Saturation and Absorption

In the boundless ocean, Gulanxiu wielded a massive axe, locked in fierce combat with a swarm of crab-like Chaos Beasts.

These Chaos Beasts were mostly above Cosmic Level 5, with the strongest among them possessing strength at Domain Lord Level 1. Clad in a layer of hard armor and armed with razor-sharp pincers, these crabs dominated the seas of the entire Cosmic Region.

Yet, facing Gulanxiu, they stood no chance. With his gene multiplier boosted, Gulanxiu's base attributes alone were no weaker than a Domain Lord Level 1. Add to that his mastery of the laws and his equipment, and the Cosmic-level crabs became utterly harmless.

Whether they were Cosmic Level 5 or Cosmic Level 9, none of the crabs could withstand even a single blow from Gulanxiu. The only one capable of enduring two of his axe strikes was that Domain Lord-level crab.

But judging by its remaining single pincer, it had paid a heavy price to block those two strikes.

Three days had passed since the Green Lotus Seed transformed Gulanxiu. During this time, after familiarizing himself with his explosively increased power, he had thrown himself back into hunting Chaos Beasts.

However, Gulanxiu felt disappointed. The Green Lotus Seed seemed to have had its fill; over the past two days, all the Chaos True Spirits he harvested were used to refine his soul. Even when he deliberately directed them toward the seed, it ignored them disdainfully.

But logically, a seed form couldn't be the final stage—it should sprout, grow leaves, bloom, and bear fruit. Gulanxiu knew this meant the Cosmic-level Chaos True Spirits were too low-grade; the seed required higher-level energy to grow.

Thus, over the next two days, Gulanxiu didn't deliberately hunt Chaos Beasts. Instead, he scoured the Cosmic-level Chaos Beast regions for those that had broken through their limits but hadn't yet been discovered.

Chaos Beasts had low intelligence, making breakthroughs inherently difficult. Moreover, Chaos City's patrol teams frequently inspected the area, sending any Chaos Beast that broke through to the Domain Lord Region. So Gulanxiu spent two full days searching before finally finding this breakthrough crab in the ocean.

To be honest, this crab wasn't an ideal target. First, it lived in the sea, where the dense water would greatly reduce the power of a Laser Cannon. Second, Gulanxiu's own strength would be significantly weakened in the water, while the crab, with its home-field advantage, would thrive. Third, Gulanxiu's perception range shrank in the sea, and Chaos Beasts could surround him from all directions, leaving him vulnerable on multiple fronts.

Despite all these disadvantages, Gulanxiu still chose to hunt this Domain Lord-level crab. After all, encountering a Domain Lord-level Chaos Beast in the Cosmic Region was rare, and he was eager to test his theory. Compared to the Domain Lord Region, the dangers of the Cosmic Region were almost negligible. A Domain Lord Level 1 was the strongest existence in the Cosmic Region, but in the Domain Lord Region, it was the weakest.

With his current cultivation, fighting Chaos Beasts below Domain Lord Level 3 wasn't a major problem. But if he encountered stronger ones, he'd have to flee in panic.

After weighing everything, Gulanxiu decided to hunt this Domain Lord-level crab to confirm his hypothesis. After all, he wore a Level 5 Force Battle Suit, which no one below Realm Lord Level could break through. With his current cultivation—Cosmic Level 9 with fivefold genes, roughly equivalent to Domain Lord Level 1—his physical constitution meant low-level Domain Lords couldn't injure him through the suit.

With almost no real danger, despite the many unfavorable factors, Gulanxiu resolved to take on the Domain Lord-level crab. And so, the scene before him unfolded.

At this moment, Gulanxiu was surrounded by dozens of crabs, all swinging their massive pincers at him from every direction. Facing their encirclement, Gulanxiu chose only to attack, not defend, swinging his giant axe to cleave the encroaching crabs in half.

Yet, under the command of the Domain Lord-level crab, the remaining ones charged at him fearlessly. Unfortunately, most couldn't even breach the range of Gulanxiu's axe before being slain.

Even if a lucky crab managed to slip through his axe net with its comrades' cover and strike him, its feeble attack couldn't penetrate his Level 5 Force Battle Suit, let alone harm him.

The frenzy of battle and slaughter truly made a difference. In just this short time, Gulanxiu felt his Axe Art had improved slightly. This was evident from how the crabs found it increasingly difficult to break through his defenses.

In moments, the Cosmic-level crabs surrounding him were all slaughtered, leaving only the Domain Lord-level crab leader standing alone in the distance.

Unfortunately, Gulanxiu's soul was already saturated. The Chaos True Spirits from the crabs he'd just killed couldn't be absorbed. Since Chaos True Spirits couldn't be stored, he had to let them drift away and dissipate in the ocean.

Fortunately, his target wasn't these Cosmic-level crabs but the wounded Domain Lord-level one before him. He intended to turn it into a Chaos True Spirit to verify his theory.

So Gulanxiu sneered coldly at the Domain Lord-level crab and said, "Now it's your turn!"

With that, he transformed into a streak of light and charged at the crab leader.

Watching Gulanxiu rush toward it, the crab leader's eyes flickered with fear. As the overlord of this sea region, it hadn't felt the breath of death in a long time. Commanding its minions in battle was one thing, but facing life-and-death combat itself was something it wished to avoid.

Sensing Gulanxiu's terrifying, powerful aura bearing down on it, the crab leader turned and fled without a second thought.

Gulanxiu helplessly realized that in the water, his speed couldn't even match the injured crab's. The crab was pulling away, about to vanish from his sight.

Gritting his teeth in determination, Gulanxiu hurled his giant axe. The Blood God Axe transformed into a spinning streak of light, hurtling toward the crab leader and reaching it in an instant.

The crab leader forced itself to turn, using its remaining pincer to grab at the axe blade. But the Blood God Axe was already incredibly sharp, and with the enhancement of Gulanxiu's Space Law, it wasn't so easily caught.

The crab leader's pincer offered no resistance, sliced through like tofu by Gulanxiu's axe. The blade continued, cleaving the crab leader's body into fragments, leaving only a green Chaos True Spirit floating in place.

Gulanxiu quickly grabbed the Chaos True Spirit. It seemed to be summoned, rapidly sinking into his body and being absorbed by the Green Lotus Seed.