Chapter 85: Subduing the Hedgehog Girl
Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Subduing the Hedgehog Girl
Zhu Ge’s temper finally snapped.
Fighting the Black-Horned Bull, the Earth Bear, and the others had been a direct, flesh-and-blood brawl.
Those fights had been exhilarating and deeply satisfying.
But this hedgehog?
It was all cheap shots from the shadows!
The main issue was its long quills. They didn’t cause severe injuries when they sank into his flesh, but the pain was brutally real.
It was like an ordinary person getting pricked by a needle—not fatal, but the pain was sharp and real.
Zhu Ge had been trying to imitate the calm state of the Kunpeng.
But after being stabbed by dozens of quills, anyone would be in pain.
BOOM!!!
Zhu Ge stomped on the ground, tearing up a whole patch of earth and exposing the roots, snakes, and ants beneath.
The hedgehog, which had been gripping the ground tightly, instantly lost its balance.
Its long quills, which had been shot out and knocked down, now rapidly returned to its body in an attempt to defend itself.
But if the hedgehog was fast, Zhu Ge was faster.
"You had fun with those quills, didn’t you?"
Zhu Ge’s right hand clamped around the hedgehog’s throat like steel pincers before he violently slammed it into the ground.
CRASH!!!!
The ground cracked and spiderwebbed, sending out shockwaves.
"SPURT!!" The hedgehog spat a mouthful of fresh blood, the beat of its demon heart slowing.
"You... Your strength... why..."
CRASH!!!
Zhu Ge couldn’t be bothered to listen. He simply lifted the hedgehog high again and smashed it down with brutal force.
CRASH!
CRASH!
CRASH!
...
The sound of the impacts could be heard for several miles around.
One must understand that territories in the jungle were generally allotted, and the various Demons, Ghosts, Spirits, and Monsters kept to themselves, not interfering with one another.
When they hunted, it was almost always for the ordinary beasts within their own territory.
This area, stretching for dozens of miles, had previously been the Long Fern Pig’s domain. So no matter how loud the commotion, there were no other Demon Beasts around to hear it—unless a newcomer had arrived.
But the Long Fern Pig had only died yesterday. Even if its territory was going to be claimed, it wouldn’t happen today.
"No, no, stop!"
The hedgehog was spitting blood, its vision swimming with stars from the impacts.
But as expected of a Transformed Demon Beast, any ordinary beast would have been dead long ago.
The hedgehog, however, was only severely injured.
"Stop? Good! I’ll just kill you and have some roasted hedgehog!"
Zhu Ge sneered viciously and once again slammed the hedgehog heavily into the ground.
The hedgehog’s eyes met Zhu Ge’s, and it couldn’t help but shudder.
Zhu Ge’s eyes were bloodshot, the corners of his mouth turned up in a look that was utterly insane and bloodthirsty.
"I submit, I submit! I’m willing to be your Spirit Beast!" the hedgehog hastily shouted.
"I don’t need one!" Zhu Ge roared with laughter.
"Kill, kill, kill! I’ll slaughter every last one of you Demon Beasts! Fight! Fight! Fight! This is great!"
Zhu Ge’s voice was wild, manic, and rampant.
CRASH!
CRASH!
CRASH!
...
This only made the hedgehog struggle even more frantically.
"I can submit! You Martial Artists lack long-range—" she sputtered, coughing up blood, "—methods..."
"I’m begging you, I can be—" she coughed again, "—I can... be your Spirit Beast..."
"I’m very experienced..."
The hedgehog struggled and spat blood, using the gaps between coughing fits to beg for its life.
Finally, Zhu Ge tossed the hedgehog aside.
It was barely breathing.
It had gone from severely injured to near death.
"Wait, did you just say you’ve seen Human Race inheritances and have been to a human city before?" Zhu Ge asked, feigning surprise.
In reality, he wasn’t surprised at all.
He was just putting on an act.
He had wanted to subdue a Demon Beast to help him from the start.
But sometimes, you can’t just be direct.
If you say you want to open a window, a crowd of people will come to stop you.
