Only Then Could It Evolve

Very soon, these things began to feel ravenous, and even their tentacles went limp.

Their heads buzzed.

Several consciousnesses were crying out in hunger.

They desperately needed food.

Their battle formation became somewhat chaotic. The leader protected in the middle watched for a while before understanding where the problem lay.

But having become new individuals, they would no longer obey its commands.

As their leader, it could only intimidate them before they fused.

After the fusion, whichever of the four individuals won would become the true master of that body.

Only then would it have a chance to attain King-class strength.

For now, it could only watch.

Then it would find an opportunity to seize the body that had fused most successfully and claim it for itself.

That way, it could attain King-class strength without lifting a finger.

None of the guards around it knew what it was truly thinking.

Even it did not know where these thoughts had come from.

Yet it simply knew that it had to do this, because only then could it evolve.

It was as though this were a memory engraved in its genes.

Something it had naturally known from the day it became leader.

It did not care who gained control of the body, as long as they survived.

Xi Xiu and A Xian also noticed their confusion and sent a message to Xie Qingzhu, who had remained ahead to await news.

They told them to come over and fight according to the teams that had been arranged beforehand.

The battlefield was currently filled with robots.

Combat Robots did not grow tired at all.

Nor did they need food.

The first wave of combat strength had already achieved the goal of draining the Tentacled Creatures' stamina.

The robot soldiers stationed at the base coordinated