27: Swallow the purple crystal lion king! The powerful S-level ability!

“It seems I can’t directly begin devouring the Amethyst Lion King just yet.”

Xia Fan had only briefly glanced at the drone disguised as a bird in the sky, knowing that his every move was currently under human surveillance.

If his SSS-rank devouring ability were to become known to humans, he would undoubtedly face extreme targeting in the future, possibly even an army sent to encircle and annihilate him.

However, doing nothing would also make humans suspicious.

Understanding this, Xia Fan walked openly to the tian yuan fruit tree, pretended to inspect it, and then immediately began using his tiger claws as a shovel and hoe to dig it up.

As expected, when he made this move, in the conference room far away in Tianning City, Professor Professor Xia Xinyu and a group of military officers immediately had their pupils contract. “This Golden Tiger King really wants to take away this heavenly treasure!”

Xia Fan was not aware of all this, nor did he need to be.

He dug slowly, his gaze focused, fearing he might damage the tian yuan fruit tree’s roots.

“Meow!”

Beside him, Magic Cat let out a cry, wanting to come forward and help, but Xia Fan growled, refusing him. “You just wait there. You don’t need to do this.”

“Also, keep an eye on any fierce beasts nearby that haven’t left, to prevent them from launching a surprise attack.”

These reasons were actually just excuses.

With him there, it was absolutely impossible for nearby fierce beasts to attack rashly, and Magic Cat was now also a second-tier fierce beast.

Although he was a support type, he was genuine.

The reason for refusing Magic Cat was his playful nature; if he accidentally damaged many of the tian yuan fruit tree’s spiritual roots, the harvest from this trip would be greatly reduced.

It took a full hour before Xia Fan dug out the entire tian yuan fruit tree, its massive roots winding and twisting like slender snakes.

“As long as the tian yuan fruit tree has spiritual energy, it will re-condense tian yuan spiritual fruit every so often.”

Xia Fan stared at the tian yuan fruit tree in front of him, thinking of this, which was also why he didn’t leave any soil for the tian yuan fruit tree.

Currently, spiritual energy across the globe was experiencing explosive growth, especially in these desolate mountains and wild forests where spiritual energy was most concentrated. So, even though the tian yuan fruit tree was dug up by its roots, it was still full of vitality.

Soil was merely a medium for it to take root.

“It’s almost impossible to stay on this mountaintop to guard the tian yuan fruit tree.”

Xia Fan’s tiger eyes gleamed, and he deeply surveyed the surrounding environment. “This place is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Even a moment of carelessness could result in the loss of the tian yuan fruit tree.”

“I suppose the Amethyst Lion King in the previous life also realized this, and so he firmly guarded the tian yuan fruit tree, thereby building a fierce beast army.”

After a short rest, Xia Fan carefully placed the tian yuan fruit tree down. Then he dug out the crystals of the giant python and the Fire Wolf, but he didn’t take them himself; instead, he directly threw them to Magic Cat, growling repeatedly.

“Little fellow, take these.”

“I hope you eat their crystals and grow up quickly.”

“Meow meow!”

For a moment, Magic Cat was incredibly excited.

He had enjoyed many benefits following Xia Fan. After receiving the giant python’s and Fire Wolf’s crystals, he didn’t immediately eat and digest them, but merely held them in his mouth.

After all, Xia Fan had just expressed that they wouldn’t stay here for long.

A moment later, Xia Fan also dug out the Amethyst Lion King’s crystal, then growled at Magic Cat, “Let’s go, it’s time to find a place to digest this harvest.”

He carried the tian yuan fruit tree in his mouth, quickly descending the mountain, his figure soon disappearing into the dense forest.

Along the way, the tiger and cat passed many fierce beast carcasses, but neither of them even glanced at them.

Now, with Xia Fan and Magic Cat having broken through to become second-tier fierce beasts, the scattered fierce beast carcasses around them were of no use except for filling their stomachs… “They’re gone.”

In Tianning City, in the conference room.

Professor Professor Xia Xinyu looked at the disappearing golden streak, immediately showing a regretful expression. “We originally planned to continue following the Golden Tiger King for some time to properly study fierce beasts.”

“Unfortunately, this king of the forest is very wary and doesn’t give us many opportunities.”

Hearing this, an officer asked in confusion, “Professor, should we send people or drones to continue tracking him?”

“No need.”

Professor Xia Xinyu thought for a moment and waved his hand to refuse. “The Golden Tiger King’s intelligence is not low; you all should have seen that just now.”

“If we continue to watch him, it might be counterproductive, and even make him angry and directly attack our compatriots.”

“However, necessary precautions are still needed.”

He lightly tapped the table and immediately gave orders, “Tell the other nearby cities… no, tell the leaders of all cities nationwide that if they encounter this Golden Tiger King, whether it’s the military or ability users, do not provoke him actively. Avoid him if possible.”

“We just need to generally understand his whereabouts.”

“Yes!”

They didn’t know that this decision prevented many sacrifices… “Tiger Brother, where are we going?”

After descending the mountain, Magic Cat saw that Xia Fan was only focused on rushing without a clear destination, and couldn’t help but become curious.

Xia Fan slowly stopped, pondered for a moment, then growled in response.

“The most pressing task is to find a relatively safe place to devour these crystals.”

“Although most of the powerful fierce beasts in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range are dead, it’s hard to guarantee that other fierce beasts won’t take the opportunity to attack us.”

He knew he was being watched by humans, and if he caused another huge commotion, he would expose more of his abilities.

At that time, humans might spare no effort to encircle and annihilate him to nip the danger in the bud.

“Meow!”

Magic Cat couldn’t think of all this.

After getting the answer, he thought for a while before excitedly meowing, “Tiger Brother, there seems to be a cave over there. That place would work.”

Soon, the tiger and cat arrived in front of a cave.

Xia Fan entered first, confirmed that no fierce beasts had stayed there and that it wouldn’t expose their whereabouts, then placed the tian yuan fruit tree down and began devouring the Amethyst Lion King’s crystal.

Beside him, Magic Cat followed suit.

Within just a few minutes, Xia Fan felt an unusual change within his body, but he wasn’t worried.

This was a normal occurrence during the devouring of fierce beast crystals.

“Roar—”

Several hours later, Xia Fan let out a joyful growl.

He had digested the Amethyst Lion King’s crystal and successfully gained the abilities Purple Crystal Sun Piercer and Amethyst Seal.

Purple Crystal Sun Piercer and Amethyst Seal, one for attack and one for control, were extremely terrifying in power.

Xia Fan walked to the mouth of the cave, slightly condensed his power, then used Purple Crystal Sun Piercer, spewing a thick purple energy beam from his mouth, just like the Amethyst Lion King in his lifetime.

Rumble—

Instantly, a huge rock was shattered by him!