My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 712 - 385: The Curtain Rises (13,000 Words—Seeking Monthly Votes!)

The time is August 23, 2022, at sunrise, and there's only one day left before Lake Hunting and the Year Beast Monarch formally begin their battle. Whether it's tomorrow or the moment night falls, the curtain of this Human-Demon War will be drawn.

By then, the White Crow Travel Brigade and the Gu Family will also join this four-way melee.

Thus, Lake Hunting, in conjunction with the local security forces, evacuated the residents on the outskirts of Hai Fan City under the pretext of a potential landslide in the coming days, providing subsidies and arranging temporary accommodations closer to the city center.

Though the situation is gradually tense, at this moment, the underground bar where the White Crow Travel Brigade resides remains silent.

Inside the private room, the bed wasn't enough for two people, so Xia Pingzhou didn't even take off his sneakers, just laid his upper body on the bed, with his head resting next to the kimono-clad girl.

He placed his hands on his abdomen and fell into a deep sleep.

In the silence, the clock's hands on the wall ticked away.

After settling machine number two, Ji Minghuan synchronized his consciousness to machine number four.

In the forests of Hai Fan Mountain, the Little Nian Beast roamed among the towering forest canopies, searching for those Divine Chicken Demons residing in the forest.

With each step, it could hear rustling sounds from the forest, sometimes a ghostly squirrel scurrying through the bushes, sometimes spirit monkeys climbing over branches; those civilian demons still feared and avoided it.

Soon enough, the Little Nian Beast found its target.

At sunrise, those palm-sized chickens lined up on the branches, just about to raise their combs to crow, when the Little Nian Beast suddenly looked up and glared at them.

"I'm going to sleep; you're not allowed to crow today, understand?" It lowered its little face, threatening fiercely.

The Divine Chicken Demons stared dumbly at it from the trees, hiccupping and forcefully swallowing their crowing.

The Little Nian Beast snorted coldly, then strolled away. It found a towering tree, lightly jumped onto its branch, and lay down, just about to close its eyes to rest, but suddenly raised its head, looking up at the tall tree canopy.

The sea breeze blew in, summer daylight descended, the gigantic sun disk hung atop the horizon, and the sky's background color changed abruptly.

A beam of sunlight seeped through the gaps in the canopy, falling upon the Little Nian Beast's head, where a cluster of purple-red flames flickered within the light beam. This was clearly not a suitable place for sleep, so the Little Nian Beast leapt down, scavenging another tree with denser foliage.

After a while, the Little Nian Beast, hidden under the cool shade, apathetically turned away, tapping its cheek with a paw while patting a Lantern Demon on the tree, as if playing with a tumbler.

At this time, a giant cyan snake crawled slowly from afar, dexterously coiling its body, stopping beneath the tree.

It raised its sky-blue pupils, slowly gazing at the Little Nian Beast in the tree. The Little Nian Beast sensed its gaze, opened half an eye, meeting the Cyan Snake's slightly narrowed gaze.

"You from the Zodiac Team, why are you looking at me?" The Little Nian Beast curiously asked.

The Cyan Snake Demon remained silent for a moment.

"If you don't speak, I'm going to sleep." The Little Nian Beast snorted coldly, resting its head back down. "I don't have time to chatter with you here."

"I ask you, with such strong powers yet not wanting to campaign with the Great Monarch..." the Cyan Snake Demon asked coldly, "What is the point of your return?"

The Little Nian Beast swung the lantern with its paw, speaking indifferently, "Well, so that my old man doesn't die without seeing his son one last time, what other meaning is there?"

"You can see that the Great Monarch doesn't have long; the battle ten years ago inflicted irreparable harm by one of the former Lake Hunting against the Great Monarch, and even after years of recuperation, there's no improvement..."

The Cyan Snake Demon spoke, flicking its tongue.

"So, what?"

"The Great Monarch chose to fight for the freedom of demons in his dying moments... Do you willingly watch your father die with unfulfilled wishes?"

The Little Nian Beast replied nonchalantly, "Demons need freedom, but don't humans need freedom too? Haven't you seen how many people those mindless demons ate? Maybe you should all tour outside, then you'll understand how much you resemble a frog in the well."

"You certainly know a lot?"

"I certainly know more than you stuck-in-the-mud types, even if victorious against Lake Hunting, and snatching such a small city from humans, so what?" the Little Nian Beast ridiculed, "I've seen humans have more than just Superpower Users and Exorcists; they also have nukes but won't easily bring them out."

After speaking, it tapped the Lantern Demon with its paw, "Hey, I can't even imagine what kind of demon could withstand a nuclear strike... In the end, my old man's wish is inherently impossible to fulfill, is it strange that I don't want to accompany it in foolishness?"

"Do you think you're still fit to call yourself a demon?" The Cyan Snake Demon's voice cooled.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Utterly devoid of wildness, only servility; it seems your mind has been assimilated by humans," The Cyan Snake Demon said coldly, "You are not fit to call yourself the son of the Great Monarch."

"Say what you like, demons have low intellect, simply beast-shaped Swallowing Silver..."

The little lion muttered, giving a long yawn, gently placing its paw on the Lantern Demon's head.