As the successor under the name of the Green Mother, Senbao was the confidant of confidants, cultivated by the Green Mother to be her heir. How could his strength be low?
He appeared in the Mountain City Simulation Realm,
because the demons performed a special summoning ritual and prayed to the Green Mother for help, causing this successor to appear.
And it was clear from what he said,
that Baiyu was the Black Moon's successor, evidently judged from Baiyu's physical condition.
"Among different heirs, there must be competition and cooperation like the Divine Spirit. Since the other party didn't make a move but instead gave this test, it proves he doesn't want to kill me."
Baiyu thought to himself.
He became increasingly sure.
There was no exit here, or rather, Senbao wouldn't let them find an exit at all.
If the purpose of the test wasn't reached, he would probably keep Baiyu and the others locked inside forever.
Just as Senbao said,
if they couldn't pass the test, the end would be death.
Understanding this, Baiyu decided not to keep running. Since they couldn't escape anyway, he might as well conserve his energy and wait for trouble to find him.
If his guess was correct,
the trouble would indeed come to them.
Time proved that Baiyu's deduction was correct.
Not long after the group rested, the giant octopus caught up with them, leaving a trail of water on the path it traveled.
Its eight tentacles squirming continuously, like a mass of twisted lines.
As for the speed of the octopus,
the four of them couldn't possibly outrun it.
"Damn, what is this thing..."
Jiang Han couldn't help but curse when he saw the giant octopus.
Grandmaster Long and Wulin both turned pale, not knowing how to deal with this gigantic creature before them.
Except for Baiyu.
For a moment, the other three were stunned, not knowing what to do.
However,
the creature wouldn't stop there.
When the octopus was a certain distance from them, its mouth suddenly spat out several large water balls, shooting at them like cannonballs.
With the current physical condition of the four, even if their reflexes worked, their bodies couldn't dodge them.
This is what is traditionally called,
the brain knows, but the hands cannot.
So, the result was without suspense. Except for Baiyu, the other three were hit by the water balls and lay on the ground.
However, it seemed,
the three weren't in mortal danger, just temporarily fainted from impact.
And Baiyu used several fireballs released by the Fire Rune barely to counter the water balls.
After spitting out these water balls, the giant octopus didn't continue its long-range probing and directly rushed at Baiyu.
In an instant,
the ground began to shake, rocks tumbled down,
like an out-of-control airplane crashing down towards Baiyu.
Facing this situation,
Baiyu didn't dodge. Instead, he began to activate the Black Moon Mark on his arm, revealing his intention to confront it head-on.
In this world,
although Blood Qi and Extraordinary Powers couldn't be used, the ability and power granted by the mark were not restricted.
Whether it was the Black Moon or the Red Cup,
Baiyu could use the mark and exert its corresponding power.
Baiyu wasn't clear about the specific function of the Red Cup Mark and had never used it, but he was already proficient in using the Black Moon Mark.
Instantly,
a layer of sticky black mist surged around, turning the surrounding environment into pure black.
The octopus and Baiyu,
were both enveloped in black mist, and shrouded into the Black Moon Realm.
In the Black Moon Death Struggle, other creatures besides the Black Moon Apostle would continually lose strength and energy. As time passed, this loss would become increasingly evident.
Once the Black Moon Death Struggle was used,
only one side could leave alive.
At the same time,
the victor would also gain some power from the deceased.
Baiyu decided to use the Black Moon Death Struggle, determined to eliminate this creature.
"Roar!"
The octopus, upon entering the Black Moon Realm, directly attacked Baiyu without a word. Its eight tentacles swung like the scythes of Death.
In the Black Moon space,
Baiyu's blood qi returned to his body completely, all constraints isolated by the power of the Black Moon.
He let out a loud shout, blood qi boiled around him, forming a layer of red mist hovering around his body.
Then,
he bent his legs,
and his whole body shot out like an arrow, arriving in front of the octopus and grabbing two tentacles.
Bam!
Upon impact,
Baiyu felt a tremendous force coming from the tentacle, almost crushing his bones.
But the octopus was no better off.
Where Baiyu's fist covered in blood qi struck, a large wound appeared, and the flesh scattered.
This was why it was so frantic.
After one blow, Baiyu quickly retreated, slowly recovering his strength.
And the octopus also retreated to one side, not pressing its attack further.
After Baiyu fully regained his strength, he was actually not much weaker than the octopus.
The opponent seemed to be some variant of an Exotic Beast.
Such a large size easily intimidated people, but in a real fight, it was easy to realize it was just for show.
Since it was in the Death Struggle Realm,
Baiyu wasn't in a hurry.
The octopus would continually lose strength, but Baiyu would not. Time was on his side.
The octopus clearly understood this point too.
It began to take the offensive and exerted all its might in a recklessly fierce manner, attempting to die with Baiyu.
However,
at this point, Baiyu naturally wouldn't engage in a head-on collision anymore.
The massive wound caused by the previous full-force blow, coupled with the constant depletion of its strength and energy in the Black Moon space, meant Baiyu would win if he held on.
Such a simple choice,
even an elementary school student would know what to choose.
Soon,
a prolonged tug-of-war began.
In the space formed by the Black Moon Death Struggle, the passage of time became hard to perceive as one man and one beast continuously tugged and skirmished.
Baiyu might not have been excessively aggressive in offense,
but,
in defense and survival he dared to call himself a master.
The octopus's eight tentacles appeared very flexible. In the end, it only managed to touch Baiyu a few times, and those were easily countered by Baiyu.
The depletion from the Black Moon Death Struggle,
intensified with time.
This resulted in the octopus collapsing with a roaring thud after some frantic struggle, leaking a mix of inky black and speckled golden blood.
Its body, huge like a small mountain, rapidly shrank,
soon reducing to a fraction of its former size.
However, its three golden tentacles remained unchanged, still brilliantly shining.
Baiyu easily related it to the mysterious golden fruit he obtained in the river.
Those two Exotic Beasts also bled golden yellow blood, and they died fighting over this fruit.
This octopus,
could it be that it was also affected by the golden fruit, or that it had once eaten such a fruit, leading to its transformation?
