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Published: March 2, 2025
The heavens were not playing a cruel joke on Wen Yu.
Of course, Wen Yu believed that this was not a blessing from fate, but rather a manifestation of his strength!
In just two minutes, Wen Yu, fully powered, had run an unknown number of kilometers and successfully located several isolated demonic creatures.
This time, there was no need for Wen Yu to issue any commands; sensing the presence of the demonic creatures, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine instantly extended from Wen Yu's arm. The vibrant green branches directly ensnared several second-tier demonic creatures, and then the dreadful process of feeding began!
Originally, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine would absorb the flesh and blood of demonic creatures as if drinking a beverage through a straw, with its branches inserting into the bodies of the creatures to feed.
This process sounded terrifying, but it wasn't bloody at all!
However, Wen Yu felt that perhaps it was due to absorbing the essence within the vine's core that the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine was exhibiting far more brutality than usual.
In an instant, the green branches were covered in sharp thorns, resembling a thick python, as they lashed out at the demonic creatures.
The barbed branches quickly sliced the bodies of the creatures into pieces, blood and flesh splattering everywhere—yet the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine paid no mind to the carnage on the ground and attacked another demonic creature directly!
In just a few seconds, after completely pulverizing the demonic creature into mush, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine seemed to show off by waving around a couple of times before burrowing itself back into the ground.
The branches pulsated, absorbing not only the blood and flesh on the ground but also a more mysterious energy that flowed from the earth, transferring to Wen Yu's body through the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine.
The unknown energy slowly filled Wen Yu’s body and then gradually dissipated within him...
Wen Yu gently waved his arm—the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine still retained its original attribute of devouring the flesh and blood of demonic creatures, with a small portion fueling its own growth while the majority was transmitted to Wen Yu, enhancing his physical limits.
However, Wen Yu was puzzled by the mysterious energy that had just returned from the ground—this energy did not enhance his physical limits, and he found no other benefits.
Just as Wen Yu furrowed his brows in thought, the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine had completely cleared the blood and flesh from the ground, and then a faint mental wave transmitted into Wen Yu's mind.
“Good... stuff... still... hungry...”
Good stuff...
It must refer to the unknown energy wave that had just returned.
Although the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine called it good stuff, Wen Yu was not reassured and conducted a detailed check of his body, promptly discovering something different.
Just now, after the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine absorbed several demonic creatures, not only had his physical limit increased, but also his soul strength had surprisingly shown an increase!
At this thought, a flash of inspiration struck Wen Yu's mind...
Could it be that the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine had gained the ability to absorb soul power?
And that good stuff from earlier—could it be the cause of this effect?
“Hungry!”
An anxious mental wave transmitted to Wen Yu's mind, prompting him to temporarily set aside his doubts and rush off in another direction!
...
The scattered demonic creatures before him were completely unable to withstand the power of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine!
Looking at the demonic creatures being slaughtered, Wen Yu’s focus was not on the combat display of the Heaven-Piercing Demon Vine—its combat power had not significantly increased; at least, its main function was not reflected in battle!
At this moment, Wen Yu's gaze was fixed on the Book of Darkness!
Book of Darkness (Summoning Volume): Absorbing souls, souls will automatically generate soul puppets within the Book of Darkness, with no limit to quantity. Soul puppets feast on souls and level up based on souls. When the user activates the Book of Darkness, the soul puppets will appear around the user, occupying nearby living beings or relatively intact corpses to control the target units. The level of the controlled units depends on the level of the soul puppets.