Chapter 2043: Little Yellow Chicken

"Isn't he self-destructing?" Zhang Xuan hastily looked up.

Could this guy be faking a self-destruction to escape?

Full of anxiety, his gaze fell on the leading youth. As he clearly saw the man's appearance, his pupils contracted, and his eyes bulged out.

He saw that the man, who had intended to self-destruct, now had a gourd inexplicably embedded in his forehead, smashing half of his head away.

Before his power could peak, he was crushed to death by the gourd.

No wonder he couldn't self-destruct...

"How mortifying..." Staring intensely at the gourd on his forehead, the leading youth was filled with resentment.

Plop! His body fell from the air.

He had imagined being killed by Zhang Xuan, or dying by self-destruction, but he never dreamed of being instantly smashed to death by a gourd...

A dignified Temple Warrior, a peak Immortal Monarch expert, killed by a gourd... no, killed *by* a gourd...

How humiliating!

He had thought being forcefully struck by the clone was the most frustrating way to die. If he had known about this death, he would rather have been killed by the opponent's direct attack...

If news of this spread—killed by a single gourd... his dignity would be completely ruined.

"The seal is broken?" Seeing how the leading youth died, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up. He immediately looked towards the gourd floating in the air.

Then, he saw a golden light, dazzling like flames. Following that, a bird-like figure slowly spread its wings.

Surrounded by flames and radiating light, it was impossible to clearly see what it was at first. However, the power it exuded indicated extreme strength!

No wonder it could devour peak Immortal Monarch weapons, even pseudo-deity artifacts. This guy really wasn't boasting. Even if it wasn't a super divine beast traversing all realms, there shouldn't be many entities in the heavens capable of harming it!

"I succeeded! I finally broke free from this thing..." With an excited laugh, the light shimmered, the dazzling glow dimmed, and the figure in the air became increasingly clear.

The clone also looked on eagerly, full of curiosity.

He had known about this gourd for a long time and honestly wanted to know what exactly was sealed inside.

As the light dispersed, the figure inside was fully revealed to both of them.

"You are... the divine beast that traverses the heavens and earth?" Seeing its appearance, Zhang Xuan nearly bit his tongue and almost fell from the air.

"What's wrong? Don't I look like it?" A small yellow chick, looking as if it had just hatched from an egg, slowly walked over, its head held high, as proud as a peacock.

Rubbing their eyes vigorously, Zhang Xuan and the clone exchanged glances, both nearly tearing out their hair.

Where was the ancient divine dragon? Where was the gluttonous beast Taotie? Where was the Pixiu? A yellow chick...

Come on, tell me, how on earth are you a divine beast?

"A chicken... can also become a divine beast?" Zhang Xuan's teeth were almost grinding.

He had imagined something like a divine dragon. As its master, he could ride it, looking majestic and intimidating anyone who dared to defy him...

Instead, he got *this*...

Other people's beast pets were mighty, majestic, and extraordinary, inspiring fear when summoned. But he would summon a tiny chick... What the hell was that about?

It was boasted about so much before, so how did *this* appear?

Could it be that he opened the gourd the wrong way?

"You're the chicken, your whole family are chickens!" Trembling with anger, the chick raised its head: "I am a divine beast that traverses the heavens and earth! As for what species I am, my memories haven't fully recovered, so I don't know for sure, but I can guarantee... I am definitely not a chicken!"

"Whatever makes you happy..." Watching the creature, identical to a small yellow chick, deny its chicken-ness, Zhang Xuan looked up to see that the folded space could collapse at any moment. With a thought, he swept his clone, the beast pet, the three bodies, and the gourd into his storage ring.

There was no point in talking anymore; continuing the conversation would only make him die of anger.

"Go back to the Dantian for now!" Zhang Xuan instructed.

"I've broken the seal; I don't need to go back anymore..." the chick said proudly.

"Get back there!" Zhang Xuan grabbed it firmly: "If you don't, you'll go into the storage ring..."

"Alright!" The chick shivered and re-entered the Dantian.

As soon as he finished, the street outside the Hall of Deity Communication reappeared. The folded space collapsed, and just as before, the people outside noticed nothing unusual.

