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Chapter 516 The terrifying spirit-eating beast requires checking royal records.

Chapter 516 The terrifying spirit-eating beast requires checking royal records.

The Medicine God Chu's face was extremely grim, and he swallowed hard. "Confucian God, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

Li Xueru also looked solemn and shook his head, "It shouldn't be wrong."

Seeing that the two of them were in such a state, Jiang Chen knew that this matter must be of great importance.

I've never heard of a spirit-eating beast before.

But for someone as composed as Li Xueru to change color like this, it must be something extraordinary.

Jiang Chen now knows quite a lot, having read through a large amount of material, including many documents in the royal treasury. He already knows many things that happened in human history but were buried.

However, Jiang Chen had never seen or heard of a spirit-eating beast.

Even those with a family tradition of medicine gods have only heard of it but never actually seen it.

It seems that the secrets about the spirit-eating beasts are hidden very, very deep.

Jiang Chen sensed that this spirit-eating beast was not strong, but rather somewhat strange.

This was the first time he had ever seen a monster that didn't need a physical body and could exist only with a soul.

They are the complete opposite of the monsters in the Corpse World.

The monsters in the Corpse Realm have bodies but no souls, seemingly dead yet not truly dead.

Spirit-eating beasts have souls but no bodies. "Looks like another secret."

"This spirit-eating beast is truly peculiar!"

Just as Jiang Chen was thinking this, a gentle breeze belonging to the detection technique blew by.

In an instant, Li Xueru and Chu Yaoshen both changed color.

The detection technique was cast by Chu Yao, who was also extremely curious about spirit-eating beasts.

After the detection spell was cast, the spirit-eating beast seemed to have a new target, its gaze fixed on Chu Yao.

Chu Yao felt a chill run through her body and froze, unable to move.

She was targeted by the spirit-eating beast.

Then the spirit-eating beast let out a sound that only a soul could hear, and instantly broke free from the Dragon Tower's lock.

It seemed as if it had entered another dimension, and it lunged towards Chu Yao.

Chu Yao's face was deathly pale, yet she was completely unable to move. Li Xueru and Chu Yaoshen looked anxious.

At this moment, a flash of fire appeared in Jiang Chen's palm, and the spirit-eating beast let out a miserable cry.

When it was less than a finger's width away from Chu Yao, the spirit-eating beast burst into flames.

The entire illusory body turned into a ball of flame and quickly burned away.

"Very weak!"

Jiang Chen received feedback that the spirit-eating beast was very weak, less than level 20.

It can be burned to ashes by burning the soul.

With the death of the spirit-eating beast, Chu Yao seemed to be unlocked.

She couldn't help but let out a soft cry, staggered back several steps, and then fell to the ground.

After this battle, both Li Xueru and Chu Yaoshen were completely certain that the little dog-like creature they had just encountered was undoubtedly a spirit-eating beast.

Li Xueru's voice was low and deep, "I never imagined that spirit-eating beasts still exist in the world."

"So much time has passed, I wonder how many people have been infected."

Chu Yaoshen was even more anxious than Li Xueru. "We must immediately seal off the area. The entire Jiangbei Province must be under control. We cannot allow anyone from Jiangbei Province to leave."

Jiang Chen asked, "Is it that serious?"

Li Xueru nodded. "Yes, it's very serious."

Chu Yaoshen added, "It will only be more serious than we think; it could be a catastrophic disaster."

Jiang Chen also became nervous because of their words.

Chu Yao had finally recovered somewhat, but still looked frightened and said with lingering fear, "Why couldn't I move just now?"

Li Xueru said, "Because you used a detection spell on the spirit-eating beast, a connection was established between you and it. Your soul is locked by it, so you can't move."

"Moreover, it also uses the connection between you and it to open a unique soul channel, thereby breaking free from my constraints."

"If Xiao Chen hadn't killed it with a soul attack, you might already be possessed by it."

Chu Yao turned pale with fright. "What would happen if it possessed me?"

The Medicine God Chu said in a low voice, "There are many possible outcomes. For example, Yue Dapeng being half-dead is one of them. If it finds a better host, it might kill you and replace your soul. Or it might think you're good enough and eat your soul to take your place."

Chu Yao let out a soft "Ah!" and her delicate body trembled slightly.

She almost ended up like Yue Dapeng, where life was truly worse than death.

Jiang Chen said, "I feel it's weak, but it can't be that weak. What exactly is it?"

If it were truly that weak, it wouldn't be worth Li Xueru's apprehension, and it certainly wouldn't deserve the words "utter annihilation."

