After taking out the five adventurers, the next thing to do was clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils.
The scar-faced warrior leading them had wielded a Tier 2 mid-grade Force Weapon worth hundreds of millions of Black Dragon Coins.
The other two warriors had Tier 2 low-grade Force Weapons.
The two Psychics had yielded two Tier 2 low-grade Psychic Weapons.
On top of that, there were their Tier 2 Force Battle Suits and the spoils in their Space Rings...
"Master, all these gains together should be worth around two billion Black Dragon Coins!"
Xiao Yu reminded him from the side.
Su Zhe nodded slightly.
Two billion Black Dragon Coins sounded like a lot, but in reality, it was only enough to buy one Tier 3 Force Weapon.
Still, it was pretty good.
At least, it would be enough to buy slaves and raise Su Zhe to the ninth rank of Star Level.
"Xiao Yu, keep searching for nearby beasts and humans!"
Su Zhe ordered.
He was only seventy thousand Devour Points short. Taking out a few Star Level opponents would be enough to make up the difference.
Su Zhe planned to reach one million Devour Points as soon as possible and claim his third reward.
Fire rode the wind.
After devouring the scar-faced warrior and gaining the Domain of Wind, Su Zhe soon discovered a new way to use the domain.
Under his control, the two different domains could actually overlap perfectly!
It was simply incredible!
An ordinary person's domains couldn't do this. It was already difficult to master two different domains, let alone domains like wind and fire, which were fundamentally in conflict.
The Domain of Wind corresponded to the Law of Wind, a lower law of the Law of Time.
The Domain of Fire corresponded to the Law of Fire, a lower law of the Law of Space.
Of course, for an ordinary person to master even one domain at Star Level already made them a minor prodigy.
And usually, even the geniuses who took part in the Genius Tournament would choose to focus on just one domain and law. They wouldn't study two different domains, since that would divide their attention and waste time.
Wouldn't it be better to put that extra effort into studying the Higher Origin Laws?
Only Su Zhe, who grew stronger by devouring, could develop this kind of technique.
With the Domain of Fire and Domain of Wind layered together, the Domain of Wind enhanced the two domains to produce the effect of a Third-Stage Domain, making Su Zhe even stronger!
"Whoosh!"
Su Zhe flashed forward and brought his blade down. A Star Level 8 beast died beneath his sword.
"Devour!"
[Devoured a Star Level 8 beast. Obtained 327,680 Devour Points]
[Current Devour Points: 1,257,938]
[Detected that Devour Points have reached 1,000,000. The Third-Stage Growth Reward is available for redemption. Redeem?]
"Redeem!"
There was no need to hesitate.
Su Zhe chose to redeem it at once.
Then... a vast stream of memories surged into his mind all at once.
Even with his experience absorbing memories through the Blacklight Virus, Su Zhe was still overwhelmed by the torrent, his mind going blank.
Fortunately, he had already killed all the beasts in the area.
He had also chosen to hide in a cave before claiming the Third-Stage Growth Reward. Otherwise, if enemies had shown up just then, he would have been in serious danger.
When Su Zhe opened his eyes again, five days had passed.
It had taken him a full five days to absorb those memories.
Fortunately, no adventurers had passed through during those five days. Although beasts had reclaimed the territory outside, they hadn't found Su Zhe in his hiding place.
Su Zhe sighed inwardly and examined the memories he had gained.
The vast memories contained a cultivation technique.
It was called... the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art.
A technique from the Shrouding the Heavens World!
Created by Empress Ruthless, it could devour and plunder an enemy's origin, turning it into power for its user. With this powerful technique, one could even cultivate a Chaos Body.
After arriving in the Swallowed Star World, the technique had undergone some changes.
The power to devour the origins of special physiques seemed to have become the power to devour the bloodlines of Special Lifeforms here, and even directly inherit their unique Innate Secret Techniques!
The Blacklight Virus and Void Devouring Flame had similar abilities, in fact.
But with the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, this ability to devour would be greatly enhanced.
If he could inherit Innate Secret Techniques...
Su Zhe immediately thought of the Golden Horned Beast's Clone Talent.
As one of the most powerful Innate Secret Techniques in the entire Swallowed Star story, there was no way Su Zhe didn't want it. Who wouldn't want more ways to stay alive?
What's more, once he had the Clone Talent, he could make up for his lack of natural gifts by nurturing clones. Combined with his original body's constant devouring, he could stack his law talents—and comprehending the laws would become a breeze!
It seemed that devouring Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone had become urgent.
Su Zhe thought silently.
Next.
After unlocking the Third-Stage Growth Reward, Su Zhe noticed a new prompt on the panel.
[All Growth Rewards have been distributed. Next-Stage Goal: Obtain 1,000,000 Devour Coins (Every 10,000 Devour Points can be exchanged for 1 Devour Coin)]
Devour Coins?
Su Zhe furrowed his brow slightly. It sounded like the name of a currency. Did that mean some kind of system shop would be unlocked later?
And one million Devour Coins meant ten billion Devour Points?
The increases in the previous stages had only been a hundredfold. Now, in the fourth stage, it had jumped straight to ten thousandfold.
Still, as the opponents Su Zhe devoured grew stronger, reaching the goal of ten billion Devour Points didn't seem all that difficult.
He might be able to do it by Universe Level. At the very least, he should manage it by Domain Lord.
Su Zhe thought that, for now, the more important thing was to reach the ninth rank of Star Level and then leave the Thunder World.
The World within a World would not appear in the Thunder World for several more years. Su Zhe had no intention of waiting here for it. Instead, he was more interested in the missions available after becoming a Universe Trainee Mercenary.
Once he became a Universe Mercenary, he could explore the Cosmic Secret Realms within Human Race territory without paying.
As a mercenary, he could also take on missions posted by others and earn rewards.
Though such work meant risking his life, the final rewards weren't necessarily better than those of geniuses in the Core Layer. But he would have more freedom, and the missions wouldn't be as difficult as the ones those geniuses faced.
"I'll reach the ninth rank of Star Level first."
Su Zhe left the cave and stepped outside.
With the boost from his two overlapping domains, Su Zhe was practically invincible in the Thunder World now. Unless he ran into disciples of the major factions accompanied by a group of Star Level 9 bodyguards, he doubted anyone could stand against him.
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