Relieved, Zhang Xuan quickly approached the Disciple of the Myriad Beasts Gate. Seeing that he was only heavily injured, he gave him a bottle of the gourd's bath water for recuperation, his eyes filled with solemnity.

Despite his disguise, leaving no trace of his previous self, the people from the Temple could still discover and locate him...

What was their basis? How did they confirm it?

If he couldn't ascertain this, he would constantly be in danger.

"You should return to the sect first and don't follow me..." Seeing that the other party had drunk the gourd water and recovered, Zhang Xuan instructed. With a flicker of his body, he melted into the crowd and, before long, changed his appearance once more.

He wanted to test if the Temple had truly seen through his disguise.

After wandering for over an hour without encountering any danger, Zhang Xuan stopped.

"Probably not!" If they had seen through his disguise, they should have acted when he was taming the flood dragons and other beasts, let alone after he left the Myriad Beasts Gate and traveled for three consecutive days!

"Never mind, I just can't figure it out..." After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't understand where he had given himself away, so Zhang Xuan could only shake his head.

He returned to the Hall of Deity Communication and found a quiet room.

After setting up various seals, he thought, and the little yellow chick reappeared before him.

"You... what abilities do you have? How strong are you now?" Regardless of whether a chicken could become a divine beast, Zhang Xuan decided it was best to ask first.

It would be a precaution. Otherwise, if the Temple experts attacked again, and he didn't even know his beast pet's abilities, how could he utilize it effectively?

"My abilities?" The chick tilted its head, looking at him with one eye: "I'm not really sure..."

"Can you fly?" The chick flapped its thumb-sized wings, then "plop!" it fell to the ground: "Doesn't seem like it!"

"What about your combat power?" Zhang Xuan smacked it, and the chick flattened on the ground, like a broken egg yolk.

"And strength?" Feeling almost like crying, Zhang Xuan threw out the corpse of an Immortal Monarch.

The chick flattened on the ground again, only one chicken leg visible, trembling continuously...

Ten minutes later, Zhang Xuan's face crumpled in despair.

"This is what you meant by traversing the heavens and earth?" This guy had been boasting endlessly about how amazing it was while inside the gourd. Now, seeing it, not only was its appearance unimpressive, but what was even more ridiculous was... it had no strength at all; he could easily flatten it with his hand...

However, its recovery ability seemed strong. Even with the Immortal Monarch's corpse pressing on it, it didn't die and still seemed full of vigor.

"I... I am definitely a divine beast that traverses the heavens and earth. It's just that... I've only just broken the seal, my power is depleted, and I haven't recovered yet. So, if you get me two hundred high-grade Immortal Origin Pills—oh no, make that two hundred peerless Immortal Origin Pills—to eat, I should recover some..." Seeing Zhang Xuan's expression, the chick looked a bit embarrassed and quickly said.

"Two hundred peerless ones... You might as well die!" Zhang Xuan was speechless.

Two hundred high-grade Immortal Origin Pills were already hard to come by, let alone peerless ones... How could it even think of that, let alone ask for it...

Although frustrated, he also knew that what the chick said might be true. After all, it could devour even pseudo-deity artifacts; it couldn't just be an ordinary chicken.

"Since you're my beast pet, you naturally need a name. I can't just keep calling you 'little one'!" Knowing that rushing wouldn't help, Zhang Xuan said.

"Mhm, mhm!" The chick nodded eagerly: "I should still have seals unreleased, so I'm still unclear about my species, but I'm definitely not a chicken! I'm certainly a divine beast that traverses the heavens and earth, a supreme overlord!"

Although it had broken free from the gourd, it still didn't know what it truly was. However, it was certain it wasn't a chicken.

No matter how powerful a chicken was, it couldn't casually swallow pseudo-deity artifacts!

Therefore, its master continuously calling it "little chick" was simply too unpleasant.

It looked on with anticipation, wanting to see what mighty and domineering name its master would bestow upon it.

"Regardless of whether you are or not, you currently look like a chicken. And you just said you might be a divine beast, a supreme overlord. So, how about I call you..." Zhang Xuan pondered, then declared, "'Jiba'!"

Its chicken legs went soft, and the little yellow chick collapsed to the ground. "Are you sure... that's a name for a divine beast?"