Star-Eating Grass

"Teacher." Qin Cang had arrived in the virtual universe, in the dimension belonging exclusively to Demon Wing Venerable.

Demon Wing Venerable's Two-Headed Demon Marten Divine Body was exploring a secret region with a friend, while his Human Main Body was stationed at a special trial site in the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm. So he had simply sent someone to deliver the resources; his main body hadn't come in person.

Of course, master and disciple had met several times in reality, but they spent most of their time in the virtual universe. One couldn't help marveling at Original Ancestor's power: he had actually created such an absurdly powerful secret technique, allowing instant, lag-free communication anywhere in the Primal Universe, while also monitoring the movements of every powerful being throughout the universe.

"Hahaha, excellent! My disciple, Black Warrior—you really did it. Your Gene Level should have reached sixty times that of an ordinary lifeform by now, right?" There was a hint of urgency in Demon Wing Venerable's voice. It was the first time Qin Cang had seen his teacher show such an expression.

"That's right, Teacher. With the Blood of the Beast God you gave me, I successfully absorbed it and became a Black Warrior. My Life Gene Level has reached sixty times that of an ordinary lifeform." Qin Cang hurriedly confirmed.

"That's wonderful."

"Disciple, when you go to Chaos City this time, the Chaos City Lord will meet with you. I've already arranged everything." Demon Wing Venerable smiled, increasingly pleased with the disciple before him.

"Disciple, next you'll head to Chaos City. Every Core Secret Region member who breaks through to World Lord Level gets the opportunity to cultivate in Chaos City for three thousand years, free of charge.

"The two Space Rings I gave you contain, respectively, the Blood of the Beast God and the reward I promised you when you passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain: the resources to cultivate the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass.

"Since the chance of successfully cultivating the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass is less than thirty percent, I prepared three full sets of resources for you. If none of them work, you'll have to figure something out yourself.

"I had to withstand considerable pressure to secure these resources for you. And after passing the Domain Lord Level Primal Sky Mountain, you also earned quite a lot of points. They should have been credited to you by now. You can wait until you leave Chaos City to buy your spacecraft, detectors, and other items. As for the points you'll need to buy secret techniques, those three billion should be enough. If you find a profound secret technique you can't afford, come tell me, and I'll find a way.

"Remember, these three thousand years are your last chance to improve yourself. After that, you'll have to venture into the universe and temper yourself.

"As for your Phantom Color Flowing Light Bead, since I promised it to you, I won't go back on my word. Go to Chaos City. The City Lord will make all the arrangements for you on behalf of the Human Race."

After saying all this, Demon Wing Venerable logged off. What he left Qin Cang with was the prospect of soon venturing into the universe, facing countless assassinations and schemes from the Alien Races, and an uncertain future.

The Primal Secret Region, Wuchen Spacetime, Manor No. 101, Qin Cang's private cultivation grounds.

Just after he had finished fusing with the Blood of the Beast God, Qin Cang had received a call from his teacher, Demon Wing Venerable. He hadn't yet had a chance to see what was in the other Space Ring.

Only now, after hearing his teacher's words, did he learn that it contained resources for cultivating Star-Eating Grass—and enough for three full attempts!

Star-Eating Grass was the most powerful attacker among the common plant-type Auxiliary Lifeforms, far stronger than Mo Yun Vine.

Of course, the two had different strengths: Star-Eating Grass specialized in offense, while Mo Yun Vine focused more on defense.

The costs of cultivating the two were also vastly different.

Even cultivating the strongest Mo Yun Vine, with its three hundred and sixty vines, cost only 11.6 billion points after countless years of research. Of course, that was the discounted price for a Primal Secret Region member. Without the discount, it would probably have cost close to twenty billion points, and the success rate was only forty percent.

Qin Cang had earned three billion points for passing the Domain Lord Level Primal Sky Mountain, but that amount was far from enough for him. It couldn't even cover the cost of cultivating a single powerful plant lifeform.

When he'd passed the Universe Level Primal Sky Mountain, Qin Cang had requested a Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass as his reward. Demon Wing Venerable had been surprised, but had agreed.

Fortunately, Demon Wing Venerable was a Universe Overlord—and an ancient one with the Ability of Clones. Points were already useless to him, and even Heavy Treasure points weren't much use.

After all, he had long since equipped both of his clones with complete sets of Supreme Treasures.

Otherwise, even those Invincible Kings might not have been able to afford the resources needed to cultivate a Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass. This required ready cash, not fixed assets.

Unless they sold off their own equipment, few Kings could come up with such a large amount of resources.

But for Venerables who had been at that level for a long time, it wasn't much of a problem. They couldn't even spend all the money they made selling manuals.

Cultivating Star-Eating Grass—especially the Thousand-Vine variety—required resources worth a full 120 billion points, and even then, the chance of success was only thirty percent. But once cultivated, its combat strength would reach Peak King Level, making it a tremendous asset before advancing to Venerable.

With an Auxiliary Lifeform like this at your side, you could practically say it was two against one when facing an enemy of the same level.

That was precisely why breaking through to Immortality with Star-Eating Grass consumed such a terrifying amount of resources, despite the very low success rate.

Qin Cang opened the second Space Ring. Inside were three full sets of resources, including various Nutrient Solutions and three pieces of jade, each entirely green and radiating powerful fluctuations of the Laws.

These pieces of jade must be the key to breaking through to Immortality, Qin Cang thought.

"But Teacher, you sent me the resources, so why didn't you send me the Star-Eating Grass saplings too? They're not expensive. Now I have to buy them myself."

There was no helping it. Qin Cang had to place another order for three Star-Eating Grass saplings.

Less than two hours later, the three saplings were delivered to Qin Cang.

The Star-Eating Grass saplings were white and about sixty centimeters tall—not exactly enormous plants. But who could have guessed that these tiny saplings would eventually grow vines over a million kilometers long?

Each sapling cost three hundred thousand points. The three of them had cost Qin Cang a hefty nine hundred thousand points.

Star-Eating Grass was known as the toughest offensive plant lifeform—among the common varieties, of course. "Common" here meant that the Human Race could cultivate it themselves. Although the cost was high, it could still be done. There were also extremely unusual lifeforms that simply couldn't be cultivated; they could only be born in certain special places in the universe.

Some plant-type Auxiliary Lifeforms born in those special places were even more powerful than Star-Eating Grass. Some could even reach the Venerable level.

But those were nearly all unique specimens. Even an ancient being like Demon Wing Venerable had rarely encountered them.

Star-Eating Grass had only one ability: "Entangling Kill." Yet that single move was enough to make its fearsome reputation echo throughout the universe.

Even in its juvenile form, Star-Eating Grass could Devour a planet. One could only imagine how terrifying it would become when it reached its peak.

"Pato, I'm leaving these three plant lifeforms to you."

This sort of task, which required regular care and feeding, was exactly what Intelligent Lifeforms excelled at.

"Of course, Master! I'll make sure these three little plants grow up nice and plump." A cheeky child's voice rang out.