After registering as a citizen of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, Su Zhe also opened a Virtual Universe account.
With his citizenship in the Black Dragon Empire, opening an account was easy.
Su Zhe also bought some anonymous accounts and Consciousness Induction Helmets. Luo Feng wouldn't be able to come to the universe for a while, so Su Zhe had to buy the things he needed and bring them back for him.
Besides, Su Zhe also needed to buy a Smart Optical Computer. After all, he didn't have an Auxiliary Intelligence, and Babata was only accompanying him temporarily.
A Smart Optical Computer cost 100,000 Black Dragon Coins. It was better than an Auxiliary Optical Computer and came with an intelligent assistant.
After getting the Smart Optical Computer and the Consciousness Induction Helmets, Su Zhe opened an account with the Universe Galaxy Bank. Only then did he make his way to a Curio Shop in Qiu Long City.
Inside the Curio Shop.
Su Zhe took out the four Force Weapons, ready to sell them.
"One low-grade second-tier Force Weapon, one high-grade first-tier Force Weapon, and two low-grade first-tier Force Weapons. I can offer you 130 million Black Dragon Coins for all four. What do you think?"
A second-tier weapon—and a second-tier Force Weapon at that—wasn't as valuable as a Psychic Weapon. Getting this price for all four weapons was already pretty good.
"That's a fair price."
Babata agreed.
Su Zhe nodded and immediately accepted the offer.
An ordinary shop assistant could make the call on a second-tier Force Weapon. After pocketing this "fortune," Su Zhe headed straight to the Slave Market.
The Slave Market was not far from the Curio Shop.
Even from a distance, Su Zhe could hear the shouts of the vendors inside.
Here, an Apprentice Level Nine martial artist sold for only ten or twenty Black Dragon Coins—not even as much as some pretty, weak female slaves. Those women could easily sell for several thousand Black Dragon Coins apiece.
Su Zhe wandered around, getting a rough idea of slave prices.
A Planetary Level Nine Psychic was worth 100,000 Black Dragon Coins. He'd buy fifty.
A Planetary Level Nine martial artist was worth 30,000 Black Dragon Coins. He'd get fifty of those, too.
That came to 6.5 million Black Dragon Coins.
Once he devoured all of them, Su Zhe figured he'd be able to reach Planetary Level Nine in both martial arts and psychic power.
With the rest, he bought twenty Star Level One martial artists for 20 million Black Dragon Coins, and twenty Star Level One Psychics for 60 million.
After all that, he had just over 44 million Black Dragon Coins left.
He could still buy two Star Level Four martial artists and have a little over four million Black Dragon Coins left for the trip back to Earth.
"Your way of powering up is really..."
Babata didn't know what to say.
Even in the universe, it was rare to see such a brutal method of advancement. It fit the law of the jungle, sure, but something about it still felt off. This kind of practice didn't seem like it belonged in Human Territory.
"It's no big deal."
"Slaves are way cheaper than monsters."
Su Zhe didn't care.
After merging with the Blacklight Virus, he didn't even count as human anymore, so he felt no qualms about devouring them.
He had the slaves sent to the spaceship. There were over a hundred of them, but the vessel could still hold them all.
Su Zhe planned to head straight back to Earth.
[Devoured a Planetary Level Nine martial artist. Gained 256 Devour Points.] [Devoured a Planetary Level Nine martial artist. Gained 256 Devour Points.] [Devoured a Planetary Level Nine Psychic. Gained 256 Devour Points...] [Martial artist level increased: Planetary Level Nine!] [Psychic level increased: Planetary Level Nine!]
"Whew!"
As Su Zhe devoured and absorbed yet another Planetary Level Nine slave, his strength finally reached Planetary Level Nine. He also gained a massive number of Devour Points.
The Planetary Level slaves alone had earned him 20,992 Devour Points!
Each Planetary Level Nine slave was worth 256 Devour Points. There were eighteen left—ten martial artists and eight Psychics. He could keep them and take them back to Earth. Continuing to devour them wouldn't increase Su Zhe's strength, so there wasn't much point.
"Master..."
The two Star Level Four martial artists beside Su Zhe watched him in terror, afraid they would be the next ones he devoured. But with Control Chips in their brains, they didn't dare even think of resisting him.
"Hmm?"
Su Zhe looked at the two men. Of course, they were also spare cultivation materials.
"Go call over the other Star Level martial artists and Psychics, too."
Su Zhe was going to break through to Star Level in one go.
"Yes, Master,"
the two men replied, their voices trembling.
Their new master was a monster!
No, even "monster" wasn't enough to describe him. They had never seen anyone so wicked.
The two martial artists left the room, trembling, and went outside to call the others in.
Babata watched Su Zhe's entire cultivation process from the side.
After Su Zhe had recommended a few Earth novels about immortal cultivation to him, Babata had come to understand something. Compared with the demonic cultivators who slaughtered tens of thousands of mortals to refine Ten Thousand Soul Banners, what Su Zhe was doing didn't seem like much.
Things like this were hardly uncommon in the universe!
If other people had Su Zhe's ability, the prices of these slaves would skyrocket, and the people on slave planets would only suffer even more.
Soon,
the Star Level One slaves outside were all brought into the spaceship's lounge.
Without hesitation, Su Zhe began devouring them.
[Devoured a Star Level One martial artist. Gained 2,560 Devour Points.] [Devoured a Star Level One Psychic. Gained 2,560 Devour Points.] [Martial artist level increased: Star Level One!] [Psychic level increased: Star Level One!]
He broke through!
Su Zhe could feel the nine small planets inside his inner space collapsing into a single star, marking his breakthrough to a new level.
Of course,
what he felt even more clearly was the surge of Genetic Origin Energy and Psychic Power within him.
With his current strength, if he fought Luo Feng again, he shouldn't be completely overpowered. At the very least, he'd be able to fight back.
"A breakthrough without any side effects. I'm so jealous," Babata said from the side.
He had previously told Luo Feng that he could get him to Star Level within three years at the fastest. But doing so would mean Luo Feng could never reach Universe Level in his lifetime. That was because forced growth would leave his foundation unstable and cause severe side effects.
But what about Su Zhe?
He'd gone from Planetary Level Five to Star Level One in just one day!
And his foundation was no worse than that of someone who had cultivated slowly!
Fortunately, after Luo Feng took over the Golden Horned Beast's body, he'd have the same treatment until he reached the Undying level. Otherwise, Babata would have found the whole thing hard to stomach.
"Whew."
Su Zhe let out a long breath and looked at the two Star Level Four martial artists. For a brief moment, he'd considered devouring them as well.
If he ate them, he could probably reach Star Level Two.
The two men shuddered and hurriedly dropped to their knees, declaring their loyalty.
"Su Zhe, we're almost at Earth."
Babata reminded him from the side, saving the two martial artists' lives.
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