CHAPTER 771: CHAPTER 478 DEVOURING THE VOID KUN

Ji Xinghuo continued to inventory Zog Soz’s inheritance.

Apart from Ether Crystals and space-expanding oddities, Zog Soz had also collected dozens of Alien Species, the least of which were Transcendent grade; among them, five were Star-falling Species. However, most were Water Element Species, unsuitable for his fusion, so he left them behind.

"He must have hunted monsters in the Sea Abyss or plundered these Alien Species from other Sea Abyss Hunters."

Ji Xinghuo identified each Alien Species, particularly those five of the Starfall Level.

He was immediately somewhat disappointed.

Two of them were Water Control, a common star-falling Alien Species in the Sea Abyss; he already had two of his own, and now he had four.

One was "Three-Phase Transformation," capable of controlling water’s transmutation between gas, liquid, and solid states, which was very powerful.

One was "Tsunami."

The last one was somewhat interesting, astonishingly a Dragon Vein Species named "Meteorite Fire Dragon Flame Body," similar to Dragon Body Species. When fused, the body can withstand and generate extreme high-temperature flames, significantly increasing strength and explosive power.

The Meteor Fire Dragon is a Sky Dragon Species, making its Dragon Body Species highly valuable.

He didn’t know where Zog Soz obtained it, but clearly, it wasn’t suitable for him, which is why he didn’t fuse with it.

"I wonder if big brother can fuse with it?"

Ji Xinghuo immediately thought of Zhong Ming; while the Meteorite Fire Dragon Flame Body was not part of the "Flame Frenzy" professional template, if the fusion was successful and it could bring big brother to a new level, it was still a Starfall Alien Species.

Among the few dozen Transcendent Species, many were highly valuable or extremely rare, and he collected them all.

Besides these, there were also about a dozen Weapon Equipment.

At first glance, most of them were spoils of victory from killing Sea Abyss Hunters, mostly ranging from Superpower One Star to Superpower Three Stars, but there were even two pieces of Apocalypse One Star.

After identification by Ji Xinghuo, one was a pair of gauntlets named "Blazing Flame Fist."

There was also a pendant necklace, exquisitely crafted, with a pendant shaped like a teardrop gemstone called "Tear of the Jiao Pendant," that came with multiple functions and enhanced the effect of Water Element Abilities when worn.

"All good stuff!"

Ji Xinghuo secured these two pieces of equipment.

Any Apocalypse-level treasure, even if just One Star, could drive Mutants mad, willing to spend their entire fortunes.

Someone like the Void Spirit Guest who sold Apocalypse Equipment for a few thousand Ether Crystals was not doing business but charity.

Of course, the Void Spirit Guest might only sell to himself.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t forget Zog Soz’s most valuable equipment; with a wave of his hand, the mushy remains of the corpse stirred, and from it flew out a shield-shaped armor plate about 30 centimeters in length and width, which felt very light in his hand.

Upon close inspection, the shield armor plate was forged from dozens of Dragon Scales, but there was a defect near the center.

This was the Reversed Dragon Armor.

Ji Xinghuo’s gaze fell upon it, and information appeared before his eyes.

[Treasure: Reversed Dragon Armor (Damaged)]

[Grade: Apocalypse Two Stars]

[Function: Protects against physical strikes and energy damage, comes with Life Suck, and reflects targeted singular Ability attacks]

Despite already knowing the effects of the Reversed Dragon Armor and having personally breached its protection, seeing the detailed description, Ji Xinghuo still felt it was a formidable piece of equipment.

Its strongest feature was the reflection of targeted singular Ability attacks.

So long as one wore the Reversed Dragon Armor, this protection was passively active at all times; however, once triggered, it lasted for about ten seconds. During these ten seconds, all targeted singular attacks would be reflected back.

After ten seconds, the protection would expire, and it would take roughly 120 seconds before the reflective effect could be triggered again.

