Fishing One After Another, Breaking Through to 4,000 Years!

Ye Yang's leaves had not only regrown, but their color was more brilliant, and they were tougher.

They had also grown longer, from three meters to six!

Their number had doubled as well, increasing from nine to eighteen!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The eighteen leaves swarmed forward, wrapping around almost the entire upper half of the Mandala Snake's body!

Only its head and a short section of its neck remained exposed, leaving it unable to bite.

Hiss~

The Mandala Snake hissed.

But it was no longer angry. It was terrified.

Its voice was weak and feeble as it struggled in the throes of death.

There was no longer any doubt about the outcome. The transformed Ye Yang wrapped the Mandala Snake's entire body, leaving it without the slightest strength to resist.

Ye Yang's roots had also surged in length, reaching a thousand meters.

Their number had grown three or fourfold, exceeding three hundred.

The roots alone covered the Mandala Snake's entire body so tightly that not a gap remained.

Even without the leaves binding it, the Mandala Snake's cause was lost; it could no longer break free.

Ye Yang finally relaxed completely and devoted himself to devouring it.

The Blue Silver Emperor turned her head away, unable to bear watching the cruel scene.

"Oh, right, system. There are still 982 breaths left, which means 98 minutes. I've only used 21 minutes."

"I spent 6,000 points on my Entanglement skill. Can you refund me 4,800 points now?"

"4,000 points would do too, but I can't go any lower!"

The system fell silent.

It had no intelligence, but at that moment, it seemed to stall and was somewhat speechless.

Was the host a little too shameless? He wanted points back after spending them?

[Ding! In response to the host: points spent are nonrefundable!]

"Hey, hey, we can talk this over!"

"Give me half back. I'll take just 3,000. Surely that's all right?"

[If the host insists on a refund, this system can permit it, but all future rewards will be revoked]

"Hey, hey, don't! System bro, I was joking, just joking!"

Ye Yang hurriedly tried to save face.

As Ye Yang devoured the essence from the Mandala Snake's entire body, he thought the triple strangulation skill he had copied for 6,000 points was about to expire. Then he suddenly sensed something.

Over a hundred roots vanished, burrowing underground and spreading rapidly into the distance.

In the outer region, six hundred meters away, a Nether Wolf appeared. Its dark blue eyes were like burning will-o'-the-wisps.

Its body was iron-gray and lithe, and it was approaching Ye Yang cautiously.

Its nose twitched constantly, sniffing the bloody scent in the air.

Clearly, it too had been drawn by the battle and the smell of blood.

After his spiritual power surpassed that of an ordinary person and entered the Spirit Connection Realm, Ye Yang's memory had improved.

Many things from his previous life that he had forgotten came back to him.

He remembered that in the original story, the Nether Wolf was the first kind of Soul Beast the Grandmaster had hunted when he first took Tang San into the forest to obtain his first Soul Ring!

However, these were very ordinary Soul Beasts, and most were at the ten-year level.

Ye Yang moved his roots, preparing to devour it.

This Nether Wolf had around eighty years of Soul Power. With the fivefold devouring power granted by the system, he could convert it into forty years of Soul Power.

Even a mosquito had meat, however small. That wasn't bad either.

But just as he was about to act, Ye Yang held himself back.

The Nether Wolf continued approaching, then stopped two hundred meters from Ye Yang.

Its powerful eyes peered through the hazy screen of branches and leaves toward the place where Ye Yang was devouring the Mandala Snake.

Seeing that it had found no danger, a pack of Nether Wolves appeared several hundred meters away.

Wolves were pack animals; lone wolves were rare.

The first Nether Wolf to appear was clearly a scout.

Seeing the dozen or so Nether Wolves that had appeared, including a pack leader over a hundred years old, Ye Yang smiled.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

In an instant, over a hundred roots burst from the soil and wrapped around the wolves' paws.

The Nether Wolves were startled and hurriedly struggled and bit at them.

