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Chapter 862 Qualification

Luo Yuan was a man who had seen many big scenes, so even though he was in a place where these demonic beasts gathered, he did not feel much fear. However, he was worried that these demonic beasts would not care about so many things and would attack him directly. Fortunately, the transformation ability that Luo Yuan used had already represented his identity to some extent.

So even if the demon beasts were somewhat puzzled by Luo Yuan's behavior, they had no reason to doubt him. This was because these demon beasts were born with various supernatural abilities, and these abilities were beyond the imitation and learning capabilities of human experts. How could they possibly imagine that Luo Yuan possessed the means to master their innate supernatural abilities?

Moreover, even if Luo Yuan displays a very arrogant demeanor here, he cannot fully show the original appearance of the demon beast he has transformed into. This is because he is not originally this demon beast and has not inherited its memories, so there will definitely be some problems in his performance.

Fortunately, the surrounding monsters didn't pay much attention to the identity Luo Yuan had assumed, because the strength of the identity Luo Yuan had assumed in the entire monster forest wasn't considered very strong. It was only because of his superior bloodline that he had such a high status.

However, Luo Yuan still needed to maintain a low profile in front of the demon beast king. This was because he knew very well that the wisdom and strength of any demon beast king represented the strongest existence in the region. Moreover, through observation and understanding, Luo Yuan learned that the identity he had transformed into was actually a prince, similar to a powerful human.

In other words, he is a descendant of the King of Demons. But this is good, at least it will be much easier for Luo Yuan to access some important information and resources. After arriving here, Luo Yuan simply congratulated the King of Demons on the high platform and then stepped aside.

That's because he learned that this was the centennial birthday celebration of the King of Demon Beasts, which is why so many powerful demon beasts had gathered. Even the descendants of the king, who usually had little presence, were summoned to attend this banquet. Demon beasts often have a much longer lifespan than humans, especially after their realm is raised to the planetary level, where they can have a lifespan of a thousand years, whether they are humans or demon beasts.

Therefore, this Beast King, who has just reached the age of one hundred, can be said to be very young, and he will definitely have a better future. In other words, as long as this Beast King continues to improve his strength, he may become a Beast Lord in the core area. Then, the Beasts that follow the Beast King can also go to the core area together, since the cultivation resources and environment there are the best.

In order to ensure that human powerhouses had enough opponents to improve their strength and motivate them to cultivate, the lord of this planet took many factors into consideration. He even provided corresponding resources for cultivating these demonic beasts, but on the other hand, he also wanted to limit their development.

Therefore, Luo Yuan believed that as long as the strength of these demonic beasts increased to the point of threatening the entire planet, they would be immediately eliminated by that lord. At that time, demonic beasts of this level would, to some extent, be a kind of precious cultivation resource.

When monsters become powerful, it allows human experts to realize the gap in their strength, thus motivating them to cultivate. However, the reverse is also true: when human experts become powerful, they will come to fight monsters in order to obtain more cultivation resources.

This would also pose a huge threat to these demonic beasts. In order to protect their territory and lives, they would have no choice but to continuously cultivate and become stronger.

By comparing the information he had collected, Luo Yuan knew that many of the demon beast clans living on this planet were not originally native to the planet's powerful inhabitants. It seemed that they were likely brought over from other planets by that lord.

It can be seen that, to some extent, the entire planet has become a base for that lord to exchange for these rare monsters. However, no matter what the outcome, it is not harmful to the lord. This is also an important reason why Luo Yuan wants to become the lord of this planet, because only by reaching such a status and level of strength can he break free from the constraints of the planet.

He no longer cares about the struggles between different forces, and no matter what kind of impact the different beings on the planet have, as long as he can ensure that he has enough cultivation resources, that's enough. Because after becoming a lord, the entire planet is his personal property, and so are all the beings on the planet, including those human powerhouses.

While cultivating outstanding individuals can bring benefits to a lord, the emergence of someone who threatens their position is also quite dangerous. In that case, it's hard to say what the lord will do.

After all, both monsters and humans have their own interests to consider. They won't give up their own prospects for the sake of so-called planetary development or universal peace. Luo Yuan understands this all too well, since he also grew up through such a process. Therefore, his understanding of human nature is more profound than that of other strong individuals.

It can be said that Luo Yuan has passed the initial exploration by these powerful demonic beasts. Now he can prepare for improving his strength and obtaining the corresponding resources in this forest. Of course, he will not insist on passing on the information here, because it will not be of any use to him.

