A Favor, Part One

Within the Star Abyss, an aura known as the Blood Source Wind blew in from unknown lands at every moment.

The Blood Source Wind carried the seeds of countless lives.

No one knew where those seeds came from. But every Star Abyss creature knew, had seen, the future of these seeds.

They would silently fall into the land of flesh and blood, then sprout, take deep root, grow, and become the lowest-grade Star Abyss plants.

The plants devoured and slaughtered one another, gradually becoming larger plants capable of faster movement.

The large plants would choose different paths. One was to remain wholly on the plant path, their bodies rapidly expanding in size, though they moved with difficulty.

The other was to turn into cannon fodder beasts and become part of the countless Star Abyss armies.

At this moment, beneath the blowing Blood Source Wind, a black shadow flashed across the blood-red earth. In a single second, it crossed more than ten kilometers as it sped onward.

Every creature, every living thing it touched along the way was swallowed and fused into one with it.

Gradually, the black shadow was no longer as weak as it had initially been. He began devouring slightly larger beast herds.

A herd of three-tailed elk gathered together, continuously using their sharp teeth to tear at the countless weeds growing from the ground.

Those weeds all resembled human fingers—deathly pale, crooked, densely packed, with joints segment by segment.

When bitten, they even let out faint screams.

Whoosh!

The black shadow turned into wind, suddenly flashing past from afar and carving out a Z-shaped trail through the herd of three-tailed elk.

Dozens of three-tailed elk vanished without even a grunt, swallowed into the vortex.

The black shadow paused slightly, revealing Wei He's body, covered in wounds.

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