. We'll begin right away!"

Since it was so simple, there was no need to make it so troublesome. The parrot spoke directly.

"You put your wing at my chest, Brother Donkey's hoof on my lower abdomen, and Brother Tortoise's forefoot on my head. After I count to three, all of you should simultaneously infuse the power in your bodies into me without holding back!"

The Nirvana Demon King explained in detail.

"Mm!" The parrot nodded and looked towards its two companions.

"Are we really going to treat his injuries?"

The donkey was still slightly uneasy. "I still think he isn't very dependable, we'd better be more cautious. Why don't… we make him swear that after he has recovered, he will help us catch mudskippers and not kill us."

"Sure!" Lest an undue delay brought more trouble, the Nirvana Demon King did not hesitate in the slightest. He struggled to raise his palm. "I, Nirvana Demon King, Guan Zequan swear, so long as the three of you help me to treat my wounds, not only will I not kill you, but I will even help you catch mudskippers!"

Hehe, not killing did not mean not torturing…

Catching mudskippers did not mean that I must give them to you.

"All right!"

Seeing him take an oath, the donkey no longer felt conflicted Its front hoof rested on the other party's lower abdomen. The parrot and tortoise also acted according to the instructions, similarly placing their wing and claw on him.

"I've made it big…"

Upon seeing them fall into his trap, the Nirvana Demon King was so excited that his body started to tremble.

Devouring these three fellows who weren't weaker than me would not only allow my injuries to recover within a short period of time…

But I might even be able to break through the current bottleneck in my cultivation and charge towards an even higher realm!

I might be able to reach a height that I have never attained even before I was sealed away.

If that was really the case, the era that belonged to me—the Nirvana Demon King—is finally going to arrive!

Those people who have harmed me and sealed me back then…

I will make you all tremble in regret!

Full of agitation, the Demon King quietly circulated the demonic cultivation method for devouring.

Once the three started to dump their true essences into him, he was 100% confident of absorbing every last drop of essences from their bodies.

"We can begin!"

Suppressing all these emotions at the bottom of his heart and inhaling a deep breath, the Nirvana Demon King opened his mouth to shout, "One, two…"

Once the word 'three' left his mouth, his demonic technique immediately circulated in a frenzy.

Just as he was fantasizing of absorbing inexhaustible power, his head suddenly hurt.

Ka cha!

His head burst open.

Then, his chest and lower abdomen were also penetrated by a hoof and a wing.

His body was instantly in pieces as if he had been quartered.

"…"

Confused, the Nirvana Demon King's divine consciousness swept over to look at the situation.

A bolt of lightning seemed to have struck him when he saw what had happened.

These three fellows actually did not employ their true essences—but used their bodies to physically 'pump' power into him!

This was flagging down a car to ask for fuel, but the other party crashed a train onto you instead.

His previous injuries were already severe to begin with.

After this suffering, he had utterly collapsed.

It seemed like he had lost all hope…

I wanted to absorb your true essence… why did you use the strength of your physical body?

Do you really want to save me? Or do you think that I have not died thoroughly?

"Why didn't you use your true essence..?"

With the strength of his soul gathered, he tried his best to let out a snarl.

Before his voice ended, he saw six big eyes of three beasts blinking as they looked over to him with looks of confusion on their faces. "What is true essence?"

"F*ck!"

His vision darkened once more and he didn't manage to catch his next breath; the Nirvana Demon King passed out again.

How did all of you cultivate to such a realm with no clue of what true essence is?

It seems like it's not them who are foolish, I am the fool!

Honest and good-natured in appearance but all of you are really—the true villains!

I'm so weary, I really wish to go home now…

As his consciousness vanished, he vaguely heard the three beasts' conversation.

"He's passed out again…"

"Then, we shall continue whipping! So long as we persevere, he will soon wake up again after some time!"

Demon King: "…"