Shen Ni Realizes for the First Time That He May Really Have Overfed Him
Deep within the Myriad Sha Abyss.
After Lu Yuan resumed devouring, he was even faster than before.
After completing the life transformation at a hundred thousand li.
His body itself could automatically absorb the surrounding energy.
On top of his active devouring.
With the two combined, the entire Sha Sea began to fall even faster.
Rumble!
Black-and-red waterspouts rose from the surface of the sea.
They converged madly toward Lu Yuan's enormous mouth.
The scattered lingering thoughts of Fiendgods caught along the way were swept into his body as well.
Once enough of them gathered, they would even try to assault Lu Yuan's consciousness.
After several attempts.
None of them managed to stir up so much as a ripple.
The strongest lingering thought held out for less than half an hour before shattering completely amid a whale's cry.
The remaining spiritual fragments were quickly converted.
Lu Yuan had fully adapted by now.
He even felt that these lingering thoughts were quite considerate.
The Sha Qi took care of growing his body.
The lingering thoughts replenished his Divine Sense.
One meal took care of two needs.
Quite a bargain.
Meanwhile.
His body continued to grow.
One hundred thousand one hundred li.
One hundred thousand three hundred li.
One hundred thousand five hundred li...
This speed far surpassed Lu Yuan's natural growth while he slept.
If he could maintain it.
The entire Myriad Sha Abyss truly deserved to be called a cultivation paradise for him.
Lu Yuan ate to his heart's content.
But the atmosphere in the Beast Emperor Palace grew quieter and quieter.
At the center of the great hall.
On a water mirror formed from Sha Qi, the lines representing the Myriad Sha Abyss's reserves were rapidly fading.
The first layer of the Sha Sea.
Had already fallen by nearly forty percent.
The Sha Qi deep in the second layer was also being drawn upward, steadily filling the gap.
The Myriad Sha Abyss, which had originally been in equilibrium, now showed a clear flow of energy because of Lu Yuan alone.
The black-armored giant stared at the water mirror.
The muscles in his face twitched slightly.
"Your Majesty."
He hesitated for a moment.
But ultimately couldn't hold back.
"If he keeps eating at this rate, the first layer probably won't last long."
Shen Ni could naturally see that for himself.
He sat upright on the imperial throne.
His expression remained calm on the surface.
Only, his fingers had stopped tapping the armrest.
Qiongqi stood below.
His gaze was equally complicated.
He had fought Lu Yuan himself.
He knew the fellow's appetite was outrageous.
But only after Lu Yuan was actually placed in an ocean of resources like the Myriad Sha Abyss did Qiongqi realize how shallow his understanding of the words "big appetite" had been.
The entire first layer of the Sha Sea.
Ordinarily, it was enough for a great number of ferocious beasts to cultivate.
It could even support dozens of ferocious beast kings at once without much strain.
Lu Yuan went in alone.
And the water level immediately began falling before their eyes.
A gigantic skeletal beast beside him said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, should we close off the second layer? If we keep it open, the consumption will be too great."
Shen Ni looked at the water mirror.
He did not answer immediately.
His original plan had been quite simple.
The Myriad Sha Abyss contained a vast amount of energy.
He would let Lu Yuan in to eat.
The more he ate, the easier it would be to expose his limit.
But as things stood.
They had yet to find his limit.
And the Myriad Sha Abyss was already losing flesh.
Shen Ni's eyes slowly narrowed.
"How is his presence?"
Qiongqi answered at once, "Still growing."
The black-armored giant added, "And it shows no sign of instability. The power he has swallowed is rapidly merging into his body."
The great hall fell silent again.
That answer was the real trouble.
There were quite a few beings in the Primordial World who could rapidly improve through devouring.
Many ferocious beasts followed that path.
But eating too much usually caused problems.
Conflicting energies.
An unstable foundation.
A body unable to withstand the strain.
All of these were normal.
Lu Yuan currently showed no sign of any such problems.
However much he ate.
He could digest it all.
His efficiency was even increasing.
Shen Ni finally rose to his feet.
"Activate the Heaven-Locking Sha Formation."
Qiongqi's expression shifted.
The black-armored giant's face also showed a trace of excitement.
The Heaven-Locking Sha Formation.
It was one of the true suppressive formations within the Myriad Sha Abyss.
The formation was rarely used.
It was mainly used to suppress the ferocious beast kings within the Imperial Court who refused to be controlled.
The formation was connected to the Sha Veins of the entire Myriad Sha Abyss.
