Pregnant Cultivator, Doted by Big Boss-Chapter 59 - 57: Encountering a Golden Core Stage Demonic Beast, What Kind of Luck Is This?
He remembered how she had been cuddling up to all those other men during their journey, completely indifferent to him. And he had fallen this far all for her sake.
He loved her so deeply, yet she had always loved other men, always had someone else on her mind. A twisted feeling coiled in his heart at the thought.
"Joce, I will fuse you into my very flesh and blood. Then we’ll never be apart again..."
「At the same time.」
On the other side, Celeste Grant had already arrived in the skies above Unforgotten Immortal City and was looking for a place to land.
’The transportation in the Cultivation World is just so fast.’
She was currently sitting on a Spirit Boat, holding her phone and video-chatting with someone.
The Cultivator on the other end of the call was the old man who had told the limping man’s fortune. His elderly appearance had just been a disguise for his fortune-telling business.
He didn’t look very old at all now.
Then, the man on the screen spoke.
"Fellow Daoist, I’ve handled the matter you asked of me. If you have any more of this good business in the future, be sure to look me up."
Celeste Grant nodded.
"No problem. I’ll call you next time."
"Great. If there’s nothing else, I won’t disturb you."
"Okay. Goodbye, Fellow Daoist."
After she blew up Jocelyn Grant’s Immortal Ship, she had vanished without a trace. Along the way, she’d run into a poor Sword Cultivator. She remembered from the book that he was a Loose Cultivator who got by swindling people out of a little money by telling their fortunes.
’It was a perfect match for his skills.’
She gave the man two hundred Spirit Stones to go read the fortune of the heroine’s lover. Hahaha.
’How does that saying go? "Scamming my money is one thing, but being my jinx is another. We have to break up, absolutely have to break up." So, for an Evil Cultivator like him, when he finds out the woman he likes is his personal jinx, can he possibly keep liking her? What will happen next? I’m kind of looking forward to it.’
’From what I know, Silas Stowe’s entire personality is built on being utterly selfish. This is going to be a good show.’
"Oh dear, I’m suddenly realizing how wicked I am."
’Feeling great.’
She couldn’t help but hum a little tune. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
"I’m a bad, bad, bad girl..."
’For now, I’ll just let them tear each other apart. As for me, I need to hunt some Demonic Beasts and build up my strength. I have to prepare to snatch the opportunities that are coming.’
She wouldn’t let a single one of Jocelyn Grant’s opportunities slip by. Initially, she’d never intended to be her enemy. But since Jocelyn was the one who acted inhumanly first, she couldn’t be blamed for what came next.
Celeste Grant was petty and held a grudge. If someone was good to her, she’d always remember it. By the same token, if anyone dared to bully her, she’d always find a way to get even.
After all, she loved herself very much.
It’s like that saying: if you don’t love yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?
At that thought, she hung up and put her phone back into her Storage Ring.
With a wave of her hand, Celeste Grant put away the mask she was wearing.
Unforgotten Immortal City was massive, stretching out as far as the eye could see.
Celeste Grant didn’t stay in the central district, instead heading to the outskirts to find a place to live.
She planned to stay here for the next half a month.
Early the next morning, she went to the nearby Soulrender Mountains to hunt Demonic Beasts.
With her current Cultivation, she didn’t dare venture too deep, especially with her lack of experience. She could only stick to the outer areas and practice on some low-level demon beasts.
In the dense forest, Celeste Grant was chasing after a red-eyed rabbit, intent on the kill.
Rabbit killed: +1. +1. +1.
’These rabbits are good meat.’
She collected the rabbits she had hunted.
Just as she was about to leave, she heard a grunting sound.
"GRUNT, GRUNT—"
A sudden gust of wind rushed her from behind. Celeste Grant spun around to see a massive wild boar closing in. The ground trembled with its passage, and it crushed the surrounding trees underfoot.
She leaped aside, quickly forming a magical attack in her hand and striking the Demonic Beast.
