Li Yang sat cross-legged inside his cave abode, his expression grim.
This minor world was where he stored his spoils. He had killed more than thirty prodigies from the Demon Savage Continent this time and had yet to sort through their possessions.
His figure flashed away, leaving only the minor world necklace hovering in place.
The minor world was brightly lit, its area roughly the size of Africa on Blue Star.
At that moment, an utterly pure yin aura filled every corner of it.
He saw that several of his spirit veins had been gnawed beyond recognition. All sorts of pills lay scattered about, but energy-replenishing pills such as Blood Qi Pills and Spirit Recovery Pills had been eaten clean. Only functional pills with little energy, such as Antidote Pills and Barrier-Breaking Pills, remained.
Worst of all, not a single stone remained of his enormous stockpile of spirit stones.
The culprit was a snake.
With a thought, Li Yang arrived atop a hill.
This was where he had placed the mysterious egg Holy Son Qianyang had received when the final rewards were distributed in the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm.
He had originally intended to sell it to the Longevity Merchant Association, but they had been unable to identify its species. Since it was also the reward for third place on the Slaughter Ranking, he had simply kept it.
He had even set up a spirit-gathering array specifically to speed up its hatching.
Well, it had hatched all right-into a "glutton."
The spirit-gathering array had been destroyed, and all the spirit stones inside it were gone.
The strange thing was that despite such a major incident occurring in the minor world, he, its master, had not sensed anything amiss.
After eating its fill, the black snake had flopped down in a