Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?

Chapter 390: Bro, I Was Wrong! Don’t Do It!
In the mountains, there lived a beast shaped like a pig, named Dang Kang.
Seeing it foretells a bountiful harvest across the land.
When Chen Huaian was little, he loved Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Even though he knew the countless bizarre beasts it described were just fantasy, he still longed for them.
He’d read that book at least a hundred times.
He remembered the description of every single creature.
Dang Kang was right there among them.
It was a divine beast that looked like a wild boar.
According to Classic of Mountains and Seas, Dang Kang's cry sounded like it was calling its own name.
Now that he heard it in person, it did seem that way.
So, was the one being suppressed in the Demon-Locking Tower of the Qinling Mountains actually the divine beast Dang Kang?
The sun rose.
The surrounding mist gradually thinned out.
The valley before them became clearer.
Chen Huaian saw a massive creature lying in the middle of the valley.
It looked very much like a wild boar, with jade-green fur and four long tusks on its face.
Exactly like what he remembered.
The creature in front of them—wasn’t that Dang Kang?
Surrounding Dang Kang were nine colossal pillars that reached the sky.
Chains extended from the pillars and wrapped around Dang Kang’s body.
Compared to its massive size, those chains were like sharp blades, embedding deep into its flesh like steel wires, carving bloody gashes all over.
Chen Huaian instinctively stepped toward the valley.
“Master, rushing forward may be dangerous,” Li Qingran grabbed him, holding her sword in her left hand and stepping in front of him. “Let your disciple go ahead and lead the way.”
“Dang Kang is a divine beast,” Chen Huaian shook his head. “Divine beasts don’t harm other living beings unprovoked.”
“But it’s clearly been trapped here for who knows how many years,” Li Qingran looked at Dang Kang’s wounds and felt a chill run down her spine. She muttered, “Even the gentlest beast would get agitated and twisted being bound like this, right?”
“Fair point,” Chen Huaian nodded, then crouched down cautiously. “Let’s sneak our way over, real quiet-like.”
Li Qingran: “…”
Chen Huaian didn’t know how to set up any formation in real life.
Li Qingran had set up a portable formation to conceal their presence and aura.
The two quickly got close to Dang Kang.
Even from afar, the sheer size of the divine beast was shocking.
Now that they were up close, it was even more overwhelming.
Standing at Dang Kang’s feet felt like standing at the base of a towering mountain.
They couldn’t even see its head—everything above its chest was hidden in the clouds.
And the closer they got, the more lush the vegetation became.
Even the grass here was taller than a person, and the wild jujubes growing on the cliffs were the size of fists.
“They say Dang Kang is a divine beast symbolizing abundance. Seeing it means there’ll be a great harvest. Now that I’ve seen it, I believe it.”
Chen Huaian plucked a wild jujube at Dang Kang’s feet.
The moment it entered his mouth, he felt like he needed to get an insulin shot.
He picked another one and handed it to Li Qingran.
The next second, a deep, aged voice exploded in his mind.
【As a descendant of the Ancestral Dragon and inheritor of the Dragon Soul, why are you sneaking around in front of me?】
The voice had barely faded—
Li Qingran let out a cry.
Their concealing formation had vanished.
Chen Huaian looked up and saw a shadow darkening a part of the sky.
Within that darkness, a pair of golden eyes stared straight at them.
Even now, he couldn’t see Dang Kang’s head.
That just showed how gigantic the divine beast really was.
But oddly enough, Chen Huaian didn’t feel any overwhelming aura from Dang Kang.
Just like its colossal form, it stood there like a quiet mountain—immense yet peaceful.
“So… Brother Dang Kang?”
Relying on his status as the Dragon Soul’s heir, Chen Huaian wasn’t shy at all.
He said directly, “Are you the core monster suppressed in the Demon-Locking Tower? Is there only one floor in this tower? Where did everyone else go?”
“There are eighteen floors in total. This is the upper ninth level,”
Dang Kang replied. “I can control the space inside the tower freely. Whoever I want on which floor—they go there.”
“Then doesn’t that make you invincible?”
Chen Huaian held Li Qingran’s little hand and took a polite step back, giving a respectful smile:
“Brother Dang Kang, this Venerable One was just passing by. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave. Your tower is beautiful, the scenery’s great, and the fruit is really sweet…”
“How amusing. I’ve seen over a hundred Dragon Soul inheritors, and you’re by far the most cowardly,”
Dang Kang’s eyes gleamed with recollection as he sighed.
“I really don’t know what the Ancestral Dragon was thinking when he picked you… What a waste of potential!”
Chen Huaian: “???”
What the h*ll?! What’s that supposed to mean?!
Are these monsters even polite?!
The Flood Dragon looked down on him.
The Tiger King looked down on him.
Even the most divine Dang Kang thought he was trash?!
Fine!
If everyone thinks he’s worthless, then he’ll prove them wrong!
Just as he was about to step up and argue with Dang Kang—
Li Qingran stepped in front of him:
“That’s not true! My Master’s only being cautious because this World Cup is suppressing his cultivation. Otherwise, do you think he’d be acting like this? Even if you’re a divine beast, you can’t just slander my Master without knowing the full story!”
Dang Kang stared at Li Qingran for a while.
Then looked back at Chen Huaian and suddenly let out a chuckle:
“I have to admit, you’re definitely unique. Among all the Dragon Soul inheritors, you’re at least the best at bullsh*tting.”
“You’re lying again! When has my Master ever deceived anyone?”
Li Qingran still had that fierce protective look.
The atmosphere suddenly got tense.
Chen Huaian felt like he was teetering on the edge of getting exposed.
He kept staring at Dang Kang, but his gaze had softened.
His eyes clearly said:
—‘Bro, I was wrong! Don’t do it!’
It seemed Dang Kang understood Chen Huaian’s look and didn’t expose him.
【This little girl isn’t from this world. You like her, don’t you? Too bad. This world is an endless cycle of reincarnation. You and she will never have a happy ending… In fact, staying with her may bring her harm! I suggest you end things early!】
Dang Kang’s voice echoed in Chen Huaian’s mind.
Chen Huaian glanced at the angry Li Qingran beside him.
He was sure she couldn’t hear that voice.
He argued back silently in his head: “How could that be? This Venerable One isn’t some ascender!”
Dang Kang didn’t bother arguing anymore.
He summoned a vine from underground.
It floated gently through Li Qingran’s body and landed on Chen Huaian’s forehead.
A gray mist the size of a fingertip was extracted by the vine.
【Do you recognize this aura?】
Chen Huaian’s pupils shrank as he looked at the gray mist.
“This is… from those ascenders…”
【Correct!】 Dang Kang replied.
【This aura is the first wisp of Bewildering Miasma in all of heaven and earth. It clouds the mind and leads to madness and downfall.】
【The more you get involved with those beings, the stronger this gray aura becomes. Eventually, you’ll become nothing more than their puppet.】
【And the fate of these puppets...】
【Blood Amber Mountain Lord should’ve told you—they are doomed to be trapped in endless reincarnation forever!】
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