"Good lord, are they synthesizing experience potions here?" The Evolution Points monsters gained by devouring one another diminished layer by layer. Devouring ten thousand lower life forms yielded far fewer Evolution Points than devouring a single Higher life form.
So the most cost-effective method was to let the lower ones devour each other first, gradually raising a Higher life form, then devour the Higher life form.
And the being ultimately pleased by this bloody sacrifice and slaughter sat atop the highest platform, within the largest bone throne.
It was a supergiant standing fifteen meters tall.
One could tell that it still possessed a roughly human shape, with limbs, a torso, and a head, its proportions similar to a human's. Yet its entire body was wrapped in something resembling black wood. Those strange, black vine-like things connected to the carpet of flesh, continuously absorbing nutrients while twitching from time to time. They looked thoroughly disgusting.
The monsters in this round all had an ugly overall aesthetic. Yet this giant sat boldly upon its throne, its left fist propping up its head, looking truly imposing.
Guanlan Sky Eye, activate!
With a hum, light shone from his eyes. Shi Tie Zhu scrutinized the thing and confirmed that it was not merely a decoration. These black vines were something like a silkworm cocoon. The true body lay at the core, wrapped in layer upon layer, rather than being some empty shell meant to feint east and strike west, misleading others.
"Why would Chen Jin so boldly put his true body on display? Was he certain of victory and had let down his guard, or was enslaving those monsters already consuming all his focus? Or was he at a critical juncture right now, with no time to attend to anything else?"
No matter the case,