Under Hu Qi’s watchful gaze, it turned and began to swim cautiously away.
At the same time, a vicious thought took root in its mind.
’When I get back, I’m going to report everything that happened here, down to the last detail.
’But I’ll have to choose my words carefully. I need to sling some mud his way, maybe claim he insulted the Demon King.
’After all, you have to answer to the master when you beat his dog.
’He might be a Great Demon at the Dao Foundation Level, but as one of the Vortex Demon King’s subordinates, I’ve seen plenty of his kind.
’I can’t beat him, but my Demon King has plenty of powerful underlings who can take care of him.
’I’m an old hand at this sort of thing; it wouldn’t be the first time.’
Just as it was plotting how to embellish the story of its miserable defeat, it suddenly felt the scales on its back stand on end.
A shadow loomed over it.
It instinctively glanced back.
But that single glance...
...was like a bolt of lightning.
In an instant, its face contorted, and it felt as if its very soul was about to be frightened out of its body.
Before it could even beg for mercy...
GULP!
The Fat Catfish Spirit’s world went dark in an instant.
Then, all perception of the outside world faded like a receding tide.
The last thing it saw was a gaping maw, vast enough to swallow the heavens and devour the earth.
The water where it had been swirled violently before slowly settling.
Modification Point +11 (37%)
Out in the open water, the ten-meter-long Fat Catfish Spirit had vanished.
In its place was a black snake—Hu Qi’s current form.
He had swallowed the Catfish Spirit whole.
’The thing had already revealed its backer.
’Letting it go would just be asking for it to stab me in the back later.’
’Still, the texture is pretty awful.
’Swallowing it raw leaves a strong, earthy taste. It would’ve been much better cooked.’
As a former chef, Hu Qi had high standards for his food.
But he didn’t have that luxury at the moment, so he had to make do.
With that thought, he gave a cough.
A palm-sized Black Iron Token with a whirlpool pattern on its surface shot out of his mouth.
This was the Fat Catfish Spirit’s identification token.
He could clearly sense a powerful aura emanating from it.
A power that surpassed the Dao Foundation.
After a brief inspection, Hu Qi covered it with a wisp of Demon Power. The token acted like a magnet, attaching itself directly to his scales.
Once that was done, Hu Qi focused his thoughts.
"Crimson!"
WHOOSH!
A translucent, crimson panel unfolded before his eyes.
[Host: Hu Qi]
[Status: Abnormal (Internal Pocket World evolution at 38%)]
[Age: 28 days]
[Bloodline: Taiyu Serpent]
[Talent: Spirit Devouring, Twisted Light (Heaven and Earth), Primordial Eye (Crimson Sun Flame Prison), Eternal Ring]
[Divine Techniques: Water Control, Intention Sword, Celestial Silk, Ten Thousand Thunders, Buddha Realm, Heart Inference]
[Skill: Profound Slaughter Nether Core Foundation Establishment Secret Record (Fourth Layer) △]
[Spirit Seed Technique (Perfection) | Spirit Seeds: Nightmare Demon Elephant Spirit Seed, Divine Spirit Seed, Rune Spirit Seed, Secret Martial Spirit Seed]
...
[Modification Points: 26 (57%)]
The panel had changed significantly.
The most noticeable change was in the age category.
It had been reset from over two hundred years to zero.
This was because his body had been reborn, re-conceived through his Eternal Ring Talent.
For him, the time that had passed before no longer counted.
His age had naturally been reset. Counting from the birth of this snake body, it was exactly 28 days.
Additionally, after his power reached the Dao Foundation Level, his Talent, Twisted Light, and two of his Divine Techniques, Intention Sword and Celestial Silk, had all been activated.
This confirmed Hu Qi’s suspicions.
It wasn’t that his black snake form just happened to be compatible with his Water Control Divine Technique.
Rather, the Divine Techniques were tied to his true self.
And now, the black snake *was* his true self.
That was why as his power increased, his Divine Techniques would continue to activate.
Looking at the Triangular Rune that indicated an available upgrade next to the Profound Slaughter Nether Core Foundation Establishment Secret Record, Hu Qi focused his thoughts on it.
’Crimson, upgrade the Profound Slaughter Nether Core Foundation Establishment Secret Record to the Fifth Layer.’
A few moments later, Hu Qi’s aura grew noticeably stronger.
At the same time, when he looked within himself using Introspection, another Lotus Dao Platform materialized within his body.
Combined with the previous ones, he now had a total of five Lotus Dao Platforms, corresponding exactly to the Fifth Layer of the Dao Foundation.
His body grew once more as well, reaching a length of nearly fifty meters.
The white spots on his scales also elongated slightly.
His body became even tougher, as if forged from steel.
He glanced at the panel.
It now read:
[Skill: Profound Slaughter Nether Core Foundation Establishment Secret Record (Fifth Layer)]
...
[Modification Points: 6 (57%)]
It had cost twenty Modification Points to upgrade one layer.
His remaining six points were not enough for another upgrade.
’It’s about time I got moving and harvested some more Modification Points.
’Unfortunately, I can’t connect to my Pocket World at the moment. Otherwise, this wouldn’t be such a hassle.’
Hu Qi muttered to himself.
There were many ways to obtain Modification Points.
But nearly all of them involved killing and devouring Extraordinary Life Forms.
The worlds within the Void Space contained vast amounts of Modification Points ripe for harvesting.
However, now that he had been reborn and his true body had entered this realm, connecting to the Void Space was difficult.
Unless he directly activated a Spirit Seed to sublimate and restore his original power.
But doing so would likely attract the attention of the Great Powers of this realm, not to mention the possible existence of actual Immortals.
Therefore, for now, the only way to get Modification Points was to harvest them slowly.
Then again, harvesting them personally wasn’t so bad.
After all, he hadn’t forgotten that his mutated Spirit Devouring Talent could plunder a being’s very essence.
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