"That's not right."
Li Xi looked carefully, using the combined vision of his super-human vertical pupil, the Dragon Eye, and his two-tomoe Sharingan, he could see extremely faint golden dots forming a golden ribbon that flowed from the divine power crystal into Madam Avril's body along with her breath.
"She can actually absorb divine power!"
Such a scene gave Li Xi an absurd understanding of this world. It was like watching a group of ants line up and overpower an elephant. Your first reaction wouldn't be that something was wrong with you, but that the world had gone insane.
The divine power crystal, even before being concentrated, was in a blood pool state with extremely violent energy. Even dragons dared not attempt it, let alone ordinary people. There were many ways to die, and one didn't need to choose this method of exploding on the spot.
When the primal blood pool was already so dangerous, let alone after being concentrated and transformed. A grenade had turned into a high-explosive bomb. Eating it for no reason would only lead to a quicker death.
In this world, apart from deities, no one could withstand the impact of divine power.
But what was Li Xi seeing? Madam Avril, who couldn't even defeat a chicken and had been held captive in a bandit's den for two years, was acting as if nothing was wrong. She was effortlessly and easily swallowing the divine power crystal.
Recalling where he met Madam Avril outside the city that night, and the look of a dissatisfied, frustrated woman she had when she saw him, Li Xi tentatively asked, "Madam, have you seen something similar before?"
"Yes, after brother Li Xi sent me outside the city, I was bored and wandered around. I found a shiny bone. That bone tasted the same as the divine power crystal in your hand. I was planning to take it back and stew it for soup. I guarantee it would be a rare delicacy in the world."
Madam Avril was a bit drunk, her eyes hazy and filled with watery affection. She wanted to take out the bone from her spatial ring, but her arms were wrapped tightly around Li Xi, and she simply didn't have a third hand to take it out and show him.
"Heh heh."
Li Xi didn't want to say anything more. It was obvious that the bone Madam Avril had found was from Lilith's escaped clone. After Lilith was blown apart by the Sun God Apollo from a distance, most of her bones had been recovered by the major temples. Even Li Xi, who had wanted to pick up a few pieces back then, had given up due to various concerns. He never expected there to be a straggler, and that it would be picked up by this weak woman.
Even though he had already known Madam Avril was not an ordinary person before, that was just a guess. Now, the evidence was being thrown directly in Li Xi's face. Even a blind person would know that Madam Avril's identity must be among the top echelon of the world. As for why she had no power on her, wasn't it allowed for a dragon to swim in shallow waters and a dragon to appear in humble guise?
In the myths of his previous life, deities often sealed their memories and reincarnated as humans to experience the joys and sorrows of ordinary life, marry a virtuous and outstanding woman, have several extraordinarily talented children, and then go through layers of trials together, ascending to the heavens as a family. Such stories were the most inspiring.
Li Xi looked at Madam Avril, whose face was flushed to the point of bleeding and who was still rubbing against him. Was such incredible luck about to descend upon him? If so, was he a chicken or a duck following them to ascend?
"I don't want to struggle anymore, Madam."
Li Xi almost blurted out that he wasn't hugging a thigh, but a 24k solid gold thigh.
Nasir, carrying boundless killing intent, rolled in from behind. Although still out of sight, his internal alarm was already ringing. Countless sharp rays, as if substantial, were fiercely attacking his back, urging Li Xi to flee quickly or face certain death.
Looking at Madam Avril, who seemed like a cat stealing fish and was lost in her bliss, Li Xi gritted his teeth and directly stuffed the golden divine power crystal in his hand into Madam Avril's mouth. Her already small cherry mouth was immediately filled with the divine power crystal. In her surprise, she almost choked while trying to swallow.
Li Xi's heart bled. The item he had fought so hard to obtain had to be given to Madam Avril to absorb first. Getting rid of Nasir behind him was the top priority.
Although the divine power crystal was precious, it was not as precious as his own life.
"Madam, if you don't repay me with your body later, you'll be letting down my efforts today."
It was unclear whether Madam Avril heard Li Xi's silent muttering. Her cheeks were bulging, and she was still immersed in the deliciousness of the divine power crystal. The powerful divine power shock was about to turn Madam Avril into an idiot. Li Xi didn't care what he said; she wouldn't react at all.
"Damn dragon descendant, you actually dare to covet the divine power crystal! I will flay your skin, extract your soul, and torment you for eternity! I will grind your bones to ashes and watch your loved ones die one by one before your eyes!"
Perhaps there had never been such deep hatred in the underground world. Nasir felt the power of the divine power crystal weakening and knew that the dragon descendant was trying to absorb it. Although he didn't know how the dragon descendant was avoiding the volatility and unacceptability of divine power, he no longer had the mental capacity to think about these things.
If the dragon descendant Li Xi truly absorbed the divine power crystal, how could he face Lord Dracula's regard!
"Little brat, once Madam Avril finishes absorbing it, you'll only be worthy of drinking my foot-washing water."
Li Xi ignored Nasir. Right now, the priority was to buy time until the divine power crystal disappeared. Whether to stay or flee would be up to him then.
The piercing sonic boom striking his back reminded Li Xi that Nasir behind him had entered a berserk mode.