If it could reflect attacks indefinitely, then it wouldn’t be just Apocalypse Two Stars.

"I should have been gentler..."

Ji Xinghuo looked at the breach in the Reversed Dragon Armor, feeling a bit of regret, unsure whether it could be repaired.

If it couldn’t be fixed, that would truly be a major loss.

A pristine Reversed Dragon Armor, if brought to an auction, would fetch a price of at least three hundred thousand Ether Crystals!

Zog Soz also collected a large number of rare materials, but Ji Xinghuo had no use for them, planning to hand them over to Cang Ya the next time he returned to Donghuang Island.

He turned to look at Qing Hong.

"Getting impatient?"

While inventorying Zog Soz’s inheritance, Qing Hong had been laying atop the corpse of the Xukun Dragon, eagerly watching him. Hearing this, it immediately sprang up excitedly, violently patted the Xukun Dragon corpse beneath its paws, signaling him to hurry up.

"First, we’ll collect the Alien Species." Ji Xinghuo flew over the Xukun Dragon, and once again, its Alien Species information popped up.

The Xukun Dragon had sixteen Abilities, but five of them were fused from elsewhere.

Thus, only eleven Alien Species could be collected.

Among these eleven, surprisingly, five were Starfall Alien Species; truly, the bloodline talents of the Divine Dragon Species were too powerful!

Ji Xinghuo looked at the image of the Xukun Dragon on the interface, indicating the locations of the Alien Species.

With a thought, the Thunderstorm Sword took flight.

Like flashes of lightning, the sword light cut through the vast patches of dragon scales resembling fish skin. The sharp sword penetrated, cutting with surgical precision inside the massive body. Soon, Alien Species began to emerge from the incisions, falling into his hands.

The body of gene-recombined prey didn’t need to carry Alien Species, but the integrity of the corpse had to be ensured as much as possible.

Vacuum Source, Dimension Stomach, Xukun Dragon Body, Gravity Field, Star Realm Jump.

A total of five Starfall Alien Species!

As soon as they were in his possession, the skies above the Sea Abyss in the outside secret realm manifested a meteor shower, with five stars falling simultaneously.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t bother with the celestial phenomena and continued collecting.

Gravity Bomb, Instantaneous Movement, Anti-gravity, Void Dragon Breath, Void Beacon and Space Lockdown—six Transcendent Species.

Once the Alien Species were removed from the corpses, they all fell back to First Level.

Compared to the Xukun Dragon’s huge body, its species were not large, about the same size as a regular Alien Species.

Ji Xinghuo put away the Alien Species and looked at the corpse.

This nearly 80-meter-long massive body was now an empty shell, but for Qing Hong, who possessed "gene recombination," it was more attractive than any Alien Species, offering endless possibilities as long as it consumed it!

But it was too large...

Qing Hong circled around the Xukun Dragon’s body, but even in its largest form, it was only about 30 meters in length and couldn’t begin to consume.

"Hahaha, don’t rush."

Ji Xinghuo laughed and opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, focusing on a line of Ability information.

[Ability: Giant Transformation (Fourth Level 1562/282001)]

[Spiritual Origin Energy: 2101843]

When he had first discovered this Secret Realm, his Spiritual Origin Energy had just exceeded two million points by a little, and by killing Zog Soz and the Xukun Dragon, as well as those Mutant slaves, they had contributed nearly a hundred thousand points of Spiritual Origin Energy to him.

Ji Xinghuo immediately invested Spiritual Origin Energy to upgrade Giant Transformation.

He and Qing Hong both had Giant Transformation, and the Alien Species obtained through Alien Coexistence was upgraded in sync.

Instantly, Qing Hong felt the change.

It squatted next to the Xukun Dragon’s body motionless, with hazy shadows emerging around its body. The energy from the void poured in, causing its body to visibly grow in size, getting longer and taller.

