Ning Xiaoxian looked at its body with blood-red, interlocked long teeth, thinking that the name "Chi Ya" was quite fitting.

Changtian, however, did not pay attention to it, simply wrapping his arm around Ning Xiaoxian’s slender waist and bringing her to the center of the river to stand on the giant beast. This whale-like giant beast, lurking in the river, must have an incredibly slippery surface, but fortunately, she had a steady stance, standing firm without much effort.

Then, Changtian grabbed her hand and pressed it onto the giant beast’s skin: "You and I share the same source of Divine Power, try it and see if you can detect any problems?"

She knew that Changtian was taking the opportunity to guide her studies, so she quickly gathered her focus, sending Divine Power into the giant beast’s body to carefully examine it. The great monster also understood Changtian’s intention, remaining still, allowing her to proceed.

After only a short inspection, she secretly complained to herself: This demon’s size is just too large! The Divine Power she sent into its body was like a clay ox entering the sea, not even capable of making a sound, only feeling that this leather bag was entirely empty, making it genuinely difficult to detect the problem!

On the other hand, if it could be easily done, Changtian wouldn’t have used this to test her. She furrowed her brow, unhesitatingly mobilizing all the Divine Power from her inner core, transforming it into seventeen or eighteen strands, and once again burrowing under the giant beast Chi Ya’s skin.

More than ten strands of Divine Power spread out layer by layer, woven together like a net, dividing the giant beast’s body into dozens of regions for inspection. This required extremely high skill in manipulating Divine Power, and her execution was highly meticulous. In just a few breaths’ time, she already felt somewhat out of breath, her strength waning. Checking this giant beast’s body was even more exhausting than continuously maneuvering the Jade Boat for two or three days. Changtian was right; she lacked endurance.

Fortunately, before she was utterly exhausted, an unusual sensation suddenly emerged from within the giant beast’s body. Located in its lower abdomen, near but not precisely at the Dantian, Ning Xiaoxian detected a small and odd power, fierce, cold, and pure, seemingly carrying with it an endless mission of destruction and ruin since the moment it existed. This power was possibly suppressed by the giant beast to about the size of a tire. In such an enormous body, it was truly like a drop in the ocean; her quick discovery was somewhat a stroke of luck.

When stimulated by her Divine Power, this originally dormant abnormal power became suddenly excited as if injected with adrenaline, with an invisible intensity that seemed to stretch and claw aggressively, actually attempting to break through the giant beast’s suppression to contest her Divine Power! With this disturbance, Ning Xiaoxian could feel the giant beast beneath her emit a long howl, resonant like a noble steed, while its whole body trembled lightly, clearly mindful that she and Changtian were still standing on its back, thus enduring the violent pain without daring to move.

Through the method of introspection, she could clearly "see" that although this odd power had been suppressed to this location, it never ceased to squirm and expand outward. Muscles and meridians contaminated by it would decay and blacken. Yet, the giant beast’s own powerful Life Force could restore these wounds to their original blood-red color soon after.

This was a battle for territory. Although the giant beast’s Life Force was enormous, it was engaged in constant Battle with this dangerous force, likely leaving no time even for quietly absorbing Moonlight at night, and with its own body as the battlefield, there were naturally many concerns, so it was probably extremely tormented by this power.

Yet Ning Xiaoxian did not find this power unfamiliar. Both she and Changtian had unmistakably sensed it from one person:

Huangfuming!

From the first meeting, this child had displayed strong Evil Qi, but she had only sensed him releasing Evil Qi outward, never considered that Evil Qi could also be embedded inside another’s body, causing such terrifying destruction. This mass of Evil Qi shouldn’t have been his handiwork, but could it be unrelated to him?

While pondering, she already felt somewhat fatigued. She hurriedly withdrew her Divine Power, first performed several breathing regulations, then turned to Changtian saying: "Evil Qi."

She used a definite tone, not a question. Although his mood wasn’t great, he was satisfied with the work she handed in, the corners of his mouth slightly raising as he said: "Not bad. What can you remember?"

What could she remember? She blankly rolled her eyes, staring at him for a long while. Besides Huangfuming, she didn’t recall any useful clues, yet couldn’t believe that kid could deal with such a large demon, dead or alive.