Strange Body

Bai Yang couldn't care less what the people back at the base thought of him.

An Zhengxin had actually guessed correctly—he did have a bit of a fishing mentality, deliberately luring them over.

Facing people who coveted his wealth, swallowing his pride and enduring wasn't his style.

Since that was the case, he might as well settle it all in one go and push forward with his plan at the same time.

He hadn't gone far from the base when he used the military map provided by [Mount Hua] to veer onto a side road.

Normally, following the highway straight to Magic City would take two days, and reaching Kunshan would take a day and a half.

But the path Bai Yang had chosen now was far more difficult to traverse. Ordinary martial artists wouldn't pick it unless they had another purpose.

The travel time stretched to at least two or three times longer. If there was any advantage to it...

It was probably that, because it was long neglected, the monsters here were denser than on the main road.

The scorching midday sun had no effect on him at all.

Soon, in a weed-choked field, he spotted a group of monsters lying around resting.

He pulled out the Spirit World equipment he'd obtained earlier—the Spirit Energy Meter.

As the meager spiritual energy in his body was consumed, the compass needle in his hand instantly pointed toward that group of monsters.

One needle trembled faintly. Opposite him were several Unicorn Wild Boars at the advanced warrior level.

Bai Yang noted the amplitude of the needle's tremor; he'd use this later to judge a target's strength.

These monsters weren't much stronger than the Iron-Haired Wild Boars from Monster Town, and he couldn't be bothered to absorb the genes of such trash.

But even if he wanted to ignore them, the monsters weren't about to let him go.

He'd only stood nearby a little too long while testing, and that was enough to provoke them.

Soon, six large and seventeen small—twenty-three Iron-Haired Wild Boars in total—charged at him in a furious stampede.

A lineup like that could already threaten a junior war general.

Bai Yang frowned slightly. He didn't want to get blood on his blade at all; cleaning it was too much trouble.

He reached his right hand back, pulled the Mount Hua Sword from its sheath bag, and swung it—scabbard and all—straight at them.

He was far faster than these beasts. A perfectly good sword was being used like a metal club.

The tip of the blade merely traced a half-circle, sweeping all twenty-three monsters into its arc.

With a light, effortless touch, he tapped each wild boar's horn.

In just one second, every Unicorn Wild Boar was dead.

Through the sword, Bai Yang sent a surge of hidden force into their bodies, shattering their brains directly.

But on the outside, there was no visible sign of damage at all.

"Since I killed them, might as well give it a try."

Bai Yang brought his hand close to the largest boar, opened a mouth-like channel in his palm, and began devouring its flesh.

"The genes are useless, as expected. A waste of time. Maybe I'd need a monster at the intermediate war general level for it to be worth anything.

At least the flesh part can be absorbed to increase my monsterization level a bit."

He suddenly exerted force, and the devouring power in his palm surged. In two minutes, the entire advanced-warrior-level boar was reduced to nothing but a skin.

Bai Yang then took a few steps and drained the other five adult Unicorn Wild Boars, each two to three meters tall.

After absorbing that much flesh, his appearance and weight hadn't changed at all. He had no idea where all that flesh went.

He really needed to kill big monsters. Eating small ones was way too inefficient.

Bai Yang ignored the seventeen small boar carcasses and pressed on.

With his spiritual power, he could use the Spirit Energy Meter about once every half hour.

And its range wasn't that wide—only about one or two kilometers.

Throughout the afternoon, he tested it several times and confirmed its effective range.

Even so, his monster-killing efficiency was still far higher than an ordinary person's.

After the Unicorn Wild Boars, Bai Yang killed and devoured quite a few monsters above the advanced warrior level.

By evening, he finally got a genetic gain.

"This Ghost Shadow Cat's gene is usable!"

Even though this monster was only at the advanced warrior level, its ability to change direction mid-charge almost instantly, seemingly ignoring inertia, left a deep impression on Bai Yang.

This ability came from its bones—while maintaining strength, they had exceptional toughness and elasticity.

Such a good find, Bai Yang naturally accepted it without hesitation.

He sat down briefly to adjust, and his monsterized body underwent a minor skeletal optimization.

According to his estimates, once he advanced to junior war god and absorbed enough flesh, his monster king body would be able to enter the first stage—standing six meters tall.

From now on, he could switch between a human body and the massive form of Monster King Orochi.

This allowed him to unleash combat power far beyond his current realm.

But this transformation was extremely costly, time-consuming, and exhausting—he truly didn't want to resort to it unless absolutely necessary.

Orochi's body height was divided into six stages: 6 meters, 12 meters, 27 meters, 56 meters, 100 meters, and 300 meters.

To protect the Earth and earn system rewards.

When the Golden Horned Behemoth attacked Earth, he wouldn't mind having a monster showdown with it.

If he could take the chance to devour some of its flesh and blood, even better.

Either way, he absolutely wouldn't stand by and watch it directly kill at least five million people in Huaxia.

After Bai Yang finished resting from his evolution, he took out the spirit energy meter again to probe his surroundings.

This time, the compass showed a clear anomaly—one needle kept shifting directions erratically, and the targets numbered over thirty!

Judging by the amplitude, it seemed to be a group of high-level War Generals, already surrounding him within about a kilometer.

"Finally here!" Bai Yang sneered inwardly.

This was the Wilderness Zone, not the heart of Magic City!

Where did so many high-level War General monsters come from?

Of course, they were people who had gone to great trouble to find him!

Especially one direction the spirit energy meter pointed to—the needle's amplitude was unprecedented!

"Most likely a War God has come looking for me. That's fine too. I also want to see how much I've improved."

Bai Yang extinguished the torch and cleaned up the traces of his rest.

He picked a direction and actively moved toward the group of high-level War Generals.

His movement technique was extraordinary, both swift and light.

Soon, he spotted a six-person team spread out in an umbrella formation.

Slowly approaching his original position.

After a brief observation, Bai Yang judged they were likely four high-level War Generals and two mid-level War Generals, but he couldn't be certain.

"It'd be nice to have an Auxiliary Optical Computer scan enemies up close, but for now, it doesn't make much difference."

With this level of strength, he naturally wouldn't take them seriously.

By now, the sky had darkened.

Bai Yang used his movement technique to silently land a few leaps and gently touched down behind one of them.

He lightly tapped the man's shoulder, and before the guy could turn around, the Mist Shadow Splitting Technique suddenly activated!

A fist slammed hard into the back of his head, knocking him completely unconscious.

Whether mid-level or high-level War General, they were all the same before this punch.

Bai Yang caught the man's body and slowly lowered him to the ground without making a sound.

Then, with a twist of his palm, a brand-new Monster Cell was created, and he directly shoved it into the man's mouth.

A moment later, Bai Yang felt a sudden weight in his mind, as if he could access an extra set of memories.

Monster Cell control successful!