On the contrary, it would only cause those powerful humans to disrupt his plans. Therefore, Luo Yuan did not show anything different during the subsequent banquet. After all, as the descendant of a demon king, he had to demonstrate his value in order to gain more attention and obtain corresponding benefits and status.

After understanding his situation, Luo Yuan wisely chose to remain silent. After the banquet, Luo Yuan was summoned by the demon king, but he listened silently throughout the entire process, while the demon king expressed his attention and trust in Luo Yuan.

This situation was incomprehensible to the other demon beasts, because they only knew that the demon beasts Luo Yuan transformed into possessed only very ordinary transformation abilities. All transformation abilities, to some extent, were merely superficially similar to the object being transformed into, and could not possess the powerful innate abilities that Luo Yuan controlled.

Especially for those powerful demonic beasts, having no combat power and only using it as a cover can only mean that Luo Yuan's disguised identity is usually too low-key, so he has not shown his true strength. This is the conclusion that Luo Yuan can draw when he felt the various powerful methods when fighting them.

This is a very low-key yet very powerful demon beast. At least its future prospects are very good. If this demon beast had continued to grow before encountering Luo Yuan, it would likely have eventually become the one to replace the Demon Beast King. What Luo Yuan can see, the Demon Beast King can naturally also see. However, he is also aware of his offspring.

He is still in a weak period, so in order to become stronger, he must keep a low profile. So although he pays attention to him, he does not provide too many resources, because this demon king knows that the struggle between his descendants is still very fierce.

After all, even members of the royal family would clash over resources and status. In fact, this beast king considered the competition among the beasts to be very normal, because without competition there would be no motivation for development, and naturally they would not be able to truly grow, especially the competition among the beasts themselves.

The competition is more intense and brutal than among human powerhouses, since for them, strength is the only way to guarantee their status and cultivation resources. However, those demonic beasts with great talent and potential still need special attention, since such demonic beasts have not yet grown up.

Moreover, as the descendant of this demon beast king, he deserved even more attention. Therefore, the entire meeting consisted of the demon beast king offering Luo Yuan some words of encouragement, but he did not provide any corresponding resources from beginning to end, which made Luo Yuan feel somewhat helpless.

Although Luo Yuan could guess the reason, he was not a demon beast. He came here as a human powerhouse to obtain enough cultivation resources to help him improve. Moreover, he had not considered becoming the king of demon beasts in such a small forest, since it would only waste a lot of his time. Even if he became the king here, it would not be of much use to him.

The Demon Beast Forest occupies only a small portion of the wilderness on the entire planet. Moreover, these demon beasts were deliberately raised by the planet's lord. Perhaps in the eyes of that lord, these so-called demon beasts were nothing more than his domestic fowl. However, these demon beasts were unaware of the reason behind this, and many of them did not understand their own status.

What's even more interesting is that some monsters actually said they wanted to take over the areas owned by humans and become the rulers of the entire planet. Although these monsters have intelligence similar to that of human powerhouses, it doesn't mean they have a broad perspective or can see the overall situation of the planet.

However, none of this mattered to Luo Yuan. After leaving the place where the demon beast king was, Luo Yuan returned to his own territory, which seemed to be only a very small area. In the forest, the descendants of the demon beast king were all able to obtain a small territory as their usual fiefdom at birth.

Even so, it still made the ordinary demon beasts very envious. After Luo Yuan returned to his own fiefdom, he immediately found all the resources containing the power of the universe's origin and absorbed and devoured them. Luo Yuan did not admit that the number of source fruits in this forest was indeed much greater than that in the edge areas.

Moreover, Luo Yuan learned through his investigation that these Source Fruits were also graded. The Source Fruits he currently possessed were only of the lowest grade. Only those of high-ranking royal families could enjoy higher-grade Source Fruits because those Source Fruits possessed a much richer amount of cosmic origin power.

Even the Source Fruits he obtained in the peripheral areas were only the lowest level here. This made Luo Yuan even more interested in the resources in the central area, because he believed that there must be many more precious treasures here, containing more primal power. After absorbing them, Luo Yuan could strengthen his connection with the primal will of the universe.

Of course, Luo Yuan wasn't actually trying to communicate with the so-called Origin Will. After all, with his current strength, he wouldn't attract any attention. Luo Yuan was simply trying to improve his control over the Origin Power. Once he absorbed enough Origin Power, even enough to surpass the Origin Will, he would be qualified to replace it.

When other powerful individuals obtain resources containing primordial power, they only treat them as treasures devoid of strength. They never do what Luo Yuan did: extract and control such primordial power. Although it may not have much effect in the short term, its effects over time will be unimaginable to these people.

