Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

"Devouring Beast!" Jing Yuan smiled. After this adjustment to his Gravity Body, his strength was even greater than before.

I didn't encounter any Devouring Beasts inside the Energy Reserve Center ruins, but it's good to encounter them here; it's a good opportunity to test my strength.

I'll also absorb some life essence!

Jing Yuan stood still and drew his gravity-body greatsword.

Now that the existence of the Devouring Beast has been discovered, there's no reason to stand here and wait.

Jing Yuan manipulated the gravity body to run in the direction from which the Devouring Beast had come.

Before the Devouring Beast appeared in Jing Yuan's sight, he didn't even know what kind of Devouring Beast it was.

When the first Devouring Beast appeared, Jing Yuan recognized it as the same type of small Devouring Beast he had encountered last time!

This is sure!

As a type of pan-evolving Devouring Beast, this type of Devouring Beast is numerous but generally weak.

Jingyuan used his telekinesis to control a throwing knife to spearhead the attack, piercing the Devouring Beast's head head head-on.

The Devouring Beast died on the spot.

But Jingyuan's actions were not yet finished. He piloted the gravity body and rushed over, plunging a knife into the chest of the Devouring Beast.

In an instant, the life essence of the Devouring Beast was absorbed by Jing Yuan through the battle blade.

Immediately afterwards, the second Devouring Beast attacked.

Jing Yuan continued to control the throwing knife attack, the knife turning into a blur as it slashed across the neck of the Devouring Beast.

The Devouring Beast's neck was cut in half, and its head almost fell off.

After absorbing the life essence, Jing Yuan's spiritual power was nourished and enhanced.

He rushed over and plunged the longsword into the Devouring Beast's body once more.

As the amount of life-source matter absorbed increases, the rate of absorption also increases.

Seeing this, the other Devouring Beasts hesitated for a moment instead of attacking.

After absorbing the life essence, Jing Yuan charged towards one of the Devouring Beasts.

The Devouring Beast tried to dodge, but Jing Yuan was faster, and his blade struck the beast's shoulder directly.

The broadsword cut through everything in its path, reaching the bone and finally striking the Spirit Seed.

Jingyuan sheathed his greatsword, before he could absorb the life essence.

At that moment, another Devouring Beast attacked from behind.

Jing Yuan turned around quickly and slashed the head of the Devouring Beast with his sword.

Another Devouring Beast charged over.

Jing Yuan raised his hand and grabbed the Devouring Beast by the neck, then plunged a knife into its chest.

After slaying three Devouring Beasts in a row, Jing Yuan didn't even have time to absorb their life essence.

Because a continuous stream of Devouring Beasts were rushing over.

Suddenly, Jingyuan felt a continuous flow of energy flowing into his body.

He scanned the area with his spiritual power and discovered that it was actually those Devouring Beasts whose Spirit Seeds had been destroyed, and their life essence was beginning to flow towards him.

No medium is needed; as long as they are near Jing Yuan, the life essence of the dead Devouring Beasts will be absorbed by him.

Jing Yuan continued to slay the Devouring Beasts, further proving this point.

The Devouring Beasts saw that Jing Yuan was only one person, yet he fought for a long time without falling.

The Devouring Beasts also began to become smarter. They stopped attacking blindly and started to communicate by opening their communication organs.

However, Jingyuan did not give them that chance.

After slaying ten Devouring Beasts in succession, his mental power reached a new level.

He felt as if he had gained an invisible, telekinetic hand, which allowed him to control another throwing knife.

In an instant, two half-meter-long black throwing knives floated in the air, striking left and right, piercing through the heads of these Devouring Beasts like beads on a string.

This attack was even smoother than stringing beads, because the beads don't line up on their own, but the Devouring Beasts had already lined up!

These little Devourer Beasts have fragile heads, but the head is not their main organ.

Normally, it doesn't matter if you get a hole in your head; it will heal automatically after a while.

But Jingyuan won't give them another chance.

Jing Yuan manipulated his gravity body to rush over and aimed a slash at the location of the Spirit Seed.

They could chop, split, stab, or flick.

After a series of moves, not a single Devouring Beast managed to dodge.

Since these Devouring Beasts are currently in a state of temporary death, they naturally cannot escape.

Even after dealing with this batch of Devouring Beasts, Jing Yuan still had a furrowed brow.

As his mental power increased, he sensed that another group of Devouring Beasts was approaching from a distance.

What do you want to do?

Now that his strength has improved even further, he naturally wants to give it a try.

"I wonder what kind of Devouring Beast it is!"

Just as Jing Yuan was eager to try, a broken voice came through the communication channel: "Jing Yuan! Jing Yuan! Please reply if you receive this!"

Chapter 35 Accidentally Entering the Nest

"Received!" Jing Yuan replied quickly.

"Finally got in touch with you! We've encountered a horde of Devouring Beasts! We're retreating! Where are you?"

Jingyuan was taken aback. Judging from the other party's tone, it seemed that they had been trying to contact him for a long time, but he had not responded.

“I also encountered the Devouring Beasts,” Jing Yuan said quickly. “My signal may have been interfered with. Please synchronize your location with me immediately.”

"We are retreating. I will send you the retreat route."

Jingyuan saw the team's location and retreat route on the internal monitor.

At this time, Jingyuan and the main force were located in the south and north respectively.

Fortunately, the retreat route is to the west, so we can still rejoin the main force if we go there now.

Jing Yuan was focused on looking at the map when suddenly a Devouring Beast rushed out from the shadows and knocked down the Gravity Body with a single claw.

Fortunately, Jing Yuan had the aid of his telekinesis. The moment he spotted the Devouring Beast, two throwing knives pierced through its head from the left and right.

Jing Yuan used his gravity body to flip himself up and stand up. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was actually a much larger Devouring Beast.

Those super-genetic Devouring Beasts were shorter than Gravity Beasts, with a shoulder height of about 1.5 to 1.7 meters.

The beast before them, however, was over two meters tall at the shoulder and had a neck as long as a snake.

"It's a snake-dog!"

Jing Yuan recognized the species of the Devouring Beast in front of him at a glance.

There are many types of Devouring Beasts, some of which have their own names, while others do not.

Snake dogs are the most common species encountered in the pangenetic type, hence their separate name.

Compared to the previous pangenetic types, the snake dog is not more powerful, it is just larger, stronger, and has thicker skin.

Without hesitation, Jingyuan plunged his knife into the snake-dog's chest.

"Huh? The Spirit Seed isn't in this location?"

Jing Yuan scanned the area with his mental power again, and this time he easily located the Spirit Seed. He stabbed it with his knife, and the Spirit Seed shattered.

Having quickly absorbed the life essence, Jing Yuan turned and fled.

A pack of snake-dogs followed closely behind him.

……

Over at the Hunters' team.

Mark's team ventured deep into the ruins of the energy storage center.

It has to be said that Mark is a bit lucky; he can always find whatever he wants to find.

Mark found a warehouse inside the ruins containing a large amount of energy and metal raw materials.

However, there is a reason why so many supplies have not been taken away over the years.

Because this place... is the lair of a Devouring Beast.

The entire warehouse was covered by creeping vines.

On the floor of the warehouse, there were numerous pieces of fleshy soil.

Ran Bing looked at the surrounding flesh and dirt, and asked in confusion, "How come there are so many people here?"