But in the next instant, the roots binding their paws joined together like wooden spears, plunging into their mouths and piercing their throats!

Devour!

As the Nether Wolves panicked, a terrifying devouring force swept through them.

A large amount of energy was instantly devoured from their stomachs, intestines, and internal organs, bringing intense pain.

The Nether Wolves only had time to bite the roots once or twice before their bodies were hollowed out, before they could bite through them.

These Nether Wolves, each around a hundred years old, couldn't withstand even a few breaths of Ye Yang's devouring. They soon became dried corpses.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. Soul Power has broken through to 2,000 years]

The thirteen Nether Wolves had a combined age of around 1,000 years, quickly providing Ye Yang with 500 years of Soul Power.

Together with the Soul Power devoured from the Mandala Snake, it brought Ye Yang's Soul Power from 1,194 years to 2,000 years.

However, there was no points reward.

"System, you're not angry and withholding my reward, are you?"

[In response to the host: this system has no feelings and cannot become angry.

A tenfold points reward is only granted when the host breaks through the major thresholds of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and 100,000 years.

However, after reaching the 100,000-year level, each additional 100,000 years will grant a reward of one million points]

Hearing the system's answer, Ye Yang was a little disappointed.

But when he thought of the generous points rewards after 100,000 years, he was filled with anticipation again.

Having tasted the sweetness of fishing, Ye Yang slowed his devouring of the Mandala Snake.

He deliberately left a section of its tail exposed, letting the smell of blood spread.

Before long, he sensed a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Tiger in another direction.

By now, Ye Yang's Soul Power was close to 3,000 years, and he had the Blue Silver King bloodline.

Hunting the thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Tiger took him hardly any effort.

Another 500 years of Soul Power in hand.

There was even a 1,200-year Cave Demon Spider that came creeping over underground.

But Ye Yang was the true king of the underground.

After a chase beneath the earth, the Cave Demon Spider soon met its bitter end.

Another 600 years of Soul Power!

Sure enough, cultivating with a devouring ability was the biggest cheat of all.

Bird-type Soul Beasts also flew over in the sky, but Ye Yang could only give up on them.

Soul Beasts had fallen one after another, and the remaining ones no longer dared approach.

Time passed as Ye Yang devoted himself to devouring the Mandala Snake.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. Soul Power has broken through to 4,000 years]

[Ding! The host defeated a stronger opponent while weaker, killing a 3,000-year Mandala Snake. Reward: 10,000 points]

Finally, after Ye Yang had devoured the Mandala Snake completely, the system's voice rang out.

Ye Yang was delighted, and a feeling of satisfaction filled his heart.

He glanced at his current system profile:

Host: Ye Yang

Origin: Blue Silver King bloodline

Cultivation: 4,000 years

Bloodline: Level 83

Spirit: 67 (early Spirit Connection Realm)

Talents: Double copy of target's skill (costs points), assisted devouring (points can be spent to increase speed)

Points: 18,300 (copy target's skill, assisted devouring)

Evolution points: 34

Spirit points: 0.53

Soul Power points: 53

Soul Bone: Awaiting collection

Soul Skill: Entanglement (130 breaths remaining)

Treasures: None

His evolution points now needed to reach 84 before he could gain one level.

Spirit points, meanwhile, were only added to his Spirit as whole numbers.

As for Soul Power points, 100 points equaled one year of Soul Power.

That was why, whenever Ye Yang checked his profile, the numbers in those three fields were small.

Whenever he met the conditions for an increase, Ye Yang promptly used them to improve his strength.

There was no need to save them up. That would be a dumbass move.

But the Soul Bone?

Hm?

Awaiting collection!?

Ye Yang originally hadn't paid any attention to the fields near the end, but when he saw that the Soul Bone field wasn't blank, he was startled!

He waved a leaf, stripping away the skin and muscle from the withered Mandala Snake's tail.

A distinctive light rose at once!

A Soul Bone!