2: Kill the black tiger and take the beast core!

Rumble!

Deafening thunder continuously rumbled from the clouds, accompanied by astonishing lightning.

Splash!

The next moment, large raindrops poured down from the sky!

Dense and numerous, like a collapsing celestial river, they cascaded from the heavens.

Hidden by the night, it was hard to notice that the color of this heavy rain was a strange, eerie blood-red!

Inside the Tiger Enclosure, the other two tigers immediately ran under a large tree to shelter from the rain.

“Come on!”

Xia Fan, however, dragged the dying black tiger to an open area, allowing his entire body to be bathed in the blood rain, without any attempt to hide.

This unprecedented blood rain was the key to the evolution of all global life, and also the energy source required for evolution.

Directly receiving the energy baptism of the blood rain would make the first evolution more perfect.

In the heavy rain, Xia Fan tightly closed his tiger eyes, letting the blood rain wash over his entire body.

Gradually, Xia Fan noticed something unusual about his body.

A sensation of scorching heat suddenly arose, coursing through his entire being.

The heat grew stronger and stronger, finally feeling like he was on fire, causing Xia Fan’s eyes to involuntarily turn crimson.

“Roar!”

He couldn't help but let out a long roar, feeling the cells within his body mutating wildly.

A strong sensation of physical tearing gradually engulfed Xia Fan’s consciousness.

And as Xia Fan’s body underwent its transformation, the black tiger beside him also began to convulse, appearing to be in great pain.

The wounds on its body, originally inflicted by Xia Fan’s sharp claws, were actually healing at a visible speed.

The two tigers hiding under the large tree were also suffering, letting out restless, anxious growls.

Throughout the Jianghai Zoo, the roars of various animals occasionally echoed.

But under the deafening thunder, no one noticed.

After an unknown period, the pain within Xia Fan’s body finally disappeared.

At this moment, his size had increased from three meters to five meters.

His brownish-yellow fur had turned somewhat golden, and its texture was coarse and stiff, like steel needles.

His sharp claws and fangs were like cast metal, gleaming with an astonishing cold light!

Feeling the immense power contained within his body, Xia Fan couldn't help but let out a skyward roar!

At the same time, a memory, as if from a bloodline awakening, surged into his mind.

He had also awakened his innate ability!

Berserk: Can instantly enhance his physical attributes tenfold!

“It seems my bloodline is also good; I actually awakened an A-grade innate ability.”

Whether it was a ferocious beast or a human, the strength of the awakened innate ability depended on the quality of their own bloodline.

The more excellent the bloodline, the more powerful the awakened ability.

And vice versa.

The abilities of humans and the innate abilities of ferocious beasts were all divided into nine grades from low to high.

They were: F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS.

The innate ability Xia Fan had awakened at this moment, Berserk, belonged to A-grade.

Although an A-grade talent was not top-tier, it was considered upper-middle, and perhaps in the future, he could advance to a powerful Ninth-Order ferocious beast.

But having lived another life, Xia Fan’s goal was to become the strongest Ferocious Beast Emperor!

A mere A-grade innate ability clearly could not satisfy him.

“Next, it’s time to deal with you.”

Xia Fan’s gaze suddenly turned towards the black tiger beside him, his body filled with killing intent, yet his eyes were burning with fervor.

The initial evolution was complete; at this moment, the black tiger’s body must have already condensed a crystal.

As long as he swallowed the crystal, he would successfully awaken the SSS-grade innate ability: Devour!

After the baptism of the blood rain, the black tiger’s injuries had completely healed, and its size had also grown considerably, reaching over three meters, and its body also exuded an aura belonging to a ferocious beast.

At this time, the black tiger was still somewhat dazed; with its intelligence not yet developed, it clearly didn’t understand what had just happened to it.

Seeing Xia Fan approach, and feeling the killing intent emanating from him, the black tiger retreated a few steps in fear.

“Roar!”

Xia Fan roared, then with a thought, directly activated his innate ability: Berserk!

The next moment, a terrifying aura emanated from his body.

Xia Fan only felt a surge of immense power sweep through his entire body, and his tiger claws even shimmered with dazzling metallic light.

His size also increased from five meters to seven meters.

The three-meter black tiger was simply a junior in front of him.

“Roar!”

Looking at Xia Fan, who had suddenly gone Berserk, the black tiger let out an uneasy roar, its eyes filled with fear.

Xia Fan’s eyes were cold, without the slightest mercy, and he directly pounced towards the black tiger.

He then wielded his sharp claws, mercilessly tearing its body apart amidst the black tiger’s pained cries.

Crimson blood flowed everywhere, and a thick scent of gore permeated the Tiger Enclosure.

Seeing Xia Fan’s brutal process of slaying the black tiger, the remaining two tigers in the Tiger Enclosure trembled in fear, their tiger eyes filled with terror.

Xia Fan mercilessly killed the black tiger, then tore open its head and pulled out a black crystal, about the size of an egg, from inside.

“Finally, it’s mine!”

Looking at the crystal in his hand, Xia Fan’s tiger eyes were full of fervor.

The next moment, he directly swallowed the black crystal in his hand.

Not long after the crystal entered his stomach, Xia Fan’s body quickly reacted.

A profound primordial power coursed through his body, finally merging with the crystal within Xia Fan’s body.

Xia Fan could clearly feel that his strength had been significantly boosted once again.

Later generations divided human ability users and ferocious beasts into First-Order to Ninth-Order based on their strength!

And within the Ninth-Order, there were even more powerful King-Order and Emperor-Order.

Feeling the power surging within his body, Xia Fan estimated that his strength had already reached First-Order intermediate.

At the beginning of evolution, ferocious beasts that successfully awakened innate abilities and humans who awakened abilities generally reached the First-Order level.

But even within the First-Order, there were significant differences in strength due to different innate abilities.

The black tiger’s Devour ability, although SSS-grade, did not belong to a combat ability.

It was killed by Xia Fan before it could devour the abilities of other living beings.

As time passed, the black tiger’s crystal was finally completely absorbed by Xia Fan.

At the same time, a piece of information flooded into Xia Fan’s mind.

Devour: Can devour the primordial power of billions of living beings in the world and use it for oneself!

“It finally worked!”

Xia Fan was overjoyed.

Reborn, he had risked his life to voluntarily enter the Jianghai Zoo precisely to obtain the “Devour” ability.

Now, his wish had finally been granted!

At this moment, Xia Fan’s heart was filled with ambition!

In his previous life, the God of War Xing Tian, using this Devour ability, devoured a large number of powerful abilities, possessing the terrifying strength to contend with three Emperor-grade ferocious beasts.

And in this life, Xia Fan, having obtained the Devour ability, would completely replace the God of War Xing Tian and become the new ultimate powerhouse!