This boar was already a Demonic Beast at the Foundation Establishment Stage. It was more than ten times the size of a normal boar, and it could even attack by spitting Wind Blades from its mouth.
’I’ve been in this world for a while now, but it still manages to surprise me.’
’In the Cultivation World, anything is possible.’
’This is perfect for some practice.’
After a few probing attacks, she discovered the boar’s power was comparable to her own and decided to face it head-on. She unleashed her Cultivation and struck the wild boar.
Water Arrow.
Wood Element Magic: Entanglement Technique.
Her hands formed seals, gathering her Cultivation into a powerful strike.
Celeste Grant gathered power in both hands and blasted it toward the demonic boar. The force of her Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation flattened a wide patch of the forest. The boar, already a full-fledged Demonic Beast, was sent flying by the impact, grunting as it struggled and failed to get back up.
Her arms tingled from the impact.
’This Demonic Beast’s hide is ridiculously thick.’
"Nice. All this meat would be perfect for a barbecue."
At the mention of that...
...she started thinking about snacks.
’Looks like I’ll have to expand the business for the Demonic Sects when I get back. Barbecue! This world is full of meat, and it’s all free! As long as you’re strong enough to hunt it. So how can we not have barbecue?’
’Grilled lamb chops, grilled fish, grilled pork belly...’ The mere thought made her mouth water. Even ordinary meat back in the modern world was delicious when grilled.
’If I used Demonic Beast meat instead... such a high-class ingredient... I’m drooling...’
She put the wild boar away and continued to hunt her next target...
When she got tired, she would meditate to recover her strength, and then get back to it.
After several days of continuous battle with Demonic Beasts, Celeste Grant felt her body growing stronger in every way. She also gained practical combat experience and improved her reflexes—including how fast she could run away.
She had now ventured a bit deeper into the mountains. The Demonic Beasts in the outer region had little fighting power, but they grew much more ferocious further in.
’As expected.’
’Real combat is the best teacher.’
A giant spider scurried past.
Celeste Grant, perched in a tree, glanced down.
’It’s a spider.’
’Back in my old world...’
’...spiders were about the size of a thumb.’
’And now look at this thing.’
’Its legs alone are several meters long.’
’If one of those stabbed you, it would go right through you.’
"It’s huge."
Celeste Grant raised her hand to cast a spell. With a wave, a stream of water instantly formed into a volley of Water Arrows. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! They struck the large spider, sending it crashing to the ground with a heavy THUD.
After taking one down, she pressed forward. Then another appeared, and another, until she had killed more than a dozen of them.
Celeste Grant was speechless.
"You’ve got to be kidding me. Did I just stumble into a spider nest?"
As it turned out...
...she had.
She hadn’t gone much farther when she found herself surrounded by a dense swarm of spiders. They were everywhere, big and small.
’I think my trypophobia is kicking in.’
’Perfect. Time for a massacre...’
"Perfect timing. I’m about to get serious."
’I’m actually pretty brave,’ Celeste Grant thought. ’Coming to a place like this to fight all by myself.’
For the first time, she pulled a weapon from her Storage Ring. She charged in and began slaughtering the spider horde, infusing her long blade with her Cultivation and felling one with every slice.
These were mostly smaller spiders with low-level Cultivation. They were about the size of a washbasin, but there were a lot of them. There were only seven or eight of the larger ones, which measured one or two meters across.
"Little spiders,"
"become my EXP!"
Celeste Grant treated it like a video game, farming them for experience points. Finally, when she was truly overwhelmed, she fled and found a place to hide.
After recovering her strength, she charged back in, fighting until she finally located the Spider King’s lair.
It was a dark, damp cave. She tossed a piece of talisman paper inside, blasting the Spider King out into the open.
The Spider King was huge.
’I probably can’t win against this one,’ she thought.
’This isn’t even the deepest part of the mountains, and I’ve already run into a Golden Core Stage Demonic Beast, a Phantom Spider. Could my luck get any better?’
