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Chapter 1211 - 939: Happy New Year’s Day!

"Bang!"

The two collided with a loud crash, followed by another muffled sound that made the ground tremble violently.

The iron-armored demon lion was slammed to the ground, twitching and wailing. It was apparent that it had been completely defeated in an instant and suffered severe injuries.

Gongxi Jin had just emerged from seclusion to confront the frenzied great demon beast, wary that it might double back and attack the city, so she dared not be careless. The giant sword hovered behind her, the shield remained intact, and her phoenix eyes were firmly locked on her opponent.

Unexpectedly, an unrelated development arose as she heard a few casual words drifting from within the city, as if discussing the weather, yet the content was suspicious—what cultivator could be so boastful!

If truly capable, why not appear when the demon beasts were attacking the city? If not, boasting now would only anger the demon beasts and attempt to drag Carefree City into the fray.

Gongxi Jin was displeased in her heart but showed no sign of it on her face, secretly ready to fight again at any moment.

However, the voice had already reached outside the city, and in just one encounter had taken down the great demon beast. She sensed the aura of the ancient stone seal, thinking what an overbearing divine artifact! No wonder it dared to provoke.

Yet it seemed a bit opportunistic; with such capability, it should have acted earlier, avoiding chaos in the city, the loss of her elites, and the destruction of the city’s defensive array. Waiting until the strong enemy was driven back before showing off, it’s not hard to guess the motive.

Simply thinking that there were no masters in Carefree City, and waiting until the city was broken, people perished, and citizens were in utter despair before standing out to demonstrate power, making the city lord lose face and earn the praise of the entire city’s populace.

Unexpectedly, a cultivator capable of standing equal to the demon beasts suddenly emerged. His plans were foiled, and seeking attention, he chased the wounded beast relentlessly.

Though indeed justified and confident, Gongxi Jin disapproved of his character, and her gaze was indifferent as she looked at the figure.

"Heh, overestimating oneself, actually trying to clash with my Heaven-Flipping Seal."

Du Li extended his hand, and the stone seal flew back directly. Looking at his own life-bound treasure, he smiled, "This is an ancient relic, having long become a part of me. Being struck by the Heaven-Flipping Seal can be considered a fortune acquired over three lifetimes."

He stepped forward, resting a foot on the iron-armored demon lion’s forehead, standing superiorly with arms folded, coldly interrogating, "Where do you come from? Why seek revenge on Carefree City?"

The beast rolled its eyes and turned its head aside, clearly unwilling to communicate.

As the Vice Alliance Hierarch, Du Li naturally had his means. Slightly bowing, his pupils turning pale, he stared into the beast’s eyes, and the giant creature, unable to resist, responded in a muffled voice, "I come from a nameless deep mountain, where our tribe lived well, but demon beasts have been disappearing without reason every night.

I pursued the trail relentlessly and heard rumors of demon cultivators specifically hunting demon beasts for their cores, truly heinous!

Before becoming demon cultivators, weren’t they ordinary demon beasts within the tribe? Does taking human form elevate them to judicial status, granting the right to judge and massacre other demon beasts?

This is unfair!

Not just Carefree City, any city tolerating the hunting of demon beasts, I will not spare! I will kill all those who massacre innocent beings!"

"Fool," Du Li said coldly, "Those low-level demon beasts can’t understand human speech, can’t reason. Telling them to keep resources for themselves, that one day they’ll gain wisdom and become powerful demon beasts or demon cultivators, yet they don’t listen.

Especially those male demon beasts with high reproductive desires, they not only gang up against females for breeding but cause wanton destruction during breeding season, ruining countless forests overnight.

Do you know, the abundant spiritual energy in the Wilderness World stems from the earth’s cycles? If mountains and forests are destroyed, spiritual energy will plummet. Left unchecked, this Wilderness World would have depleted spiritual energy and collapsed long ago!

You think the demon cultivators in the Carefree City territories among the cities are committing heinous crimes by hunting demon beasts? You are gravely mistaken! Without their extensive hunting, demon beasts would proliferate endlessly, becoming a disaster without natural disasters or predators to curb them.

Even with rampant hunting now, the growth rate of demon beasts is astoundingly fast, causing permanent damage to many areas, leaving no hope for recovery.

It’s understandable you cherish your tribe, but my suggestion is that for every increase in demon beasts within your tribe, go and kill more demon beasts from other tribes. In this way, seize their territory and squeeze their living space, making room for your tribe."

Seeing the beast blink with a shocked expression, he paused briefly and continued, "Of course, if you only focus on expansion and refuse to streamline your tribe, those unable to gain wisdom will multiply.

In the end, your tribe will consist solely of creatures driven by survival and reproduction instincts, eventually annihilated by other tribes."

"Why?" the iron-armored demon lion was baffled, "As the tribe grows, the more little demon beasts there are, the more awakenings. How could they all be fools?"

Du Li asked, "Have you ever heard a term called ’selection’? With limited resources, when wise demon beasts mate, their offspring are more likely to awaken intelligence.

The offspring of demon cultivators are basically all becoming demon cultivators, rarely even found as demon beasts.

But indiscriminately increasing the tribe’s numbers without regard for quality means resources disperse, and the bloodlines of intelligent demon beasts are diluted by fools, eventually falling into a state of widespread stupidity and unable to rise again."

The opponent evidently didn’t believe this "nonsense"; it lay battered and unable to even crawl up, muttering, "Even common demon beasts have the right to live, instead of being selected as your hunting targets.