Moreover, no local powerhouse has done what Luo Yuan did. Even if they guessed that this primordial power might come from the core region of the entire universe, they could not completely extract it and only used it as a way to control the universe. After all, they needed to rely on such resources to improve their strength.

Faced with the choice between the two, they were definitely prioritizing their own strength. After all, only by increasing their own strength could they have the opportunity to control their own destiny. How could these people possibly know the specific situation of the entire universe? Even those powerful beings who had reached the level of creator gods must have understood the state of the entire universe.

The problem is that by then they were likely already under the control of the cosmic will, with no chance of turning the tide. Moreover, there was another powerful being in a different universe who was always watching the dynamics of that universe, especially since those at the top of the power structure in that universe had already been controlled by them.

Therefore, being noticed by the will of the universe too early is not a good thing. After all, the purpose of the will of the universe in doing all this is only to give it a chance to recover. It can only be said that the final fate of these cultivated strong people is not within its scope of consideration.

If sacrificing these powerful individuals could guarantee the restoration of the Origin, Luo Yuan believed that the Origin's will would not hesitate to abandon them. Even if these powerful individuals were lost, they could be cultivated again. Therefore, it was impossible to gain the Origin's will's loyalty through one's own sacrifice, thereby bringing more cultivation resources and future prospects.

Once one's realm is elevated to the level of a Creator God, one needs the approval of the Origin Will to be granted corresponding authority and strength. This demonstrates the extent to which the universe controls these powerful beings. If Luo Yuan did not improve himself through other means...

In the original universe, he could only compete for the limited spots by sacrificing his loyalty and freedom, and in the end, he might get nothing. Therefore, Luo Yuan felt that instead of waiting for others to give him something, he should take the initiative to fight for it himself. Only in this way could he take control of his own destiny, and then no matter what happened, Luo Yuan would have the right to escape unscathed.

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Chapter 863. Fishing in Troubled Waters

Luo Yuan continued his life as usual in the forest where the monsters gathered. However, he spent most of his time fighting these monsters with special talents and also looking for opportunities to acquire any valuable resources that appeared.

In particular, Luo Yuan would find out the specific information about those special cultivation resources that possessed the power of origin, because once Luo Yuan's own strength improved, he would even surpass the king in this forest.

Then that will be a crucial period for Luo Yuan to take control of the entire Monster Forest. Originally, Luo Yuan did not intend to become the king of these monsters because it would not be of much use to him. He would leave this place and go on adventures to places with more cultivation resources.

The problem is that if he wants to obtain the resources here in the shortest time with the least amount of consumption, then with his current disguised identity, perhaps the highest position here is the most cost-effective. After all, the demon beast that Luo Yuan is now in is originally the descendant of the king here, so he has the qualifications to inherit the throne.

As long as Luo Yuan is strong enough, once he becomes a king, he can easily transfer most of the important resources here. Luo Yuan thinks this method is better than all the plans he has made before. As a human powerhouse, he wants to obtain the precious cultivation resources that only demon beasts can control more easily.

To some extent, one would need to fight these monsters to obtain them. Regardless of whether one ultimately gets what one wants, one will pay a heavy price, especially by consuming a lot of one's own abilities. Moreover, one not only has to deal with these monsters but also be wary of powerful human beings who come to plunder the treasure.

However, other powerful individuals do not possess such unconventional methods as you, so they can only acquire the resources they desire through their own strength. But they also understand that these precious resources are often in the hands of powerful beings.

Whether it's a demon beast or a powerful human, they will definitely conduct some reconnaissance beforehand if they don't know the other party's strength. They will not act rashly before they have enough accurate information, because they don't have a second chance. Therefore, in order to ensure their own safety, they must deal with it carefully.

In fact, Luo Yuan was also thinking about himself. In these places where demonic beasts gathered, improving one's strength could also obtain corresponding cultivation resources. Although the amount of resources he could get was very small, it was only because of the identity he was currently using that he was able to receive such treatment.

However, Luo Yuan was not in a hurry, because he knew that as long as he became stronger, everything here would become his spoils. What Luo Yuan was thinking about was when those human powerhouses outside would truly come into this world and fight against these demonic beasts.

For Luo Yuan, the best opportunity to obtain precious treasures was when the powerful humans outside fought against these demonic beasts. After all, it would take him a long time to truly improve and become a king recognized by these demonic beasts.

Whether Luo Yuan can truly achieve his goal in this process is still hard to say. Moreover, even if Luo Yuan can become their king, it doesn't mean he can possess all the cultivation resources here. This is because there are already many powerful demon beasts here, and they need to have such cultivation resources if they want to improve their strength.

