101: Chapter 102 A Feast for the Senses!

Deep within the Meteor Ruins, the light grew increasingly dim.

The pervasive smell of decay in the air began to mingle with a faint, almost imperceptible scent of blood.

Xia Youchu and Ling Tian walked at the forefront, followed by over twenty cautious recruits.

Everyone's nerves were taut.

The environment here was even more eerie and oppressive than in the outer perimeter.

"Watch out for that green moss under your feet."

Xia Youchu reminded them in a cold voice, "That is Yuan-Devouring Moss. It silently siphons the Origin Qi of anyone who touches it. Although it's slow, in a place like this, any loss of Origin Qi could be fatal."

Upon hearing this, the recruits hurriedly avoided the areas covered in the glowing moss, their eyes filled with even greater admiration for Xia Youchu.

A big shot is a big shot; she knows so much!

Ling Tian's massive nose twitched slightly, his eyes scanning the surroundings. He activated Gravity Control just enough to keep his heavy body from sinking into the soft, mossy ground.

His Furnace Heart beat powerfully, providing him with endless stamina.

Suddenly, several black shadows shot out from behind a stone pillar like lightning!

They were jet-black snakes covered in hideous mouthparts!

Their speed was astonishing; like black arrows, they aimed straight for the throats of several recruits in the team!

"Watch out!"

Platoon Leader Sun Hu reacted the fastest. With a horizontal sweep of his battle blade and an explosion of Origin Qi, he severed the two Shadow Snakes that were lunging at him!

But the others had already closed in on the other recruits!

Those recruits were terrified and deathly pale, unable to react in time!

Just at that moment.

Hum!

A thick, ink-like cloud of darkness instantly expanded from Ling Tian as the center!

Star Cloud!

As soon as the lightning-fast snakes entered the range of the Dark Star Cloud, their speed plummeted, as if they had fallen into thick mud!

They twisted their bodies in panic, but could not escape the erosion of the powerful gravity field!

Ling Tian casually raised a claw and, like swatting mosquitoes, slapped the slowed snakes into pulp with a few swift strikes.

Then, he opened his mouth and inhaled.

Devour.

[Devoured creature [Shadow Snake], gained evolution points +50! Agility +1!]

Better than nothing.

Ling Tian curled his lip.

The quality of the wild takeout in this Secret Realm isn't great, and the portions are small.

Looks like I need to head deeper and find some main courses.

The surviving recruits looked at the puddles of snake remains rapidly disappearing on the ground, patted their chests with lingering fear, and their awe of Ling Tian deepened.

The big shot's War Beast is awesome!

The group continued forward.

The deeper they went, the more peculiar and dangerous the Secret Realm creatures they encountered became.

There were giant flowers capable of spraying corrosive slime.

There were eerie bats lurking in the shadows, capable of launching mental attacks.

And there were swarms of metallic beetles with teeth sharp enough to gnaw through Origin Qi shields.

Most of these creatures were at the Yao General level, with the occasional individual that had just entered the Yao King level.

But in front of Ling Tian and Xia Youchu, they were nothing.

Xia Youchu circulated her Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, constantly devouring and refining the surrounding Yao Beasts, consolidating her Yuan Spirit Four-Star cultivation base, and faintly advancing toward the Five-Star level.

Her combat experience was extremely rich; she could often find an enemy's weakness in a flash and kill them with a single strike.

Combined with Ling Tian's incomparably brutal attacks and area control, the two of them advanced at an extremely fast pace.

Ling Tian was even less picky.

Whether you were a snake, insect, rat, ant, flower, grass, tree, or wood, as long as you contained energy, he devoured everything!

[Devoured Yao Flower, gained evolution points +80! Poison resistance slightly increased!]

[Devoured Phantom Bat, gained evolution points +60! Spirit +2!]

[Devoured Golden Beetle, gained evolution points +200! Physical defense slightly increased!]

evolution points were growing steadily.

Although the evolution points provided by each individual were not many, the sheer number made up for it!

They swept through the area like a swarm of locusts.

The recruits following behind them were numb from watching.

Is this exploring a Secret Realm? This is clearly restocking!

And it's a zero-dollar shopping spree!

They only needed to be responsible for cheering them on, and picking up the scraps that Ling Tian and Xia Youchu didn't want to nourish themselves, and they could feel their cultivation base advancing rapidly.

Hugging this thigh is so satisfying!

Finally, after clearing out a group of troublesome Rock-Spiked Pangolins, the group arrived at a relatively open area.

The ground here was no longer dark red rock, but displayed a crystalline, jade-white color.

The Origin Qi permeating the air was so thick it was almost palpable; just taking a breath made one feel refreshed.

In the center of the open area, a small patch of strange plants was growing.

They were emerald green, with leaves resembling Dragon scales, and small, pale golden flowers at the top, emitting a strange fragrance that made one's blood boil.

"dragon blood grass!"

A recruit recognized this Body Tempering treasure that was priceless and unavailable in the outside world, and couldn't help but exclaim!

In this small patch, there were at least a dozen!

Each one contained immense blood energy!

Xia Youchu's gaze swept over the patch of dragon blood grass, and she nodded: "The age is good; it's enough to raise the Physical Body strength of a Yuan Spirit Cultivator by a notch."

She walked forward and, instead of harvesting all of them, only took the ten of the best quality, leaving the rest where they were.

"You guys can split the rest."

The recruits were stunned for a moment, then erupted into ecstatic cheers!

"Thank you, Big Shot Xia!"

"Big Shot is mighty!"

They hurriedly stepped forward, carefully dividing the remaining dragon blood grass, and packed it away as if they had found a treasure.

The look in their eyes as they turned to Xia Youchu was filled with gratitude and admiration.

The big shot is not only strong but also so generous!

Following her is definitely the right choice!

Xia Youchu handed half of the dragon blood grass to Ling Tian: "Dummy, do you want some?"

Ling Tian tossed a stalk of dragon blood grass into his mouth.

[Devoured dragon blood grass, gained evolution points +60! Dragon Source +2!]

"... Forget it, you eat them yourself."

These evolution points weren't even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth; only the bit of Dragon Source contained within was decent.

Xia Youchu didn't force him, taking one for herself and circulating her Cultivation Technique to begin refining it.

The pure and immense Dragon blood energy dissolved within her body, washing over her Meridians and tempering her Physical Body.

She could feel her physical strength steadily increasing, and a faint, pale golden luster even began to shimmer on the surface of her skin.

A moment later, she opened her eyes. Her aura was more refined, and she was one step closer to the Yuan Spirit Five-Star level.

"Let's continue forward."

Xia Youchu stood up and cast her gaze toward the other side of the open area, where there was a deep, secluded canyon from which an even more astonishing energy fluctuation emanated.

Ling Tian sensed it too.

A trace of excitement flashed in his massive Dragon eyes.

The main course should be right up ahead!

He took the lead and walked toward the canyon.

[Current evolution points: 53850/64000]

He was only a little over ten thousand evolution points away from his next evolution!

Ling Tian was full of motivation.