Phase One

Bai Yang watched the one snake and four birds in the arena as the fight gradually reached close quarters.

They had fought themselves into a frenzy and no longer held back.

He put himself on the Black-Line Snake's side and carefully assessed the battle.

Suddenly, he held out his right hand and made a pulling motion toward the snake.

Psychokinesis took effect again. The Half-Jiao's body suddenly lurched sideways, just dodging a bird's peck.

The attack missed its vital spot.

The snake itself had no idea what was going on. It suddenly felt its head being pushed by a strange force.

Somehow, it was now close enough to reach the wing of the bird beside it!

It didn't resist the force and instinctively snapped downward.

Its remaining fine Snake Fangs tore the bird's entire wing off in an instant.

The flying monster could no longer stay aloft and immediately plummeted to the ground.

This time, Bai Yang didn't need to give it any prompting.

The Black-Line Snake lunged at once, enduring the other three birds' attacks.

It forcefully swallowed the fallen bird and rapidly absorbed the energy in its body.

Bai Yang's four Snake Fangs struck again.

One attacked the bird whose wing had already been injured, while the other three went after the more severely wounded one.

This time, he was thoroughly practiced. There was no chance he'd miss.

The two flying monsters fell to the ground, one on either side.

Sure enough, the greedy never knew when to stop. Seeing this, the Black-Line Snake—

It didn't care whether it could digest them. There was already one bird in its belly that it hadn't finished digesting.

Yet it charged at them, intent on devouring them!

The last bird in the air flew into a rage and charged at the snake without regard for its own safety.

Bai Yang had deliberately held back, so the two birds on the ground weren't too badly injured to move.

Now they struggled to their feet as well, using their beaks as weapons and fighting back with all their might.

For a moment, one snake and three birds writhed together on the ground, locked in a furious struggle.

The ground shook beneath them as clouds of dust billowed into the sky.

The smaller birds in the flock realized something was wrong, too.

They no longer cared about the gap in strength. Dozens of them swooped onto the snake's body and pecked at it with all their might.

They hoped to ease some of the pressure on their leaders.

Bai Yang, of course, didn't sit idle. He guided the Snake Fangs in circles around the four monsters.

Whenever one side seemed about to lose, he helped the other.

The four beasts were now trapped, with no way out. All they could do was see which side had greater stamina.

Bai Yang took the opportunity to gather a large amount of their flesh and blood. He had already achieved his goal!

Everything else was pure profit!

Before long, the four monsters' breathing grew weaker and weaker.

The giant serpent constricted the three birds until they suffocated, one after another.

The Half-Jiao was nearly out of strength, too, and couldn't devour them anytime soon.

It was barely clinging to life.

The remaining Advanced War General flying monster couldn't penetrate the giant serpent's thick hide and was powerless to attack.

After letting out several mournful cries as a group, the few dozen birds left finally took flight and abandoned the area.

Bai Yang slowly stepped forward and surveyed the scene, thoroughly satisfied.

The haul was even better than he'd imagined!

He drew the Mount Hua Sword and thrust it dozens of times at the helpless Black-Line Snake.

Every strike hit its vital point—the "seven inches," where its heart lay—and his hidden force turned the area into a mass of mincemeat.

Still not satisfied, he worked on its head, making sure it was well and truly dead.

There was so much monster flesh nearby. He couldn't let it go to waste.

Bai Yang issued an order through the Mental Network. Any squad members who could still move were to come collect as much as they could carry.

Then he placed both palms over the Half-Jiao's wounds and began to devour it!

As one would expect of a Black-Line Snake close to becoming a Dragon Beast, it was nothing like an ordinary monster!

After absorbing only about a third of it, he felt something shift.

The first phase of his Monster Body was complete!

What was he waiting for?

Bai Yang immediately unfastened his combat suit and began to transform.

His body, which had stood 1.85 meters tall, began growing in an utterly unreasonable way!

The muscles all over him twisted like tangled roots and began multiplying at a frenzied pace!

His original body no longer looked like human flesh and blood. It seemed to be made of dozens of small black dragons coiled around one another.

Horns and sharp claws sprouted from his head, hands, and feet.

Even a massive tail grew behind him, bringing his total length to six meters!

There was so little of the human left in his appearance that it seemed more believable to call him some kind of evil god.

Bai Yang carefully examined the changes to his body.

The entire transformation had taken him a full ten minutes.

Although transforming gave him a tremendous boost in combat power, the time it took was deadly in a real fight.

From now on, he would either have to transform early or find a way to shorten the transformation time.

Otherwise, an enemy could take advantage of him if he was caught off guard.

Still, the explosive increase in strength was worth it.

After his first transformation, his cultivation had jumped straight to Primary War God.

In this body, he was confident he could face any Advanced War God head-on.

If not for the enormous boost that came with Planetary Level, he would even dare to challenge one.

As a side effect, his body had completed its transformation into a monster's.

From now on, he no longer had any conventional vital spots.

His heart and brain were still important, but they were no longer indispensable.

Moreover, Monster King Orochi's body had been modified by Psykos, another major villain in One Punch Man.

She had intended to use it to possess someone, and the body had an astonishing aptitude for Psychokinesis.

After completing his transformation, Bai Yang could finally improve as both a martial artist and a psychokinetic at the same time.

With every breakthrough, he would naturally progress in both fields. Neither would lag behind anymore.

His mental capacity could now support three Intermediate War God subordinates and five Primary War God subordinates.

If there was one drawback, it was his size.

His Series 9 Combat Suit was remarkably flexible, and he still hadn't torn it.

But it was hard to say how long that would last.

Bai Yang's thoughts shifted. The tail and muscles on his body suddenly transformed into twelve dragon heads.

They lunged in every direction, devouring the remaining monster flesh with abandon.

It was many times faster than using his hands.

He could feel his energy steadily increasing!

All four of these monsters had been above Primary War God. Their flesh was incredibly nourishing!

In the blink of an eye, he had devoured every last bit of the four monsters.

Devouring monsters to grow stronger would be much easier from now on.

As for the bodies of monsters below War God, they were useless to him now.

He decided to keep them and sell them to fund the squad.

Meanwhile, beneath the Huangpu River at Lujiazui in the city center,

a pair of enormous yellow eyes suddenly opened. Puzzled, they began to look in this direction.

"What was that? It feels strange."