"I can't beat your master now." Luo Jiuyou smiled and shook his head.
Xiao Pu's eyes widened, obviously not believing it.
"Stop staring, no matter how hard you stare, your two little mung bean eyes won't get bigger." Chu Ci complained ruthlessly.
Xiao Pu was so angry that he bulged into a pufferfish again, then shook his head and ignored Chu Ci.
Luo Jiuyou smiled and touched Xiao Pu's round body.
Looking at Xiao Pu, who was much firmer than before, Chu Ci's eyes moved and he asked curiously: "Xiao Pu, how is your strength now? Come here and let me take a look."
Xiao Pu pretended not to hear and continued to rub Luo Jiuyou affectionately.
Chu Ci snorted coldly: "Do you really think I can't catch you?"
Chu Ci snapped his fingers, and the little puff in Luo Jiuyou's arms suddenly disappeared, and then appeared in his hand.
"Run, you keep running?" Chu Ci said with a evil smile.
Looking at the familiar big face in front of him, Xiao Pu looked confused.
A second ago it was still in a fragrant embrace, why did it suddenly turn into such a "ferocious" face now?
I want to go back!
Disappear!
The light all over Xiao Pu's body suddenly dimmed, turning into a faint shadow, passing through Chu Ci's fingers and slipping away from his hand.
After escaping from Chu Ci's clutches, Xiao Pu's shadow became even duller, as if he had merged into the void, and soon disappeared together with his breath.
"You remember eating but not fighting. This move is of no use to me."
Chu Ci raised his eyebrows, his palms were covered with divine power, he grabbed into the void, and caught Xiao Pu back again.
Then he flicked his finger on Xiao Pu's forehead, popping him out of the virtual state.
"puff!"
Xiao Pu covered his head and looked at Chu Ci with tears in his eyes.
Ignoring Xiao Pu's aggrieved look, Chu Ci carefully sensed the situation inside its body.
The shadow demon's demon core has been completely digested by Xiao Pu, without any residue.
Xiao Pu's strength also increased greatly due to this, reaching the strength of a super monster and only half a step away from the realm of a great monster.
You know, when Chu Ci first discovered Xiao Pu, it was not even a low-level monster, but now it has grown into a half-step monster in a few years.
This kind of cultivation speed, if spread among the demon clan, would make many great demons pale in horror, but Chu Ci was not satisfied yet.
"Why aren't you a big demon yet? You just ate the demon core of a shadow demon."
Xiao Pu looked at Chu Ci angrily.
Listen, is this human talk?
How can a great demon be so simple? If it could be achieved that easily, the demon clan would not be suppressed by the God Realm into what it is now.
What's more, Xiao Pu is still a natural monster. It is more difficult to achieve breakthroughs in cultivation than monsters. His current strength is due to the origin of the monster.
Chu Ci also understood this truth, but he had just witnessed Xiao Pu's virtualization.
To be honest, Chu Ci was a little surprised by Xiao Pu's virtual transformation.
Compared with the last time he used it, this time Xiaopu was obviously much more skilled in using virtualization, and he could also become invisible. Even the righteous gods couldn't catch him with his ability to escape.
This made Chu Ci have expectations, and he thought that Xiao Pu would become a big demon, but in the end, he was still half a step behind.
Although he didn't break through the big demon, Xiao Pu's ability has been significantly improved.
Not only has he inherited some of the Shadow Demon's talents and characteristics, but his control ability has also improved a lot, and the power of fire in his body has skyrocketed.
Nowadays, the power of Xiaopu's flames can threaten the gods.
This made Chu Ci couldn't help but sigh, it was indeed a natural monster, and it was indeed much more powerful than monsters of the same level when it grew up.
"Forget it, if you don't have a breakthrough, you won't have a breakthrough. Anyway, it's not much different. Practice hard and strive to break through the Great Demon within ten years."
Chu Ci rubbed Xiao Pu's round head vigorously, rounding and flattening it.
Well, it feels much better than before.
As Xiaopu's strength grows, its body gradually improves and condenses, and its flame body begins to transform into a flesh and blood body.
When it can be condensed into a perfect human form, it means that it has entered the realm of transformation.
However, this step is especially difficult for natural monsters. After all, they are not like ordinary monsters that have flesh and blood from the beginning.
The same is true for Xiaopu. Normally, if it wants to transform, it must first condense its flesh and blood body and then transform into a human form.
This is equivalent to it having to undergo two transformations, so you can imagine how difficult it is.
But with the help of the shadow demon core, Xiao Pu's body has shown an obvious tendency to become flesh and blood, which is good news for Xiao Pu.
"Puff puff!"
Looking at Xiao Pu, who had been crushed into a ball of glutinous rice balls by Chu Ci and frantically begging her for help, Luo Jiuyou said helplessly: "If you continue to squeeze, Xiao Pu's flames will be extinguished by you."
"After all, he is a super monster, how can he be so fragile."
Chu Ci said this, but still let go of his hand, and let Xiao Pu go away with some unfinished thoughts.
"puff--"
After getting out of Chu Ci's clutches, Xiaopu immediately turned into a ball of fire and rushed into Luo Jiuyou's arms, accusing Chu Ci of cruelty and seeking comfort.
Luo Jiuyou smiled and agreed, while using his divine power to help Xiao Pu sort out the flames.
"You really know how to act coquettishly." Chu Ci whispered, looking at Xiao Pu with some envy.
This time, Xiaopu didn't dare to continue provoking Chu Ci. He stayed obediently in Luo Jiuyou's arms and held on to her clothes, for fear of being captured by Chu Ci again.
Chu Ci was speechless. Is he that scary?
Not seeing each other for a long time, Xiao Pu missed Luo Jiuyou very much and kept hanging on her, following Luo Jiuyou wherever she went.
With that look, those who didn't know it would have thought that Luo Jiuyou was its owner.
Seeing that Yi Shen and Yi Huo were getting along well with each other and there was no room for him to interfere, Chu Ci stayed for a while and then left the wooden house.
After several years of development, Jiuge City is obviously much more prosperous than before.
High-rise buildings are rising all over the city, and the population has also increased significantly, a large part of which is foreigners.
Today's Jiuge City is well-known in the entire Chengyang Mansion.
This is mainly due to the guardian temple.
While Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou were running around Yanhuang Prefecture, Song Bao and Yang Yu were not idle either, constantly developing the power of the temple and spreading its influence.
Yang Yu led the team out of the city several times to solve the problem of monster attacks in Chengyang Mansion, and spread the name of the Guardian Temple, letting many people know that the Guardian Star God, a god, could protect their safety and bless their safety.
Song Bao turned these reputations into the strength of the temple, constantly training priests and enhancing the strength of the temple.
Master Yang Yu and Master Song Bao formed a perfect match, spreading the influence of the Guardian Temple to the entire Chengyang Mansion. Even some people in neighboring cities knew the name of the Guardian Temple.
Under this powerful influence, some cities without gods garrisoned spontaneously built guardian temples, hoping to receive the protection of the guardian star god.
There is a small city among them, which is somewhat similar to Jiuge City. It is surrounded by mountains and isolated from the world.
However, this small city is much worse than Jiuge City. There are not many resources around the city that can be used, so it can only be self-sufficient. It is occasionally attacked by some low-level monsters, making the city's development extremely backward.