Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 993: Chapter 81: Devour

Inside the exclusive room.

Su Xiao and Bubu Wang sat on the bed, its four legs having mysteriously vanished. One human and one dog sat calmly, staring straight ahead.

A Mu sat opposite them, its two large hands constantly stuffing various foods into its mouth, like a hungry ghost reborn.

A Mu’s attack abilities weren’t particularly strong, but without a doubt, its survival and control abilities were both excellent. Any attack it made came with a frostbite effect that could make enemies feel miserable. Once entangled by A Mu, the slow effect wouldn’t end, and even forcibly breaking free wouldn’t work. The frost ability didn’t have a cooldown time, so as soon as A Mu landed a punch, the enemy would suffer from the frost effect again.

No matter how you looked at it, A Mu was a great asset in battle. However, this guy ate like there was no tomorrow; one meal cost Su Xiao nearly 180 paradise coins. To put it in perspective, that much ordinary food could fill up to two trucks, with some left over.

This was the amount A Mu ate in one sitting, and it was the main reason it could exist for such a long time. Combat-type alchemical creatures, even the high-level ones, can survive for 50 to 100 days at most, but A Mu could last an incredible 256 days. As for those alchemical creatures like the wolf steward that could last for several hundred years, Su Xiao couldn’t make such creatures yet, though he might in the future.

”A Mu, have you eaten enough?”

Su Xiao sat on the bed, already deciding not to buy a new one. He even considered just getting a mattress to sleep on.

”Burp~”

A Mu belched and giggled foolishly.

”I’m half full.”

A Mu seemed not quite satisfied, and Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang. Bubu Wang shrank a little, sensing something was up.

”Bubu Wang, from now on, you’ll control its fighting and be responsible for its meals.”

Bubu Wang wore an ’I knew it’ expression, sighed, and silently pitied its own little treasury.

Bubu Wang barked once and walked out of the exclusive room, A Mu quickly stood up to follow, becoming a genuine henchman. Bubu was taking A Mu out on an adventure, solving A Mu’s food issue in passing. They couldn’t let A Mu fight on an empty stomach, could they? After entering the Derivative World, A Mu’s food problem would be easy to solve. Being Su Xiao’s alchemical creature, how could A Mu not inherit Su Xiao’s excellent tradition of... plundering?

Don’t be fooled by A Mu’s current simple and honest appearance; it’s Su Xiao’s alchemical creation. Su Xiao is its creator, and its personality is inevitably influenced by Su Xiao. Perhaps in future battles, A Mu would show another side of itself, using its sharp horns to pierce through enemies, trampling them mercilessly until they’re crushed.

After Bubu Wang and A Mu left, Su Xiao took out the spirit of the Dragon of Resurrection. He was in excellent condition now, there should be no problem devouring it.

The Core of Devour within Su Xiao gradually awakened, blue smoke enveloped his left arm, and a skeleton formed from the smoke, grinning menacingly at Su Xiao. This was intentional on Su Xiao’s part.

The reason for forming this smoke skeleton was a technique Su Xiao developed after long research. This technique had no attack or defense ability; it only served as a warning sign.

When Su Xiao used the Core of Devour, the skeleton would change. The larger the skeleton grew, the greater the risk of Su Xiao becoming a Demon Blade.

The current skeleton was only the size of a fist, indicating everything was normal. When it grew to the size of a basketball, it meant Su Xiao had a risk of becoming a Demon Blade. If it reached the size of a washbasin, Su Xiao shouldn’t use the Core of Devour to enhance Blue Steel Shadow ability; otherwise, there would be more than an 80% chance of losing rationality and becoming a Demon Blade.

The importance of the warning skeleton was self-evident. With this ability, the likelihood of Su Xiao becoming a Demon Blade was low.

The blue smoke on Su Xiao’s arm enveloped the spirit of the Dragon of Resurrection. In an instant, a large portion of the pure life energy within the spirit was extracted, rushing into Su Xiao’s body, aiming for the Core of Devour.

The Core of Devour, located near Su Xiao’s heart, began operating after ingesting this large batch of life energy, purifying and converting it. The originally emerald green life energy turned into a colorless energy mass through the Core of Devour’s transformation.

The colorless energy surged out from the Core of Devour, and the Blue Steel Shadow energy within Su Xiao eagerly devoured it like a ravenous wolf.

Su Xiao’s Blue Steel Shadow was at Level 30, and upon devouring this colorless energy, its total amount didn’t change. The total amount of Blue Steel Shadow energy is determined by Su Xiao’s Mana Value; the higher the Mana Value, the more Blue Steel Shadow energy can be converted.

What changed was the quality of the Blue Steel Shadow, becoming purer and more aggressive.

Pure life energy continuously flowed from the spirit of the Dragon of Resurrection, and the Core of Devour accepted it without hesitation, devouring it as much as it could, and the level of the Blue Steel Shadow skill began to rise quickly.

[Due to absorbing energy converted by the Core of Devour, Blue Steel Shadow level increased.]

[Blue Steel Shadow has been upgraded to Level 31.]

[Blue Steel Shadow has been upgraded to Level 32.]

[Blue Steel Shadow has been upgraded to Level 33.]

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The normally hard-to-improve Blue Steel Shadow ability had now increased by three levels in succession, and the momentum continued.

As the Core of Devour rapidly consumed energy, blue smoke rose from Su Xiao’s arm, forming a virtual shadow composed of blue smoke above his head. The virtual shadow wore armor, had red light emanating from its eye sockets, and carried a long knife at its waist.

”Choose me...”

The virtual shadow began to approach Su Xiao below, but with a bang, it was repelled, blue smoke surged.

The virtual shadow had no subjective consciousness nor was it a living entity, it was merely a pure energy mass.

Sitting on the ground, Su Xiao turned his head to look at the blue virtual shadow. He was very calm; as long as his heart remained resolute, this virtual shadow could do nothing to him.

”Choose me...”

The virtual shadow tried approaching Su Xiao again, but Su Xiao ignored it. If this virtual shadow merged into his body, he would immediately become a Demon Blade.

An idea sprouted in Su Xiao’s mind: what would happen if this virtual shadow merged into Dragon Slash? The Demon Blade and Shadow of Annihilation Law share the same source; there shouldn’t be a problem.

Unfortunately, the current state of Dragon Slash was not sufficient to bear this virtual shadow, and Su Xiao could only temporarily give up.

What Su Xiao did not know was that any Shadow of Annihilation Law possessing the Core of Devour Ability would attempt such a feat; once successful, the benefits obtained are remarkably impressive.

Nearly extinct, there was no one to guide Su Xiao in the ways of the Shadow of Annihilation Law, leaving only a remnant soul capable of offering guidance, albeit it was merely seen a few times and each meeting was exceedingly brief.

As Blue Steel Shadow energy rapidly increased, Su Xiao’s body even began to experience a sense of distension and pain, indicating that his body was adapting to the strengthened Blue Steel Shadow.

While the devouring continued, Su Xiao closely monitored the smoke skeleton beside him. At this moment, the smoke skeleton had already grown a size larger than a basketball, with a tendency to expand to the size of a washbasin.

Once the smoke skeleton reached the size of a washbasin, Su Xiao would gradually escalate into a berserk state, ultimately becoming a Demon Blade.