But if you say you want to tear off the roof, and then later suggest just opening a window, everyone will accept it with peace of mind.
If Zhu Ge had said he wanted to subdue the hedgehog from the beginning, he would have faced considerable resistance.
But now, by putting on an act of wanting to kill the hedgehog and forcing it to offer its own submission, things were much easier.
At this, the hedgehog, which had been on the verge of death, suddenly grew excited.
"Yes, yes, yes! I’ve been there! I can transform!"
The hedgehog said hurriedly, "When I transformed, I was in a mountain village, so I chose to take human form!"
As she spoke, Demon Qi flashed around her, and her body slowly changed into that of a girl of about seventeen or eighteen.
However, her quills hadn’t fully retracted, so she wasn’t wearing any clothes.
"I... I can take human form and be your handmaiden!" A trickle of crimson blood flowed from the corner of the Hedgehog Girl’s mouth, making her cherry-like lips look even redder.
The girl’s face was not large, with a pointed chin like a hedgehog’s and round eyes, giving her a quirky and mischievous look.
But as Zhu Ge looked at the girl before him, his eyelid twitched.
The hedgehog had been lying on the ground, and after transforming, her two fair, jade-like legs were spread wide. She supported herself with her elbows, her hands behind her on the ground, a soft and vulnerable look on her face.
If she were completely naked, it would be one thing, but the problem was that some of her quills had just returned to her body.
Thus, certain parts of her body were faintly, yet strategically, concealed.
Which only made her seem all the more alluring.
"Put some clothes on first," Zhu Ge said in a deep voice. "Tell me what you can do. If it’s not good enough, I’m still going to kill and eat you."
But even as he said this, he didn’t turn his head away, instead staring intently at the Hedgehog Girl.
"Yes, I’m watching you. It’s mainly because I’m afraid you’ll run away. Hurry up and get dressed," Zhu Ge said in a steady voice.
’That’s right, I’m just afraid the Hedgehog Girl will run. No other reason. Yep, none at all...’ Zhu Ge watched the girl intently, waiting for her to put on clothes.
The Hedgehog Girl, not knowing what Zhu Ge was thinking, quickly made a gesture. The nearby quills shot back to her body, forming a black, silk-like garment that resembled a bodysuit.
"The Human Race has to wear clothes, what a pain..." the Hedgehog Girl muttered, though she had stopped spitting blood.
But seeing the clothes on the Hedgehog Girl, Zhu Ge’s eyelid couldn’t help but twitch again.
From her toes to her calves, up her thighs, and all the way to her shoulders, she was encased in the black, silk-like material. Only her arms and the area above her shoulders were left bare.
The demon heart in the Hedgehog Girl’s chest beat, and a steady stream of Demon Qi emerged, repairing her body. She then said:
"Well, submitting to you is still submitting, and submitting to the Plague God Sparrow is also submitting. It’s all the same... Huh? Why do I smell the scent of mating?"
The Hedgehog Girl was about to say something else, but then she twitched her fair, straight nose and sniffed the air. Her round, darting eyes gradually turned towards Zhu Ge.
"Ah! Master, right now?" The Hedgehog Girl covered her mouth. "But... but I’ve never done it before! Even though it’s spring, I don’t want to have baby hedgehogs. My deceased parents told me it would be very painful!"
’What in the world is she talking about!’
Zhu Ge looked at the Hedgehog Girl quietly for a few moments, then tilted his head back to look at the sky and sighed.
"You’re good-looking, and you have a great figure! But..."
As he spoke, Zhu Ge shook his head.
Those who engaged in Martial Arts Practice were naturally impetuous and possessed superior physical conditioning.
Zhu Ge was also a young man, so how could he not be hot-blooded?
However, Zhu Ge had no desire to be the kind of stud who would sleep with every person he met.
With the pressure of survival looming over him, he had no intention of wasting his time and energy on such things.
And so, he circulated the Blood Qi in his body, suppressing the instinct driven by his hormones.
"Get up! Come back with me! I have some questions for you."