Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Nangong Siyao asked anxiously, "Xiao Ye, aren't you afraid Yang Junming will expose us?"

The Hong Family's Pride had been sacrificed. If Yang Junming went to report them to the Hong Family, they would definitely have the Hong Family breathing down their necks.

Xiao Ye laughed and said, "The Hong Family had already been scheming against us in secret. Whether he rats us out or not, what difference does it make?"

Nangong Siyao suddenly understood.

The Hong Family had already targeted them twice. Even if this incident hadn't happened, chances were high there'd be a third or even a fourth time.

Xiao Ye thought it was necessary to speak plainly to the charming fruit lady, "The Hong Family's business is something we need to plan for the long run. This time was just a little appetizer."

Nangong Siyao fell silent.

Xiao Ye thought she was scared. After all, facing off against a top Supreme Race family, fear was normal.

But then Nangong Siyao suddenly grinned and said, "The more pressure we're under, the more motivated we get. So what if they're Supreme? It won't be long before Golden Dragon reaches that Realm!"

"Heh, by then, gods or Buddhas, whoever stands in our way, we'll kill them all, wipe out the Supreme, and flatten the Hong Family!"

As she spoke, her tone grew wild with excitement and passion.

Xiao Ye: …

The charming fruit lady controlled the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, making it breathe out a stream of fire, spraying it onto the two still-warm corpses on the ground. The blazing flames quickly burned the bodies to ashes.

A gentle breeze blew, scattering the bone ash, which soon disappeared without a trace.

The red flames burned everything away, including the storage rings.

When Xiao Ye saw that, he cried out in alarm, "Si Yao, you didn't take their storage rings first! Don't you know you're supposed to loot the corpses?"

"Ah!" The charming fruit lady yelped, "I just got excited in the heat of the moment! Sorry, sorry!"

Xiao Ye: …

*Was that really seizing the opportunity? 'In the heat of the moment' usually means…*

The charming fruit lady whined, "Come on, it was my first time. I'll get better at looting bodies with more practice."

A few seconds later, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's golden eyes, ten meters wide, stared at the 20-centimeter-tall tech map.

Thank goodness its eyesight was insane, or else it would've gone cross-eyed.

According to the markings on the map, the Saint Spirit Secret Realm was indeed about half the size of the Dragon Country.

The Secret Realm's boundary was a ring of massive mountain ranges. In the center was a sea, dotted with islands big and small. Among dozens of islands, there were more than a dozen with Life Attribute Demon Beasts, either on the islands or in the surrounding waters.

Tapping a Demon Beast's icon brought up detailed info.

[Endless Alligator Turtle Demon Beast Group, Venerable Realm Demon Beast Group, extremely long-lived, difficult to breed, exceptionally united, skilled in physical and water attribute attacks, has incredible recovery powers.]

[Bowhead Demon Whale Beast Group, Venerable Realm Demon Beast Group, extremely long-lived, lives in the Extremely Cold Waters.]

[Greenland Demon Shark, Great Venerable Realm Demon Beast Group, extremely long-lived, lives in ten-thousand-meter-deep seas, spends more than half its life asleep.]

[Lighthouse Jellyfish Demon Beast Group, Venerable Realm Demon Beast Group, extremely long-lived, tiny in size, completely transparent, weak combat power.]

[Red Sea Urchin Demon Plant Group, Venerable Realm Demon Plant Group, extremely long-lived, covered in barbs, extremely strong attack power, resides in shallow sea regions.]

[Glass Sponge Demon Beast Group, Venerable Realm…]

Xiao Ye looked at it, eyelid twitching. *Damn, they were all Venerable Realm Demon Beast Groups or Demon Plant Groups.*

Venerable Realm Demon Beast Groups meant most of the beasts in the group were Venerables, a few were below Venerable Realm, and there was a high chance a few were Great Venerable Realm.

*Dean Yunxi limited trainees' Realm to Grandmaster, clearly to stop them from touching Life Attribute Demon Beasts!*

*Going in there was practically suicide, wasn't it?*

*Even if someone happened to run into a Life Attribute Demon Beast, they were so unified. Even if there were some below Venerable Realm, there's no way a trainee could kill one and get any life materials.*

Xiao Ye and Nangong Siyao studied the tech map's notes and decided to head to the Alligator Turtle Demon Beast Group and the Lighthouse Jellyfish Demon Beast Group's locations first, then figure out how to get a Rule Fragment Crystal of the life type.

