Chapter 601: Chapter 356: The Little Nian Beast Unleashes Its Divine Power, The Return of the Great Monarch (Double Chapter)

"Alright." Lin Xingshi pouted, muttering, "Then let’s stay a little farther away, otherwise people will look at us strangely, as if this little beggar is really abducting you."

"Aren’t you going to take me away?" Little Nian Beast stopped, tilted its head, and stared blankly at her, "You... don’t want me anymore?"

Lin Xingshi was stunned.

For a long while, she opened her mouth but couldn’t speak, finally holding his hand with a speechless expression, "Okay! Let’s just go, who cares what others think."

"My mom said... girls should be pretty." Little Nian Beast said suddenly as she pulled him along, "I’m a boy, so I should give my clothes to you."

Lin Xingshi shook her head, "How could that be? I don’t want them."

"You do."

"I don’t."

"Alright, then you’re the boy, and I’m the girl," Little Nian Beast said, "That way I can wear the pretty clothes, and you can wear the dirty ones, and we’ll be fair."

Lin Xingshi was taken aback.

She coughed a few times, then while laughing, she patted his forehead, "How does your brain work, I’m so curious... but I don’t want to be a boy, and I would be sad if you think of me as a boy too."

Little Nian Beast watched her quietly and seriously, noticing Lin Xingshi was a bit sad but not knowing what to say.

After a pause, he silently walked away.

"Where are you going?" Lin Xingshi was momentarily surprised, asking as she followed Little Nian Beast.

Only to see Little Nian Beast run to a children’s clothing store, peeking secretly from outside the glass cabinet for a while. Then he reached his hand into a dark space rift, grabbing a little dress and a denim jacket.

Lin Xingshi watched this scene dumbfounded, standing frozen in place.

Under her transfixed gaze, Little Nian Beast pulled his hand from the space rift, then turned and handed the clean clothes to Lin Xingshi.

"You... are you a Superpower User?" Lin Xingshi asked after a long while.

"Little Nian isn’t a Demon, Little Nian isn’t a Demon..."

Little Nian Beast murmured anxiously.

"What are you saying, what Demon has Spatial Ability?" Lin Xingshi said earnestly, "My dad said only humans can use Spatial Ability, which is the highest-level superpower, anyone who uses it well can win."

She paused, "Moreover, for a Demon to transform into a human, it takes a long, long time of practice, none could turn into a human as young as you."

"Oh, oh, oh." Little Nian Beast slowly lifted his head, "Then I’m a Superpower User."

"You didn’t always think you were a Demon, did you?" Lin Xingshi looked at him curiously.

"It’s all my dad’s fault, my dad said I’m a Demon, turns out I’m a Superpower User," Little Nian Beast realized suddenly, "My dad is such a bad guy."

"Didn’t you say your parents were dead?" Lin Xingshi asked suspiciously, "You told me on the ship."

Little Nian Beast suddenly went silent, then nodded firmly, "Yeah, they died."

Lin Xingshi was silent for a while, looked at his downcast figure, then at the set of clean little dress and jacket in her hands, she suddenly felt like crying.

At this moment, the children’s clothing store manager came out, startled, she wiped her eyes and grabbed Little Nian Beast’s hand to run away.

As the two ran, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky, so they ran into an abandoned building to take shelter from the rain.

Lin Xingshi and Little Nian Beast sat down leaning against a pillar, gazing at the city outside, shrouded in white mist, with traffic lights shifting hazily in the rain.

"Thank you." Lin Xingshi suddenly said.

"What’s the matter?" Little Nian Beast was puzzled.

"You’re the only one who sees me as a girl." Lin Xingshi hugged the clothes Little Nian Beast stealthily gave her, saying softly, "My family keeps saying if only I were a boy... But I don’t want to be a boy at all, not one bit."

"Then don’t be!" Little Nian Beast shouted angrily, "I don’t like my family either, they always lock me up, won’t let me leave."

The rain poured even heavier.

Inside the abandoned building, the two children remained silent, quietly watching the torrential downpour outside the window.

"I’m glad I met you." Lin Xingshi suddenly said, "Otherwise, I would be all alone, not knowing where to go."

"I... am too."

Little Nian Beast nodded.

The heavy rain blurred the scene reflected on the window, two small, fuzzy shadows nestled together in the abandoned building, quietly falling asleep.

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"The Great Monarch has returned—!" Suddenly, a sharp chicken crow reverberated through the forest, the sound wave sweeping over the whole mountain forest like a fierce wind, reaching Little Nian Beast’s ears.

This was undoubtedly the work of the Divine Chicken Demon, whenever the Year Beast Monarch returns, the Divine Chicken Demons in the forest would scream loudly like court messengers.

The purple-red little lion opened its eyes from the branch, slowly lifted its head, realizing it had unconsciously fallen asleep while recalling past events.

It looked into the distance, only to see the previously dark and gloomy forest suddenly illuminated, ablaze with lights, like a long street in the city at night, as the Lantern Demons bloomed with warm light, illuminating the winding paths.

Little Nian Beast tapped a paw on the gear panel, pulling up the main mission.

[Main Mission 1 (Stage One): Obtain the "Year Beast Monarch", gain recognition from the "Zodiac Team", thus succeeding to the position of the Year Beast Monarch, obtaining the leadership over all demons on Hai Fan Mountain.]

"Has the Year Beast Monarch returned?" Little Nian Beast rocked its head thinking, "I need to find a chance to beat up my old man in front of the Zodiac Team, maybe then they’ll acknowledge me as the true Demon King?"