Once activated.
Vast quantities of Sha Qi would turn into chains.
Space, Primordial Spirits, and physical bodies would all be suppressed.
And the harder one struggled.
The more Sha Qi one would draw in.
And the stronger the suppressive force would become.
It was ideally suited to dealing with a being whose strength lay purely in his formidable physical body.
Qiongqi asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you intend to suppress him directly?"
Shen Ni spoke indifferently. "Confine him first."
"This emperor wants to speak with him again."
Qiongqi understood at once.
Shen Ni still wanted to recruit Lu Yuan.
Such a bloodline.
Such a rate of growth.
No one would be willing to kill him outright.
Though the black-armored giant had considerable objections to Lu Yuan consuming so many of the Myriad Sha Abyss's resources, he did not argue.
If they could truly bring Lu Yuan into the Imperial Court.
The resources he had eaten so far could naturally be counted as an investment.
A giant beast whose potential growth upon reaching adulthood was unknown.
Was worth far more than this Sha Qi.
Shen Ni swept a sleeve.
"Activate the formation."
The order was given.
Deep within the Myriad Sha Abyss.
Dormant black lines suddenly lit up one after another.
At first.
Lu Yuan did not notice.
He was still devouring the Sha Sea.
Until the space around him began to congeal unnaturally.
The Sha liquid that had once flowed freely gradually came to a stop.
A black-and-red chain suddenly shot up from the seabed.
Clatter!
The chain stretched across several thousand li.
It wrapped directly around the giant fin on Lu Yuan's left side.
Lu Yuan stopped.
"What is that?"
Before he could take a closer look.
A second chain.
A third.
A tenth.
More and more chains shot out from all over the Myriad Sha Abyss.
Each was made of highly condensed ferocious Sha power and formation patterns.
In moments.
Thousands of chains had wound around Lu Yuan's entire body.
His tail, giant fins, and neck were all bound tightly.
Boom!
Lu Yuan instinctively exerted force.
The entire Myriad Sha Abyss shook in an instant.
Hundreds of chains were pulled taut.
Black-and-red light flickered wildly across their surfaces.
But they did not break.
Instead, as Lu Yuan unleashed his strength, more Sha Qi converged from every direction.
The chains grew thicker.
A trace of surprise appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes.
"It can increase its strength too?"
He tried again.
The result was the same.
The harder he strained.
The faster the surrounding Sha Qi gathered.
The stronger the restraints became.
And Lu Yuan could clearly feel it.
These chains didn't just restrain his flesh.
Even the surrounding space was suppressed by the formation.
His range of movement was shrinking rapidly.
In the distance, the vicious beasts that had been fleeing Lu Yuan saw this and stopped running one after another.
The Taiyi vicious beast king abruptly raised its head.
Surprise and delight appeared in its eyes.
"Heaven-Locking Sha Formation!"
It had lived in the Northern Land for countless years.
Naturally, it knew of this formation.
"The Imperial Court has made its move!"
Several vicious beasts beside it were visibly heartened as well.
"Surely this will finally be enough to suppress him?"
"The Heaven-Locking Sha Formation draws on the power of the entire Myriad Sha Abyss. No matter how strong his flesh is, he can't break free!"
A Golden Immortal vicious beast looked at Lu Yuan, surrounded by countless chains, and even showed an expression of relief.
They really had been frightened by Lu Yuan these past few days.
Eating all the way.
Growing all the way.
The Myriad Sha Abyss had practically become his personal dining hall.
Now, finally, someone was dealing with him.
Lu Yuan couldn't hear the vicious beasts talking in the distance.
His attention was entirely focused on the chains.
Struggling against them head-on.
It really was troublesome.
The entire formation seemed to be drawing on the Myriad Sha Abyss's energy to suppress him.
The stronger he was.
The more Sha Qi his opponent could draw upon.
It wasn't worth continuing to pull at them with brute force alone.
Lu Yuan gradually stopped struggling.
The black-and-red chains settled down with him.
Just then.
A deep, majestic voice traveled through the great formation into the Myriad Sha Abyss.
"Lu Yuan."
It was Shen Ni's voice.
Lu Yuan raised his golden eyes slightly.
"You're Shen Ni?"
The other side was silent for a moment.
"Indeed, I am."
Lu Yuan heard the answer.
He wasn't particularly surprised.
The Myriad Sha Abyss was Shen Ni's territory.
Naturally, the great formation here had something to do with him as well.
Shen Ni's voice rang out again.
"Now, we can talk again."