Chapter 161 The Sealed Ancient Beast

Chapter 161: The Sealed Ancient Fierce Beast

Despite Bai Yu's comforting, the rabbit shook even harder.

After a moment's thought, she concealed her White Tiger divine beast aura and channeled a bit of beneficial spiritual energy into the rabbit.

Sensing her friendly aura, the rabbit gradually stopped trembling and instead began to look at her curiously.

Bai Yu looked skyward, then down, saying, "It's winter. Why aren't you staying warm in your burrow? What are you doing out here?"

The next second, she laughed at herself. "Right, you're just an ordinary rabbit."

An ordinary rabbit that hasn't gained intelligence couldn't understand speech.

"Alright then, go home." Bai Yu put the rabbit down.

The rabbit stood on the ground, first looking at Bai Yu with confusion, then quickly darted forward.

But after running for barely two seconds, it turned around, ran back to Bai Yu's feet, gently nipped at the hem of her skirt, and then ran towards the cave. It even glanced back after a meter or two, as if checking whether Bai Yu was following.

"You want to take me somewhere?"

"Squeak squeak squeak."

"Lead the way then." Seeing this, Bai Yu followed.

The rabbit certainly knew its way, picking a path that required squeezing through holes. Bai Yu didn't hesitate, transforming into a Little White Tiger and following behind. Only when the rabbit stopped in a very spacious stone chamber did Bai Yu revert to human form and scoop the rabbit into her arms.

"So this is the place you wanted to bring me."

No one responded. Bai Yu spoke to herself, "There is indeed something strange about this place."

The spiritual energy in this space was incredibly rich, yet there were no traces of humans or other large animals on the ground.

But precisely in such a space, the spiritual energy was even denser than where she had been in seclusion. She carefully observed and sensed her surroundings.

Suddenly, her expression turned serious as she stared at the ground beneath her feet.

A faint, almost imperceptible wisp of spiritual energy seeped out from the ground. Although it was just a trace, Bai Yu still detected it.

Before she could investigate further, the rabbit in her arms started squeaking in panic.

"Squeak squeak squeak."

Bai Yu gently stroked its back, warily eyeing the ground. When a surge of Malignant Qi erupted from the earth, she cast a spell to strike back.

"Boom—" The two forces collided, sending shattered stones flying in all directions.

"Kekeke," a sinister, aged voice sounded. "How many years has it been... finally, someone has found this place. Kekeke."

Hearing the voice from underground, Bai Yu extended her Spiritual Sense into the depths below. She discovered a monstrous beast with a tiger's body and a human face suppressed there.

Its fur dragged on the ground, its mouth bore tusks like a wild boar's, and its body was enormous.

The surrounding spiritual energy continuously surged towards this monstrous beast, and the chains binding it emitted a "clank, clank, clank" sound.

Dangerous! Terrifying! Ugly!

This was Bai Yu's first impression.

Looking at this bizarre monster, Bai Yu's heart skipped a beat. Why did this monster's appearance look so familiar?

"Taowu!"

She hastily withdrew her Spiritual Sense, an alarm bell ringing in her mind. Taowu was one of the four ancient fierce beasts. She never expected Taowu to exist on Blue Water Star, and what's more, it was bound and sealed here.

A fierce battle must have taken place here once!

Bai Yu tightened her hold on the rabbit slightly. She took two steps back, only to find the stone chamber already surrounded by Malignant Qi—Taowu's doing.

Taowu's burning gaze pierced through the ground, fixed intently on Bai Yu. "So it's a little white tiger. It's been so long since I've tasted the flavor of a white tiger. Little white tiger, will you end yourself, or shall I do it for you?"

"Pah! A hideous Taowu like you dreaming of eating a white tiger? Keep dreaming!" Bai Yu hated this feeling of being coveted.

Taowu loved slaughter and held grudges fiercely. Once it set its sights on someone, it would pursue them relentlessly—not just to the ends of the earth, but even across different levels of realms.

Bai Yu decided to strike first. She placed the rabbit in a safe area, then first equipped herself with an immortal artifact that shielded her aura before observing the stone chamber.

Sure enough, there was a formation here. However, this sealing formation was probably too ancient, showing signs of damage.

If the rabbit hadn't led the way and she hadn't discovered this anomaly, in a few hundred years, Taowu would have broken the seal and bathed Blue Water Star in blood.

And now, she had discovered this seal and had also caught Taowu's attention.

Looking at the damaged seal, an idea formed in her mind.

With a thought, she retrieved materials for repairing formations from her personal treasury.

Meanwhile, Taowu below, unable to sense Bai Yu's aura anymore, sneered, "The tiger cub must have gotten scared and run off. Truly spineless."

"Kekeke, run then. Enjoy your freedom a little longer. The taste of the Four Divine Beasts is truly missed..."

A week passed. Just as she was placing the final piece of material to complete the repair of the formation, Taowu suddenly sensed something. It flew into a rage. "Damnable white tiger! You dare repair the formation!"

"Clank, clank, clank!" The aura around it surged violently, the chains on its body rattling loudly. Waves of world-destroying Malignant Qi shot towards the location of the seal. Instantly, the earth shook and the mountains trembled; the stone chamber also began to sway.

"Ah!" A surge of Malignant Qi struck Bai Yu's shoulder. Unable to take a healing pill in time, she endured the intense pain and placed the final piece of material onto the seal.

The moment the material settled onto the seal, the sealing pattern emitted a blinding golden light. The formation's strength increased, and Taowu's Malignant Qi attacks were also blocked within the seal.

"Roar— Damnable white tiger! I will tear you to pieces! Grind your bones to dust!"

As the formation took effect, the spiritual energy surrounding Taowu's body also vanished, no longer surging into its form but instead flowing back into heaven and earth.

"Roar—" It roared in furious rage, the sound traveling from the depths underground to the surface, startling nearby small animals into a chaotic run. Even snakes hibernating in caves were awakened.

"Damn it! I won't let you..." go! Before it could finish its sentence, Taowu's blood-red, Malignant Qi-filled eyes closed due to the formation's effect.

Taowu fell into a brief slumber.

"Bang, bang, bang—" Rubble from above the stone chamber crashed down, raising clouds of dust.

"Rabbit, where are you?" Bai Yu searched the stone chamber for the rabbit. Finally, just before the chamber collapsed completely, she escaped with the rabbit in her arms.

Outside the cave entrance.

"Pfft." She spat out a mouthful of blood, quickly swallowed two bottles of healing pills, barely suppressing the Malignant Qi rampaging within her body.

But the wound on her shoulder still throbbed with intense pain. She hurriedly activated the communication talisman she had exchanged with Jiang Yingxue.

After the activation, she collapsed to the ground, completely drained.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp." The rabbit nuzzled against her hand, but she remained unresponsive.

At the same time, a group of people about three hundred meters away was heading in this direction.

"Yu, man, that sound just came from over there. Was that some kind of wild animal, like a tiger?"

"Yeah, Boss Yu, shouldn't we be hightailing it the other way?"