161: Qiongqi breaks through, the world's first fifth-level creature!

"Spider King? You must also be a being whose soul is controlled by the Blue Octopus King. You truly are a pitiful fellow..."

"Wild Bull Rush!"

The next second, Xia Fan charged forward like a wild bull, directly plowing through everything.

The Spider King had already lost several legs, making its movement difficult. Now, it didn't even have time to dodge before feeling as if a giant mountain had crashed heavily into it.

Crack—

In an instant, sounds of various things breaking spread out.

The Spider King hadn't even landed yet when its massive body, just as Xia Fan had previously described, shattered into countless pieces from that single impact.

"It truly is vulnerable!"

Seeing this, Xia Fan sighed slightly but still rushed forward and directly ended the Spider King's life.

However, after searching for a while, he didn't find the most important thing on its body and was momentarily stunned. "Could this Spider King also be some kind of ancient Titan creature? Otherwise, how could it not have a crystal?"

"Never mind, its flesh and blood also contain considerable power, so it wasn't a wasted effort!"

Immediately after, Xia Fan directly devoured the Spider King's flesh and blood. Amidst the crunching sounds, he actually conveyed that the Spider King's flesh was quite delicious.

Buzz!

When abilities like Extraordinary Magic Power, which better convert flesh and blood energy, operated, Xia Fan's strength surged again. He now subtly showed a trend of surpassing the fourth-tier realm, but he had yet to break through to the fifth-tier.

Xia Fan was not too disappointed by this, muttering, "If the fifth-tier were so easy to enter, there would be people everywhere. Besides, I am now a big step closer to the fifth-tier; it's a matter of accumulating small gains."

After speaking, he called out to the Magic Cat enjoying its crystal nearby, "Little fellow, let's go."

"Let's continue our hunting journey!"

The Magic Cat immediately bounced over, but there was also guilt in its eyes. "Tiger Brother, it's all my fault. I couldn't leave a mark on the Blue Octopus King, otherwise we could have found him directly."

"Fool, it's not your fault!"

Xia Fan smiled helplessly and explained seriously, "The Blue Octopus King's soul is already fifth-tier, so your mark is useless against him."

"Really?"

"Of course, it's real..."

With this explanation, the Magic Cat's mood recovered, and it followed Xia Fan to continue searching for other sea beasts... Xiou region.

Now, Qiongqi had become the ruler of Xiou, receiving a continuous supply of evil power every minute and second.

On this day, Qiongqi appeared in the square at the palace entrance, facing countless servants, and laughed heartily, "Today, this King shall become a god, and all of you shall receive this King's blessings!"

"Master is mighty!"

For a time, many servants cheered.

They felt powerful from the strength Qiongqi bestowed upon them and thus gained extremely high status, almost allowing them to do as they pleased. Therefore, seeing Qiongqi about to become even stronger, every servant was exceptionally excited.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Unbeknownst to them, a wind began to pick up around them.

As the servants looked up in confusion, they saw endless black smoke surging from all directions.

The black smoke was extremely fast, and along the way, it transformed into various forms—roaring giant dragons, black tigers baring their fangs and claws, black figures with faces full of tusks. Amidst it all, lightning and thunder intertwined, and streaks of black lightning pierced through the black smoke, merging with it, roaring and rumbling within.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, clumps of black smoke, like meteors, fell from the sky, hitting the ground and kicking up large clouds of dust, from which countless ferocious figures emerged.

"Hahahahaha..."

Qiongqi burst into laughter at this moment, as if he could see all living beings panicking, helpless, and fleeing for their lives under the rampage of those ferocious figures.

"Gather!"

With his loud shout, the endless black smoke suddenly transformed into an inverted hurricane, furiously swirling, and all converged into Qiongqi's body.

During this time, Qiongqi's aura grew stronger and stronger. Inside him, thunder roared, and muffled sounds like giant drums beating in the heart filled the air, striking fear into those who trembled before him.

The endless black smoke had now enveloped the palace and Qiongqi's servants, but this group of servants, far from panicking, became even more excited, cheering continuously.

However, someone who witnessed this scene turned pale with fright and collapsed directly onto the ground. "Demons... demons have descended upon the human world..."

"What is this?"

In the middle of the ocean, after two days of continuously hunting fierce beasts in the sea, Xia Fan suddenly surfaced, his gaze directed towards the western horizon that had triggered his senses. His expression involuntarily became solemn. "Has another powerful fierce beast been born?"

"Currently, only those fifth-tier fierce beasts can make my heart palpitate!"

This was the second time he had felt such a palpitation since his rebirth.

Previously, when he was weak, facing human nuclear weapons, he had felt a sense of palpitation. But now, hundreds of nuclear bombs exploding together couldn't harm him, so it must be due to some powerful creature.

Only a strong being, one slightly stronger than him, would make him feel this way.

"This aura..."

"It should be Qiongqi!"

As his thoughts raced, Xia Fan quickly deduced the instigator of this aura.

The current Xiou region was Qiongqi's territory.

And with Qiongqi's nature, he would certainly use every means to make himself stronger. The immense commotion he was causing now, besides naturally emanating from his breakthrough to the fifth-tier, also served to deter other fierce beasts, telling them that he had become stronger.

"Being able to grow by devouring evil power, and without any checks and balances, he can indeed develop very quickly!"

Xia Fan felt a bit emotional.

Speaking of which, in this life, Qiongqi's rapid development was largely due to Xia Fan's actions.

In his previous life, the Yamata no Orochi was in the early fourth-tier, and with its regeneration ability, it ravaged Great Xia, making it almost impossible to kill. Qiongqi naturally wouldn't have obtained so much evil power from the Yamata no Orochi's body.

But in this life, because of him, the Yamata no Orochi perished prematurely, and Qiongqi gained a huge advantage from it.

Not only did he skyrocket, but he also successfully broke through to the fifth-tier ahead of schedule.

"Tiger King, wait for me!"

Suddenly, above the sea, the energy of heaven and earth became strange. A large amount of unstable aura frantically vibrated, then transformed into a blurry shadow.

Until Qiongqi's form appeared from within, that voice, full of hatred, also spread at this moment.

Seeing this, Xia Fan was startled again, muttering with some uncertainty, "This is... a projection?"