Essence Devouring Art

But the commotion quickly subsided.

WHOOSH—

A fierce gust of wind swept by.

Zhang City was the first to arrive at the city gate. Gazing at the two white figures disappearing into the distant, snow-filled sky, he sneered.

”Heh, with the Commander’s methods, it’s useless even if you flee to the ends of the earth!”

With that, Zhang City once again took out the token from his robes—it was the color of glazed glass and seemed to writhe like living flesh.

He extended his consciousness into it.

He immediately discovered something.

Within a field of darkness, two white dots were continuously fleeing northeast.

’So what if I let you run for a while?’

He put away the Token.

Zhang City smiled coldly. Unhurried, he returned to headquarters to gather various Talismans, Array Plates, and Spiritual Artifacts specifically designed to deal with Gu...

After arming himself to the teeth,

only then did he lead the men of the Bai Ze Bureau out of the city to hunt down Lady Xue.

At the same time,

he also called for reinforcements.

Lady Xue’s strength had already been gauged and fed back to his Token the moment she touched the magnetic field net.

An old Gu, equivalent to the Grandmaster level.

Only someone at the Great Grandmaster level could suppress and capture her.

...

Evening fell.

Guangqing Prefecture, Lancang County City.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK~

A knock came from the door of the quiet room.

Inside the room,

Wu Dao’s tightly shut eyes opened, and the empty gaze within them quickly regained its spirituality.

”Alliance Leader, the people from the Bai Ze Bureau caught a couple of nice fish. They’ve already been delivered. Shall we serve them while they’re hot?” came Zhao Jianji’s respectful inquiry.

’They caught more fish?’

’Tsk tsk~’

’A craftsman must sharpen his tools if he wishes to do his work well.’

’The old saying really is true.’

The corner of Wu Dao’s mouth curled up. With a hint of anticipation, he rose and walked out of the room, wondering what this catch would taste like.

Although there were only three types of Alien Species,

their flavors were fantastically diverse.

Some were hard to swallow, while others were utterly delicious.

Before every meal,

he felt the same anticipation as opening a blind box.

CREAK~

The door opened.

”This subordinate greets the Alliance Leader!”

A towering, dark-faced, imposing giant of a man—with arms so thick you could race a horse on them—immediately bowed to Wu Dao.

This majestic warrior was none other than Zhao Jianji, who was once a suave and dashing pretty boy.

Ever since becoming a Primordial Demon,

he had been eating and training voraciously every day. As he grew stronger, his physique gradually developed in the direction of a monstrous, muscle-bound behemoth.

Wu Dao casually sized up Zhao Jianji.

He noted that his physique had reached the Horizontal Refining Third Gate: Qi Blood Smoke, strong enough to strike down an Innate expert. His progress was indeed significant.

And it wasn’t just him.

During this period, the Primordial Demons in the Overlord Whale Alliance had all grown considerably.

The top eight Grandmaster-level Primordial Demons

had now reached the Great Grandmaster level.

Those below them

had also generally advanced by one or two minor realms, significantly boosting the Overlord Whale Alliance’s overall strength.

Now, in the two prefectures of Guangqing and Wanshan,

any Alien Species below the level of a Land Immortal

no longer required Wu Dao’s intervention. The Primordial Demons could handle them thoroughly and decisively.

Even for those at or above the Land Immortal level,

the Bai Ze Bureau was there to take care of it.

For Wu Dao, who now ’held all the power,’

as long as it wasn’t an Alien Species at the Divine Power Level, he didn’t need to lift a finger. He could earn Teleportation Points just by lying down.

”Two fish, one big and one small. A Red Lotus Deceit King and a Black Lotus Fierce Gu. They’re all in here.”

After bowing, Zhao Jianji presented a Yellow Jade Gourd covered in dense runes, from which a sinister aura could be felt.

’A Red Lotus Deceit King...’

Wu Dao raised an eyebrow slightly. He took the Yellow Jade Gourd, extended his consciousness inside, and discovered two miniature, ethereal beauties within.

One was plump and juicy.

The other was youthful and vibrant.

The mature one had a single-layered red lotus blooming on her brow, while the younger one had a Three-Layered Black Lotus.

Gu were a type of creature

that Wu Dao had first encountered when he arrived in this world.

But aside from that one Stone God,

he hadn’t seen any others that amounted to much.

This Red Lotus Deceit King, a level above the Black Lotus,

he really had no idea what it would taste like.

”Not bad. Treat the brothers who delivered the fish well.”

He withdrew his consciousness.

Wu Dao instructed Zhao Jianji, licked his lips, and returned to his room to begin enjoying his little snack.

The attribute panel was bound to

what seemed to be the very concept of his existence.

Therefore,

there was no difference whether his incarnation ate or his main body did.

After a while,

Wu Dao set down the now-empty Yellow Jade Gourd, his expression a little strange.

These two Gu,

it seemed, were of the same type.

So they tasted the same.

As for the taste...

