Chapter 835: Forging a Path through Mountains

A Demon Chrysalis, which had just been born, flew up to Xia Fei’s side. It looked pathetically small, no bigger than his pinky.

Xia Fei felt very curious. He had seen Demon Chrysalises spanning over a hundred miles, but he had not seen one as small as this.

He reached out and grabbed this baby Demon Chrysalis .He carefully examined the creature; sure enough, it looked like a very normal Demon Chrysalis and was no different from a small piece of blackened charcoal. Its mouth grew on its underbelly and it possessed only one eye.

This little creature appeared to be on the precipice of death, looking exceptionally pitiful as it lay in Xia Fei’s palm, unconscious.

The demon lord was apparently very disgusted, saying, “Just a single eye! Demon Chrysalises are a type of creature of which the potential is proportional to the number of eyes they have. This is the most inferior type of Demon Chrysalis, so weak even upon birth. It will at most grow to a meter in size even if you rear it. Completely useless.”

“Just look at Heathfield’s chrysalis; it has at least three thousand eyes! Now that’s a top-grade Demon Chrysalis! When I get reborn, I’ll find you a ten-thousand-eyed beast to raise. Now, that’s a real king among Demon Chrysalises—one with over ten thousand eyes and completely gold! Shiny and sparkling! Able to turn Heathfield’s into pieces! Really powerful stuff.”

The breeding of Demon Chrysalis was a habit of the Demon Race. The demon lord was one such professional in the field. He assumed that Xia Fei was tempted after seeing the Demon Chrysalis Heathfield owned and wanted to get one for himself.

In fact, Xia Fei did have such a plan. No matter how powerful a warrior was in normal space, they would be no better than a blind man groping helplessly in the chaotic Dark Space. Without the help of a Demon Chrysalis, it would be impossible for anyone to find their way around and would just end up stuck here.

Xia Fei was used to taking precautions and planning ahead, quietly keeping trump cards after trump cards. Even getting lost once in a place like the Dark Space was a disaster, so while rearing a Demon Chrysalis was only a plus with no drawbacks. Who knew when he might one day need to come to the Dark Space again?

However, the old demon lord despised this barely alive, single-eyed Demon Chrysalis, calling it trash; even Furball looked down on it, regarding the creature with a cold gaze.

This was when the one-eyed little Demon Chrysalis shuddered, evidently in great pain. Its single eye was shut tightly, and so was its mouth. It kept trying to make a sound yet was ultimately unable to do it.

Xia Fei frowned. This baby Demon Chrysalis, which had clearly not given up on hope to live, was evidently tethering on the edge of life and death, yet it was still doing its utmost to survive.

Such a situation suddenly reminded Xia Fei of when he first opened his seventh brain region, and how the assault to his brain region caused Xia Fei to fall into his bathtub. Had it not been for Phantom’s assistance, Xia Fei could very well have died back on Earth and would not have been alive today.

Just like back then, a weak life struggling to live, Xia Fei could not help but feel sympathy toward it.

With a brush of his finger, Xia Fei took out a bottle of blue medicinal solution and dripped a few drops on the little Demon Chrysalis’s body.

“What are you doing?” the old demon lord asked.

“Saving it,” Xia Fei answered directly.

“I already told you that this Demon Chrysalis is the weakest—something that no one will want even if it’s abandoned on the streets. Why even waste the effort in saving it?” Oro could not understand why Xia Fei would do this. He kept grumbling over it, and while Furball also felt unhappy seeing this, he feared Xia Fei more, and this was why he did not voice his dissent.

Xia Fei ignored his complaints; instead, he took out another bottle of golden solution and applied it on the little Demon Chrysalis as well.

These two medicines, mixed together, created an intense reaction, and the little Demon Chrysalis shuddered even more violently, making it seem even more painful.

“Save him? You’re harming it,” Oro muttered to himself.

Xia Fei replied, “This fellow has suffered a powerful blow, so it’s already a miracle for him to even still be alive. Common medicine won’t have the effect of revitalizing him, so I decided to use a more potent drug. As for whether this little guy can crawl his way out of hell, that will be all up to him.”

With that said, Xia Fei proceeded to place the small Demon Chrysalis lightly inside his war armor and continued to watch the situation unfold by the entrance to the Secluded Springs.

He saw as the over a hundred Lionheart Law Emperors lined up in a neat row, their legs stepping on air as they stared fiercely at the entrance. Meanwhile, there was no movement or sound coming from the entrance, almost as if the warriors living inside were unwilling to come out and fight.

Oro waved his fists with verve. The Black Lions Regiment was as sharp as they were during his time, and this made him feel much pride as their emperor.

Time ticked past, as Xia Fei hid behind the remains of a Demon Chrysalis,