Su Xiao checked the resources needed to cultivate a demon beast. Hatching required 50 points of biological energy, while cultivating it to adulthood required 150 points, for a total of 200 points. For a medium-sized Zerg from the Third Order, this was already an exorbitant price.
The Second Order Spore Tank stood 15 meters tall and weighed over 40 tons. Even so, it required only 120 points of biological energy.
Jila poked her head out of the Bug Nest. The carapace on her face had already receded, revealing fair cheeks. Several upward-pointing black stripes adorned each side of her face. She now looked very much like a combination of a female demon and a Zerg. As for her height, she had not grown much taller.
"What's this?"
Jila poked her own cheek with a finger.
"Skin."
"It's so soft. I've become weaker."
Jila seemed rather nostalgic for the carapace on her head. Clearly, the Zerg's aesthetic standards differed from those of humans.
"Cultivate a demon beast."
"Mm."
Jila began controlling the Bug Nest. The hatching organ started working. About a minute later, an egg the size of a basketball was squeezed out of the hatching organ and fell into the cultivation sac below.
Su Xiao started timing it. Five minutes and twenty-three seconds later, the demon beast crawled out of the Bug Nest.
"Roar!!"
The demon beast threw back its head and roared angrily. This vicious creature had an overwhelming urge to destroy things from the moment it was born into the world. However, the moment it looked at Su Xiao and Jila, it immediately lowered its head and lay prostrate on the ground.
The demon beast differed from most Zerg. It was a near-humanoid creature, and its two powerful hind legs were bent at an extreme angle, indicating that