Objective: the edge islands of the archipelago, home of the Alligator Turtle Demon Beast Group!

Roooar!!

The dragon's roar echoed out as the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon tore through the air, streaking high above, darting back and forth across the sky.

On the way, they saw the Young Master of the Yun Family and his Contractor fiercely battling a Raptor Demon Beast Group.

They didn't pause—the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon just swept overhead from the sky.

On an island at the edge of the central archipelago,

a stunning woman with skin pale as snow, long straight black hair, and crystal-like beauty, along with a handsome young man, were hiding behind a massive boulder, sneaking looks deeper into the island.

The handsome young man, Jie Gangtai, looked worried and impatient. He said, "Let's just rush over and get a look already! We've been dithering here for half an hour."

The beautiful woman with long, straight black hair thought that was foolish. Her demeanor was calm as she analyzed, "The Heart of the Secret Realm's independent space is the core of the entire Secret Realm, and the thick energy it emits naturally draws Demon Beast Groups to settle there and stay put."

"If we rush in to take a look, we'll basically be diving straight into the heart of the Demon Beast Group's base. That's way too risky."

"Life Attribute Demon Beast Groups have an extremely hard time breeding. Eighty percent of them are King Beasts by bloodline—they're fiercely united and an absolute pain to deal with."

"We're both at the Grandmaster Realm's peak. Acting rashly here would just be a total waste of this chance."

She flicked her wrist, and her watch projected a virtual screen with a detailed map of the archipelago and an introduction to the Demon Beast distribution.

As an official member of the City Lord's Mansion, the map she possessed was even more detailed than the Hong Family's and included more secrets. My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|LE1MPYR) thanks you for reading at the source.

The Heart of the Secret Realm was the core of the entire Secret Realm, located at its heart—which didn't necessarily mean it was at the geometric center.

Their goal for this mission was to enter the authority space of the Heart of the Secret Realm, and use the method brought from the City Lord's Mansion to obtain the Secret Realm's authority, then take control of this Saint Spirit Secret Realm!

As for the Supreme Kunpeng Yunxi's side, the City Lord's Mansion would intervene.

In front of the two of them was the Alligator Turtle Demon Beast Group's main base, with holes at the bottom of every rock formation.

Mu Qingxue could clearly sense that the energy levels ahead were several leagues higher than elsewhere.

After pondering for a bit, the handsome man Jie Gangtai finally came up with an idea. His eyes lit up as he said,

"Xue'Er, I'll make a commotion and try to draw the Alligator Turtle Demon Beast Group away from the rocks. You sneak into the rocks and check if that's the Secret Realm Core."

When he called her Xue'Er, Mu Qingxue frowned. "Then go ahead. If it gets dangerous, just smash your teleportation tool and get out!"

"Ha ha ha ha!" Jie Gangtai laughed excitedly. It was the first time she didn't scold him for calling her Xue'Er instead of her proper name.

"Xue'Er, leave it to me!"

With a burst of excitement, he dashed past the boulder, shaking his hips as he sprinted toward the rock cluster.

The long-haired beauty, Mu Qingxue, was speechless.

"Hey!" Jie Gangtai got close to the rock formation, hands on hips, and shouted, "Hey, you punks, all of you get out here for your big brother!"

"Let's see what you've got today!"

He added a sonic attack to his yell—the sound waves rippled through the air, slamming massively into the rock formations.

From the dense cluster of rocks, a single little head poked out of a hole—it belonged to an Alligator Turtle Demon Beast, eyes filled with scorn as it glanced at Jie Gangtai. Then, not giving a damn, it slipped right back inside.

In the end, only one Alligator Turtle bothered to pop its head out. Not even a single other Alligator Turtle showed up.

Jie Gangtai: …

Suddenly, a hand clapped his shoulder and a deep, magnetic male voice chimed in, "Bro, want me to give it a shot?"

"Holy shit!" Jie Gangtai jumped in fright. "Who are you? Where the hell did you pop out from?"