Li Xi lowered his head to check on Madam Avril's condition. The ping-pong ball-sized divine power crystal had shrunk a little, but it would still take some time to be completely digested.
"Hurry up, Madam, the vampire duke behind you is about to catch up."
Madam Avril couldn't hear Li Xi's voice at all. Her eyes were unfocused and dazed, completely immersed in her own world.
"Ah!"
Just as Li Xi was looking around, searching for a place to set up an ambush, a scream suddenly came from behind Nasir. The scream was so pathetic, as if someone had pinned him down on a table and violated him from behind.
Li Xi stopped upon hearing the sound and turned back. It was too far; he could only see a dark shadow flash by. Then, the previously aggressive Nasir disappeared. Even his aura felt gone.
"What's going on?"
There was no movement for a long time. Li Xi didn't know what had happened to Nasir, but it was definitely good news for him. He quickly continued his escape.
After Li Xi had escaped for two minutes, Nasir, covered in blood, flew out of a swamp, his face full of gloom. He glared at the swamp below with unquenchable rage. He took out his staff inlaid with a large magic crystal and chanted obscure incantations. A large number of fireballs rained down, each with the power of a full-strength strike from a mid-level warrior. Soon, the swamp was blown into a large pit.
The swamp dried up, and a wriggling gray creature with a wrinkled body lay dead at the bottom of the swamp lake. Its massive body was slightly larger than a mountain ape. Its entire body's blood had been drained, a punishment for its sneak attack on Nasir.
Nasir was truly having a terrible day; everything was going wrong. This level six Deepwater Lurking Lizard relied on hiding in the swamp to ambush passing creatures. However, their powerful senses allowed them to know which creatures they couldn't afford to provoke. When Nasir passed by, it had suddenly attacked him in a fit of madness. Nasir's entire focus was on Li Xi, and he never expected a monster to dare attack him now. As a result, caught off guard, he was indeed dragged into the swamp by the Deepwater Lurking Lizard and enjoyed a muddy bath.
Cursin g under his breath, he continued to chase Li Xi. The aura of the divine power crystal was already continuously weakening. At this rate, it would disappear completely in a short period.
Nasir still couldn't believe that the dragon descendant had such means to consume the divine power crystal, and so quickly. Even Lord Dracula's clone would not have been able to achieve such speed in consuming and absorbing so much divine power.
Nasir mobilized all his strength to enhance himself, reaching one and a half times Li Xi's speed. Ten minutes later, within Nasir's mental detection range, he had caught up to Li Xi again.
"This time, I will absolutely not show mercy."
Just as Nasir was about to press his advantage and catch up to Li Xi, a migrating swarm of Dark Nether Mosquitoes spotted him.
The Dark Nether Mosquitoes were two feet long, with mouthparts that made up half their body length and could pierce dragon hide. They were a level of monster that lived in swarms.
Their lives were similar to vampires; they survived by drinking blood. However, the Dark Nether Mosquitoes were not picky eaters. They would attack any creature with blood. After draining an area, they would move to a new hunting ground. It was unknown why this swarm of Dark Nether Mosquitoes happened to encounter Nasir, who was moving at lightning speed. They seemed not to have seen or their brains had short-circuited and failed to sense Nasir's powerful aura, directly charging at Nasir from the side.
Nasir's blood control domain was not always active. Even with the enhancement of Dracula's clone power, it wasn't so extravagant. Furthermore, coupled with the Dark Nether Mosquitoes' powerful stealth abilities, Nasir had no time to react before seeing a swarm of Dark Nether Mosquitoes with dense compound eyes and foot-long mouthparts plunging into his body.
"Get lost, all of you!"
Nasir roared, and his blood control domain expanded in an egg shape. These level three Dark Nether Mosquitoes were turned into sieves by their own blood.
Nasir looked at the corpses of the Dark Nether Mosquitoes on the ground and fell into thought. It was acceptable for such things to happen once or twice. After all, this was the underground world, where dark creatures roamed freely.
But this was the third time. Moreover, he wasn't hiding his aura and playing the weak to fool the strong. He was openly displaying his aura as a level seven expert. All the places he passed should have been deserted, with creatures fleeing in fear, worried that he would attack them. Yet now, they all seemed to be like bees swarming a honeycomb, rushing forward wanting a taste.
Nasir pondered for a moment, feeling that everything that had happened since he descended into the underground world was wrong, but he couldn't figure out where the problem lay. He could only maintain twelve points of alertness in his heart, constantly paying attention to his surroundings, and continue to chase Li Xi.
Five minutes later, Nasir dodged a rain of falling stones, a stone rain capable of leveling a village.
Six minutes later, Nasir killed a two-headed rabid dog that had slipped and tried to swallow him as it passed under his feet.
Ten minutes later, Nasir looked at the Great Lan Weeping Tree, which had already been burned to ashes, his chest heaving almost as rapidly as his flying legs.
These numerous incidents led Nasir to conclude one pattern: the closer he was to Li Xi, the greater the chance of unexpected events occurring. When the distance widened, there was no trouble at all.
Moreover, the monsters and demonic plants that had ambushed him were not actively attacking him. They all happened due to various accidents and coincidences.