Monster's Birth

Chapter 772: Monster's Birth

Girl's Face emerged on the Wisdom Tree, still wearing a faint smile.

Yet there was indescribable sorrow and mockery in that smile.

"The leader changed."

The Wisdom Tree said faintly, "He gradually kept moving his battle post back from the Front Line, until he stood high above, overseeing the whole situation. He was no longer like before, leading from the front and treating death as home.

"The leader also secretly withheld large quantities of monster flesh, spirit-infused nerves, and high-grade crystals for his own cultivation.

"To swiftly awaken and strengthen Superhuman Power, besides monster flesh and Crystal Veins, one had to consume an astronomical amount of energy—that was, eat ten times, even a hundred times more than ordinary people.

"To keep the other townspeople from noticing anything unusual, the leader did not openly seize too much monster flesh. Instead, he set his sights on the Compressed Biscuits and canned food stored deep in the warehouses. You should know that these strategic supplies were Peach Blossom Paradise Town's trump card. They were originally meant to be used only in the worst possible circumstances, to help all the townspeople survive a crisis. Even those selfish and self-serving powerful figures of old had not squandered them all, yet the leader gradually gnawed them clean, leaving only the outermost layers—empty shells with nothing but appearances.

"The leader grew stronger and stronger.

"But he became more and more stingy about using his immense power to contribute to Peach Blossom Paradise Town. Power itself seemed to have become the goal, spurring his ambition and greed to swell by geometric progression.

"To obtain more cultivation resources, the leader did not hesitate to deceive the townspeople into advancing toward the places with the richest Crystal Veins and the densest monster nests.

"Of course, the