Chapter 176 Lifelike

Chapter 176 Lifelike

Adam firmly stood in his position, vigilantly looking at the Dark Leopard approach him. He got into a fighting stance and patiently waited. This was an unknown enemy after all.

Apart from what the old baboon leader had told him, he didn't know anything about this magical beast. He thought it wise to find out all about the beast's fighting capabilities before killing it.

Moreover, he was also quite interested in the Dark Leopard's illusion magic. He wanted to see how it worked. He wanted to learn from it.

When the beast was only a few meters away from him, it released a guttural growl. The beast crouched low, its muscles coiling like springs. The next moment, with incredible speed it closed the distance.

In the blink of an eye, the Dark Leopard had already arrived right in front of Adam. It raised its paw and viciously hacked at his face.

Adam was taken by surprise. Not only because of the beast's lightning speed but also the fact that it chose to fight him so directly instead of using illusions like he'd expected.

But the next moment he thought of a shocking possibility. As if to confirm his speculation, the beast in front of him passed right through his body as if it were nothing but a mirage.

Meanwhile, behind Adam, a pair of emerald eyes gleamed with a cold glint. The owner of these eyes suddenly appeared from the shadows and opened its maw. Then, it mercilessly pounced on him.

Adam's face was filled with panic and fear as he managed to turn his head around at the last moment. He gazed straight into the eyes of the Dark Leopard, who was only inches away from biting his head.

But suddenly!

Adam's lips curled up into a mocking smirk.

The Dark Leopard's jaws which were filled with jagged, razor-sharp teeth went straight through Adam. The beast's eyes widened in shock when it saw its prey dissipate into gray smoke as its body passed through him.

"Oho!" An amusing voice drifted into the beast's ears. "Your illusions are so lifelike. Very impressive."

The beast's hair stood on end as it hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction the voice came from. There it saw Adam standing with his arms crossed and leaning against a tree trunk, looking at it with a bored expression.

Adam glanced at the beast's tail, more precisely the chunk of muscle at the end that resembled a spearhead. "Is that where you cast your illusion from? How fascinating!"

The Dark Leopard instantly realized that this was not an opponent that it could fight against. As a user of illusion magic, the beast knew exactly how deadly illusions could be.

And now that he crossed paths with a human whose illusions seemed far superior to its, the beast's instincts screamed at him to do one thing and one thing only.

It instantly turned around and fled for its life.

Just as he cleaned the black beast core and was about to put it away, Valerian reached out for it. "Myuuu..."

Adam raised his eyebrows. "What is it, Val?"

Valerian pointed at the core while drooling. 'Gimme! Gimme!'

"You... want to eat it?"

"Myu!"

Adam was speechless. It had to be known that a beast core was very hard to bite into. That's why people usually consumed it after it had been liquified with other ingredients and made into a potion.

Still, he decided to humor the young dragon, curious about what he would do. "Alright, but be careful, okay? The core is pretty durable—"

CRUNCH!

"Eh?" Adam turned speechless as he saw the little guy snatch the core from his hand, effortlessly biting into it and then swallowing it.

"Myuuu..." Valerian displayed a satisfied expression as he stroked his tummy.

Seeing this, Adam shook his head with a sigh, "As expected of you, I guess. You really are a dragon."

He then put the rest of the corpse inside his earring and then turned around to leave. As he ran through the dark woods, he suddenly asked, "So which one do you like more? Meat? Or the core?"

Valerian started to sweat and his expression turned extremely conflicted. This was the most difficult question he had ever been asked in his life.

After thinking for a long time, the little guy still couldn't come up with an answer. In the end, he cast a sideway glance at Adam and then harrumphed, seemingly angry at the youth for putting him in such a dilemma.

He then turned into a gray flash and returned to the youth's spirit sea.

"Pfft—HAHAHAHA!"

Adam's loud laughter echoed in the dark woods for a long time.

A very long time.