There is a beast in the bright morning.

What you can't have always stirs your heart. Taotie lost his body by accident, so he longed to have his own body again.

"A body, um, I need a body..."

That day, Taotie wandered aimlessly to the Deer Man's shop, where he happened to meet Walnut, who was playing alone outside.

Because Phoenix was going to hold a concert at Deer Man's shop, Hao Chen and Tian Lu were dragged by Four-Unlikes to help clean up, which meant that no one was there to play with Walnut.

Walnut, who was out having fun alone, encountered a gluttonous beast that wanted her body, and naturally, she was targeted by the beast.

"Tsk, too much armpit hair to see clearly."

Taotie raised its little hand and stared at Walnut with its eyes under its armpits. After a while, it recognized Walnut: "If I remember correctly, that little Mengji was called Walnut. Let's just use its body."

However, although Taotie wanted Walnut's body, he wouldn't be foolish enough to snatch it here. Didn't he see that the Deer Man Shop was not far away? Maybe if he made a move, a bunch of divine beasts from the Deer Man Shop would rush out and beat him up.

"No, I need to lure this little guy to a farther place first."

Thinking this, Taotie quickly drew a kind expression on his face and then came up to Walnut: "Hey, isn't this you, Walnut? Why are you playing outside all alone?"

Because Walnut had seen Taotie and Haochen together before, she wasn't on guard when she saw Taotie and directly told him that Haochen and the others were cleaning.

Taotie heard Haochen and the others working and thought this was a good opportunity, so Taotie said to Walnut, "By the way, I know a fun place, how about I take you there?"

Walnut had no suspicion of Taotie, so she nodded in agreement: "Okay, then wait for me a moment, I'll go and talk to Boss Si."

"What?" Taotie was terrified when he heard that Walnut was going to tell the Four-Unlikes. If they found out that Walnut had gone out with him, how could he take over the body?

Thinking of this, Taotie broke out in a cold sweat and quickly stepped in front of Walnut: "Wait, there's no need to talk about such a small matter."

"But Mom and Dad want Walnut to listen to Boss Si, and Walnut should be a good, obedient child."

Upon hearing Walnut's words, Taotie thought disdainfully: "He's always so naughty, does he think I didn't see it? And now he's saying he'll be a good, obedient child?!"

However, Taotie explained, "Walnut, what I mean is that I've already called Haochen and the others, so you don't need to make another trip."

"really?"

After hearing this, Walnut stared intently at Taotie, which startled Taotie into thinking that Walnut knew he was lying. Just as Taotie was thinking about how to continue his lie, Walnut bit the little wing on his back and said, "Then let's go play quickly."

"Don't bite me, I can walk by myself."

In this way, the walnut was successfully tricked out of the Taotie, and at the same time, a black hole suddenly appeared in the sky above the Caiyun Mountains.

A black monkey covered in wounds crawled out: "Damn it, when I achieve the ultimate path, I won't let any of you go, cough cough cough!"

This monkey is called the Holy Ape King. It belongs to the Holy Ape Clan of the Dark Universe. In pursuit of power, it chose to be corrupted by darkness, transforming into a dark creature and stealing its clan's royal weapon.

After their scheme was exposed, they were hunted down by the Holy Ape Clan and, by sheer chance, ended up in Hao Chen's world.

After resting for a while, the Holy Ape King began to survey his surroundings and was surprised to find that although the laws of this place were very different from his own universe, the laws were sound and it was a good place for cultivation.

Just then, the Holy Ape King's stomach suddenly growled. He rubbed his belly and licked his lips: "Let's go find some food first. Only when we're full will we have the strength to think about what to do next."

Having made his decision, the Holy Ape King rose from the ground and rode on the clouds, searching for food in the Rainbow Cloud Mountains.

Only creatures with abundant blood and qi or rich spiritual energy can be used as food by the Holy Ape King. Soon, the Holy Ape King caught a fox that satisfied him.

