The Myriad Demon King's Son! A Bountiful Harvest!

The Star Dou Great Forest.

The Core Circle!

Because the forest was so vast, it was divided into several regions from the outside in.

The outskirts, the outer circle, the mixed circle, the Core Circle, and the Great Ferocious Land.

They were inhabited, respectively, by Soul Beasts below a hundred years old, those a hundred to a thousand years old, and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

In particular, once one entered the Core Circle, every Soul Beast was a powerful creature over 30,000 years old.

At the very center of the Core Circle was the Lake of Life, the territory of Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape.

But in truth, the two of them were little more than gatekeepers.

The Lake of Life was also a knockoff.

Deep underground, there were several Ferocious Beasts over 200,000 years old!

They absorbed from the true Lake of Life and devoured the Soul Power the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave off, advancing their cultivation a thousand miles in a single day.

Though they were Ferocious Beasts with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation, their actual lifespans might have been ten times shorter.

The place they occupied was a Great Ferocious Land worthy of the name!

Even the Core Circle outside it was exceedingly dangerous.

Previously, Ye Yang had been at the edge of the Mixed Zone, close to the Core Circle, living in fear every day.

Now he threw caution to the wind, concentrating nearly all his roots and spreading them toward the Core Circle!

It was only a few hundred meters.

But Ye Yang could sense that once they entered this region, the nutrients in the soil were much richer.

There was almost twice as much Soul Power as in the Mixed Zone outside!

And a Demon Eye Demon Tree had taken root right at the edge of the Core Circle!

With a mere hundred years of cultivation, it dares to throw its weight around here. It probably isn't too dangerous!

Ye Yang pondered.

He was bold, but he wasn't an idiot. He couldn't go courting death.

Underground ahead, the Demon Eye Demon Tree's roots also sensed Ye Yang's intrusion.

It instantly opened over a hundred eyes.

A Demon Eye Demon Tree's age could be determined by the number of its eyes.

One eye for each year.

Of course, after it passed a thousand years, even as its trunk grew larger and larger, there wasn't room for so many eyes.

So, for every thousand years, another ring appeared in each eye's pupil.

After ten pupil rings, the Demon Eye Demon Tree became a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Its eyes also transformed, becoming much like the fleshly eyes of an animal, but stranger and more terrifying.

Ye Yang's spirit was very powerful. Having lived two lives, his soul surpassed that of ordinary people.

And the spiritual power of plant Soul Beasts was far below that of animal Soul Beasts, while animal Soul Beasts were below humans.

So spiritual power was Ye Yang's trump card!

He attached his spiritual power to his roots, allowing him to clearly "see" the hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree's condition.

This plant demon beast stood nearly fifty meters tall, was as thick as a water vat, and had many roots hanging from its branches.

Some roots had curved hooks, some had sharp tips, and others were soft and slender like whips.

The roots were also covered in patches of special, scale-like bark.

Traces of blood remained in the gaps between the bark.

And the roots in the soil were surprisingly the same.

Clearly, it had devoured many animal Soul Beasts.

Even humans!

They were also faster than Ye Yang's, and they lunged toward him!

Food! Food! Food!

Ye Yang sensed a faint trace of divine thought, filled with delight.

Damn!

A hundred-year plant Soul Beast actually has such strong intelligence and spiritual power?!

Ye Yang felt something was wrong!

But he had no time to think further, nor did he have time to leave.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides' roots collided in the underground soil like dozens upon hundreds of armies!

Each of Ye Yang's root armies was made up of three thousand rootlet soldiers.

Ye Yang had fully developed Blue Silver Grass's dark devouring instinct.

Even without points or the system's assistance, Ye Yang's devouring ability was still powerful.

Many small trees were no match for him.

But his opponent was a hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree!

And it was a Soul Beast that dared to take root in the Star Dou Forest's Core Circle!

Boom!

With a strange hum, hundreds of roots from both sides intertwined in an instant!

The Demon Eye Demon Tree had several times as many roots as Ye Yang.

They were also thicker and longer, with more fine roots attached to them.

Ye Yang was effectively surrounded by an enemy ten times his number!

Moreover, the special scales on the Demon Eye Demon Tree's roots opened up, revealing themselves to be special mouths!

They possessed a terrifying ability to devour!

In an instant, many of Ye Yang's rootlets and even his main roots were bitten off and devoured!

Yet Ye Yang advanced instead of retreating!

Devour!

Like a mad hunting dog, he fought a lion without the slightest fear of death!

Ye Yang was badly injured right away.

There was no helping it. He was only the weakest, most pathetic Blue Silver Grass, and his age was only level 72.

His opponent was a hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree.

Whether in cultivation or innate foundation, it surpassed Ye Yang.

[Ding! Absorbed sap from a hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree. Refined evolution points: 0.1 + 0.2 + 0.2 + ...]

[Ding! Absorbed Soul Power from a hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree. Refined Soul Power points: 0.01 + 0.02 + 0.01 + ...]

[Ding! Absorbed spiritual power from a hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree. Refined Spirit Value: 0.001 + 0.002 + 0.003 + ...]

But as Ye Yang counterattacked with no regard for his own safety, the system's voice also rang out immediately.

And it continued without pause, as never before!

Evolution points, Soul Power points, and Spirit Value—the notifications for all three kinds of energy rang out at once!

Like rain drumming on a thin sheet of iron, they clattered incessantly.

But there was a huge disparity between the three kinds of energy.

There was little Soul Power, and the spiritual power was even more pitifully scarce.

Screech!

Ye Yang's counterattack made the Demon Eye Demon Tree let out a spiritual screech of anger and pain.