Even if one becomes a king, one cannot directly mobilize all cultivation resources for one's own use. After all, no matter how powerful a king is, if there are enough demonic beasts opposing him, once these demonic beasts gather together, the resulting combat power is still quite strong, and even a demonic beast king would find it difficult to deal with.

It was precisely because of this that Luo Yuan discovered the balanced state that had formed in the forest where the demonic beasts gathered. However, this did not mean that it would always be this way, since all the demonic beasts wanted to become the most powerful being and thus control the other demonic beasts to become the true king.

Competition is everywhere, regardless of location or social group. People fight each other to gain higher status and enjoy more resources, all in the pursuit of becoming stronger and more powerful.

Luo Yuan immersed himself in cultivation. After all, he didn't have many cultivation resources, but it was relatively easy to obtain relevant information, such as what kind of cultivation resources those demonic beasts possessed and what level those resources were at.

Luo Yuan could collect all of this information, since it was public knowledge among these demon beasts and they had nothing to hide. At the same time, these demon beasts would flaunt their wealth as a symbol of their status, so Luo Yuan easily achieved his goal.

He only needs to wait patiently for the right opportunity, until he becomes strong enough. Once the powerful humans outside fight these demonic beasts, Luo Yuan can seize the opportunity to obtain all the precious resources. As for becoming the king of demonic beasts, that depends on Luo Yuan's own thoughts and can be decided based on the actual situation.

After all, actually sitting in that position doesn't necessarily mean gaining the corresponding freedom. On the contrary, countless people will pay attention to his existence, which is very disadvantageous for Luo Yuan. Moreover, Luo Yuan also noticed that although the current demon beast king seems to be powerful, his lifespan has already come to an end.

That's because this demon beast king likely used some extreme method to increase his strength to such a level, but he also paid the price of a lot of his lifespan. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, that demon beast king will not easily engage in battle.

This is why, despite possessing such immense strength, it only dares to guard the edge of this central region and become the king here. Luo Yuan originally thought that this demon beast king should not be very old, and after reaching the planetary level, it has a lifespan of a thousand years. So, logically speaking, as a demon beast, the king should be in his prime.

So as long as he continues to grow, he might eventually become a hegemon in the core area. However, after living here for a long time, Luo Yuan was able to obtain more information that he did not know before, and he also realized that the cultivation talent of that monster king was not actually very strong.

In order to gain great strength in a short period of time, he chose some other methods, which greatly reduced his lifespan. So now it seems that there is nothing to worry about regarding that demon beast king. He just needs to avoid fighting him head-on, since the demon beast king's combat power is still an unknown.

Luo Yuan was unwilling to fight a powerhouse who had reached the peak of the planetary level, because that would waste a lot of his energy. However, there was one advantage: Luo Yuan could do more... This would help him achieve his goal, which was what he truly hoped to do.

In particular, the demon beast that Luo Yuan transformed into, because of its noble status, once he knew that the demon beast possessed a powerful innate ability, he could freely send it to fight him without worrying about any life-threatening danger, and he could also completely master the innate ability of the other party.

This was far more efficient than Luo Yuan searching everywhere and testing various methods to gain abilities through battles. As a result, Luo Yuan suddenly became a very prominent figure in the entire forest. This was because Luo Yuan had chosen to fight against many demonic beasts all at once, which meant that Luo Yuan was usually a very low-key person.

But now he suddenly displays a completely different style from usual. If it weren't for the fact that Luo Yuan's appearance and the talent and supernatural abilities he displays are no different from his original identity, the other demon beasts would suspect that Luo Yuan is a spy sent by another race to obtain this information and resources.

There was no other way. After all, Luo Yuan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but he found that the current situation was very unfavorable to him. If he could not improve his strength quickly, he might end up with nothing. So, he might as well be more high-profile and improve his strength.

That's because he knew the current situation of that demon king. If he didn't take advantage of this period to develop properly, then no other demon beasts would be able to protect him. Although Luo Yuan's performance surprised the other demon beasts, some of them also made guesses.

It's possible that after learning about the current king's situation, he wanted to demonstrate outstanding potential to gain the right to compete for the throne, since Luo Yuan's opponents became increasingly stronger, and they were all the most outstanding offspring among these demonic beasts.

Luo Yuan would sometimes challenge powerful figures within the royal family, displaying impressive combat prowess and gaining the support of powerful demonic beasts. These beasts, unaware of Luo Yuan's true intentions, would simply act according to their own logic.