On the way back, they encountered Walnut and Taotie again. Looking at the Holy Ape King, he was overjoyed: "Hahaha, my luck is really good. I have actually encountered a creature with immortal divinity again. If I eat them, I can not only recover from my injuries, but I may also be able to advance further and step into the fourth level of Quasi-Emperor."

Without a second thought, the Holy Ape King immediately descended from the clouds and stood in front of Taotie and Walnut.

At first, Taotie was startled, but then he realized that what was in front of him was a black, wounded monkey. Taotie thought to himself: I know all the powerful divine beasts in the Caiyun Mountains. This monkey doesn't seem to be a local. It must be an outsider. I should avoid it for now.

Unsure of their opponent's strength, Taotie didn't want to fight and tried to bypass the Holy Ape King with Walnuts in hand. However, since they were the Holy Ape King's prey, he wouldn't let them leave so easily.

"Halt! Did I say you could leave?"

When Taotie saw that the other party didn't seem to intend to let them leave, his temper flared up. After all, he was one of the Four Fiends, so how could he possibly have a good temper?

Without saying a word, Taotie charged directly at him. Because the Holy Ape King didn't take Taotie seriously, he even planned to use his physical body to withstand the attack when Taotie charged at him.

But when the Taotie crashed into the stomach of the Holy Ape King, the powerful impact stunned the Holy Ape King, and the intense pain made him instantly enraged.

"puff!"

Old wounds hadn't healed when new ones were added. The Holy Ape King coughed up blood after being hit by the Taotie, but this also made him take the matter seriously.

Taotie hadn't realized anything was wrong. Seeing that the Holy Ape King had coughed up blood after being hit by it, it said smugly, "How about that? Now you know how powerful I am. If you know what's good for you, get out of my way."

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Holy Ape King was so angry that he laughed and said "good" three times. The next moment, the Holy Ape King's face turned gloomy, his aura surged, and an ominous black aura emanated from his body.

Not to mention Taotie, even Walnut sensed something was wrong. But before they could react, the Holy Ape King appeared in front of Taotie in an instant and kicked him hard, sending him flying.

"I'm not a ball!" the Taotie in the air cried out in grief and indignation.

After finishing all this, the Holy Ape King came to his senses, looked at his hands, and muttered, "What's wrong with me? I can't control my temper again!"

Although the gluttonous beast was gone, fortunately, Walnut was so frightened that it forgot to run away for a moment.

The Holy Ape King grabbed the walnut, somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect that a mere cub would possess such strong immortal divinity. It seems its bloodline is quite impressive."

The Holy Ape King then put Walnut into his own private space, where Walnut met a fox who shared the same fate as him.

Looking at the trembling fox in front of him, Walnut comforted him, "It's okay, don't be afraid. My buddy is very strong. They will definitely come to rescue us when they know I'm missing."

Walnut was unaware that it was in no better shape than the fox, whose tails were bristling. The fox seemed to understand Walnut's words and stopped trembling, instead watching Walnut quietly.

"ありがとう, private は福子です. あなたの名前は何ですか."

Walnut was bewildered by the fox's words. He couldn't understand them, so he could only awkwardly guess and ask, "Um, my name is Walnut, what's your name?"

Putting aside the matter of Walnut and Fuzai, Taotie was both anxious and angry after being knocked away. He didn't expect that the black monkey would be so unethical.

Although I am safe now, the kitten at the Deer Man Shop is probably in the monkey's hands.

"What should I do? I'm no match for that monkey now. I'd better hurry back to the Deer Man's shop to report, or if I'm too late, all that'll be left is the cat bones."

Thinking of this, Taotie disregarded its injuries and hurriedly crawled towards the deer-man shop.

……

After hearing what Taotie said, both Sibuxiang and Haochen were a little angry, but now was not the time to think about such things. They needed to hurry up and save Walnut first.

Hao Chen spoke first, saying, "Let's deal with that Golden-Winged Roc outside first."

The four-legged creature also agreed with Haochen's suggestion: "Pipi, you go and help too."

After saying that, Hao Chen and Tian Lu rushed out of the Deer Man Shop, ready to capture the Golden-Winged Roc as quickly as possible.