Encounter

I have made my mind. I will have a water element. Honestly, I would prefer an earth element, but I believe that choosing the previous ones is better.

My blood is black, and so is my current poison. I have tried my new fangs, and all my victims turned utterly black. I think this is a sign. A hint, telling me what I should choose.

Normally, I would laugh at people, who are moving, according to their intuition. In this world, your six sense is very crucial. It can save your life in the most critical moment.

My intuition saved me many times. I had once opposed it, and it has nearly cost me my life. From that day, I started believing in it more. Still, I need to be careful.

Anyway, the water element is my best shot, so this time I should trust my intuition.

"Brother, have you heard anything?"

"No."

I got startled. I have not felt their presence or vibrations at all! I was taken by surprise. Thank God, they are not aware of me yet. I hastily slithered into a crevice next to the lake.

I waited for a few second and saw them. Two small silhouettes were swiftly moving to the lake. They are two blue hamsters with wings on their backs. No wonder, I couldn't feel their movements.

"Brother, someone was here! Do you think they took the item?"

"Impossible. Without the compass, it's impossible to even discover the thing."

"You are right brother."

"Take a look at the ground. It's all messy and bloody. Honestly, I think that a one-sided fight took place here. Most likely they both have left."

"Why? Maybe, someone is hiding?"

"Are you stupid or what? This is the outskirt of the Great Mist Forest, where the qi concentration is thinnest. Every cultivator would have gone deeper into the forest long ago. How could a stupid animal even have the brain to hide."

"But... still, maybe..."

"This place is extremely secluded. There is no way someone would be staying here. Also, take a look at the mess. No residual qi is here, and the remains are also qi-less. It was surely a fight between two animals."

The smaller nodded to the bigger one. Then they both went to the small lake. The bigger hamster took some compass from his mouth, and let it go.

The compass is floating above the lake and started shining brightly. Shortly, the lake started shinning too, and air bubbles were appearing on the surface. A small blue nucleus appeared.

"Hehehe. Little brother, even though it's not as nourishing as a water type bloodline, it still quite useful. Your bloodline concentration will become thicker, and if you are lucky, maybe you will be enlightened."

"Thank you brother, I will not disappoint you." said the little hamster while holding the nucleus.

While they were happily chatting with each other, something flashed by. The older hamster could only watch as his little brother was swallowed into the darkness.

"F*cker give him back"

"Kekeke. Thank you for the delicious meal. What a nice appetizer."

"I will kill you!!!"

The hamster flew to Du Liang. His face is full of madness. His claws elongated and turned blue. Du Liang unhurriedly dodged, and the claw attack missed him, or so he thought it had.

"Gah!"

"Hehehe"

I don't know how he did it, but I will not let it go. I used my wings to speed up and my tail as a spear. That freaking hamster is too slippery. He can evade every my attack.

"Stop dodging for this daddy!!"

"Hehehe, trying to hit me? "

Chasing, hitting or biting. Everything is useless. He is too slippery. The more time passes, the more wounds are appearing on me. I can't even hit him!!!

"ARGH!!!"

"Hehehe. Stop trying and let me kill you!"

"Even if you kill me, you will not be able to save that little one. He is most likely dead already in my stomach."

"F*uc... EH!!" the hamster fell down with any reason.

"How do you feel my little dessert," said Du Liang with a smirking glint in his eyes.

"Why did you do to me!!!" said the hamster with a wrathful face.

"Kekeke. Take a look around."

The hamster did what he was told. He started heavily sweating and breathing. In the air is full of a black mist. Because of the intensive fight, he was not paying attention to his surrounding.

He started coughing blood and had difficulty with his breathing. His body started feeling extremely cold. Crystals of ice started forming on his feet. His ears are slowly melting, and you can hear the creaking of bones.

His body is unnaturally shrinking. His eyes sunk into his eye sockets. He was not even able to scream. His face is full of fear and unwillingness to die.

"Kekeke. Trying to kill this genius? You are still too young."

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Nom, nom, nom. The dessert is quite delicious. The appetiser was nice too, but the main meal is the best.

Who could have thought that my luck is that good? I just decided to my element, and whoala here it is. Not only that I also got a free lunch. Kekeke.

During the fight, I was able to absorb 1% of the nucleus. Without it, I wouldn't be able to win the fight. He probably reached the mid-level Disciple stage, or he is one step away from reaching that level.

Under normal conditions, my poison mist would have been useless. It's too weak, but thanks to the water nucleus I won. The 1%, that I absorbed, was enough to mutate my mist. I won by stalling time, by pretending to be weak.

The poison mist just takes too much time to poison my target, and very visible to the eyes. But the hamster was just too stupid and arrogant. Kekeke.

Ah, my lovely nucleus. How I love you.