Sunset Mountain Range

Sunset Mountain Range.

Core region.

It was the paradise of Flagrant Beasts and a forbidden zone for humans.

Even Saint Domain Experts would not casually set foot here.

Roar—!!

A despairing roar shattered the valley's silence.

It came from a Saint Domain Earth Bear.

At this moment.

It was pinned firmly to the ground, unable to move.

Above the Earth Bear.

Lei Wen's water-element divine clone floated expressionlessly in midair.

The pressure he casually released made this Saint Domain Flagrant Beast tremble to the bone.

"Good."

"It is your honor to become nourishment for my advancement."

Lei Wen's divine clone said indifferently.

In the clearing of the Undying Void.

Lei Wen's true body was walking over step by step.

"The third one."

Very soon.

His true body stopped before the Earth Bear, his gaze like that of a diner appraising a fine steak.

Without any hesitation.

A colossal, pitch-black phantom emerged behind Lei Wen.

The phantom had only a mouth.

A giant mouth that seemed capable of swallowing heaven and earth.

The Earth Bear's eyes widened, its pupils shrinking to pinpoints.

It sensed it.

That was not the terror of death.

It was utter despair.

"Devouring Demon Maw."

Four icy words left his lips.

The black mouth suddenly lunged forward and bit down on the Earth Bear, which was as large as a dragon!

Crunch!

There was no spray of blood.

No severed limbs.

Even space itself seemed to have been gouged out.

The Earth Bear, along with the patch of ground beneath it, instantly vanished into the black giant mouth.

Gulp.

The phantom made a satisfied swallowing motion, then turned into a streak of black light and returned to Lei Wen's body.

The valley fell silent once more.

Only a massive deep pit remained, proving that an enormous creature had once existed here.

On a distant treetop.

Xiao Bai curled into a ball, wrapping her enormous dragon wings tightly around herself.

As a Purpleflame Icefrost Giant Dragon, she was trembling like a little chick.

It was too terrifying.

This was not the first time she had seen it.

But every time she watched her master "devour" something.

The terror that came from deep within her bloodline made Xiao Bai's heart tremble.

Xiao Bai swallowed, lowering her head even further.

She had to listen to her master from now on.

Otherwise, the next meal might be the Purpleflame Icefrost Giant Dragon.

Lei Wen paid no attention to his pet's inner turmoil.

His true body sat cross-legged beside the deep pit, his eyes shut.

It began.

Digestion.

That Earth Bear was broken down into the most primitive particles of energy.

Blood and flesh essence, soul fragments, comprehension of laws...

Bit by bit, all of it was being forcibly plundered.

The sensation was strange.

It was as if countless warm currents were flowing through every part of his body.

Every cell cheered, greedily absorbing this nourishment.

"So this is the pleasure of plundering."

Lei Wen's consciousness immersed itself in the pleasure of devouring.

But he did not lose himself.

He remained focused on the core thing—the talent.

Did he have it?

Could he awaken an affinity for earth elements and power?

Time passed second by second.

Lei Wen's water-element divine clone sat cross-legged atop a huge boulder in the Undying Void.

His divine sense spread outward like a spiderweb, covering a radius of hundreds of miles.

No movement could escape his perception.

Although he was in the depths of the Sunset Mountain Range, no blind fool would dare provoke a divine expert.

Still, it was better to be cautious.

If someone interrupted his true body's digestion, the consequences would be serious.

The sun rose and the moon set.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The first rays of morning sunlight pierced through the canopy and fell in mottled patches across Lei Wen.

His true body maintained that cross-legged posture, every breath carrying a faint rhythm.

An occasional earthy-yellow glow flickered over the surface of his body before being suppressed again.

That was the fluctuation of the Earth Law.

For an ordinary Saint Domain being, comprehending the Earth Law might require decades or even centuries of secluded meditation, sensing the movements of the earth.

But Lei Wen did not need that.

He was cheating.

He had stolen the Earth Bear's ten-thousand-year comprehension outright.

Even if he only chewed on it a little, he should have gotten some flavor from it.

Finally.

Lei Wen frowned.

He opened his eyes.

There was no majestic phenomenon of divine light bursting forth.

Only an almost unbearable disappointment.

"It failed again."

Lei Wen lowered his head to look at his palm and clenched it hard.

Bang!

The air exploded in his palm, producing a crisp blast.

The power was strong.

After being tempered by pure water-element Divine Power.

Lei Wen's true body had already reached a level of physical strength comparable to that of an ordinary lower god.

Even with brute force alone.

Lei Wen's true body could crush a Saint Domain Flagrant Beast to death.

However.

That was not what Lei Wen wanted.

"Why?"

Lei Wen frowned and rose to his feet.

The earth elements around him still ignored his summons.

That sensation of being separated by a layer of frosted glass still remained.

This meant he had not awakened the talent to cultivate the earth element.

Ever since awakening the Devouring Demon Maw.

Lei Wen had traveled deep into the Sunset Mountain Range.

He wanted to use the Devouring Demon Maw to obtain the talent to cultivate other laws and elements.

Therefore.

For this entire month.

Lei Wen had hunted in the depths of the Sunset Mountain Range.

A Saint Domain Light Horned Rhinoceros? Eaten.

A Saint Domain Dark Demon Wolf? Eaten.

A Saint Domain Purple-Eyed Ink Ape? Eaten.

A Saint Domain Flame Mad Lion? Also eaten.

Including the Earth Bear he had devoured today.

Lei Wen had devoured all five Saint Domain magical beasts of different elements.

And the result?

Not a single elemental affinity had been awakened!

Did I overthink it?

The Devouring Demon Maw was not as heaven-defying as he had imagined.

Or rather...

"The probability is too low?"

Lei Wen kicked a stone on the ground somewhat irritably.

Whoosh!

The stone shot out like a bullet and directly pierced through a mountain peak a hundred meters away.

Rumble—

The mountain collapsed, dust rising everywhere.

The distant magical beasts scattered in panic.

"No."

"There must be some flaw in the method."

Lei Wen forced himself to calm down.

He began reviewing his month-long "devouring" process.

Saint Domain Flagrant Beasts indeed stood at the pinnacle of mortal life.

But at their core, they were still "mortals."

Their bloodlines contained far too many impurities.

The Devouring Demon Maw could naturally swallow them.

But extracting the "gold" capable of improving one's own talent from that "garbage" was far too difficult.

The probability was naturally so low that it made one despair.

"The quality is insufficient, so quantity must make up for it..."

"The Flagrant Beast route probably won't work."

Lei Wen narrowed his eyes, danger flashing within his pupils.

Since "mortals" would not do.

Then he would eat "gods"!

The bodies of divine experts were condensed from Divine Power, without a trace of impurity.

Divine experts were manifestations of fragments of the laws of heaven and earth.

If he directly devoured a divine expert.

Then the probability of seizing their talent should rise sharply!

"Phew..."

I've got it!

A glimmer flashed through Lei Wen's eyes.

But it quickly dimmed again.

Jade Rabbit's divine favor was limited.

More importantly—

Jade Rabbit happened to have a Devouring-Attribute Main God.

If it merely severed the divine favor of other gods, Belite might not care.

But if it devoured the divine favor of other gods, it would definitely pique Belite's interest.

When that moment came,

who knew what Belite's attitude would be?

Luo Ye was something Lei Wen had not expected.

"Ah~"