It devoured Ye Yang even more frenziedly, intent on quickly killing this prey that dared to fight back and offend it!

But having tasted the reward, Ye Yang's fighting spirit rose even higher.

He used his powerful spirit to attack the spirit in its roots, slowing it down.

Meanwhile, he kept dodging its attacks, avoiding its sharp edge and repeatedly stabbing the Demon Eye Demon Tree's roots from behind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained 1 evolution point. Use it?]

Evolution points accumulated the fastest, quickly reaching one.

"Use it!"

Even though it was only one evolution point, Ye Yang used it without hesitation.

[Ding! Used 1 Evolution Point. Congratulations, host. Your innate foundation has evolved to level 1. Reaching level 2 requires 2 Evolution Value.]

As soon as he used it, the system notification sounded, and Ye Yang felt his very foundation grow stronger.

The roots devoured by the Demon Eye Demon Tree grew back.

And in every respect-stamina, flexibility, strength, hardness, and more-they were stronger than before.

According to the system's progression, reaching level 1 required one evolution point.

Level 2 required two points, and level 3 required three.

And so on.

When he reached level 80, he would undergo a tremendous transformation and become a Blue Silver King!

If he cultivated normally, his Soul Power would have to reach 80,000 years, comparable to a level 80 human Soul Douluo, before he could become a Blue Silver King.

But now, by absorbing the bloodlines of powerful races, he could convert them into evolution points with the system's help and rapidly strengthen his innate foundation and bloodline!

When his innate foundation and bloodline reached level 100, he would transform into a Blue Silver Emperor!

Ye Yang made a quick calculation and understood:

Becoming a level 80 Blue Silver King requires 3,240 evolution points.

And becoming a Blue Silver Emperor requires 5,050!

This Demon Eye Demon Tree has a rather good bloodline and innate foundation. I wonder how many evolution points it can give me?

As Ye Yang thought this, his devouring efficiency continued to rise.

There was also the increase in Soul Power, though that was secondary.

The Spirit Value was even lower and didn't help Ye Yang much.

But losing Spirit Value did tremendous damage to the Demon Eye Demon Tree!

Its movements grew slower and slower.

Ye Yang was completely absorbed in the mixture of pain and pleasure, forgetting the passage of time.

After an unknown amount of time, a different system notification rang out:

[Ding! Congratulations, host. Your innate foundation and bloodline have risen to level 10. Reward: 100 points.]

"Hahaha, good! Strengthen my devouring ability!"

Ye Yang was ecstatic. It had finally come!

With his innate foundation improved and his ability strengthened by points, Ye Yang's devouring ability instantly overwhelmed the Demon Eye Demon Tree's!

Its roots were like brittle noodles, steadily devoured by Ye Yang.

It continued to lose sap, much like human blood, as well as Soul Power and spiritual power.

The Demon Eye Demon Tree was finally a little afraid.

It withdrew its roots, trying to escape.

But how could Ye Yang let it go?

He pursued and devoured it.

But the 100 points Ye Yang had spent to strengthen his devouring ability were soon exhausted.

Seeing Ye Yang's devouring power plummet, the Demon Eye Demon Tree thought he had run out of strength.

Overjoyed, it hurriedly gathered more roots to counterattack Ye Yang with all its might.

Just as Ye Yang thought he would have to trade injury for injury again, the system's voice sounded once more:

[Ding! Congratulations, host. Your Soul Power has broken through to 100 years. Reward: 1,000 points.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have accumulated 1 Spirit Value. Your total spiritual power is 50.9, entering the Spirit Connection Realm. Reward: 500 points.]

The two system notifications rang out one after another.

Just like the points awarded for improving his bloodline and innate foundation, improvements to his Soul Power and spiritual power also rewarded ten times as many points.

"Holy shit! A pillow delivered just when I was getting sleepy!"

"200 points, strengthen my devouring!"

Overjoyed, Ye Yang kept 1,300 points and used only 200 to bolster his devouring.

Instantly, his devouring power became immensely strong.

His leaves changed from blue-silver to blue-black, their dark attribute becoming much stronger.

When he devoured and refined a target himself, he could convert only a tenth of its Soul Power.

But spending points to have the system strengthen his devouring ability could triple the conversion rate!

So, to Ye Yang's surprise, the mere hundred-year Demon Eye Demon Tree had provided him with 28 years of Soul Power!

His original 72 years of Soul Power surged by 28 years at once, making him a hundred-year Blue Silver Grass!

Now, with his devouring bolstered by 200 points, Ye Yang overwhelmed the Demon Eye Demon Tree once more.

Ye Yang kept growing stronger, while the Demon Eye Demon Tree kept growing weaker.

As one rose and the other fell, the gap between them widened.

In the end, the Demon Eye Demon Tree couldn't even escape, let alone resist.

As a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, it naturally had Soul Skills.

But of its three major Soul Skills-Myriad Branches, Corrosive Venom, and Tree Eye Paralysis-two were meant for enemies aboveground.

Corrosive Venom could also be released through its roots.

But with Ye Yang's terrifying devouring power, he had no fear of the venom at all.

Plants were naturally more resistant to poison.

And after a brief moment's thought, Ye Yang chose not to spend his precious points copying any of the three skills.

He had no use for them.

Sucking it dry was the most cost-effective option!

"Spare... me... father... Myriad Demon... King..."

Suddenly, the Demon Eye Demon Tree gathered nearly all its spiritual power and sent a mental wave toward Ye Yang.

This time, Ye Yang finally understood what it meant and who it was.

Holy shit!

This guy was the Myriad Demon King's son!?