Therefore, Luo Yuan didn't need to explain anything. He just needed to improve himself step by step. Luo Yuan believed that the human experts exploring outside wouldn't just wait like this forever. After all, they came here to obtain treasures. If he couldn't obtain information here because of his caution, he wouldn't be able to.

If they worry about being threatened, they will never gain anything and will only waste their time. Moreover, the relationship between different strong individuals is one of either progress or regression. If they stagnate while others are advancing, they will lose many opportunities.

After all, the strong people who come here are mostly from the middle ground, who were relatively weak at the time. Many of them came here from the periphery with great difficulty, hoping to obtain resources to improve themselves quickly. If it weren't for the limitations of their strength, they wouldn't be so cautious.

Therefore, no matter what, Luo Yuan believed that those people would definitely take risks and venture into the forest. After those human powerhouses attracted the attention of these powerful demon beasts, Luo Yuan would be able to do his own thing more easily.

However, Luo Yuan will not transform into a human to do these things. As long as he maintains his current demon beast state, even if he gains more benefits by seizing resources, other demon beasts will only see him as someone who gains benefits through his own strength.

Even if it's a demon beast king, he won't interfere. After all, among demon beasts, they highly value strength. So, whoever is powerful enough should naturally acquire the corresponding resources and status. Moreover, as long as Luo Yuan performs well enough, he still has a great chance to inherit the throne.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Yuan appears somewhat reckless in his current actions. Sometimes, when some precious resources appear in the forest, Luo Yuan will directly lead the powerful demon beasts who have pledged allegiance to him to compete for them, whereas he was originally very low-key and had little competitiveness.

Luo Yuan has now demonstrated formidable strength and ambition, which will put immense pressure on his competitors. As a result, the descendants of the Demon Beast King will fight each other for status and resources, since it is uncertain how much longer that Demon Beast King can exist.

So far, no successor has been officially chosen, which gives hope to those who have a chance to compete. They feel that if they don't show themselves now, they will have no chance in the future. Especially after Luo Yuan showed his extraordinary abilities, those usually low-key descendants of kings also joined the competition.

In fact, some of the descendants of the demon beast kings are very outstanding, but they are also worried that if they perform too well, they will be targeted. So they usually develop quietly. But now they are letting them know that if they continue to hide, they may end up with nothing. So they have all come out from behind the scenes.

This resulted in a chaotic situation throughout the Demon Beast Forest. After all, everyone was vying for the right to become the king, which created an opportunity for the human powerhouses outside. Since the battles between demon beasts were very intense, no matter how much the human powerhouses investigated, they would definitely be able to discover this situation.

So they didn't hesitate. Even though they didn't know the specific situation inside, they still entered the forest to investigate. As a result, human experts also joined the battle against these monsters. Luo Yuan, through this period of training, basically mastered all the innate abilities and supernatural powers possessed by these monsters.

Therefore, now is the best time for him to make his move. Even though his cultivation level has not yet fully reached the peak planetary level, his combat power has already reached that level. Moreover, the entire forest is currently in chaos, which is the perfect opportunity for Luo Yuan to take advantage of the situation. He has been waiting for this day for quite some time.

As powerful humans, they were completely unfamiliar with this life form, so they didn't know where the dangers were or where the important cultivation resources were. Therefore, they could only cautiously explore and eventually fight those powerful demonic beasts to buy time for Luo Yuan.

Moreover, Luo Yuan could simply use his own means to notify his subordinates who were connected with him to wait outside the forest. There was no need for him to get involved, as it would be pointless and might even lead to his own demise.

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Chapter 864. Becoming King

Since the powerful humans outside the Monster Forest have begun to attack this place, it means that they are already prepared, or they feel that there is no point in dragging it out, so they are launching a full-scale attack. However, judging from their appearance, they still choose to fight individually as usual, so it will be difficult to get them to unite against the enemy.

Luo Yuan knew the human powerhouses too well. After all, they were in a competitive relationship. Everyone knew that if they could unite to deal with the demon beasts, then the demon beasts in this forest would not be a threat. But unfortunately, the humans were very wary of each other. They were worried about being attacked from both sides during the battle, so they simply decided to see who was the strongest and could be the first to approach the treasure vault built by the demon beasts and seize the treasures.

However, this fighting style of the human powerhouses is also very much in Luo Yuan's interest. After all, during the time he was disguised as a demon beast prince, although he had been cultivating and mastering the innate supernatural abilities of these demon beasts, he did not intend to stay here forever. Therefore, he hoped that these demon beasts would not focus their attention on him.