Li Xueru said, "More than 1000 years ago, before our Divine Dragon Empire was established, there was a disaster caused by the Spirit-Eating Beasts, which almost wiped out the entire human race."

"Very few records remain from that time; perhaps the royal family still knows more."

“The spirit-eating beast itself has no physical body, and it is very vulnerable before it finds a host.”

"But once it possesses you, it's very difficult to get rid of. It hides in the soul of the host, absorbing all the host's life force, blood, and soul power; it can eat anything."

"The reason Yue Dapeng has survived until now might be that the spirit-eating beast hasn't found a more suitable host. It's also possible that it felt that even if it ate Yue Dapeng, it wouldn't be of much use." This is entirely possible, after all, Yue Dapeng is still very weak, and consuming his soul wouldn't bring much benefit.

The soul is the most mysterious existence, and ordinary people have no way of contact with it.

Jiang Chen only came into contact with the soul because of the Soul Burning skill.

If the spirit-eating beast is hidden within the soul, then it is indeed very well hidden.

"Isn't there any way to eliminate it?"

Li Xueru shook his head. "There must be some. I need to go to the royal family to look through the records. Maybe I can find something there."

The last calamity of the spirit-eating beasts occurred before the establishment of the Divine Dragon Empire.

Very little information was available to the outside world at that time, and Li Xueru only knew a little bit.

Only the royal family might still possess more detailed information. Li Xueru pointed his finger, and the Divine Dragon Tower emitted light once more, falling upon Yue Dapeng.

The soul belonging to Yue Dapeng flew out of the Divine Dragon Tower and returned to Yue Dapeng's body.

At this moment, the Medicine God Chu took out another bottle of medicine and forced Yue Dapeng to drink it.

The soul returned to the body, and the two took the medicine. They cooperated perfectly and completed the task at almost the same time.

Li Xueru shone another beam of light on Yue Dapeng.

Yue Dapeng's vitality recovered rapidly.

This time, the symptoms did not subside, and Yue Dapeng's complexion became rosy.

Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Yue Dapeng was alright.

Once the root cause of the problem is resolved, external injuries such as broken hands or feet are no longer an issue.

Li Xueru said, "I'll leave Yue Dapeng in Elder Chu's care. I'm going to the palace." Jiang Chen added, "I'll go with you."

He was also very curious about the spirit-eating beasts.

What kind of species could have nearly driven humanity to extinction?

A thousand years ago, although the human race was not strong, there were still god-level powerhouses among them.

Chu Yao whispered, "I'll go too."

Chu Yaoshen waved his hand, "You all go, leave Yue Dapeng to me, I'll find someone to cure him."

Jiang Chen thanked the Medicine God Chu, "Thank you, Senior Medicine God. Please feel free to give me any instructions in the future."

Chu Yaoshen chuckled, "General Jiang, you're too kind. The venomous dragon spinal cord that you had Yao Yao bring is priceless. This little thing is nothing."

Li Xueru made a hand seal, and the Divine Dragon Tower instantly enveloped the three of them, teleporting them directly to the palace gate. Then, Li Xueru's voice rang out, echoing throughout the palace, "Li Xueru has taken the liberty of visiting; please, Your Majesty of the Eastern Kingdom, come out and meet me."

Li Xueru's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but rather dense and layered, completely enveloping the entire palace.

Everyone in the palace could hear it clearly; even those who were asleep could hear Li Xueru's voice.

Just seconds later, a figure flew out of the palace and landed directly in front of Li Xueru.

"Situ Liang has met the Confucian God and the River God General."

"Li has met with the King of the Eastern Kingdom."

"Jiang Chen greets the King of the Eastern Kingdom."

The three greeted each other.

Situ Liang knew that Li Xueru's sudden arrival late at night must be urgent. "What is it, Confucian Master? Just tell me."

Li Xueru immediately recounted the story of the spirit-eating beast.

"Forgive my ignorance, Situ Liang, but I have never heard of what a spirit-eating beast is." Situ Liang looked bewildered.

However, something that could make Li Xueru so nervous must not be a trivial matter.

Li Xueru said bluntly, "I know that your royal family has a secret vault. I need to look up information about spirit-eating beasts."

The secret vault that Li Xueru was referring to was not the one Jiang Chen had seen before.

Those are just the most superficial things; they can only be described as somewhat secretive, but they certainly cannot be called top secret.

What Li Xueru was talking about at this moment was the most confidential information.