The Infamy Pearl had originally held many giant beast wills, but Merlin's frenzied devouring had all but emptied it. Not a single giant beast will remained inside.
"Phew... finally finished devouring them. Although there are no giant beast wills left inside, the Infamy Pearl is still very useful. It can seal and suppress them."
Merlin also knew that the Infamy Pearl was a treasure in its own right. Otherwise, it could never have suppressed so many giant beast wills.
Once he had finished devouring and merging the giant beast wills inside the Infamy Pearl, the giant beast will in Ji Cheng's Sea of Consciousness had changed beyond recognition. Aside from a faint trace of the Blood-Eyed Demon Dragon's familiar aura, there was no way to tell that it had once been the high-tier behemoth, the Blood-Eyed Demon Dragon.
"Beastification!"
Merlin gave a low roar, and his entire body immediately began transforming. His frame swelled steadily, and razor-sharp bone spikes sprouted across his body. Faint flames even clung to his wings. The vertical, blood-red eye on his forehead remained largely unchanged, but a single horn had grown above it.
That was not actually the greatest change. The greatest change was to the Blood-Eyed Demon Dragon's overall form. Its enormous body had at least tripled in size, turning it into a true colossus. The oppressive force it radiated was terrifying, far more so than that of any expert who had achieved Full Beastification.
Merlin knew that the Sacred Dragon Royal House had inherited a top-tier behemoth bloodline. Second only to sacred beast bloodline, it could be called the strongest bloodline in existence today.
However, through the eldest princess, Merlin also knew that the true strength of top-tier behemoths still lay in their innate powers, rather than their physical strength.
Yet by devouring