Ji Xinghuo also entered his Giant form, gradually increasing in height.

Giant Transformation was a Transcendent Ability.

But the Spiritual Origin Energy required to upgrade it was far more than ordinary, with 280,000 Spiritual Origin Energy invested, it finally reached the Fifth Level!

At this moment, Qing Hong’s body had reached a length of 70 meters, only slightly smaller than the Xukun Dragon.

Ji Xinghuo’s height also reached ten meters.

While it seemed that the height and body length had only doubled, since the body is three-dimensional, both his and Qing Hong’s size had increased eightfold from before. At the same time, their weight and strength also surged dramatically!

However, Giant Transformation still didn’t advance.

[Ability: Giant Transformation (Fifth Level 1/1411141)]

Ji Xinghuo looked at the Ability information and couldn’t help but feel dumbfounded; not only had the Fifth Level Giant Transformation not advanced, but climbing to the Sixth Level also required another 1.41 million Spiritual Origin Energy!

He still had 1.82 million points of Spiritual Origin Energy, enough to reach the Sixth Level, but Ji Xinghuo had other plans for the remaining energy. If he put it all into Giant Transformation, it would disrupt all his subsequent upgrade plans.

So, he asked, "Qing Hong, can you manage to consume it now?"

Qing Hong’s current size was only slightly smaller than that of the Xukun Dragon, but the Xukun Dragon’s body was more robust, while Qing Hong’s body was more slender in proportion.

Qing Hong circled around the Xukun Dragon twice.

Then, biting at the tail fin, it dragged it out from the collapsed palace, leaving a trench in the ground as it pulled the thousand-ton creature.

"How about now?" Ji Xinghuo asked again.

Qing Hong nodded reluctantly, indicating that it could finish eating the whole thing, but that it would take a little longer.

"Then eat quickly, the fresher the better, otherwise it might go bad," Ji Xinghuo consoled, "Thank you for your hard work."

Gene recombination requires the corpse to be complete and not to be delayed for too long.

The earlier it was consumed, the better the effect.

Qing Hong immediately swung the Sky Splitting Claw, as if holding a knife and fork to cut open the body of the Xukun Dragon. Starting from the head, it sliced it into smaller chunks, but each piece still weighed one or two tons, and it crammed them into its mouth, both flesh and blood.

The scene was quite bloody.

Originally a snake, it ate its food in big gulps, never bothering to chew or care about the taste until following Ji Xinghuo, when it acquired a taste for fine food.

Now it had to revert to a primitive diet and consume by suction, looking distressed after only a few dozen tons.

"Burp..."

Qing Hong burped again and again, but to gain the Xukun Dragon’s genetic potential, it forced itself to continue eating.

It had only eaten less than one-fifth before its belly swelled up.

After digesting quickly, it continued.

While Qing Hong was consuming the Xukun Dragon, Ji Xinghuo made two rounds in the Secret Realm but didn’t discover much of value. Zog Soz had been exceedingly harsh on the Mutant slaves, providing only the bare minimum conditions for survival.

This Secret Realm produced no precious treasures; its only advantage was the beautiful scenery, with a clear sea and blue sky, suitable for secluded Cultivation.

He took care of the bodies of those Mutants.

Then he returned to the island.

Zog Soz’s black palace was just his residence, built to his tastes, with nothing special about it.

While waiting for Qing Hong to finish eating the Xukun Dragon, Ji Xinghuo planned out how to make the best use of the space-expanding oddities and Alien Species to maximize their effects, and decided to cultivate in secret in this Secret Realm for some time, aiming to break through to Heavenly King!

Two full days and nights.

Qing Hong both consumed and digested, finally gulping down the thousand-ton Xukun Dragon in its entirety, its body swollen into roundness after each bite. By the time it swallowed the last chunk of flesh, it had turned pale with nausea.

Before Ji Xinghuo could communicate with Qing Hong, it lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

The gene recombination had begun!