Devouring Slaves... Isn't This Demonic Cultivation?

After registering his citizenship for the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, Su Zhe opened a Virtual Universe account.

With his status as a citizen of the Black Dragon Empire, the account opening process was effortless.

Su Zhe took the opportunity to purchase several anonymous accounts and Consciousness Induction Helmets; since Luo Feng would not be able to reach the universe for some time, Su Zhe had to help buy the items he would need.

Additionally, Su Zhe needed to buy a Smart Optical Computer, as he lacked an auxiliary intelligence and Babata was only following him temporarily.

A Smart Optical Computer cost 100,000 Black Dragon Coins, but it performed better than an auxiliary computer and came equipped with an intelligent assistant.

After obtaining the Smart Optical Computer and the Consciousness Induction Helmets, Su Zhe opened an account at the Universe Galaxy Bank before finally arriving at a Curio Shop in Qiu Long City.

Inside the Curio Shop.

Su Zhe took out the four Force Weapons, preparing to sell them.

"One second-tier low-grade Force Weapon, one first-tier high-grade Force Weapon, and two first-tier low-grade Force Weapons. In total, I can offer you 130 million Black Dragon Coins. What do you think?"

Second-tier weapons, especially Force Weapons, were inherently less valuable than Psychic Weapons. Given that, this price for the four pieces combined was quite reasonable.

"This price is fair enough."

Babata remarked as well.

Su Zhe nodded and immediately chose to sell.

Since the Force Weapons were only second-tier, a regular clerk could handle the transaction. After receiving this "huge sum," Su Zhe immediately headed toward the slave market.

The slave market was not far from the Curio Shop.

From a distance, Su Zhe could already hear the hawking and shouting coming from within.

Here, an Apprentice Level 9 martial artist sold for only one or two hundred Black Dragon Coins, sometimes even less than good-looking but weak female slaves, who could easily fetch several thousand Black Dragon Coins.

Su Zhe wandered around the area, getting a general sense of the slave prices.

A Planetary Level 9 Psychic was worth 100,000 Black Dragon Coins; he would buy 50 of those first.

A Planetary Level 9 martial artist was worth 30,000 Black Dragon Coins; he would take 50 of those as well.

That cost him 6.5 million Black Dragon Coins.

He figured that devouring them all would be enough to bring both his martial artist and Psychic levels to Planetary Level 9.

For the remainder, he bought 20 Star Level 1 martial artists for 20 million Black Dragon Coins, and 20 Star Level 1 Psychics for 60 million Black Dragon Coins.

Including the previous purchases, he had over 44 million Black Dragon Coins left.

He could still afford two Star Level 4 martial artists, leaving him with over four million Black Dragon Coins to take back to Earth.

"Your method of leveling up is truly..."

Babata did not know what else to say.

In the universe, such a brutal method of advancement was rarely seen. While it fit the "law of the jungle" prevalent in the universe, it still felt strange; such a method did not seem like something that should appear within human territory.

"Small matter."

"Slaves are much cheaper than buying monsters."

Su Zhe did not care about such things.

Having fused with the Blacklight Virus, Su Zhe no longer considered himself human, so he felt perfectly at ease with the devouring process.

He had the slaves sent to his spaceship; with over a hundred people, the ship could still accommodate them.

Su Zhe prepared to return directly to Earth.

[Devoured Planetary Level 9 martial artist, gained 256 Devour Points]

[Devoured Planetary Level 9 martial artist, gained 256 Devour Points]

[Devoured Planetary Level 9 Psychic, gained 256...]

[Martial Artist level increased: Planetary Level 9!]

[Psychic level increased: Planetary Level 9!]

"Whew!"

As yet another Planetary Level 9 slave was devoured and absorbed by Su Zhe, his strength finally reached Planetary Level 9, and he had simultaneously harvested a massive amount of Devour Points.

The Planetary Level slaves alone had provided 20,992 Devour Points!

Each Planetary Level 9 slave was worth 256 Devour Points. There were 18 left uneaten—10 martial artists and 8 Psychics—which he could keep and take back to Earth; devouring them would no longer increase his strength, so there was little point.

"Master..."

Beside Su Zhe, the two Star Level 4 martial artists watched him with trepidation, terrified that they would be the next targets for him to devour. However, due to the Control Chip in their brains, they dared not harbor any thoughts of resisting him.

"Hmm."

Su Zhe looked at the two of them; these martial artists were, naturally, spare cultivation resources.

"Go and call over the rest of the Star Level martial artists and Psychics."

Su Zhe spoke up, declaring that he would break through to the Star Level in one go.

"Yes, Master."

The two martial artists replied, their voices trembling.

This new master was simply a devil!

No, even "devil" was insufficient to describe him; they had never seen such an evil person.

The two martial artists left the room, trembling, to go outside and call others in.

Babata, standing to the side, had witnessed Su Zhe's entire cultivation process.

After being recommended a few Earth xianxia novels by Su Zhe, he had come to a realization: compared to those evil cultivators who would slaughter tens of thousands of mortals just to refine a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Su Zhe's actions didn't seem like much, did they?

In the universe, such things were not exactly rare!

If others possessed Su Zhe's ability, the value of these slaves would skyrocket, and the people on those slave planets would only suffer even more.

Soon.

The Star Level 1 slaves from outside were all brought into the spaceship's lounge.

Su Zhe began the devouring process without the slightest hesitation.

[Devoured Star Level 1 martial artist, obtained 2560 Devour Points]

[Devoured Star Level 1 Psychic, obtained 2560 Devour Points]

[Martial artist level increased: Star Level 1!]

[Psychic level increased: Star Level 1!]

Realm breakthrough!

Su Zhe could feel the nine small planets within his internal space collapsing into a single star, signaling that he had completed his advancement in realm.

Of course.

What he perceived even more clearly was the surging Genetic Origin Energy and Psychic Power within his body.

With his current strength, if he were to face Luo Feng again, he shouldn't be completely crushed; at the very least, he would have room to fight back.

"A breakthrough with absolutely no side effects—it truly makes one envious," Babata remarked from the side, full of envy.

He had previously told Luo Feng that he could help him reach the Star Level within three years at the fastest, but the cost of doing so would be that Luo Feng would never be able to reach the Universe Level in his lifetime. This was because such cramming-style growth would lead to an unstable foundation and carry massive side effects.

But what about Su Zhe?

From Planetary Level 5 to Star Level 1 in just one day!

And judging by his foundation, it was not the slightest bit inferior to someone who had cultivated slowly!

It was a good thing that after Luo Feng possessed the Golden Horned Beast, he would enjoy similar treatment until reaching the Immortal level; otherwise, Babata felt his mental state might become unbalanced.

"Hoo."

Su Zhe let out a long breath and looked at the two Star Level 4 martial artists. For a fleeting moment, he considered devouring them as well.

He estimated that devouring these two would be enough to reach Star Level 2.

The two martial artists shuddered violently and hurriedly knelt on the ground, pledging their loyalty.

"Su Zhe, we are almost at Earth."

Babata reminded him from the side, effectively saving the lives of the two martial artists.