The Chimera’s energy started to change all of a sudden, and started becoming even stronger than ever before.
Bi Fan retreated a few steps, and then a few more steps, as he simply wouldn’t dare to go anywhere near it.
The Chimera’s body was also increasing in size along with its energy.
“RAAARRGHHHHHHH!”
After, what had seemed like an eternity, the Chimera finally ceased its tumbling and issued a deafening roar.
Reliefs washed over Bi Fan as he saw the Chimera standing up on its feet, and issue such a thundering sound.
“Congratulations on your successful evolution Chimera!” Bi Fan laughed, finally, feeling at ease now.
The Chimera’s energy seemed to undergone a gigantic growth, and it appeared as if he had already reached the ‘enormous strength’ layer.
On top of that, it appeared that the Chimera’s body had undergone several other enhancements; however, Bi Fan couldn’t really identify them properly.
Naturally, Bi Fan was very happy; after all, the Chimera’s strength had just increased very significantly, which meant that he had more force at his disposal.
The Chimera, with its head held high, looked upwards towards the sky and growled out of excitement.
The Chimera’s growls had caught the attention of a lot of the Devil’s Race, which had flocked over to confront this new enemy. Bi Fan wanted to see his new and improved Chimera in action, and didn’t even bother getting into position for battle.
The Chimera didn’t wish to pa.s.s on his responsibility either, and charged at the demons, which had surrounded him.
He lashed at their bodies, clawed, tearing them to pieces, while his tail swept right and left…. He was much stronger now, and even fiercer than before, and as a result, the enemies present on the battlefield didn’t really stand a chance against him; singularly, or collectively.
Simultaneously, the Chimera also belched out, a dark colored, fire, reducing its targets to ashes.
It was abundantly clear that the Chimera’s evolution had also come with a lot of other perks and abilities, for example, the ability to breathe fire, which seemed to be awfully corrosive in nature.
The Chimera’s excitement was overly obvious, as he continued to wantonly slaughter the Devil’s Race’s creatures, which had made the mistake of showing themselves to the Chimera, and were now scattering in all directions, hoping to get away from this nefarious fire-breathing monster.
Bi Fan observed very carefully for a while, and began to realize the exact extent of the Chimera’s capabilities. The Chimera’s fire was so acutely sharp and corrosive, that it didn’t just stop at reducing its target to ashes, but also managed to corrode the gravel once the ashes fell to ground; and the ground was left smoking fumes from the corrosion.
This corrosive flame was so frightening and terrible, that even Bi Fan wouldn’t dare to go anywhere near it.
In a very short span of time, the Chimera successfully swept the area clean of the Devil’s race; however, still didn’t seem like he was done yet.
Bi Fan gave the Chimera some time to rest and to recover its energy, and then the two of them set off again.
The Devil’s Abyss was vast and boundless, and the first layer seemed to be home to beasts that were below the ‘emerging from the womb’ layer, however, their sheer numbers could be a cause of concern.
Time was running out, and Bi Fan needed to s.n.a.t.c.h every minute, and make the most of every possibility, which at the moment meant that he needed to train as hard as possible, kill as many beasts as he could find, so he could enhance his strength and sharpen his skills.
Bi Fan had been inside the first layer of the Devil’s Abyss long enough to know that there weren’t any beasts, in here, which were capable of matching his abilities.
Bi Fan, along with the Chimera, continued to march into the depths of the of Devil’s Abyss, killing everything they came across on the way.
There was no other way to it, as this endless Abyss was inhabited by a Race that wasn’t afraid of death, and they were more likely to stand and fight, knowing well enough that they were only mocking their deaths, than turn their back and run away.
Walking past a group of beasts, undetected, was very difficult. So if Bi Fan was to wander around the Abyss, he might as well kill the beasts he came across. Anyway, the price that the remains of these beasts would fetch in Tian Yu wasn’t low, so it wasn’t a complete waste of time anyway.
Several days had come to pa.s.s, and Bi Fan had already lost a count of his victims.
The Abyss was inhabited by a wide variety of the Devil’s Race, most were beasts and animals, but some were even humanoid in appearance. However, the most absurd creature that he had come across was the demonic Chimera that had released that black gas cloud….
He had seen and killed so many of these beasts by now, that he didn’t really care about their characteristics anymore.
But the ones, whose appearance resembled that of a human being, were relatively higher in number inside the first layer of the Devil’s Abyss as compared to the rest of the Abyss.
The most powerful ethnicity that inhabited the Devil’s Abyss was the infernal dogs, which were quite similar to dragons, and were known to be a race of awfully gifted fighters.
This race, however, lived in the deepest, most well concealed, parts of the Abyss, and wasn’t very likely to wander out in the open very easily.
Generally speaking, the Devil’s Abyss was quite popular in certain sector of Tian Yu, which meant that a lot of people entered the Devil’s Abyss to train. However, unfortunately for Bi Fan, he hadn’t encountered any humans in the several days that he had already spent inside the Abyss.
