Te's Attention

Sunset Mountain.

Lei Wen sat back down on a massive rock.

The mountain breeze howled.

It blew Lei Wen's clothes until they rustled.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the layers of snow and looking toward that unreachable firmament.

There were supreme treasures there.

There was also an abyss that inspired despair.

"Devour gods..."

Lei Wen chewed over those words, as though biting down on a hard, tasteless bone.

He had thought of Hell.

That was the game world Te had created.

It was also a gigantic treasure vault.

Godheads, Godly Artifacts, Main Godly Artifacts... everything was there.

Even the corpses of god-level experts were piled up like mountains.

If he awakened "Devourer's Form" there, then it would be like a rat falling into a rice jar.

Even if the success rate was only one in a thousand.

After devouring a thousand corpses, he should still be able to light up all seven elements of the law talent, right?

Perhaps even...

The talents of those four supreme treasures would not be impossible to obtain.

The temptation was simply too great.

So great that Lei Wen's heart began pounding violently.

But the next second.

A bucket of cold water was poured over his head.

Te.

The king of Dark Forest, who appeared merciful yet hid a violent and twisted nature beneath the surface.

He was the creator of Hell and its sole controller.

Causing trouble in his territory?

That was courting death.

Awakening "Devourer's Form" by himself was already a disaster waiting to happen.

In the eyes of a Main God, he was probably no different from a bug in a cobweb.

Once exposed.

How could Te possibly let him go?

Devouring him whole was likely the same as giving him a slap, then seeing what secrets he had been hiding.

Or perhaps...

Turning him into a different kind of "Devouring God Rat" pet?

No.

Lei Wen did not dare gamble.

Handing his fate over to someone else was what the weak did.

Besides.

That was Te.

A ruthless figure even the Lord of Light's faction would not dare provoke.

"This road won't work."

Lei Wen shook his head and cast aside that tempting thought.

Since he could not go to Hell to loot corpses.

Then he could go to the dimensional prison?

The Aba Dimensional Prison.

It was the purgatory of the strong and the burial ground of the weak.

Countless god-level experts who had been exiled for ages were imprisoned there.

Pick any one of them, and they would be Lower Gods or Middle Gods.

There were even quite a few Upper Gods.

If he could get in...

Lei Wen narrowed his eyes, his fingers tapping lightly against his knee.

Getting in was not difficult.

He only needed to offend the dimensional prison's guardian.

With that old man's eccentric temperament, he might very well throw Lei Wen inside.

But then.

Once he got in, how would he get out?

The dimensional prison only allowed entry, not exit. That was Luo Ye's rule.

Unless he encountered the dimensional prison collapsing as it did in the original work and escaped amid the chaos.

Or he cultivated to the Great Circle, caught Te's attention, and was released out of appreciation.

No!

No way!

The risk was far too great and completely uncontrollable.

"That is also a dead end."

Lei Wen sighed and scratched his head irritably.

That left very few options.

To grow stronger, he needed resources.

And places with resources were deadly.

The final path left.

He could use Jade Rabbit to travel to higher planes.

Hell, the Netherworld, the Undead God Realm, the Heavenly Realm.

Those were paradises for the strong.

The elemental energy of heaven and earth was so dense it was astounding. Experts were everywhere, and Godheads could practically be found scattered across the ground.

As long as one had strength, it would not be difficult to make a name for oneself there.

The problem was—

Lei Wen sized up his frail body.

Water affinity god avatar, Lower God.

If Te did not interfere.

Lei Wen was confident that he could crush other god-level experts on Jade Rabbit.

But once he reached a supreme plane.

A mere Lower God would be worthless.

What about Lei Wen's true body?

It had merely been tempered by Water affinity Divine Power and supplemented by the enhancement of a little Flagrant Beast essence.

Lei Wen's physical body could contend with Lower Gods.

But that was only against Lower Gods.

Any random Middle God could easily crush Lei Wen to death.

Under Luo Ye's circumstances.

Going directly to a supreme plane?

Wasn't that simply delivering himself to death?

If he was lucky, he might be captured by a powerful faction and made to mine for thousands of years.

If he was unlucky, he could be beaten to death by a passing Upper God with a single slap, without even causing a ripple.

It was too dangerous.

Although he was a transmigrator and possessed Devourer's Form.

Devourer's Form was not omnipotent.

Death meant death. There would be no second chance.

"Steady."

"Don't rush."

Lei Wen took a deep breath and forced down the impatience and greed in his heart.

What was a transmigrator's greatest reliance?

Not a golden finger.

It was foresight.

Knowing the direction of the plot, knowing where the traps were and where the opportunities lay.

Right now, the plot had yet to fully unfold.

He still had time.

There was no need to rush off to Hell and throw away his life.

First, he needed to solidify his foundation. That was the proper course.

Since his current self had no way to awaken new talents.

Then he would work hard to improve himself and make himself even stronger.

With that thought in mind.

Lei Wen's mind stirred.

The Water affinity god avatar transformed into a streak of light and entered Lei Wen's brow.

In an instant.

Lei Wen took a step forward and appeared in front of Xiao Bai.

"Xiao Bai, let's go."

"We're returning to the sea."

Since he could not leave Jade Rabbit for now.

Then the sea's marine magical beasts would be Lei Wen's best source of experience.

"Roar!"

Hearing Lei Wen's call.

Xiao Bai raised his head and let out an enraged roar, then soared toward the sea.

One man and one dragon quickly vanished from Sunset Mountain.

Dark Forest.

The golden Tree of Life.

"What an interesting little fellow."

"What an interesting innate divine ability."

A faint smile appeared on Te's face.

Ever since Lei Wen had broken through to become a Lower God.

Te would occasionally spare a glance to observe Lei Wen's movements.

To be honest.

Te did not actually think much of Lei Wen.

A mere Lower God was not worth Te's attention.

The reason Te did so was entirely because he was bored and looking for something entertaining.

And because of this.

Te had noticed Lei Wen's Devourer's Form.

With Te's realm, he immediately recognized it as an innate divine ability.

Naturally, it was somewhat strange for Lei Wen, a human, to possess an innate divine ability.

But Te did not care much about it.

The reason was simple.

In Te's eyes.

Lei Wen's Devourer's Form could only devour weak living beings.

Against experts of the same level, Devourer's Form did not pose much of a threat.

As for Lei Wen's physical cultivation?

Heh.

Compared with a Devouring God Rat devouring Godheads and rapidly increasing its size.

The increase in height brought by Devourer's Form was nothing at all.

Moxie.

Te did not think much of Devourer's Form.

He had even regarded Devourer's Form as a Low God-level divine ability belonging to some ancient god.

"Bland to eat, but a pity to discard."

"Don't chase."

"That kid's heart is ruthless enough."

"To raise his own strength, he was crazily slaughtering Sacred Beasts."

"Should we stop him?"

"Forget it."

"The strong prey on the weak. That has always been the law of survival."

"What a pity. Those low-tier magical beasts were too weak."

"..."