Reward: Void Devouring Flame!

The Blacklight Virus was extremely infectious.

This had already been proven by the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle.

After a creature was infected with the Blacklight Virus, the virus slowly devoured its body. In the early stages of infection, it damaged the brain, causing symptoms such as dizziness and weakness in the limbs. These symptoms only improved after the creature had fully fused with the virus.

Although the Blacklight Virus spread rapidly, Su Zhe was the only Blacklight Virus Prototype and its Matriarch, so he could control the Blacklight Virus Infected.

Of course, none of that mattered most right now.

What mattered most was killing and devouring this Shadow Dragon!

"Roar!"

The Shadow Dragon cried out in pain, its anguished roar carrying for dozens of kilometers.

As a High-Level Overlord monster, the Shadow Dragon had no other Lord-level Monsters guarding it.

This was due to the Shadow Dragon's nature. No creature of comparable strength could appear near it. Even a Junior-Level Overlord would probably seem to it like a challenger to its status.

"Die!"

The Blacklight Virus had infected the Shadow Dragon's brain. Taking advantage of the opening, Su Zhe controlled the Claw Form embedded in its body, extending it farther and farther. As it devoured the Shadow Dragon's flesh and blood, it finally reached the dragon's brain!

For Apprentice Level monsters, the brain was still a fatal weakness.

Especially when they had no means like a domain to keep Su Zhe at a distance, he could use this method to kill almost any enormous monster.

"Squelch!"

The claw pierced through the Shadow Dragon's flesh without resistance and churned its brain to pulp like a meat grinder.

"Raaagh—!!!"

The Shadow Dragon's body stiffened, and it let out an agonized shriek unlike any before. Its enormous head thrashed wildly, trying to fling Su Zhe off, but as its life force continued to drain away, it finally crashed to the ground!

"Bang!"

The Shadow Dragon's massive body slammed into the ground, raising a vast cloud of dust!

In just a few minutes of fighting, the entire bathhouse had been almost completely razed.

[Devoured an Apprentice Level, Ninth-Rank monster. Gained 0.9 Devour Points]

[Warrior Level increased: Apprentice Level, Eighth Rank (Intermediate War God)]

[Psychic Level increased: Apprentice Level, Seventh Rank (Beginner War God)]

[Acquired new ability: Acidic Substance]

[Devour Points: 10000.1 (10000)]

[Devour Points have reached 10000. You may redeem the second-stage growth reward. Redeem now?]

The cold notification rang in Su Zhe's mind like heavenly music.

Success!

Su Zhe pulled his claw from the Shadow Dragon's huge corpse and shook off the dragon blood. He felt his power surging within him: an Intermediate War God! His Psychic Power had also reached Beginner War God Level! And he had gained the Shadow Dragon's Scale Armor Form, with its terrifying defensive and concealment abilities!

But what he looked forward to most was the prompt that had appeared once he reached the threshold—the second-stage growth reward!

"Claim!"

Su Zhe issued the command in his mind without hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

The next instant, a mass of pitch-black flame appeared before him. Su Zhe froze for a moment.

[Void Devouring Flame]

This was the Void Devouring Flame?

There was no way Su Zhe didn't know about the renowned Void Devouring Flame.

Ranked second among the Heavenly Flames, the Void Devouring Flame could devour all things and had the special ability to plunder the bloodlines of other species.

Talk about perfect timing!

Su Zhe had been worried that the Blacklight Virus alone wouldn't let him perfectly inherit all the abilities of those he devoured. It mainly let him inherit a creature's natural abilities, and some special powers might be impossible to obtain through devouring.

But now...

With the Void Devouring Flame, Su Zhe could inherit the innate abilities of Special Lifeforms through devouring. For example... the Golden Horned Beast's Innate Secret Technique?

And with the Void Devouring Flame, the problem of his Law talent that had been troubling him could also be fully resolved!

The Void Devouring Flame could itself be considered part of the Law of Fire. It might not be this world's Law of Fire, but there had to be some common ground.

Fuse!

Su Zhe seized the Void Devouring Flame before him.

He didn't need to worry about being devoured in turn by the Void Devouring Flame.

He could perfectly fuse with any reward granted by the panel.

Otherwise, he wouldn't even have made it through the fusion with the Blacklight Virus, let alone this.

The dark flame merged into Su Zhe's body. A searing heat spread throughout him, and the black flame seed appeared within him as well, in a space that could, for the moment, be called his sea of consciousness.

"Whoosh!"

Su Zhe turned his hand over, and a ball of black flame appeared in his palm.

As the Void Devouring Flame fused with Su Zhe, he faintly sensed a hazy, not-yet-born consciousness within the black flame seed.

That made sense.

Heavenly Flames could develop intelligence on their own. In this even vaster universe, it wasn't strange for one to develop self-awareness. Besides, it belonged to Su Zhe. It couldn't possibly defy him.

Who knew how long it would take for that new consciousness to emerge?

Su Zhe decided to take a look at his current status first.

[Name]: Su Zhe

[Warrior Level]: Apprentice Level, Eighth Rank (Intermediate War God)

[Psychic Level]: Apprentice Level, Sixth Rank (Advanced War General)

[Bloodline]: Blacklight Virus

[Abilities]: Devouring, Camouflage, Thermal Sensing, Psychic Power, Acidic Substance, Void Devouring Flame

[Forms]: Claw Form, Wing Speed Form, Fire Scale Form

[Laws]: None

[Items]: Communication Watch...

[Devour Points]: 0 (1,000,000)

The next reward required 1,000,000 Devour Points.

In other words, he would have to kill ten million Junior Soldier-Level Beasts.

Hmm?

Wait, shouldn't he have gained another 0.1 Devour Points after killing the Shadow Dragon?

Had the panel swallowed those 0.1 points?

Su Zhe suddenly noticed that the decimal point on the panel had vanished!

What did that mean?

Did killing Apprentice Level monsters no longer give him Devour Points?

Su Zhe narrowed his eyes. In a flash, he was out on the street. He casually killed a Beast General-level monster... and sure enough, he couldn't get any Devour Points from it!

Did that mean he could only hunt Planetary Level monsters from now on?

But he was only at Apprentice Level, Eighth Rank.

It seemed he no longer needed to waste time killing Beast Soldiers or Beast Generals. His top priority was to hunt powerful Lord-level Monsters, or even King Level Beasts, and break through to Planetary Level as soon as possible!

He wouldn't be getting the third reward anytime soon.

But that was no big deal.

With the Blacklight Virus and the Void Devouring Flame, Su Zhe wouldn't need to worry about improving his strength for a long time!