The Chimera was an excellent fighting partner, but Bi Fan couldn’t really communicate with it, and so he spent most of his day fighting, which was getting quite monotonous.
Now, Bi Fan fancied having a friend by his side, someone he could talk to, and naturally, couldn’t help thinking of Jing Feng and the Blue Dragon; he would often wonder about their ware bouts.
Suddenly, a demonic tiger appeared at a distance; and he looked awfully strong, so much so, that the other beasts in the vicinity move out of its way, as it made its way towards Bi Fan and the Chimera.
Bi Fan quickly prepared himself for a fight.
The Chimera was also quite eager to enhance his strength as well, and like Bi Fan, he too hadn’t been able find any worthy opponents.
“Alright, this one is yours.” Bi Fan pointed to the tiger that was now directly in front of them.
The Chimera growled out in excitement as pounced at his opponent.
The demonic tiger was quite strong, ‘enormous strength’ layer, and might be capable of testing the Chimera’s strength.
The two looked similar in appearance, their fighting tactics were also similar, and they were roughly equally matched in terms of strength as well; so naturally, it was turning out to be a very exciting contest.
The Chimera’s long and thick tail was providing a slight advantage, and it seemed like the Chimera would, eventually, prevail.
It seemed that the Chimera wanted to prove his physical dominance over his rival, which was probably the reason he hadn’t resorted to his fire-breathing stunts.
“HUMMMM!!!….” The battle between these two, almost equally matched beasts, had been raging for almost as hour, and it appeared like the tiger was going to lose out soon, owing to the multiple serious injuries that he had already sustained. The Chimera too had sustained some injuries, but they weren’t serious in nature.
“Chimera, let’s end this now.” Bi Fan stated, having already cleaned out the rest of the Devil’s Race that had showed up to watch the contest.
The Chimera heard Bi Fan’s command and acted accordingly.
“Boom….” A dark flame sprayed out.
The demonic tiger was caught completely off-guard, and found itself in a position where it was too late to dodge or defend itself, and was set ablaze.
Kindled in the violent and corrosive fire, the tiger, started to roll on ground, screaming and screeching.
After a moment’s suffering, the tiger’s body reduced to ashes.
Bi Fan walked over to check, but nothing had remained of the tiger.
Bi Fan was desperately looking for a nucleus as he could use it to power the soft armor that he had purchased from the Ting Feng valley; this way, he could enhance its defensive capabilities significantly, which could turn out to be life-saving, in case he found himself confronted with a stronger opponent.
“Let’s keep moving!” Bi Fan was permeating with a sense of fervor, and he knew that sooner or later, he would be able to get his hands on a nucleus.
The Chimera too as awfully excited ever since he had evolved, and was continuously looking for stronger opponents to match himself against.
“Bang! Sweep!” The two of them were unstoppable; invincible.
Bi Fan and the Chimera were taking turns sweeping the floor with the Devil’s Race that they were encountering, and had managed to progress through the Devil’s Abyss at a very quick pace.
As they gradually ventured deeper into the Abyss, the beasts that they were confronted with were becoming stronger.
Owing to this, Bi Fan and the Chimera had slowed down their pace a bit, as they needed to maintain their strength and energy levels.
This place was no joke, and in case they b.u.mped into a strong group of the Devil’s Race, at a moment when their strengths were depleted, things wouldn’t be as easy as they were at present.
Bi Fan had just started to move up in the world, but hadn’t yet achieved the status or the dignity that he desired, so naturally he didn’t wish to meet with any unfortunate accidents.
Bi Fan and the Chimera had rested themselves for a while and were just preparing to set out again, when suddenly; they heard faint sounds of a battle being waged some distance ahead of their location.
“It sounds like humans are involved; we must go and see for ourselves.” Bi Fan was very excited.
Finally, he had located other humans. Although it wasn’t necessarily a good thing to come across other humans in a place like this, but Bi Fan, still, wanted to go and chance his luck.
The Devil’s Abyss was too silent a place, and hunting demons all day, every day, can turn into a very dry and dull activity over a span of time; enough to drive a lonesome human mad.
Bi Fan and the Chimera quickly made their way forward, sweeping past any beasts that they encountered on the way with ease.
Soon, Bi Fan reached close enough to be able to see the battlefield, out ahead, some distance away.
He saw a human besieged by a group of the Devil’ Race. This group of the Devil’s Race was awfully strong, as most of its const.i.tuents were as strong as the ‘spiritual intelligence’ layer, while some were even as strong as the ‘enormous strength’ layer.
The human that was involved in the feud was extremely strong as well, a fact made obvious, by the manner in which he was dealing with his opponents.
“Hey…..” Bi Fan exclaimed out, as he suddenly recognized the man’s face.