Path of Alchemy Mastery-Chapter 237 - 238: Demon Ancestor’s Avatar

Mu Can decided to coexist peacefully with Wang Cai for the time being. Once again, a man and a dog squatted in front of the Heart of Ferocious Beast, with Wang Cai occasionally fiddling with it using his big paw.

"It shouldn’t be like this, there was definitely a reaction just now." Wang Cai, while scratching his ear with one paw, eagerly looked at the Heart of Ferocious Beast.

"Can you do it or not?" Mu Can looked at Wang Cai, not expecting the dog to be as unreliable as ever.

"Don’t rush, take it slow." Seeing Wang Cai looking at him with discontent, Mu Can hurriedly corrected himself.

Wang Cai nodded in satisfaction, clearly pleased with Mu Can’s sensible behavior.

Wang Cai waved his big paw, signaling Mu Can to step back. Although puzzled, Mu Can still obeyed and retreated a few steps.

"Woof, Lord Wang Cai is going to use his ultimate move."

Wang Cai returned to his previous solemn demeanor, sitting cross-legged, and began gesturing at the Heart of Ferocious Beast.

"This again? It wasn’t reliable before, will it work now?" Mu Can watched Wang Cai with a disdainful look, but despite feeling Mu Can’s gaze, Wang Cai ignored him.

Two dark paws began to emit a faint blue glow, the light so weak yet captivating that Mu Can couldn’t look away.

"Dog Demon Technique." Wang Cai barked softly, and with a quick motion, his paws struck towards the heart of the beast, so fast that afterimages appeared in the air.

While attacking the Heart of Ferocious Beast, he turned his head and gave Mu Can a fierce, challenging look.

Mu Can touched his nose dejectedly, remaining silent.

"Woof! If you’re useless, what’s the point of keeping you?"

Wang Cai had lost his patience and took out his most powerful offensive to attack the Heart of Ferocious Beast.

At the moment when Wang Cai’s massive black paws made contact with the Heart of Ferocious Beast, it seemed to resurrect, with a skyward surge of Slaughter Energy erupting from within the heart, which started to beat powerfully once more.

"I knew you were hiding something, Dog Demon Technique, Seal."

It was hard to imagine that a dog could form hand seals like a human, but Wang Cai did just that, his paws sealed, and an invisible Barrier appeared instantly in front of him, sealing all of the bursting Slaughter Energy inside. If the Heart of Ferocious Beast could still thrash about inside the Reincarnation Pearl, then Wang Cai, the Artifact Spirit of the Reincarnation Pearl, was somewhat incompetent.

"Who are you? Such insolence."

Having subdued the Heart of Ferocious Beast, Wang Cai had yet to inquire further when he felt a terrifying oppression emanating from within the heart.

"Woof! Who are you? Are you Anxi? No, you’re not Anxi."

Wang Cai looked cautiously at the Heart of Ferocious Beast. He had previously sensed a mysterious presence hidden within it, which is why he suspected that the heart might have been possessed before - something not even Anxi was aware of.

"Who am I? I am Yin Tian, I am the Supreme, I am the Demon Ancestor."

Indeed, a legendary powerhouse was concealed within the Heart of Ferocious Beast.

"You’re the Demon Ancestor?" Upon hearing the voice inside the Reincarnation Pearl claiming to be the Demon Ancestor, Mu Can’s interest was immediately piqued. As far as he was concerned, the Reincarnation Pearl was the safest place he could think of. If he were to encounter danger here, then Mu Can would have nothing more to say.

"I am the Demon Ancestor, but I’m just a sliver of his division."

Upon hearing Mu Can’s question, the self-proclaimed Demon Ancestor’s Divine Sense paused briefly before answering.

"Wang! I get it now, that little rascal the Demon Ancestor really doesn’t trust Anxi."

Wang Cai seemed to have figured something out and explained to Mu Can.

A Void Level powerhouse could already create Spiritual Power Avatars, and after the Demon Ancestor slaughtered the Fierce Beast King, he transformed a portion of his Spiritual Power Avatar to hide within the Heart of Ferocious Beast, waiting for the one who could conquer the Heart of Ferocious Beast to appear.

It wasn’t until later that the Anxi Demon Venerable successfully subdued the Heart of Ferocious Beast, and the Demon Ancestor’s sliver of his avatar entered Anxi Demon Venerable’s body along with the heart. As time passed, the Anxi Demon Venerable realized something was wrong with the Heart of Ferocious Beast. He sealed it within his body, cutting off the connection between the Demon Ancestor and this sliver of Spiritual Power Avatar. After a long period of no contact, influenced by the Heart of Ferocious Beast, this sliver of Spiritual Power Avatar actually developed its own consciousness.

So to say, instead of calling this sliver of Spiritual Energy Avatar the Demon Ancestor, it’s more accurate to call it a new individual with some of the Demon Ancestor’s memories.

"You say you are the Demon Ancestor? Then what is your current strength?" Mu Can sized up the thrumming Heart of Ferocious Beast within the seal and asked. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

"I, I, I don’t really know my strength, but I’m sure it’s very high." Upon hearing Mu Can’s question, the avatar seemed a bit nervous, and even his speech became somewhat flustered.

"Wang! High strength, you say? You can’t even leave this poor little heart right now, can you?"

Wang Cai, the cunning old dog, saw right through the issues the avatar was facing at a glance.

"How... how did you know?" the Spiritual Energy Avatar asked in shock. This dog was terrifying.

If it weren’t for this dog attacking the heart and making him feel threatened, he would definitely not have shown himself.

He had made up his mind to hide within the Heart of Ferocious Beast forever, never to emerge even if the heavens collapsed and the earth shattered, the seas dried up, and the rocks crumbled.

And now, by coming out, he’d been thoroughly seen through by this utterly vicious dog.

The avatar had almost developed a psychological shadow over Wang Cai— it was he who had sealed him in a narrow space and fiercely attempted to refine him with fire. Even after the unlucky soul outside had turned to ashes, he kept gnawing and biting at him, appearing extremely brutish.

It should be noted that this sliver of the Demon Ancestor’s Spiritual Energy Avatar had fully integrated with the Heart of Ferocious Beast, becoming similar to an Artifact Spirit, already possessing individual consciousness — a being completely independent of the Demon Ancestor.

"Wang! Hmph, my dear boy, if you obediently comply and let me absorb the Life Force within this shabby heart, then I will spare your life and give you the opportunity to rebuild your body. Otherwise, I will seal you along with this rotten heart to a place where the Spiritual Energy is exhausted."

Wang Cai sat cross-legged in front of the Heart of Ferocious Beast, actually striking a pose as he issued threats and temptations to the heart.

"Rebuild a body? You can help me rebuild a body?"

The Fierce Beast Avatar didn’t pay any attention to Wang Cai’s threats, having only heard the part of rebuilding a body from Wang Cai’s words.

Who knows what kind of torments he suffered while hidden within the Heart of Ferocious Beast over the years. A being that was supposed to have a human shape was forcibly turned into an ugly heart, and the avatar simply couldn’t bear it any longer. He had humbled himself and hidden within it because he had no way to escape, but now, suddenly hearing that someone could help him leave the heart and have his own body, one could imagine the excitement in the avatar’s heart.

"What?" Wang Cai was also a bit confused. Could it be that this avatar’s mind was invaded by the Slaughter Energy while here, making him unable to understand what was being said?