Well, it was odd.

After eating them, how to describe it?

In short, very odd.

”So they were a pair of lust Gu?”

Wu Dao smacked his lips, not minding it much.

Such a minor pleasure

was too low-class.

Haaa~

He let out a slow breath.

Wu Dao closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly crossed mountains and rivers to return to his main body.

RUMBLE—

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—

Outside the Southern Border Territory, in the Boundless Gobi Desert.

Seventeen thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight meters!

The nearly pure-gray Celestial Thunder Gang Wind raged violently, once again obliterating Wu Dao’s physical body and soul into countless cellular particles, slowly strengthening his cellular structure and soul intensity.

”Hiss~ Now this is satisfying.”

Wu Dao’s soul let out a moan of ecstasy, inching upward at a speed countless times slower than a snail to meet the torture of the even more violent Celestial Thunder Gang Wind.

At the same time,

he opened his attribute panel—

[Physique: Peak of Human Extremes]

[Extraordinary: Essence Devouring Art (95% Potential Release) +

Thunder Punishment Dominating Whale Fist: 15,000 Years (Four Fist Transformations) +

Undying Transformation: 15,000 Years (Horizontal Refining Eighth Gate, Six Yang Celestial Light, Great Success) +]

Little Divine Techniques:

Primordial Magnetic Gang Shield, Primordial Magnetic Celestial Saber, Ten Directions Divine Slaughter, Primordial Magnetic Tribulation Finger, Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist, Primordial Magnetic Celestial Prison Cage, Primordial Magnetic Demon Embryo, Black Tortoise Incarnation.

[Teleportation Points: 91,560]

After reaching the Peak of Human Extremes,

every 1% increase in potential was far more difficult than in previous realms.

However,

under Wu Dao’s ceaseless, arduous cultivation,

his progress in strength was also very gratifying.

In the past half-month,

his two techniques had improved by two thousand years.

He had achieved the Four Fist Transformations!

And his Horizontal Refining Eighth Gate Great Success was almost complete.

He estimated that after crossing these last two meters,

and adapting to the Celestial Thunder Gang Wind at eighteen thousand meters, he would reach the limit of the Eighth Gate, his physical body able to completely ignore the attacks of a Five Transformations Great Divine Power User.

’If I were to use Opening God Without Heaven now, I could contend with a Five Transformations Great Divine Power User even without borrowing Celestial Might.’

Wu Dao assessed his current strength, then his mind turned to the balance of Teleportation Points on his attribute panel.

Over ninety thousand!

In half a month, he had gained forty thousand just by ’lying down’!

It was the true definition of reaping what you didn’t sow, an accumulation of small gains into a large sum.

Half a month ago,

his incarnation had used one Yao, one Gu, and one Xiong from the Bai Ze Bureau to refine a large number of ’Life Magnetic Field Detectors’.

Now, in the Thirteen Prefectures of the South Border,

all human settlements and cities—in the towns, counties, and commanderies—

had been equipped with Life Magnetic Field Detectors targeting Alien Species, forming a magnetic field net that enveloped the entire human-inhabited territory of the Southern Border.

Whenever an Alien Species approached a city,

it would immediately trigger the detector’s alarm.

Furthermore, a magnetic current would invade its body and parasitize its Life Magnetic Field. Like maggots clinging to bone, it was impossible to remove unless the creature killed itself.

It could only be tracked and suppressed by the Bai Ze Guards or members of the Overlord Whale Alliance who held magnetic induction tokens, and then delivered to Wu Dao’s dinner table.

To refine these Life Magnetic Field Detectors, Wu Dao had originally consulted a great deal of this world’s knowledge on arrays, making their functions extremely comprehensive.

Warning, analysis, positioning, tracking, energy replenishment...

and other such aspects,

he had considered them all.

And he had managed to deduce, integrate, and implement them with his monster-level intellect.

Thus,

the magnetic field net covering the entire Southern Border was born.

From now on, unless the Alien Species stayed far away from human populations,

if they dared to cause trouble, there would be absolutely no escape!

”Haa, two million...”

His mind swept one last time over the number of Teleportation Points needed for the Essence Devouring Art to break through the Human Extreme. Wu Dao let out a slight breath and closed the attribute panel.

This number

was enormous.

But given his current cultivation progress,

plus the Teleportation Points provided by the entire Southern Border Ranch,

when the time for the actual breakthrough came,

the required amount would be far lower than this.

It was not an unattainable goal.

If a few big fish were to come along,

like that loser, the Saint King, then the collection speed would be even faster.

”It’s been so long, and he still hasn’t fattened up. What a complete waste!”

Thinking of the Saint King,

Wu Dao felt a little displeased. He had let him graze free for so long, and he still wasn’t ready for slaughter. He was too disappointed in the Saint King.

But in this, he was mistaken about the Saint King.

It wasn’t that the Saint King hadn’t fattened up.

Rather, he had ’eaten something bad’ and run into problems.